Marine Flamethrower WWII 🔥Brutal Damage. #military #veteran #podcast

[davidengle]

Definitely recommend listening to this whole podcast. Those guys were a different breed.

[blameusa]

I watched this guy on loop for about 20mins.... his voice is hypnotising... you feel what he saw

[JohnO]

My neighbor, now 99 years old, was an army medic on a train in Europe in ww2. He went to France I think if I remember right. He tells me stories occasionally. He talked about how brutal fire was, with Germans getting behind American tanks and throwing Molotovs in the vents. Him telling it was horrible to see the young men charred all over was enough to give me chills. But he still smiled and shared positivity. He said the train he was on gave out candy bars and packs of m&m’s to the troops they tended to, and everyone wanted treated there. The look in his eyes when he told me about the destroyer in front of his when being sent somewhere and seeing a ship with friends of his from school get shot down by torpedoes… I can’t even imagine, but he still talks about it and is cared for by the whole community. We owe that generation the world❤

[worlore]

"How far does a flame thrower shoot"

This guy: remembers the young man who was on fire 70 feet away screaming.

[photoluke]

For those that dont know, flamethrower infantry had a life expectancy of around 5 minutes. For him to be sitting here and talking about it to this day really says something

[soulrskreem]

Warriors of that generation would captivate us newer warriors with the history they lived. A few moments into their stories, you were transported into their memories. Looking at their eyes, you could see they time traveled back into that time. Many would pause for 10-15 seconds when the story got intense. It was hard not to have tears down your face. Even reliving that for me, is intense. Because of them, they faced an evil darkness never seen since then that nearly overtook the world.

[hacobkenenwau]

To live through that and be able to accurately and coherently explain and describe it at his age is amazing

[BenjaminStJohn-ennv]

It's saddens me at how much these men had to give of their youth, their innocence, their peace, their lives. I'm even more saddened to see how the generations that came after have pissed it all away. I only hope that we still have time to pull up.

[VoltronLion]

Thank you for your service sir, your generation kept the world free from tyranny

[daltonwilliams]

I had the honor to meet this man! I will forever remember that day!

[sonotme]

RIP don graves one of the last heroes our generation will have the chance to hear

[daved]

This man is a wealth of knowledge and history

[jacksonhester]

Pacific theater vets get nothing but respect

[niles_]

Had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Graves! What a humble wonderful man, sharp as a tack!

[TheBookofLab]

Discipline... you have to learn discipline... in the face of the most over whelming fears... this generations soldiers are some truly hardened warriors... thank God for them...

[tristenhuchingson]

When he talks about how no man should wield that power it gave me chills. Watch this interview y’all it’s insane.

[DudeNamedDude]

This full interview is astounding. When you hear him describe the things he did, it hurts the soul. You can tell he didn't enjoy it, he didn't want to do it, but felt like he had to. But what gets me the most is when he talks about how the Japanese wouldn't surrender. They were relentless and the Americans couldn't understand fighting to the last man the way they did.

[maiqthecoward]

I know he served in IWO Jima but when you look at the flamethrower troops that where on the landings on D-day, they where actually firefighters as the army knew they would be the most calm with a bomb in their back due tue previous training, but they also shot fire into the German bunkers not to burn them but to suffocate them, something that I am sure happened within this conflict as well

[Miked]

This is from The Shawn Ryan Podcast if anyone was wondering. This episode was my all time favorite with Don Graves. A WW2 veteran who fought in Iwo Jima as a flamethrower. The ONLY flamethrowers from his entire battalion to make it off of that island.

Incredible story and a class act. It's definitely worth the listen.

[thomasb]

I’ve always loved to talk with and listen to older Veterans. Their stories are amazing 🇺🇸