African Americans In The Vietnam War

This is a preview of a new 72 minute video that provides an overview of African American activities during the vietnam war. To purchase the entire video go to militaryvideo.com/
The video weaves excellent combat footage with interviews and comments made during the war. Includes footage of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in Vietnam and Thailand. The video also addresses racial issues African Americans faced while in-country.
Combat scenes of African Americans fighting at Fire Support Base Ripcord, Operation MacArthur, Con Thien, Dak To, Battle for Hue City, Operation Buffalo, Siege at Khe Sanh, TET 1968 (attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base) and more. Includes on camera interviews shot in-country with African American soldiers, Marines and airmen. Video includes a "rap session," filmed at Long Binh in 1971, with white and black soldiers discussing racial problems on the base. There is a segment devoted to the lack of Soul Music on the bases in Vietnam. Video also includes remarks made by Air Force General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.

[@jonj5771]

Thats my Father at the 2min38sec mark. RIP Captain JOSEPH G JONES JR. We love you 4ever!!!

[@bluemarshall6180]

Jon J 2:38 You as a military Dependent..... I Respect your Father's Service for Country. My Snappy Snappy Salute.

[@ivanwilson8038]

Respect to you and yours

[@thanhho4943]

Thank u for his service, this nation owned him a lot

[@thrillsteel2252]

Thanks to your Dad for his service. And thanks to you and your family for the great sacrifices and often unrecognized sacrifices military families make.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

The average Nam veteran has it bad enough to begin with. Drop in the racism and segregation and it just got a whole lot worse.

[@Spaceman-X]

RIP to all of the African-Americans who gave there lives up for this country. I will never forget you.

[@victorlionelnazaire685]

They gave their lives for American big corporations !

[@victorlionelnazaire685]

@The Swayze Train kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5fZhX2Le7ahbaM Who won the war ?

[@itzpro5951]

@Three Cherries You are literally German

[@tsdmft6638]

@@itzpro5951 Please dont say you think germans are nazis. I got the kind of feeling that you go around and think you know much about WWII and refer to germans as the nazis in WWII history while that is completly wrong as most people in the Wehrmacht (Regular army) were not nazis. Only the SS and units like that were the big nazis.

[@itzpro5951]

@@tsdmft6638 I don't

[@rrasin1]

You would think that serving and risking your life for a country would be enough to be treated equally and fairly back home, but not even serving is enough

[@rrasin1]

@@hurrdurr1233 the original civil rights act of 1865 but was not ratified 1870, the 1964 act had many of the same provisions already ratified in 1870. So try again.

[@saulgarcia7083]

Fuk NO! It ain't

[@rrasin1]

@Terry Bruce you obviously were not African American post WWII. Do you even know anything to dare and tell someone to not make issues with being treated unfairly after serving and many cases giving your life only to come back home not given a chance to enjoy the same rights white veterans enjoyed and were able to better their own lives and those of their families. Let me fill you in on some factual history that our school books happen to leave out. Have you heard of the GI Montgomery Bill? That allowed white veterans get guaranteed mortgages to buy homes to raise their families, or allowed white veterans to attend vocational free of charge, or allowed white veterans to attend Universities free of charge while paying them to attend school. Things that help people move up that social economical ladder were all denied to African Americans. Not including to still having to deal with jim crow laws upon their return. So please stop trying to tell me to not make issues when they clearly existed. www.history.com/news/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits#:~:text=How%20the%20GI%20Bill%27s%20Promise%20Was%20Denied%20to,GI%20Bill%20and%20the%20Racial%20Wealth%20Gap.%20

[@rrasin1]

@Terry Bruce even with facts provided to still cant see effects of racism, it pointless to trying to convince someone like you. You obviously lack the ability to see the bigger picture. go on and hold on to that racist idea if it makes you feel any better.

[@taf4939]

@Terry Bruce you are not a phd😂😂 please go back to your alt right indoctrination Facebook page

[@PhiloAmericana]

Proud of our African American veterans.

[@chrisro2183]

+maximusdecimusjegna stfu

[@cedricwillis432]

hell yeah

[@kag5381]

@TheOneFromFuture What do Nazis have to do with black soldiers jackass?

[@larrycobb5798]

@TheOneFromFuture if they did kill babies who sent them to go kill the babies huh who ordered them?

[@rememberthatyoumustdie]

@TheOneFromFuture wtf do black ppl have to do with nazis? you sound like u think every German during the 40s was a Nazi.

[@lightboy183]

Poor boys fighting and dying in a rich mans war

[@jsilence418]

That goes for all colors though.

[@mrdacusthenavigator4989]

+jsilence418 True

[@nealnakajima9747]

Sandwiches don't die. They get eaten. They will hit back though if the mayo has gone bad.

[@noco7243]

Yeah because a doctor making 80 grand benefitted from the war. 🙄

[@intrepidmind5264]

They're all rich mans wars. All for privately owned central banks, military industrial, and oil corporations.

[@AJY987]

4:25-4:37 R.I.P. SGT Milton Cook. KIA August 12, 1968.

[@trent031991]

These were real fighters.Were treated like shit in there home country.Draged out to go fight for a country that consider them worthless. Man they went though hell

[@nealnakajima9747]

I'm so tired.

[@finished6267]

Still going thru it.

[@krimzonk1891]

These & in the African American Men that fought during World War 2, World War 1, etc.

[@nanjemoyal-kursi3078]

Basic training Jan 1968 fort Bragg NC-AIT Fort Gordon GA & Ft poke Louisiana. EST July 1970. Young black soldiers, don't put up with this racist shit and lies. Why fight for a country that will not fight and die for you but will kill you. Keep your skill for later use.

[@mariokeefy7372]

Blacks were hung in their own uniforms

[@pantheraonca9333]

Love all my African-American brothers.

[@ilyaasnajee-ullah4595]

Panthera Onca we love you too man👍🏿🤘🏿😌💜✊🏿

[@ilyaasnajee-ullah4595]

Panthera Onca right back at ya! :)

[@rememberthatyoumustdie]

@Terry Bruce are you stupid?

[@ladarrylemccalpin]

@@rememberthatyoumustdie This terry bruce must be a white supremacist troll

[@Kreedo1110]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@jonj5771]

Thats my Father at the 2min38sec mark. RIP JOSEPH G JONES JR. We love you 4ever!!!

[@mauricehinton5889]

I had 1 uncle who served 2 tours in Vietnam. My brothers nor I have ever heard a single war story, heck we don't even know what unit he served with or what years he served, as it was topic that never came up. The only thing my mom mentioned was that when he returned after his second tour, he had developed a severe drinking problem and that he couldn't stand the sound of children crying. Sadly, he passed away in 2009, but I wish I knew more about his experiences over there.

[@galenmerrick]

When America rages war on another country. The black men and women it sends to fight her wars often find themselves fighting two wars.

[@bcpablo35]

???

[@Uchiha_Tactical.]

@@bcpablo35 yunno what he was referring to don't be an asshole

[@bcpablo35]

@@Uchiha_Tactical. I don't see anyone being an asshole

[@bcpablo35]

@@Uchiha_Tactical. you're just being a wierdo

[@galenmerrick]

@Terry Bruce Are you implying the Vietnam campaign was fake? Sorry to answer your question with a question. I was in Iraq 2006-2007, and Afghanistan back to back tours 2012, and 2014. You?

[@sicariomegrella516]

The Americans didnt know that the black African-American soldiers were feared by VC during those times because of their braveness

[@thanhho4943]

Salute to all the black heroes that fall down in Vietnam, US owns black community a really big thanks and it must be repay by all costs

[@robertroselle3341]

They should not have been complicit in the oppression of the Vietnamese people who had done NOTHING to Black Americans!!! And for that matter...Nothing to ANY Americans! It was simply an unjust war of aggression against the Vietnamese people who had the temerity to believe that they had the right to chose the type of government THEY wanted! Had the elections been held in 1956 that were called for in the Geneva treaty that ended the French involvement in 1954...there would have been no war!

[@robertroselle5073]

What Black heroes?? Shame on you sir!!! A Vietnamese person praising people who had had committed untold atrocities against your people!!! Uncle Ho must be turning over in his grave!!

[@SOULAANI_]

@@robertroselle5073 dude im dyinn from this comment💀

[@defuse56]

In combat, everyone bleeds the same color. All respect to my African American brothers who fought shoulder to shoulder with their friends, black and white.

[@sulaymanjallow7869]

Everyone bleed the same color but back in the United States it's not like that is it

[@144Souldier]

Sulayman Jallow naw it isn't like that in the USA sad truth...

[@buddyollie7400]

Kae Silk Shut up

[@astudentpilotlife]

And the yellow, Asian lol.

[@astudentpilotlife]

@Devonta Williams What? You makes no sense. Speak proper English please. And secondly, I am not Chinese, I am Vietnamese. But too bad that your insult doesn't affect me by any change.

[@bertramdavis7120]

We have fought in every BS war this country has had and still no respect.

[@CaptHC]

@WarLord they r all bullshit except ww2

[@CaptHC]

@WarLord that's not what I meant lol. Obviously everyone knows that

[@sniperviper4922]

@@CaptHC civil war wasnt bullshit, Korean war wasnt bullshit, first barbary war wasnt bullshit, gulf war wasnt bullshit

[@CaptHC]

@@sniperviper4922 you guys misunderstood the original comment just how some white people have being ignoring the blacks struggle for centuries even now when they have camera evidence they still get the blame but that's Amerikkka for ya

[@sniperviper4922]

@Myron Woodson and what would have happened to black people if the nazi took over?

[@chichijima4257]

Africans Americans of the Vietnam era are HEROES…I still respect all of them. I have many Black friends that went to Vietnam..

[@kofirey6752]

I am an African American Airline Pilot. When i came out of the U.S Airforce in January 1990. I looked around & realized we are the only race without our own Airline transportation back to where we come from, the Beautiful Contenant of Africa? I immediately filed an application, received secured financial backing & four years later with help & higher (Complaint with HQ.) intervention was approved to hold a U.S Air Carrier Certificate to operate a U.S Airline. The issuing agency was furious, because they never issued An Air Carrier Certificate to a Black ownd and operated company before in the U.S.A They immediately set out to destroy my life with false charges against me.(If we cannot stop you professionaly? We will distroy you personally) They charged me with three C.F.R 67.403 (A)(1) Administrative Actions, which means DUI/DWI. They accused me of committing fraud for not reporting their fraud against me? I have never drink a beer or had a traffic stop for the likes in my life? It has taken years to clear. Once they realize i will fight for my rights, everyone involved walked away & would not touch my case. Finally after 16 year's as i am posting, i get my case in U.S. District Court in Washington DC. What i have come to realize in America is their are over 180k Airline Pilots. The industry is 98% White male? While Black people are 14% of the U.S population? We should be 26,000 of the 180,000? Instead we are only 800? In 1947 we had 942 Black Pilots? Called the Tuskegee Airman of which not even one them got a job with a US Airline? Just to give a little insight on what we are really dealing with? I want this truth be public because the closest entry points between Africa & America is Cape Verde Islands & The U.S Virgin Islands (2,700 miles apart) in the Atlantic? A short flight but Black people think we are worlds away when we are closer then we think. State of Texas in America is larger than every country in Europe? Every country in Europe has its own Airline? If we are repatriating back to Africa and we are not flying ourselves imagine the millions & billions we are losing.

[@freezyfreeze1111]

Open your case brother it’s people out here willing to fight for you

[@kasheem1747]

Where are you from in Africa?

[@PermanentHigh]

A YT comment isn't enough publicity. You need to get a small documentary done.

[@oldsklteg]

Did you fly in the AF?

[@kofirey6752]

@Terry Bruce Terry Bruce are you a pilot? Thanks for your opinion, everybody has one. You missed the point this is my choice & decision respect it. Imagine being around a bunch of subjective opinions? I am very aware of what i could have done & i do have a very strong all around aviation background.

[@luvbig41]

I fully understand why Muhammed Ali refused to fight in that war.

[@jackhunsucker3220]

I heard a story once of 2 soldiers from my hometown here in Arkansas. These 2 soldiers 1 white and the other black didn't know each before Vietnam. But ended up in the same squad, became friends and during a firefight the white soldier went down and the black soldier went to save him. They both died that day. At home they probably wouldn't have been friends because of the times they lived. But to overcome all that to sacrifice one's own life to try and save his buddy. Friendship doesn't see a skin tone

[@jacobholley6181]

Yeah i swear that in Forest Gump

[@harlemboy413]

Yeah I heard of this. The white soldier was hit, and the black soldier stayed with him firing back until he was also hit and killed. It's also in a Ken Burns documentary

[@kerpal321]

thank you, you were all put in a hard situation

[@wardatkins1320]

I get an eerie feeling knowing some of these men I see died shortly after . SALUTE

[@davidbaker5411]

I spent 17 months in Vietnam as a 18 and 19 year old , I am 68 and think we brothers were dumb as hell for being there.

[@marsranara616]

Why?

[@rememberthatyoumustdie]

@Terry Bruce lol this guys calling everyone who isn’t racist stupid

[@rememberthatyoumustdie]

@Terry Bruce you did 22 months in country? Good for you, I guess people are right when the army messes with your mind.

[@robertroselle5073]

Right on Brother!!! At least you are "WOKE"!!!

[@robertroselle3341]

Why did you go??? I am proud to have been strongly opposed to the war and did not participate in its racist attacks on the Vietnamese!

[@Vince313D3]

Great video

[@johnpistello1521]

I served with many African American soldiers. They were some of the finest soldiers I've ever seen. I guess its fashionable to say in today's world that blacks are treated badly, you would never know it in Vietnam. I'm sure there were some incidents. But that's true when ever you get different cultures together. My two best friends were black. That was many years ago, I hope they are alive and well. We made it home !

[@JeanLucCaptain]

From the Harlem Hellfighters to leaders of tomorrow, I SALUTE MY BROTHER HUMANS.

[@beingUStv]

Found your site. Want to buy some footage but none of your links work, especially the contact us button.

[@antonewilson4310]

Chappie James = HERO

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

They were fighting for the wrong side. The real enemy was on their side.

[@davidthomas7897]

Spoken like a true Marxist.

[@daniellim366]

I agree. Why can't the govt. Discuss peacefully and mind their own businrss

[@biglordebunnyrabbit627]

Daniel Lim This may be hard for you and David Thomas but, imagine fighting in a war were the majority of your superiors and peers are BLATENTLY racist. Then unceremoniously coming back to the country you fought for just to still not be able to use the same facilities as a white person. Now I know empathy is rare, but if you don’t see the problem, you simply are ignoring it because it is an inconvenient TRUTH. Good day gentlemen

[@GCeara-mh5it]

@@davidthomas7897 Replied like a true capitalist. When will you Muricans understand that there is no black and white, in a situation where ethics, morals, principles, honor, and what is clearly right and wrong is being compromised. It's not a crime to put down your Red, White and Blue Flags, and see the situation for what it really is...

[@9813CHAPPELL]

David Thomas marxist?! My black grandfather served in WW2, will u believe, they segregated him from the white soldiers only because he was black. How the fuck do you serve a country that you arent good enough for?! Marxist, stfu

[@Defender78]

4:15 What is that device at the end of that M-16 with the wire going to some kind of a power pack on his back?

[@joshholladay2975]

Salute to all fighting men of the vietnam war you are all heroes in my eyes thankyou for your service its a shame the way veterans returning from over there were treated disgusting in my view

[@robertroselle5073]

Why the salute for people who were fighting to subdue a people fighting to be free of oppression???

[@mylesteller]

Vietnam vets: My uncle Carl 1948-2004 U.S. history teacher Ronald Holmes 1937-2018 My neighbor Johnny Gatton 1945

[@kariebeez]

I have always stood with the men who fought in Vietnam.

[@kofirey6752]

My utter utmost respect to our father's brothers, uncles who have put themselves on the front lines for our liberties. Including the truths that i speak in my other comment... My Father served in the Korean war. Army Air Core as it was called then. My oldest Brother served in Vietnam USAF. I served in the USAF My advice to young African Americans who are serving or wish to serve today. I recommend it "But own it"

[@abrahamgustavoguitiperez-m2937]

My dad served in Vietnam. One of the few Black Men in FMF at teh time. My dad would tell me bits & pieces of stories about racism in that campaign. He never realy spoke about it. Hell, when he went from NCO to Warrant to Officer, he experienced a LOT of racism in the U.S Marine Corps. Still there to this day. Same game, different faces. I wound up serving with Marines myself, and I can VOUCHE for the racism. This is why this country's military will NEVER advance nor grow to its FULL potential. Racism is ALIVE and WELL not opnly in the military complex, but in the private, federal state, and city sectors as well. I cold go further, but I think you all get teh picture. We never lynched a white man or any man, but they STILL lynch us. Only onw they lynch us through the internet, demonizing, emsaculating, and brain-washing the masses into our destruction. but now worries though, I beleive that when the day of judgement comes, White people will have a LOT to answer for, and I also beleive that 999 out of every 1000 will be in hell as fuel.

[@curtusdanton61]

+ISubmitto TheWillofGod Not as many white people are as crazy as may you think. There was always the hard core haters that will have a real problem in that day, along with some hard headed black people. There has always been many white people with the ability to see some of the wrongs done. That's why slavery, Jim Crow, among other things, ended. I was there - Da Nang, Pleiku, An Khe, Phu Cat, and, so forth. Even Kicked a clansman out of my room. I was able to save lives of three unknowns, some were probably white guys, and I was very glad to do so. One of my best friends there was a white guy named Mike Caine. And yes I was able to save the lives of possibly 10 black brothers, and at least one little Hispanic fellow, while I was there. Repentance is coming to many, but the spanking comes first. You are right about the deep rooted racism, but God is going to eliminate it, and those who don't want to give it up will go with it!

[@winarocketstyles]

My father fought in the Vietnam war. he told me stories how horrible white men treating him while fighting this war.

[@nealnakajima9747]

There was a lot of that for sure. When it came to guys actually fighting together there was a lot less of that than with non combat duty soldiers. We had to trust and depend on one another.

[@nealnakajima9747]

I don't know why it was like that but there was a lot more racial tension in the marines.

[@nealnakajima9747]

Right. It's always the bad that get the most attention and notice.

[@Whatinthefdoyouwant]

Thank you for your service

[@normandy1140]

OIF 06-08 vet here. I didn't care what race my fellow U.S military brothers and sisters were. If you were wearing an American flag patch on your right shoulder, I was prepared to fight side by side with you to the bitter end.

[@bluelax99able]

4:17 is that an under barrel flamethrower? What is that? Never seen one before

[@simonbishopdna7826]

Awesome!!

[@tyroneshoemaker5264]

Salute to all that served regardless of circumstances or outcomes.

[@spirithawk2418]

My father served at Plaiku Vietnamese Central Highlands 2 tours US ARMY. He was 19 years old volunteered..... Agent Orange affected.....so am I. ❤️🙏🏿

[@usmc-veteran7316]

You are Soldiers You are Marines You are Americans. Man looks at the Color of the skin, GOD looks your Heart.

[@phantomstarflims8641]

my best friends dad served in Vietnam from 1967-1971

[@speedyanimatez7276]

My great uncle served as a medic but unfortunately he died a few years ago 💔💔

[@rickzepeda4403]

thanks for your service

[@luisguevara7402]

Heroes. Thank you so much for your service.

[@ritadaniels3881]

I’m really praying for these men who are truly in the army they are the people who doesn’t the work for their Lands right now we will continue to pray for them too.

[@VIKING33NY]

Proud of All the Men!! Don't give a shit about the color of your Skin!!! You've served this Country and that's all that Counts in my book!!! WE all have One thing in common, WE are Americans!!!!! I've Never Served, but because of all you, I can Voice MY opinion. Thank You!!! GOD Bless You all!!!

[@QuanNguyen-vw1pu]

thanks all US soldiers who served, from a south Vietnamese descendant.

[@MykeFord950]

why??? they shouldnt have been there

[@MykeFord950]

@Terry Bruce what??? I've read & researched fool Thats why i said what i said Keep waving that phony fairy tale patriotic " oh we are good, we are fighting for freedom & democracy & they are evil" hypocrite flag if you want to..it doesnt change facts nor even deal with the reality of this country & their imperialism & destruction around the world!! Like i said they never shoulda been there in the first place & what did the U.S gain from intervening?? Not a damn thing but trillions of dollars pumped into the military industrial complex & millions of innocent lives lost Oh & by the way go read up on the history of French Indochina & Vietnam while you're at it fool!!

[@TranNhatKim]

@@MykeFord950 Damn fool, let me guess, the US also fought in Korea to make it a colony, rape people, kill babies and starve it of its resources. Are you also telling me North Korea should have won? The north korean are totally fighting US imperialism, right commie? The US wouldn't have given a fuck about Vietnam if there wasn't some crook named ho chi minh who was sponsored by stalin and mao tse sung to spread communism and build soviet military bases. If the US "won" in Vietnam there would be no Cambodian genocide, no Hmong genocide, no concentration camps, no vietnamese boat people and no authoritarian governments in Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao. You tell me, were the korean and vietnam wars rich man's wars? If they were, those rich men must really hate genocides, concentration camps, commies. Damn i wonder how the south koreans are doing, being a colony of the US and being ruled by US imperialists, sucks to be them.

[@robertroselle5073]

WTF are you talking about??? They should be ashamed of themselves!!! In fact...ANYONE who fought in this racist war of aggression against the Vietnamese people should be ashamed of their actions!!! What had the Vietnamese people done to deserve being attacked???

[@talatozyurt306]

@Gunnar Williams Nah South Vietnam was not fertile in terms of natural resources, it was mostly north. Sole reason why U.S had intervened in this war is to dampen the domino effect.

[@anselmgachukia6809]

5.49 that's the essence of ur life force flowing away from you,Imagine having to witness that constantly and knowing you could be next inline anytime.

[@mrdacusthenavigator4989]

Respect to the Black service men who gave their blood and sweat for the USA. It's as much our country as any other citizen who worked hard to achieve and accomplish their goals. ✊🏿🇺🇲

[@kevinflaherty6028]

Very proud of how the black soldiers distinguished themselves over there inspite of social issues,bravo👏🏿👍🏽✊🏽💪🏿

[@adambrooks2297]

First I am not African anything, I am a American Indian, they reclassified my people as African American, yet I as well as many others served with honor only to come home to be disrespected!

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

American Indian? And you black? Wtf?

[@kasheem1747]

Abdi Piano Facts!!!

[@12Gates.]

@@AbdiPianoChannel i would most black americans are not actual africans. As in have a documented lineage tieing "blacks" to africa. Most of the african slaves did not come to north america, the vast majority didnt. All of those old plantations or work camps in the southeast were either old indian towns/settlements or adjacent . near the mounds.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@12Gates. Pseudohistory, African Americans are not no damn Indians.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Wrong, you are an identity thief, a pretendian

[@paulturner6334]

My father related a story from ww2,where he spoke about the germany so called enemies had better accommodation than the black soldiers. So when I hear about race relations,The country is responsible for all the disparities in this country, I served in vietnam in 1968 as a medic downrange,came home to be denied service in a fast food joint while in uniform. The overall attitude of this country remains. There all the bullshit about brothers in arms. Its the behaviors and actions that says who you are.

[@arlandercoleman1961]

Check out a new release on Amazon prime "The 24th".

[@MayaArchiveProducer]

The emails keep bouncing back . Can you please contact me at the email address listed under my About section. Or otherwise, please let me know who I should contact?

[@DJPoundPuppy]

This is still important.

[@TheMpofu]

Soul brother not your war

[@magicball3744]

What you said love

[@ilyaasnajee-ullah4595]

Da 5 reference?

[@TheMpofu]

Terry Bruce spear me the American bs you broke back mountain looking ass. Some Americans are not even treated like Americans to begin with.

[@ilyaasnajee-ullah4595]

Terry Bruce I think he was referencing to the movie da five bloods, also that was said by a Vietnamese woman on the radio and she's definitely right, the reason she's right is because first off take in to consideration this was a different time a harsher time where black soldiers were being mistreated and discriminated against even though they were fighting for America, they were mistreated by the ones they were fighting for. So he's absolutely right we weren't always treated like Americans. Even now racist things happen but it's gotten a lot better for us. So the phrase "not you war" is basically saying like why fight for the people who are mean to you and mistreat you. I heard a story about a guy during ww1 or ww2 (I forgot) note that there was still segregation back then and a black man had came back from war and still couldn't go to a "whites only" restaurant but he looked in and saw a German which I find pretty interesting being that back then America was fighting the Germans and even during ww1 there was still segregation in the military units even though we were on the same side, your side :/ but still blacks weren't allowed to fight amongst whites look up these group of dudes called the Harlem hell fighters badass guys despite dealing with discrimination they still fought for America they actually earned that name by the Germans cause of how they fought :)🤘🏿 also that's why Muhammad Ali wouldn't join the military and go to Vietnam (the reasons I mentioned earlier) he said "Why should I go fight them? They've never called me nigger they've never mistreated me." Also they would give black soldiers tougher missions I would recommend watching the movie Da Five Bloods it's pretty good. anywho there's been a lot of messed up stuff done to us but that's okay we forgive everyone :) it's all love man! let's not let the pass separate us, let's be family :)💜 and get to know one another and be kind to each other this life is too short to be all separated from each other and be mean to each other 👍🏿🤘🏿😌💜😊 God made us all different so that we could get to know one another bro 👍🏿 (I'm a black guy haha) I hope I wasn't offensive towards you bro if I was I apologize

[@kariebeez]

I respect the service of veterans of any race or ethnicity; social constructs don't define the men who valiantly sacrificed their lives, or in the case of survivors, the mental, emotional, and physical disabilities that will forever change their lives. The men in my family served in the military; I had two cousins who served in Vietnam. The Vietnam War resonates with me because I grew up with it and the music of the era. But damn, somebody should have sent the brothers some soul music. Brothers wanted to hear some Smokey, Temptations, James Brown, Impressions, Supremes, Marvelettes, -- essentially all of the iconic soul music of the 60's.

[@markwoods4439]

It was pretty much the same for World War One and Two. Black men and women fought for a country that didn’t fight for them.

[@arlandercoleman1961]

Check out the latest Amazon prime video "The 24th" you won't learn this in "his story" class.

[@d_no44]

That's what it's like to fight in satan's army. Even allies are enemies.

[@robertroselle3341]

@Gunnar Williams Should not have been fighting against a people who had done NOTHING to deserve being attacked! The war has been over for over 40 years and the Vietnamese people WON!!! What have they done that would lead people to say..."I told you so"! I am proud to have been a part of the "antiwar movement"!!!

[@robertroselle3341]

@Gunnar Williams Sorry Sir...Your misguided...unjustified attacks on the Vietnamese people had absolutely NOTHING to do with my right to protest against a racist attack on the Vietnamese people!!!

[@robertroselle3341]

@Gunnar Williams The struggle of the Vietnamese people to be free of oppression by the United States had absolutely nothing to do with my right as a U.S. citizen to protest against what I...and many others... saw as a racist attempt to deny the Vietnamese people their political freedom! I do not consider Ms. Fonda's actions treasonous! Desperate perhaps...but not treasonous! She did what she felt was necessary to end a Viscious!! Racist!!! and unprovoked war against the Vietnamese people!

[@merlineedward6857]

How well I remembered this unnecessary war.So many of my family members were drafted, of whom were black.They were the majority of who served there and most had just graduated from school. Most young white men were college students,which gave them leniency and of course their family doctors who lied about their diagnosis and there were many of them who left the country to avoid going to vietnam.It seemed every other day you would see coffins of our deceased soldiers rolling of the planes.The young folks on college campuses all over, protested against the war and at times there were very violent episodes from the authorities. Finally, the war ended with hundreds and hundreds of our young men who came home in coffins, and who were crippled,maimed,paralyzed and with mental and emotional problems.Sadly,there was no heroes welcome for them. They weren't honorable recognized as brave Americans who fought for their country at that time.They were ridiculed by america because news reports said they went into villages and deliberately killed innocent women and children. Finally,March 28,2017,Pres Trump made that day a National Vietnam Day for those veterans and their families who sacrificed for us.

[@creoleviking8433]

Charlie caught hell at 0430 that morning.

[@robertroselle5073]

Who won???

[@wlmarvin]

actual hardcore soldiers..........

[@astudentpilotlife]

I am the grandson of a south Vietnamese helicopter military pilot and a proud of our veterans both the south Vietnamese army and the U.S. military.

[@astudentpilotlife]

@Gunnar Williams that's true. It was a desperate time.

[@ericnguyen6953]

I'm back In Da Nang Viet Nam December 2019 ... I was born 1968 ... I married a beautiful Vietnamese girl/woman 20 years younger than myself ... We have two children and we love dearly ... I drive my motorbike around the city, imagining the war around the time i was born .... I'm a black American

[@_____J_____]

All of them are heroes, no matter the color of their skin

[@wavealip8059]

Thank you fellow Black warriors for your service and sacrifice. These brave men went though hell and discrimination at home only to be sent thousands of miles away to endure more hell fighting for a country that treated them like a second class citizens.

[@robertroselle5073]

Had NO business fighting in a racist war against the Vietnamese people!

[@greasyflight6609]

Many of these men are gone...those who are alive know who their brothers are...they have a lot to teach us

[@commonsense6512]

My cousin served multiple tours in Vietnam and now has the Agent Orange sickness.

[@gerardvillares4367]

God Bless them. True American heroes.

[@vibehigh32]

Soul music was/is a small request in a warzone or any workplace for that matter

[@elhussainmustafa6606]

the man seen at 3:40 became a 4 star general name: roscoe robinson

[@MayaArchiveProducer]

hello I would really like to license some footage from here. I've emailed you - my name is Maya from Somethin' Else. I hope to hear from you soon.

[@MayaArchiveProducer]

p.s. to the email address listed in the about section. However when I click on the link the website doesn't seem to exist so there may be a typo ..

[@brucevanatta8586]

My best friend was a black kid from Atlanta. I was a farm boy from Kansas. Never forget you Johnny Jackson.

[@donnaour4743]

God bless all you men of color, and thank you for your service ♥️👠👍

[@arielbob100]

respect from israel. love everyone of the troops

[@dame5372]

Real heroes my father was a immigrant and a soldier ranger/sog combat medic I grew up with these men true war heroes god bless these men the families they were lied to had the people against them agent orange it’s a disgrace

[@blacqgodel5286]

GREATEST WARRIORS ON EARTH

[@jacobholley6181]

Drew Brees brought me here

[@mizzury54]

This should be required viewing for racist KZbin commenters and those with racist views who claim to support our military. The way African Americans, of whom many have fought and died for this country and continue to do so , are treated in this country should outrage every American.

[@dionthomas5418]

The Vietnam War Veterans are my heroes in my life time, the first real American warriors and patriots who I looked up and be inspired to join the military when I was little, despite the fact that how they were treated when they were coming to America so unfair and unjust, I salute them all for defending America against Evil.

[@olfuc4404]

God Bless you Dion.

[@robertroselle5073]

WTF are you talking about!!??? The U.S. war against the Vietnamese people was a RACIST war of aggression against a people who had done NOTHING to deserve being attacked!!! PERIOD!!!

[@dalejohnson4871]

Carry on men

[@Rastafarianinja]

My grandfather did his tour in vietnam and ended up getting stationed in Germany once his tour ended. At the time, he thought it would be better then moving somewhere else in the states so that his family didn’t have to experience the violence that was being directed at the black community in the states b/c of the civil rights movement, which it was but only somewhat better. My dad told me that on vacation, even though they were in Europe, there were towns and villages that they couldn’t enter or get service in specifically b/c they were black.

[@robertroselle5073]

Surprise! Surprise!!

[@sixgustadbj5991]

thankig the Hero

[@snowman374th]

~S~ Salute to all of these American Soldiers.

[@dakotagordon8756]

Supposedly Dutch of the Lagoon Company was a Vietnam vet...

[@flavabean1847]

There are not enough words of appreciation for families who served and gave their lives, but I believe that we, Black people, need to take a sabbatical from fighting amerikka wars,,,,, let's put that energy into building up our communities

[@saigoneze4465]

they weren't treated right back home but in the field they were equals and resorted as much as the next guy .The sacrifice these men did for their country and the defence of freedom will never truly be appreciated .Thanks for your service

[@jenlennon6614]

You know I don't consider myself an sjw or black lives matter person (I like to say I believe in equality without necessarily conforming to a group) I still have to say that what black people went through during the 60s and 70s was screwed up. they didn't have civil rights in their own country and still the men were forced out onto the front lines to fight a war that a lot of people didn't want to fight. I support black veterans as well as white veterans and veterans of every other ethnicity because no matter what race you are its still screwed up that American politicians forced men to fight a war that not a lot of people wanted to fight so that rhe politicians can push their agendas.

[@coporal4]

+Mark Johnson This has been happening since the Revolutionary War.. Seems that certain folk feel black troops don't have the courage to fight yet they are sent to war and the whites that fight with them gain each others respect, but they have to come back to a country where a little ole white lady in the bank pulls her purse close or some asshole refuses service. It won't end util all these folk die out and the newer ones get better exposure to each other as a group instead of living in isolated places and watching stuff on TV and listening to Faux News

[@nealnakajima9747]

I like that, Faux News. Think I'll borrow it.

[@jenlennon6614]

Agreed thats some excellent word play man

[@Aden_III]

74kjohnson Typical.

[@lavonrandolph3064]

I remember when they said black man this not your war

[@Nam-id7kj]

One word, BROTHERS! We had each other's six. The tears & blood were the same. There is no race on those black panels in DC, only BROTHERS.

[@H.pylori]

Interesting. Did not know that there were ethnic issues in VN...enough to have stand downs and inspectors coming to Saigon. I believed until now that the only grunt issue in VN was to make it home alive. I will have to think about this video for a while.

[@lelouchvibritannia2300]

So fragile it is; that idea of racism. Being deployed with people you once had racial biases with and learning those biases were pure lunacy, is a fascinating experience. It's still taking time for me to get over it; get over that I can be so stupid. Especially when one asks you to be their best man.

[@johnpistello1521]

I was there....the brothers did their jobs in the field. Would go back to war with any of them, anytime, Any place. My brothers.✌

[@johnpistello1521]

@GLADIATOR SHI'AR MVP your a moron....believe dat......lol

[@rootdoctorblackbirdshadera2092]

Nice VIDEO# My father got drafted in Atlanta Georgia # and was force to go their...i thought i saw my POPS.. He told me the Vietnamese use to play a record... Saying BLACK MAN this is not your war... My POPS said he lost alot of FRIENDS THEIR...that why he sang the National anthem... Because his friends believe in IT..

[@robertroselle5073]

Well they were right!! It wasn't a Black man's war!!! It was a war of aggression against the Vietnamese people!!! An UNJUST war!!

[@jaylensmith1757]

Elected in 1912, President Woodrow Wilson ordered segregation throughout the federal government.[64] In World War I, blacks served in the United States Armed Forces in segregated units. Black soldiers were often poorly trained and equipped, and were often put on the frontlines in suicide missions. The U.S. military was still heavily segregated in World War II. In addition, no African-American would receive the Medal of Honor during the war, and black soldiers had to sometimes give up their seats in trains to the Nazi prisoners of war.[65] I couldn’t see why any black man would’ve fought for this country back then🤦🏽‍♂️

[@SagHill_255]

Are blacks at donmong oversensitive? Why are they oversensitive is because, they no longer, wanna be, considered...that black boy over there, that black airmen over there; I mean they want to be the man!!!! Who is that man saying that. He sends chills down my spine.

[@bobjones3623]

This has kept repeating itself generation after generation blks been her 1600yr

[@jimmyirving3550]

EASY TO REMEMBER MY BROS

[@inthestorm23]

we got a job to do! we should welcome are veitnam brothahs like i didn/t do

[@plutobills5359]

My uncle Kenneth Jr was in this war and told me about the signs that said black man this is not your war from the vietnamese people

[@childofgod6769]

I know this has nothing to do with black nam soldiers but thousands of white, black, and Hispanic war babies were left behind in Vietnam. And if my father went to war I would want to know if I had brothers or sisters left behind😢