Wake island is where my Dad used to work as a chef (first cook ) in the 60's to mid 80's.He own a beach house there where he stays after work and invite friends for a beer and barbecue.Now he is gone he died last May 14 2020 few days before his 89 birthday'. Good memories remains forever
@scottym3233
3 жыл бұрын
RIP to your father.
@Nobs_yobe
Жыл бұрын
RIP may god rest his soul 🙏
@d.b7861
Жыл бұрын
My sympathy to you
@dodge33445
Жыл бұрын
He will forever be watching over you . What happened to his beach house? Can you still visit it?
@RickOlsonRickOlson
8 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Made my heart ache for those Wake Island days long gone.
@ottavioforte
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, its natural beauty, with clean, empty beaches, some birds, is muffled by its WWII history. Now it is inhabited by Thai contractors to mow the lawn and serve any military visitors that may go there on occasions.
@quarterlore6272
3 жыл бұрын
Did you have good experiences there? It looks incredibly desolate and bleak to me. Interesting to hear such fond memories from someone with firsthand experience.
@hertzair1186
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, though “music” was appalling.
@rog9601
3 жыл бұрын
The music is not only a distraction, but the lyrics of "the Mexican sky?" The setting of the island and its significance is way off base here. Not a single connection. Nice video though.
@georgejowell4457
2 жыл бұрын
❤
@georgejowell4457
2 жыл бұрын
Good vibe
@chiefnerdnc
10 ай бұрын
My Favorite Video from a place I visited many times. I miss it. Glad to have it back on line.
@Vinmuuud
8 ай бұрын
Beautiful place ♥I wish I can visit that, I love it. The video was nice btw, nice drone scenes, good music and AWESOME place
@jamesallen278
Жыл бұрын
Was just there last week. Only for a few hours. Always wanted to land there. Cool little atoll.
@alexanderdiego2362
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing all of us this video! A lot of us having seen Wake Island in over 40 years ago.
@biggler20
Жыл бұрын
I went there in the early 00’s. Our flight crew got stuck for 3 days. It was awesome! I wish i could go back.
@basvogelvang
6 жыл бұрын
the music accompanying this video is quite ridiculous; margaritas ? what about the serenity there? sounds like a drone on steroids.
@jeffreylc
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. First few seconds ... this looks promising. Then the idiotic music kicked in. Next!
@TowGunner
Жыл бұрын
Mexican sky?
@BigDersFishingLife
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely a bucket list trip for me, my grandpa spent 20 years on the island during the 70’s-90’s. Some cool family history there.
@BigDersFishingLife
3 жыл бұрын
@I A he was a military Chaplin in the ministry sent there as part of the beautification program. He started all kinds of things from the golf course, a yacht club, and jogging club.
@overtimedemo4399
2 жыл бұрын
Many a night at drifters reef
@motorTranz
7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 👏 Thank you 👍
@pealeisland3207
8 жыл бұрын
Really Nice, What kind of Drone did you use? I spent 4 years on Wake and Was one of the Members of the Peale Island Beach house you had filmed. That Beachhouse was the original Coast Guard Beach House and Sailboat club. Thanks for Posting this!
@rsaeland
7 жыл бұрын
DKI Inspire 1.
@razzsingh5160
3 жыл бұрын
Love from India 🇮🇳 brother 🙏❤️❤️
@scottym3233
3 жыл бұрын
Praying for yall with the covid outbreak. Love and peace to you as well friend.
@thhdhn2
6 жыл бұрын
I remember the bridge was there in the 70, now it totally gone.
@philipgairson2420
3 жыл бұрын
The bridge caught fire but I don't remember what year
@ThePenn7
2 жыл бұрын
It was there in 2001. I walked over it many times that year.
@cmartinez1548
7 жыл бұрын
Nice video! I'll be there this August!
@VeritySkiff
2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done video. The music was fine. Not sure why anyone thought it detracted from the quality. I do wish however, that you showed at least one shot of the 98 Rock. It is the most sacred place on the island. Kind of like visiting Pearl Harbor and not taking a picture of the USS Arizona.
@willie3528
2 жыл бұрын
The water color with that light shade of blue is just like the waters in Cancun Mexico. Beautiful.
@mr.m1garand254
4 жыл бұрын
The ww2 black and white photos really take away the fact that our Marines and Soldiers were fighting on amazing vacation spots, especially here with the Marines fighting off Japanese invasion and then being imprisoned on the island after
@tj_the_sloth
3 жыл бұрын
Because they needed that air strip killed thousands of men
@Maximus2108
2 жыл бұрын
fuck usa Im glad japan won the battle
@chiefnerdnc
Жыл бұрын
Great video of a place I've stayed at many times. I hope to make 1 more trip before I retire.
@dodge33445
Жыл бұрын
The thing I love MOST about Wake island is the fact that it is NOT modernized ... It does not have a HUUUGE ugly resort on it... Its not PACKED With 200 beach chairs.. There isnt 10 pools.... Its just the coolest place. I only wish they would allow people to stay there... LOW numbers of people at a time.. Just keep it just as it is... dont change it at all.
@MiracleFound
3 жыл бұрын
I was on Wake Island in 1969. Beautiful place.
@jhfdb3
Жыл бұрын
I was also there in 69. I was in the eighth grade and lived across the street from the school. It was such an awesome place. Maybe we knew each other.
@sonuroy8835
3 жыл бұрын
Love frm INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳 😘
@jobsaavedra8906
4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather use to work there in 70s I think such a great place
@javohir307
2 жыл бұрын
Ooh thats great man, life should be very hard over there. No internet and sharks all around the ocean 😢
@PachaTip
6 жыл бұрын
Thanksss so beautiful My Dad ever been worked at Wake island
@Moonshine54321
Жыл бұрын
Nice video. The music is pure horror. What The Hell???
@joyceknepper366
3 жыл бұрын
I would love to go back to Wake Island once again. Is the Drifters Reef still there? I swam in the lagoon with some sharks, of course I didn’t realize they were there at the time.
@soetdjuret
3 жыл бұрын
Ray Saeland, how did you get to visit this beautiful place?
@dodge33445
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know how they get power to oak island? Ive always wondered.. is it generators? or ?
@HDDynalowrider
2 жыл бұрын
Think of all the unexploded bombs on this island. Dangerous place to be
@badraise
2 жыл бұрын
my man be swimming in remains of dead bodies
@alankuntz6494
Жыл бұрын
how exciting 😩
@michaeltualatin
3 жыл бұрын
Oh That's Wake Island~! Great beautiful place. is it open for public? or still military restrict?
@T25de
2 жыл бұрын
damn that song tho
@cambium0
4 жыл бұрын
Wake Island was taken by the Japanese early in wwii after FIERCE resistance and they paid a heavy price. The surviving soldiers and civilians were of course taken prisoner. Later in the war planes from the Lexington I think it was bombed and strafed the island for some reason. The Japanese thought there was an invasion coming to reclaim the island and they rounded up all the prisoners of war and killed them--something like 100 men. It is said that one guy escaped the initial lineup and carved a statement near the place where they died indicating what happened. They found him eventually and killed him too.
@SomeGamer1111
3 жыл бұрын
98 POW 5-10-43
@cambium0
3 жыл бұрын
@@SomeGamer1111 haunting
@Grandizer8989
4 жыл бұрын
Can civilians go there? And how is the scuba diving?
@canadian_ray_finkleeh9019
3 жыл бұрын
Wake island is cocontrolled by the United States Air Force.
@ogoshen
Жыл бұрын
No, unless you work there or in the military. Diving and fishing is awesome. No other place on the planet like it. ( and I have been all over the world diving) It is on the rim of a volcano which drops almost straight down 5000 feet. ( worked there for 4 years)
@Grandizer8989
Жыл бұрын
@@ogoshen That is awesome! See any Mantas or sharks? Palau is my favorite place
@ogoshen
Жыл бұрын
@@Grandizer8989 Sharks black tip and white tip mainly, a 12 ft giant Pacific eel, ( that sucker freaked me out lol) peppermint shrimp, we had giant napoleon wrasse in a cavern we used to visit, green sea turtles, flying fish ( that is one sea creature that really amazes me ) giant groper, lots of spotted rays, the assortment of reef fish of course, giant ocean sunfish, octopus, etc. I never saw a Manta Ray there but I did see giant Manta Rays, Tiger sharks, Bull sharks, Black tip , white tip, and Galapagos sharks when I was doing dives on Johnston Island. One thing that struck me so cool was as you went out over the 5000 ft drop diving on Wake you can feel the height over the drop, like standing on a tall building. Really weird and fascinating. Anyway it was really cool to have the privilege to work and dive there. Lots of memories I'll never forget. ______ Added: May 19, 2023 _____ Another cool dive was when we had to dive to inspect the anchor buoys that held the huge ships that came in to resupply us. As we were inspecting and photographing the huge chains near the bottom that hold the buoys onto a big gang anchor we saw these shape shifting Garden Eels popping up and down near the ledge of the drop. Every time the huge chain would go up and down with the waves the eels would come up through their holes then shoot back down in them. I thought I was seeing things at first because they are so fast going in the hole and they look like sea grass when the come out of the holes. Really unique creature of the Pacific and a really cool experience.
@Grandizer8989
Жыл бұрын
@@ogoshen That sounds amazing!
@marlinkojak9882
7 жыл бұрын
it is one of the pretty place I have ever been
@ottavioforte
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree, but there an infamous story, with a Japanese defense cannon still rotting away in the beach ( as of 1998). It is a peaceful island, no commercials, no radio, maybe the military TV, when it works.
@lisafranklin8941
2 жыл бұрын
Great video footage of Wake Island. Would’ve loved to have seen more. As for the song choice, I just turned down the volume. Sorry, lived there for about 10 years so the music was a mismatch…IMO
@CJ-remmber_that
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to duty commander
@wiktorpazdan5449
7 жыл бұрын
9 subs??? you desereve more
@Edward135i
7 жыл бұрын
I'm guess you guys are all in the Air Force.
@alichoi3828
2 жыл бұрын
Less pollution. Better place to live in regardless of way of life there.
@marlinkojak9882
3 жыл бұрын
why the music it spoiled it
@philipgairson2420
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely highlights the beauty of the island, it also pulled at my heart strings to know that I will probably not set foot there again (left in 2018). Nice video !!
@harrilahdensuo3164
3 жыл бұрын
bucket listed!
@ilaisalucios6358
Жыл бұрын
What is this. Music video?
@teddysmith1952
3 жыл бұрын
Nice except lose the music. Holy chit...
@ianrawlings2546
3 жыл бұрын
I liked the music. Just turn down the volume of you don't like it!
@marlinkojak9882
7 жыл бұрын
their was a big ship sunk off the end of the runway back in 1963 when I was on my way over to korea I notice it landing to refuel our plane didn't see it in this film wonder what happen to it thanks for the film sure enjoyed it brought back great wonderful times again thank you
@ottavioforte
6 жыл бұрын
I have seen remnants of the ship you talk about, all submerged, rotting away. That was in the middle '90s. There was also a Japanese gun turret on the beach, still standing up, then I remember the rust imprint of a vehicle (probably a military car), the car had worn out to a height of a couple of inches, by now it has probably completely disappeared.
@derekdangerfield187
3 жыл бұрын
The Japanese Suwa Maru which was beached at the reef after being attacked by the US was reclaimed by the Japanese in 1963-64 for its metal. They took all the tanks, and other metal structures they could salvage except for that one canon that was on Peale island.
@lisafranklin8941
2 жыл бұрын
@@derekdangerfield187 I have a photo somewhere of me sitting on that canon back in the early 1970’s. Born there and lived there for about 10 years.
@tj_the_sloth
3 жыл бұрын
20 bucks your standing on metal
@garybishop317
4 жыл бұрын
Omg god bless you service members looks like a very boring place to spend a long time at.
@gemini0557
7 жыл бұрын
who tainted the ocean with aqua blue color?
@ottavioforte
6 жыл бұрын
I was there. That color is real, and with schools of small fish which the camera did not show. But, as a civilian you cannot visit.
@Brain_With_Limbs
2 жыл бұрын
How can I visit Wake island??
@ogoshen
Жыл бұрын
You can't if you do not work there or are not in the military. Plus when I worked there ( for 4 years) you had to have a secret clearance.
@Brain_With_Limbs
Жыл бұрын
@@ogoshen Aw, I used to like playing on that island on a video game called "Battlefield". It was on my bucket list to visit. :(
@ogoshen
Жыл бұрын
Sorry bud. It may change some day but not soon.
@alanbower1193
3 жыл бұрын
Why do people insist on adding loud annoying music to their video.
@philipgairson2420
3 жыл бұрын
you can turn it down or off if you don't like it
@greendeane1
3 жыл бұрын
Unnecessary muzak is a juvenile addiction.
@Svend312
7 жыл бұрын
what did it require to travel to the island?
@tabel4844
7 жыл бұрын
ST4CK Probably an airforce transport plane.
@ottavioforte
6 жыл бұрын
You must have a military/defense purpose. You might get a pass for documentary work. There is no medical facility, none, may be a nurse only. Maximum elevation is about a foot.
@BonjoMaddisonWonne
7 жыл бұрын
so USA bought this island from the Marshall Islanders?
@ottavioforte
6 жыл бұрын
Probably not, there is nothing of value. Pan American Airways used it as a gas refueling station on the way to China, in the '30s, then there was commercial interest and companies were building resort hotels when WWII started. First invaded by the Japanese, the US leveled it with bombs a couple of years later. Commercial interest disappeared after the war and now it is a "private" place for military training. It is an island forgotten by God and by man.
@louiesalinas2493
2 жыл бұрын
That island used to be called Ane-kio by the Marshallese. Used to be conservation area.
@melissaoldham8992
Жыл бұрын
I wonder what’s underneath the island
@morgan8599
2 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video. please get better taste in music.
@bamachikaboi
5 жыл бұрын
Theres a Church on wake Island, which you didnt show in the video
@steveyogilmore5314
3 жыл бұрын
Pity about the music.
@Darren-kk9ij
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Music is awful
@chrisroeOperator
3 жыл бұрын
the music sucks, why do people play music like this? totally ruined the video.
@RobKMusic
3 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ turn the f'ing music down.
@123GoBrits
3 жыл бұрын
Great drone photography, pretty bad music
@kylew.4896
3 жыл бұрын
They should allow the marshall Islanders and those evacuated from bikini because US gross fuck up at crossroads resettle here
@alichoi3828
2 жыл бұрын
Less pollution. Better place to live in regardless of way of life there.
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