Marine's FIERCE COMBAT in the Pacific on Guadalcanal and Peleliu

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  • @bromanguydudesir
    @bromanguydudesir Рік тому +36

    This guy seems so alert and present. He sounds like he is 53, incredible

  • @marvmattison5248
    @marvmattison5248 Рік тому +50

    What a great guy, sure can't tell he's 98 yrs. old. Sharp mind still and all he and all vets have been thru.

    • @Voucher765
      @Voucher765 Рік тому +7

      Especially as a member of the 1st Marine Division, God bless him

    • @domeyeahaight
      @domeyeahaight Рік тому +7

      My grandfather is 95 and was in “the service” as he calls it (navy) he tells me his mind is the same as it always was, that he is just tired physically

    • @cskillet2003
      @cskillet2003 5 місяців тому

      He's a fighter! I love these guys.

  • @daveaver
    @daveaver Рік тому +55

    What a great American- thanks for sharing Oliver. Congrats on the 75th!

  • @daffyd5867
    @daffyd5867 Рік тому +19

    My mother used to tell me of the young yanks who were in Sydney, and got tears in her eyes because many of them would never go home..thanks fro Australia 🇦🇺

  • @zacharymccoy2595
    @zacharymccoy2595 Рік тому +9

    There are no more truer words from a marine then “I saw them blues and knew I needed a pair of my own” 😂🫡🇺🇸 Semper Fidelis brother

  • @kengrimsley4172
    @kengrimsley4172 Рік тому +15

    Wow. Valuable Life instructions. Not just as a warrior, survivor and Marine...but as a man. Married for 75 years. Thank you for your service, and for your sound advice!

  • @refugeeca
    @refugeeca Рік тому +90

    It’s very hard to believe he’s almost 100 years-old as well spoken as he is. Very hard

    • @mrdudedaniel
      @mrdudedaniel Рік тому +7

      Speaks better than Joe Biden

    • @vecernicek2
      @vecernicek2 Рік тому +5

      You might be surprised that an average 100 year old has lower medical costs than an average 80 year old. Some people just age better than others, we call them "super agers". They are much more resistant to age related disease including neurodegeneration and dementia than average population. Almost everyone who lives to 100 is a super ager.

    • @alexace5584
      @alexace5584 2 місяці тому

      It’s what happened before everything got poisoned from the news, water, food, and medical system.

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 Рік тому +30

    One of the best ones I've seen. And I'm trying to watch them all. I love these men from the bottom of my heart. Thank God for these American heroes. 💯❤️🇺🇸

  • @blackonblack...9244
    @blackonblack...9244 Рік тому +68

    You know these WWII vets drop nuggets of wisdom every once in a while. Something these young folks could use.

    • @bubamaranovichok4901
      @bubamaranovichok4901 Рік тому +2

      So, what kind of wisdom dropped he what you can use in your life? I hope it’s, do not go to foreign land fighting for profit.

    • @blackonblack...9244
      @blackonblack...9244 Рік тому +2

      @@bubamaranovichok4901 Did you watch the video?

    • @Warrior_Pilgrim
      @Warrior_Pilgrim Рік тому +1

      @@bubamaranovichok4901if you watched the video you would know what the op is talking about.
      But I know the video had too many words for you, probably bored you.
      Proverbs 18:2

    • @LyonThroy-RSA
      @LyonThroy-RSA Рік тому

      ​@@bubamaranovichok4901well, for starters, his commitment to his marriage is a great takeaway for all of us.

    • @JEJAK5396
      @JEJAK5396 Рік тому +1

      Why do older people want their Grandchildren and Neighbors Grandchildren to die in Wars?

  • @Simbadalion
    @Simbadalion Рік тому +54

    Thank you so much for all you've done for this country sir. Your are the real heros in this world and I won't ever forget it

  • @danielhamilton4269
    @danielhamilton4269 Рік тому +15

    THANKS!!!! My Dad was with you at Peleliu -You remind me of him.

  • @RV4aviator
    @RV4aviator Рік тому +12

    A survivors testimony is priceless. Thanks for recording a voice from our past...! Cheers

  • @richardthornhill4630
    @richardthornhill4630 Рік тому +14

    Semper Fi. Thanks to all our Veterans who served.

    • @bubamaranovichok4901
      @bubamaranovichok4901 Рік тому

      And for getting rich from the goods they stole from someone else homes!

  • @FlukeTog
    @FlukeTog Рік тому +16

    Semper Fi
    I recognize the name from my grandfather’s papers. I have a leather cup of dice from G-2-1 I bet you’d get a kick out of. Dice with cards on them, green dice, red dice, white dice, big dice, small dice. You guys sure liked dice. I sure do miss our Marine. Thank you for talking to us. God bless.

  • @calescapee9642
    @calescapee9642 Рік тому +11

    My Dad served in the Navy from 1932 to 1945 mostly in the Pacific. Chief Radioman on CV-18 USS WASP.

  • @kentcrawford7080
    @kentcrawford7080 Рік тому +13

    Oliver thank you so much for your service and your bravery for our country, I am impressed that you knew chesty puller as well

  • @danielwolf6875
    @danielwolf6875 Рік тому +16

    Wow. Cheers to you, my most honored sir. For even at 97 you still are an exemplary example of how a Man should be..... You make me proud to be an American. G-D Bless you, Baruch Hashem! 🫡❤️‍🔥🐺

  • @shawnpa
    @shawnpa Рік тому +5

    Love hearing these people's stories. This is who my generation grew up with. God bless him.

  • @calescapee9642
    @calescapee9642 Рік тому +5

    Those 2 battles were insane.

  • @kentcrawford7080
    @kentcrawford7080 Рік тому +17

    He mentions chesty puller, Believe had a son named lewis b.puller jr. went to Vietnam was terribly wounded battled alcoholism and wrote an amazing book called Fortunate Son I certainly recommend this book

    • @benpotts5210
      @benpotts5210 Рік тому +3

      That's a great book. Jocko Willink also covers it in episode 122 or 123 of the Jocko Podcast

    • @kentcrawford7080
      @kentcrawford7080 Рік тому +1

      Thanks Ben I would like to check that out if you could offer a link that would be helpful as well thank you from Kent Crawford

    • @donaldg.freeman2804
      @donaldg.freeman2804 Рік тому +2

      His son finally surrendered to depression and alcohol. That book testifies to how long he endured his horrendous physical wounds in Vietnam and his PTSD afterward.

  • @ranDUMBnation
    @ranDUMBnation Рік тому +3

    From
    One Marine to another we appreciate your service! OORAHH!

  • @DRFelGood
    @DRFelGood Рік тому +18

    Thank you for sharing your experiences, sacrifice, courage and service for our country and freedom ❤🇺🇸

  • @tweb2295
    @tweb2295 Рік тому +6

    Thank you and God Bless you Sir...!

  • @wittwittwer1043
    @wittwittwer1043 Рік тому +15

    This former Marine glossed over the Guadalcanal campaign, which lasted from Aug1942 until Feb 1943. Marines landed in August, but were reinforced by the Army 164th Infantry in mid-Oct. The speaker meant that the first planes to land on Guadal were Grumman F-4 wildcats. Grumman F-6 Hellcats weren't introduced until Sept 1943, well after the Guadal campaign ended (from that time, the island was used as a training and supply base for the continued Solomons and other campaigns).
    One of the units that served on "The Canal" was on loan from the 2nd Marine Division: 2nd Bn, 2nd Rgt. I was in that unit many years later, from Mar 63 until Jun 65.

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 Рік тому

      Were you in the Dominican action?

    • @wittwittwer1043
      @wittwittwer1043 Рік тому +2

      @@roderickstockdale1678 asked: "Were you in the Dominican action?" A: I was in 2nd Motor Transport at the time, having just transferred from the infantry. We loaded our trucks with sandbags, steel stakes, and barbed wire, installed fording gear, and went to the 6th Marines area to load them, but their barracks were empty and the doors were chained shut, so we headed to Morehead city, NC. The swabbies told us the trucks wouldn’t fit in the hold with the bows, canvas, and fording gear installed, so we removed them and stowed them in the bed of the trucks. We also had to fold the windshield down in order for the truck to fit in the hold ‘tween decks.
      Then our trucks were hoisted aboard and chained down in the hold aboard USS Vermillion AKA-107. About two days later we were on station off Santo Domingo. There was such a rush to get us down there that we were surprised when we weren’t landed immediately. It was frustrating to remain aboard ship, but there was a Recon guy aboard who had a radio, so we listened to it as he monitored onshore traffic. It was confusing because no one had a map of the city’s landmarks which were frequently spoken of in reports.
      We also got some communication from recon aircraft circling the action. They often reported being fired on. Our ground forces were also being shot at, but the “rules of engagement” were different then, and requests to shoot back were usually denied, as we were a “peace-keeping” force.
      We got word that our unit wasn’t needed, but a disbursing (paymaster) unit on the Vermillion was, and since the ship had been combat-loaded their gear was in the lowest hold. Our trucks had to be unloaded into landing boats, taken ashore, unloaded, and then the boats returned for the disbursing unit’s gear to be ferried ashore. Our vehicles were returned via those empty boats, then reloaded. Our trucks got banged up in this process.
      Altogether we were aboard the Vermillion for 32 days. Our living space and “battle station” was in the forward hold, very spacious. By the time we were ashore again, we had emptied the ship’s store of cigarettes ($1.00 a carton once outside the 3-mile limit) watches, paint-by-the-numbers kits, and pogey-bait (candy). The ship had a tiny library, and I read most of the books in it while I was abroad. The most annoying aspect of our stay was the constant hammering of the paint chippers. It made me happy I was never a swabbie. The chow aboard was standard Navy-good.
      We went to GQ one time-the only time we did that for real-one night. At GQ, the smoking lamp is out and all hatches are closed. The ventilation system is shut down, so if you are below decks it quickly gets hot. Vermillion went to flank (top) speed, and the whole ship vibrated. The ship had 4 40mm gun tubs, two in the bow and two in the stern. Supposedly there was also a 5 in. gun, but I never saw it. We soon secured from General Quarters, but never found out why the alarm was issued in the first place.

  • @alericc1889
    @alericc1889 Рік тому +5

    He reminds me of my Great Uncles who fought in WWII, the difference is they NEVER talked about what they went thru.

  • @williampage622
    @williampage622 Рік тому +2

    God bless Mr Marcelli, thank you for saving freedom for us. Would love to sit and talk to him.

  • @nashrunner
    @nashrunner Рік тому +11

    Awesome. Wish you’d asked some more specific questions about his battles however

  • @graffics7665
    @graffics7665 Рік тому +5

    What an amazing man. God bless.

  • @mickmacy6161
    @mickmacy6161 Рік тому +5

    Much respect, sir. Thank you

  • @j1st633
    @j1st633 Рік тому +8

    Looks great for 97! Wonderful way to say goodnight.

  • @gilwhitmore9682
    @gilwhitmore9682 Рік тому +3

    I always enjoy listening to these men. I almost always learn something new.

  • @anlerden4851
    @anlerden4851 Рік тому +11

    Thank You so much for your service and lovely dedications to Our Beautiful USA Dear American Marine Sir, Semper Fi!!!!!! ususususus......🙏❤🤍💙💪👍

    • @douglasb5046
      @douglasb5046 5 місяців тому

      Agree as to his invaluable contributions but do U thank doctors and nurses for their service too? They save rather than take lives them. Always bemused by the Yanks worship of their military….

  • @kelliebrand9837
    @kelliebrand9837 2 місяці тому

    We were with you all the way! Love to you from your Australian cousins. We have fought with you in every war. I love hearing your story. 🇺🇸❤️🇦🇺

  • @joeruger5858
    @joeruger5858 Рік тому +3

    Incredible man, much respect!

  • @gregboyden564
    @gregboyden564 Рік тому +3

    thank you for your service sir. Your story of survival in combat is incredible and inspiring. May you keep enjoying your life and God Bless you and our Freedom

  • @schlinge-fling
    @schlinge-fling Рік тому +11

    This guy looks great! Speaks really sharp as well. This is gonna be a good video .

  • @yoojin-oi8ij
    @yoojin-oi8ij Рік тому +8

    I'm at a loss for words.

  • @Joelontugs
    @Joelontugs Рік тому +2

    Thank you for your service

  • @williamward7226
    @williamward7226 Рік тому +3

    Thank you. God bless your family. From a old seabee.

  • @marcusmann5859
    @marcusmann5859 Рік тому +10

    truly touching a pure a mans man makes me proud to be an american

  • @saiajin82
    @saiajin82 Рік тому +3

    Incredible, just incredible.

  • @briansteinmacher5811
    @briansteinmacher5811 Рік тому +1

    Great interview. Thank you for serving!

  • @knzjvmatc-3
    @knzjvmatc-3 Місяць тому

    Thanks, older brother. Semper Fidelis!

  • @ChevyBoyCallofDuty
    @ChevyBoyCallofDuty Рік тому +2

    Thanks for your service! 🇺🇸❤️ I wonder if you knew my grandpa he was on the same islands

  • @calescapee9642
    @calescapee9642 Рік тому +7

    We will not let these veterans down.They gave their All to defeat the Axis Powers. We will not let their efforts die in Vain at any cost!!!

  • @danichicago9140
    @danichicago9140 4 місяці тому

    Im so lucky to have been raised with men like this. I barely qualify for Gen X but almost every man in my life growing up had served. The neighborhood i was raised in was mostly Police and Firemen because of residency. Overall mostly vets. The personalities and character i miss most. Its rare to meet a character now.

  • @shawnathon60
    @shawnathon60 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much,, for your service! I am well-read on the war, I have read much of Chesty Puller!

  • @avroe1
    @avroe1 Рік тому +1

    He seems 25 yrs younger than he is. Crazy!

  • @mark-ib7sz
    @mark-ib7sz 6 днів тому

    What a great man. God bless you.

  • @cskillet2003
    @cskillet2003 5 місяців тому

    I can't imagine what these guys went through. Hopefully we'll never have to repeat it.

  • @Matt_from_Florida
    @Matt_from_Florida Рік тому +6

    I'm 70. Couples of this age (97+) that I knew are all dead now but the ones whose marriages lasted their entire lives were facilitated by the wives keeping their husband's alcoholic drink topped-up!!! I saw grandparents on both sides drink from right after breakfast up until bedtime! There used to be drive-through liquor stores that served you an open drink right to your driver's seat! It makes me smile to think about those old times. It can be fun to remember things you haven't thought about in over 20 years!

    • @jefesalsero
      @jefesalsero 9 місяців тому +1

      Alcohol consumption was definitely more prevalent in previous generations and it was common for combat veterans to become alcoholic.

  • @crabmankiosk000
    @crabmankiosk000 3 місяці тому

    He remembers so much that he has to like, stop himself and audibly remind himself he has to take his time “To make a long story short, [to do it] again” God bless him.

  • @douglasb5046
    @douglasb5046 5 місяців тому

    Great chap. Bless his heart

  • @joeritchie4554
    @joeritchie4554 Рік тому +5

    We had a family friend that fought at Guadalcanal. He was stationed around the airbase there. His few stories educated me at what a bitch that battle was. Peleliu was not any better.

  • @LyonThroy-RSA
    @LyonThroy-RSA Рік тому +2

    Salut Soldier. Respect.

  • @DDGVET4
    @DDGVET4 Рік тому +2

    Those planes were SNJ Navy Trainers also known as the North American T-6 Texan. My first model plane as a kid in the early 60's was a SNJ. My dads best friend Dan Crapps was at Peleliu. I didn't know it until my dad's funeral he when he told me about being there. My son was there in his Navy whites and Dan knew I had been in the Navy too so I guess he felt comfortable telling me about it. I was 44 at the time. I'm 66 now.

  • @johndeluca2869
    @johndeluca2869 Рік тому +2

    This Man is a True American Hero and I will never forget what his Generation did for our Freedom.

  • @electrolytics
    @electrolytics Рік тому +2

    Thank you.

  • @krisshepherd740
    @krisshepherd740 4 місяці тому

    Great soldier and man!! Thank you sir!🎉❤

  • @casablanca2745
    @casablanca2745 Рік тому +2

    I’m in awe of these great Americans!

  • @Warrior_Pilgrim
    @Warrior_Pilgrim Рік тому +3

    I appreciated him sharing his reason for a life long marriage.

  • @693tanner
    @693tanner Рік тому

    thank you

  • @aj-tp2yh
    @aj-tp2yh Рік тому

    Thankyou America

  • @donaldg.freeman2804
    @donaldg.freeman2804 Рік тому

    Wow, the clarity of his speech makes him sound a lot younger. He could pass for 70. His mind seems razor sharp.

  • @richardangelini7296
    @richardangelini7296 Рік тому

    Awesome interview.

  • @mikeblankenship7930
    @mikeblankenship7930 Рік тому +3

    My dad landed on Peleliu with the 1st Marines.

  • @paulheinrich7645
    @paulheinrich7645 Рік тому +11

    He looks 57, not 97. He must have found the fountain of youth.

    • @scott-qs6sp
      @scott-qs6sp Рік тому +3

      and talks like he's in his late 30s

  • @michaelwoehl8822
    @michaelwoehl8822 Рік тому +4

    Good guy.

  • @FernandoChavesRincon
    @FernandoChavesRincon Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @cladglas
    @cladglas Рік тому +2

    1st marines were the 2nd echelon of 1MarDiv coming straight to NZ from san francisco, arriving on 11july. they had 11 days to unload/reload their cargo, they spent the entire time in NZ, doing that; didn't leave the ship. they didn't have a good time in NZ.
    oddly, didn't mention New Britain at all. 1MarDiv left australia in late summer '43 & didn't go back before assaulting Peleliu in september '44. they didn't go to Peleliu from melbourne.

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 Рік тому

      They didn’t go to New Britain from Melbourne, either. They went to New Guinea first to train and get back in form and they went to New Britain.

    • @cladglas
      @cladglas Рік тому

      yes; neither of us stated that they did.

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 Рік тому

      @@cladglas I didn’t know they just stayed on ship loading cargo in New Zealand. I thought they had actually trained there before going to Guadalcanal, and you didn’t mention Pavuvu either being that there was where they went to Peleliu from.

    • @karenTeWhata
      @karenTeWhata 10 місяців тому +1

      Someone must of. Because granddad was a marine from San Francisco who met my granny in Christchurch during the war.

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 10 місяців тому

      @@karenTeWhata was he 1st division?

  • @kelliebrand9837
    @kelliebrand9837 2 місяці тому

    The War in the Pacific was hell on earth. I'm Australian and my grandfather was in New Guinea against the Japanese. They were beyond cruel. May we always be friends and allies AUSTRALIA AND USA ❤❤

  • @sheepdog1102
    @sheepdog1102 Рік тому

    Excellent video 😊

  • @Handleweary
    @Handleweary Рік тому

    I worked for a cruise line as a deckhand running from San Diego along the Mexican west coast of Baja and up into the Sea of Cortez. I'd been on deck doing something and went up to the bridge and the Mate was laying on the deck with a plastic bag under his face so sea sick he couldn't move. And this was in light seas, just an easy roll. So he asked me to look out the window for boat traffic, nothing. Then look at the radar, nothing out there. So he said come back every 15 minutes to check for traffic. Poor guy was really suffering

  • @ronjenkins795
    @ronjenkins795 5 місяців тому

    God bless you sir 🙏

  • @sonnyjs15
    @sonnyjs15 Рік тому +95

    This man is more coherent and capable than biden, that's for sure. I grew up next to a guy like this. Big influence on me becoming a Marine.

    • @jaobillionaire
      @jaobillionaire Рік тому

      Joe biden is a stutterer, you can't expect fluent or coherent speech from a stutterer.

    • @gregseidel594
      @gregseidel594 Рік тому +9

      MOre coherent and no bone spurs than Trump. Also, more honest but that is a given since Trump would lie about his well everything.

    • @sonnyjs15
      @sonnyjs15 Рік тому +14

      @@gregseidel594 the difference between a conservative fact and an emotional, irrational, liberal opinion, ladies and gentlemen. 👏👏👏👏

    • @really_dont_know1681
      @really_dont_know1681 Рік тому +6

      @@gregseidel594someone’s triggered 😂

    • @Lcg8928
      @Lcg8928 Рік тому +5

      @@sonnyjs15 Deluded.

  • @yungcaco1443
    @yungcaco1443 10 місяців тому

    Really nice guy

  • @Bobbymaccys
    @Bobbymaccys Рік тому +1

    Sea sickness is 50% thinking you’re going to die and 50% wishing you would.

  • @jamesburns2232
    @jamesburns2232 Рік тому +2

    It's Catch 22. The more you want to fly, the less the Military will let you fly. You are better off if you never reveal your passion for flying. 😉

  • @MarkHansen1990
    @MarkHansen1990 Рік тому

    Amen, faith over fear. ❤

  • @michaelward9880
    @michaelward9880 9 місяців тому

    How did he miss Cape Gloucester? That was 1st MAR DIV next operation after Guadalcanal.

  • @timothygavin6836
    @timothygavin6836 2 місяці тому

    My father was at Peleliu. He’s been dead for almost 51 years now

  • @telluride4017
    @telluride4017 Рік тому

    They have been married for seventy five years, You don't hear that often! Hats off to this man, god bless him and his wife

  • @MegaMixking
    @MegaMixking 7 місяців тому

    salute

  • @DSWL_
    @DSWL_ Рік тому

    🖤

  • @beshie1322
    @beshie1322 8 місяців тому

    Do you have any veterans videos who went to Philippines?

  • @puttumsftw8478
    @puttumsftw8478 Рік тому +1

    Is this a recent interview? I thought all the WW2 warriors were gone.

  • @Voucher765
    @Voucher765 Рік тому +1

    1st Marine Division let's go

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 Рік тому

      When did you serve?

    • @Voucher765
      @Voucher765 Рік тому +1

      @roderickstockdale1678 I'm actually not in the military but I'm a history buff somewhat

    • @roderickstockdale1678
      @roderickstockdale1678 Рік тому

      @@Voucher765 ha me too. I’ve been studying them for the last 10 years!

  • @sascha12-e3e
    @sascha12-e3e 11 місяців тому

    ty for your service in ww2

  • @markevanger4791
    @markevanger4791 Рік тому

    SALUTE SIR 🌹🇺🇸🌹

  • @gergq5888
    @gergq5888 4 місяці тому

    The pacific veterans are just different than the Europe veterans.

  • @Hudsoncolo
    @Hudsoncolo Рік тому

    Wow! I only did 37 years with the same women. That man had guts!

  • @TheDCGuitar13
    @TheDCGuitar13 Рік тому

    Man said he went on field trips😂

  • @sameemas1723
    @sameemas1723 7 місяців тому

    This man is more coherent than trump also . . .

  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird Рік тому +4

    Marines have to ask permission to die. ✝️🇺🇸

    • @rickieoakes5267
      @rickieoakes5267 Рік тому +1

      I remember being told that, but I can't remember any of the guys I served with asking for permission 😢

  • @SigmaNuHE481
    @SigmaNuHE481 Рік тому +5

    I would've guessed he's in his 80s

  • @tankerboysabot
    @tankerboysabot Рік тому

    I wonder if this man and many others had access to psychodelics like Ayahuaska of they could have been able to treat their PTSD.

  • @Lovenlife139
    @Lovenlife139 9 місяців тому

    Any interviews from men from the South? Everyone i click on is a man from up North.

  • @darrenstockman9268
    @darrenstockman9268 Рік тому

    Yr so beautiful
    Loved yr korero
    Tuk yr misses in every nite so cool

  • @martytrueblood5902
    @martytrueblood5902 Рік тому

    thank god...he needs made in Japan
    to tell his story..
    snickers.....thanks for nothing
    grandpa...
    where your kids?..
    homeless
    hehe