1 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: This is a Jesse Kelly Show. It is The Jesse 2 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: Kelly Show. Final hour of The Jesse Kelly Show on 3 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: a Memorial Day, honoring the fallen with all three hours today, 4 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: no politics, no food talk, just history stories, reading the 5 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: names of the fallen. In case you're just now joining us, 6 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: I'm in the middle of a story about the Battle 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: of Tsavo Island, so that's kind of what you miss. 8 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: The Japanese or they've taken over a bunch of stuff 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: in World War Two, we're just now starting to fight back. 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: We're trying to get into Guadalcanal. We get on Guadalcanal 11 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,639 Speaker 1: and then the Navy has to take its aircraft carriers 12 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: and leave because it's worried. And that's where we're gonna 13 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: get back to in a second. Let me read a 14 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: couple more names here. Joseph W. Morrell, World War Two, 15 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: Europe Senior Airman Richard Galilei, Galilei Training Accident Staff, Sergeant 16 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: Rusty Hunter, Christian Kia, Operation Enduring Freedom. We will continue 17 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: on with those names and stories throughout the show until 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: we finish here. Now, let's go back to the Battle 19 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: of Tsavo Island. So they drop our Marines at Guadalcanal. 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: The aircraft carriers leave, and now our marines don't have 21 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: that much in the way of naval support, but there 22 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: are still ships there, cruisers and things. We still have 23 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: a navy presence, and the naval ships that are there, 24 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: they are definitely aware of their predicament. And here's their predicament. 25 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: There's a place it's called Ruball. Ruball. It was really 26 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: Japanese Pacific headquarters during World War Two. They built the 27 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: thing up into being this juggernaut. That's where the Navy 28 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: would go and refit and refuel, and the planes at 29 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: Rueball was everything to them. The reason so many Americans 30 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: don't know its name is we never invaded it. The 31 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: reason we never invaded it was we ended up taking 32 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: so many and taking so much control of the sea 33 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: that we figured it would be too hard to invade it. 34 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: Just cut it off and then I'm all starved to death, 35 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: and that's pretty much what we did anyway. But Rubaal 36 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 1: is still hot and heavy right now. They are going 37 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: And what's happening is the Japanese are close enough. Ruball 38 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: is close enough that they're already launching air attacks from 39 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: Rubaal and they're recawnings. This is part of combat that 40 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: we don't think about as much. It's very human nature 41 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: not to think about this. Where are they? How many 42 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: are there? These questions are always on people's minds, and 43 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: we don't automatically know those things. Even today with the 44 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: planes and the satellites and the pictures in the internet. 45 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: Where's the enemy? How many of them are there? What 46 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: kind of equipment do they have? In the Pacific? Now 47 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: picture the Pacific Ocean. Just there's nothing out there, and 48 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: then there's islands, and then there's nothing out there and 49 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: there's islands. You have to go find them. They're not 50 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: radioing you ahead of time, letting you know where they are. 51 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: The Japanese begin to launch all kinds of reconnaissance planes 52 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: from Rubaal. What are we dealing with with the Marines 53 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: on the island, What are we dealing with as far 54 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: as the navy? What kind of ships do they have 55 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 1: out there? And remember, just because you launch planes doesn't 56 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: mean the planes will see them either, And that's going 57 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: to come into play really here. Just because you're on 58 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: a recon mission, whether you have a ship out there 59 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: doing ricon or a plane out there doing ricon, trying 60 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: to find the enemy. Just because you're doing one doesn't 61 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: mean you're going to find them. The Pacific Ocean all 62 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: it is a huge place, and you can lose entire fleets. 63 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: You can go right, you can be within twenty miles. 64 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: I want to not see it. It's hard to find 65 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: things in the ocean. Honestly, that survivors were ever found 66 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: in World War Two in the water after they went 67 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: in the water, that they found the USS Indianapolis guys 68 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: at all is a miracle. It is. You don't find 69 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: things anyway. So the Japanese they're deciding they're launching all 70 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: these recons and they figure out, hey, we have these 71 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: Marines on Guadalcanal, let's get them off Guadalcanal. Still, they 72 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: think they can fight the Marines off, and so they 73 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: try to start reinforcing Guadalcanal. They're sending troops down there. Well, 74 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: one of these troop transports, the Japanese send, has over 75 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: three hundred Japanese troops on it, heading towards Guadalcanal, and 76 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: it runs into a US submarine. It didn't know was 77 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: there submarine. A couple torpedoes into its side. Three hundred 78 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: Japanese troops go to the bottom of the Pacific. They 79 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: never get to Guadalcanal in order to reinforce their guys 80 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: and fight the Marines off. All right, the Japanese have 81 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: had about enough of this. They believe, they believe that 82 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: they can wound the US Navy and sweep us off 83 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: the sea. Their goal is get our naval vessels that 84 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: are parked outside of Guadalcanal, get them gone. And the 85 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: Japanese were huge believers in surprise ambush, night attacks. They 86 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: were huge believers in decisive battles. They were so bold. Honestly, 87 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: if it wasn't for their inhuman brutality during World War Two, 88 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: it would be hard not to just admire a lot 89 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: of their military philosophy. They would take big, big, big chances. 90 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: And here's what they decide to do. After the American 91 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: carriers leave. Now the Navy's sitting there, we lost the 92 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: troop transport. What if we took a bunch of ships 93 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: under one of our greatest generals, and what if we 94 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: launched a surprise night attack against all the naval vessels 95 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: that are left around guatdal Canal. After all, it's the 96 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: US Navy. We're better than them. They don't see it coming. 97 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: So here's how we're going to set this up. Just 98 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: in your mind. You know, you're probably driving or cooking 99 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: or working out or doing something. So I just want 100 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 1: to do this image. If you have a piece of paper, 101 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: you can write it down. If not, it's fine. Just 102 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: do it in your head. So just draw a circle 103 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: in the piece of paper. All right, See that circle, 104 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: narrative circle on your piece of paper. That's guattal Canal. 105 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: It's very much not shaped like that I need to 106 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: point out, but anyway, for our purposes, that's where it is. 107 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: The top of the circle, go up top. The northern part. 108 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: That's the ocean. I know it's an island. It's surrounded 109 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: by ocean. Just stay with me. The northern part is 110 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: the ocean where our navy is patrolling. The Marines are 111 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: on the northern part of guatdal Canal. The US Navy 112 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: is patrolling off of the guattal Canal shores, Rubaal, this 113 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: big Japanese military base. As you're looking at the piece 114 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: of paper, it's on your left. It's out west. Okay, 115 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: it's not critical that you understand that, but it will 116 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: help kind of visualize where it's from Rubaal is west. 117 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: There's Guadalcanal. We landed on the northern part of at 118 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: the top of it, and our navy is patrolling on 119 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: the top of that. Now the navy has to figure 120 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: out they have to figure out how they're going to 121 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: secure this kind of an area so that they will 122 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: know if the Japanese Navy is coming their way, if 123 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: reinforcements are coming their way. How exactly do you go 124 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: about that? You know, you can't just put your ships 125 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: ten miles off shore and park them all there. You've 126 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: got to go out and you've got to look. You've 127 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: got to go look for the enemy. You have to 128 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: set up ships in little corridors where you think the 129 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: enemy might come. You've got to figure this thing out. 130 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: And this is honestly, this is just some all time 131 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: bad luck occurs here, a couple of different in a 132 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: couple different ways, some all time bad luck. Here. One, 133 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: we send the Australians. The Australians are part of this 134 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: whole thing that we're working with their navy. Okay, we're 135 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 1: working with the Australian Navy. We take the Australian dude 136 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 1: and we send him west, all right, and we just 137 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,719 Speaker 1: send him west and we say, hey, admiral, Australian guy, good, 138 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: I mate, you go west. I'm not insulting them. The 139 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: Australians were awesome and World War two they're great fighter's 140 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: great military history. You go to this little part out 141 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: west and you give us a heads up if any 142 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: of these jap and these Navy ships start coming our way. 143 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: That's your job is to patrol this area and watch. 144 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: All right. So we send him west, and we send 145 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: one of our guys and again just a little ship. 146 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: We send him northwest. Hey, I believe he was in 147 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: a destroyer. You go up there and watch, all right, 148 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: see you with me. We have guys watching west. We 149 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 1: have guys watching northwest. And then bad luck happens, and 150 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: bad luck is just one of those things. So this 151 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,560 Speaker 1: Japanese admiral, he's leaving Rubaal and he's got these heavy 152 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 1: cruisers and destroyers. He's got this little Navy attack ambush force. 153 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: I want to make sure I give him credit where 154 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: credit is due. He is a slick, smooth operator. He 155 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: understands that there are US attack subs in the area. 156 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: He understands that there are American reconplanes in the area. 157 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: Some not many, but there are some in the area, 158 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: and he understands the element of surprise is critical, so 159 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: he launches this little ambush at the right time. He 160 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: does get a little bit of luck courtesy of mother 161 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: nature where there was super low, thick cloud cover that day, 162 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: so his little attack force is extremely hidden, and he 163 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: understood where the patrols were, and he kind of did 164 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: some pretty slick operating to avoid these patrols. But he 165 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: is heading towards that western patrol where the Australian Admiral is. 166 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: So why didn't the AMRO intercept him? In time? We'll 167 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: talk about that next truth Attitude. Jesse Kelly. It is 168 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: the Jesse Kelly Show on a Memorial Day, telling about 169 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: the telling the story of the Battle of Tsavo Island, 170 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: honoring the phone as best we can all three hours today. 171 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: A few more names for you, Sean Patrick Grimes, Operation 172 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: Iraqi Freedom, PFC James Edward Tobin Korea, David Nelson Fox Vietnam. 173 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: Get to some more when we get back, some more 174 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 1: from other things. We're going back to the Battle of 175 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: Tsavo Island. I'm gonna try to wrap this up here 176 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: so I can tell a couple other little stories, some 177 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: Air Force cross Siitasian silver star stuff, some other cool things. 178 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: But before I do that, So the Japanese, this admiral, 179 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: he manages, he gets the advantage of low cloud cover 180 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: and he starts sailing towards the Americans and he intends 181 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: to ambush them off of Guaddalcanal. Luck is just one 182 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: of those things. Bad luck visits you when good luck 183 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: visits you. The Australian admiral who was sent to do 184 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: the patrolling in the west so he would see any 185 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: Japanese who were coming and give everyone a heads up. 186 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: On the night he gets called to a meeting, pulling 187 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: him away from that area that happens to be the 188 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: night where the Japanese ambush is coming through. We pull 189 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: the abrol in charge of that particular area away for 190 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 1: a matter of hours so he could come to a 191 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: meeting to decide what to do next, and boom, that 192 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: Japanese navy goes cruising on by when he gets pulled 193 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: off of his post. All time bad luck. Now, the 194 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: Japanese Navy has the element of surprise on their side. 195 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: They have experience on their side. Our navy is not 196 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: experienced yet. We are very green, very fresh. And the 197 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: Japanese they train to fight at night. They're famous for 198 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: this in World War Two, both on the land and 199 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: in the sea. They believe it gives them an advantage 200 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: because they love fighting at night. They trained to fight 201 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: at night. Other people, other armies don't like to fight 202 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: at night. They're always looking for any little advantage. Again, 203 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: it's a really cool thing. They did this to the 204 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: point where they had extreme testing for the eyesight of 205 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: their people in the navy and in the army, and 206 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: you had special postings if you could see better at night. 207 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: They were obsessed with scopes. Who could see things at night? 208 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: They would flare you, they would light you up. And 209 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: this is what happens to this naval group just off 210 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: the coast of Guadalcanal. Right as the Japanese are approaching, 211 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: getting ready to ambush them in the inky black night 212 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: of the Pacific Ocean, aircraft, Japanese aircraft start dropping aircraft 213 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: flareres over the top of the US Navy. So our navy, now, 214 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 1: it's not as if our guys are sitting there picking 215 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: their nose. They were. They knew they could be in danger, 216 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: but they had no idea. You would have no idea. 217 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: And because the Australian guy got pulled off his post, 218 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: no one told him it was coming of a sudden. 219 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: It's the middle of the night and boof, your ship 220 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: is lit up like a Christmas tree, and the Japanese navy, 221 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: who has trained for this, begins dumping ammunition into your sides, 222 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: and US sailors start dying. And again, I have a 223 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: lot of fun poking fun at the other services, just 224 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: because it's fun to do that. It makes me laugh, 225 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: makes everyone laugh, everyone enjoys that, everyone who was in 226 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: enjoys it. I have such an inhuman amount of respect 227 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:46,119 Speaker 1: for fighting navy sailors, guys who've been in naval combat, 228 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: because every part of it, I'll be honest with you, 229 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: terrifies me to the point I don't know that I 230 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: could do it. When I say lit up in the 231 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: middle of the night. How many sailors were asleep and 232 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: the bows of these ships when they were awakened to 233 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: artillery shells blowing them up. How many guys died in 234 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: the dark, burned, death, drown How many guys were blown 235 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: off the ships, drowned in the water. Maybe the sharks 236 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: got him. It was naval combat is so horrible. You're 237 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: in a gigantic ball of shrapnel. It's all armor and 238 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: steel and stuff that gets really hot, it blows up, 239 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: it kills you. The ship is full of fuel, the 240 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: ship is full of ammunition, and you're shooting at other 241 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 1: ships and they're shooting at you. While you're doing this. 242 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: The Southern group that gets ambushed right here takes a beating. 243 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: And you should feel really good about yourself, though, because 244 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: while we did definitely we lacked experience at this point 245 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: in the war, the Japanese navy was better. They had 246 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: better commanders, more experienced, their ships were great, and things 247 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: like that. But be very, very proud of yourself if 248 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: you're an American, because the Americans they may have lacked 249 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: the skill, but they did not lack the grid. While 250 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: we were taking a beating from these things, we were 251 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: hitting back with everything we've got. Everything we've got, we're 252 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: launching it back in the Japanese they're taking hits too. 253 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: Now they're not taking the hits we're taking. They have 254 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: all the initiative, they had, everything was on their side. 255 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: They are brutalizing us. I don't want to act like, oh, 256 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: it could have gone either way. No, no, no, we got 257 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: our butts kicked really bad. But they dive in on 258 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: the Southern group. They essentially wipe out the Southern group, 259 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: and they know there's a northern group that's a little 260 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: further north off Guadalcanal. They turn and head towards the 261 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: Northern group because they're gonna make this two fer while 262 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: they still have the advantage of the darkness in the night. 263 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: They're gonna go dive onto the northern group and see 264 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: if they can't sweep the navy off the seas. I'll 265 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: tell you what happens next next. Feeling a little stocky, 266 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: follow like and subscribe on social at Jesse Kelly DC. 267 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Memorial Days. 268 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: Finishing up the story now of the Battle of Tsavo Island, 269 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: and then I'll get to a couple more of these 270 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: citations before we leave here, and I'll leave you to 271 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: the week and I'll be back in a week. So, 272 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: Battalisavo Island, Japanese navy just ambushed a group of our 273 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: naval vessels and beat them up very very badly. And 274 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 1: then they turn north because they're going to go attack 275 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: the Northern Group and attempt to finish us off. Now 276 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna name his name because I feel horrible 277 00:17:54,760 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: for the guy, the Southern Group commander, for whatever reason, 278 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: and I don't know the reasons I dug into this. 279 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: I dug into a lot of it yesterday trying to 280 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,719 Speaker 1: come up with some sort of an explanation, and I 281 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: didn't get one. Maybe he was confused, maybe he was sick, 282 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. But he gets ambushed by this Japanese 283 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: group that beats him up badly, and he doesn't he 284 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: doesn't relay the information to the Northern Group. He doesn't 285 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,479 Speaker 1: tell anyone. He just got ambushed by this Japanese navy 286 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: group that nobody knew that were there, and he doesn't 287 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 1: tell anybody. And the reason I'm not going to say 288 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: his name is he was so torn up with guilt 289 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: after this that a couple months later he committed suicide 290 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: and he killed himself. He couldn't live with himself after 291 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: what he'd done or didn't do. You know, that's part 292 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: of combat too. Either way, they get to the Northern 293 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: Group and because no one had told them they were 294 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: coming again, the Japanese had the element of supply surprise 295 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: on their side, and they again beat our guys up. 296 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: And once again I need to clarify the bravery of 297 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: the US Navy when they were taking this beating. It 298 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 1: was amazing some of these ships. One ship in particular, 299 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: it was pretty much done for, it was on fire 300 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: and probably going to sink, and the ship still turned 301 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: into the Japanese convoy just so they could fire some 302 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 1: more shots at them as they were going down into 303 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: the water. Really just gripped an admirable amount of grit. 304 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: Now we got guns too. It was awesome, it was amazing, 305 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: but we lost it. We lost badly, badly. Men are dying, 306 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: men are burning, men are drowning in the middle of 307 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: the night in the Pacific. By the grace of God. 308 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: The Japanese they got worried about daylight coming, They got 309 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,640 Speaker 1: worried about American reinforcements. You know, you never know where 310 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: the other guy is. They didn't, They didn't have a 311 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: transponder letting them know that the rest of our name, 312 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: he was off somewhere. So this admiral decides he's not 313 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: going to press his luck and he's going to leave. Well, 314 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: remember how I was talking about luck and all time 315 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 1: bad luck. And remember how I was talking about the 316 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: different patrols that were out there, and I told you 317 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: there was this destroyer in the northwest and his job 318 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: was just to kind of patrol and make sure the 319 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: Japanese never attacked. Well, as the Japanese leave, they run 320 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 1: into this poor destroyer who's just out on patrol, has 321 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: no idea what's going on, has no idea the Japanese 322 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: are even there. He's by himself, and the Japanese ambush 323 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: patrol happens to basically trip on him on the way 324 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: back to Rubaal, their base, and of course they just 325 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: blow him right out of the water too. Now, I 326 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,239 Speaker 1: do want to put one little good bow on this 327 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: story before we honor the rest of these navy guys 328 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,679 Speaker 1: that fell and whatnot. The Japanese didn't have all the 329 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: good luck in the Battle of Tsavo Island. They did 330 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 1: happen to run into a US submarine they didn't know 331 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: was there on their way back, and this submarine sent 332 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: a Japanese naval vessel to the bottom of the Pacific 333 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: Ocean with the torpedo. So, believe me, we got some 334 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: of ours. But the Battle of Tsavo Island was horrific 335 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: in so many ways. And if you've ever seen have 336 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: you ever seen the mini series The Pacific when they 337 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: land on Guadalcanal and there's a couple scenes. I haven't 338 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: seen it in a while, but they essentially wake up 339 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: one day and the Navy's gone. Then the Marines on Guadalcanal, 340 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: they just landed there and they're looking around and hey, 341 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: where are the support vessels, where's our where's our food, 342 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: where's everything? Well, the Battle of Tsavo Island swept the 343 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: Navy off the set and around Guatdalcanal. This Battle of 344 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: Tsavo Island is the reason the Marines were left on 345 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: Guadalcanal without any support at all. And you know, again 346 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,639 Speaker 1: we talked about that last hour when we were talking 347 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: about the Civil War. Those are seventeen year olds, eighteen 348 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,640 Speaker 1: year olds. I'm forty two years old. Here I am today, 349 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: forty two years old, got a job, I love family, 350 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: I love forty two. Seventeen eighteen, they gave all that 351 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 1: up and they died in the dark waters of the 352 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: Pacific that long ago. They gave all that up. And 353 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: I just think that is I don't know, I find 354 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: it very hard to know. The best way to honor them, 355 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: To be honest with you, I think it is so 356 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: sad but awesome and admirable that these men, I mean 357 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: all of them, that they've given up so much for US. 358 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: Pfc Michael Metcalf Operation and Enduring Freedom, Zachary Golli EOD 359 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: training accident, SAVA, Sergeant Albert Hoover plane malfunction. They give 360 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: up so much. And you know, let's let's do a 361 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: couple other readings here before we check out, because there 362 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: are a couple other things I want to get to. 363 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: Someone sent this one is this one in Captain Edward 364 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: Ewan November two thousand and four and January of two 365 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: thousand and four. Ed was deployed to Iraq in the 366 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: spring and summer of two thousand and four. Task Force 367 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: two to two Infantry that Ed was part of fought 368 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: in several cities, including Bakuba, Mazl and Madiah. During the 369 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: summer of two thousand and four, ed was promoted to 370 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 1: executive Officer of Company A. For those who don't know, 371 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: that means he's the second in charge of Alpha Company 372 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: Company A. He's a big he's a big done. On 373 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: November two thousand or November fifth, two thousand and four, 374 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: Ed's infantry company moved to Camp Fallujah to take part 375 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: in the Battle of Fallujah, also called Operation Phantom Fury. 376 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: On November twelfth, Ed's task force found itself in the 377 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: middle of a complex ambush. Ed was fatally injured when 378 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: his Bradley fighting vehicle was struck by a rocket propelled grenade. 379 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 1: Ron Kamarda was with Ed at surgical Bravo anointed him 380 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: with Holy Oils. Father ron Kamarda anointed him with Holy 381 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,959 Speaker 1: Oils and sang, Oh, Holy Knight. As life as we 382 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: know it left him. Ed was awarded the Purple Heart 383 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: and Bronze Star for his actions. He was also promoted 384 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:46,479 Speaker 1: to captain after his death. These are the stories, the 385 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: stories we have to tell. Here's this guy. Air Force Cross, Vietnam. 386 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: President of the United States of America, authorized by Title ten, 387 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: Section eight seven four to two United States Code takes 388 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: pride in prison, presenting the Air Force Cross posthumously to 389 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: Captain Charles Edwin Engle, United States Air Force Reserve for 390 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: extraordinary heroism and military operations against an opposing armed force 391 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: as forward air controller and pilot of an one aircraft 392 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: of the fifty six Special Operations Wing Oudorn Royal Thai 393 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: air Base, Thailand, and action in Southeast Asia on the 394 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: twentieth of July nineteen seventy. On that date, while attempting 395 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: to pinpoint a downed pilot's location, Captain Engle's aircraft was 396 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: met with a hail of gunfire which severed the fuel line, 397 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: drenching the aircraft in the pilot. With complete disregard for 398 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: his own safety, Captain Angle continued his efforts to suppress 399 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: ground fire positions. When the pilot was located, a pickup 400 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: was attempted. During the attempt, the rescue aircraft helicopter received 401 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: heavy automatic weapons fire. Realizing that the rescue aircraft was 402 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: extreme danger of being shot down, Captain Angle, again with 403 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: complete disregard for his own safety, dove his aircraft between 404 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: the gun position and the helicopter, thereby allowing the helicopter 405 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: to safely break away. After the ground fire was suppressed, 406 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: other aircraft moved in for a successful pickup. Through his 407 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: extraordinary heroism, superb airmanship, and aggressiveness in the face of 408 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: the enemy, Captain Angle reflected the highest credit upon himself 409 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: in the United States Air Force. We have one segment left, 410 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: and then we're leaving. Okay, hang on, I've got on 411 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: aima inside on me, says Jesse Kelly. You're listening to 412 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: the Jesse Kelly Show. It is the Jesse Kelly Show. 413 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: Final segment of The Jesse Kelly Show. On a very special, 414 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: very sacred Memorial Day, as every Memorial Day is, today's 415 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: the day just to honor the fallen and the families 416 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: they leave behind. We don't do politics this day. We 417 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: don't take the day off, we don't do ads. This 418 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: is just a day to honor the follow and we 419 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: don't do another show all year like this day, and 420 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: it's just something we want to do. So we're going 421 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: to read a few things here as we finish us 422 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: up a few Silver Stars, distinguished service things, as much 423 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: as I can possibly fit in before we leave. This 424 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: one is a Patrick Bryan Olson Air Force Gulf War 425 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: for February nineteen ninety one Silver Star. The President of 426 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress 427 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 1: July ninth, nineteen eighteen, takes pride in presenting the Silver 428 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: Star posthumously to Captain Bryant. Captain Patrick Bryan Olsen, United 429 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: States Air Force for gallantry in action while engaged in 430 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force, in 431 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: action as pilot of an A ten Thunderbolt, and action 432 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: against Iraq and Kuwait theater of operations Operation Desert Storm. 433 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: On the twenty seventh of February nineteen ninety one, while 434 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: attacking the Medina Division of the Republican Guard, Lieutenant Olson's 435 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: aircraft sustained severe battle damage with the complete loss of 436 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: hydraulic pressure. He transitioned to manual reversion flight controls and 437 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: maneuvered his crippled aircraft back to friendly territory. Captain Olson 438 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: lost his life on landing while attempting to save a 439 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: valuable aircraft. By his gallantry and devotion to duty and 440 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: dedication of his service to his country, Captain Olson has 441 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions 442 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: of the United States Air Force. It's another thing we 443 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: don't talk about when it comes to pilots and aircrew. 444 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: How dangerous of a job it is. Flying's dangerous enough 445 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: flying when people were shooting at you. Mechanical failure, things 446 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: are going wrong every time these guys get in there, 447 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: those planes and go up. Whether it's in training or combat. 448 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: It might be their last time. You want to read 449 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: heartbreaking stories, read stories to speaking of the ballgunner, we've 450 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: told these stories before. Ballgunner be seventeen. The hydraulic lines 451 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: get shot out, so he can't move the ball. Therefore 452 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: he can't get out of the ball because there was 453 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: only one position where you could get out of it, 454 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: out of it and get up into the plane, and 455 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: the ship's land or the plane's landing gear won't go down, 456 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 1: so he knows when he lands he's going to get 457 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: mashed into a pancake. He knows this for hours. He's 458 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: flying home knowing he's dead. What are those moments like? 459 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: What's that like? Shly, The President of the United States 460 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 1: of America takes pride in presenting the Silver Star posthumously 461 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: to Staff Sergeant Ryan Augusto Tejada, United States Marine Corps 462 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: for conspicuous gallantry, intrepidity, and action against the enemy as 463 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: Platoon Sergeant, second Platoon, Company K, third Battalion, fifth Marines, 464 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: Regional Combat Team, five, first Marine Division, first Marine Expeditionary 465 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:17,760 Speaker 1: Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom 466 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: from the twenty first of March to the eleventh of 467 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: April two thousand and three, Staff Sergeant hee Hada aggressively 468 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: and fearlessly led his marines gosh, just saye this one. 469 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: On the third of April two thousand and three, his 470 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: company came under intense small arms fire from entrenched Republican 471 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: Guard positions outside the city of al Isaiah. With complete 472 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: disregard for his personal safety, Staff Sergeant de Hata exposed 473 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: himself to the enemy fire and charged into the enemy fortifications. 474 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: Leading his patoon's assault on enemy positions, he single handedly 475 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: cleared one position, killing two Republican Guard soldiers. He then 476 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: led a fire team to destroy a second enemy position. 477 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 1: On the eleventh of April two thousand and three, while 478 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: conducting a foot mobile combat patrol in the Ur district 479 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: of Baghdad, his patom was ambushed from multiple directions with 480 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: small arms and rocket propelled grenades. Taking charge at the 481 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: head of the formation, he inspired his marines and directed 482 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 1: them to positions to counter the enemy's attack. While bravely 483 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: leading and fighting beside his marines, he was struck by 484 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: enemy fire, immortally wounded. By his bold leadership, wise judgment, 485 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: and complete dedication to duty, Staff Sergeant Tehata reflected great 486 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the 487 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: Marine Corps and the US Naval Service. And I will 488 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: tell you this from people who know that was a 489 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: full grown man right there. That was a man. He 490 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: was an awesome Marine Center five brother. This ones from 491 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: Richard Dick Bong, Army Air Force, World War II Pacific, 492 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: eight days before Japan's surrender, for conspicuous gallantry. This is 493 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: a medal of honor and intrepidity in action above and 494 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: beyond the call of duty and the Southwest Pacific area 495 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: from the tenth of October to the fifteenth of November 496 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: nineteen forty four. Though assigned to duty as gunnery instructor 497 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: and neither required nor expected to perform combat duty, Major 498 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: Bong voluntarily and at his own urgent request, engaged in 499 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: repeated combat missions, including unusually hazardous sorties over borneo and 500 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: in the Laity area of the Philippines. His aggressiveness and 501 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: daring resulted in his shooting down eight enemy planes during 502 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: this period. There are look, I could read silver stars. 503 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: I mean, look, I'll just do another one here. One more. 504 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: Hermi Johann Friedrich Baucher, President of the United States of America, 505 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: authorized by Act of Congress July nineth nineteen eighteen, takes 506 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 1: pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain then 507 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: Staff Sergeant Hermann Baucher, US Army for extraordinary heroism in 508 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving 509 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: with one hundred and twenty six Infantry Division thirty six 510 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: Infantry Division in action against enemy forces from the fifth 511 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: to the eleventh of December nineteen forty two in the 512 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: vicinity of Buna, New Guinea. During an attack on enemy positions, 513 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: Captain Baucher led a unit which cut off communications between 514 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: Japanese garrisons at Buna and Buna's Mission government station. Later, 515 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: during a simultaneous attack by both enemy garrisons, Captain Baucher 516 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: calmly stood up and threw hand grenades at the advancing troops. 517 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: Although wounded in this action, he stayed with his unit 518 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: until relieved. His outstanding leadership and personal heroism repeatedly inspired 519 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: his men and was primarily responsible for the success of 520 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: their defense and exemplify the highest traditions of the military 521 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: forces of the United States, and reflect great credit upon himself. 522 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: The thirty second Infantry Division in the United States Army, 523 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: and to that gentleman and every man and woman who 524 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 1: has given their life on behalf of this country. We 525 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: pray for your families that you leave behind. We just 526 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: want to say thank you. There's nothing else to say, 527 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,759 Speaker 1: nothing else is worth saying, but thank you. Thank you 528 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,319 Speaker 1: for what you gave up for this country. That's all