The Mitchell Paige Medal of Honor Location - Guadalcanal
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This episode features the location where Platoon Sergeant Mitchell Paige earned the Medal of Honor in October 1942 during the large Japanese offensive at Guadalcanal.
True American Hero Serbian Dude 🇷🇸 Mitch Paige = Mihajlo Pejic
I had the honour of meeting Mitchell Paige back in around 2000 at Camp Pendleton for the 1st Division’s birthday. Even got a photo if he and I. I will cherish that meeting for all of my life….
Well done
I've watched Dave's videos on Guadalcanal many times because I find them so interesting and educational. I'll watch a video, do some research or reading and come back to the videos again and again.
Paige was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. His parents were ethnic Serbs, immigrants from the Glina region, originally surnamed Pejić.
What a crap hole that place has become.
That man was from my hometown Charleroi PA we are all proud of that man he is a hero of our country 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Excellent video as always 👍 thank you sir
Great views over Ironbottom Sound toward the end.
@@guadalcanal-walkingabattle5349 I noticed you pointed that out, very cool. Amazing place, so much history and heroism. We appreciate you doing these videos
@@guadalcanal-walkingabattle5349 I have been reading about WW2 since I first read Guadalcanal Diary at the age of 14. Your videos have provided a context that brings to life the story of these famous battles.
The battle for Guadalcanal and Savo Island sometimes get lost behind the subsequent battles and victories.
You also provide a history of the Corps and weapons at this point in the war. These Marines and Army units took on the battle hardened Japanese Army using WW1 technology (and likely ammo). Truly a testament to training, tactics and the determination of individual Marines fighting together as a unit.
Excellent videos and history lessons. Thank you.
Well done sir.
There is an excellent interview done by Oliver North with Mitchell Paige on "war stories".
Love you videos. I was a machine gunner with Weapons Co 2/7 from 05-09 and we still proudly carried on the legacy of Paige.
Semper Fi. My last duty station was 0331. CAAT 1/2.
Mitch was a great Serbian-American, brought up by his parents to be proud of his roots.
He was an AMERICAN. Just happened to have Serbian ancestors.
Mitchell paiges real name is mihajlo pejic im preety sure thats serbian not an anglo american name lol. he was proud of his serbian heritage also his parents weren't americans but serbs from hercegovina
The Guadalcanalians certainly didn't care to preserve the site for history, did they? They have the whole island available yet they build there on top of the battlefield.
...BAD-TO-THE-BONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IWO JIMA 1945!!!
I saw that 😂
As usual, great. Hallowed ground, half a world away, and you do it justice.
I remember living on Kola Ridge as a child. I spent all my spare time collecting relics of the war. I recall finding a fox hole six skeletons not far from home this was 1968.
There are 2 Marines still missing from that fight and were buried on the field. I imagine those skeletons were Japanese? I imagine the place has changed a bit since you were there.
Could you give the location of the skeletons Tim? If Marines, they need to be recovered.
Have to apologise for some reason I said 1945 instead of 1942. I think the kids throwing rocks at me was a bit of distraction!
Great video of a heroic Marine. Had the pleasure of spending time with Mitch. I have dome great memories and items to remember him by.
I had the honor of meeting Mitchell Paige. We had a cocktail party for him. What a gracious man. It was an honor.
In 1999, I got to spend an afternoon with him at his home in La Quinta, CA....he autographed my Mitchell Paige GI Joe!
honestly this would have been better to just dub the narration over bc those cars passing is so distracting. Anyway, ty for your good work
I agree but I was only able to do the editing on the iPhone 7 itself. Pretty limited with what I had on a third world island. I even struggled to upload these videos using their internet to even get them on UA-cam.
Thank you very much.
My father was awarded the Levion of Merit citation for his service as a Regimental Suveon at the battle of Guadalcanal
Regimental Surgeon
i had the privilege to meet and talk with Col. Mitchell Paige several years ago. it was a meeting of the local boy scouts where he told the story of his life, including his childhood, enlistment and focusing on the details of battle at guadalcanal.
a true american hero.
We met Mitch Paige at a 1st MarDiv 60 year anniversary celebration. He was very humble. Such a nice man.
It seems that men who perform the greatest acts of courage during war are humbled by their experience.
Conversely it seems that the braggarts are those that did little in comparison.
Was that the one at Pendleton? If so I remember him there too. Was an impressive tribute and touching ceremony that day
Yet another terrific machine gun sergeant who knew what to do when the chips were down. Amazing.
His description of the events is awesome! The video of, and description of, these heroic events is hard for me to grasp.
It might be just me. However, I think it could be done much better. A key might be the analysis of American Civil War battlefields.
Just a thought.
Dude does a masterful job otherwise!!!!
Thanks for the feedback. I filmed it on an iPhone 7 including the editing on the phone. At the same time rocks were being thrown at me and my life threatened by a group of unruly gang youths. Lucky that anything was filmed at all.
@@guadalcanal-walkingabattle5349 OMG, dude! That's insane. Please be safe!
But, on another note, and this goes way back to college anthropology days, OUR WAR wasn't necessarily THEIR WAR. Get me? IMHO, often times we(western "civilization") never spends much time with the effect of our madness on their cultures..
I'm sure that the average American has ZERO idea of what those people think, feel, believe,, love, hate, etc.
THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO!!!!!
An absolutely superhuman effort. It's difficult to try to comprehend the odds and sheer effort it took that night. SF.
This island...especially the most formidable battles ever fought on land,air or sea,should have been memorialized long ago, to a much greater degree.
These people living on this island, are literally living on top of a mass grave site.
Ive read my whole life about jungle and malaria and snakes and alligators. Wasnt prepared to see it all developed
Outstanding, thank you for airing this.
Amazing videos Thank You !!
Ok, I love the videos. Probably some of the most important battles not many Americans know about. Have to ask though. I hear an Australian accent slip out here and there. Is it just from living around there?
Eric Harmon I guess I picked it up from living 25 years there.
How can I get more information about my father's service in the battle of Guadal Canal?
I have a Facebook page with the same title as here. Send me a PM.
Thanks! Do you drive on the left on Guadalcanal?
Yes it’s a British commonwealth country.
@@guadalcanal-walkingabattle5349 Thanks!
These are excellent tours that you are sharing. I am in the midst of reading James Jones' The Thin Red Line for the second time - having seen both movie versions. Although the story focuses on the Army actions against the fictitious Dancing Elephant in November - December 1942, your tours lend a better understanding of the island's topography and the challenges Marines and soldiers had to deal with driving the Japanese off the island by early 1943. Immense thanks to you for doing these.
Thanks and make sure you look at my Charles David MOH. That’s the area where Jones was WIA on the Galloping Horse (Dancing Elephant).
So no one is gonna talk about the dog @ 5:50 who looks like he’s in a foxhole?
Wow. Never saw that myself and even missed it when filming. How cool is that.
Jesus... That photo at 5:07 is a horrible scene.
Psycho's Neighbor I’ve came to know since that’s it’s actually a movie scene. This photo is commonly shown to be real as I was lead to believe.
Completely destroyed the history of what that truly represents. Truly, a very sad ending.
Thank you for your efforts in bringing us this video about Mitchell Paige. I have respected him above many others, including John Basilone who heard of Paige's experience and attributed some of his story to himself.
1945? I don’t think so.
I must have had a brain slip in there. I think I corrected it?
I lost all twelve. I lost all twelve. It's insanity up there. I told them what to do. I told them where to go, and I gave em a push. I don't know who's in charge I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE! BUT DON'T LET EM GO!! DON'T LET EM GO!!
ALRIGHT I'M OUTTA HERE! Move feet move! Alright don't touch don't look at me okay I'm outta here!!
@Jason Forbes Lol I was wondering how many people if any would pick up on that.
Back in 2009 I was a new PFC in the Army 3ID 2BCT 1-64AR, and I used to make half of my platoon crack up by reciting those same lines. I've seen it so many times I can recite most of the lines.
God was w the,m,,,,,,,,