♦War Classic♦ 'Okinawa' (1952) Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell

[@andylawson87]

My father fought on Okinawa with the 6th Marine Division, 6th Engineering Battalion. Only in his old age would he discuss it. I pieced together many recollections he wrote in letters and notebooks and compiled it into an account. It's unbelievable what these sailors, soldiers and Marines were up against. It was 82 days of hell.

[@dinoitaliangreyhound]

あなたのお父様も沖縄でとても辛い経験をされたんですね！ 私のおばあちゃんは当時9歳でした。 ptsd？戦争体験をあまり家族に話したがりません😢 1980年生まれの私にはとても美しくて楽しい島であんなに悲惨な事が起こったとは想像できないです。

[@karenhill3970]

​@@dinoitaliangreyhoundI know ...but just remember the Japanese started it....🇺🇸

[@dinoitaliangreyhound]

@@karenhill3970 よく 極東の小さい島国があんなに大きくて強い国と戦争を始めたなあて不思議です

[@ArmyOne519]

As a Gulf War Veteran of 1991 , I salute all my Navy Brothers and Sisters who supported us with Awesome Firepower from the Persian Gulf against Saddam Hussein 🇺🇸. May God bless each and every one of you 🙏. A Big Red One old Soldier. Hooah.

[@thomaswayneward]

I love this movie, it brings back the flavor of the fifties to me, a great time in the States. My favorite character is the skipper, perfect.

[@stevemolina8801]

As a ex-Navy Gunner I can pick this apart but I cant, 3 of my uncles served in the Navy in WWII greatest generation!

[@alanbierhoff6831]

My father was 1st loader on the 5” gun on a Haskell-class attack transport (APA) in the pacific during WWll

[@cjdavis2684]

@@alanbierhoff6831 That's awesome do you know which APA it was? I have a good friend who built a large remote controlled model of the USS VIRGO which also was a Haskell class APA. Thank your Father for his service from me

[@alanbierhoff6831]

@@cjdavis2684 APA-176. USS Kershaw

[@michaelpessin7233]

​@@alanbierhoff6831 Hi 👋

[@jameslow5536]

It's for the civilians. The rest of us just have to grin and bear it 😂

[@dinoitaliangreyhound]

私のおばあちゃんは沖縄で当時9歳でした😢 おばあちゃんのお父さんはサイパンで空襲に遭って亡くなったそうです。 戦後は米軍基地で洗濯の仕事をして家族を養っていました。 子供の頃の経験がとても辛かったようであまり私たちに当時の事を話しません。 インターネットで昔の映画や写真で当時の様子を知る事ができて嬉しいです。 沖縄についての海外の映画を視聴できてとても嬉しいです。 KZbinの自動翻訳機能で日本語で見る事ができました。 動画を共有してくれてありがとうございます。

[@robtw88]

Thanks for watching! I am glad you were able to watch using KZbin's auto translate function.

[@georgeescaped6035]

i was there as a Navy brat from 1960-64, lots of fun playing in caves and in rusted out guns in concrete bunkers, picking up 50 and 30 rounds in the dirt and taking them to the MPs. termites so thick they would block out the screen at the 15cent movies and you screen doors. the best part was running behind the DDT spray trucks and gettin all sticky with the stuff, haven't had any problems... yet. wish back then i was older to explore more

[@franksayre9011]

DDT trucks? We were Brats in Gitmo '55-59 and we'd ride our bikes behind those trucks.

[@justa.american8303]

When DDT was outlawed the mosquitoes came back!

[@clementevaldez1271]

My mother in law was a little girl in the island when the invasion took place...she said she feared for her life whe she saw the fleet offshore....she hid in caves and experienced the most savage bombarding from navy and airforce aircraft for a long time...her family was Okinawa and the Japanese forces took over her house and was the head quarters for both Japanese navy and army forces....she remembered lots of young men going to the airfield and never got to see them again....lots of hunger and pain in those years for them...her brothers were conscripted into the Japanese defense forces....they All survived the war....we need to teach this generation of the sacrifices of ALL combatants involved....R.I.P. and pray it never happens again....

[@robtw88]

Thank you! Very well said!

[@RastamonU812]

Agree well said. Endless War is such a waste of precious life; I'm glad your family made it out alive and peace be with you!

[@edlane9882]

Remember who started it. Bless the US Marines, soldiers and sailors who stopped a barbarian enemy.

[@clementevaldez1271]

@edlane9882 YOU MUST KNOW THAT OKINAWAN PEOPLE ARE NOT LIKE THE JAPANESE OF THE MAINLAND...THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND OTHER CUSTOMS...THE JAPANESE CONSIDERED THEM NOT THEIR EQUAL...THEY TOOK POSSESSION OF THE ISLANDS FOR STRATEGIC PURPOSES SINCE THE 1920'S...FORCING THE OKINAWANS TO ADOPT OR SUBMIT TO THE WAYS OF THE MAINLAND...OKINAWAN NATIVES DID NOT STARTED ANYTHING...ITS EASY TO LUMP ONE WITH THE OTHER BECAUSE WE HERE IN AMERICA STILL HOLD GRUDGES FOR PEARL HARBOR...EVEN KNOWING WHAT THE INTENTION WAS SICE WE HAD BROKEN UP THEIR SECRET CODE PREVIOUSLY AND WE NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO GET INTO THE WAR FOR ECONOMICAL REASONS AND TO GET OUT OF THE RECESSION..... ...

[@terryrussel3369]

The Greatest Generation in my mind refers to all, civilian and soldier, who rose up from the ashes after the war to rebuild their countries.

[@jjboyd01]

My dad was a marine on Okinawa , his 1st cousin was on a Navy LST in that same battle.

[@paulyricca3881]

🚬👩🏻‍🦰🥃 WHA DA WANT A MEDAL ?

[@jjboyd01]

@@paulyricca3881 My dad's 17th birthday was on Okinawa,

[@danielmccurdy9948]

Boyd My dad was on Okinawa. In the marines also. He was my hero and received a purple heart. He wouldn't talk about it much except to say it wasn't like a John Wayne movie. That generation wouldn't put up with what's happening in America today.

[@barneygilewitz6722]

My mom's second husband served aboard a submarine, the Cuttlefish. His brother was victim to a kamikaze when some sank the destroyer he was.on. He survived this encounter. Seemed like a few pom pom guns were included in the mix, but I thought those were British.

[@frederickwise5238]

@@paulyricca3881For what its worth, I doubt you have a chest to pin one on. Why be a richard?

[@conservativemike3768]

I lived there about 4 years.. flew a lot of missions, did a lot of scuba diving.

[@grumpycat4584]

I too was Naui certified on Okinawa. May, 1971 . Marine 3rd Tank Bn.

[@conservativemike3768]

@@grumpycat4584 909th Air Refueling San.

[@JILOA]

My dad served on a merchant marine troop carrier at the battle of Okinawa. His ship was struck by a kamikaze but they made it back okay.

[@dirtcop11]

My Dad fought on Okinawa. He was a Marine, 6th Division 1st of the 29th.

[@edwinsalau150]

First Of:the Army way of informing people of the unit you were in. First battalion 26th Marines. We would write it:1/26! Be proud of your father! It was a horrible battle.

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

I just finished E.B. Sledge's "With the Old Breed."

[@jamess4869]

My Dad was a Navy CB during WW2...He said he carried an M-1, while he drove a Caterpillar across the islands of the Pacific making runways and buildings.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

ex-father-in-law was on the Emmons..[they wrote a book about it]..performed many interesting missions...presidential escort, chasing the Tirpitz with rhe Brits, sinking a sub in the Med...all without a scratch...then they got sent to Okinawa...the battle they put up was one for the books...in the end they were reduced to using star shells!...jap plane actually struck the aft 5 in and lodged on the barrel and the pilot was propelled inside the ship...they had to run around him during the battle...she finally went down with about 65 hands..[including the jap]...they're still diving on the wreck today...although the navy isn't too happy about it...

[@grumpycat4584]

Thanks for spelling Marine, with a capital M. Semper Fi

[@budd139091]

I agree this movie is way much better than what they have today.

[@michaelmartinez1345]

A classic 'B' rated inspirational war movie, of the capture of island of Okinawa. And it definitely captured that savage yet necessary way our hero's of the greatest generation fought back at the enemies from our past, who are now friendly with NATO countries... It would be good for future generations to see historical movies like this, to see what it takes to live in freedom...

[@grantsmythe8625]

I was born just 8 short years after that war and knew personally many veterans. As a nation, we were really something. We were IT during and for a few years after that war. We were still a young nation, on the way up....things have changed.

[@secretsquirrel6308]

The time for NATO is far past. NATO is now so corrupt that we'll be very fortunate if we don't have WWIII soon. And don't think NATO nations are allies of one another, or especially the U.S.

[@paulyricca3881]

🚬🧔🏿🥃

[@paulyricca3881]

@@grantsmythe8625🧒🏼 U OLD GRANDPA

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@paulyricca3881 Uh huh.

[@michaeldean1289]

Great old movie that I have always wanted to see. Thanks for sharing your work Australian fan ❤😊

[@robtw88]

You're welcome!

[@markbass9402]

I went to Okinawa in 1976. An absolutely beautiful place.

[@johnemerson1363]

I went there several times in the 80's. Got away from the base on a bus tour. Northern Okinawa is very different from the south.

[@vinny4411]

Haunted as hell

[@johnemerson1363]

@@vinny4411 Suri Castle and the land the Japanese held till the end.

[@LaceandSteelchannel]

I had never even heard of that movie! Thank you!

[@frankpienkosky5688]

there's a Japanese version that's been around awhile...kept popping-up when looking for this one...

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Neither did i.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

The Battle of Okinawa. 50,000 U S. casualties including 12,500 dead or MIA. 36 ships sunk incl. 13 destroyers, 386 U.S. ships damaged, 763 aircraft lost! 77,000 Japanese dead, many ships sunk and 1,400 planes shot down. The bloodiest battle in the Pacific lasted 82 horrifying days!

[@RodgerMudd]

Awful.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

so many losses the navy was actually considering wirhdrawing@@RodgerMudd

[@sst6555]

larger intitial invasion with more ships and men than D-Day in European theatre

[@michaelglanzer662]

Glad that you men still Love my NAVY.

[@dinoitaliangreyhound]

@@Paul-lm5gv 😢😢😢

[@jonathanskidmore1464]

My dad was there. He served as a gunner on the APD 79, USS Bunch (converted from a Buckley class DE). Since they carried frogmen they were some of the first there checking out the nearby island of Ie Shima which had an airstrip. They spent the rest of the operation doing picket duty between the island and the fleet taking credit for several aerial kills and a kamikaze boat. He said they got shot at more at Okinawa than the whole rest of the war.

[@chestersleezer8821]

My father as well served in the South Pacific from 1943 and on. He never talked about the war and us boys never asked. Mom was a British War Bride, she had married an airman and later married my father after a divorce.

[@glendagaskin151]

My brother has a lifetime soldier.

[@chesterproudfoot9864]

One of my grandfathers was a radioman somewhere in the Pacific. I've got a great picture of him the day he got out of the service, drunk as a skunk. 😎

[@stringlarson1247]

I just finished _The Old Breed_ by Eugene Sledge (The HBO series was based on this and other accounts). Man what a grizzly situation(s).

[@vicswanby454]

I spent five years and 1 month on Island between 92 and 98 honestly the best duty station I ever had. That was the first time I've seen that movie I would have liked to have seen the on island battle footage. As a Marine I was able to explore the island as a diver I was able to dive all around the island and found quite a few aircraft still in the area along with many pieces of military equipment and artifacts resting in unmarked Graves. Unexploded ordnance were reported and still being found to this day. Interesting fact, .the island had so many shell's fired at and on it that it's been calculated if you took the average porch Welcome mat and laid them end to end and covered the island the stacked the brass on one mat would be a 4 foot deep pile that would cover the entire 15 × 60 Mile Island of Okinawa. Very impressive numbers from the greatest and most determined generation that walked the planet! We owe them so much respect.

[@terryravey2248]

i was on okinawa from 1957-58-59 at naha and kadina saw many ww2 artifacts very interesting

[@jtns2845]

i was assigned to okinawa 1988-92. wonderful place. kind people. many ghosts.

[@flashcar60]

I was at Camp Hanson too. My fondest memory were some fine geisha girls.

[@Carlschwamberger1]

Spent 24 months 83=85 with the 12th Marines there. lots of side trips: Korea x3, Japan x2, Tinian, Guam.

[@glennchristie2316]

You need to watch the movie “Hacksaw Ridge.” I was stationed in Camp Sukiran for 12 months and 6 days. All of 1966. It was hot working outside but the clubs were cool. You might have too pay for the movie but it definitely worth it. Camp Sukiran was only 9 miles from Hacksaw Ridge. We were forbidden to go in that direction because it was all Black Market.

[@gregmccartney5780]

A bit slapstick but worth watching. Love this era of movie making. Cameron Mitchell seemed to be in everything around this time.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

been looking for this film for awhile now...remember seeing in in the theater when I was a kid...kind of hard to find

[@harrypolychronopoulos478]

I think his best was when he was in "High Chaparral" acting as Buck Cannon . One of the best western TV series for me . But definitely the best opening and closing music theme for a Western .

[@wyatberp3611]

I like slapstick!

[@secretsquirrel6308]

Mitchell gives a solid permormance. His character reminds me of a cross between Oddball in Kelly's Heroes and many of Dennis Hopper's characters. Of course, Mitchell stands on his own two feet.

[@carlreed6186]

He never made top dollar so he had to work a lot

[@cindytran5595]

Thank you for all your services sir ❤❤❤

[@davidlewis2447]

Thanks for uploading this film I never seen this film and I grew up watching war movies on television as a kid and they didn’t make as many films about this battle as they should have

[@alanbierhoff6831]

My dad was in the Navy aboard the USS Kershaw (APA-176) a Haskell-class attack transport. During March she loaded equipment and troops of the 2d Marine Division; then, following amphibious exercises off Tinian, she sailed for the assault area 27 March. Kershaw delivered equipment to Bikini Atoll for the atomic tests

[@walterteske598]

A great old film from a time when Americans loved our country!

[@Stitchwitchstitch]

And what, in your mind, does loving one’s country entail? I love the USA- but it’s a mess. It could be better if it weren’t run by beaurocracy, kickbacks, panderers, nepotism and bigoted loudmouths hiding by willing misinterpretations of the christian holy book- which was willingly edited and re-edited and re-edited since scribe put stylus to clay or brush to papyrus to suit powerful people’s political motives throughout history.

[@bogtrottername7001]

My brother & I are both progressive Democrats & we both served in the US Army; our two Republican brothers chose not to serve ---- none of us are enemies of each other, you, or any other American.@@totallysmooth1203

[@sst6555]

I feel ya; we can all benefit from reading the political side of the war in USA; many people never supported the war, many avoided service, many profited from the war. many (as it happened in this case; Republicans). fought tooth and nail against Roosevelt's war policies; labor policies, and armament policies needed to fight the war.

[@JusticeAlways]

​@@totallysmooth1203 Trump & Putin can go to Hell 🇺🇸

[@richardkunkle9924]

Marines will always love this country. Semper Fi

[@ScarlethtweetPandacan-xc8ko]

Happy watching abaut the word war 2 of the Pacific more movies thanks 😊👏♥️

[@cjdavis2684]

So Glad you posted this movie. I have been looking for it like crazy. Thank you again for posting it.

[@robtw88]

You're welcome!

[@51tetra69]

God bless all the courageous veterans with nerves of steel who risked everything and sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!

[@RodgerMudd]

Amen

[@Absaalookemensch]

I love this movie. Better movie than most of the entertainment made today.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

pretty blah until you see the scene of that damaged ship....the one thing I remember from this movie....

[@Kongoudesu50]

私は、片方の国を一方的な正義 悪とするのではなく どちらも中立的な立場の映画が好きです

[@100forks]

This was the best movie about Fletcher class destroyers that I have seen.

[@donberry7657]

There's 1 in Boston and 1 in Fall River MA. At Battleship Cove with the Massachusetts and a Gato class sub:)

[@frankpienkosky5688]

@@donberry7657 "The Sullivans" is in Buffalo...[DD 573]

[@donberry7657]

@Frank Pienkosky how is the Sullivans doing? I heard it took on massive water and needs serious drydock work. That's sad. I actually have a 2 and a half foot motorized model of a Fletcher. At Battleship Cove they have the Joseh P. Kennedy, amed for John's older brother who got atomized by his navy B24 turned into a remote controlled flying kamakaze.there was a short when they switched to mother ship remote control and boom. Quincy Ma. also has the heavy cruiser Salem and Portsmouth has the Nautilus. Lot of grand b old girls hereabouts for warship fans:) Hopefully the Sullivan's is repaired and I get out there someday. The movie about it is good too.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

not sure...haven't been there in a while...@@donberry7657

[@gpxBJdlr]

Look for ENEMY BELOW with Robert Mitchum. One of my 10 best WWII films.

[@EITURKEY1]

a touching story, well told, even with the inaccuracy's....

[@CombatDoc54]

In the beginning the captain stated how the island was part of Japans "homeland" and how furiously they would fight.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

@@CombatDoc54 this all began in early April '45...destroyers were sent out about 50 miles ahead to extend the radar range...they became easy targets

[@jackmchammocklashing224]

Thank you for the upload great movie

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I was stationed on Okinawa Aug74 to Sep75 at Camp Foster. Beautiful place, but hot and humid in summer. Semper Fi

[@johnsheldon4880]

I loved Camp Foster. I was assigned to the comptroller office 76-77.I even joined the archery club there.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@johnsheldon4880 I was a member of H&S Co, H&S Bn,3rd Force Service Regiment. I worked at the Bn S-1.... yes, an Office Poggy. Semper Fi and long live the Legend of Chesty Puller.

[@waynecoulter6761]

My father was a plank owner on the LCS(L)-24... On the way to Okinawa the 158 foot LCS(L)-24 survived Typhoon Cobra. After supporting the landings on April 1, 1945, his ship was assigned to Radar Picket Duty in support of the Radar Picket Destroyers. On April 6th, he was at RP#4 when they received orders to respond to RP#1 to assist in search and rescue after the sinking of the USS Bush (DD-529) and USS Colhoun (DD-801). After arriving on station they picked up 42 survivors from the USS Bush. On April 9th, while on Station with the USS Sterrett, both the Destroyer and my father's ship were hit by Kamikazes. The Sterrett had to return to the US for repairs. The LCS-24 had their main mast severed. They returned to Kerama Rhetto and had a new mast fabricated and was back on station by the 11th.

[@chrisrichard2526]

My Uncle, Kenneth Richard, survived 2 nip kamikazie attacks on the Cassin Young

[@janette6293]

Cameron Mitchell has been in a lot of different and interesting films, this is definitely one of those, despite that terrible moustache. Thank you for sharing this classic film they deserve to be seen and appreciated.

[@edwinsalau150]

A very good movie! Well worth watching.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

I JUST LOVE! remembering these Dudes! this Yhit was REAL! these actors are Real! the basic theam REAL! these are my Friends! family, fishing buddies. RIP Greatest Gen! I miss you! ya'll

[@KenKopetski]

Love these classics

[@normanalvarez2592]

That was a great little movie 🇺🇸

[@Rose-jz6ix]

That was better than most war films. Thank you very much. 🇦🇺😊♥️

[@frankpienkosky5688]

Navy losses were so bad during this battle that they actually considered withdrawing the fleet....

[@frankpienkosky5688]

check out "Away All Boats"...available here...great combat scenes from this battle

[@jondeere5638]

My dad who was all over the Pacific , told me that when the big guns fired continuously sailors would bang their heads against the bulwarks because the ringing in the ears was so painful.and they could not stand the noise.

[@RichardNogan]

Excellent, Tku for post.

[@robtw88]

Thank you too!

[@pingpong5000]

A good entertaining film in my book, thanks.

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@allandavis8201]

Despite being a “Land Lubber” I think, unlike others who have commented, that this film is excellent, yes there are some glaring mistakes, for example the submarine that was not within torpedo range but was within depth charge range, and not being a marine engineer I can’t be certain but would replacing a section of the fire main with standard fire hose work, in my mind, as a mechanical engineer, the fire main would work at a higher pressure than the outlet pressure to the fire hose, if so the length of hose used as a bypass wouldn’t take the pressure and would burst. Despite the technical and tactical errors this film has a lot of homespun wisdom, Robby being the eldest man on the team was more like a father than shipmate, calming the others down while waiting for action, geeing them up when they were lagging behind or messing up, just as it probably was back then, 20 year old young men, some even younger, straight from training needed a old hand to show them the real way things were done, not all training is done at trade schools, most is done on operational ships,aircraft and regiment level, it was that way when I joined up and I hope it is still the way now, there is no substitute for experience. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, great actors and acting, combat footage great and storyline very good, not Hollywood blockbuster but definitely a good movie. Thanks for sharing. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 @ 36:23 one picket ship reported “seven” hits by Kamikaze aircraft, seven! Surely seven aircraft in close succession hitting a ship would sink it beyond doubt, especially a smaller vessel like a frigate or destroyer, battleships and carriers might withstand it depending upon where they hit, I think that seven hits was the screenwriters getting carried away, but I could be totally mistaken. Well I’ll be a son of a gun, in the footage @ 42:58, that I must have seen hundreds of times, there is one kamikaze aircraft spiralling down towards the ocean, it is not until now that I have seen the second aircraft behind and slightly above the first also spiralling down to its fate, I don’t know how I could not have seen that before. Despite the fact that I really do love this film I just found another bit of a blooper, I don’t think that the Captain would have risked himself to push a UXB/UXO overboard, that is what damage repair parties are for, I’m all for not expecting a person to do a job you wouldn’t do yourself but in this case I think the Captain would be to important to get himself killed, not to mention all the other crewmen standing around waiting for the bomb to detonate, and by the size of the thing I think it is probably a 500 or 1000 pound bomb, a bit too heavy for one man to move, adrenaline or no adrenaline. It’s funny hearing the Captain and XO talking about how they are always having to wait for something, and I imagine that the same holds true today, when I was serving we used to say we had to “hurry up and wait” or “standby to standby” sometimes it was “get on the bus, get off the bus, get on the bus………..” in other words WAIT. I will never be able to understand the Japanese mentality towards sacrificing themselves for the Emperor, especially the kamikaze pilots, surely they must have known that if they were being asked to sacrifice themselves the war must be lost and their death was a futile gesture that could not influence the allies, especially the USA 🇺🇸, to negotiate the terms of Japanese surrender, and yet they still volunteered to commit suicide, let alone make it through to the target and destroy it, the success to failure rate was very low and yet thousands were waiting for their turn to die.

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

This was what we watched when I was a kid in the 50s. { B } movies were shown on tv and the matinee at the theaters. Total crap but we loved them!

[@frankpienkosky5688]

in my town the theater was usually open only on weekends...typical Saturday afternoon fare....

[@jerseymike7946]

"Total crap but we loved them!" Finally! Somebody here who takes off the red, white and blue goggles and sees this grade Z effort as the crap it is. Yes, it is fit for 9 year old kiddies on Saturday afternoons - I would have liked it then - but for alleged adults thinking it has any value or relation to reality, it's mind boggling.

[@shimshonbendan8730]

My dad was at Okinawa. He was on a destroyer that was part of the radar picket line. DD685 USS Picking. That was very expensive real estate paid in full by the blood of our forces.

[@moebeddah2288]

My dad was there, USS Prentiss, AKA 102, with ordinance for the 6th Marines.

[@RuelVillanueva-k5m]

nice movie, thanks for the upload

[@robtw88]

Thanks for watching

[@RuelVillanueva-k5m]

@@robtw88 thank you too bro

[@dmw1306]

Great movie thank you very much 😊.

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@frankpienkosky5688]

have to wonder how you found it...been searching for this movie for years@@robtw88

[@trimule]

Rhys Williams. a 55 year old Welshman playing an American sailor ( who would have joined the Navy in about 1917-WW I and still had not been promoted above Seaman) to add to his 146 credited roles as every conceivable type of character.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

some of those AA guns look more British than American...

[@ronlackey2689]

@@frankpienkosky5688 The 40mm pompoms definitely were.

[@jamesbackman172]

Pom poms were1.1inch( 30mm)

[@ronlackey2689]

@@jamesbackman172 The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 40 mm (1.6 in) British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy.

[@jamesbackman172]

@@ronlackey2689 OK Ron I stand corrected thank you

[@andrewfrancis4462]

Good movie. Made in 1952, at least a few of the actors seen in the film would have actually served in WW2. In the Pacific or elsewhere. It lends a lot of credibility in my view. I trust these movies made not too long after the war. Far more than those made 20 years, 30, 50 or more after WW2. What they lack in technical sophistication they more than make it up by capturing the mood and spirit of the time.

[@msamour]

That was a well balanced movie. Very well made.

[@robtw88]

Yes it was!

[@charlie0871]

My Grandfather, Harry L. Jacobsen Sr. was an Okinawa Marine. He fought on the "Sugar Loaf", but didn't really talk about it much. He died 4 years ago on 10 Nov 2019, (That's right, Marine Corps Birthday) at the age of 93.

[@robtw88]

The greatest generation...God bless them!

[@SSN515]

Interesting Fletcher class Tincan. They operated and fought that particular ship with no Chiefs or Petty Officers. Just Wardroom Officers and Seamen.

[@domquirino5741]

My grandfather was in the US navy during ww2 and fought at the battle of Okinawa he was rank 1 seaman

[@brunodesamber5714]

Very. Good. Movie. 🎉👍👌

[@robtw88]

Glad you liked it!

[@Lajs657]

Great film !

[@dalethornton7858]

Good movie, Great cast.I love these movies.Thdh ought to show these to our kids in school.Maybe they would understand what sacrifices their grandparents and great grandparents went through tu have a strong safe and Free country !

[@rogerrendzak8055]

Cameron Mitchell?? That caught my attention!!! The '70's sci-fi/horror film, maestro ?? In the '50's, and in a war film??? And as an boneheaded, inpatient asswipe, at that😲⁉️Didn't know his attributes went that far back, and in that direction. And, Richard Denning, two years before 'Creature'!!! Their battle-stations is exactly where my dad's was, on his destroyer (USS O'HARE DDR-889. A radar picket ship, just like the destroyer here), the same year, when this picture, was made. A 5", 38. My dad lost part of his hearing, because of it.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

those damn shells were heavy!....

[@jimjimmy8391]

Brother fell as a marine on Okinawa. Hope America gets better.

[@Casey28027]

The US has been destroyed by illegals, refugees, immigration, democrats and liberals and the woke.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

Your brother fell on Okinawa? I might have believed you, save for (a) it’s 2023 and (b) that second sentence. I gather he was your older brother, and born 20 years before you. What was his name and unit? But hey ... you got 15 likes, right?

[@matrox]

America going to hell with Criminal Biden effing everything up!

[@jamesadams7528]

My dad told me that after a week of combat you could smell the island before you could see it if you approached from downwind

[@AnantaAndroscoggin]

Those look like 5"-38 mounts in the opening scenes, which have a range of 9 miles. With RAP (Rocket Assisted Projectiles) you get about 4 extra miles range.

[@janiekcarney5482]

Excellent movie.

[@robtw88]

Glad you liked it!

[@timsparks1858]

My Dad was Army Signal Corp during the battle.

[@chriscraven33]

THE MEN IN THE NAVY WERE MOSTLY KIDS, 18-21 YEAR OLDS

[@mikescott53]

Still are.

[@donnettevanwagoner7097]

My father in law was there aboard the destroyer, minelayer, USS LINDSEY, DM-32. On 12 April, 1945, during a mass kamikaze attack, two Aichi D3A’s plowed into Lindsey, blowing 60 feet off her bow, killing 57, but the Lindsey did not sink. You can see pics of the ship online. It’s ironic I lived on Okinawa from 1963-66 while my father served in the Air Force. My brother was born there. My father was exploring a cave on the island and came out with an old boot. Thinking it was full of dirt. He dumped it out and foot bones fell out. He put the bones and the boot back in the cave.

[@robtw88]

Very interesting! Thanks!

[@lyndonhenderson816]

That complain about the heat ,the real heat was in the boiler room I know I was in forward fire room on the USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG22 1969-1970🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

El drama de los ataques suicidas al final de la guerra que debieron soportar las fuerzas aliadas con gran estoicismo. Una grata sorpresa ver este filme clásico del género bélico en tan buenas condiciones. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.

[@sst6555]

all the larger guns ; 5 inch and up.; had specific targets; you don't just shoot wildly and hope it hits something by luck, what are they talking aout in the opening ?

[@jeffmill999]

My pop's supply ship ran aground in a typhoon off the coast of Naha...spent last part of the war on it...

[@jgonzalez101]

Great movie! So thankful to God Almighty for giving us the victory in the Pacific Theatre. WWII the Greatest Generation!God continue to bless protect and use our Armed Forces.

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

@J Gonzalez IS HE ENDORSING the dress code 4 the tranny admirals as ordered by the woke Milley as well ??? Give free will @ least the same chance as there is 4 peace in Ukr in the MEANtime ... Gog & Magog ???? This was a 3rate production, amateurish stage play EFFort displayed as a recruitment poster 4 the hydroxegene bomb navy post the postwar defen se cuts i.e. THE REVOLT OF THE ADMIRALS (dig it up). Just "a police action", their ass ... Korea killed more U.S. than Nam !

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Yes. The Japanese also went to THEIR shrines and prayed to THEIR Gods everyday. But our prayers were not answered and we lost that battle and ultimately, the war. Perhaps the Christian god is more powerful.

[@jgonzalez101]

@@reynaldoflores4522 Yes, there is only one true and living God and his name is Jesus Christ, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He has come to save and seek the lost and their is true forgiveness of sins in his name through his shed blood on Calvary. Please read the Acts chapter 2 in the Holy Bible, especially Acts 2:38&39 " Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit". Also read John 3:16

[@frankpienkosky5688]

@@jgonzalez101 Japan could never have won that war...to think otherwise was folly....but racist attitudes were common on both sides....

[@jgonzalez101]

Absolutely agree! Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. Isaiah 9:6

[@pencilpauli9442]

If MASH was set on a USN Destroyer in WW2 The dialogue is great fun.

[@lyndonhenderson816]

Their going to fix a 600 hundred pound steam line with fire hose no way hate to be in that fire room😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😢

[@ronlackey2689]

Pretty good movie. A bit wordy, but the combat footage was excellent and it was a first for me to see a crew in a 5 inch gun mount work. Interesting perspective. There are movies about tank crews, bomber crews, carrier crews, etc., etc. but this was a new experience. As for picket duty in a DD. Kiss of death. The young, inexperienced kamikazes either dove on the first plane they saw, or if not, they were specifically ordered to destroy the outlying pickets to stop them from passing intel to the fleet.

[@christop_bader]

I love B/W War movies but i didn't know Okinawa was a ship as nobody went ashore or did any fighting

[@garygraham4679]

Last time I saw this I was a 5 year old kid in '58. Thought it looked familiar as soon as I saw the guy drop his gloves.

[@frankpienkosky5688]

...yeah, that scene jarred my memory, as well...

[@frankpienkosky5688]

I looked long and hard for this movie...having seen it once as a kid in the theater....and now [suddenly]...here it is ...go figure...

[@joestreiff9401]

the scene from 13:53 to 14:22 was a direct cut from "Destroyer" 1943

[@angloaust1575]

Made during korean war Inchon landing was the marines task only a few Casualties compared to ww2 However they copped it later At chosin reservoir when the Chinese joined in!

[@jerryrichards8172]

Little more than half way through and it's already one of the best tin can ww2 movies

[@pmccoy8924]

Been looking for more to waste some time. My grandfather was on one in the war. What is the best one you think?

[@brockbeckstedt6483]

I did not catch the name of the destroyer ship at the beginning of the movie I don't recall them ever mentioning name have they?

[@paulredinger5830]

If the sub was close enough to be attacked by depth charges it was well within torpedo range.

[@WilliamWyckoff-of2ku]

Those 16 inch 50 cal those shells leave a big hole in the ground

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

Are these guys the only ones on the ship.?

[@JILL0704USA]

In deed . . . .the Greatest Generation!

[@bobbmarly4355]

Did anyone else notice the RAINBOW that appears as a white bow shaped streak at the 2:17 mark?

[@victorvance2573]

54:41 That is Marilyn Monroe btw. Strangely in a movie from 1948 (Ladies of the Chorus).

[@ralphbranham8663]

My Grandfather was at Okinawa on a ocean tug as a Navy hospitalman and had friends with the Maries and showed me the pictures of the Marines and Japanese

[@toddjohnston4788]

Classic 😊

[@jorgebravo415]

"Los tarros" the jars Buenisima.😎

[@bobhorner2845]

I had an uncle who was the cptn of a rocket firing ship. He even rights in his diary of a kamikaze attack at night.

[@skyking643]

I believe that this movie may be based on USS Laffey DD724 which, while assigned to picket station #1off the northern tip of Okinawa , was attacked my many Kamikaze and regular attack planes, and was severely damaged on April 16th 1945. During the movie it was stated that President FDR had just died, which was on April 13th and three days later, on April 16th the Laffey was attacked while on picket station #1. The USS Laffey was a Sumner class destroyer that had twin 5inch mounts and the destroyer in the movie I think was a Fletcher class destroyer with single 5 inch mounts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6SQcqmriMxsfMU kzbin.info?search_query=uss+laffey+kamikaze+attack My father was part of the original crew (at age 17) when the Laffey was commissioned Feb 8th 1944 in Bath, Maine He went on to serve with Laffey at the June 6 1944 D Day landings and then in the Pacific where he was one of the 71 crew wounded (while Laffey suffered 31 deaths) on the April 16 45 Kamikaze attack. The war was over for Laffey and my father on April 16th. The Laffey was towed to Ulithi (veteransbreakfastclub.org/ulithi-atoll/ )then back to the US west coast. The Laffey was later repaired and served in the Korean War, while my father recovered in Hawaii and later in California. www.patriotspoint.org/explore/uss-laffey/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-724) kzbin.info?search_query=uss+laffey+kamikaze+attack This movie was produced in 1952 the year of my birth, and my father passed away in Feb 1984

[@howardkoontz4735]

I read her story and a few years ago I was on her in South Calonia

[@thomaswayneward]

Blessed be the memory of your father.

[@jorgehidalgo4792]

In the movie the boys are firing a big gun against the planes, was that gun effective against such small target?

[@allandavis8201]

I’m not a mariner but I do like my films and documentaries about WWII, and if I’m correct the guns they were firing were 5 inch and were effective against air attack, I don’t know about escort vessels but I think that they could/did use Anti Aircraft shells that could be set to explode at a set height or had a proximity fuse that detonated the charge when it was in proximity to a target, however I could be completely wrong, so forgive me if I am.

[@jorgehidalgo4792]

Thank you. I was just curious because naval guns were designed to fire against other ships, and not necessarily aircraft. I enjoy this films about our history in WWII. I never serve in the navy, my brother in law did. He retired from the navy. I served in the Air Force.

[@WilliamWyckoff-of2ku]

Where's the battle wagons at??

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Typical Pat O'Brien movie. He was a great actor. Liked him in the 1940 film about the Notre Dame legendary coach 'Knute Rockne, All American.'

[@matrox]

48:40 No effing way would he be able to roll that 500lb bomb overboard like that.

[@franksayre9011]

What's wrong with going to the movies?

[@flyingtigerline]

A good movie !!!

[@stulynn2005]

Hollywoods finest glamorization

[@blank557]

Not a bad flick demonstrating the horror of the kamikazes. 1500 Japanese planes lost , with 149 US Navy ships hit and some sunk outright, with 5,000 US naval casualties. Picket Duty was especially hazardous for the destroyers serving as the first line of defense. My only real complaint was showing British Pom Poms as US AA shooting at Japanese planes.

[@noncynic1]

Yeah, noticed those british mounts. Don't think they even had octuple mounts on their destroyers!

[@miguelquispe377]

Tendran en español o subtitulada gracias

[@matrox]

1:00:25 Why didn't they go to battle stations instead of just watching that ship get hit?