Perhaps it was mentioned before but it needs to be repeated. After he was awarded the Medal of Honor, Basilone was sent back to the States as a hero and toured to sell war bonds. He could have stayed stateside and safe for the rest of the war BUT AGAINST EVERYONE’S ADVICE HE REQUESTED TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO COMBAT. Instead of being home with his new wife or visiting his family back east, he returned to the front and laid down his life on Iwo Jima for his country and his men. His home town of Raritan New Jersey never forgot him. There is a parade in his honor every September which ends at the monument and park the town built for his memory.
Around 5,000 good men never made it off that Sulfur smelling black rock they call an island. It’s why it was said after the flag raising that “the Marine Corps guaranteed its survival for another 500 years” with that feat
Honestly I can't respect that part of it. He had done his duty. Had a beautiful wife waiting for him who begged him not to go and he went back and died on a beach. It was pointless. His wife never recovered. When you have a wife you can't just make selfish decisions like that. Yeah; it was selfish. It was just what HE wanted.
@@tomservo5347 1897 Winchester 12 gauge. At the time of Guadalcanal, the Army probably got all the M12 shotguns. The Marines were also still using the 03/A3 bolt action Springfields then, while the Army was being issued the M1 Garand.
@@TheCurlsCrazy "On the night of October 24, 1942, in the jungles of Guadalcanal, one of the hundreds of islands that comprise the Solomons, then-Sgt. Basilone was commanding two heavy .30-caliber machine gun sections from First Battalion, Seventh Marines, that were tasked with holding a narrow pass at the Tenaru River. As the small crews of Marines dug in for the night, a Japanese regiment numbering 3,000 men attacked the line, hammering the Marines with grenades and mortar fire. Wave after wave were kept at bay by the small teams of Marines, until one of the gun crews was disabled by enemy fire. With total disregard for his own life, Basilone carried about 90 pounds of weaponry and ammunition to the silenced gun pit, running a distance of 200 yards through enemy fire and encountering Japanese soldiers along the route, who he killed with his Colt .45 pistol. Basilone continued running back and forth between gun pits, supplying ammunition to those desperately in need and clearing gun jams for his junior Marines. Amidst the carnage, Basilone lost his asbestos gloves, hand protection critical for holding or swapping out the scalding hot barrels of the heavily used machine guns. During the height of the battle, Basilone barehanded the searing barrel of his machine gun without hesitation and continued putting rounds downrange, killing an entire wave of Japanese soldiers and burning his hands and arms in the process. Enemy bodies were (literally) piling up so rapidly that he - or other Marines, depending on the story - had to vacate their defensive positions to knock over the growing wall of flesh so they could reestablish clear fields of fire. An entire Japanese regiment was thwarted by the gun crews, and by the time reinforcements arrived, only Basilone and two other Marines were left standing. Basilone used his crews’ machine guns, his pistol and a machete to kill at least 38 enemy soldiers by himself. Pfc. Nash W. Phillips was with Basilone on Guadalcanal and recounted the other-worldly efforts of his sergeant. “Basilone had a machine gun on the go for three days and nights without sleep, rest or food,” said Phillips, who lost a hand in the fight. While receiving medical treatment, Phillips recalled Basilone’s mythical appearance as he came to to check on him. “He was barefooted and his eyes were red as fire,” he said. “His face was dirty black from gunfire and lack of sleep. His shirt sleeves were rolled up to his shoulders. He had a .45 tucked into the waistband of his trousers. He'd just dropped by to see how I was making out; me and the others in the section. I’ll never forget him. He’ll never be dead in my mind!” Basilone would go on to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal. He returned to the U.S. to assist the war bond effort - and was offered a commission and the chance to spend the rest of the war in Washington. He turned the offer down, forgoing the public attention being a war hero yielded and opting instead to return to combat." www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-army/2018/06/29/valor-friday-the-legend-of-john-basilone/ TV-Shows are not real! FFS!! :D in real life, he did much more than this.
The thing is Sgt. Basilone would never call himself a Rambo. Civilians do that. Guys like him simply say they're doing their job.... He just had to go a little bit beyond what was required of him.
He made Rambo look like a box full of kittens, with an inferior machine gun against way greater odds. And last but certainly not the least, this happened for real.
Rambo is one of the great war movies- not because he is a bad ass but its one of the few movies that looks into the problems vets have with adapting to life at home and how society sometimes does not know how to deal with them. Its also why i don't consider "Rambo first blood" to have any sequels.
@@MrChickennugget360 well said! Think the so called sequels dilute the powerful message of the first film. The problems vets have and how society abandoned the vets from Vietnam. It’s shame the following films were just over the top Hollywood nonsense.
“Of every one hundred men... ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are nothing but targets, nine are real fighters… We are lucky to have them… They make the battle. Ah, but the one, one of them is a Warrior… and he will bring the others back.”
They really understated what he done in the mini series. If you can find the old episode of SHOOTOUT Guadalcanal from the History channel it really describes the extraordinary feat in battle he performed.
@@Michael89240 he commanded I believe 2 small machine gun squads against a bonsai charge of essentially 3,000 Japanese soldiers and effectively held the line with minimal supplies and while taking casualties. He ran his own supply lines through the forest heavily infested with Japanese forces and lead the defense with his expertise in not only machine gun usage but also pistol usage since eventually he did run out of ammo. That’s a short summary.
Mac Miller It probably wouldn’t be as good as you think, they both fought very different wars and developed different tactics and strategies to survive.
Full credit to him,and may he rest in peace. Also to the many others who fought hard against the ruthless and cruel Japanese military, and the ultimate victory over them.
There's a large photo of him in the Little Rock's Mar-Dent room. I look at it every time I go down to CIC to do restoration work because the hatch that leads down there is right next to it. "Semper Fi John!"
John Basilone was the real definition of an American badass. Born in Buffalo, NY to Italian parents, he fought with a tenacity that's very rare. I high encourage anyone who doesn't know his story to research it. I'd rather face the Terminator, Rambo, and John Wick all at once than go up against John Basilone.
John basilone was the real Rambo in world war II he single-handedly took out an entire Japanese battalion with 1 Browning m1917 water cool light machine gun. he fought the Japanese soldiers while his men escape he went from the beyond the call of duty and even though his Superior officer had ordered him to leave his position he stayed and hold his position as long as he could until the until the bullet run out. John basilone received the medal of Honor from the president of United States for his courage and for his heroism he was respected by every Marine in the corps and was promoted to gunnery sergeant by his Superior officer but sadly in 1945 on the Black sands of hell he was killed in action by Japanese machine gun fire the Marines who saw him die were in shock they lost a good marine who trying to save his troops form deadliest situation they were low on ammo and some his men critically wounded in the crossfire also there were being surrounded by Japanese soldiers but but the soldiers you were stuck on the beach managed to get to those boys on time to keep fighting in the fight in the Battle of Iwo Jima his courage and his heroism inspire many of the men in this lovely the United States Marine Corp the sacrifices he made and the sacrifices he made to make this country better than it was before john basilone was a good soldier he understand the risk that they cost him his life but he did not die in vain he died with courge and honor to serving this great country and the sacrifices that the United States Marine corps gave to people who had no freedom may God grant him pass on John basilone when he enters through the Gates of heaven into the land of paradise... Rest easy John and thank you veterans for serving this country I salute you in respect
@@TheBanjoShowOfficial But that was worth it to rea, Who cares about grammar? UA-cam doesnt check any grammar errors before you can post a comment. Btw RIP John Basilone. One of the absolute heroes of WW2.
They don't make men like this anymore I've read his autobiography three times he could have sat out the rest of the war in the states are you requested to go back into action to be with his boys to teach the new guys everything he knew to keep them alive truly a great man
Yes they f****** do. I suggest you look up Sergeant Alwyn Cash . Medal of Honor recipients are extremely rare people in the military in any case. And ANYONE can receive a Medal of Honor all they have to do is do something above and beyond the call of duty.
I could barely touch a hot skillet that was 10 mins off the burner the other day. He didn't hesitate to bare hand a hot barrel to save his fellow Marines!
At this stage of the war in the Pacific, the US Marines were still using the M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle. Later in the Guadalcanal Campaign when the US Army started showing up, eventually taking over duties on the island, they had M1 Garands. Traditionally the US Marine Corps has often been behind the US Army with new stuff, even today.
can you or someone send me this file? I got a presentation to do tomorrow and I just found out the computer we will use for the projector isn't hooked up to the internet -_-
to this day we redo basilones run for ammo, close to 2 miles hauling ass in gear and then sprint up a god forsaken hill with EVERYONE carrying a 30lb ammo can in bootcamp, idk if east coast marines did the same.
The European theatre was far more civil as it was a war against Western "brothers" whereas the Pacific was far more brutal ... that's why the Marines had to go there.
@@jacksonquinn6008 Actually some of them weren’t too thrilled. The M1 Garand was heavier and the Marines hadn’t trained with them to the same level as the M1903A3.
Aun se ve como en guadalcanal los marines aun usan el excelente rifle de cerrojo Springfield M-1903 que a pesar de ser de cerrojo manual era mas lento que el Garand y solo tenia un deposito de 5 cartuchos. Pero los expertos marines lo disparaban asi todo bastante rapido.los 5 disparos podian hacerlos en 7 u 8 segundos.despues habia que recargar otra vez.cerrojo atras y otro peine con otros 5 cartuchos. Cerrojo adelante y fuego 🔥 poco despues a mediados de 1943 ya les empezarian a dar el mas moderno M-1Garand que era semiautomático y con un deposito de 8 cartuchos que podían ser disparados en 4 o 5 segundos en caso de necesidad. El Springfield M-1903 quedo para instruccion y sobre todo para francotiradores donde su lentitud y pocos cartuchos no era un problema dado que un francotirador siempre opera a distancia de sus presas..... aparte era muy preciso.5 disparos y 5 japos menos.😀😀😀.
Fighting wave after wave of Japanese soldiers, pissing where they stood for 3 days barely sleeping … not sure anything compares to the stand of these Marines at Guadalcanal. Maybe the 300 Spartans in the 2nd Persian War in 480 BC.
These were brave men of America. Today we have many young men who think bravery is dressing up like a ninja and throwing frozen water bottles at police officers makes them brave. They have no problems with their actions because they know the officers are severely restricted on what they can do in response.
If I could compare cheezy to cheezy and Real to Real. Band of Bothers is like Platoon with Tom Berringer and The Pacific is like The Green Berets with John Wayne. So cheezy, dramatic and "heroic" that I'm suprised they didn't get a damn hologragm of John Wayne for this glorified crap.
This really happened dumbass. In fact it doesn’t do Justice to what John Basilian’s actually did at Guadalcanal. He won the Medal of Honor for a reason. smh Einstein
Except that this actually happened. Read his medal of honor citation and his biography. It didnt stop on guadalcanal either. He stacked bodies on Iwo Jima clearing a heavily fortified bunker with his men as well as guiding a tank through a mine field.
This guy was just a demented individual with no respect for life. Who, in their right mind nearly gets killed and goes back for more? That is NOT heroic. That is just stupid with ZERO thought or respect for his wife. I really hope she found someone who appreciated her because he did not.
Perhaps it was mentioned before but it needs to be repeated. After he was awarded the Medal of Honor, Basilone was sent back to the States as a hero and toured to sell war bonds.
He could have stayed stateside and safe for the rest of the war BUT AGAINST EVERYONE’S ADVICE HE REQUESTED TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO COMBAT. Instead of being home with his new wife or visiting his family back east, he returned to the front and laid down his life on Iwo Jima for his country and his men.
His home town of Raritan New Jersey never forgot him. There is a parade in his honor every September which ends at the monument and park the town built for his memory.
Many of us remember. Heck of a man. A Marines' Marine.
Very true. Its covered quite well in the show. The show shows his death on Iwo Jima.
Around 5,000 good men never made it off that Sulfur smelling black rock they call an island. It’s why it was said after the flag raising that “the Marine Corps guaranteed its survival for another 500 years” with that feat
Badasses !
Honestly I can't respect that part of it. He had done his duty. Had a beautiful wife waiting for him who begged him not to go and he went back and died on a beach. It was pointless. His wife never recovered. When you have a wife you can't just make selfish decisions like that. Yeah; it was selfish. It was just what HE wanted.
I thank God for John M. Browning and John Basilone.
.30 cal machine gun, M1911, and 1898 Winchester 12-gauge of Browning design all employed by John Basilone!
@@tomservo5347 1897 Winchester 12 gauge. At the time of Guadalcanal, the Army probably got all the M12 shotguns. The Marines were also still using the 03/A3 bolt action Springfields then, while the Army was being issued the M1 Garand.
No such thing as god, and if you're praying to firearms then there's something wrong with you.
Before there was a John Rambo there was a John Basilone, a real life Rambo.
You just don’t turn it off!!!!
TV-Shows are not real! FFS!! :D
in real life, he did not do this...
@@TheCurlsCrazy "On the night of October 24, 1942, in the jungles of Guadalcanal, one of the hundreds of islands that comprise the Solomons, then-Sgt. Basilone was commanding two heavy .30-caliber machine gun sections from First Battalion, Seventh Marines, that were tasked with holding a narrow pass at the Tenaru River.
As the small crews of Marines dug in for the night, a Japanese regiment numbering 3,000 men attacked the line, hammering the Marines with grenades and mortar fire. Wave after wave were kept at bay by the small teams of Marines, until one of the gun crews was disabled by enemy fire.
With total disregard for his own life, Basilone carried about 90 pounds of weaponry and ammunition to the silenced gun pit, running a distance of 200 yards through enemy fire and encountering Japanese soldiers along the route, who he killed with his Colt .45 pistol.
Basilone continued running back and forth between gun pits, supplying ammunition to those desperately in need and clearing gun jams for his junior Marines.
Amidst the carnage, Basilone lost his asbestos gloves, hand protection critical for holding or swapping out the scalding hot barrels of the heavily used machine guns.
During the height of the battle, Basilone barehanded the searing barrel of his machine gun without hesitation and continued putting rounds downrange, killing an entire wave of Japanese soldiers and burning his hands and arms in the process.
Enemy bodies were (literally) piling up so rapidly that he - or other Marines, depending on the story - had to vacate their defensive positions to knock over the growing wall of flesh so they could reestablish clear fields of fire.
An entire Japanese regiment was thwarted by the gun crews, and by the time reinforcements arrived, only Basilone and two other Marines were left standing. Basilone used his crews’ machine guns, his pistol and a machete to kill at least 38 enemy soldiers by himself.
Pfc. Nash W. Phillips was with Basilone on Guadalcanal and recounted the other-worldly efforts of his sergeant.
“Basilone had a machine gun on the go for three days and nights without sleep, rest or food,” said Phillips, who lost a hand in the fight.
While receiving medical treatment, Phillips recalled Basilone’s mythical appearance as he came to to check on him.
“He was barefooted and his eyes were red as fire,” he said. “His face was dirty black from gunfire and lack of sleep. His shirt sleeves were rolled up to his shoulders. He had a .45 tucked into the waistband of his trousers. He'd just dropped by to see how I was making out; me and the others in the section. I’ll never forget him. He’ll never be dead in my mind!”
Basilone would go on to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal. He returned to the U.S. to assist the war bond effort - and was offered a commission and the chance to spend the rest of the war in Washington.
He turned the offer down, forgoing the public attention being a war hero yielded and opting instead to return to combat."
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-army/2018/06/29/valor-friday-the-legend-of-john-basilone/
TV-Shows are not real! FFS!! :D
in real life, he did much more than this.
@@TheCurlsCrazy Correct, this is watered down.
The thing is Sgt. Basilone would never call himself a Rambo. Civilians do that. Guys like him simply say they're doing their job.... He just had to go a little bit beyond what was required of him.
John Basilone was a warriors warrior for sure. He served in the Army first became a Marine.
He made Rambo look like a box full of kittens, with an inferior machine gun against way greater odds. And last but certainly not the least, this happened for real.
Rambo is one of the great war movies- not because he is a bad ass but its one of the few movies that looks into the problems vets have with adapting to life at home and how society sometimes does not know how to deal with them.
Its also why i don't consider "Rambo first blood" to have any sequels.
@@MrChickennugget360 Your point?
@@AxelGunnars just that it is a good movie.
@@MrChickennugget360 well said! Think the so called sequels dilute the powerful message of the first film. The problems vets have and how society abandoned the vets from Vietnam. It’s shame the following films were just over the top Hollywood nonsense.
The main difference is that the M1917 is more than four times as heavy as the M60 and much less handy
“Of every one hundred men... ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are nothing but targets, nine are real fighters… We are lucky to have them… They make the battle. Ah, but the one, one of them is a Warrior… and he will bring the others back.”
Who said this?
A lot of war is pure luck whether or not a man survives though, even the warriors. Hence why some companies achieved less glory, I suppose.
My great grandfather was a warrior, Challis Still, received the silver star for fighting in Bougainville
They really understated what he done in the mini series. If you can find the old episode of SHOOTOUT Guadalcanal from the History channel it really describes the extraordinary feat in battle he performed.
What else did he do?
@@Michael89240 he stormed iwo
@@Michael89240 he kills a few dozen here, irl it was hundreds, all night, with most of the other men wounded
@@Michael89240 I heard, he played the violin while Rome burned!
@@Michael89240 he commanded I believe 2 small machine gun squads against a bonsai charge of essentially 3,000 Japanese soldiers and effectively held the line with minimal supplies and while taking casualties. He ran his own supply lines through the forest heavily infested with Japanese forces and lead the defense with his expertise in not only machine gun usage but also pistol usage since eventually he did run out of ammo. That’s a short summary.
Imagine if Basilone and sergeant Winters from band of brothers teamed up. I’d be scared for anyone that had to face those two.
Mac Miller Throw in Sgt. “Bull” Randellman or Garneer and the enemies are f*cked
Mac Miller It probably wouldn’t be as good as you think, they both fought very different wars and developed different tactics and strategies to survive.
WeBe Flexin nah I’m pretty sure it would be every bit as awesome as I think it would be.
what about ronald speirs
Major Winters not sergeant.
Fair play to yous Americans from your cousins over in uk 🇬🇧 that was one hell of a theatre of war brave men
🇺🇸🤝🏼🇬🇧
They aren't cousins. They're war mongering pieces of shit.
Brits fought in the Pacific too
Full credit to him,and may he rest in peace. Also to the many others who fought hard against the ruthless and cruel Japanese military, and the ultimate victory over them.
Nothing like letting a single belt rip and ending up with a body count higher than your age. John Basilone will always be the fucking man
Semper Fi
There's a large photo of him in the Little Rock's Mar-Dent room. I look at it every time I go down to CIC to do restoration work because the hatch that leads down there is right next to it. "Semper Fi John!"
The Little Rock, in Buffalo? No shit… I’ve been talking with y’all over on the official naval park channel here and there. Tell Shane I said hi.
John Basilone was the real definition of an American badass. Born in Buffalo, NY to Italian parents, he fought with a tenacity that's very rare. I high encourage anyone who doesn't know his story to research it. I'd rather face the Terminator, Rambo, and John Wick all at once than go up against John Basilone.
Dude was nasty on the machine gun.
Who needs autoturrets?
Thanks to another John. John M. Browning
@@casualobserver3145 got that right.
Imagine the bloody aftermath of Basilone's machine gun rampage
I love to watch this with the TV all the way up
With a Bose surround sound system
Lmao 😭
John basilone was the real Rambo in world war II he single-handedly took out an entire Japanese battalion with 1 Browning m1917 water cool light machine gun. he fought the Japanese soldiers while his men escape he went from the beyond the call of duty and even though his Superior officer had ordered him to leave his position he stayed and hold his position as long as he could until the until the bullet run out. John basilone received the medal of Honor from the president of United States for his courage and for his heroism he was respected by every Marine in the corps and was promoted to gunnery sergeant by his Superior officer but sadly in 1945 on the Black sands of hell he was killed in action by Japanese machine gun fire the Marines who saw him die were in shock they lost a good marine who trying to save his troops form deadliest situation they were low on ammo and some his men critically wounded in the crossfire also there were being surrounded by Japanese soldiers but but the soldiers you were stuck on the beach managed to get to those boys on time to keep fighting in the fight in the Battle of Iwo Jima his courage and his heroism inspire many of the men in this lovely the United States Marine Corp the sacrifices he made and the sacrifices he made to make this country better than it was before john basilone was a good soldier he understand the risk that they cost him his life but he did not die in vain he died with courge and honor to serving this great country and the sacrifices that the United States Marine corps gave to people who had no freedom may God grant him pass on John basilone when he enters through the Gates of heaven into the land of paradise... Rest easy John and thank you veterans for serving this country I salute you in respect
Bless him absolute fucking hero
Truly the greatest generation. When you see a vet thank a vet.
Holy shit that was the longest run on sentence with the most grammatical errors I've ever read
A Japanese battalion was over a thousand men, my dude.
@@TheBanjoShowOfficial But that was worth it to rea, Who cares about grammar? UA-cam doesnt check any grammar errors before you can post a comment. Btw RIP John Basilone. One of the absolute heroes of WW2.
They don't make men like this anymore I've read his autobiography three times he could have sat out the rest of the war in the states are you requested to go back into action to be with his boys to teach the new guys everything he knew to keep them alive truly a great man
Well then you have no idea the quality of warfighter that exists in the US military today.
His famous words were “I’m staying with my boys.”
Yes they f****** do. I suggest you look up Sergeant Alwyn Cash .
Medal of Honor recipients are extremely rare people in the military in any case.
And ANYONE can receive a Medal of Honor all they have to do is do something above and beyond the call of duty.
What a complete load of shit. There are brave people everywhere.
He was a MORON. Goes back after getting married and essentially commits suicide charging the line.
Ordinary men doing extraordinary feats of heroism. John Basilone, you BEAUTIFUL SON OF A GUN!!!
John Basilone, Rambo before Rambo was even a concept
Navy is naming a new ship after John. Wish I could serve on it.
Idk how that man ran as fast as he did with a pair of balls that huge lol mad respect to the dude
@johnnyy5327 obviously the Corps had to special order him a huge jockstrap. OD Green
The fact that this actually happened
Haha, love the Model 1897 Winchester trench gun with 00 buckshot cleaning house. I have the police riot version loaded with 00 for home defense.
Simo Hayha and Anibal Mihlais are badasses too.
Imagine watching someone cut down generations a second. But it’s okay...because it’s us or them, and god damn I’m glad it’s them.
BRAVE AND CREATIVE GUY ! ! !
@@totorocatbus its a browning m1917 but yeah
sukiyakis *1917 browning
I remember at HQ 1/2 seeing the walls with pictures of Marines who earned the Medial of Honor
This is the guy you want on your side.
if anyone is near Raritan NJ on Sept 24 (2023) ... go to the parade in honor of John Basilone
That rock never let him down
I could barely touch a hot skillet that was 10 mins off the burner the other day. He didn't hesitate to bare hand a hot barrel to save his fellow Marines!
My favourite part love it
No Garand rifles in the Pacific at this time.
There actually were a few dropped off on Guadalcanal for infantry that were "borrowed" by some marines
I didn’t see any in this scene...but my eyes are old.
At this stage of the war in the Pacific, the US Marines were still using the M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle. Later in the Guadalcanal Campaign when the US Army started showing up, eventually taking over duties on the island, they had M1 Garands.
Traditionally the US Marine Corps has often been behind the US Army with new stuff, even today.
Stackin’ bodies since 1942
de las mejores escenas de accion
can you or someone send me this file? I got a presentation to do tomorrow and I just found out the computer we will use for the projector isn't hooked up to the internet -_-
oof how did it go? Next time, you should try using mp4 converter sites to download videos from youtube.
ok, give me ur account number kid
Very definition of stacking bodies.
to this day we redo basilones run for ammo, close to 2 miles hauling ass in gear and then sprint up a god forsaken hill with EVERYONE carrying a 30lb ammo can in bootcamp, idk if east coast marines did the same.
so many young men died in this madness
John Basilone
Kills: 827
Death: 0
Blessed are the peace makers.
Basilone should’ve gotten another MOH for volunteering to go from the states back into combat, which im pretty sure he didn’t have to do.
Goddamn, he piled the bodies so high they couldn't see out😮
Winters was a lieutenant at Normandy
4:01
I got your back john, just keep on firing..
When your friends stop shooting so they don't interrupt your kill streak.
If someone hasn’t done it already, 0:55 when the doom music kicks in
This scene is about as dark as Jeffrey Epstein soul.
This is me in call of duty medal of honour.
I’m the body on top of the body pile.
*takes selfie*
Marines all the way!
The real life Rambo
I live in New Orleans and we have the WW2 museum here and personally sought him out cuz he was dat dude
Basilone killed so many Japanese soldiers he fouled the field of fire.
The European theatre was far more civil as it was a war against Western "brothers" whereas the Pacific was far more brutal ... that's why the Marines had to go there.
Funfact: The Japanese just keep coming because they are gravitated by Basilone's massive balls
I dont see how anybody lived through that war.
Basilone didn't either :/
Some went on to live normal lives. I challenge you to watch the series the whole way through
The stuff of nightmares.
It was major winters, not sergeant.
He deserved the MOH just for handling a hot MG with his bare hands. Third degree burns back then were no joke.
None of the Japanese had even one grenade to take out the machine gun?
When your buddy has a K/D-ratio of 245/0
The US decided to deploy the Atomic Bomb 'cause there was no more John Basilone.
God. Bolt action rifles
Ya I bet they were happier their rifles were replaced with the Garands and Carbines
@@jacksonquinn6008 Actually some of them weren’t too thrilled. The M1 Garand was heavier and the Marines hadn’t trained with them to the same level as the M1903A3.
Daddy Johnny
Fucking get some! That's some motivating shit right there.
They should of made jon bernthal john basilone
Aun se ve como en guadalcanal los marines aun usan el excelente rifle de cerrojo Springfield M-1903 que a pesar de ser de cerrojo manual era mas lento que el Garand y solo tenia un deposito de 5 cartuchos. Pero los expertos marines lo disparaban asi todo bastante rapido.los 5 disparos podian hacerlos en 7 u 8 segundos.despues habia que recargar otra vez.cerrojo atras y otro peine con otros 5 cartuchos. Cerrojo adelante y fuego 🔥 poco despues a mediados de 1943 ya les empezarian a dar el mas moderno M-1Garand que era semiautomático y con un deposito de 8 cartuchos que podían ser disparados en 4 o 5 segundos en caso de necesidad. El Springfield M-1903 quedo para instruccion y sobre todo para francotiradores donde su lentitud y pocos cartuchos no era un problema dado que un francotirador siempre opera a distancia de sus presas..... aparte era muy preciso.5 disparos y 5 japos menos.😀😀😀.
who else here on March Thirty-First? 03/31
"The japanese.. they're in the woooooods"
Mean. Green. killing. machine.
yeah, BABY!!!
Fighting wave after wave of Japanese soldiers, pissing where they stood for 3 days barely sleeping … not sure anything compares to the stand of these Marines at Guadalcanal. Maybe the 300 Spartans in the 2nd Persian War in 480 BC.
Tanpa AS & Rusia sangat mustahil perang dunia 2 nak dimenangkan justru sekarang mereka bermusuh
I need a fresh belt!!!!!!!!
HERO!!!!!
Targets will fall when hit!
GET SOOOOOME
What’s this scene from?
The Pacific
GET SOME
These were brave men of America. Today we have many young men who think bravery is dressing up like a ninja and throwing frozen water bottles at police officers makes them brave. They have no problems with their actions because they know the officers are severely restricted on what they can do in response.
Finger twitch had me hitting a thumbs down. Regret that error.
What show is this?
The Pacific
Nuclear Bomb.devetia ter sido lançada sobre Tokio.
Pissing lead. Hot damn
Is just like Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
BAD ASS
Sucks he got killed in Iwo Jima
Damn scene, could not see shit
yeah nice movie yeahhhh okay lets cut to the chase come clean up your mess it's still killing our people bruh!!!
If I could compare cheezy to cheezy and Real to Real.
Band of Bothers is like Platoon with Tom Berringer and The Pacific is like The Green Berets with John Wayne.
So cheezy, dramatic and "heroic" that I'm suprised they didn't get a damn hologragm of John Wayne for this glorified crap.
This really happened dumbass. In fact it doesn’t do Justice to what John Basilian’s actually did at Guadalcanal. He won the Medal of Honor for a reason. smh Einstein
Learn history before talking all this BS.
you are a fool
google john basilone
Except that this actually happened. Read his medal of honor citation and his biography. It didnt stop on guadalcanal either. He stacked bodies on Iwo Jima clearing a heavily fortified bunker with his men as well as guiding a tank through a mine field.
This guy was just a demented individual with no respect for life. Who, in their right mind nearly gets killed and goes back for more? That is NOT heroic. That is just stupid with ZERO thought or respect for his wife. I really hope she found someone who appreciated her because he did not.
Keep crying about it pussy. Dude had balls bigger than your entire body.
I’d run circles around John basilone with a machine gun
Yeah sure.
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