Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "The Drydock - Episode 135" video.

  1. Yeah, I've never been on a ship at sea. And for the past 7-8 years I've been homeless and living in the Northern Virginia area right outside of DC. Actually, I pass thru DC every night on the Metro. Usually the Pentagon and/or L'Enfant Plaza Metro's. And since my wife passed away, and I have no family left alive either & not many friends to speak of. For a long time, I couldn't figure out why I enjoyed this channel so much. And a few days ago I realized that it is very simple why I enjoy listening to Drach. It is the simple fact that I get to listen to someone of intelligence talk. And to speak about your objectivity of the Royal Navy, I do pay close attention & I have NOT in any way noticed a bias toward the Royal Navy unless you, because of being British and having access to more info about the Royal Navy that you scrutinize & point out short comings of the Royal Navy more than US Navy or other Navies. AND as far as the SARCASM goes... keep it coming!!! I know a person that thinks that I am a pessimist, and I know for certain it must be cuz of my love of sarcasm, because I am completely optimistic about every day that I awake in. Every day is the first day of the rest of my/your life. If it just so happens that that day is cloud covered and raining, don't expect me to start singing in the rain, but I'm not going to cry about it either!!! And, I heard you speaking about lightning,... irony... my Grandfather on my Mom's side fought in & survived WW2. However, my Grandmother on my Mom's side was struck by lightning on a mostly clear day. She was hanging out clothes to dry & lightning struck the tree the clothesline was attached to & she left behind 6 children. 3 older boys & 3 younger girls in which my Mom was the middle girl. Their Grandma raised & took care of all of them cuz after WW2 their father was no where to be found. He had ptsd in a very bad way.
    1
  2. I was just listening to you talking about fire ships. I'd be willing to bet that the best time to ask for volunteers to sail & use a fire ship would have been an hour or two after giving out the "rum ration." Get some sailors that are bored drunk and and uh well, alcohol sometimes tends to make people feel 10 foot tall & bullet proof. Plus something like a fire ship is like your pranking the enemy too, but offer an extra rum ration for anyone that volunteers & boom you have a crew!!! A very enthusiastic crew at that!
    1
  3. You know people can talk about how the Japanese were never going to win WW2 but the Japanese were kicking the US Navy around pretty hard at Guadal Canal. I'm not sure the exact amounts but we lost a lot of Cruisers to Guadal Canal. It wasn't until Admiral Lee went thru on USS Washington & sunk Kerishima that the Japanese decided to leave Guadal Canal.
    1
  4. Concerning military arms having rivalries... in the US we consider it healthy to be rivals with each other because it drives us to try to be the best. But in the end, if war breaks out, all that matters is that we are Americans and we are going to band together to take the fight to the enemies. Probably the worst things to occur during WW2 was the Marines on Guadal Canal feeling as though the Navy totally abanded them. And that really wasn't what happened. The carriers couldn't stick around there & be vulnerable and the cruisers that were covering the ships landing equipment got blown out of the water.
    1