*Actually kind of miraculous!* The Greatest Rescue - 11th Airborne Division's Epic Raid on Los Baños

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[@Stew2130]

Airborne Logistics: 1. If it's not nailed down, it's mine 2. If I could pry it up, you failed to effectively nail it down!

[@djj9675]

The Nazi’s had nothing on Imperial Japan. Between 10-30 million Chinese in WWII

[@midknight9715]

There was famously a Nazi officer that witnessed the Nanking massacre and was so horrified by what the Japanese were doing that he helped save a bunch of Chinese people, and they actually made a statue commemorating him after the war.

[@remo27]

As for "War Crimes": The Japanese never signed the "War Crimes" part of the Geneva Convention. And , regardless of what the Republic of the Philippines might have signed, Filipino guerrillas certainly never signed any such a thing. On top of that, add two things: 1) Most of the Japanese troops weren't innocent. The Japanese had been assholes and a half (to put it mildly) the prior 3 years when they ruled, and expecting mercy from people whos brothers, sisters mothers, fathers might have been raped, tortured or killed (or all 3) by the Japanese was probably expecting too much. 2) The guerrillas almost certainly didn't have the food or permanent accommodations for many prisoners. Thanks to us they had enough for themselves, but they carried most of their supplies with them. Hence unless a prisoner could be useful as a guide or possessed important information, they really coudn't afford to take prisoners.

[@leojamesclune1730]

And since guerrilla fighters are civilians, they're not bound anyway, IIRC

[@PAT8888-is2pd]

To be fair with Eisenhower, his opinion of airborne, evidently, changed before the end of the war. There are pictures of him wearing 101st airborne patch on the shoulder of his uniform.

[@MistuhDokka2U]

Curious why America doing the same thing is racism but Japan doing it isn't. The only reason people died on American camps was medical issues like tuberculosus. Not being starved and tortured. Please explain your reasoning.

[@watevatube]

It's called white/Western brainwashing...

[@PiousSlayer]

It also made sense for the USA to do it, since they didn't know who might have been spies, or who would act against the USA for Japan. Yes, it was messed up, but at least it made sense. Germany and Japan tended to use their camps for entirely different, often waaay worse reasons. I think its just a modern soft thinking that reduces things down to 'racism'.

[@HistoryNerd808]

It is one of our great historical embarassments as a nation but too many people want to treat it as similar to the Germans. It never should've happened and one of many examples of how fear can make people compromise their principles but the internment camps weren't concentration camps. It wasn't Auschwitz.

[@HistoryNerd808]

​​@@PiousSlayerI agree that Germany and Japan were way worse and all but a lot of it was definitely racism(and yes, I'd agree the Japanese were racist too.) Americans who had been citizens for generations were thrown into internment camps purely because the government didn't trust their loyalty based on their heritage. That is racism, any way you slice it.

[@PAT8888-is2pd]

Also, there were Japanese-American soldiers in the US military. They worked in the Pacific theater as interpreters and in Intelligence. One of the most decorated combat units in the European theater was the 442nd which was made up of Japanese-American soldiers many of which had family in the internment camps. At first, the camps were a precaution against possible spies and saboteurs. They eventually became for the protection of the internees from racism of others that might do them harm simply because they were of Japanese descent.

[@IdriveKITTnyc]

Fun fact. Rod Serling, creator and lead writer of the Twilight Zone was an Angel.

[@AtomSkeptic]

No way... That's cool as hell!

[@IdriveKITTnyc]

@@AtomSkeptic pretty sure he wasn't in the raid. No proof. But he got messed up in the battle of Manila. But before that. One of his friends was doing like a stand up routine, when a failed parachute supply drop took his head off. Hence writing so many military based stories.

[@AtomSkeptic]

@@IdriveKITTnyc damn. Still that's a hell of a unit to have served in.

[@IdriveKITTnyc]

@@AtomSkeptic yeah I went down a rod selling rabbit hole. And knew about his friend because Mike Rowe covered it in one of his "the way I heard it (the biscuit bomb). So knew about the service part. What I did not know was the part about how bad ass they were. The man was a legend all around.

[@AtomSkeptic]

@@IdriveKITTnyc hell they were all ready to kick ass and take names. Nick is a hell of an educator. I needed someone like him when I was in school.

[@s1ugtrail978]

My cousin, a woman has at least one Amazon package showing up for her literally every day... Ladies, it's not a joke when it's true.

[@gkiferonhs]

When a factory I worked at was temporarily down, the boss was big on having us do stupid make-work jobs. Whenever the line shut down, I'd grab a pipe wrench and walk from one end of the building to the other until it was back up.

[@joebright4607]

Darlin you are decades behind in the whole “Don’t change the standards thing.” They’ve been quotas since the early 1980’s and both mental and physical examinations were “modified” for people who cannot really do the job at all, much less best qualified.

[@kijaro1369]

It may just be me, but Nick sounds great (Fat Electrician) but you were very hard to hear. Would love to have been able to hear more of your comments, but either my speakers are terrible or your Mic volume was about 1/2 of what it should have been.

[@robrussell8870]

This is my saying “ I’ve upped my standers, so up yours “ 😂

[@FredHunley-v6o]

Luv ya

[@s1ugtrail978]

Keep your standards at your level.... Realize your level. And realize you need to stop shooting outside of your level. This is the reason why most women are miserable today when regarding successful relationships. I'm not referring to anything else. I'm just referring to successful relationships... I would say this about men two but they usually Stay within their standards or shoot lower...

[@s1ugtrail978]

Karma does not exist and is a concept based on false beliefs.... If it were real then everyone will get there just to do desserts in life... That fact alone proves that it's not real... And karma would not be just. As only God has the right to judge his children upon their sins.

[@joebright4607]

Please add TFE or full thing to your titles. I almost passed.

[@davidricks7128]

The Incredible Stories Of Britain’s Bravest Soldiers | Victoria Cross: For Valour | Timeline kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJO2ZXysoZ1ofbM

[@rionlandrum9560]

Japanese get overlooked when it comes to their atrocities during WW2. They did horrible things, even cannibalism of POWs. Yes cannibalism!! American troops were eaten. And as far as the marine guys, you know. It takes that kind of mentality to win wars.

[@anzaca1]

Um, no they don't.

[@s1ugtrail978]

Trans Transatlantic accent The Transatlantic accent was a thing for a short period of time because radio and television did not have base to their sounds so the only way you can hear or understand words or sounds that have normally a low bass tone was by making it higher pitch... Which is why the accent died down once bass was invented

[@charlieeckert4321]

Did you notice how skinny the arms were on the three singers at the end?

[@91GT347]

I don't believe guerrilla fighters are on the Geneva Convention list of parties. Lol

[@chrisquiett1776]

Oh jeez, this story got to my soul. I genuinely teared up when I 1st watched it. Nick is great at story telling.

[@banjotheclown2189]

I will be honest this is the video I was most looking forward to you reviewing (because it is amazing and heart wrenching) and most worried about you reviewing (for your mental health as it is Dark!) I love this story but to recover I like to watch either the Willie D Porter video or the Invasion of Guam video (or both) as they are both really funny to me and help offset how rough this story gets!

[@christiedt9818]

The Sacred 11. The unit just happens to be the 11th Airborne. We need angels. By pure coincidence theyre nicknamed the Angels. They loaded all the missionaries and what not into a vehicle they named "the impatient virgin" just showong god has a sense of humor.

[@backtoback6213]

Talking like that is what won the war 😊

[@erika_itsumi5141]

Fun Fact, if you have seen "We were Soldiers" when they are playing Baseball on the base, when we first see Too Tall, the patch he is wearing is of the 11th Airborne.

[@andrewwebb3248]

Oof she's doing shots for badassery on this video.... sorry to hear about her pending liver poisoning.

[@edwardsummey8843]

The internment of Japanese-Americans in WW2 had its roots in WW1, where there were many issues between the public at large and German immigrants and their families. There was frequent sabotage but there was also innocent (or at least neutral German-Americans being assaulted or being treated poorly (tarred-and-feathered). When WW2 began, the government wanted to avoid similar issues.

[@pyro1047]

Sucky Fact: Glider troops were *Technically* considered "Glider Infantry" and specifically NOT Paratroopers; which while true ignores the fact they were often used in tandem along side Paratroopers during operations, with gliders chosen when accomplishing a certain objective requires it; such as landing stealthily close to an objective, landing with ALL your troops together immediately upon landing instead of spread out scattered miles apart and requiring them to fight to and congregate at rally points until they had enough men to comence the attack on a now highly alert objective like the usual drops in WWII. They're also useful for allowing light weapons, vehicles, and equipment to be "dropped" in the gliders; such as Willys Jeeps, M1 57mm Anti-Tank Guns, 75mm Pack Howitzers for heavier and longer ranged artillery than just mortars, etc. Allowing them to hold out long enough to be relieved and reinforced by the heavier "Line Units" once they catch up to the areas secured by the Airborne and bring in Medium Tanks and Tank Destroyers, 105mm and 155mm Howitzers, etc. Basically all the "Good Sh*t" that's too heavy to be airdropped, so the Airborne can't have. So even though "Glider Infantry/Units" were taking the same, if not even MORE risk than Paratroopers (Crashes, injuries, and fatalities Weren't "Uncommon", as landing is literally just crashing but with skids; and suspected landing zones like open fields were usually fortified by driving wooden poles into them spaced apart which were hard to see with aerial recon, but would violently rip and tear a Glider apart as it's essentially the same as you crashing into a forest in a wood and canvas plane, except with a dozen of your buddies; or a ¼ton jeep that could break loose from Its straps and run over/squish you all if there's a particularly quick and violent stop. Still, they "Weren't entitled to the *Paratrooper Prestige*, highly sought after Special Paratrooper Boots (Highly desired for the drip of course), or the extra $50 a month of "Airborne/Danger" pay the "real" Paratroopers got.

[@wyattguilliams5325]

The American Japanese internment camps happend almost immediately After Pearl Harbor for Two Reasons 1 to protect them 2 so they wouldn't join Japan

[@AtomSkeptic]

Wait! Back up! A pet cemetery by your school?! Was that where the filmed the movie or what?!

[@joeyc5879]

Hey Lauren I've been watching the vids for a whiles (and commented occasionally I'm not a total creeper) and I just wanted to let you know I appreciate you appearing on here. Things really aren't going my way in life and you do provide some comfort in these fucked up times, I just wanted to let you know you're doing good things and to keep doing that

[@Twinspinner]

Hey it's okay, I definitely still cried at the end, and I've watched Nic's video half a dozen times lol

[@s1ugtrail978]

There is no coincidence if you could live through every single mysterious event that's ever occurred through human history involving the concept of, is God real, you would have no room to deny it in any way shape or form and you yourself would agree upon that. God is real specifically the Christian god, and the only reason why everyone doesn't pray to him is because not everyone sees everything he does for us Otherwise good video

[@InstrucTube]

Really, I agree with you. Did you start it, or just finish it? That's an older way of saying are you the FA or the FO?

[@hendyallen5993]

I would say that the American internment was not fueled by racism, but by fear.

[@edwardsummey8843]

90 seconds in “you have to do a shot for sheer badassery.” Oh, she is gonna get hammered today.

[@FrenchieQc]

Hahaha I thought so too! Especially the part about Van Der Pool

[@FredHunley-v6o]

I’ve been watching your movements and your hair. Did you get in a fight or get beat up by a guy?

[@FredHunley-v6o]

Looking great with glasses ❤

[@Some_who_call_me_Tiim]

17:15 I believe God is a fan of irony...

[@trevorjrooney]

You'd make a great live action Velma.

[@joefravel7974]

I love to see you reacting to Nick. I would love for you to react to his video on Richard Bong

[@AmericansLearn]

Life got in the way a bit, but it IS the next FE video I'll be posting.

[@PAT8888-is2pd]

I like your scissors. Where did you get them?

[@lexalford358]

I am of the opinion that you can’t convict anyone for a war crime if you don’t have any person to testify against them and they didn’t have any survivors to testify against them. I love it when you do a fat electrician video his sense of humor and yours combined makes a great video

[@terryjohnson5579]

February 42 so just a few months after this America opened the first internment camp for Japanese citizens.

[@terryjohnson5579]

I'm an obsessive history nerd and I love watching you absorb and really burn thru nics channel. There's one Warographics and Biographics you could check out on your own time.

[@remo27]

39:55: to 40:16 Gangster AF!