Paul Harvey - The Vacation of a Lifetime - The Rest of the Story
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- George Harpo and Frank Samuelson took their boat, the Fox, across the Atlantic. Thus began the vacation of a lifetime. Four days into the trip, George heard a thump so powerful that it shook the boat. Find out more in this episode of Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story."
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Thank you for reviving Paul Harvey's work. I've always enjoyed listening to "The Rest of the Story" since I was young.
I'm glad you're enjoying revisiting Mr. Harvey's broadcasts. :)
I was a 16 inch gunnersmate on the battleship Missouri back in 1986. After a port visit to Sydney, Australia we headed for Hobart, Tasmania and ran into the worse storm I had seen since in the navy. We had waves crashing over the first 16 inch gun turret almost constantly. Well on the weather decks of a USN ship, you will see white boxes. Those are ready lockers made of heavy steel to store ammo for the gun mount that is close by.
Those lockers are mounted to 2 strips of half inch steel welded to the deck and the locker has the same on the bottom. Then there are 4 holes on each side for the 3/4" bolts to secure the lockers. The morning after the storm we went topside and found a locker on the forward port side by the superstructure missing. That storm sheared off all eight 3/4" bolts and tossed the locker about 300 feet down the deck before going over the side. The teak deck was gouged all the way down and you could easily tell where the locker hit steel parts of the ship.
There is another story on the funny side about this storm I still get a chuckle out of.
That sounds terrifying. Based on your description, that was one heck of a powerful storm. :)
Damn that was hell you're lucky to still be here, great Captain & crew
Thanks again Brad. As always, this was definitely an enlightening story. They were definitely brave men to even chance this voyage
They certainly were. I’m glad you enjoyed it. :)
I remember listening to his “ rest of the story” on Armed Forces radio when I growing up,on Monday morning’s.They would play one of Saturday episodes of his news and commentary show and the rest of the story and the weekday episodes the rest of the week. Aww,fond memories 😊
I'm very glad hearing this brought back fond memories. :)
What a great movie this would make
It surely would. :)
Can we just take a minute to appreciate how Brad took time from HIS day at the beach to bring us this story? LOL, love that backdrop! I'll stick to the land, you can keep the sharks!
Thank you for noticing that. This was filmed at Destin, Florida. It was gorgeous. We didn't see any sharks except the ones at the aquarium. :)
what about the land sharks.
@@anthonysalonek9462 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😁
Thank You, Brad. I do love Paul Harvey and true human interest stories. Good day.
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed listening/watching. :)
❤👍🙂‼️Love & miss Paul Harvey!!!!!
Me too. We need more Paul Harvey's in the world. :)
I stumbled on to your channel a few days ago. I remember listening to Paul Harvey while hauling hay as a youngster. I’m thoroughly enjoying your videos!
Hauling hay is a tough job. I'm glad you found my channel and are enjoying the videos. Thank you very much. :)
good story brad good story
Thank you, Robert. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
After watching a few of these wonderful Paul Harvey stories I have decided to subscribe. Thank you for sharing and thank you for extending the story. Page 2. My parents and I would listen to Paul Harvey all the time. RIP Paul Harvey.
I'm very glad you enjoyed watching and glad you subscribed. I have a lot more coming up. :)
Thanks Brad. I love stories about ocean adventures from over the centuries.
When you started, I had no clue it was going to turn out to be a rowboat.
I'm going to give you this: You are one tenacious reporter! I hope your channel grows! Damn! I hope your channel grows!
Thanks, Brad.
I'm very glad that you enjoy my channel. Your comment made my day. :)
Yeah.....the rowboat definitely blowed my mind!!lol
Incredible! What a story, and what a boat!!! Thank you for the hard work you do for your videos. I know myself and many others appreciate it! God bless!
I'm very glad you enjoyed the video. It is hard work putting them together but I enjoy it thoroughly. I get to investigate a wide range of subjects that I wouldn't have the opportunity otherwise. :)
@BradDison aside from my not being very tech savvy, that sounds like it would be a blast!
Great report Brad. You always teach me and others new and different things. I am happy I found your UA-cam page. Good luck with your channel.
Thank you very much, Steven. :)
Another marvelous example of the miracles that God gives!
That's for sure. :)
Incredible!
I'm glad you enjoyed listening. Paul Harvey was simply amazing. :)
Thank you for bringing back these wonderful stories. Subscribed. I really enjoy your channel!
I'm very glad you're enjoying his broadcasts. Thank you for the kind words. :)
This was certainly "the vacation of a lifetime!"!! One that neither Frank or George wished to ever consider repeating... I'm sure that there were many moments they prayed for and encountered God during their voyage... I can't imagine how frightening it must have been at times and how lonely it was at other times... I'll bet both men were greatly changed by the experience... But I also believe that they were glad to have been the first (on record) to take on this challenge and to have successfully accomplished their mission...
I can certainly understand the drive to be the first to do something, but I also try to avoid doing things that are likely to kill me. hahahaha. I'm only adventurous if it's safe. :)
Great Story Thank You for Sharing....
I'm very glad you enjoyed watching/listening. :)
Interesting, learned something new.
I've always heard that if you learn something new every day, the day isn't wasted. I'm glad you learned something new. Thank you for watching. :)
At first I thought it was a yacht, but a rowboat. What fools,lucky they made it at all.
I had no clue on this one. I thought they were crazy for tying ropes to themselves. lol
Very Interesting.
I'm glad you enjoyed listening/watching. :)
love your videos.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you're enjoying them. :)
You have to close your eyes to these stories.
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you explain?
@@BradDison It makes it more engrossing.
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Interesting add, but a little long. Thanks for adding Paul Harvey's ROTS!
Thank you for watching. How long should it be? :)
They are crazy.
You've got that right. :)
Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I wanna go to bed
I bet they were tired. :)
@@BradDison Absolutely
@@BradDison Those are the first two lines of the drinking song from the movie Jaws. I'm just throwing that out there in case you hadn't put two and two together, that I wrote what I did both because it fit with the theme of the video and with your reference to the movie Jaws too. It was two birds with one stone. But I guess that's what I get for thinking I'm being clever. 😆
@@newshodgepodge6329 I love the movie Jaws. It's one of my favorites. I scared me as a kid. Each time I go to the beach I think of Jaws. Spielberg certainly did a good job getting those images ingrained into my memory. :)
@@BradDison Been there 😂
Sorry, but I can't believe this exaggerated story 55 days in a row boat attacked by a White shark, little food and little protection from rainstorms and waves ! The boat had to be much, much bigger than a rowboat to endure all that !!
This story was highly covered by various newspapers at the time. That's really all we can go on. People have survived more days on the ocean with much less than those in this story. :)