The Heroes of Midway

[@vadim6579]

I am the son of a military pilot. I express great respect to the naval pilot Richard Halsey Best. Heroes are not born, become heroes.

[@hiccurps]

Very well said.

[@killstreak2217]

I respect Richard Best aswell it’s to bad there isn’t more video on him before he passed

[@carolgruber9314]

I met Ensign George Gay in 1983 at Tyco airshow. He signed a cover picture of Himself on the cover of Life mag. for me and gave me a signed picture of all the guys in torpedo squadron 8 just before takeoff. So awesome!

[@hddun]

You are so fortunate. Consider that in all the people of the world, only Ensign Gay survived that day. And your fortune was to meet him. That is a moment in your life that you can hold dear. His story is the greatest to come out of the greatest battle of Midway...thank you for sharing...

[@kbanghart]

@@hddun it's wonderful that he survived out of the whole group, but the fact that people met him at an air show isn't exactly a fantastic feat of chance.

[@timf2279]

@@kbanghart would have been fantastic if Carol met him at a massage parlor, or used car lot? Carol had the honor of meeting this man at an aviation event. Honor that!

[@kbanghart]

@@timf2279 meh

[@James-bv4nu]

@@hddun He was the sole survivor in his torpedo squadron; but other torpedo squadrons, dive bombers, fighters also had survivors.

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

Back story on Yorktown. It did not sink at the Battle of Coral Sea thanks to the quick action of Killed in Action Medal of Honor awardee Lt Milton Ricketts, USN, damage control officer. This enabled Yorktowns invaluable participation at the Battle of Midway. There were so many heroes at these pivotal battles from seamen to admirals.

[@stephengormley8147]

As a Navy Corpsman I cared for Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClosky at Bethesda Naval Hospital in the mid 1970's. I was in attendance when he died.

[@wm565]

The last pic is of 1LT James P. Muri and his crew in front of their aircraft, the Martin B-26B "Suzi Q". His story of the Battle of Midway is fascinating as well. The entire crew was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for their efforts at the Battle of Midway.

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

Tom Cruise narration, the greatest star of his generation, and he does not outshine the men featured in the video.

[@USNveteran]

I was working defense contract at PAX when the movie came out after being stationed there. A few of us went to see it and laughed hysterically at it as it is so far from the truth. We had a F-14 pilot in one of the squadrons there he was a fighter weapons school grad, as well as a test pilot school grad. Complete opposite of what they portrayed in that joke of a recruiting movie. For all who think that's what the Navy is really like sign the papers raise your hand and join if you've got the spine. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!

[@lalalal4605]

Im a Mccluskye as well! But my great grandfather changed our spelling of the name to Macluskie when he immigrated to North America after the war

[@hddun]

Excellent job of narration. Tom Cruise has a great speaking voice and it shows in this piece--I hope he does more of these history segments and I like Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks, and Charlton Heston.

[@kbanghart]

Charlton Heston lost me when he started all the gibberish about the second amendment bs.

[@timf2279]

@@kbanghartHey Clown, you lost me with your first idiot responce and the hits keep coming.

[@TheGainfather]

We will never forget such heroes.

[@dickbest9099]

I love US.. From Indonesian❤❤🙏🙏

[@jaydenhood9805]

The Battle of Midway and The Battle of Mogadishu are my favorite battles in American history and Midway and Black Hawk Down explains how due to the Heroism🫡🇺🇸🔥

[@ahumanbeing2435]

Don't be too sad, they'll always be with you

[@averageyoutuber8679]

You're my favorite war hero

[@josephpornel6588]

The real heroes were Richard Halsey Best, Nimitz and Edwin Layton. Richard destroyed 2 carrier ships in just one day he was leading squadron 6. Layton and a bunch of codebreakers predicted that pearl harbor was gonna get attacked but the commander before Nimitz didn't believe it.and then Layton and Nimitz predicted the midway attack. Huge respect for those 3 people

[@wolfeyes9357]

God Bless these Men....All of them!!!! 🇺🇸

[@oceanhome2023]

Read the “Shattered Sword” still the source book on Midway

[@hddun]

Great book

[@acidsunrise]

Real Heroes.Thank you.

[@kirbyjohnson5487]

Thanks Tom. Very nicely done.

[@robertodeleon-gonzalez9844]

It is difficult to make such an informative video with such time constraints, but you did a great job.

[@timf2279]

Most of the footage was from Ford's film "The battle of Midway." Which was originally shot in color. The Japanese carrier's did not have strike aircraft spotted, or being refueled on the flight deck. . Other than that a good presentation. Nice Tom Cruise did the narration.

[@del3085]

I have recently acquired a longines watch with an inscription on the back 'John W.Snowden scouting squadron 6' I believe this to belong to the rear gunner mentioned by Jack 'dusty' kleiss in his book if anyone has any interest or information on this please let me know

[@jameslouis8282]

Awesome.

[@baritonewoman2540]

Sounds like the very one. If you can, get a confirmation on how old the watch is. Or contact Professor Timothy Orr at Old Dominion University in Norfolk (he helped Kleiss write his book "Never Call Me A Hero")

[@del3085]

@@baritonewoman2540 thanks very much.I will Google him and hopefully be able to contact him with no problem.appreciate the help

[@saveriosalemme5366]

Awesome

[@majik_man]

They should make a movie about this battle

[@miriaqvd]

Majik Man they did. Midway 2019

[@stefanambrister3220]

I'm here after the movie

[@joesantamaria5874]

The REAL movie about Midway was shot in 1976.

[@carolgruber9314]

@@joesantamaria5874 Amen!!!

[@HI-bv2zy]

Midway 2019 best movie I’ve ever watched

[@ElvisRose_]

The combo of History & Tom Cruise is as perfect as chocolate & peanut butter!!

[@marcolewis4770]

Porto alegre/RS/ Brazil

[@marcolewis4770]

@Alex jamais...

[@marcolewis4770]

@Alex mello 15

[@alabamamothman2986]

Damn straight

[@gabrielbagao2463]

Richard halsey best the best pilot

[@batavusfietsbel]

Tom Cruise telling us!!!

[@christiancruz4533]

Tom Cruise

[@17donhol]

And to think , guys like John Wayne and Frank Sinatra were idolized by millions...lol Most people today if u ask them who McCluskey and Best were they'd have NO IDEA...

[@kbanghart]

Well John wayne, AKA Marion morrison, and Sinatra were huge entertainers, so why wouldn't people remember them? Although Morrison was a racist LOL.

[@mikeyaudio]

What ruined souls dissliked this masterpiece

[@yes-vy9qj]

Hol’ up Tom Cruise

[@bobshultz5421]

Amazing what we can accomplish when unified! Too many enemies within to unify, I guess lol.

[@jamespriddy8275]

This must be old. The claim that the flight decks were full of armed and fuel Japanese planes has been debunked. They were below in the hangar.

[@Fuku94]

Who’s narrating... Tom Cruise?

[@kbanghart]

Yeah sounds just like him

[@John-tt2px]

U forgot the uss hornet

[@scottbarkley496]

TOM CRUISE = LEGEND

[@codmbladenotgae4034]

My grandfather filipino killed japanese BRUTALY

[@westbygod_304]

Is this Tom cruise narrating?

[@kbanghart]

Pretty sure it is

[@StrictlyChristo]

I thought the narration was good until I realized it was Tom Cruise, then I didn't enjoy it. XD So funny.

[@kbanghart]

After I found out it was him, I enjoyed it more. Pretty cool, he must have been crazy busy doing this narration while also organizing the coup against Hitler in europe.

[@ericlks13]

He said mainland China not Japan China was an ally

[@1ramyus]

Video from the American Veterans Center should be more informative. Not just telling a few commonly known basic facts.

[@mikehoncho2763]

Wtf is this Tom Cruise narrating??

[@guitarlearningtoplay]

The Doolittle Tokyo bombings of civilians were pretty evil. The midway battle was fair

[@geoffbell166]

The Pacific War was brutal,no quarter given by either side...if not for the Americans we would have been enslaved....🇦🇺✌️

[@andrewfisher8749]

It was payback. Good.

[@irmanifchannel2030]

doolittle are fair cause , japan already kill innocent people more than a million but doolittle and atomic bomb just kill around in more thousand innocent people so that kind of fair

[@irmanifchannel2030]

asia suffer more worse then japan

[@wm565]

Workers at munitions and armaments factories are fair game in war and are legal and legitimate targets , civilian or not.