Marine Corps Private First Class - Bing, Thomas B | Georgia in WWII

Thomas B. Bing was born in March of 1922. He served with the Marine Corps in Saipan and Iwo Jima. Mr. Bing recalls how one gets from a boat to an on-shore battle, how difficult it is to win territory from the enemy forces, and what happens to you after you're wounded in battle.
Original Air Date: 2007
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[@URSENIORUTUBER55]

When I joined the Marine Corps in 58, our Senior Drill Instructor taught us this, ‘it ain’t the size of the dog in the fight, but rather , the sisize of the fight in the dog…this Marine Hero reinforces that motto with his exemplary life story. The Freedom we enjoy today is ONLY an ENTITLEMENT BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE that BRAVE men such as TOM BING so willingly and generously made for this Country. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@svengroot3909]

Such an amazing interview! What a hero!

[@wittwittwer1043]

I was in a Marine Infantry outfit 19 years after WWII ended. Corpsmen were navy medical personnel attached to Marine units. We always had one with us whenever we were training, and we thought highly of them. They were always known to us as "Doc." Marines serve under The Department of the Navy, so we are part of it. We like to think that we are the BEST part. Machine gun crews have a short combat lifespan because they are an important offensive/defensive weapon. They are an important target for the enemy to destroy. It wasn't Roosevelt who said "War is Hell. You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.” -General William Tecumseh Sherman

[@prplno1]

Greatest Generation Ever !!!

[@UncutSavage9858]

Thank you for your service relative.. my Grandad served in the Army Air Core as a radar operator in a three man crew on a bomber

[@stevenrafters7817]

How can anyone exaggerate on the horror of war. Take what these men say and believe it. God bless them

[@valeriegriner5644]

Men were much more handsome and tough back then...even with shaved heads!

[@john-nx4xn]

Because they identified as men

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Thank u

[@johnmarlin4661]

Semper Fi MARINE !!

[@stevepope5484]

Cave Springs? We're at Rockmart Wonder if hes still as healthy as when this video was made?

[@J23-o7u]

I could listen to these stories all day every day unbelievable wht they had to go thru smh not this B S military now soldiers get there fingers pinch and they get sent home w full benefits smh

[@MrPlumber18]

Amazing history.

[@tomjones6777]

Question about tracer shells. I understand the tracers were a visual aid to see where the bullets were landing; but, couldn’t the enemy also see where the shots were coming from and use it to their advantage ?

[@JohnSmith-dh4gw]

Very probably not. The pyrotechnic charge is in the base of the bullet. It's only visible from the rear. If you can see the ass-end of a bullet heading towards your lines, well, you might be a wee bit too close to the enemy.

[@scottbrunni6336]

Yes they can also see the tracers. That is why you maneuver and don't give them the opportunity to get you. If you're good at thinking on your feet you'll have a much better chance of survival 😉.

[@tomjones6777]

@@scottbrunni6336 thank you. 🇺🇸✌️

[@donferguson-qy5dw]

@@JohnSmith-dh4gw Hey Smith WRONG ANSWER. GIVE ME 20. Who the hell am I you ask. USMC (Ret) 1978-2008. TRACERS WORK BOTH WAYS.

[@jaygonztx]

The idea is fire suppression. If that machine gun is opening up on you while youre in defilade, I can promise you, you're not sticking your head up long enough to see where it is. If you're in the giving end of fire suppression, you have riflemen maneuvering to destroy your target. hence "fire and maneuver"

[@chrissimone4916]

48:05 I think the country as a whole are going to come back to the Bible . Amen Mr. Bing .