The 77th Infantry Division in World War 2 ft. The Fat Electrician | Unsubscribe Podcast Clips

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

I could feel Brandon's campaign manager having an aneurysm at that joke.

[@johnnymorrow5687]

"I would REFRAIN from X."

[@atomicmonkeysquad]

Maybe, but THIS is the kind of Representative we need! IMHO this joke was a huge win.

[@johnnymorrow5687]

​@@atomicmonkeysquad The fact that Ernest Anthony hasn't used that clip is hilarious!

[@2410jrod]

Meanwhile the people who watch this in his district will be ready to vote for him…..I hope

[@joetaylor9109]

@@johnnymorrow5687 Ernest Anthony pees sitting down.

[@vincentramirez133]

I love how you can see the moment Brandon thinks of that joke, and watch him wait for his opening to say it

[@tommy_gunn3895]

😂😂😂

[@vincedibona4687]

Which one? Timestamp, please.

[@vincentramirez133]

Pretty much Brandon's last joke, you can watch him laugh to himself at 7:45, then actually start telling it at 7:55

[@stanleytidwell9518]

Lmao

[@myd3m0nz]

I love that you pointed it out this is great

[@lil__shmeat]

The fact Nick takes time out of his day to kick it with old dudes and talk about history from time to time is just awesome.

[@saltminer4463]

History is honestly pretty cool but also terrifying when you realize how awful human beings can be.

[@2fast-4u]

“If the japanese were just a little hungrier, 9/11 would have been prevented”💀

[@DonutVIP]

That caught me off guard bad lmaoo

[@devinmaier4414]

@@DonutVIPthat caught everyone off guard that was so far out of left field

[@jehoiakimelidoronila5450]

That went DARK

[@2fast-4u]

@@devinmaier4414 its one of those things where you do a double take lol

[@InstrucTube]

NGL, this is the dark humor I'm looking for. Thanks Brandon!

[@usmcjawbreaker97]

33 in WWII means they were born around 1910. They stock market crashed when they were 19, the toughness of the kids who lived through that is legendary, imagine the toughness of the parents who lived through the depression

[@SweatyFatGuy]

My paternal grandfather was born in 1910, in the house my dad, and my siblings grew up in, on the farm that has been in the family since 1867.. Yeah, he was tougher than damn near everyone I have ever met, and the only two living people I know who come close to him are my younger brother (7 deployments, 5 as 88M driving HETs in Iraq, and 2 flying UH60s in Afghanistan we call him superman) and someone else. One of the sadly departed tough guys I know was a friend of mine growing up. He was a 19 year old Marine at Iwo, second wave and survived the whole thing. When I came back from Desert Storm, we had a long conversation about things, and he treated me different. When I came back from the desert in 04 and went around with my dad to see some of his friends in the twin to the car he had when my older brother was born, they thought I was my grandpa reincarnated, but with a beard. Apparently I look exactly like him, except I have a lot more muscle. That man lived to almost 90, and did woodworking until the last 5 years. He quit farming in 1972 and 'retired' absolute beast of a man.

[@twobob8585]

@@SweatyFatGuy Truly the greatest generation.

[@haydenc2742]

Plus there were the kids during WWII...but were to young to fight, but old enough to understand why the broken were coming back...

[@B1gLupu]

The stock market has crashed 3 times in the past 25 years. Youth today must be hella tough.

[@jasonflay8818]

Also, 33 was the AVERAGE age. There were dudes in their mid 20s meaning there were dudes in their 40s as well. These guys brought Middle age man energy. The 'fuck it let's get this done so I can take a nap' way of fighting.

[@chainsawsubtlety9828]

A "Trophy Skull" mentality is how you win wars.

[@jeffbehringer1262]

“He went to Japan”(Jared) 4:55

[@user-wv2fd4ld8o]

I second that motion 👍😁

[@TheRealMontgomeryRick]

@@jeffbehringer1262most underrated comment I’ve ever read on KZbin

[@Demensemen]

Yeah not the enemy are extremely terrifying monsters or from prisons no shit they all got steam rolled they were actually scared of marines 😂

[@LeverActionBoi]

They can't impose the Geneva Suggestions without a head.

[@ghilliesnipersrek2270]

A fun fact about the 77th ID, this was the Division Desmond Doss served in

[@sayjack1328]

This needs to be a full on video... 1 video about the 77th, 1 major long video to go over just Desmond and how big his gigantic balls were that a frieght train was needed to carry and him and his MOH around

[@TNCombatMedic]

My grandfather served in the same battalion as he did. Yut

[@f.wallace8969]

Wow, that’s actually funny since I’ve always complained how old all the soldiers are in that movie. I would say “these dudes should be 18 or 19, not in their 30’s.” Turns out the movie was more accurate than I thought.

[@gregnm369]

TFE calls this out in his full video on them. Badasses for sure

[@toejam503]

When Brandon gets to Congress, he's gonna find out first hand what a CNA feels like in a Nursing Home

[@Medic427]

“I just got here” and “this isn’t my patient!”? 🤣 (that’s all I’ve heard from the CNAs in our nursing homes…)

[@kensprivateinvestigation2128]

He gonna get bent over and fucked by a dude that works the kitchen?

[@andrewforeman-loe3935]

I thought he meant being surrounded by a bunch of old fucks that spit on you while saying your entitled, then getting told by everyone else (management and families) that you're not doing enough. While getting paid less than a McDonald's manager and cleaning literal shit. Don't know how those last two would apply to a congressional seat, but then again, I wouldn't. I just clean up the shit.

[@NCalordino]

"You're giving the mailman ptsd. Knock it off" 😂😂😂

[@danmayberry6717]

I fully expect a full debrief of the 77th infantry! OORAH!

[@WHITEHAWK2813]

Hopefully he covers how the 77th is also the "Lost Battalion" of WW1 as well

[@johnnyrayh5858]

Yeah, I’d watch that.

[@jacksonthompson7099]

Its your lucky day because he did!

[@johnnyrayh5858]

@@jacksonthompson7099 I just saw this! Super excited to watch it now.

[@DanGleebowls]

The Pacific theatre was barely mentioned in my high school in the UK, it wouldn't surprise me if most of my generation thought Pearl Harbor was immediately followed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki getting dunked on.

[@Whiteknight-xg2pq]

Honestly even we skim over WW1 and WW2, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if nowadays the Japanese theater isn't even taught in US schools. Now I think about it Korea and Vietnam weren't even in curriculum for Juniors and Seniors, I had to learn about the outside school.

[@LIGHTNING278TH]

Kind of odd considering that Commonwealth forces played a significant role in the pacific.

[@crayfish9966]

#dontfuckwithourboats

[@deaj8450]

​@@Whiteknight-xg2pq I don't think we even made it to the 1940s in my AP US history class. We were being too detailed about the revolution to get that far in that amount of time.

[@barlosjimbo5200]

@@Whiteknight-xg2pq From what I remember, both theaters of WWII were taught extensively; however, we barely talked about Vietnam. I barely remember anything about Korea. Maybe a few pages from our textbooks were dedicated to that specific era.

[@TreadHead42]

My great grandfather was in the 77th! He was 77th infantry, 307th infantry regiment, A company. He was freshly 19 when he went in. By December of 1945, he had reached S/Sgt. S/Sgt Russell J Scott, he got his CIB and a bronze star, and was almost killed twice. Once in a rice paddy by some Japanese machine guns, and once on Okinawa by Japanese artillery. In the rice paddy, it was him and one other soldier, and they got caught by Japanese machine guns. They both dropped down to the ground and didn’t move a muscle. When some friendlies finally cleared the machine guns, both guys stood up and my great grandfather looked at his 1903, and saw 7 hits. That machine gun hit his rifle 7 times, and his rifle was laying by his side while he was on the ground. I really wish I could have met him, but he passed a few months before my third birthday. From what I’ve heard from my family, he rarely talked about the war.

[@jamessciaretta3260]

My Dad was also in the 77TH ID. After 4 island campaigns, he was one of only 10 survivors in his company. He fought on Hacksaw Ridge. He locked up his experiences deep within his memories. He had to.

[@jamessciaretta3260]

My father was in the same regiment as your grandfather. Your grandfather was in "A" Company and he would have fought on Hacksaw Ridge with Desmond Doss! Yeah, he saw a lot of shit and he would have had to bury those memories. Anyone who was in a rifle company in that unit would have survived many close calls. My father walked right up to a spider hole with a Japanese machine gunner in it. The machine gunner opened fire right across my father's legs. He had four holes in his pants and his hair was scorched off, but his skin was not broken! Fun fact. I just checked the unit history of the 77TH ID and there were three Russell Scotts in the division, one in each of the regiments!

[@WhiteIkiryo-yt2it]

As a Brit, we were not taught much about the Pacific theatre but my teacher did make an effort to explain about the Manchuria invasion as a pretext to WW2 but that was it, we didn't even get taught about the British efforts there which was such a slap in the face. Thankfully the history channels still showed history then so I watched shows like Battlefield constantly. It is a shame that we overlook such a important part of history that still has massive ramifications today and the sacrifices made of so many. And then our classes completely ignored the Korean war. Thank the gods for people like the Fat Electrician bringing history to so many.

[@Thetasigmaalpha]

Let’s face it world war 2 in uk school now is the rise of the Nazi the holocaust and the creation of the UN and straight on to decolonisation.

[@dmhiix]

May I recommend "Quartered Safe Out Here", but George MacDonald Frazer (Author of the Flashman series). He was an enlisted infantryman in Burma and wrote about it in "Quartered Safe Out Here".

[@cods1pe3r]

If you are interested, the book "about face" by David Hackworth has some interesting insights into the war. Kind of a cross between a history book and a memoir. Covers his time as an enlisted man to officer from just after world war two through Vietnam. His section on Korea is particularly interesting I thought.

[@astr0-zayxoxoxo401]

I love Nick is somehow disarmed by seeing an elderly man that wants to meet him when he’s told countless stories of old men who’ve been one man armies that just don’t die😭

[@1m3agle]

Tbf the “old men” in those stories were middle aged, just old by military standards. There’s a huge difference between a 40 something “old” guy who’s in the military and an old retired guy

[@aaronsouthard8366]

"Dont ask the japanese how they know the percentage of water in a body"

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Um... they worked for Water And Power? ... (Tank Girl reference....)

[@haydenc2742]

oh yeah...research that unit 731...it was insanely horrific...nighmare level sh1t there! Scary thing...they KNEW they were doing it...and LET them do it...then our own government instead of crucifying those monsters...let em walk...for the data they gained by hacking up and murdering THOUSANDS in the most horrific methods imaginable!

[@satsunada]

@@phlogistanjones2722 Given the official name for Unit 731 was "Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army", that's a more real statement than you may think.

[@NotALot-xm6gz]

Don’t ask NASA how they knew how the human body reacted to hard vacuum in 1946.

[@IamKingSleezy]

I used to volunteer at the local VFW and it was specifically to meet and talk with WW2, Korean, and Vietnam vets. My favorite of the bunch was a man who sat in a wheelchair who wore a hat that said “D-Day First Wave”. He said his lander was hit by artillery and he was blown off of the ship boat. He woke up underwater and swam toward the surface and it wasn’t until he got onto Omaha he realized his gun wasn’t with him. He found a rifle on the ground that was the same as his and then came to the conclusion that he couldn’t find a single one of his guys so he just joined up with the closest captain. It wasn’t until the beach head was established days later that he went to the head office to get sent back with his guys. When he said his unit, for the life of me I cannot remember, he said the Officer looked at him wide eyed and said, “You survived that? We thought all of you died in the explosion or drowned.” Then he said, “It wasn’t until a few years later that I realized that they knew our lander was hit by artillery and they just basically shrugged and said oh well move on.” 😂 What a great dude, I miss very much.

[@mattm.4861]

the whole trophy skull thing has some real Khorne berserker vibes

[@Gardenstategreat1225]

I thought the same thing lol.

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!!!

[@p_serdiuk]

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

[@the13inquisitor59]

@@Minotaur-ey2lg ​ @p_serdiuk You both have 8 likes now. For Khorne.

[@CallanElliott]

@@the13inquisitor59 The Emperor inspired me to rectify that.

[@Superplums]

Funny how none of Europe recognizes the Pacific War when they lost the colonies they had to the Japanese. France, Denmark, Germany, UK

[@ExelArts]

I didn't know they didn't recognize that war I thought at least Britain was there with us do they not know we also drop 2 nuclear bombs on Japan?

[@JohnDoe-wt9ek]

Some of the major operations that propelled the Pacific from small skirmishes to full on War was Japan attacking all the major colonies of the European Powers. Japan's whole premise was that Europe had no right to hold colonial power in the region. Japan, however, did have that right... Because they were, in their own eyes, the supreme race in the Pacific. Which is why they also dehumanized "sub-human" Asians and Pacific Islanders, like the Germans dehumanized "sub-human" Slavs and Eastern Europeans.

[@thecringeinspector5636]

We are taught about it but the countries officially don't recognize it.

[@ExelArts]

@@thecringeinspector5636 how do you not recognize a war

[@thecringeinspector5636]

@@ExelArts Ask the countries not me

[@patferebee647]

You should feel honored that old vets and their families want to meet and talk to you. Means your honoring them by informing today's generation about what grandpa had to do to protect his family and his country. Our country would be in a better place now if we had another generation of them

[@wittsullivan8130]

My grandfather and his brother-in-law were in their 30's, each had a young son, were the sole bread winner, and were considered "essential" so they were at the bottom of the list at the draft board, but they ended up getting drafted. They went to the train station and were assigned a car to get into so they could ship off to boot camp. While they were on the way to their train, an announcement came over the PA station that the Japanese had surrendered and the war was over. The Sgt. they were to report to told them to go home. I reckon they were headed to the 78th. One of my classmates at junior college was in the Special Forces and he actually served with his dad in Panama for Just Cause. (Why did we invade Panama? Just 'cause.)..Anyway he said when he was a kid, he found his dad's footlocker from Vietnam and was looking through it and found a string with these dried mushrooms or something. He asked his dad what that was and his dad said, "Those were Viet Cong ears I cut off for proof."

[@zigmoos]

Hey Nick, bless you for being the guy who willing meets up with us fans!

[@Out-to-Pastor]

I'm a 35 yo man, and if I got sent to fight a war right now cause I was drafted I be fucking pissed off and unwilling to take bullshit too.

[@dukenukem69]

You'd get some sassy black women as your superior

[@matbmorr]

@@dukenukem69 How dare you assume they/them's gender!

[@captin3149]

@@dukenukem69 Sassy black woman commanding a division of pissed off 35 year old troops? THAT'S how you win.

[@ExelArts]

​@@matbmorrhow dare you assume it has a gender

[@MozambiqueEnjoyer6097]

Yeah, getting drafted at 30 would let some real demonic energy out.

[@austinminnick2764]

And Brandon proves once again why he’s the people’s champ

[@ChiefCrewin]

I didn't realize it when I first listened to the episode, but the 77th was the one from Hacksaw Ridge.

[@claytonmachine12]

For anyone who has seen Hacksaw Ridge. That is the Unit that Desmond Doss was in. The 77th infantry division also stared out as a New York National Guard unit that was activated and federalized in World War 1(which is why they're insignia is the Statue of Liberty). The exploits of which are featured in ANOTHER movie. The Lost Battalion....................yes that lost battalion. yeah. The 77th saw some shit. And they're still around, though it has been changed to a sustainment brigade.

[@marvelfanalliance7725]

Brandon Herrera has no filter sometimes...and I love it. lmao 🤦‍♂

[@mechanertainment4562]

Brandon outta left field with the bush joke 😂

[@turnerbate5520]

I think its fun to note that FDR only weighed in on the trophy thing after he was gifted a letter opener crafted from a japanese arm bone.

[@goldenfuntimefoxy5700]

I mean yeah if I got sent a letter opener made with the arm bone of an enemy soldier I too would ask for people to stop doing that.

[@sanguinembwun6475]

I think Brandon broke nicks brain for a minute there!😂

[@funrun07haan50]

We learned that was ended at germany but i read alot of magazines as a kid so teacher hated me when i said nah it ended in the pacific

[@Danheron2]

Ya it’s it’s not like the Americans were the only ones over there I literally cannot think of a major European power that didn’t fight in East Asia because they all had colonial time

[@SeanLehan]

Who else thought of this moment while watching Nicks video on them 3 months later and smiled

[@riko0029]

I love that you can see the exact moment that Brandon thinks of the joke.

[@callen6893]

So I’m pretty sure if Donut sent Heather a trophy skull she’d love it. (And yes this is a joke)

[@76Flats67]

Naw Heather is the one to send donut a trophy skull lol

[@callen6893]

@@76Flats67 I'd guess Heather's skull room rivals on from the movie Predator.

[@joshy9464]

Who else heard the pin drop when Brandon dropped that joke lmao

[@jamesellis237]

The war in the Far East is hardly covered by schools and press at the time and since in the UK. My Grandpa was with the Queens Royal Regiment which was part of the 14th Army whom became known as the Forgotten Army due to the lack of press coverage at the time and since. Would love to see a piece done on them.

[@randyhavener1851]

HEY HEY HEY I'm 67 and my whole family loves ya!!! Dad fought in Patton's 3rd Army toward the end of the war & helped liberate a concentration camp. One uncle survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Several of his other brothers were in the war & we were lucky enough to get them all back alive. They were the Greatest Generation!!!

[@JackJolleboi]

idk about other european nations, but as a swede growing up in the 90s i was given a thorough education on ww1 and 2 from grade school to highschool, and we were taught about the european, african and pacific theathres, and an entire sepperate education on the holocaust. Moments of note from the pacific education was pearl harbor, midway, iwo jima, and the neuclear bombings. We were also taught about the korean war and vietnam, albeit far more briefly. My history teacher from 6th to 8th grade basicly taught us about the 1900s ina timeline fashion, teaching us cause and effect, how one thing lead to another and why, and also making us do deepdiving to write essays. I remember on the ww2 history test, the final question was "Tell me something about ww2 that is not on this test", because they wanted us to actually go and learn about it on our own. I remember my first ww2 essay in 4th grade was about the sinking of the yamato because lil baby me thought the idea of a bunch of dive bombers attacking the largest battleship ever built and sinking it sounded so damn cool, i even went out to buy a model ship to show when presenting my essay, but they didnt have any yamato models ins tock... so i bought a bismark model instead lmfao We also learned an awful lot about soviet submarines breaching our territorial waters.

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

In russia and some other post-soviet nations WW2 is basically just the eastern front which in Russia is called "the great patriotic war" which is celebrated almost as a religion in a way

[@jz362]

Crap....im 57 and I love The Fat Electrician...Best history teacher I have ever had...

[@op-4]

I'm surprised George H. W. didn't find out when he ran "the agency".

[@alexpirie9947]

He has younger fans too lol I'm 31 and absolutely love the history he tells

[@sekoncen9559]

24 here. His content helps me sound smart at parties.

[@Gary-uy9mr]

Youth and exuberance is no match for old age and treachery

[@evandg13ify]

Trophy skulls, never a war crime the first time

[@shoktroop]

If you look at the in depth history of the 77th it is very impressive from a Pacific Infantry Marines side. The Marines were so accustomed to the Army failing to take land or leaving huge gaps in the lines or simply having to have Marines rescue the Army and plug their gaps with Marines which they hated. So when the 77th got there and actually held lines, ran supply effectively, called in and co-ordinated air and movement with the Marines and kept PACE with the Marines aggression it impressed the hell out of them.

[@jamessciaretta3260]

By the end of the Pacific War, three Infantry Divisions were considered capable of anything thrown at them: 7th, 96th and 77th.

[@shoktroop]

@@jamessciaretta3260 Great. By the end. Meanwhile my Marine brothers were doing it the entire time blowtorch n corkscews.

[@jamessciaretta3260]

My father's brother was a Marine in the Pacific. They had a lot of lively discussions! I know that the Marines were invaluable in that theater, but the Army tends to be ignored even though they put twice as many troops into combat and suffered twice as many casualties. When looking for a force to land on an enemy controlled beach and to push through an island with shock and awe, call the fucking Marines! Pax, brother.@@shoktroop

[@reedusurrights2547]

Bruh unit 731 is something everyone should know about, absolutely the most horrible 💩 anyone’s ever done

[@satsunada]

The one that really got me was when I found out the Japanese were sending POW's to Japan for medical research in universities. Professors and students dissecting living humans (mainly Chinese but included all POW's, including Americans) as part of coursework. They would cut off arms, remove organs, cut them and then learn how to resew a wound, etc. This is not Unit 731, Unit 731 just gave them to schools and that's what the schools did.

[@tylerreiter5726]

This just in Brandon didn’t think the congress campaign was hard enough and decides to try this side quest on hard mode

[@jweav151]

I love that Europeans are calling FE stupid for saying Japan was part of WW2. Do they also think we just had nothing better to do one day and and figured why not help the rest of Europe defeat the Nazis? Like there was no other reason we decided to get involved in the war that had been going on for years at that point?

[@YeetMachinen]

I guess that means it's not really a "world war" let's just call it the Great European Blunder.

[@jameshayden6891]

That's my friend Jim! He sent me his book several years ago, and I told him to meet you! That book is small but EPIC! He just sent me this clip. I'm so glad you got around to talking about it! I can't wait for the whole video! Please do it! It's so cool to hear you talking about this! Btw, Jim isn't an old curmudgeon, like your dude seems to keep eluding to, as you know. But still, this is awesome! ❤

[@raptorcell6633]

I remember talking to a 'Nam veteran in a bar. He enlisted in '64 or '65 (I forgor) when he was 20 years old and apparently he was the youngest guy in his entire company. Everyone else in his company had either fought in WWII, Korea or both. There was a joke that their Captain joined the Marines sometime between 1776 and World War I.

[@SidneyBroadshead]

7:20 The whole story about the cannibal Japanese officers is worse than they said. It wasn't due to hunger or desperation. The Japanese garrison on the island was split between the Army and the Navy. They were fierce rivals, with their officers and officials having family feuds dating back to the Shogunate. One service was hosting the other at a drinking party with sushi. One of the pilots had died and was in a morgue and the wounded pilots were in the infirmary. One of the hosting officers was sent to get more sushi. He decided to prank the guests by removing and preparing the liver of the dead American aviator. The guests knew what it was, but ate it anyway to prove their toughness. The two sides then removed all of the aviator's internal organs and intestines and ate them in a game of drunken one-upmanship. They then started devouring the wounded aviators while they were still alive. The unwounded aviators were in cells under guard and were not killed. An investigation after the war revealed the fates of the aviators when their bodies were returned to the US and the signs of torture and chewing were discovered. The story about George H.W. Bush getting sick at a Japanese state banquet is a bit off. He suffered food poisoning from the meal he ate, which caused him to vomit. He'd known about the atrocity for years at that point. Bush Sr. was a dive bomber pilot, which were determined to be ineffective. He was retrained as a Japanese linguist and translator because he had a gift for languages (he already knew French and Latin from his private education). He was in Naval Intelligence for the rest of the war.

[@centurian318]

TBM Avengers are torpedo bombers or glide bombers, not dive bombers.

[@mikebrase5161]

I was the NCOIC of the Rope corral for a bunch of ROTC cadets at Lewis. The Desmond Doss exploits were part of my brief. 77th.

[@benjamintworek]

Just a bunch of bad ass old guys powered entirely by "fuck it"

[@pandabearnapalm]

That's pretty interesting European schools don't acknowledge the Pacific theatre of WWll. Germany surrender May of 45, Japan didn't formally surrender until September. So euro history books go "Germany signed the instrument of surrender May of 1945 ending world war 2... Then completely unrelated a few months later it got really bright outside"

[@nickmcginley920]

My grandfather was in the 77th in wwII. Marines get all the glory for the Pacific.

[@shano6613]

Brandon is the only one who has the balls to say what needs to be said.

[@TKE644]

Also adorable that you actually go and meet these guys.

[@Hunting-jr1mp]

There are moments where you just have to pause your life and question things, the ending was one of those times

[@ElTejon47901]

77th! Ernie Pyle! El Shima. Find out more about the 77th at the Ernie Pyle museum in Dana, Indiana.

[@Catechuman23]

As a 30-something with kids, I'd like to think there's still a few of us that would kick the same ass

[@milochindary29]

Do a full breakdown vid on this!!!

[@ladikthrawn7078]

I'm from the Czech Republic and I have a 500+ book about WWII. The pacific theater takes up 28 pages I think and it has 1 photo of Pearl Harbour, 1 of random tank in a jungle, 1 of the mushroom cloud and 1 of the Japanese Emperor adresing his military cabinet. That's it. And as someone who is interested in the navy and warships? There is almost nothing about it here in Czechia. Could be because the curriculum was only slightly changed since the days of us being under the Soviet boot.

[@shafty9147]

Hypothetically, what would one do if they had one of these supposed Japanese trophy skulls that they may or may not have inherited from their bat shit crazy World War II, Marine vet great grandpa?

[@shadowwolf8595]

Don't say shit or fuck about it to anyone 😂

[@jeepinbanditrider]

I feel like we need a longer video on the 77th.

[@RP-ks6ly]

Damn I love the Sporky (Fat Electrician nickname I am trying to get recognized) stories. He obviously loves his work and it shows, thanks for this! Brandons comment about the japanese being a little hungrier made me spit up my coffee, damn boys.....what a group!

[@stevenmartines8872]

My grandpa was in the navy and part of the Philippine liberation. He said they used to give Filipinos 2 cartons of American cigarettes for every Japanese head they were brought

[@kay4today70]

My father served under General Robert Eichelberger’s Eighth Army Theings you probably do not know The Marines made 15 amphibious landing the 8th made 35 in a matter of 6 weeks at full force towards the end of the war Marine Corps mobilized six combat divisions, comprising about a quarter million troops in theater, all of which were fully dependent on the Navy and the Army for logistical support The Army deployed twenty-one infantry and airborne divisions, plus several more regimental combat teams and tank battalions. No the Army did not show up late to the show, in fact the Army was the Marines secret weapon John C. McManus wrote a book about it

[@swiftmatic]

I knew a WW2 vet that had an honest-to-God shrunken head from New Guinea in a glass case in his PIZZERIA

[@kendrosstragopulos3642]

Ok now, you have to do a thing on the 77th.

[@justinstricker6580]

Started watching unsubscribe because it had the Fat Electrician, but now it's one of my top things to watch/listen too. You guys are amazing!!!

[@Cormonkey18]

An addition to that joke is JFK probably would have had a second term. 😂

[@philipcoggins9512]

Desmond Doss was in the 77th.

[@paulgill7660]

You are right, we only here about VE,DAY,BUT WITHOUT YOU GUYS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN F×CKED,the casualty numbers in on them islands were UNBELIEVABLE, another brilliant show 👏 ❤❤, cheers dude, hi from the UK 🇬🇧 STAY WELL, and keep up your excellent shows thanks from over the pond ❤❤😮😮😮😢Paul.

[@clanwatkins]

Well I'm not 70 yet😁 but I'm working on it, the rest of y'all shouldn't laugh to much, 😂 I'm subscribed to you to. My dad was 32 when he landed on Omaha beach

[@BouncingZeus]

I wish Nick would have included this inspiration for the episode in his one on this. It makes the episode so much better

[@HaloGunslinger77]

5:16 SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!

[@markmckean5335]

love that gb1 story and joke at the end....

[@steveb6103]

You're talking about skulls. My dad had one. We found it after he passed away. It was taken to the Japanese embassy, so it was returned to Japan.

[@truanarchy6315]

77th division, aint that the same division from Muse-Argonne in 1918 and hacksaw ridge in 1945?

[@jamessciaretta3260]

One and the same!

[@TheLooterArmy]

I was overweight, undiciplined and on a mission to destroy any possibility of having a sane or successful life when I joined the Navy at 17 and was even worse by the time I left. Now that I got my s**t together, in the best shape of my life and have more to offer than I ever did at 17, I would LOVE to be allowed to reenlist.... but despite all that at age 45 I have less to offer than I did when I was a fat 17 year old liability, according to military logic. Breaks my heart a little but I am still thankful to have been allowed to serve and have mad love for all who still man the walls.

[@Brandonwixson1]

Mr. Herrera is not wrong. He does have a point gentleman he does have a point.

[@AKChryslertech]

That 911 refference killed it. I about hit the floor in that moment.

[@Cmsxly]

So cool and interesting to just know that desmond doss was apart of 77th infantry division.

[@Kazen169]

"your giving the Mailmen PTSD" LMFAO!!!

[@CultureCrossed64]

They stopped sending skulls home... but they didnt stop taking the heads. One of the most haunting photos ive ever seen was my great grandfather's marine squad. They were in formation, some standing, some sitting. On the end of every bayonet was a severed japanese head. Several more, perhaps a dozen, ringed their feet. Not a touch of emotion in any man's face... not any that we (those of us who haven't been to war) would recognize, anyway. Even the devil fears the wrath of peaceful men.

[@texasforever1974]

Looking forward to seeing your breakdown of the 77th! I don’t care if it’s two hours long I’ll watch the whole thing!

[@brianwilliams307]

The Japanese were also eating some of the captured flyers in New Guinea, back in the early part of the war, 1942 ish.

[@lylamcdowell7200]

I can't wait for the full video about the old the bastards

[@shinebassist]

Just a bunch of dudes on that dad grind. "I don't need sleep, I have 3 kids under 5"

[@chrisquiett1776]

You can’t give the mailman ptsd.. his name was mcnasty. Oh wait that was later 😅

[@losderful]

The painter's 5-in-1 being used solely as a bottle opener makes this painter so happy 😂

[@petewhitmore7668]

The Pacific war is taught in history class here in the UK. Most Americans don't realise we were involved in it too. As a result we learned about it. Just for us we are taught that the war in Europe (note I said in Europe) ended when Germany surrendered in 45.

[@Trevorcraft71]

Nic if you're able to do that video, it sounds fucking incredible lmfao

[@prazcuray1388]

I’m a 44 year old male ER nurse, that crusty dad energy is real, we don’t put up with shit.

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

They would've been the guys that even men in the 1940s were going like "Dude you can't say that!!"

[@goblinslayer7096]

That might be the gnarliest 9/11 joke I’ve heard.

[@1982jeepcj8]

And now Japanese Trophy Skull is the leading google search.

[@nyet_maker7948]

A vote for Brandon Herrera is a vote for cannibalism.

[@Cory14Tina02]

7:54 HOLY SHIT, B.! 😂🤣😂🤣💀❤️

[@Michael-ex8lk]

Has the large electrical engineer made a video on this yet? If not DO IT, holy fuck it would be so good.

[@wtcb7892]

Best comment of the year “If the Japanese had been just a little hungrier 911, could have been prevented.”😂😂😂

[@Volvith]

Yes, fighting a young dude who knows nothing but the horrors of war is scary... But let me tell you that the last place you want to be is between a middleaged dude and his kids, in the middle of the Pacific, in the 1940's. Young men fight for a future they haven't lived, fathers fight for a future they must protect. _... If you're not picking up what i'm putting down: your skull will be on a mantle, and there's nothing you can do about it._