Thread: Battlefield WWII - Europe / Asia - Axis, Allies, Normandy, Stalingrad, Leyte Gulf

Operation Market Garden 17--25 September 1944 colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=aa7ftYVLqC8

Operation Market Garden 1944 - German footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=OetDiMPYdhc

Operation Market Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=WhQlHDUbuLI

Battlefield S5/E5 -The Battle of Arhem , Operation Market Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2obwt4n1G0

The Greatest Generations Foundation

Veteran Of The Week: Mr. Chester Nez

Mr. Chester Nez (January 23, 1921 – June 4, 2014) was an American veteran of World War II. He was the last original Navajo code talker who served in the United States Marine Corps during the war.

Mr. Nez was born in Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico, to the Navajo Dibéłizhiní (Black Sheep Clan) of the Tsénahabiłnii (Sleeping Rock People). He was raised during a time ...when there were difficult relations between the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation. Nez recalled children often being taken from reservations, sent to boarding schools, and told to not speak the Navajo language. It was from one of the schools, in Tuba City, Arizona, that Nez was recruited into the Marine Corps.

Mr. Nez kept his decision to enlist from his family and lied about his age to meet enlistment requirements. He was assigned to the 382nd Infantry Regiment at Camp Pendleton, where he and 28 other Navajo were tasked with creating a code for communications during WWII. The Navajo language was chosen because its syntax and tonal qualities were nearly impossible for a non-Navajo to learn, and it had no written form. Nez stated the developers used everyday words, in order to easily memorize and retain them. In 1942, he was among the code talkers to be shipped out to Guadalcanal, where they worked in teams of two—one to send and receive, the other to operate the radio and listen for errors. Nez also fought in Bougainville, Guam, Angaur and Peleliu. He was honorably discharged as a Private First Class in 1945 and returned to serve stateside in the Korean War from which he was discharged as a corporal.

From 1946 to 1952, Mr. Nez attended the University of Kansas (KU) to study commercial arts. Following his military service, he worked as a painter for 25 years at a V.A. hospital in Albuquerque. In 2011, he wrote the memoir Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII with Judith Avila. In November 2012, he received a bachelor of fine arts degree from KU.

On behalf of a grateful nation, we salute you Mr. Chester Nez for your dedication and service to your country.

Friends, if you want to help ensure a lasting contribution to preserving the legacies of those who have served and protected our nation in uniform, please consider donating to The Greatest Generations Foundation TODAY!

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Remember Those Who Served
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BBC: Sacrifice at Pearl Harbor - Best Definition - Full Length

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p1TOA99S88

Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Pearl Harbor Survivor Larry Perry makes his first return to the USS Arizona for the first time in 73 years. In a moment of reflection with rose petals in hand a...nd the recent loss of his wife weighing heavy in his heart, Larry was overcome with vivid memories of December 7 as though it was yesterday. With a salute and a prayer, the petals were swept away by the wind, leaving all in witness sobbing as a united unit. A powerful tribute we will never forget. ‪#‎chive‬ ‪#‎chiveon‬ ‪#‎chivenation‬ #chivenation ‪#‎pearlharbor‬ ‪#‎tggf‬ ‪#‎wwii‬
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PEARL HARBOR FACT - FULL DOCUMENTARY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-XxTicNS0M