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The Fighting Lady: The Lady and the Sea
This film is a military documentary told from the point of view of the crew of the aircraft carrier the Fighting Lady -- a pseudonym for the Yorktown. Scenes highlight the functions and duties of The Fighting Lady and crew activities, and maps illustrate the movement of the Pacific fleet and its engagement with the Japanese in 1943 and 1944. Footage shows the following: A-24 Dauntlesses, TBF Avengers, Hellcats and other aircrafts as they flew out to the carrier, and the August 30, 1943, strafing and bombing mission over Japanese - held Marcus Island -- from preparation on the carrier to debriefing. Later scenes cover 1944, when the U.S. forces took Kwajalein Island, the Marshall Islands, Truk Islands, and Caroline Islands through air assaults and troop landings. Mitsubishi Zero-Sens (Zekes) engaged the U.S. Navy assault force and the ship squadron returned to the Marshall Islands for repairs, munitions, and rest and recreation. En route to the battle area, the Fighting Lady encountered and downed a Japanese reconnaissance plane. On the eve of battle, sailors attended church services. Prior to the U.S. assault, the Japanese attacked the U.S. squadron and U.S. planes took off for the Marianas and the Guam Islands where they successfully fought at the Tinian and Mariana Islands. The Japanese and U.S. task forces then fought in the Philippine Sea, where planes engaged in dogfights while ships performed evasive maneuvers. Final scenes show U.S. casualties buried at sea.
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I'm an old man of 76 now, but my Daddy's best friend Bernard Williams RIP served in the US Navy during WWII and had 5 ships shot out from under him during the war and servived to tell about it. I listened to him talk about his service although he didn't much like talking about the war. All the men in this film were all great Americans. Thanks so much for showing this film it's the best I've seen and I've seen more than my share!
My father in law was on CV5 Yorktown when it was sunk at Midway. He was in the boiler room and was one of the last men out before they closed the water tight doors. He didn't talk about it much but when he did I for one listened intently.
My uncle John Thomas Delmore was SB-2C Helldiver Pilot aboard the Fighting Lady. He was shot down and reported MIA over Guam on June 19, 1944. Unfortunately, he never returned, Bless the brave men, women and family who sacrificed so much for us.
Your uncle sacrificed his life unselfishly for a cause greater than any one of us. Eighteen days after your uncle was shot down, my dad, a B-24 pilot, was hit over Munich, Germany, on his 15th mission. He managed to get his plane to Switzerland & interned there until war's end. He rarely spoke of his times living in Wendling, England, but like your uncle he had a deep sense of patriotism & duty. I'm frightened to think what our response would be like today. Anyway, sorry for your loss, but you at the same time, must be proud.
My only Uncle Harold was shot down June 12 , 1944 , over Guam , a radioman on an Avenger . Pilot and gunner gone too . They went down in flames still strafing their targets according to a witness. The pilot waved to one of his buddies . So young , so handsome , I still cry sometimes when I think of his life cut short. And still never returned to what's left of his family .
That is heart wrinching
Eternally grateful for your uncle. May he Rest in Peace.
@@Mister8224 he might have just decided to live in guam, and pretend he was missing ?
MY DAD SERVED IN OUR US NAVY IN WW2...I AM PROUD OF MY DAD...MISSING FROM NORTHERN CALIF...WALKED AWAY WITH WALLET IN POCKET...STILL A MYSTERY TODAY...HE WAS A WOODSMAN HUSBAND AND US NAVY MAN THAT I STILL LOVE & MISS TODAY IN 2022...GOD BLESS YOU DAD...MY HERO!!!
Only God knows what these vets come back they cant forget. God bless n heal their minds n hearts for all they saw n endured.
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@@besserschreiben9481 And space bar.
perhaps he realised that the USA was the Nazis after all.
I'm eternally grateful for the sacrifices made by
all the people in this picture
put your mask on.
That’s my dad at 14:34…..a US Marine gunner…….writing home. Miss you dad, Semper Fi.
Writing a letter ?
Yes, writing a letter. Why does that confuse you???
checked it out. lucky you
I had to write letters, lots of them during DS/DS . Very few phone calls.
Now my BIL served on the USS Foreststal out in the Med.
Thanks so much for sharing I had a brother who died in WWII private 1st class G.W. Maxwell 19 from OK, his classmates called him G, KIA July 17th 1944 after making it through the 1st landing on Omaha Beach June 6, he's buried in Normandy American cemetery!
I'm sure you're very proud of him. Hell, I'm proud of him, and he wasn't even my brother.
My father fought the Japanese in New Guinea. He received a Purple Heart with a cluster for his pains. My father was the best and wisest man I ever knew. These men are cut from the same fabric.
I am a Baby Boomer born after WW2.Well my Father was a 57th Infantry Philippine Scout and saw action in Bataan Defense.On February 7, 1945, he joined The Liberating U.S. Forces under Colonel Everette Yon. After The Second World War he continued his Military Service in The U.S. Army and completed his 30 years of Service and retired in Honolulu, Hawaii on 1959..Proud of Dad,Our Family's hero, Corporal Macario Bautista. I am so Proud of All The Fighting Men and Women who Fought in The Second World War. Nice Film and felt deep meaning to me.
What kind of young men did we have back then? All were so anxious to serve and fight no matter what the cost. Excellent film, many details and a sad ending when we see men like Smokey leave eager to fight, and never return. They all did us proud, and when I used to see such men at the VA, years after the world had forgotten about their valor, I used to shake their hands and thank them for doing us so proud. SALUTE!
Donald Von Shitzenpants thinks they were suckers
And today most men are A Joke
I was born in 1962 in Munich. I'm German (have a German passport only) but my dad was a GI from Michigan, maybe i'm an American without an US-American citizenship too... whatever: in summer 1990 i was in Charleston, South Carolina, for a visit and OF COURSE I has been on the "USS Yorktown" which is laying there in the harbour. What shall I say, never i was a soldier but a cold shiver run down my back while i walked around there on the flight deck... can't explain what I felt...
Think of the sacrifice these men made as helping to extirpate the Nazi tyrants
Not the "USS Yorktown CV 10" (USS Yorktown CV 5 was sunk in the battle of Midway...) and its crew... they fought in Pacific Ocean against the Japanese... not against Hitler in Europe.... and then later in Korea and as "coast guard" in Vietnam...
@@BillViets and establish the Stalin reign
@@rnies6849 The “Stalin Reign” was well established long before WW II.
@@ericripley9739 the stalin reign was near to fall in 1941, but thanks to the help of the USA and Britain it didn`t
When I saw the title, :The Fighting Lady," I thought this was a Hollywood film. I looked for the stars, and instead saw heroes! Thanks very much for posting this!
My friend was a gunner's mate aboard USS Honolulu who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. He participated in all the big battles alongside the USS Yorktown. All these guys were badasses
I was lucky enough to survive a tour on Fighting Lady. Yorktown was the only carrier at that time to possess color film, therefore most exposures were Yorktown. I was assigned, as an Ensign, as the CAG wingman. Our Squadron was Fighting Squadron One.
i would love to pick your brain for hours.
I was an aircraft mechanic from 1999-2009. Was always apart of CAG7. Miss it a lot!
Fantastic story Mel...a truly amazing campaign, unequaled in history. So...you were flying Hellcats?
My very best to you and your family Sir.
R PM unfortunately he passed away last year
:( RIP hero
@@Biden2024_ how do you know
Today, this ship is a museum at Patriot's Point, Mt. Pleasant, SC. It is also home to the Society of the Medal of Honor. I had the honor and privilege to be on that ship as a visitor, and had the pleasure of swapping stories with MoH recipients who were also visiting the ship. They are a wonderful bunch of men. Some of them served on the Yorktown. One gentleman I met had served on the USS Yorktown (CV-5), then after she sank, served aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
There's nothing like a FLAT TOP ( FLOATING CITY'S)🇺🇸⛑️🪖
If this is the ORISKANY it's at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola. I worked crash and salvage, and yellow shirt.
@@sg-yq8pm . Good morning. Thanks. I got the numbers mixed up. The ORISKANY was in the movie that Ronald Reagan player in I think.
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I was on the ShangriLa and it was the most miserable time of my life
I SERVED ON THE FIGHTING LADY DURING WW2 IT WAS THE YORKTOWN C V 10 I WAS IN THE NAVY UNTILL THE WAR WAS OVER IM AN OLD MAN NOW BUT OH MY WE SURE AS HELL COULD FIGHT STAND FAST AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TRIUMPH
Thanks for your service..when men were men. And society had strong moral values ,unlike our loose society today.
+Donald Gordon grandpa is that you?
Donald Gordon I know you are proud to be part of Americans greatest generation.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PROUD OF YOU AND ALL SURVIVORS OF THE BIG WW2! MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018!
You sir and all the men like you, have my up-most respect. Thank you and may God Bless You.
I live in South Carolina and visited the USS Yorktown at Patriot's Point in Charleston. I wish I had taken the time to see this before I went. To be honest, to tour this vessel without much interest or knowledge of WW2 or the ship would be dull to most. The ship is understandedly worn down due to age and probably a lack of funding for upkeep. However, if you go there with the right mindset and see the carrier in its historical context it could fascinate you.
My Dad was on the Saratoga. He kept the machines going on the ship way down deep in the bowels. Like many others who served, he never talked much about his time on board. Movies like this give me an insight into his experiences. Thank you for posting.
They used to call the Saratoga "Sorry Sara"
25 years ago I was visiting in-laws family in Kansas City at Christmas. I asked one older fellow there if he was in the service. He was on the Saratoga in WWII. 26:36 He told me how they sang God Bless America (I think that was it) when then sailed home under the Golden Gate Bridge. A few days later and I’m at my stepfather’s house for Christmas. His Uncle Charlie is there, I ask him if he was in the service. He said he was on a smaller aircraft carrier. I asked him which one - the Saratoga! I asked him what they did when they sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge coming home, he said the deck was packed full of men and everyone was singing God Bless America. But, they didn’t know each other.
Amen!
My next door neighbor was on this ship in 1973-75.
Bless your dads heart.
MY DAD WAS ON THIS SHIP AND I SAW HIM ON THIS FILM DOING HIS JOB. LOADING BOMBS AT 41:13 .I MISS HIM VERY MUCH.
+William Schaffer Bless your father for his service, he was a brave courageous man, Ciao, L (Retired Navy)
+William Schaffer My uncle, Meldon K Burke was also on board (and had a plank), I wonder if they worked together- he fused the bombs. Unfortunately we lost Mel last year. Heck of a guy.
awesome. old school naval aviation. we've come a long way in a short time, and he's a part of that...
Dear Mr Schaffer, its not often you see people who are family in old grainy documentary war films.What a thrill it must have been. My family (uncles x 3) also served but in the british RAF.
He helped make America free. My Father in law was one of the servivers of the LADY. He served 33 years last duty was with the River Rats in Vietnam.
5 minutes in and I already know I am watching a timeless classic.
My Grandfather was part of this highly decorated task force the Fighting 58. He was an Officer on the USS Boston in support of the Yorktown. Though not having seen this film before, I recognize these battles from his own descriptions of the same, as i pressed him about it as a kid. He was a truly great man, as were they all.
I salute all the souls onboard. What a splendid documentary full of brave, brave lads. I'm sure that there are descendants today, dotted all over the world, who are proud to have had such brave fathers who fought in the battles of the South Atlantic. To them I send my love and prayers from Bonny Scotland.
*Pacific
Thank you so much for putting this movie up for all to see and ponder. And may our Merciful Lord grant eternal rest to all who served aboard the Fighting Lady, and all who served in WW2.
Yes and to everybody who served or has ever served or whoever will serve
The description of what it's like to report aboard a carrier is spot on. It's overwhelming at first. It like no other place I've ever been. After a few weeks it becomes home. We had outstanding chow and I never slept better than I did on board CV-43. The USS Coral Sea.
They look awesome! I imagine serving on one would be an unforgettable experience. Thank you for your service.
My grandfather was a Chief Yeoman on a destroyer escort DE 343 U.S.S. Abercrombie, but his ship didn't get into the fight until Leyte Gulf in 44'. His ship's job was to provide an AA screen to protect the aircraft carrier, and also to hunt and sink subs for the same reason. I really appreciate you posting this wonderful video. I've got it saved to watch again.
I like the fact that the carrier wasn't directly named. It was a wonderful representation of ALL sailors aboard carriers in the Pacific. Outstanding !
It was pretty apparent though which CV this was about. The reason it was not specifically named is it was 1943-1944 when this film was made. The name of the carrier was classified as a wartime measure. The war in the Pacific did not end until late 1945.
Great film that gives us a rare valuable glimpse into these amazing times in our counties history. So much on the line and these guys all came through when we needed them most.
Every high school student should be required to sit through this video to understand the bravery of those heroes that helped keep our nation free!!! The kids need to understand freedom is Never Free especially to those Men that were slid down the plank to their sea burial under the colors!!! We also must remember a chaplain and officer had to visit the parents to inform them their son was not coming home again!!! I am a cold war veteran that did not go through the horrors these guys did. I salute them!!
??? counties history ???
My neighbor flew in the Pacific theater. He died a few years ago. Another hero lost but never forgotten. We owe so much, deserve so little.
that last is def true
Thank you for not splitting this PD film with ads in the middle. Thanks for putting this here.
get Adblock.... haven't had to worry about any ads.
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One of the greatest documentaries I have ever seen. Thanks for this rare film ! Narrated by actor USNR Robert Taylor.
I was on the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 and when we were down in GITMO we had what we called a "steel beach picnic" We had been at sea doing workups for three months straight in 100° heat and 100% humidity. It was brutal on the flight deck. But when we stood down for a day, we had the picnic and grilled out, played baseball, volleyball, fished over the side, dived off one of the elevators and just basically slept on the deck like you seen these guys 50 years earlier. Amazing how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Cool story thanks for serving
My Dad was on the HMS Indomitable he survived , but died at 50 yrs old , May God Rest hi's soul and all those who gave their lives in the name of Freedom , Amen !
Sorry for your loss Mr. Gayler. Thank you for your sacrifice as well.
So are you living in UK?
HMS Indomitable, modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of UK. Supported the liberation of Hong Kong on 30 Aug 1945. Remembered by me, a Hongkonger. Lest We Forget.
Amen to that sir...
@@paulstewart1182 No Mum & Dad moved out here to Australia in 1949
As recent retired 30 year Naval Aviaton MCPO I was struck how the "routine" duties of this great ship have not changed that much to today. Even the most menial job is so important for everyday operations. The same tasks that still have to go on when all hell is breaking loose around you.... Men still have to eat, the heads still need to be cleaned and the laundry still has to be washed... if not, you wont be in fighting shape for long.
Semper Fi 🇺🇸
I am an Air Force veteran that served during the nuclear cold war with the B-52's and KC-135's on 15 minute ground alert. I was a part of the 92d Security Police Squadron. Yes, we won the cold war without firing a nuclear weapon in anger, but! We were never shot at, nor had to endure the hardships those guys did during World War II, If not for those Heroes I might not be here to type this reply. I am so very grateful to the men in all service branches for the safety and security of our great Nation. But I have to stand and salute the brave heroes that served in that war. They stopped the aggression of the Japanese at the time and the German's. Because of these brave men we live today. It is priceless what they did, and there are no words good enough to thank them. And MCPO Williams you earned your retirement, Thank You for serving!!!!
I went through boot camp in 1969 , all of this is familiar to me in 2022. After boot camp and A school I spent the next 18 years with the Marines. With the Marines, we were deployed on two different ships, an LPD (Ogden), and an LKA, I forget the name(Oriskany?), except we rolled a lot and were cramped for space. On board was just like in this video. The Navy has found a truly workable solution to on board evolutions. As you can tell, I was a Corpsman assigned to the Marines. Loved it!
Absolutely Master Chief! I Served 4 Years Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) As An ABH3 From 1980 - 1984, And This Movie Brings Back Lots Of Memories!
To Be Honest With You, Things Really Haven't Changed Very Much As Far As Carrier Ops Are Concerned. Sure They're More Technically Advanced, But The Basics Are Still The Same!!! ⚓
Kevin i served on the U.S.S. Coral Sea C.V. 43, AO. During the same period.
I was born in England 1950 at a well bombed Naval City. Although it was years past WW2 we still had some rationing and the piles of bricks and rubble was staggering but great places to play. My dad was Royal Navy and went through two sinking's with the third ship he saw the end of the war in europe. He landed the Yanks into Salerno Italy. So my Dad and I thank you as a friend and now that I am a U.S. citizen a fellow countryman.
Glad to have ya brother. We must always remember, and never forget those brave men and women who fought for all of us.
My granddad's brother served with the SeeBees during WWII. He had two ships shot out from under him. He never spoke about it to anyone, not even his wife. We found out about from another sailor who served with him. He spoke about it to my granddad at Ewell's funeral. My granddad was blown away at what his brother went thru during that time. He told me that he never spoke about his service to anyone. He was always proud of his little brother.
A true boomer.
Declared independence from the queen, before another king took over.
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As an RAF veteren my main interests are obviously our efforts around the world but you have to respect and admire those brave souls in the pacific who fought valiantly and with pride. I salute them all .
My dad was a plank holder and I had the pleasure of touring the ship with him in 2011. Since he was a plank holder, the Yorktown Association assigned a member to assist him with movements throughout the ship and then recorded a video interview with him for their archives. He was 87 at the time but that day he was 18 again and reliving long ago memories.
I have a piece of the plank that was given to my dad. It has a small plaque on it with he's name.
Academy Award Winning Documentary, The Fighting Lady. The USS Yorktown CV-10 served our nation well. Her men were very young - some not giving their actual age simply to be able to serve, as it was at that time. Imagine... a young seventeen year old sitting upon the gun mount.; the one in charge of parachutes; the photographers assigned to capture the action; the airdales and pilots on the flight deck... yes, imagine. They walk among us today. They have been friends and I thank them, once again.
In 1938, while serving as the director of the special agency for Harbin in Manchuria, he worked on Manchukuo to rescue Jewish refugees who had fled Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway. The second is the Japanese garrison on Kiska Island, which was on the verge of breaking the jade under the overwhelming siege of the U.S. Army during his tenure as commander of the Northern Army (later the Fifth Area Army) in 1943. Successful "miracle operation" to secretly withdraw a little less than a thousand soldiers. Third, in 1945, he unilaterally abandoned the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty and entered the war, ordering the Soviet Union forces that continued to invade even after the end of the war, and crushed their ambitions. That is (Hokkaido was hard protected by the victory on the northernmost island of Kita-Kuril Islands, Shumshu Island, and the struggle on Sakhalin).
Watch the film "to young the hero" about a very young lad who volunteered, I found it a very powerful film and well worth watching.
and imagine citing bone spurs but still getting to be president
I never served on the Fighting Lady but after living in Honolulu all these years, I have met hundreds of wonderful veterans of WWII, especially for toy airplane signings of the exact aircraft they flew in WWII in Pearl Harbor and at the USS Arizona and the National WWII Park Plaza. I’ve been on many Naval ships while in the US Marines and I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything. I’ve gotten to see more countries than I have states and seen things that can’t be share here for sure. I love these old WWII movies and with Memorial Day coming up, it time to make sure my shirt and patches are looking good and smart!
Semper Fi to all my old Devil Dogs!
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You do realize this was not the USS Yorktown. The year that this ship was commissioned gives away who she was, the USS Lexington, reborn. She was to be the USS Cabot, but after the USS Lexington had to be scuttled after severe battle damage at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the ship builders ask for Cabot to name after the Lexington.
I’m so proud of these young Heroes. I was trying to wipe my tears so I could watch these young Lads and just knowing that they all are putting there lives on the line for all of us! Great great Documentary!
I Totally Agree With You, Tommy!
I Served 4 Years Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) As An ABH3 From 1980 - 1984, And This Movie Brings Back Lots Of Memories!
To Be Honest With You, Things Really Haven't Changed Very Much As Far As Carrier Ops Are Concerned. Sure They're More Technically Advanced, But The Basics Are Still The Same!!! ⚓
They're all dead now....but don't worry... you'll get plenty of opportunities to support more death and destruction...if your lucky some "hero" will drop a bomb on your house killing and mutilating your family.
@@kballenger53ify bet you enjoyed all the man on man back door penetration action
you like young lads alot huh?
Iam watching from the Phillipines. May these people NEVER FORGET the sacrifices made to set them free. God Bless
My dad was on tthe Big E when this film was made. May God bless everyone that fought for this country. Shalom my brothers and sisters Shalom.
Thank you to your Father sir. He truly gave the country the highest degree of courage in those harsh and unforgiving conditions
CV-6 is my favourite ships from the 2nd World War 👍🏼🙏🏼
I am glad to be able to say thank you to everyone who fought in WWII, not just for the United States 🇺🇸 but for the world, I salute them, and those serving today and those that will serve and protect us from another war of this intensity and destruction. Lest We Forget. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
Some of the absolute best combat footage I've ever seen. What a phenomenal group effort by our Navy and Marines....
Great documentary. I served on the carrier Coral Sea, as a cook.those poor mess cranks worked hard. Such brave men,combat looks like hell for both sides.
so much history in CV-5. I visit CV-10 and I get goose bumps thinking off all the men who gave their lives to keep piece throughout the world. I know am in Spartanburg South Carolina and CV-10 is anchored in Charleston harbor about 4 hours away.
The Fighting Lady is the CV-10.
The WWII guys were a special breed. My father-in-law was a B-17 machine gunner, and died December 2023 just after his 100th birthday. He had lived with us for 7 years, and it was a pleasure having him. He was a warrior, and yet a wonderful father to my wife and the rest of his family, and a tremendous gentleman also. Loved and admired by all who knew him.
The quality of this transfer from 1944 16mm color film is Exceptional !!! Superb !!! Never seen anything like it. And the narration by Lt. Robert Taylor USNR is also First Rate. I served aboard aircraft carriers from 1964 - 1966 in the Pacific and it was such a treat to see this production by people who obviously care greatly about the content. Thank you.
Screw digital... Ektachrome and Kodachrome reveals the true color..... wish emulsion film would come back around.
I couldn´t find the right words to say it. You did.
@@sitarnut They tried to get Kodak to do so, but they quit making the chemicals.
Thank you for your service
@@sitarnut I so miss kodachrome, unfortunately youngsters today will never have that pleasure and have no idea what they are missing.
The captain was "Jocko" Clark, the first native American to make 4 star Admiral. The ship is the Yorktown, not the Lex. Admiral Clark was kind enough to give me my sword before I received my commission in 1964.
Thank you for your service sir!
Awesome . . . had never known we ever had a native born flag officer !
Amazing . . . had never known we had a native American whom rose to 4 star, with all the abuse, animosity his race experienced, endured !
Read his story: On the Warpath in the Pacific
I thank you for pointing out the unsung heroes. I never faced this sort of crap, but was a Naval Nuclear Reactor operator on a sub - somewhat "glamorous". But if not for our usually great cooks, and people like our storekeepers who made sure that the little luxuries we had on shore were usually there for us, life would have been miserable. If our sub got hit, they die with the rest of us. I knew that, they knew that. THey deserve the same recognition as anyone.
Thank you for your service and this little part of you that you have shared with people
Navy nuclear reactor operator ...................., .........
Nuclear weapons fighting lady making our lives miserable
You and they all matter.
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Thank you.
Thank you for this very respectful video about our fighting lady's history and I offer my gratitude and admiration to all the sailors that had to fight our various war regardless of their national allegiance. We are all human beings that fought for what we believed in. Will all due respect, Ciao L (an American Veteran Naval Officer).
Hand Salute . . . Ready Front 🇺🇸
Are you serious. I have found little to respect in the Axis military.
@@robertmorrison2123 Hi Robert, I am serious but with this remark - most people that have to fight wars (soldiers/sailors/airmen...) and the civilians that suffer through them (bombings, genocide, torture...) are usually not the ones that start/started those wars. I met some former enemies and was surprised (if not shocked) to find out that they had families, friends, religion (same as mine actually, Catholic), values, principles, ... They had joined their respective armed forces for the same reasons I had joined the Navy (I am a Baby Boomer, serving two years was part of our upbringing back then). Every country has some "bad guys", some worse than others but when it comes down to it, you fight to defend your "brother-at-arm". War is a tragedy, no matter which side you are on and sadly enough, many of our leaders (worldwide) have not served, let alone faced combat. Again, I am not excusing the Axis forces but amidst them, there were some "humans" like you and me that had been dragged into a conflict they never wanted. Peace be with you, Ciao, L
This Canadian thanks you Sir
I stand in awe of these sailors, as a retired marine myself. My dad was a sailor in WWII and I always admired all these guys in WWII. Im a baby boomer, so these guys are hero Stus in my eyes. See ya'll in Heaven one day.
In 1938, while serving as the director of the special agency for Harbin in Manchuria, he worked on Manchukuo to rescue Jewish refugees who had fled Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway. The second is the Japanese garrison on Kiska Island, which was on the verge of breaking the jade under the overwhelming siege of the U.S. Army during his tenure as commander of the Northern Army (later the Fifth Area Army) in 1943. Successful "miracle operation" to secretly withdraw a little less than a thousand soldiers. Third, in 1945, he unilaterally abandoned the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty and entered the war, ordering the Soviet Union forces that continued to invade even after the end of the war, and crushed their ambitions. That is (Hokkaido was hard protected by the victory on the northernmost island of Kita-Kuril Islands, Shumshu Island, and the struggle on Sakhalin).
I am same as you, my father was a Merchant Marine, these guys did a great job, I also am a Marine now DOD retired in Okinawa
my dad did to he took air craft carriers to secret location pre ww2
these heroes liberated Taiwan AND DOZENS OF OTHER LOCATIONS AND WE CONTINUE TO THANK the "greatest Generation" for their preservation of peace and freedom!
@@jomon723 Thank God for these guys, my father was USN 1945 battle for Okinawa, my son was a Marine and later went to Okinawa. My mother somehow felt comforted by that. Thank you for your service, sir.
You can read more about what it was like to be on board Yorktown in a book called "Aircraft Carrier" by J. Bryan III. Not an easy book to find but required reading for anyone curious about what day-to-day life on board an aircraft carrier is like. It was assigned reading for Naval aviation cadets in the University of Texas' ROTC course in the '50s.
I'm so thankful for the
opportunity to watch the brave group of men
who operated the great
Fighting Lady
My dad served aboard the see vee 10 as 40mm aa gunner at. 7th division 2nd section. Starboard side at the island. He spoke fondly of the Yorktown and crew. I got to visit her at Patriots Point SC near Charleston. I got to see many places he recalled from memory like the gedunk etc. he was a plank owner also.
What a grimming video. To all the souls lost in the war, all those who lived through the war. My salute. 🙏
I can not imagine how difficult it must have been to land on a flat top at night even under very good conditions...those men who were assigned to the torpedo bombers really had it exceptionally rough to say the least...
Bravo!!!!! To the memories of all the American and foreign personnel involved in that courageous and Treacherous war, you are not forgotten!!!
not forgotten but i wish i could have meet them
Scrappy unfortunately was one of the first of the featured hale and hearty youth in this film to pass. Word has it that he was able to finagle a spot as an observer for the landings on Okinawa and then onboard one of the vessels in Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremonies.
Afterward he was down in Freemantle as the Navy drew down the sub base there. After demobilization he spent time lending a paw on a farm near Zanesville, Ohio.
When he died he was cremated and his ashes, as per his wish, were sent through San Diego where the Navy eventually released them to the sea far out in the Pacific.
Thank you for making this film available. Though our family got a couple of chances to spend a few hours aboard the Forestall CV-59 for Dependents' holiday festivities, those were only tiny glimpses of life shipboard. Our Dad, James D. "Pug" March, had crewed as an Aviation Chief Ordnanceman's Mate from late Spring 1941 on the USS Hornet CV-8, helped arm the B-25 bombers for Colonel Doolittle's raid pm the Japanese home islands, thru the ship's last day in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October, 1942.
When a Japanese Val bomber crashed into the Hornet's signal bridge and its bomb plunged thru five decks, that bomb ended up intact and unexploded in a compartment near the crew where my Dad and some of his division mates were fighting fires. They got some timbers, then he sent the others away, and went alone into the compartment where the unexploded bomb had been rolling with the swells and smacking against the bulkheads. Once he'd secured the thing and stopped its rolling, he went back to fighting fires.
_A decade after he died at age 81, I found on a memorial page for the ship and all the men who had served. The site listed 35 sailors, officers and pilots who had been awarded the _*_Navy Cross_*_ for their actions in the Hornet's brief service. My father was one of only five who survived to receive his medal, one of the so-called "black widow" crosses._
A lot of combat veterans are like him. They seem to be much less interested in talking about combat, than stories of the friends they made and the crazy things they did to blow off steam on leave.
Wow. So glad that he was awarded this.
A very impressive film, and a fine tribute to so many brave lads of my late father's generation. He served in the Royal Navy, a gunner on convoy escorts, including PQ17, the 'Convoy to Hell'. (Three ships came home out of thirty six which sailed for Archangel and Murmansk) It is sobering to see the planes going down - you are actually seeing people die in those shots, don't forget, people no different to you and me - and they burn far differently to the movie make believe stunt shots. "Lest we forget". (The first true aircraft carrier, incidentally, was HMS 'Argus', a converted merchant ship, during the Great War. I won't swear as to who had the first carrier designed as a carrier from the keel up.)
The soldier who sank an aircraft carrier for the first time in world military history is a Turkish officer. his name is Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker
Argus was the first carrier but not first true carrier, you said it yourself that it was a convert. The first true carrier was HMS Hermes, purpose built after Argus proved the concept.
“Pappy” Boynton, the commander of the black sheep squadron was bring held prisoner on Truk during the filing and attack…He said you can briefly see the pit they were tossed into by a Japanese soldier during the raid…They were tied up and if the soldier didn’t push them into cover they would have probably been killed.
My Dad was a Seabee on a CBMU during the war. In his late 80s, I had the great honor of taking him to see the WWIi Navy Memorial across the mall from the Washington Monument while it was being repaired a dozen years ago. He stood against his cane and held back tears while he saluted his lost Navy Brothers. It was a wonderful moment I will never forget.
Bless him and you as well.
My Dad was a Seebee too. My Uncle his brother was a UDT. They and the other young men who served were some of the greatest in our Countries history. They sacrificed their lives so we might live.
The Skipper "Jocko" was Captain .J.J. Clark from Oklahoma-he later became a 4 star Admiral and was the 1st Native American to graduate from the Naval Academy-he was Cherokee.
I served in Korea aboard the USSBairoko CVE 115 1952 to 1955 best adventure years in my life
@Craig Wooldridge Buddy, what are you talking about? Native Americans are called that because they lived in North America before white people settled it. Therefore native (originated from) America (north America, later the united states.)
Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
@@MrStudmouse Thank you for you service, sir !!!
The indians contributed an amazing amount toward our success in WWII - heroes every one of them!
I salute you brave American WWII soldiers.....SAAAAAAAAALUTE!!! Probably not too many of you still living but these movies will live on forever...
Superbly photographed under difficult conditions, and Technicolor did an excellent job on the blowup to 35mm.
Sir, you are watching this movie under much better conditions than you first saw it because of the very sacrifices that you and other men (and women) made during WW2 to keep our nation free. I thank you.
My father was in the Maritima Militare di Italia (Italian Navy) during WW2. He had visited the Yorktown and the Fighting Lady. He got astonished as he entered into the Hangar down the deck. He said it was one of the giant aircraft carriers.
The Marcus Island raid used the Essex CV-9, Yorktown CV-10 and CVL Independence. Truk used 5 fleet carriers: Enterprise CV-6, Yorktown CV-10, Essex CV-9, Intrepid CV-11 and Bunker Hill CV-17; also used were 4 light carriers: Belleau Wood CVL-24, Cabot CVL-28, Monterey CVL-26 and Cowpens CVL-25.
Cowpens.....my hometown
My father as on the Belleau Wood CVL-24 a Independence-class aircraft carrier, saw a lot of this action
Honors and
awards
Presidential Unit Citation
12 battle stars
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) - Wikipedia
AN OUTSTANDING production!!! Real American Service Personnel !!!! Real aircraft battle scenes!!!! Real Naval gunnery !!!! Real Beach landings !!!! And of course, REAL COURAGE and determination of all who were involved with this film!!! This is a GEM!!!
And real men making love to real men. As it was before libs destroyed it
1:00:14 I've seen this a number of times, but it still hits hard when you see the faces of those pilots who were KIA. How young they were! Dying young isn't merely dying, but it's to lose so much a part of life. Contrary to Hollywood's portrayal of them, most WW2 servicemen were kids like those pilots.
RAIN IS STILL MADE ON MY FACE OF THOSE THAT SERVED...RIP MEN...THE SEA WILL GIVE UP ITS DEAD....SOON...2022...READ REVELATION 18...It is the WTC of 9/11 in 2001...Babylon was used as example of the largest city on Earth when John penned Revelation on Patmos....now over 20 years ago...WHAT TIME IS IT NOW??!!!!
So sad they were committed to the deep 6 🦑🐙🐠⚓ , so relatives didn't even have a body to bury ⚰️ or a grave to decorate with flowers 💐🌺🌹on Decoration Day! 😩💔
@@mrs.dungplopper404 The USS Yorktown CV-5 sank not the The Fighting Lady shown above which is the USS Yorktown CV-10. There were survivors of the CV-5.
They were high schoolers, indeed. And as a recently retired educator, I will always love them.
53:26 my grandfather lived near the canal outside the military zone he is Panamanians at that time he was 12 years old he loved to see the ships and war planes What he told me impressed me, he told me about airplanes with a red spot. I am lucky to have him alive .
Greg "Pappy" Boyington, Famed USMC aviator, creator and leader of the Black Sheep squadron, was to have said that in this film you see him, just after being captured. He was under guard with other POWs, being taken from a plain on an airfield that came under attack. He was one of the tiny dots that dove into a ditch to avoided gun fire and it's captured on the gun camera used in this film.
I appreciate you sharing that.
Interesting. As a microbiologist myself I was surprised to see that they had the flight crew shower before combat to minimize infections from wounds. They really thought of everything!
I salute you sir!
This film is awesome. I have never seen most of this footage before. Amazing.
My Dad was in the Pacific on the USS Raby DE698 i can remember the stories he told. Dads been gone since 2010 sure do wish I had listened to those stories a little more now
He says you may not love her, etc.. Correction, we most certainly did love our ship, even when we hated her. I went in the navy a little more than 20 years after this film. Most of the navy was very similar, enough that we could be put on those ships and fit right in. I qualified on the US Navy Colt 45 service revolver, the M1 Garand and 12 gage pump shotgun and I was extremely good with them. I also went to gunnery school to learn the 3 in 50 radar controlled autoloader on an open double gun mount and the 5in 38 enclosed single gun mount. I spent 2 years in the Mediterranean Sea going to general quarters this is no drill many times. During the Israel Six Day War we were stationed right in the middle of it all 13 miles off the coast of Egypt. At one point it got very close to an all out battle with the Russians and Egypt. We could have taken any of the fighters, but the Russian light and heavy cruisers and destroyers, not so much. This went on for several days and the entire crew was perfectly calm. We were the only US Navy ship permanently stationed in the Med, home port Naples, Italy. We were extremely well trained and tested in other conflicts and hot spots.
It's so funny, when I was over there I dreamt of home and now I'm home dreaming of over there, we are such a strange species.
Thomas
a Colt 45 service revolver? do you mean the semi 1911?
@@33joiner US Navy Colt service revolver is, a REVOLVER, still in use by 46, so likely not fully phased out for another few years
This is an excellent video! I had two uncles that were in the Navy, one in the war in the Pacific, and one in the war in the Mediterranean. The greatest generation. I learned so much from them, and at times, not enough. I salute the fallen, there and wherever after they have fallen. They have given the greatest sacrifice for our country, willingly. To me, these men are heroes, men that I should fashion my life after.
As should we all. My dad and his two brothers served in the ETO and the Pacific.
I wish I had been more interested when I was young and asked a hell of a lot more questions of ALL the members of my family who rose to the call at home and abroad. Mom turned 7 a few months before Dec. 7th.
The one thing she remembers about that day was how EVERYONE grew up almost overnight.
The time is upon us right now to be tested again as our country was tested then, but with even more at stake! . . . Let's make them all proud.
RIP! Smoky! Your an American hero... as are all of our service men and women, especially those that make the ultimate sacrifice.
Молоток товарищь ! Зачетный комент !!
A! Am pp
Smoky was reportedly captured by the Japanese and executed by them in the POW camps
The U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10) is now a museum ship at Patriot's Point, near Charleston, South Carolina. The theater aboard ship is named in honor of Lt. E.T. "Smokey" Stover, one of the Naval Aviators featured in this film. He was lost in the attack on Truk on February 16, 1944.
Enjoyed it. There was a lot of battle footage I had never seen before like shooting down the Emily seaplane.
My uncle was on CV-20 USS Bennington. He was a great guy and we still have all his pictures and yearbook. He had some great stories. The most funny were the ingenious ways they used alcohol. They drank aftershave, and he sold shots. I always enjoyed hearing him tell of life on the carrier, air combat, and looking at the pictures. This video is great because it shows what life was like on an aircraft carrier of the day. The comments by psycho haters are everywhere. Drop dead or get a life.
Well said my friend, people have forgotten why we call them the greatest generation, I will never forget. The stories passed on into your life by what sounds like a great man, will be cherished by your children when you tell them.
My grandpappy was on CV-1. That's minus one. He was just that far ahead of everyone else.
I have a Zippo Lighter from the USS Bennington. I found it at a flea market in Oakland CA in 1984.
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If you ever post the video, please reply. My Dad was a Dentist on the Bennington.
My father flew an sbd dauntless dive bomber during the war. Always a kick seeing them in the old footage
Excellent WW2 real time documentary and in color.
I tried searching for a source but I am pretty sure that the Pacific theater was all recorded in color I don't think they had enough black and white cameras to go around and the black and white cameras were in Europe and they sent color cameras to the Pacific.
I was but a modest Navy League Cadet. These docu-dramas are a tribute, and thank you,
That old adage, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, certainly applied to some of the landings in this documentary.
Masterpiece .. awesome , beautiful... thanks for sharing this chunk of history ..
My grandfather was an Aviation Ordnanceman on the The Lucky E during WW2 and my biggest inspiration to join the Navy years ago.
I served on the Yorktown in 1960 and a lot had changed, that I could see in this great film. I was a IC electrican and I would show the film The Fighting Lady on the hanger deck. It was a great ship.
I served on the Lady Lex CV (AVT) 16. Essex Class like the Yorktown. Also an IC Electrician. 89-91 on the Lex and 91-93 on Normandy CG-60.
@Evan Emmett. Thank you for your service. My dad served aboard this ship in WWII. I think he was responsible for the telephone system on the ship. He past away about 20 years ago.
A lot of this footage I saw on "Victory At Sea" on black and white TV when I was a kid. I had no idea then that most, if not all combat footage from WWII was filmed in color. What a spectacular film!
I especially remember seeing the plane that broke in half against deck gun in black and white my whole life. Never knew it was in color!
The voice of the deck officer near the start sounds like Harry Morgan, the Colonel from Mash, who played a jilted boyfriend in Glenn Miller's 1942 feature, "Orchestra Wives."
Incredible! Teamwork, intelligence, ability, courage, ... How the wind blows on their trousers attracted me, specially. Nature, the sea, ... are amazingly beautiful. May God grant us to enjoy life and the earth, living in peace with one another.
Its like a move but most of the scenes are not staged.
I absolutely love it.
HOOOOOLYY SHIIIT! These footages are AMAZING! Thanks for uploading, mate!
Never seen footages of diving bombers cameras before!
...BREATHETAKING!!!...
+2serveand2protectYep! This documentary is one of a kind - the real deal.
Finntastique
It is indeed.
Have a nice day. ;)
Thank you, amphibLST570. Born in 1952, I grew up watching greats such as this.God Bless you and may men like my dad and you be remembered for centuries as you did in fact save the world.
My Grandfather was on the USS YorkTown CVA and CVS 10. not kidding!!!
I worked night security at patriots point navel museum where the Yorktown and Laffey are on display. Favorite side hustle ever! Always respectful to the sailors and flyers who served them. My favorite nights were when the tin can sailors would have their reunions on the Laffey. Great people!
they could make some very high quality stuff back then, this is excellent to watch.
"...from a 16mm. original..."
Fantastic footage in color of the Pacific War in the later years. Thanks so much for posting this gem of a glimpse back at it all when kids formed the legend known as "the greatest generation". There's a lot to look up to with these kids who did it all back then, with so little compared to today. Please always remember their efforts and sacrifice, and learn from their fine and brave example.
Such an honor to be buried at sea from the deck of a mighty war ship. Even more of an honor to be able to grow up among these great men. The very reason that led to my eight years served in the US Navy when my time came. Blessed to have been born and lived in the golden years of our great nation.
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I Served 4 Years Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) As An ABH3 From 1980 - 1984, And This Movie Brings Back Lots Of Memories!
To Be Honest With You, Things Really Haven't Changed Very Much As Far As Carrier Ops Are Concerned. Sure They're More Technically Advanced, But The Basics Are Still The Same!!! ⚓
Mostly a tincan sailor for 20 years, but i did serve 3 years on a carrier, USS Saratoga CV-60, 1982-1985.
balerick48 I worked for the USO in Naples Italy a frequent port of call for the Saratoga in the early 80’s.
balerick48 Thank you for your sacrifices and service to our country. Without people such as yourself The United States would not exist. God Bless you! You are a hero to many millions of people for being the best part of our country and for protecting our Freedom!
@@foobarmaximus3506 It was less than thirty years old then. USS _Nimitz_ is 45 years old this year and still good for a few more years.
I have been to the Yorktown museum In Charleston. It was so amazing, the ship is a piece of art.
Being a Navy veteran myself, this history moves me still . Everything it built in me was well worth my time.