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.
@hiccurps4 жыл бұрын
Very well said.
@killstreak22173 жыл бұрын
I respect Richard Best aswell it’s to bad there isn’t more video on him before he passed
@carolgruber93144 жыл бұрын
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!
@hddun3 жыл бұрын
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...
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@timf22792 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
@@timf2279 meh
@James-bv4nu Жыл бұрын
@@hddun He was the sole survivor in his torpedo squadron; but other torpedo squadrons, dive bombers, fighters also had survivors.
@aislinnkeilah7361 Жыл бұрын
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.
@stephengormley81474 ай бұрын
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.
@wm5652 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Tom Cruise narration, the greatest star of his generation, and he does not outshine the men featured in the video.
@USNveteranКүн бұрын
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!!!
@lalalal46054 жыл бұрын
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
@hddun3 жыл бұрын
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.
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
Charlton Heston lost me when he started all the gibberish about the second amendment bs.
@timf22792 жыл бұрын
@@kbanghartHey Clown, you lost me with your first idiot responce and the hits keep coming.
@TheGainfather2 жыл бұрын
We will never forget such heroes.
@dickbest90992 жыл бұрын
I love US.. From Indonesian❤❤🙏🙏
@jaydenhood9805 Жыл бұрын
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🫡🇺🇸🔥
@ahumanbeing24353 жыл бұрын
Don't be too sad, they'll always be with you
@averageyoutuber86793 жыл бұрын
You're my favorite war hero
@josephpornel65884 ай бұрын
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
@wolfeyes93573 жыл бұрын
God Bless these Men....All of them!!!! 🇺🇸
@oceanhome20234 жыл бұрын
Read the “Shattered Sword” still the source book on Midway
@hddun3 жыл бұрын
Great book
@acidsunrise4 жыл бұрын
Real Heroes.Thank you.
@kirbyjohnson54874 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom. Very nicely done.
@robertodeleon-gonzalez98444 жыл бұрын
It is difficult to make such an informative video with such time constraints, but you did a great job.
@timf22792 жыл бұрын
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.
@del30853 жыл бұрын
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
@jameslouis82823 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@baritonewoman25403 жыл бұрын
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")
@del30853 жыл бұрын
@@baritonewoman2540 thanks very much.I will Google him and hopefully be able to contact him with no problem.appreciate the help
@saveriosalemme53664 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@majik_man4 жыл бұрын
They should make a movie about this battle
@miriaqvd4 жыл бұрын
Majik Man they did. Midway 2019
@stefanambrister32204 жыл бұрын
I'm here after the movie
@joesantamaria58744 жыл бұрын
The REAL movie about Midway was shot in 1976.
@carolgruber93144 жыл бұрын
@@joesantamaria5874 Amen!!!
@HI-bv2zy4 жыл бұрын
Midway 2019 best movie I’ve ever watched
@ElvisRose_2 жыл бұрын
The combo of History & Tom Cruise is as perfect as chocolate & peanut butter!!
@marcolewis47703 жыл бұрын
Porto alegre/RS/ Brazil
@marcolewis47703 жыл бұрын
@Alex jamais...
@marcolewis47703 жыл бұрын
@Alex mello 15
@alabamamothman298611 ай бұрын
Damn straight
@gabrielbagao246310 ай бұрын
Richard halsey best the best pilot
@batavusfietsbel Жыл бұрын
Tom Cruise telling us!!!
@christiancruz453319 күн бұрын
Tom Cruise
@17donhol3 жыл бұрын
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...
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
Well John wayne, AKA Marion morrison, and Sinatra were huge entertainers, so why wouldn't people remember them? Although Morrison was a racist LOL.
@mikeyaudio4 жыл бұрын
What ruined souls dissliked this masterpiece
@yes-vy9qj3 жыл бұрын
Hol’ up Tom Cruise
@bobshultz54213 жыл бұрын
Amazing what we can accomplish when unified! Too many enemies within to unify, I guess lol.
@jamespriddy82756 ай бұрын
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.
@Fuku944 жыл бұрын
Who’s narrating... Tom Cruise?
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
Yeah sounds just like him
@John-tt2px3 ай бұрын
U forgot the uss hornet
@scottbarkley4964 жыл бұрын
TOM CRUISE = LEGEND
@codmbladenotgae40344 жыл бұрын
My grandfather filipino killed japanese BRUTALY
@westbygod_3043 жыл бұрын
Is this Tom cruise narrating?
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it is
@StrictlyChristo3 жыл бұрын
I thought the narration was good until I realized it was Tom Cruise, then I didn't enjoy it. XD So funny.
@kbanghart2 жыл бұрын
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.
@ericlks134 жыл бұрын
He said mainland China not Japan China was an ally
@1ramyus3 жыл бұрын
Video from the American Veterans Center should be more informative. Not just telling a few commonly known basic facts.
@mikehoncho27633 жыл бұрын
Wtf is this Tom Cruise narrating??
@guitarlearningtoplay4 жыл бұрын
The Doolittle Tokyo bombings of civilians were pretty evil. The midway battle was fair
@geoffbell1663 жыл бұрын
The Pacific War was brutal,no quarter given by either side...if not for the Americans we would have been enslaved....🇦🇺✌️
@andrewfisher87493 жыл бұрын
It was payback. Good.
@irmanifchannel20303 жыл бұрын
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
@irmanifchannel20303 жыл бұрын
asia suffer more worse then japan
@wm5652 жыл бұрын
Workers at munitions and armaments factories are fair game in war and are legal and legitimate targets , civilian or not.