When 2 Hungover Pilots Defended Pearl Harbor

Lieutenants Ken Taylor and George Welch were sleeping after a night of partying in the early hours to be given the worst alarm call one can imagine - The Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor. The 2 young men sprang into action and headed for Haliewa, still in their tuxedo trousers and jumped into their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks. Despite officers telling them to step down they took off and took the fight to the Japanese. Taylor and Welch were immediately outnumbered but the 2 men showed amazing courage and strength in the battle. An incredible tail of 2 young men against all odds, taking on the Japanese airborne attack.

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[kristoffermangila]

At the time of his death, Kenneth Welch was the chief test pilot for North American Aviation. What was not mentioned was that he died at the controls of an early production version of the F100 Super Saber, the first of the USAF's "Century Fighters".

[Wykletypl]

Denied Medal of Honor for attacking the enemy without orders... For crying out loud, who in their mind would wait for orders in a situation like that?! Especially given the possibility that the orders might never materialize.

[coffeecocaine]

Taking off without orders, ha! If we had 40 more of these men that day, they would be singing a different tune. These men deserve the medal of honor

[warhawk]

My mom's 3 uncles were at pearl harbor that day. They were triplets. One was in the Army, another in the Marines and the youngest was a sailor aboard the Uss.Arizona and was on board when she went up.
The oldest was the marine. He wasn't injured that day would later go to fight at Guadalcanal, tawara, tawara, iwo jima and many others major battles until losing half his stomach on Okinawa to a Japanese grenade. The brother in the Army was wounded strafe with by a zero or a Val. He was never sure. Missed out on the first 6 months of the war then was part of the army detachment sent to Guadalcanal. Lol he literally spent the pacific war tagging behind his brother. Until Okinawa they both landed and fought at the same time. I'm proud to.have them as relatives. My dad's side fought in the European theater.

[brillorjfdse]

I just want to say that yarnubs content is getting better and better for every video keep up the good work

[nicholasgallo]

You guys should make a series of videos on the heroes of Pearl Harbor. So I would suggest some videos in the future about some other sailors and airmen who stood out for bravery that devastating morning. Love this video also your video on Doris Miller

[DerickMasai]

In the face of such overwhelming odds as well as being caught completely by surprise they didn't even hesitate to launch straight into the fray to help, the true mark of bravery, courage and honour. Respect o7

[schlirf]

Lesson learned: Never mess with Airforce Pilots with hangovers. It could be deadly.

[EdwinWiles]

Beautifully done!

One wonders about officers who see their bases destroyed by easily identifiable enemy craft and yet are more concerned about not having orders to engage than doing whatever they can to fight back.

The only place I can think of where proceeding without orders under direct confirmed attack is forbidden is when nuclear weapons are involved.

[msredfox]

Each video is progressively getting closer to a small anitmated movie at this rate, the animation and productions skills have improved so much over the months, glad to say I've been here since the start, another brilliant video Yarnhub

[LancelotChan]

Thank you for the story. I've deep roots with aerial combats and you guys' aerial combat scenes are the BEST of the best I've seen. Thank you so much for keeping the story of heroes alive!

[lafrasbecker]

For you who hadn't served, this is exactly how officers behave in critical situations and exactly that is how soldiers behave.

[crazywarriorscatfan]

"Hangover Heroes" and "Meth Fueled Finn" aren't anything I would've thought to hear in my life. Amazing

[nachiketkejriwal]

Yarnhub doesn't has so many subs but still produces the best content. I am so proud of what u are doing keep the good work going and the youtube God will bless u

[LancelotChan]

I like how they woke up and one of them said 5 more mins and sleep again. The other one, with sleepy eyes, suddenly noticed the enemy planes. Still with sleepy drunky eyes, he went to fight!

[apsgeneralstudies]

These graphics and cinematics show, how far we have come all over these years.

[natesturm]

I was stationed in Hawaii at the 25th. I was just an Infantryman however the story of these two goes far down the chain of Army lore as this was the "Army Air Force" during WWII. There's a couple plaques dedicated to those who disobeyed orders around the halls at Wheeler Army Airfield.

"Reactions win the day. Not orders"

Damn proud of being one of the "Finest Light Infantry In the World" and a Jungle Expert.

[paul_ujb]

That animation of the beach looks gorgeous. The dogfighting scenes were a joy to watch as well and I absolutely love the F-86 at the end. Great work once again 👍

[peterjohn]

Orders, or no orders, a real warrior does not wait to engage the enemy. I salute both of these men.

[projectlessweforget]

This video has given me more new information for a chapter for my book "The American Underdog Fighter of WW2" which is based on the Curtiss P-40 Warhawks and honestly I've never did a project that's proving to be more difficult than I originally anticipated.

Thank you for the video and I'll make great use of the information, again thank you.