Bloody Ridge / Edson's Ridge - Guadalcanal

History Adventures takes you to Bloody Ridge also known as Edson’s Ridge on Guadalcanal in this episode. The Battle of Edson’s Ridge would take place from September 12 to the morning of September 14, 1942. This would be one of the most intense battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign when greatly outnumbered US Marines put up a heroic defense of the ridge. In this episode we will give you a brief history of the battle and then take you on a walk around the area.
We will visit locations on Bloody Ridge and walk around the area so the viewer gets a much better understanding of the battle.
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[@Jeeps-kh1hb]

A combination of the history books and your videos brings the stories alive better than any Hollywood production can. Seeing the wide shots and the closer in shots in HD truly brings history alive

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@user-ee6bv4gi3o]

I have a cousin that was KiA during this battle. Raymond Frybarger, Jr., born 22 April 1923 in Toledo, Ohio, enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve 22 April 1940. Private First Class Frybarger was killed in action on Guadalcanal 14 September 1942. For his heroism in exposing himself to enemy fire in an attack on Henderson Field and maintaining effective rifle fire until killed, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. A Navy ship was named after him. The USS Frybarger DE705

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I would really like to find more information about Raymond, on my next visit try and walk the areas that he walked, The Greatest Generation! I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@petewilliams4965]

Awesome - phenomenal job!! Thank you so much for doing this. I am in my 70's now, and although WW2 ended shortly before I was born, I remember the stories of these places. Unfortunately we are probably the last generation with an emotional attachment to these fields of honor. Thanks again!

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series

[@davemedlock2665]

I think that you are correct in your assumption that we may be the last generation to feel this attachment. It saddens me to think that way as I have always had an interest in the happenings in Guadalcanal during the war.

[@77spikey]

I visited Bloody Ridge in 2007. The grass in the jungle would cut you like a knife. The sickly Japanese soldiers were so weak from traveling the mountainous terrain from the northern coast and circling back to attack Henderson Field from the south, their only real break was how sick the US Marines were from the same inhospitable conditions. It was better to be relatively stationary as the Marines were, but jungle diseases didn’t spare you if you weren’t mobile. Disease was a huge, huge enemy for both sides.

[@allencollins6031]

My Dad was there. Seabee. Passed 01/26/2022. Thanks for this.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I am sure your dad had some incredible stories, the Greatest Generation!! I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@allencollins6031]

@@SFRProductions yeah, he was on gaudalcanal.

[@willmurray1518]

Great work. Showing the drone direction and angle of rotation really helps. Know what the terrain would have sort of looked like *in the day* really brings home how awful these fights must have been.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I found that watching other videos I was a little lost so I added the maps to help the viewer understand the locations, I am glad you liked that also. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@paulbarnett3849]

Thank you for your clear and concise view of this old but remembered battlefield. Lest We Forget.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I hope that you have had the opportunity to watch the other videos in the History Adventures series. I am heading back to Guadalcanal in November to do some more research.

[@richardmardis2492]

Wow, I’m getting more of the spatial awareness of the battle that I haven’t got anywhere else.

[@JoeNicks389]

My dad was there with the 132 Americal Division and fought in the Battle of Mt. Austin. Never talked much about it, so videos like this help me understand what he went through. Thank you, JN

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. Walking that ground was incredible and it was a big eye opener to the terrain. Your dad the GREATEST GENERATION! I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@covertops19Z]

BRAVO ZULU!!, This is the best short video brief I've seen on this important fight. The maps, with unit graphics, audio, then the camera panning with the thumbnail and icon of the directions was Awesome. Well done.👍💯

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I was hoping that the graphics would be helpful for the viewer. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@erickent3557]

@@SFRProductions Yes, took a moment to understand the panning graphic, but was a fantastic addition. Great job!

[@ludwigcopenhagen8842]

I've read so much about the battle. Good to actually see the lay out.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@jaywinters2483]

THanks for showing it to us.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@jimheckert5383]

Fantastic. Thanks

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@tkraft63]

Thank you for adding to our perspective of the many battles on and around Guadalcanal by showing us the geography and present day places on which these historic events occurred.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. In November I will be going to Tarawa for the 80th and doing a bunch of filming there.

[@jeffreygaines3150]

Great job...been a study of the Pacific Theater for many years...nice to see this perspective...5 Stars!

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. Heading to Tarawa in Nov for the 80th and will put together a video from that trip also. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@jda6540]

@@SFRProductions Glad you’ve got more lined up!

[@jameslookstwice]

Proud to be a Marine 92-96.Good bless the Greatest Generation.Japanese fought to the death.They were a great adversary.I don't think people realize the cost of freedom anymore.I will never forget and I'm oh so grateful to these young Marines and Sailors and Soldiers who lost their lives for this island.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. It is incredible to walk the ground of the battles and think of the sacrifices. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@MelbourneisRetired]

SFR, a great video. I have always enjoyed your work. Keep it coming.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching!! Yes you have been watching for the last 20+years!! Hope you have checked out our History Adventures series, lots of USMC videos.

[@craigj6277]

Well done. Thanks for doing these.

[@buzzml8123]

So fascinating-thank you. That’s a nice feature showing the moving map while the camera is recording. The barb wire and pigtail posts that are left behind are curious relics. Obviously someone cleaned up the battlefield of ordnance, etc. to make it safe, but decided not remove the barb wire.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I am glad you like the camera angle map, I watch lots of documentaries and find it hard to understand the location many times so I added the map. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

[@Glenn.F]

Great video. Definitely adds to the books and maps. Would love to see it in person but this is the next best thing. I can just picture those young marines up on that ridge. I just came across these videos last night and watched Kennedy Island and this one. Planning on watching them all. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching and commenting. As I was walking around my mind was thinking of what it must have been like during the battle, unbelievable.

[@1936Garand]

Thanks for the footage! It definitely helps me understand the battle so much better.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Thank you for posting your excellent video and showing Guadalcanal as well as where fighting took place. Your video gives a whole new perspective to the battle that no book could ever compete with.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@Historian1942]

Very Good ! Thanks for the video !

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching videos in the History Adventure series.

[@jpavlvs]

Baseball great Hank Bauer was a Marine Raider who fought there.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. I just read about him, it is amazing that there are so many public personalities that are veterans. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@brianwaterhouse5763]

I was there in 1998 the local kids were showing and trying to sell us live 30-06 rounds that they dug out of the ground around there the cases where all stamped 42.

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. The area is now a protected park and the locals are not to dig in the area but yes there is lots of artifacts that the locals try to sell. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@getoffenit7827]

The roads to hill 2 are much better than when i was there in 1992,Back then it was more like a worn path,You could get there by a small jeep or motorcycle but my guide didnt have either one so i walked..i would like to get back there but i dont suppose i will Thank you for your videos

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

[@kevinwhitehead6076]

I found a photo in a book on Edison’s ridge that showed hundreds of dead Japanese. But in the foreground were marine dead some on stretchers all with knives in them some with dead Japanese draped over them. It’s early morning with haze and a skirmish line of marines checking the dead ! You need to find that photo and publish it!,,

[@jamesbryant4396]

I dont know if it is the focus adjusting but when you are looking down to a small hut it looks like a ghost walking down the hill

[@jessegarman7899]

Digging fortifications by day, then fighting for your life all night.

[@milt6208]

I thought I saw a couple of other memorials markers there on the high ground. What were they all about?

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. There is another on Hill 2 but the memorial plaque is missing, I heard that there were other memorials but they were removed. They have done a lot of work and the area is now protected. Thanks for watching a few of my videos.

[@dreimler]

Was the area between Hill 1 and the river more heavily forested during the battle, or about the same as today?

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. Yes the area was much thicker jungle than it is today. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@allenbuck5589]

Semper fi to all that came be for me. We all are brother Marines

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. Heading to Tarawa in November for the 80th Anniversary. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@allenbuck5589]

@@SFRProductions yes I watch them all the time. Big history buff. Love our Marine Corps. 71/74 Engr s

[@BarberBobDetecting]

A turning point in the Pacific

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. It was incredible walking the area. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.

[@jfowler7604]

Just exceptionally well done. Loved the integration of the maps with the live shots. Best overall picture of this incredibly important fight. A PRODUCTION SUGGESTION: The background music is well chosen but in the interludes between dialog, it's just way too loud. It should be background but not concert or climax volume. Not a deal breaker or anything but it is annoying.

[@michaeldelahunty2440]

Colonel Edson sadly took his own life :(

[@midnitemike]

Music is terrible. Getting louder and louder then going to background while you talk then blaring loud again. Annoying

[@tommytaylor4458]

Imagine those hills, coverd in vegetation tree laps….tuff!!!

[@SFRProductions]

Thanks for watching the video and making a comment. Yes the area was much thicker jungle than it is today. I hope that you have had the chance to watch some of the other videos in the History Adventures series.