WW2 Marine Recalls Okinawa | Memoirs Of WWII

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2024.04.22

World War II Veteran Charles Kelley had always wanted to join the Marines. But there was no way he could know the horrors he ...

@leonmeekel5486 より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@leonmeekel5486

2024-05-21

2:17 you know, these stories are always so incredible that its hard to relate sometimes. People today can only kinda do it when they have a modern day equivalent like those marines essentially saying: "we are doing our part but we don't know how you guys ever did it when you didn't have flak jackets". But this little moment is something that i, probably along with most people here, can relate to. Just your mom wanting to say goodbye to you right before you are being send to fight far away for a long time. I can't imagine what it must have been like for those mothers and fathers who's children never returned.
@thevet2009 より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@thevet2009

2024-05-21

Salute
@tundralou より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@tundralou

2024-05-21

98 years old and remembers his comrades names so clear—so glad his memories are recorded
@Ddayboy1944 より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@Ddayboy1944

2024-05-21

Having spent only a few days on oki as a marine, I would never have wanted to attack that island. It’s a nightmare of heat and jungle… they did it with maggots and mud. What a mess.
@user-pf6ib3ue5s より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@user-pf6ib3ue5s

2024-05-21

Bless you thank God for your toxic masculinity lol
@Muddybagclean より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@Muddybagclean

2024-05-21

Jesus Loves You All
@votered3539 より:

2024年5月21日 04:00

@votered3539

2024-05-21

54 20 rnd mags. 1080 rounds
@lonnyjaw より:

2024年5月10日 17:20

@lonnyjaw

2024-05-10

Thank GOD for these REAL MEN that fought for OUR liberty and freedom! GOD Bless you Charles Kelley.
@Poetry4Peace より:

2024年5月10日 17:20

@Poetry4Peace

2024-05-10

Wowsers amazing that it didnt jam great story.. chine gunna
@scottlehman9738 より:

2024年5月10日 17:20

@scottlehman9738

2024-05-10

SEMPER FI brother. Thank you for your service.
@rusty_shackleford より:

2024年5月10日 17:20

@rusty_shackleford

2024-05-10

I wish I was half as hard as as this man..
We live so great right now due to people like you, sir
@Rowehouse1819 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@Rowehouse1819

2024-05-10

Yeah that breed that he is talking abkut doesn't exist anymore
Thanks to the greatest generation
@matthewmarshall8685 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@matthewmarshall8685

2024-05-10

Can’t go in a bar but you can fight a war
@adambram より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@adambram

2024-05-10

I still can’t believe Donald Trump called these heroes losers and suckers. Unbelievable that a President would say such a thing.
@scottiegreen1450 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@scottiegreen1450

2024-05-10

My Grandfather fought the Japanese . 1938-1945
@malasagagaming9614 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@malasagagaming9614

2024-05-10

Is there a data that counting the WW2 Vets living? Cause Imagine if your grand father is the last living WW2 Vet that would be awesome and sad at the same time.
@williamcarroll8601 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@williamcarroll8601

2024-05-10

Very brave man and thank you for your service.
@JEM133 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@JEM133

2024-05-10

My dad was there with you,1st Marines!
God bless you all!
@jeremymackevincaylor5041 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@jeremymackevincaylor5041

2024-05-10

Put him in the Whitehouse and at least we will know that he is a good man.
@mikeschillinger4427 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@mikeschillinger4427

2024-05-10

❤ what else is there to say? A very moving story to listen to.Thank-you for recording it and to the Marine who so generously shared it.
God bless our Veterans.
@owendremel7832 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@owendremel7832

2024-05-10

Where do you find ww2 vets? I’m desperately trying to find them and talk to them before they’re gone! Can you point me in the direction of where to go?
@Simbadalion より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@Simbadalion

2024-05-10

Thank you for your service
@lovetolift82 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@lovetolift82

2024-05-10

I think I can speak for us all... im going to miss these guys when they are all gone.
@mycigaradventures8322 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@mycigaradventures8322

2024-05-10

“I’ll be here 100 years if that’s what it takes”
Soldiers mindset like that is what made us win the war
@kirkmanning6232 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@kirkmanning6232

2024-05-10

Great presentation!
The film clips were well done and placed.
@brianhornsby4627 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@brianhornsby4627

2024-05-10

This is the generation of folks that were around me when I was growing up. The conversations and lessons I learned from these old timers should have been cast in iron and taught in schools in perpetuity. Great men they were and forever will be. Courage and humility are almost non existent today. Hard times forge strong men. You know the rest. God be with us all. Bless you and no amount of gratitude could be afforded to your generation that would suffice. Thank you, sir.
@aj-tp2yh より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@aj-tp2yh

2024-05-10

ARNF
@debrakleid5752 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@debrakleid5752

2024-05-10

I really like this channel and appreciate all you do keeping their memories alive because in the next few years there won’t be any WW2 vets alive.
@garymckee63 より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@garymckee63

2024-05-10

This individual still has a great memory and is very articulate.
SEMPER FIDELIS
@Ryan____Z より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@Ryan____Z

2024-05-10

Not old enough to drink legally , but old enough to go into war. Crazy
@SunilSingh-xw2hg より:

2024年5月10日 16:56

@SunilSingh-xw2hg

2024-05-10

The greatest generation
@Texicankush より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@Texicankush

2024-05-10

“Jimmy mallison now there was an artist” loved how he says artist bcuz he knew him and what he was passionate about not just some soldier named Jimmy but an artist named Jimmy who had to be a soldier
@_.-266 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@_.-266

2024-05-10

Well at the end of the story he bullshitted a little. He said he couldn't go into a bar because he was twenty. When in reality the law changed in nineteen eighty. So he could have went into a bar at eighteen.
@richardharrison859 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@richardharrison859

2024-05-10

98 years old and he could pass for 78.
@Mattman2500 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@Mattman2500

2024-05-10

I served in the Marines Corps from 2004-2011. Did some time in Iraq early on in GWOT. I'm glad to have worn the same uniform. Has men like this. Marines are a different breed for sure.
@TRockett55IRISH より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@TRockett55IRISH

2024-05-10

Memoirs of WW2 thank you for another amazing episode Mr. Kelley was one of your best interviews yet and that is saying something keep up the phenomenal work in seeking out the Men and women of the GREATEST GENERATION to get these stories told for all to see just thank you for all this.
@Naserati-oc9fo より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@Naserati-oc9fo

2024-05-10

5:22 when he said they were all over the place you heard the coldness in his voice
@shoktroop より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@shoktroop

2024-05-10

These are our national treasures. The Greatest Generation and my family was a part of that! Semper Fi
@asherweck より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@asherweck

2024-05-10

Can’t imagine having conversations with friends again a common enemy and then surviving the war and knowing/ seeing they perished in the battle. Must hurt like hell
@longtyler182 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@longtyler182

2024-05-10

My favorite channel on YouTube. Thank you for finding these vets and recording their stories so they may live on forever now
@asherweck より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@asherweck

2024-05-10

What a living legend. I wish I had half the bravery these guys had..
@AndrewGrey22 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@AndrewGrey22

2024-05-10

Nice job on this one about this great man.
@trumanbentley9491 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@trumanbentley9491

2024-05-10

The Japanese army should have set up cat food and dog food factories in the war zone to earth friendly process the allies into canned pet food.
@codytotten9545 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@codytotten9545

2024-05-10

Freedom isn’t free, the blood that has been shed defending this country and how things are turning, We Need a miracle from God
@djonpow より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@djonpow

2024-05-10

Semper Fi CB.
@Russellsagecline より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@Russellsagecline

2024-05-10

Those islands weren't worth all that American blood, but those Marines shed it. Not for the islands...for each other.
@bobbywalker1125 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@bobbywalker1125

2024-05-10

Damn shame wars like this were fought.
@pigpaul より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@pigpaul

2024-05-10

❤
@waldirleandro4997 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@waldirleandro4997

2024-05-10

Parabéns pelo relato herói
@johnnymoa4231 より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@johnnymoa4231

2024-05-10

First thing I’m gonna do when I go to heaven is ask God to let me see how every ww2 veteran returns home to their families.
@jeremyronald より:

2024年5月10日 16:32

@jeremyronald

2024-05-10

If you ever read this Mr. Kelley, hello from a fellow Michigander and thank you so much for your service ❤
@nick3d155 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@nick3d155

2024-04-23

I was so excited to see there was a new video today
@williamcampbell6794 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@williamcampbell6794

2024-04-23

The work you guys do is incredible, thank you so much for documenting these stories, it’s incredibly important, thank you.
@aaa7189 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@aaa7189

2024-04-23

You wonder if they even teach what our forefathers went through anymore ?
@macmccollum6064 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@macmccollum6064

2024-04-23

Great video. Great hero.
@dave3156 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@dave3156

2024-04-23

Very moving account--so glad you got his story! Thx
@robertweingartner2055 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@robertweingartner2055

2024-04-23

Another great video, Josh! Thanks for keeping their stories alive. I dread the day our WWII vets are no longer with us.
@DaystromDataConcepts より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@DaystromDataConcepts

2024-04-23

They really were the greatest generation. I salute all of them, they're bravery and endurance in the face of appalling conditions just boggles the mind. I dread to think how many nineteen year olds today would fare in those circumstances. I fear not very well at all, assuming they even volunteered.

Okinawa has to be one of the most brutal and appauling battles of attrition in history. May I recommend to those interested the superb book entitled "with the old Breed" a memoir by Eugene Sledge. In it, he graphically describes the most horrific scenes imaginable. Those descriptions of his time on Okinawa and Pelilu will never leave me.
@marcusdelk7708 より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@marcusdelk7708

2024-04-23

Thank God for this generation. I commission in the Army in 2030, and the men of their Era truly inspired me.
@kubikariYOU より:

2024年4月23日 12:50

@kubikariYOU

2024-04-23

Thanks!
@dmaextraordinaire8205 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@dmaextraordinaire8205

2024-04-23

This is what a real hero looks like.
@davewelsh4505 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@davewelsh4505

2024-04-23

God bless you and thank you for your service!!!
@Hevynly1 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@Hevynly1

2024-04-23

How does he look that fabulous at 98?! I don't know what I am struck by more- his story or how youthful he looks and sounds! I love that he mentioned the fallen soldiers he knew. It's nice to learn a bit about them as well.
@adriannogales7676 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@adriannogales7676

2024-04-23

Mr. Kelley is a national treasure. He and Joe Pinio and Jimmy Malleson, Goertz, Bobby Monroe and the rest of those gents are legends, Oklowitz and all the corpsmen too
@henrywinchester9372 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@henrywinchester9372

2024-04-23

Couldn’t even go in a bar when he got back from fighting in Okinawa… war is awful
@user-tl3uf2fd5k より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@user-tl3uf2fd5k

2024-04-23

Read a book called I think it was 40 days in Okinawa. It was very descriptive. I don't know how they came back without having been affected I don't think anybody came back unaffected. Just reading the book affected me. My uncle died in that battle. Killed by a sniper at the very end of the battle. Rip Omer Lemay
@876r876rf より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@876r876rf

2024-04-23

Beautifully edited video
@BoldLion より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@BoldLion

2024-04-23

It's been awhile! I know it's hard to find them and then get to them as quickly as possible!! Love Yaw
@johnkelley2615 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@johnkelley2615

2024-04-23

This is my grandpa, he’s 98 now. Thank you Memoirs of WWII for recording his story!
@jonathanmanzano3902 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@jonathanmanzano3902

2024-04-23

Thank you for these memoirs
@minuteman-RN より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@minuteman-RN

2024-04-23

Truly and different breed and definitely the greatest generation. Thank you for your service, sir! You and your fallen comrades will not be forgotten.
@EliteFuller より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@EliteFuller

2024-04-23

respect
@johnstevens9673 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@johnstevens9673

2024-04-23

Memoris of WWII have the absolute dream job. Getting paid amazing money to travel the country/world with your entire family interviewing the remaining WWII survivors. Wow, I'd do anything to have their job and make the money they do.
@skimmer8774 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@skimmer8774

2024-04-23

Mr. Kelley sir I thank you a thousand times for the freedom my family has. We do not take it for granted. Also you sure don't look 98. God bless you.
@zackbratton5485 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@zackbratton5485

2024-04-23

Thank you
@Wil_Liam1 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@Wil_Liam1

2024-04-23

The greatest generation of all time.. The greatest war machine ever... There will never be another generation that even comes close to them... Thank you sir for your service,HOOOAH !.
@drew9195 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@drew9195

2024-04-23

Everyyyy timeeee i watch these it makes me cry Jesus Christ. So many brave lives lost. Children. Some not even recognized as adults in most governments (17). And most not old enough to drink. But old enough to watch their friends, new and old blow up by mortar strikes & get left in the dirt under the hot sun for days until the day they’re able to retrieve the bodies. God bless these men.
@kennethcaine3402 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@kennethcaine3402

2024-04-23

Great video, Great Man, I can't believe he is 98 years old, he has been blessed.
My Father was on Okinawa, 1st Marine Division his mother's birthday was April 1st the day of the invasion.
@Psalms144_1_2 より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@Psalms144_1_2

2024-04-23

Amen brother, God bless all who served, God Love you.
@JLAvey より:

2024年4月23日 12:28

@JLAvey

2024-04-23

Too bad something like this channel wasn't around twenty-five years or thirty years ago. Could have recorded the testimonies of the last surviving Great War vets. If you're old enough, it gives you something to think about, knowing the last WWII vet will soon die. If Grandpa was still alive, he'd be a bit over a hundred.
@ettajfan5882 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@ettajfan5882

2024-04-23

Thank you for your continued dedication to our WWII veterans. As a proud daughter of a WWII veteran, I wish my father was still alive to recount his own story. He served in five countries in the European theatre as a 19 year old. God bless every veteran and God bless the United States of America.
@michaelfoort2592 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@michaelfoort2592

2024-04-23

An eloquent man
@johngrogan7585 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@johngrogan7585

2024-04-23

Thank you Sir
@fufu889 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@fufu889

2024-04-23

Thank you sir! You are incredible & your soldier friends too. You are the best! ❤
@PoupstainKilla より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@PoupstainKilla

2024-04-23

I'm in Flint RIGHT NOW watching this
@bobgrewe988 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@bobgrewe988

2024-04-23

The Greatest Generation INDEED.
@2DSTORMS より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@2DSTORMS

2024-04-23

Been waiting for a new episode....finally, another great one!!
@PaulJordan318 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@PaulJordan318

2024-04-23

Toughest generation. Glad to have known my grandparents.
@Sleeperdude より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@Sleeperdude

2024-04-23

Incredible
@kranjcalan より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@kranjcalan

2024-04-23

Thank for all the videos. keep up the good work.
@gilwhitmore9682 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@gilwhitmore9682

2024-04-23

I don't know how these men did it either, but I am thankful every day that they and all those that followed them did. So lucky to be able to hear these accounts from everyday heroes. God bless and keep them all.
@airgunfun4248 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@airgunfun4248

2024-04-23

My Grandad was 7th infantry Okinawa was his landing. He went from there on a hospital ship to Guam I believe. He was sick for a long time. He got down to 97 pounds. He told his family dysentery when my mom was a kid. When I was a teen he said to me the doctor told him it was nerves. He told me a lot of things that he didn't tell them
@magnumx70 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@magnumx70

2024-04-23

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
@ChairmanLebron より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@ChairmanLebron

2024-04-23

Lest we forget.
@masudaharris6435 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@masudaharris6435

2024-04-23

Only 20 years later, in 1965, Okinawa was a quiet, sleepy place where trash collectors came in horse-drawn carts. Yet, every time it rained, vestiges of the war would wash out of the soil...bullets, parts of equipment, and bits of uniforms. I was told where I lived was the site of some of the fiercest fighting in the battle. But in 1965, we lived in a palatial home, across from a huge sugar cane plantation.
@jakechristopher4953 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@jakechristopher4953

2024-04-23

His generation couldn’t fill their shoes
@peteypete24a より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@peteypete24a

2024-04-23

Great documentary, but I could do without the music
@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88

2024-04-23

Two years at war, older in heart, mind and soul than most of us ever will be, but still too young to go to the bar.
@Sauerbrew777 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@Sauerbrew777

2024-04-23

Amazing story. Thank you for recording it for posterity. Also, 54 magazines = 1080 rounds of 30-06.
@jeffreyknight3884 より:

2024年4月23日 12:04

@jeffreyknight3884

2024-04-23

It's sad, all the world war 2 veterans are dying off everyday. Damn, I'll miss the stories, including my dad who lived to be 100 years old.

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