Was Joe Biden's Uncle Really Shot Down in WWII?

This is the story of Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr - the uncle of President Joe Biden who was supposedly shot down during World War II and eaten by cannibals. In this video, we break down the real story of his A-20 Havoc and their final mission. This was made using the World War II flight simulator War Thunder - Download free here: playwt.link/tj3 Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe. #WW2 #WWIIHistory #WarThunder
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[@TJ3]

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[@colinwithonel.9831]

Just wanted to give you all an attaboy on doing a fantastic job with the research into this mind blowing videos that are just getting better and better. Job well done sir 🫡

[@TJ3]

@@colinwithonel.9831 thanks a ton!

[@billt6116]

Was his uncle killed in the war? Did his dad really lose his job? Did Biden really 💩 His pants? Was it really the same stable jesus who told us our problem during the revolutionary war was that we didn't have enough airports?.... No joke!, It's no joke.

[@rogersheddy6414]

Biden was always such a liar. And not just a liar. A damned liar. A god-damned liar.

[@jtc1947]

Pls reveal the TRUTH about "BEAU BIDEN" Where HE really died and of WHAT! Thank you!

[@ToolsNoTalent]

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." --Mark Twain

[@leondillon8723]

Sounds like a line near the end of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence".

[@dkern-sn3hm]

He's a liar , not a story teller, with no imagination.

[@gor7698]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good Lie ----Joe Biden

[@iflyflir1846]

Lt. Finnegan & crew served honorably. This can't be said for his lying nephew.

[@kimoandrews5802]

He is a great President.

[@iflyflir1846]

@@kimoandrews5802 Great for who? China?, Iran?, Mexico? Surely you don't believe he's great for America. Even his former boss said "Don't understimate JB's ability to F-things up", and he's done just that with everything he touches. If that's your standard and you're strattled with student loan debt, then yes, great president.

[@kimoandrews5802]

@@iflyflir1846 patriots support President Biden. You apparently are a fan of bathhouse Barry.

[@iflyflir1846]

@@kimoandrews5802 What patriots? You mean your Call of Duty ones? Go back to your basement, get your jammies on and live out your fantasies.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@kimoandrews5802great for ten million illegals and more coming every day

[@T1000skynetforever]

The same guy who said his son died in Iraq. He didn’t! Beau died in Bethesda hospital in Maryland due to a brain tumor

[@klogjo]

Gave Hunter a chance to move in on his dead brother's wife what a great family all demented.

[@rogeroday9408]

Bethesda, Iraq… They sound so close.

[@herschelmayo2727]

Q: Why won't cannibals eat clowns? A: Cuz they taste funny.

[@bordereau1]

😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@Saltee323]

Good one. Hahaha!!!!

[@stevedallas4942]

Cannibals wouldn't have eaten Ambrose anyway! Everyone knows cannibals don't eat the Irish because, when you put one in the stew pot, the bugger eats all the potatoes!!!! ( Benny Hill )

[@jdsheleg8332]

Oh, Lord! Not a dad joke! 😂

[@stevedallas4942]

(cannibal 1) I have a horrible stomach ache from eating one of those Missionary chaps! (Cannibal 2) Maybe it was how you cooked him? Did you make a stew? (Cannibal 1) Oh no. I roasted him. (Cannibal 2 thinks a moment) Tell me, was the bloke wearing black with a dog collar? (Cannibal 1) No. (Cannibal 2) Well he wasn't a priest. Black suit and tie? (1) Nope (2 thinks) Not a Morman... Short pants and a T-shirt, carrying a basketball! (Baptist) (1) Oh no, nothing of the sort! He was wearing a frock and sandals. (Cannibal 2) Oh! THAT'S why you're ill!!!!! You roasted a Friar!!!! 😂👍

[@tundranomad]

And hillary clinton dodged sniper fire.

[@cynthiatucker2147]

😂😂😂

[@joycehwys]

Damn

[@kimmyk1]

Lol. Saw that live. She never was shot at.

[@themig71]

Legacy media runs interference for democrats.

[@Midwest10]

And AOC feared for life

[@smokingzombiefilms]

At least he didn’t have to live to see the embarrassment his nephew became

[@paulrodgers5559]

I'm not into Biden. I won't be voting for him , but if Trump were to lose , was it rigged ? Was the last election stolen from him ?

[@hedoraclan666]

that was unfunny af💀💀

[@barefoot191]

My late father served with US Army Signal Corps in Papa New Guinea. For this person to make up stories about his family's military history is a slap to the memory of all who served and died fighting for their country.

[@bordereau1]

Exactly. They died in their service to our country but Biden always has to exaggerate....ok, outright lie about things. US Army veteran here, there's no need to exaggerate. So many lacked the mettle to service at all.....🫡

[@garymorris1856]

I salute your father, my Dad was also on New Guinea with the Corps of Engineers, (he never mentioned any cannibals).

[@barefoot191]

@@garymorris1856 Thanks and same to you. Neither did my father, but he did mention the presence of japanese snipers more then once.

[@stevedallas4942]

@@garymorris1856 Granddad was stationed in New Zealand. I never heard anything as crazy as Biden claims... some stories about Maoris that spoke English better than his flight crew.. but nothing about cannibals in New Guinea.

[@danielwynne8547]

My uncle was in New Guinea about that time serving in the 5th Army Air Corps. He was a photographer for a recon group flying F4 and F5s. Later he flew on Search and Rescue missions on Pby5s.

[@morganspector5161]

Greg Gutfeld: "This election we have a choice between one man facing a sentence, and another who can't complete one"

[@alank616]

Clever 😂😂😂😂

[@castlerock58]

When my dad had dementia, he claimed he had been to the moon. At least he did not control nuclear weapons.

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

My mother had dementia and also made some wild assertions. She imagined many things that were not true.

[@billkaldem5099]

I’m sorry you went through that. I did with my mother and mother in law. Don’t wish it on anyone

[@redwaveofketchup7457]

But he did pay off porn stars.

[@drmachinewerke1]

A man should be able to make a will in case this happens to do what he would want to do I would not want my family to see me that way .

[@nobody6049]

Next joe will say he was on the Apollo space mission

[@mgweible8162]

I find it hilarious that Papua New Guinea felt the need to release a statement refuting Biden's BS. Thanks for the excellent video TJ. Stay Awesome!

[@richardchurchill5181]

Joe Biden's mouth has no reliable connection to reality.

[@kjflyte5088]

Not hilarious, it's sad that the American president is a liar.

[@ATomRileyA]

Also in the past they used to really eat people so are sensitive about it. Biden as always is juts lying.

[@maddhatter3564]

why hilarious, the president slandered them.

[@sailordude2094]

They were insulted, wouldn't you be? Especially when they risked their necks for the Allies for nothing.

[@VegabyOmer]

Joes brain was shot down at an ice cream stand in Delaware. I never would have believed that Mr McGoo would become president.

[@DieselDog358]

Mr Magoo! I love it! How long will we have to suffer this fool? 😢

[@scobra5941]

@@DieselDog358 That's an insult to Mr. Magoo. He didn't have good eyes but at least he still had a brain.

[@bigbrother9531]

MaGoo you did it again.

[@stevedallas4942]

Mr Magoo never sniffed a Cratchet!!!.... Yeah... That almost sounds like a Brandonism itself.

[@DieselDog358]

@@stevedallas4942 Mr Magoo's son never snorted coke or thru handguns into dumpsters across from elementary schools either!🤣🤣

[@writer125]

AH, good old Uncle Bosey & the Cannibals. Sounds like a rock band. Unreal, very unreal.

[@elderyoung416]

🤣😂😄🤣

[@SamanthaGunn500]

And the cannibal story was stolen from H.W. Bush.

[@davidhoffman8122]

I lived in Delaware for 13 years in the 80s and 90s. He was a liar back then just as he is now!

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

All politicians are bullshit artists. All of them.

[@lizard944]

Dover, AFB for me. Biden would come for various ceremonies, escorted by like twenty State Troopers. It was sickening.

[@danielwynne8547]

I am old enough to remember him when he first went to Washington, and his handlers had to constantly cover for his putting both feet in his mouth.

[@johnsojm2351]

@@danielwynne8547 He had to be a disaster as an attorney - probably why he went into politics - you can lie, cheat and steal & not be prosecuted

[@peterbee129]

He has been totally incompetent all of his 47 years.

[@TakeAHikeMike]

First, the cannibal children played with his hairy legs. They were so memorized that they turn blonde in the sun.

[@AllenSymonds]

😅🤣😂😂

[@billmcghee7680]

Corn Pop, Cannibal Tribal Chief, aka "Corn Pop from Papua." Cobra! Cobra! Bravo Sierra.

[@youknowme8578]

And they rubbed them under water, and "I know about cockroaches", they told me after I got out of the water.

[@TakeAHikeMike]

@@youknowme8578 Trueinanashunderdapressure!

[@randytidmore8021]

😂😂😂

[@garymorris1856]

At the very time the Overlord mission was happening on D-Day, my father was serving in the US Army on New Guinea, (he never mentioned any cannibals).

[@jillshannen280]

I grew up there. Cannibalism was a thing at that time. I saw plenty of plane wreckage its kind of a tourist thing to take expats to those locations.

[@jackm6307]

PinocchiJoe does it again.

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

He was not shot down, and was not eaten by cannibals. That does not diminish his service to our country, however. Much respect and honor to all our combat veterans.

[@barrym4525]

So you think lying to the people who pay you is good service to our country? The man lies about everything and I mean everything

[@PeterShaw-ne1yq]

It is just a fact that JB spun into a risible yarn to promote a political promotion for himself

[@maddhatter3564]

@@PeterShaw-ne1yq why not? he uses his sons death as a political tool.

[@NBZW]

There are some rotten s.o.b’s in politics and Biden /Obama take the prize.

[@stevej4922]

That's not the issue. JB lying about it is.

[@user-xo9up2ly3q]

Thanks for putting this out. For honoring the men and setting the record straight.

[@pauljanssen7594]

Now you know why I named him potato Head 😂

[@RobMiddelhuis]

That is why the Nederlandsche Gouvernement had a detention camp in Boven-Digoel from 1926 til 1943. The guards were sharks and crocodiles in the river, endemic malaria and headhunters in the jungle. Better guards you can not get.

[@MrCouvade]

Some truth is refreshing. Thanks for the research.

[@TJ3]

Thanks for watching!

[@oldfarthacks]

I too am pleased to see the truth presented. It is sad that Joe plays so fast and loose with it and that so many people refuse to believe that he lies.

[@ramoneortiz]

The men and women of this great generation that served during WWII deserve our utmost respect and admiration. Thank you for all your videos.

[@TJ3]

Thanks for watching!

[@667crash]

This was probably the same uncle that was eaten by canibals.

[@pauljanssen7594]

Boy if he was eaten by cannibals they don't have heartburn wouldn't they.

[@nathanielroberts7077]

RIP captain Cornpop.

[@JoshJones-37334]

He’s not dead, he’s at your mom’s.

[@writer125]

So good 😊 ole 🌽 pop went from a bad man 👨 to a Captain 🧑‍✈️. That’s quite a jump, don’t you think 🤔? Unreal, very unreal.

[@SamanthaGunn500]

@@writer125 This reel said he was a Lt.

[@writer125]

@@SamanthaGunn500 So regardless of his rank, he still went from being a bad man 👨 to someone serving his country. That’s still quite a jump, don’t you think 🤔?

[@BlairAir]

My father, Maj. Frederick O. Blair flew 25 missions on "Old Baldy" as bombardier out of Port Moresby, New Guinea in late 1943. As incredibly tough as B-17s were, men who flew them were aware of how little it took to have engine issues or other problem on these, even during their height of service when they were kept reasonably fit for service. My dad ended up with dozens of full sized crew pictures out of Port Moresby. Had them bound into a book he tried selling at the Army Air Corps reunions in the 1980's and early 90's, with a bit of success. My dad had flak wounds and some metal in his right hand and arm until his passing in 1996. Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, 6 children. School teacher on Long Island for 22 years. Hero in every sense, to me, and to many of whom his life touched. Not overly religious in any demonstrable way, but deeply Christian in his charity to all he met, always giving what he had away, up to and including the day he died. When I think back to the spoiled, coddled children and young adults we were. The "crazy stuff" we got up to as teenagers? It would never hold a candle to flying in a B-17, right through anti-aircraft fire to try and get a bombing mission done. Learning how to skip bomb from low LOW altitudes. Love, sorrow, joy, deep respect - I lost my dad in 1996, 6 weeks before my son was born. I became a dad, as I lost mine. I remember palpable fear at the fact that the reigns were being handed over. To us. My generation isn't worth crap compared to the camaraderie, bravery faith and love these men gave their country. It's not about how many flags you can paint on your truck. Honor, glory, love and pride; I have it all for you dad in abundance, forever.

[@muddogtracker7449]

God Bless your Father... and his service. The reason it's called, the greatest generation........

[@johnhyde7297]

Those look like A-20's...... B-17's were rare in the Pacific.....

[@Luftwaffe1935]

I just wanted to thank u for ur story. Your dad sounds like a great man and would of loved speaking with him. I'm a collector of war memorabilia. But the best part of doing that is hearing stories about the Great men who served our country. I thank your Father for his service to this Country and wish I could of met him to hear some of his stories.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

AMEN! My Son is a British soldier. Salute to your pops. Too many fools about today think that flying a flag or sticking bumper stickers on their lifted trucks is patriotism, but those same fools baulk at the very idea of armed resistance to a worse tyranny than we faced in WW2... No guts but plenty of mouth.. Men like your father valued action over meaningless talk and I respect that to the nth degree.

[@leondillon8723]

F.L.A.K. is a German WW II acronym. Feld Laden Anti-Luft Kraft kanon. Light guns mounted on small trucks. Usually 40mm. The most famous ACK was the 88mm, AKA 8,8cm.

[@anthonymartinello2342]

Thank you for doing the research.

[@jamesconner3437]

This is exactly how claims should be investigated. Lay out the available documents and survivor accounts. Thanks for a great video !

[@mattfulmer4243]

Was the Cannibal's name "Popcorn"..??

[@rotorheadv8]

Yes. And he was a bad dude

[@subaruwrx3381]

Corn pops brother

[@user-yc1ti1yc4x]

Cornpop. The imaginary friend of this president is referred to as Cornpop. That is his street name he was not in the military.

[@colinwithonel.9831]

And growing up he was Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Southern Baptist and raised in a black Puerto Rican Irish neighborhood. No no no no true story I'm telling you! 😅

[@lawtonlancaster5753]

Freaking hilarious 😂😂😂😂.

[@dirtyd2749]

I have thoughts about Biden, but as TJ said, it's important that the stories of these men are remembered and told correctly in honor of their sacrifices.

[@user-lh6uy4xx4n]

Wish Joey had not dishonored his uncle with such a tale.

[@alexbowman7582]

You have to think the local natives would know rescuing and returning a downed American aviator would reap them a large reward.

[@billshollenberger6720]

I think "Dung" beetles ate Joe's brain when they found it in his diaper!

[@rancelynch6514]

That is the most truthful statement I’ve heard about Joe Biden! ‘ !

[@DDYTFJB-wy9fb]

You can't talk about our president like that...but it sure is funny and true! BAAAAWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! What a jerk off! Hey that's a a good campaign slogan. Vote for Joe, a real jerk off for president! ScrewTube will probably censor me again for violating their pussyfied "Community (or is it communist) Guidelines!

[@ald1144]

Good on you for taking this on, knowing the mud's going to fly.

[@jamesburns2232]

Old Slow Joe Biden is such an accomplished liar that he actually believes that he has a special talent for duping the public. 🥸

[@mrterrential]

This doesn't explain why the favourite meal for New Guinea cannibals is called Finnegan stew.

[@davidlee8551]

Thank you for your work!

[@jimc6687]

I was very saddened to learn about the loss of Bud Anderson, TJ.........even at the very ripe old age of 102 this man was a hero great until the end. He had the most interesting long term military career and personal life (including marrying his fellow pilot and best friend's widowed wife for 70 years!) and I hope you can do another special on this phenomenal aviator and person! Jim C.

[@TJ3]

Thanks Jim!

[@stevenreyngold7121]

Yes, and cannibals ate him and his plane. Corn Pop said it was true so I believe it.

[@user-yn6tl4zw6z]

Thank You for this information. It has cleared up some very muddy water.

[@naomijohnson1080]

Thank you for this story❤

[@user-rk4zm3nb5f]

My grandfather was a cannibal. He verified Brandon's uncle was eaten and the entire tribe got sick.

[@joycewylie]

Did they have "Brandonitis"

[@bordereau1]

😂😂

[@davidbrooks1724]

Surprised Joe hasn’t told you about him being an ace in world war 2 while driving a truck back in the United States .

[@louisbecker5941]

No! He was an engineer in a locomotive that drove across the Pacific ocean on a railroad bridge.🤪

[@stevedallas4942]

He didn't do either. He was too busy leading Minute Men across the Delaware from Scranton to save a blonde woman from a giant ape on the Empire State building.

[@hobbit321a]

You miss quoted he flew as a ace and when shot down he drove a truck all the way back to America holding of the enemy single handed with a broom made by the canabiles that ate his uncle as he couldn't shoot a gun as he doesn't belive in them while he was in the service he made general and took all the guns from the troops and gave them brooms and they made a clean sweep of things

[@stevedallas4942]

@@hobbit321a I thought he held them off with Snickers bar while eating ice cream, then single handedly sniffed them to death???

[@hobbit321a]

@stevedallas4942 I belive that you are correct and I got the email version off the laptop

[@jameskennedy751]

New subscriber, Thank you for your good report.

[@jdavis1770]

After his uncle died in World War II,,, He also died in Korea,,, Vietnam,,,, And a few other black ops we can talk about,,,,

[@derweibhai]

Wonder how Finnigan and his crew would feel about things today.

[@aleinstein3223]

They would be embarrassed by all the Republican traitors sucking up to the Russians and putting a facist in the Whitehouse.

[@user-bh2ud1mw3f]

Total disgust.

[@chrizzle6140]

💯 percent. considering they gave there lives fighting communism in ww2 and now we have communists running our government trying to normalize it and . Selling out there office for profit. Its totally disgraceful whether you like trump or not.

[@festungkurland9804]

@@user-bh2ud1mw3f lmao

[@cbbees1468]

​@@aleinstein3223At least you finally admitted Joe Biden is a fascist.

[@InspectorJeremy]

A politician lied. Shocker.

[@chrishayden7016]

How old was Biden when this happened? I recall my own Mother telling me my uncle, her brother, was gassed during the War. I had no reason to doubt this. What I'm getting at is if he was only six or seven, the adults could have told him that so he'd appear as a hero; his body was never recovered.

[@oglehom6208]

FJB can't seem to keep from stretching the truth, must be ice cream brain freeze.

[@peterweihermuller1515]

More of a shocker would be Biden actually telling the truth. But I'm sure he was suffering from PTSD after that fight to the death with cornpop. Or it could be the worst case of shaken baby disorder from Joe's millions of miles Joey was driving his 18 wheeler. Roll on Joe, roll on!!! Lying sac'o chit!!!

[@davidcouture7403]

​@@oglehom6208no the canibuls removed his brain

[@maddhatter3564]

@@chrishayden7016 but biden isnt 6 or 7 years old.

[@BeckVMH]

Interesting content. Thank you for your thorough research.

[@hughoneal1313]

Great presentation.

[@jamesrowland9982]

Cornpop was head of the cannibals.

[@shawnsmith780]

Oh man! I wish I'd have said that. Lmao!!!

[@jonmartin6451]

Better known in Papuan neighborhoods as Rib-Pop🤔

[@hisafe]

When history is told to you by your family and you want to believe it compared to what really happened makes all the difference in the world. I appreciate how you deliver this. I went through this myself and I appreciate your hard work. Thank you.

[@TJ3]

Yes absolutely. I would bet very strongly that Biden is repeating what he has been told by family members. So it is not necessarily that he is being dishonest, but rather - few of his family members even know what actually happened and so his sources were probably wrong from the start.

[@dbcooper4375]

Yeah, after all Hur did say he was just a sympathetic old man with a failing memory :p

[@JoshJones-37334]

Ask all the Lost Cause Confederates.

[@user-lv2ud3zp5i]

I hole hardly agree with you. Have a great Memorial weekend and be safe! U.S. ARMY VET 🇺🇲

[@ludgatecircus15]

Not if you are president. ANY lack of veracity, including sex in the Oval Office, building a wall, not raising taxes. At 61 years old, I have seen a lot of lies, but his senility perhaps is 'twisting' the truth in his mind. That is truly dangerous. The result is a cabinet the greatly impact the country, as well as lying press staff.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@rhrh2025]

I think Godzilla ran into him, while he was on his way to Tokyo. He zapped the plane with atomic breath, knocked his uncle out of the cockpit, and he fell to earth only to be eaten by cannibles.

[@craighansen7594]

Telling these stories after serious research does a great service to these men. It doesn't seem fair that being killed during a mission deemed non combat was downgraded by the military.

[@TJ3]

Yes agreed. Unfortunately that's how they have to do it - otherwise people in car accidents, etc, far from the front lines would be listed as combat injuries.

[@josephthomas9177]

The lesson is don’t make up stories.

[@Wilett614]

Correct ! These men were SERVING "OUR" Country during WARTIME . There Remembrance AND Sacrifices Should NEVER be FORGOTTEN . Their role WAS indeed a WARTIME MISSION ,regardless if it was in direct Combat or Otherwise .

[@donaldpruett852]

Famous musician Glenn Miller's plane went down somewhere in the English Channel during WWII. As famous of a great trombone player he was, he was still a music man and not a high ranking officer involved in trying to win that war. The military did not have the luxury of spending hundreds of man hours trying to find his remains. He was simply mourned by his loving public who had to except the fact he was lost.

[@roberthultz9023]

@@donaldpruett852 a B24 en route to Germany had engine trouble and dumped it's bombs before RTB. The bombardier looked down his sight and was horrified to see a twin engine transport aircraft fly right into the geysers thrown up by explosions. He reported this at debriefing. It's never really been a mystery.

[@raybame5816]

I realize the supply and maintenance issues during wartime. A plane makes a belly landing, crashes into a parked airplane and pretty well destroys the cockpit, gets repaired all in a few weeks then having it fly 350 miles over water to deliver communications...what could possibly go wrong with this picture? Sadly, we'll never know but these type of hero's are who we should remember this weekend (Memorial Day). Thanks for this.

[@blackdog542]

Amen 🫡

[@winklton]

Brandon doesn’t remember anything 😂

[@tjsgoogleaccount8146]

Great History lesson

[@scottlancaster3608]

thank you for sharing the facts😁

[@OgdenTunkRR]

Very nice job of telling the complete story and doing this man’s service honor, especially with this upcoming weekend

[@TJ3]

Thank you!

[@-.Steven]

Was there a mysterious bag, full of white powder found near the bones of unkle ambrose? 🙄

[@Reelphresh]

Aoc was in the room next to him when it all happened, she was scared for her life.

[@user-de6zg2uc8z]

Lol

[@davidalvidrez9452]

Imagining Uncle Bozy on that plane reminds me of that Indiana Movie where Ford goes to save his father and they escape from the blimp where he shoots the tail off their escape plane.

[@RicktheCrofter]

Bush’s crewmen were not eaten by the Japanese. Bush successfully bailed out and was later rescued by a submarine. One of his crewmen also bailed out, but his chute didn’t open and he fell into the ocean. The third crewman went in with the plane, possibly already dead. However, other American airmen, shot down over that island and taken prisoner, were murdered and their livers eaten by some Japanese officers. See the book ‘Flyboys’ by James Bradley.

[@enscroggs]

The TBM was notoriously dangerous for the crew in a bailout situation. The pilot had the best chance of the three crew members. The rear turret had a fairly wide escape hatch on the left side (the gunner's right) that could be released by the gunner. Unfortunately, the gunner needed to correctly execute his escape or risk getting hit by the tail empennage, which may have been the fate of the man who fell. Furthermore, the turret escape hatch was designed to work properly when the turret was pointed directly aft. If the turret was pointed to the side, the hatch could become jammed between the turret and the fuselage. The radio operator/bombardier used the small crew entry door on the lower right of the aircraft to bail out. He was in little danger of hitting the tail but needed to be careful to avoid snagging his gear on the doorframe. As a rule, Navy aircrew preferred ditching to bailing out. Grumman, an aviation company perhaps more closely associated with the USN than any other, incorporated flotation equipment into their designs which gave those Navy airmen a better chance of survival at sea than most others. If at all possible, TBM pilots were strongly encouraged to ditch. With full flaps, the Avenger could remain under control at just a smidge over 65 mph, which is about as good as it gets as far as water landings are concerned. (Ask Sully.)

[@MrRobster1234]

I grabbed "Flyboys" out of a small, cottage are library thinking it might be a good yarn like Baa Baa Black Sheep. Kind of a downer to see that Japanese officers had a cult of cannibalism to gain strength from their US enemies. They were hanged after the war.

[@johngaither9263]

They were referring to the crews of other planes shot down during the mission. There was a relatively high number of planes lost on that raid.

[@JoshJones-37334]

@@johngaither9263it’s sad that you had to elaborate about that. You’re absolutely correct.

[@jamescherney5874]

Not one story Biden has told has ever been true.

[@kaynebartholomew2994]

With the political climate in the country being what it is, you handled this with great tact and decorum. Well done, and keep up the good work. These 10-20 minute videos are great!

[@vickmedina1]

WOW! History was made on my birthday

[@howardj602]

Does it matter?? That's what he was told. I know a kid who was told that his father died, in WWII. It turned out that he found a woman in the Philippines, and never came back to his family. The whole neighborhood knew, but the kid didn't find out until adulthood.

[@mattharmon3838]

His uncle was a mailman.

[@dannyherron8652]

Never thought of it that way(?).

[@bugeyev8]

prob a traitor too...prob sold info to Germany

[@bordereau1]

Yup, a courier. And Beau was a lawyer.

[@scottjohnson8146]

I'm sure his uncle would be ashamed of his coward nephew. Knowing his nephew is a traitor and a hypocrite.

[@JosephWett-vw7zp]

The cannibals were in New Guinea but it was under American control at that period in time. The natives liked the Americans because they were good to them and gave them lots of neat stuff. My father was on New Guinea during that time and had lots of interaction with the natives.

[@bigboy9693]

Cornpop was the rear gunner and Garland was the navigator, they got lost because he had no moral compass.

[@dr.frankenphoon6254]

Excellent! Thanks for your research into the facts. Uncle Bozie's nephew seems to get the facts wrong on a regular basis!!

[@johnorourke297]

Confabulation -- Korsakoff's Syndrome. He hit the sauce too much with the Pelosi's.

[@GEAE_Denny_L]

He also said ‘I didn’t shower with my daughter, not a joke.’

[@hellstorm7737]

Thank you so much for covering the story, and shutting light on the darkness surrounding it. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families 🙏 May God bless and keep them and we are forever grateful for their service and sacrifice. I respect your request to keep this appropriate so I will only say, on behalf of the president and future presidents of these United States and the people who make up this country, we need a age cap. 66 is a senior. No one older than 66 should be president...

[@timeno1763]

In the version I heard, Cornpop ate him.

[@grantmeyer6097]

At this point I wonder if Biden can even tell the truth

[@HornetCinematics]

Doubt it, his senility has taken him over.

[@TJ3]

I do think that he likely is telling what he *believes* to be the truth. Although it is entirely off from the actual details and gets many other obvious details wrong. In this clip I even cut off another part where he says it happened after D-Day. But that was also false. Haha

[@martinnormand7458]

I don’t think he has ever told the truth!!! EVER!!!

[@USAMontanan]

Republicans wrote the book on lying with tubby as their liar in chief

[@rodgerrodger1839]

We need an honorable man like your master Stinky. What is he up to now? 30,000 lies? He is a convicted rapist,fraud, and soon to be felon.That makes him a perfect Reichwing Republican don't you think? He's now using more Nazi terminology and verbiage. What a great man you worship.

[@jovanlopez1660]

Bro..This is Top Top HISTORIC FACTS... YOU ARE THE BEST HISTORIAN, AND STORY TELLER..

[@TJ3]

Thanks :)

[@jet4906]

He even got the type of plane wrong. Twin engine, not single.

[@johnjorgensen3882]

The only thing that when someone claim is false takes away from the one's who did give their lives to protect our country are the true heroes in my book. His uncle should be remembered for his service just like everyone who served.

[@charlesanderson9277]

LEAVE IT TO JOE TO LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING, EVEN BEAU !

[@dixiefallas7799]

Pinocchio Master of the free world 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@alpiccino21]

PILOT: Finnegan, did you forget to fill up the tank? FINNEGAN: Sorry Captain, I thought you meant we had to eat and have a belly full.

[@daapdary]

Very impressive , thorough research! 👍 At 10:12, the Japanese ate POWs as a _delicacy,_ not because they were starving. In other words, cannibalism was not a "last resort" for the Japanese, it was more like a habit.

[@carlbodene8150]

Barry"s Baby indeed! You can"t make this crap up!!!!🤔BTW Fantastic video! Your content, illustrations, animations and narration is really done well. Thank you!

[@BobHutton]

I grew up in the highlands of New Guinea in the late 1950's and early 1960's. When my family went there, outsiders had first arrived only a few years earlier. I would have been the first white kid a lot of the locals would have ever seen. From what I can make out, stories of cannibalism by the native New Guineans are wildly exaggerated. There are two peoples that are known to have regularly indulged in cannibalism. On is the Fore who ritualistically ate the brains of their dead relatives and the other is the Korowai who are known for eating enemies defeated in battle. However the latter one may be a myth used to promote tourism. Certainly there was no cannibalism where I grew up. There was no need for it. The place was really fertile, with lots of rain. There was never a shortage of food. The idea that the indigenous peoples of New Guinea were constantly ready to pounce on and consume any dead body they came across has no credibility at all.

[@richh5824]

Cannibals ,zombies, with ghost guns and high capacity cop killer bullets at gun shows jumping through loop holes. Oh my!

[@nomadicgrandpaws2259]

I wasn’t aware that the people of New Guinea were cannibals.

[@trickydicky2908]

The Allies gave Biden his aviator glasses for shooting the Red Baron down.

[@user-xn9mu5qi8j]

Not snoopy.

[@Hawkeye2001]

I had an Uncle survive the attack on the USS Marblehead. He always told exaggerated stories, and none of us believed everything, but it still was a horrible attack and only by great skill, was the Captain able to bring his ship home.

[@randycook4742]

Another awesome video. Greatly appreciate you taking the time to research the facts. Too bad the mainstream media doesn't care about the truth.

[@iaminfidel1155]

Those Cannibals that time would rather save an American soldier.

[@dwj6503]

I just can't believe anything Biden says. Not now not ever!

[@mrriesen9004]

And that's why the US declared war on Papua New Guinea in 1946 and old Joe went there and won that war. The story was retold in the classic movie Tropic Thunder.

[@bordereau1]

I think Corn Pop hired the cannibals to devour his uncle. 😂

[@abitofapickle6255]

Video suggestion: The Medal of Honor F-105 Thunderchief mission featuring Leo Thorsness.

[@user-bo7yq3fv1w]

Maybe he's thinking about a movie he saw

[@bobisgollis5168]

No mention of the cannibals getting food poisoning?

[@caopastor8760]

History should be remembered as it was. It's the best way to honour those who lived it and to learn from them. I appreciate your work for quite some time, and I thank you for it.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

*That was Corn Pop's brother..."Corn Cob."*

[@russell3380]

I think it was his other brother..."Corn Pone"

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

@@russell3380 *Joe Dirt looked down at the puke he had to mop up and said, "Looky there Corn off the Cob."*

[@chele-chele]

@@russell3380 Correct and realizing the tasty treat in their midst, the savages of Papua pounced upon the hapless irishman and ate every morsel. In a stroke of luck for the natives, he had also packed his attache with 5 pounds of fresh butter, can't eat them corn pones without a good slathering of butter =)

[@VagoniusThicket]

@@russell3380and CornBred and CornHole !

[@electricman523]

Of course it's true! Just like Cho Bie Dung was an 18-wheeler driver!

[@halfmil6467]

"He had a supply of barbecue sauce in his plane. It may have had something to do with his disappearance"- POTATUS

[@UAuaUAuaUA]

This is great research and a story that needs to be told by people who understand how the USAAF operated. Having myself four relatives serving in WWI and WWII, it's no surprise that what is told as a story inside the family, and what is on military records is different. The story as told to relatives in 1944 was often very limited because of secrecy. One part was Finnegan being a courier who carried top secret documents. Having been in the Air Force myself for decades, I still don't tell many facts I know to nobody.