The Underwater Wreck Of A Pearl Harbor Tragedy

[@OneLastHitB4IGo]

Donald Stratton wrote a book, available from Amazon, entitled, "All The Gallant Men" in which he details what happened aboard the Arizona on December 7, 1941. He was medically discharged having suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 65% of his body. He went home to Nebraska to heal then reenlisted in the Navy, passed boot camp for the 2nd time and was assigned to the USS Stack, a destroyer and was present in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945 to witness the surrender. He was one of the only men who were present the day of the attack when the war started and the day it ended. It's a fantastic story of guts and determination. He passed away and rejoined his shipmates on February 15, 2020 at 97 y/o.

[@crazygame2724]

Brave Man.

i read that book . it is in my collection.

[@rickmroz9212]

I met Don at Pima Air Miseum in the 1991 He was the champion for his lost shipmates!!

[@jasonnelson7436]

Rest In Peace Sir!

[@kevintoohig9589]

Rip to the crew of the uss Arizona and to all the men lost on that terrible day

[@robertyoung3992]

1177

[@jonathanbair523]

It is a shame no one had knew what to do with the communication sent from the USS Ward that morning that she fired on then did a depth charge run on a unknown sub sneaking into the mouth of the harbor.... Also a shame that HQ got a call from the new Army radar station that picked up the IJN flight coming in from the North West, and they dismissed it as a flight of B-17's from the mainland that would come in from the North East... Tho with the fleet in the harbor there was more folks saved form the water then if they would have gotten put to sea tho I doubt the boilers would have had enough time to get to a point where they could be under way but would have given the AA guys time to get ammo and to stations with some air craft in the air other then the 2 or 3 fighters that did make it while the attack was going.... Few remember the USS Ward and her crew got the first kill in of the war with sinking one of 5 or 6 IJN mini subs that was sneaking in for there part of the attack....

[@manhunter433]

Rear Admiral Issac C. Kidd was another casualty of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Arizona was his flagship. Later when the first USS Kidd was named in his honor, the crew asked his widow if they could fly the skull and crossbones flag in reference to the pirate Kidd. She gave them permission and USS Kidds today still honor that agreement.

[@ekcloseouts]

My relative was a marine assigned to the Arizona,he spent the last month of his life on the Gunnery ship Utah, The Arizona was moving Mack to the West coast on the 8th of December so she was fully fueled and provisioned for sea . He was assigned to an anti-aircraft gun which was at the apex of the explosion, and he was incinerated at his battle station ! May he R.I.P. eternally !

[@voylerutledge5017]

My Step-grandfather was there on that day. He was on the USS West Virginia on Dec 7th, 1941.

[@colonel-h2b]

Was stationed at Schofieldl Barracks from '97-'01. Went to the Arizona many times. Sacred.

[@warringwarthog]

just think we are once again staring down that barrel the world is literally on fire

[@stuartcraven8496]

Totally agree 👍. Very sad 😔

[@Softail77us]

Absolutely. They are island hopping in reverse. Meanwhile at the DNC the most important subject is rights to abortion.

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

"It was a bad day". That is the understatement of the century, from a man who survived Hell on Earth!

[@markwoods1504]

I'm a 57 Year Old Male from England My Late Grandfather was a Special Forces Commando during WW2 the forerunners of the SAS and whom the US Rangers are based on . He told me all about the attack Pearl Harbour when I was a child but he never told me about his wartime escapades my Late Grandmother who lost both of her brothers one in the International Brigade in Spain the other at Salerno Italy he was bomb disposal in WW2 did that he couldn't do that for some reason I know why. I Never served but my Brother his wife and their son my Nephew all did I have a great appreciation for those that serve . RIP To all those from the USS Arizona and all those who lost there lives during WW2 .

[@someretardontheinternet]

No idea if this comment will be seen as I'm pretty sure KZbin has shadow banned me for whatever reason, but... The modern US Army Rangers were influenced by the SAS, but not necessarily based on considering the Rangers technically predate the SAS by a few hundred years, but they were almost constantly deactivated and reactivated until around the 70s or 80s when they became permanent as the 75th Ranger Regiment if I remember correctly

[@richardmclargin4386]

My grandfathers brother is on the USS Arizona till this day !

[@kaniala5]

Japan was already occupying the Pacific. Only the US military missed all the signs of their imminent arrival. Like the soldier said, "We thought we were invincible."

[@nastynas7]

Wrd

[@wkjeeping9053]

Every navy boat that went down in pearl harbor will never be used as a boat name again. The respect and reverence atmosphere at pearl harbor is so strong, it's like no other place on earth. My wife and me went on our honeymoon will never forgot visiting the memorial. Seeing the sunken boats under the water is just an honor to thank those sailors who gave there life for freedom.

[@Wolfman053a]

A Virginia-class SSN is slated to be the next USS Arizona…

[@jamescameron2490]

​@Wolfman053a Also, USS Oklahoma. SSN-802. A Virginia class submarine currently under construction.

[@Wolfman053a]

@@jamescameron2490 That’s the sub I was talking about. Thanks for the reminder of her hull number.

[@jamescameron2490]

@@Wolfman053a I believe Arizona is SSB-803.

[@Wolfman053a]

@@jamescameron2490, she’ll be SSN-803…

[@armandopatane5343]

That’s all just incredible stories = thank you for sharing these stories and memories = and hopefully everyone will come into their own and learn what forms this country

[@joiedevivre2005]

My dad's oldest brother was sfc Broadus Franklin West. He was the oldest of 7 from a small town in South Carolina. He was already in the serving in the Army at Schofield Army Air Base when my dad, who was the youngest, was born. My dad worshipped his big brother. After his tour in the Army, Broadus came home to help run my grandfather's gas station. He was a genius with anything mechanical - if it had an engine, he could fix it. The plan was that he would take over the station from my grandfather, who had heart disease. But when Hitler invaded Poland, he felt he needed to do something. He finally got my grandparents to relent & let him go, but only if he joined the Navy, because if the US joined the war, the Army would probably be deployed to Europe first, so they thought the Navy would be safer. Broadus was thrilled to get assigned to the USS Arizona as an engineer & serve at Pearl Harbor. He loved Hawaii. He died 2 days before his 26th birthday defending his ship. His remains were never recovered. My grandfather died of a massive heart attack just months before the end of the war. My grandmother never stopped blaming herself for letting him go. There is a memorial to him in the small cemetery where my grandparents & my Uncle Raymond are buried. I share his story as often as I can as my family's legacy.

[@Texas_Red_01]

Honestly, this is a pretty good story. I enjoyed it. :-) I really appreciate the presence of the veterans. I only have 2 feedback items. 1) The title is misleading. I expected to see a dive on the wreck, not a historical documentary. 2) At 44:00; the narrator, while describing the attack, says, "American fighter jets trying to chase the attackers." Fighter jets, eh? You been watching The Final Countdown?

[@williamfindspeople4341]

Outstanding video, interesting and informative. I collect old ship data photos, I have Japanese Aerial photography dec 7th.

[@jonathanbair523]

Do you have any of the USS Ward? She started out the war with sinking a IJN mini sub sneaking in the harbor before the attack. Late war she got converted to a fast troop transport I think she was listed as,and kamikaze air craft sunk hit her after she unloaded her troops and taken a point as a picket...She ended up being fired on and sank by a destroyer that was commanded by the same guy who was in charge/on duty the morning of Pearls Attack... Well worth looking into. One of her guns is at the Minnesota State capital, where back in 91 I got to talk to one of her main gun crew members...

[@samreetsengupta3541]

"More than a 1000 right?" - Donald: "Exactly 1177". I am an Indian but very much fascinated by these stories and happenings of WW2. I am 22 years old, and thinking of that how those guys went to war at such young age, back in the day when they were the real definition of men.

[@wandapease-gi8yo]

@@samreetsengupta3541 I recommend you watch the Sabaton music video 1916. Cover of Metallica song. Real men. Also The fat Electrician’s stories of Indian’s bravery (Native American).

[@robertballard8833]

Well done video - well except the part about American fighter JETS chasing away the intruders.......

[@polyboroides2615]

Rest in Peace to the many sailors who never made it off the ship.

[@ELBOHOS]

The book... At dawn, we slept, tells a different story.

[@jessekauffman3336]

These ships are our Homes and work places they are out everything while deployed

[@BarbaraSumpter-o9b]

My husband cousin is buried aboard the uss Arizona

[@GIJoe3333]

What i detest and loath. is Oboma going to Hiroshima and apologizing for American dropping the bombs. But not one Japanese public official has ever apologized for starting the war. His apology, I find treasonous, an insult, and slap in the face to all the personal both military and civilian who died that day. And America as a whole.

[@stevewheatley243]

100% agreed.

[@loriwilley7143]

And dropping the bomb saved hundreds of thousands of lives, both American and Japanese. They even taught their children to fight to their death in preparation for an invasion

[@jeanhawken4482]

@@stevewheatley243absolutely agree. But at the end of the day someone has to be the big person. It was appalling to be blindsided and bombed out of existence in port but it was equally appalling to slaughter and mutilate civilians with an appalling bomb not once but twice.

[@salvation2979]

I agree.

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

Thank god I’m not the only one who thinks the apology was a joke

[@Varsor1980]

Both my grand fathers fought on the pacific front one was in the navy the other in the army. My army grandfather was present when the commander of the Japanese forces hidden in the jungle after the fall of Saipan surrendered to the us general

[@AtomicTankGirl]

44:00 American Fighter Jets, huh? 1941, American Jets!

[@michaeldeneneo7486]

I have two members of my family that died on the Arizona

[@markwebster6568]

I was born at pearl harbor in 73. My father was stationed at Scholefield barracks, at the same time my mother was stationed at Hickam field. She was air force and dad was army. But I grew up on ft huachuca, Arizona, went in the army myself at ft huachuca and first duty station was ft huachuca, Arizona, so the name Arizona and a great name of the mighty Arizona has always been a big part of who I am. I'm proud to be from Arizona and when I pass on,...... my final wish would be to be cremated and spread out with my brothers. SALUTE to the greatest generation!!!!! They don't make men like that in a very long time. May my brothers rest peaceful for the rest of eternity.

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

… the historical context for early WW2 sounds disconcertingly familiar.

[@MikeFugily-hj3ok]

Hey Obama , more people died in the firebombing s of Japanase cities that the A bombs did. War is war and no matter the method, people die. That apology was not necessary especially since they started it.

[@randallreed7415]

The thumbnail photo doesn't represent the USS Arizona al all!

[@TammyThomas-r1j]

My Great Uncle was on Arizona but he died their what so bad I never met him my Grandmothers brother

[@13BGunBunny]

At 34:23 I counted 5 aircraft and 2 torpedo splashes and trails just before they exploded.

[@donhaher1539]

Narrator calls US planes Fighter "Jets".... does any one check their work first

[@jonathanbair523]

Must not of... I stopped just a bit past 1 min in when I heard him talking like the fleet had no warning at all.... USS Ward was on picket duty at the mouth of the harbor when she got a call of a para-scope was spotted fallowing a ship entering the harbor. The USS Ward found it, fired 3 shots with the 3rd putting a fist sized hole in the conning tower just above where it meets the main body of the tube then the crew ended up doing a depth charge run on it..... That IJN was 1 of 6 launched to sneak in and take part of the attack... Also the US Army had a radar station they just set up 7-3 days before and the radar crew picked up the flight of IJN air craft and called it in only to be told not to worry as it is a flight of B-17's that is expected from the mainland that would be coming in from the North East, there the IJN was coming in from the North West (out to sea not from main land direction) .... If someone would have listened to the radar crew some kind of alert should have been sent out to get the air fields air craft up in the air to investigate the unknown flight, and or the AA gunners would have been at there post rather in there beds...

[@10_rds_Fire_For_Effect]

44:00 "American fighter JETS trying to chase the attackers".

[@aparadees]

Sorry, I hate the categorization that our Navy was caught napping; the Fleet's responsibility; while in port; is to repair, equip, train and prepare for operations at sea NOT to look for zeros in the sky. And the planes all line up nice and pretty on the runway is how planes are lined up on a runway when you are NOT at war. Go to any air base right now in the US, you'll probably see some of that same type of lining up on the runways. The Japanese caught us off guard because we never thought that they'd have the balls to attack us. Hell, it wasn't even a unanimously popular idea amongst the Japanese military establishment to attack the US; the Japanese's own Admiral Yamamoto was unconvinced that attacking Pearl was a good idea..."I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

[@user-om6px1zy3d]

Unfortunately, the US at Pearl Harbor and in the Philippines was unprepared even though a Japanese attack was expected somewhere

[@steveb6103]

In fact. The planes were not usually lined up like that. But the Comander was more afraid of sabotage than air attacks! So he ordered them lined up close to the center of the runway.

[@jonathanbair523]

The USS Ward sunk a IJN mini sub as she tried to sneak in the harbor for the attack then also the new radar station that was set up like a week before if not days before picked up the IJN flight but was told it was a flight of B-17's coming from the mainland tho the blip was coming from North West not North East of Pearl...

[@angelalejzerowicz9670]

They can call it whatever they want they lived thru it!!!

[@pierredecine1936]

American Fighter ? Jets ? trying to chase the attackers ? Lame !

[@workonesabs]

Donald passed away on Feb 15th 2020.

[@earth2006]

James Cagney did a movie, "Here Come The Navy," in 1934 that's set on the battle ship Arizona.

[@lyosha_5]

Что внутри коробля так и не показали, очень позновательно было смотреть на то как внутрь запускают роботов.

[@k31rifleman]

2024. Now our own Washington DC will learn. Waking the giant.

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

@26:32 - “Haruo JOSHI”?!! 🤣🤣 Not even close!

[@ssnydess6787]

It's interesting how so many shows feature a short incorrect film segment that shows US Dauntless dive bombers with Japanese markings that must have been done WW2 when they didn't have any real Japanese aircraft flics. They ought to fix this.

[@Softail77us]

Did I hear our Japanese frienemy say they started their attack from 30 meters?? That's less than a ten story building! Egads! 36:47

[@piratedjradio]

no one in 1941 had operational fighter jets

[@REI02021809]

Jets were still being experimented back then

[@scotttheroux1538]

Wrong we had fighter planes but they were grounded by orders from Washington

[@jonathanbair523]

@@REI02021809 They may have had the jet powered buzz bomb aka V1 rockets.... I do not think the engine was on a fighter yet tho.. Think the jet fighter came 43 or 44 late in the war after D-day.....

[@ronhastings8439]

44:02 "American fighter jets"

[@ralan350]

Personally I think one of the biggest mistakes Japan made was when they discovered the carriers were not there they should have diverted some of the planes over to destroying the oil tanks if they would have taken out the fuel oil storage the ships that survived would have been suffering severely from fuel deficiency which would drastically limited their ability to to work in the Pacific that first year

[@shirlanderson-e4w]

So sad

[@49shinn]

Big problem needs corrected at 44 min. Says American fighter jets trying to chase the attacker. No jet aircraft at this point in the war. LMAO.🤣

[@mmoradiointeractive]

US fighter "jets"? Lmao...ok

[@codyking4848]

43:59 "American fighter jets, trying to chase the attackers" 🙄

[@BarbaraSumpter-o9b]

He was only 18 when he died 😢😢

[@Vigilante-k4q]

The attack was a red flag, we suckered japan into attacking us, war brought us out of the depression.

[@karrinelizabethblair899]

Soul destroying to see the destruction that mankind is capable of. Imagine if he put his thoughts to being kind what a beautiful world it would be!!!

[@arnandocruzjr76]

But Japan was on our side during WWI

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

To this day i resent the Japanese for this vary reason. I would never be disrespectful in person but i keep my resent to those ppl to myself. This was an act of aggression that had no reason. RIP to all those Americans lost. God Bless

[@shannonvilandre8409]

one Japanese said after they attacked on pearl harbor we just woke the sleeping giant. you bet they did .

[@theaviationarchaeologist8519]

Great commentary until at 44.00 the commentator mentions US fighter jets chasing the Japanese. If the US had jets that battle would have ended differently. And then he mispronounces the name of the Nakajima B5N bomber as KA-TE, not like the English name Kate, sigh.

[@getit9066]

Gosh it's almost like they were set up to be destroyed somehow! Huh!!

[@matthewmutchman6360]

20:35 The Queen Mary!

[@babycakes1402]

While we're 'curious' what the inside would look like now, you're basically disturbing their grave. Finding a shoe is just like the ocean floor where the Titanic went down, wherever they found two shoes, is where somebody actually landed & that's now a graveyard so to dive there too should be prohibited. It's the same as on the Arizona, these were young men, gone in an instant & in one of the worst ways imaginable. Just because you 'can' do it doesn't mean you 'should'. Leave them be & let them rest in peace. As for Don coming back, he should have been allowed to have that time in PRIVATE, without prying eyes & people gawking, taking pictures & videotaping.

[@dennisn1672]

This is clickbait. You don't see anything new. Same lod history rhetoric.

[@aproudamerican2692]

They were cowards. Stricking Men that were not at War with them. It was a sucker punch that cost them a lot more than we lost. *Thankfully.* I was born in Okinawa Japan in 69 because my Father was in the Army. That's always been personally Humiliating for me. *Not being born on real American soild and being born on the soild of cowards!(

[@geraldstiling3735]

It's still leaking oil 🛢️😮

[@mistervacation23]

Sus

[@joshuarisker5525]

God bless these men an women 🙏 y'all truly are the greatest generation and God do we need y'all so bad right now because your kids are destroying our great nation 😢😢😢 y'all have answered the call I just wish my generation was more concerned with loving their country instead of burning the flag an replacing it with terrorists flags and worrying about what they get called wether it be him her or it you just can't please them it's mental and truly horrifying to think of the consequences that none of them can see but those of us with our eyes open see it we see it plain as day.....thank you brave men an women for allowing me to spend the first 15-20 years of my life enjoying the freedom and peace of mind your generation paid for with life and limb and mind y'all's sacrifice will never go unappreciated in my home an if it isn't appreciated in my home they will swiftly get thrown out of my home rest in peace you wonderfully great Americans I hope your examples live on through the centuries like the Spartan warriors who held the hot gates or the Roman legion airs y'all deserve noless and much much more

[@VancePlante]

This event occurred before former President Obama and I were born. Diplomatic relations have evolved in 80 years. I am a USN man till the day I die. Served proudly. 2000-2005. I don’t buy Toyota or Honda. This war was fought and won by my grandfather and yours in a time when politics took a back seat to WINNING . Don’t bring current politics into your rant.

[@HARRYHOUDINI-w6i]

Bearly any of our Hero's are still living,

[@lx1995Mk2]

What is this Ka-Te bomber he speaks of

[@katherinecooper6159]

Hickam Air Force Base - evidence of the attack is obvious

[@bobkohl6779]

Sloppy footage. No Essex class carriers, no Avenger Aircraft no duel 5"/38 turrets. American fighter jets?

[@cypsoon]

Who put German fighter Fw190 it’s 0:43 ? Yeah proper knowledge about ww2….

[@ThunderBirdTanker]

Thats a Japanese plane dumbass

[@ThunderBirdTanker]

Its actual footage from the attack, are you stupid?

[@laurielaurie8280]

Vote the democrats out or this is going to happen again. TRUMP/VANCE 2024!!!!!

[@timhazeltine3256]

Opala.......

[@Eric-qo8vv]

Yeah it was just a total surprise. No one saw the entire Japanese fleet crossing the pacific. Mmmmk u say so. Bs

[@jeffreymiller6847]

The technology of 1941 was not what it is today radar was in its infancy and only worked for short distances without a visual sighting you knew nothing of whats crossing the ocean and last time I checked the Pacific Ocean is 63,800,000 square miles.

[@JimBartz]

@@jeffreymiller6847 American arrogance let the jap attack happen, we / they had the data but ignored it

[@jamesricker3997]

They traveled through the North Pacific ,even today nobody goes there.

[@stephenMc-b1j]

Exactly. The US government knew they where coming and let it happen , they needed the shock value to convince the public to enter the war .

[@10_rds_Fire_For_Effect]

The Americans were not paying attention to their satellite monitoring screens.

[@Fernando-vb9ti]

1st….😊

[@JimBartz]

Well, you finally made to first grade. About time?

[@tomlienert882]

Amazing how many obvious MAGATS felt compelled to make irrelevant comments here. I really wish you would stick to political posts on other sites

[@bob80q]

Oh gee, stealing somebody else’s documentary; that’s incredibly lame

[@michaelpridgen9619]

Japan surprised attacked us and they got theirs in the end.