I cried when I found out he passed away last year... May his spirit find his peace.
@Darrel_Owen5 жыл бұрын
His spirit found peace when he forgave. Your enemies don't care if you hate them. Hatred for them only eats up the hater, not the hated. Forgiveness releases you from that heavy burden.
@felixxdenolo67935 жыл бұрын
Not sad I’m happy he was able to grow old
@jbowers8955 жыл бұрын
I talked to him a cpl months before he passed....seemed ready to go at that point, looking forward to be with his wife again
@legosharkproductions11005 жыл бұрын
A Kruijer I didn’t know that he passed away until I read this comment. And now I’m crying. Thank you for the sad information.
@seantheguy13915 жыл бұрын
May he see vengeance
@gfunk625 жыл бұрын
"you can kill me, but you can not kill my spirit"
@ferrariairwolf5 жыл бұрын
@European Awakening halfway through the video
@GottliebGoltz5 жыл бұрын
AMEN.!
@NickTheAwsome1005 жыл бұрын
that is a quote to go down in the history books
@SuperJMichael5 жыл бұрын
People of the US are no longer this brave, strong, or patriotic instead we have wusses who need safe spaces and cry like little babies if they don’t get their way. What have we become and why have we let it happen?
@amandabonet97205 жыл бұрын
It's almost like we seen the same video.
@wildwest54364 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather, rest his soul, was also a POW in the Philippines and survived the Bataan March, escaped, was shot, recaptured after 4 months on the run, tortured by being staked in the hot sun, had fish hooks placed thru his eyelids and forced to stare at the sun. This was their symbolic perversion that he will never run from the rising sun. Thru it all he survived. Came into the Army weighing 230 lbs. Came out weighing 75 pounds. I once asked him how did he ever make it. He replied, "every half second gave way to a second, then 30 seconds to 1 minute, then an hour to two hours and soon a day...and then it started all over again the next day" He died with an unforgiving heart for the Japanese. I wished he has heard this message. Thank you
@TheAien1234 жыл бұрын
Wild West RIP
@thunderbird19212 жыл бұрын
At least Tojo and others were tried and executed, SOME justice for the unthinkable cruelty and evil they launched on the world.
@NEOSCISSORSJAGUARPRIME2 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 STILL, I WISH OTHERS WOULD'VE DIED WORSE THAN THEIR VICTIMS, LIKE MASANOBU TSUJI, THE CANNIBAL WHO ORDERED THE DEATH MARCH AND OTHER INHUMANITIES, BUT WENT UNPUNISHED, BECAME PART OF THE PARLIAMENT AND EVEN BECAME A CIA ASSET
@lmupzz68642 жыл бұрын
That’s horrible wtf those Japanese were something ELSE just imagine if they had won the war
@ajpisharodi Жыл бұрын
Did your grandfather go blind from that torture? Or did he recover his sight?
@zionreyes4433 жыл бұрын
Im from Philippines. Death march was wost than you think. Imagine walking for a days and if you stop walking you will be executed. This man is so great. Thank you for saving our freedom. ❤️
@TheHamburgler12311 ай бұрын
Im surpised that everyone didn't die after 6 days of walking in the hot sun without any water. I was under the assumption that would be a death setence for even the strongest of men.
@Kitiwake10 ай бұрын
Lol.... You pric*ks think the "death march" was all about Americans. There were 1,100 Americans (And 11,000 Filipinos quislings... but you didn't know that😂😂😂)
@russelneilv136110 ай бұрын
The Russians committed many attrocities as well but they were called an ally. They killed 7-10 million Europeans before WWII started through starvation..
@Javelina_Poppers10 ай бұрын
My high school history teacher was a Bataan Death March survivor and told us many stories of what it was like and what it took to survive on a daily basis. That kind of education is hard to come by and it stuck with all of us. When he died some years ago, so many of his former students came to his funeral that the crowd overwhelmed the church and cemetary. That is called respect.
@daniellekrammel42116 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! I despised my history teacher who made it all so boring and dull. Many years later I wish I'd had a history teacher who made it alive and real. Amazing to think your teacher was truly living history!!!
@imout6715 жыл бұрын
I met mr glenn Frazier on the deck of the uss Alabama in mobile. I bought a copy of his autobiography for my son. He was a very polite and humble gentleman of the greatest generation.
@NLBrown-gz2qe5 жыл бұрын
Russ The USS Alabama is so cool to see. Are you from Alabama?
@albertollorca52495 жыл бұрын
Me too, that's also where I met him, we chatted for about 10 minutes, he spoke to my young son and gave him some wisdom, what a great man. I bought his book and he autographed it for us.
@terrykinkead48455 жыл бұрын
Greatest generation.......a generation of people who treated African Americans like second class citizens....a generation of people that allowed German pow to eat at resturants and go to movie theaters that were off limits to African Americans....a generation of people who oppressed one group of people because of the color of their skin....a generation that went to fight the nazi with a segregated army.... please ...let's not be hypocrites
@NLBrown-gz2qe5 жыл бұрын
Terry Kinkead that’s a pretty unfair generalization
@terrykinkead48455 жыл бұрын
@@NLBrown-gz2qe how is that unfair? Please explain ....im all ears ...
@LouieShowers5 жыл бұрын
Let's get this stuff to go viral. Let's make people care about this stuff instead of the Kardashians. Unbelievable video featuring an incredible man. Speechless
@arnavbatra75295 жыл бұрын
I never cared a bit about the Kardashians, and never will. They are just a sorry family obsessed with "beauty" and wealth
@TezzyRs5 жыл бұрын
No matter how viral, America is full of idiots who care more for the kardashians and immigrant families looking for a better life than a POW vet.
@LouieShowers5 жыл бұрын
Ps. The top trending article right now on Google is a Kardashian break up.. 100% disgrace
@murphy125 жыл бұрын
@@TezzyRs and what great country are you from where they only think virtuous pure thoughts?
@biggreenleaf70355 жыл бұрын
And every time a celebrity posts a picture of themselves in a bathing suit Snapchat storys explode with articles
@rps12765 жыл бұрын
Holy shit this man lived through hell.
@randommobilegaming46245 жыл бұрын
Yes
@smudge60015 жыл бұрын
sad how a person could do this 2 another person
@jepkofficial5 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your anime, fucking weeb.
@brucewayne22655 жыл бұрын
And now he is living in heaven.
@rabbit37044 жыл бұрын
Yael Bethers yes, he is in a better place now
@TheGordonismbmetis5 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian, whose Grandfather spent 4 years in a Japanese pow camp and survived, I didn't need to watch this to understand why Colonel Frazier had so much hatred, It wasn't till the last year of my grandfather's life he started to open up to me about what he had experienced in hong kong and I can say this video just tells you lightly, thank you grandpa for making it out alive I'm grateful to be here.
@stressfulprick14094 жыл бұрын
May I ask which battle did he fight ? I don’t really hear much about Canadian in ww2.
@TheCanadian8884 жыл бұрын
Stressful Prick battle of Hong Kong there’s was a Canadian unit fighting there . In the early days of the war
@TheCanadian8884 жыл бұрын
Stressful Prick but most Canadians fought in battle of Britain’s , battle of Atlantic , in Italy , France Belgium Netherlands and Germany . Funny fact too , Canada declared war over japan before the United States
@MrBikboi3 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian as well, may your Grandfather rest in peace, a true hero.
@TheCanadian8883 жыл бұрын
@d b's for WW1 it was true . But in WW2 , Canada was a sovereign country able to take his own decisions . The Britain’s voted for a law in 1931 called the statute of Westminster ( 1931 ) allowing all countries in the Britain empire to be independent. Which means , Canada joined the war the 10 of September 1939 on his own will. Declared war on japan on his own will , etc etc
@ARMY-ep6fz Жыл бұрын
He pinned my bronze star and purple heart on me in my home town in Alabama at a home coming after I got out of Walter Reed. Amazing Man
@calebakinson46275 жыл бұрын
“I needed revenge” but he did the opposite. These men truly are in the greatest generation much respect ✊
@CompagnonDeMisere255 жыл бұрын
Too bad that most of the people who saw this video completly missed that message.
@pricklypear3005 жыл бұрын
@@CompagnonDeMisere25 His choice was a noble one but we can't ask all people to choose his way and make peace. He just rationalised with his traumas because it was too much for him. Unlike Germany Japan hasn't evem attempted to apologise for many atrocities they did. Even today many Japanese doesn't have a clue why America had to invade their country and bomb the cities so cruelly. They think they were the ones who were bullied because the whites were the evil ones. They think the Japan Empire was helping China, Korea, and Philippines and so on by invading them. Strange innit? I don't think this lovely gentleman would have coped mentally if he really understood what Japanese really thought of their heinous crimes. It was Japan's job to say sorry and make peace, not him. But being islanders, Japanese over the years have developed a strange habit of dealing with emotions, and get on with it instead of solving the issues face to face by giving or receiving proper "apologies". They might say 'it was unfortunate. Lets make up shall we', but inside they will never once think it was their fault.
@cainmagnetic97965 жыл бұрын
"greatest generation" lol yea but then you see how they treated black people
@Kal_Kestis3 жыл бұрын
They also ridded the world of hundreds of nazi's, truly the greatest generation
@Reddy263 жыл бұрын
Ancient Japanese customs says... Japanese gentleman must sample young white women BEFORE they work.. heh-heh-huh-huh..
@Oline17565 жыл бұрын
I felt sad for him and other veterans who went through all the pain just to liberation our nation. We Filipinos honor your heroism.
@CRABBER-l7q4 жыл бұрын
The liberation of the Philippines is not a task you could have achieved alone. There is no need for a small nation to feel guilty for asking their allies for help to fend off a powerful foe. My Grandpa invaded Japan and I am so thankful he wasn't captured.
@Oline17564 жыл бұрын
Шон Из Америке Yep, your right.
@Oline17564 жыл бұрын
Шон Из Америке Oh your grandfather is from a the Soviet army? Cool. I want to have a friend like you.
@CRABBER-l7q4 жыл бұрын
@@Oline1756 No. I am just an American who is studying Russian. My name translates to 'Sean From America'. My grandpa was a paratrooper who took part in the invasion of Japan. He stood down when he was informed that Japan had surrendered.
@Oline17564 жыл бұрын
Шон Из Америке Oh, I see. Thanks guys. You Americans is our allies. Im Filipino who lives here in Sylmar, California.
@Riyun725 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather was RAAF ground crew in Singapoer at the time it fell. He along with the Australian AIF and other RAAF fell back to Indonesia where the last planes left to fly the wounded back to Australia. He fell back with the AIF and were eventually captured in Sumatra. 3 years he lived in a POW camp enduring such horrors. When the war was declared over the prisoners were allowed to leave the camps but had nowhere to go, many simply were unable to walk. My Grandfather though was 1 of 5 POWs who caught and drowned a particularly sadistic Japanese Sgt in a river. He never got over that or the years of torture. I was told stories of him screaming in his sleep by my father. He never recovered fully from the diseases and affects of the starvation and jungle had upon his body. He died when I was 8 years old.I've been to Japan many times and they are truly beautiful people and know you cant judge an entire people on what was done then. Not all who did those things probably wanted to do them but regardless it was done. I went to Hiroshima not long ago and to the museum there for the bomb that was dropped. Truly humbling when most of the people who suffered the aftermath were civilians,,children. Horrendous injuries and sickness from the radiation. Hell on earth. It was difficult though to remain silent about what horrors were committed by the Japanese soldiers to not only aliied military personell but to civilians of all the countries they invaded. You cannot though just look at the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima alone without understanding what brought it all about. War is evil, pure evil.
@deanhunter175310 ай бұрын
Railway man was a good movie but Hollywood version but worth a watch
@justpaula24793 жыл бұрын
One of my relatives survived the Bataan Death March. He survived as Pow and made it home. He spent about 3 months in a VA Hospital before being sent home. He died about 3 months after he got home because of parasites and damage done to his intestines. Most of the food they were fed were full of maggots or bugs from unwashed rice. When he got home the only thing he could eat was watery oatmeal (porridge) and soupy mashed potatoes that had no milk or butter or seasoning in them. My family pooled their sugar and ration coupons so my aunt could make him his favorite chocolate meringue pie. He took one bite and became violently ill because his stomach was so messed up. Many remember the atrocities that the Nazis committed in the Holocaust. Japan’s atrocities and genocide were equal to what the Nazis did. The Great Generation who made it through the Depression, World War II and gave us strong, patriotic identities should never be forgotten. Anyone who serves their country in war or peace time have my utmost respect. This generation, however, forged the way for the freedoms we know today.
@sec97888 ай бұрын
That’s why when someone starts WEEPING about “internment” camps, I shut down and stop listening…😑
@TheAmerican19634 жыл бұрын
My late uncle, Lawrence P. Morvan (4th Marine Div.), was captured on Corregidor and Hell shipped to Osaka, Tsuruga Camp B......he survived and came home. He was the biggest influence on me to become a United States Marine......He was so kind to me and I miss him........
@soundknight5 жыл бұрын
It would be impossible not to hate them after this experience.
@adrianmartin73445 жыл бұрын
And yet he overcame it. Stange how we can hate each other nowadays based on our opinion on migration or if we eat meat or not.
@air-headedaviator18055 жыл бұрын
In the end the only thing that saved him was a change in perspective. It is hard.
@andytaylor15885 жыл бұрын
But for the grace of God, there go I.
@InobuZ5 жыл бұрын
Word choice is important for ones mindset.......difficult verses impossible....one allows you to overcome the hatred the other instills it. Disdain flows every time I hear of these events but I remind my self of this verse Romans 12:19 “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. ” This frees you of hatred and the duty of judgement giving you the ability to enjoy life and seek the Good.
@patalderete11835 жыл бұрын
My dad was a World War ll & Korean War vet. He despised the Japanese! He was a VERY proud soldier to the end. He passed soon after his 90th b’day 2016. It is only by the grace of God that he was not mental. The horrific stories he told us...ONLY God knows how these VERY brave soldiers kept their sanity. RIP, dad! On his tombstone we had a few lines of “A Soldier Died Today” poem😢.
@dong74745 жыл бұрын
"you can kill me, but you cannot kill my spirit. and i will haunt him until he dies." the most bad ass thing, ANYONE could have said.
@dong74745 жыл бұрын
@TheRisingSun piss off. hows that?
@zach73725 жыл бұрын
@TheRisingSun why are you supporting imperial Japan?
@MCLps30005 жыл бұрын
@@zach7372 The question is why are you asking that he may be proud of the Achievement what his country did even with the lack of most everything he needed to fight a War, and the spirit of their soldiers... exactly like germany.. piss off
@luckyleo884 жыл бұрын
Just like a pure stoic, they can hurt your body but they can't touch your soul. He had that mentality in the face of death. Amazing. RIP Glen, you truly are blessed. See you soon in the next life, Sir.
@penisballs38153 жыл бұрын
@@dong7474 he ain't lyin
@vincentchu77005 жыл бұрын
I’m Taiwanese and always knew that the Japanese were the cruelest during wars but thank you so much for this story it really puts stuff in reality
@delightfulinsanity36225 жыл бұрын
Vincent Chu you’re a traitor to us Taiwanese.
@yelizsahin15744 жыл бұрын
@@delightfulinsanity3622 Don't be silly and closed-minded.
@lanahanbrian03 жыл бұрын
You can visit the remains of an old Japanese POW camp in Taiwan. You should go and see.
@lanahanbrian03 жыл бұрын
@Corps of Royal Marines time is one reason, the more years roll by the less hate there is for xyz reason. Another is that the later years of colonial rule were relatively soft. Add in the fact that they left behind some great infrastructure and that most bitter feelings and memories of today are with the Chinese across the strait and the KMT authorities of the White Terror era and there you go.
@vincentchu77003 жыл бұрын
@Corps of Royal Marines I can say it depends on each person. I know people who hate Japan with all their heart
@Kal_Kestis3 жыл бұрын
The courage that it takes to tell this stories even decades later... these stories NEED TO BE HEARD. Freedom NOT FREE. The lengths and pain that these men underwent to preserve America's freedom for another day must be known.
@CaptainZachAim72 жыл бұрын
Had the opportunity to meet this amazing man years ago at the battleship memorial park in Alabama. Even got a signed copy of his book (great read by the way) RIP Col Frazier
@rondodson573610 ай бұрын
I had the opportunity to meet the lady who was in charge of the nurses in Vietnam. She was at a Connie Stevens concert in Las Vegas. It was such an honor to meet this lady and shake her hand for what she and her nurses did for us troops who fought in Vietnam.
@Ctdgates5 жыл бұрын
RIP. these men went through hell and back
@valeera54155 жыл бұрын
@nunchaku101 well yea japanese was starting war
@secretagentkay56705 жыл бұрын
and then again
@Ctdgates4 жыл бұрын
Graden Sorensen I know
@katie19511 ай бұрын
Decades ago I worked with a WW2 Marine who had been captured by the Japanese and put in an internment camp. When automotive companies started hosting Japanese companies to review the product, and tour company locations, it was all he could do maintain his stern composure. He told me the Japanese were a brutal and vicious people. He had seen and experienced their inhumanity first hand. I respected that man and felt his outrage.
@sec97888 ай бұрын
That’s why we must remember Pearl Harbor and NEVER let them live that down…Little (bleeps).
@Ksyusha15 жыл бұрын
Both of my grandads fought in WW2 , I’m very thankful that they survived and didn’t become a prisoners. My heart goes out to those men who had to endure this hell on earth 😣❤️💪 Heroes!
@andyZ3500s5 жыл бұрын
My grandfather was in the Pacific but was not in combat thank God. His brother went through hell there but came home. What happened to this man is almost the same thing that one of my friends fathers went through. Everything about from the beginning to finding peace.
@andyZ3500s5 жыл бұрын
@@Ksyusha1 Oksana I can't even imagine what you're grandparents saw and went through. As we all know the fighting on the Eastern Front was brutal. You should be proud of your grandmother for escaping twice she must of had a strong will to live. When the Japanese surrendered my friends father was half his weight. His mother was his nurse sounds like something out of a movie. You are right about telling there stories it keeps them alive. In the 90's they were making alot of documentarys in America about WW11 the world will have firsthand accounts of what the people went through for ever. I just wish this was done for the great war as my grandfather fought there. He was a wonderful man I was about 15 when he passed. Good luck from Andy
@andyZ3500s5 жыл бұрын
@Eric Smith thanks Eric. I just noticed a mistake that I wrote down. I also said my grandfather fought in the western front of The Great War. It was my great grandfather. Thanks again from Andy
@dareisnogod57115 жыл бұрын
Tell me, who made up that god-awful expression: "my heart goes out to" ? What's wrong with what I learned before this became the expression of choice : "I feel sorry for" ?
@Wookie1205 жыл бұрын
Well done Soldier, well done. Now, rest in peace brother! Your story will not be forgotten.
@kevdadd19763 жыл бұрын
Hard to listen to, but the part when he told the guy that was going to execute him his spirit was going to haunt him till he died gave me chills. I have no doubt that would have been the case.
@seanodwyer432210 ай бұрын
ahh was like him when a giant savage broke my neck with his hands , and ahh wanted too wipe out his savge race. . know a man who was castrated by japs and fought them for 50 years after they did it too him- He lived in new zealand too.. over time ahh hav forgiven butt have ghosts tell me ahh one off them. grateful God lets me see another day . Simon O'Dwyer - my granddad was killed by japs in 1942.
@Sami94895 жыл бұрын
"Old soldiers never die They just fade away." - General MacArthur
@nicks85055 жыл бұрын
Been to Osaka, Japan. It's an absolutely stunning place. Fortunately the newer generations of the Japanese people are beginning to understand and recognize the atrocities their forefathers committed in the war, as are young Americans. Had the pleasure to spend time with a group of Japanese college students, and as a service member with family who served the US in the Pacific and two of them who had grandfathers serve Japan, we had the inclination to share our viewpoints and understanding of the war. A truly enlightening experience.
@nicks85055 жыл бұрын
@nunchaku101 Never said they do. Both sides committed atrocities.
@raziax96035 жыл бұрын
That's cool. In the end, we're all human
@TheVGMajor5 жыл бұрын
Dont even think you can compare the attrocities of the Japanese to anything America did during WWII.
@arieson77155 жыл бұрын
@nunchaku101 No, but they should know that these atrocities happened, most schools in Japan don't even mention them.
@washingmachine49935 жыл бұрын
@@arieson7715 yes they do, they're mentioned in most textbooks, there is only one exception but that textbook is only used in around 10 schools.
@jeremiahjohnson69715 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for putting these stories OUT... editing and visuals are AWESOME....
@maskcollector69492 жыл бұрын
Oh a piece of him will be greeting that Major in Hell I assure you. Forgiveness doesn't replace the experience of the other side of the coin we each face. To help more than harm, that is the purpose. Those who don't, succumb to the wounds of their own making.
@Maaarrina4 жыл бұрын
My grandpa fought the Japanese during their invasion of China. The Pacific theatre was just as horrible as the events in Europe. I had never heard of this brave man’s story, so glad I found your channel.
@angbobobmo54195 жыл бұрын
Iam a Filipino. I thank you for your service because without you, our little island has not been liberated.
@ashleyadams44472 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service sir. I am honored to represent your memory at the Bataan Memorial Death March in New Mexico at White Sands Missile Range, March 20, 2022.This is a great privilege I have been granted. I will not let you down sir.
@gtfanatic5 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was the back top gunner in a B-29 after he died me being a history buff got some of his war stuff and now I can tell his war stories to my children
@nestor19075 жыл бұрын
A B-29? Amazing, one of my fav planes
@dareisnogod57115 жыл бұрын
Did you ever learn to punctuate your sentences or choose to ignore the rules of grammar ? Lazy f**k.
@TheDrummer515 жыл бұрын
I did that for my daughter and grandchildren. My father-in-law went in the Army in 1938, so when hostilities began, he was just well-trained. When we'd go hunting he'd tell me his stories. I wrote them down for my daughter. I told her that I wouldn't share the really grisly stuff, I knew he wouldn't want me to. But one time he said to me, "I guess I'm telling you all this because someday I'll be gone, and no one will know what guys like me went through.
@adamhawkes845 жыл бұрын
@@dareisnogod5711 Wow that was narcissistic. Hope you find help.
@unreal40103 жыл бұрын
@@dareisnogod5711 aww poor thing
@oops_missedworldoftanksbli41175 жыл бұрын
The horrors these man went through is just terrible. Rip all of the men and women who lost there lives to this disgusting war.
@n.r.vistro92774 жыл бұрын
Damn, please dont stop making other videos like this. We needed to preserve the stories of our veterans.
@johnmarkdichosa14255 жыл бұрын
RIP to the coronel's spirit and to all of the fallen souls during those years.
@medictaylor5 жыл бұрын
only 1k views?! EVERYONE needs to see this. COL Frazier's message of love and forgiveness is so powerful.
@zenolachance11815 жыл бұрын
It'll get more , it's too new
@jepkofficial5 жыл бұрын
No shit, Sherlock. But there is a time for forgiveness and there is a time for death. The Japanese still are not repentant about their war crimes and atrocities in WWII. This is why they are not allowed to have a military to this day. They still justify the inherent evil in their culture. But, if a war with China ever broke out, I imagine the US would demand the militarization of Japan. They would go right back to their old evil ways, but since they would be "on our side" we would just slap them on the wrist and tell them "bad". Only time will tell.
@pricklypear3005 жыл бұрын
@@jepkofficial this.
@borninjordan74485 жыл бұрын
Japan very much has a military.
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
241,000 views now. Let's hope that continues to climb.
@learner96315 жыл бұрын
I can relate to living off anger, but mine was not as broiled as his was. This man had truly come back to being a full hearted man, from a vengeance seeking demon, who walked through the fires of hell and was turned by the madness of war. I hope he found his true peace before he passed. What an amazing man, with an inspiring story!
@rae-michellel68785 жыл бұрын
I am in tears...completely undone. Wow. I can’t even imagine going through that. How beautiful that he turned that evil and hatred into spreading the message of forgiveness. ❤️🙏❤️
@brianlaney15236 ай бұрын
I met Col. Frazier at the USS Alabama. He was a remarkable and humble man. I bought his autobiography. I am so grateful for this channel. Once these men pass their stories pass with them . Thank you.
@jackbarnes972811 ай бұрын
My mother's school bus driver when she was a kid in the 50's was also captured and went on the Bataan death march. One of the things he did was hoard food til the day he died and I mean enough to last a couple of months. My mom said he always carried a lunchbox on the bus route even though the bus route was less than 2 hours long.
@troyfreedom11 ай бұрын
You would think a government would be more appreciative and he would not have to take a job as a bus driver. I mean if they can print trillions of dollars , why not give the money to those that had to endure so much.
@LoganBrasi5 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace, thank you for sharing your story and for your service
@rabbit37044 жыл бұрын
Logan Brown he should have never had to endure that. 😭.
@rabbit37044 жыл бұрын
Logan Brown yes he is now in heaven
@rudert565 жыл бұрын
With Japan, we were fighting a mindset. Just as in the Middle East, it makes it exceedingly difficult to defeat such a foe.
@23ADJ935 жыл бұрын
No, the situations are very different.
@allaansnackbar42695 жыл бұрын
Andrew Jones yea both totally don’t commit suicide in an act to take as many with them as possible
@datguy1975 жыл бұрын
We killed that idea with fire
@TheDrummer515 жыл бұрын
Really though, the Japanese soldier wasn't that effective in battle. He could have been, but that stupid Bushido code said it was better to die than re-group. The Japanese usually suffered losses of 9 to 1 against an armed force. What they were really good at was killing unarmed civilians....kind of like those practitioners of the Religion of Peace.
@mattgrim51785 жыл бұрын
@@TheTazzietiger especially when they hide among the innocent
@stevew61385 жыл бұрын
This man is the epitome of a man come to terms with his past and overcome it.
@americanlocation20116 ай бұрын
Thank you Col. Frazier for all you endured and sacrificed on our behalf, you will ALWAYS be a hero in my book. Anyone who says a man captured in war isn't a hero is a moral coward.
@AndrewFerrer3d4 жыл бұрын
After watching a couple of these I just have to come to terms with that I can't imagine what these guys had to suffer through. My mind can't comprehend what they've experienced. The pure evil that they've seen in other human beings is something most of us will never even come close to seeing during our lifetime, even at its worst. And the pain they had to go through, both physical, and emtional, being tortured after seeing friends die, knowing that they'll never see their family again. It's profound.
@onelonleyfarmer5 жыл бұрын
i have his book iv read it and it will change a person... i have traveled to the Philippines and japan always wit the book from this man in my mind.
@rawdawgg_3 жыл бұрын
Name of the book??
@Tajje3 жыл бұрын
@@rawdawgg_ Hell's Guest
@jeffdavison39555 жыл бұрын
What a powerful man unbelievable how he can forgive like he did , that simply shows what a great man he is
@crusaderclarkplays54665 жыл бұрын
RIP Veteran soldier of WWII. Forgiveness is the only thing to set you free. I respect a salute for your life dedication.
@kingpewpew35024 жыл бұрын
I'am a FILIPINO and I'm thanking this VETERAN protecting our country. Thank you sir.💖🌹
@WranglerRunner14 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say that I'm extremely appreciative to have a channel like this documenting these soldiers stories. They say 400 veterans die a day; the work you're doing to keep the greatest generation's stories alive is phenomenal. Keep it up.
@alexbird81425 жыл бұрын
You are honestly doing the world a great service, please don’t stop doing these! We only have a certain amount of time left with these heroes before their untold stories fade away.
@Waveluth5 жыл бұрын
Listening to this brave mans story is like listening to the stories my own father told much of his life. He too was a survivor of the cruelty that came at the hands of the Japanese soldiers. My fathers story, his nightmares continued throughout his life. I can remember being so frightened at night when my father would cry out in his sleep, crying as he pushed through the night each and every night of his life. He died on Christmas Day 2012 surrounded by his children and grandchildren after having a wonderful family party. For my Dad, it was the best present. My Mother has passed away already and he missed her and longed to be with her. My father was just a boy when he also lied about his age to join the Army. Off to the Philippines he was and with nearly identical circumstances. What a horror war is, I was almost in Vietnam Nam myself, having gotten my draft card. By the grace of God, the war ended and I was saved from the horror that my father lived over and over. His generation was an amazing group of heroic men and woman that did what they had to do. Our lives are because of their sacrifices, this new generation doesn’t understand true sacrifice like my parents had. There will never be another group of people like the hero’s of WW2. Now I am old, soon my children will tell their stories about our lives. I am grateful that my life’s memories do not include the horrors of such a war. God bless those men, love your family and be kind. Peace✌🏻🇺🇸
@patrickstar45195 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, you will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇸
@goldmember6685 жыл бұрын
rip in peace?
@patrickstar45195 жыл бұрын
dylan spin yep
@eliseomartinez79118 ай бұрын
Great Grandfather served in 200th Coastal Artillery Battalion of New Mexico National Guard and was captured in Bataan and endured the death march and captivity. The sacrifice all of you have made will never be forgotten and must be remembered for generations.
@michaelangelo751111 ай бұрын
This man is no longer in America’s Arsenal. This is when revenge and hatred is justified. My Father was a Marine in the South Pacific for the entire length of the war. He was profoundly affected from the brutality and suffering in addition to his serious wounds. He lived until he was eighty and took a true story of the realities of WW2 combat with him. God rest his soul.
@donsailing13565 жыл бұрын
RIP Glenn........ wow..... one of the greatest! Couldn’t hold back the tears on this one...... sharing this with everyone I know! Thank you thank you thank you for this story.
@robertkrautheim52855 жыл бұрын
26 years in the service of my country, retired 20 years ago, and Colonel Frazier has given me the biggest gift anyone could. God Bless You Colonel Frazier and God Bless The USA
@noahcount71325 жыл бұрын
These WWII memoirs are solid gold! Thank you for bringing them to us. Please continue doing so.
@ultraali4534 жыл бұрын
Many young people who are vengeful and resentful. Who are suffering, need to learn from this great man. Forgiveness! That is what freed Mr. Glenn Frazier of the U.S. Army and gave him Peace inside of himself. That is what finally gave him Freedom from the suffering of his soul.
@johnwright2919 ай бұрын
This is what made me realize many years ago that hatred hurts me and not the object of the hate.
@chevychase31035 жыл бұрын
Profound respect for Colonel Frazier!
@irrsyah5 жыл бұрын
I binge watched all your episodes harder than any netflix specials.
@Paul-yl6uf5 жыл бұрын
Irry A. Gott segne dich
@e.m.54995 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Colonel. [SALUTE!] Thank you to all for putting this video up on KZbin.
@bartman94005 жыл бұрын
It takes a lot for someone like that to go through such cruelty and torture, and still forgive those who did such things.
@likeariver223711 ай бұрын
Even as a Vietnam vet, this is hard to take. It reminds me of my father. They made the ultimate sacrifice for their families and country.
@justinfernandes68425 жыл бұрын
I have a great grandfather who is still a live to this day and he was in the navy during ww2 he’s 91 years old
@itsyaboy55514 жыл бұрын
I had two distant relatives who where captured at Singapore. One of them was utterly broken by what happened to him at these prison camps
@lapualapua12485 жыл бұрын
The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of 2,345 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Sandakan POW Camp.
@songsmith31a9 ай бұрын
Lest we forget: "The Forgotten Army" that fought and eventualy prevailed in that far-off theatre of war.
@WuhanMan20138 ай бұрын
This is a beautiful story about how this man put his hatred behind him and freed himself.
@alexanderompi27303 жыл бұрын
Dear Colonel Frazier, It's a shame I only got to see this video two years after you passed. Because I really wanted to let you know that his words affected me, I am literally crying. It is not that you endured beating and torture, the loss of your friend, the solitary confinement. I can understand the hatred for the Japanese for all the horrific things they did to you. I can imagine hating them for the rest of your life. But what really got me is that after all these horrors inflicted upon you, you still have the power to forgive them even after all the things you went through. You inspire me to be a better man
@mysteryman85795 жыл бұрын
Me and my family came from another country and before anyone assumes yes LEGALLY! I thank this man and the many others who put their lives through hell so me and my family can have the life and opportunities of this beautiful country
@jerryw66995 жыл бұрын
Best wishes to you and yours.
@brentmiller77145 жыл бұрын
This country is here for people like you. God bless
@MrBikboi3 жыл бұрын
Wish more people had your mindset, best wishes to you.
@tyr8443 жыл бұрын
This is probably the most powerfull memoir I could see about war
@mattbierly9145 жыл бұрын
Just think if the Japanese soldier didn’t allow him to have a last word then he probably wouldn’t be alive
@TheMadisonHang4 жыл бұрын
is it a form of grace, he didn't kill him?
@BigLisaFan11 ай бұрын
A remarkable man. Hopefully he found peace in Heaven. My mother was friends with the couple down the street. Her son was a prisoner of the Japanese. He wouldn’t have anything to do with anything Japanese. He refused to buy, eat, wear, ride in anything Japanese for the rest of his life. He had a 100% disability pension from the military because of his treatment and health. Thank you for this moving recollection.
@glenntremblay540611 ай бұрын
Yet another example of THE GREATEST GENERATION EVER. Rest in peace...
@agustins71603 жыл бұрын
this guy lived the legends life and told about it . rip brave soldier . 16 year old soldier ...
@kaycox55555 жыл бұрын
Powerful, sad, mesmerizing....
@matthewbrown61635 жыл бұрын
These are the forgotten, silent heroes who must never be forgotten. They suffered in silence as their mateship & stubbornness ensured they survived - together. We have a hero POW army doctor here in Australia. Edward "Weary" Dunlop - the nickname comes from a brand of tyre "DUNLOP" so he was called WEARY (as in tired). He was an army doctor who survived the most horrible treatment at the hands of the Japanese. He sacrificed his own safety for taking care of his soldiers (patients). Lt Col Dunlop saved hundreds of lives of allied soldiers & went on to have an extraordinary career in medicine.
@opieshomeshop11 ай бұрын
*_Yeah I relate to that anger and hatred. It takes a lot to really forgive but it takes a unique understanding to be able to forgive._*
@clintonsmith99319 ай бұрын
Arn’t the people in this world so humble and kind. Just great bundles of kindness.
@LyyraRoi5 жыл бұрын
japan and Germany Both commited many war crimes but only one apologized to all of the victims
@Karyukoo5 жыл бұрын
so did America lol
@mr.killzone15685 жыл бұрын
@@Karyukoo not as horrific as them
@irishm30895 жыл бұрын
@@Karyukoo gtfo commie
@mikemclaughlin2435 жыл бұрын
Karyukoo name one you stupid commie
@kuoseis5 жыл бұрын
@@mr.killzone1568 bombing civilian cities with fire bombs, like Dresden in Germany and Tokio in Japan, hundreds of thousand civilians died in those, they were just revenge bombings. US soldiers executed germans soldiers in the late days of the war, just because they could do it, even thought they already won the war. I am not saying that Germany, Japan and Soviet Union didn't do horrific crimes, but so did the US and British troops. The war wasn't black and white, it was different shades of grey.
@me19654 жыл бұрын
Wow. What an amazing man. Thank you for making this man’s story available. Thank you, sir, and all those who you represent!
@mythicrein17035 жыл бұрын
This channel is hands down one of my favorite all time channels, these stories are important and I look forward to them every month
@goatever7 ай бұрын
Damn his story really got me, for him to see everything a man shouldnt have to go through, and for him to go through hell and back. I wish had a chance to meet this man and many WW2 Vets.
@monroetruss473711 ай бұрын
My name's sake and my dad's cousin walked the Bataan trail, survived the journey to Japan on a Hell Ship, and spent over two years as a POW. When rescued he weighed 27lbs, a man that before was around 200 Lb's. Later after some rehabilitation, he was sent back to Japan to help with clean up and rebuilding. He got drunk at a bar and tried to kill some Japanese that were rude. He was sent back to the states and discharged from the army. His name was Monroe Gayle Pruiett, and he endured years of suffering at the hands of the enemy. He died at the age of 57 due to complications from his years as a POW. I know they say he was wrong to seek retribution, but those that judged him didn't have to endure the years of abuse he dealt with on a daily basis for years. RIP Monroe Gayle Pruiett.
@MuchTooStress5 жыл бұрын
Wow such a badass thing to say. “You can kill me but not my spirit...my spirit will haunt you till the end of your life.” 5:50
@TheZowwee5 жыл бұрын
All these stories are SO AMAZING! The one thing I find constant in these stories is "peace". They made peace with themselves. Anyone would have to after seeing and living through hell! GOD BLESS the men and women who have served in each and every war! To the them who are still alive and to those who did not make it, we are humbled by your sacrifice. "Thank you".
@robert557263 жыл бұрын
What a fine human being. May he rest in peace. I can’t imagine what he went through.
@Ratlins910 ай бұрын
My dad fought in the Pacific theater and lost friends while battling the Japanese on Saipan. Hated the Japanese with all his heart and yet praised their fighting prowess. In later years he was able to transcend his hatred and this became apparent when the “Sukiyaki “ song came on the car radio ( 1960’s ) and he would turn up the volume. Rest in Peace Dad.
@crlguitar19 ай бұрын
To be forced to endure the horror of what he lived through, I seriously doubt that I could have found forgiveness. Frazier was a better man than I am....
@Odysseus4055 жыл бұрын
I wish... my great grandad knew about this... he passed away last year.. he had so many stories about when he fought in World War Two... the horrors of the front line in the battle of the bulge.. if only we knew about this.. maybe all of those stories and memories could have lived on..
@wayupnorth94204 жыл бұрын
Outstanding presentation! The men of this era will be missed. The last great generation has lived
@hensonlaura5 жыл бұрын
My dad met this gentleman and bought his book about being on the Bataan death march. I too read it and highly recommended it. It's called Hell's Guest by Col. Glenn D Frazier.
@bambukoinnovations11 ай бұрын
My granduncle (grandad's brother) was a chaplain for the allied forces during the fall of Bataan. Together with my other two granduncles (grandma's brothers), they became POWs and took part in the Death March. The latter two died on the road, the former survived and became one of the youngest bishops in the Philippines. He's one of the most honorable man I know. Served his flock well, built parochial schools, a hospital, a college, a seminary, and an orphanage some of which made possible from donations given by his brothers-in-arms. I miss the old man dearly. He's my real-life Jedi.
@Edward131210 ай бұрын
He was a good man to come to the conclusions he did. It takes great strength of character to forgive and seek reconciliation after what he had been through.
@Historybuffm85 жыл бұрын
Every episode feels intense and griping. I always love this channel. Congrats on 100 thousand subscribers!👍 My uncle Ken just passed away last week at 99. He was at the Battle of the Bulge with the U.S. army.
@speakeasydoorman49665 жыл бұрын
God Speed for your uncle Ken A great loss no doubt, he is in a better place, as he deserves
@Historybuffm85 жыл бұрын
SpeakEasy DoorMan Thank you
@shawnwilkerson87114 жыл бұрын
The story if what happened when he finally got ahold of his parents after being in captivity is awesome. Episode 4 of Ken Burns The War.
@travel7345 жыл бұрын
My father’s cousin was taken prisoner by the Japanese at Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. He survived the war but wore the scars for the rest of his life.
@Maplelust4 жыл бұрын
my fathers cousin was also taken prisoner.
@Pixel8Head9 ай бұрын
Thank You Glenn for your courage and sacrifice. Both you and your buddies.Thank you for our freedom! #RESPECT from Down Under.
@martin256011 ай бұрын
Revenge is underrated. Plus thank you for your service.