California Dreamin - Vietnam War

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[@KitsuneMakai]

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw the thumbnail for this video... The man on the right with the mustache is actually my dad (he recognized himself when this documentary first came out and showed the whole family.) He just turned 70 last Monday and I love him to pieces. It's hard to have to wave at him and say happy birthday through a closed glass door because of Covid... I haven't been able to give him a hug in almost a year for fear of getting him sick. My heart goes out to all the Vietnam War veterans and their families who haven't been able to be with each other because of this awful pandemic. I hope it will be over as quickly as possible.

[@hameatsturkey1088]

That's amazing, have you ever asked him what was going on in that clip and why they were recording?

[@soniaanand1278]

Yeah he should ask him that!

[@mczilla8628]

I hope its over soon too, the next time you talk to your dad tell him thank you from the USA were very proud of our veterens! And Happy Birthday and you and your family stay safe

[@prussiankingdom1693]

Tell him thanks for his service, for serving even though the country hated them

[@amiralcookie3221]

I'm happy that I was a soldier of our generation because we have a good gear and we are in better situations. Look I was in mali and Afghanistan and I was not for me, so I don't imagine what lived your dad. Thanks him for me From a fellow veteran. And you should tell him to right a book about his experience in Vietnam.

[@misterx1342]

My dad was drafted when he was 17 to fight in Angola (South Africa’s version of Vietnam) my dad still has nightmares to this day. He was forced to fight for a government he hated. My dad told me once he had to walk all the way from Angola to Namibia carrying his dead friend because the army didn’t think he was wroth saving. Respect for all Vietnam vets and those that didn’t make it

[@davesouthwick970]

I'm also an Angolan vet, & looking back, was a total waste of life & resources. I saw a post earlier regarding war being a contest between old bitter men at the expense of young lives, & it is entirely accurate & incontestably accurate. I will be 60 in a few weeks, & my beloved wife, daughters & I are now staring down the barrel of Covid 19. All I have to offer them is sanctuary & sustenance until this latest abomination has passed. God Bless & protect all who read this post

[@Kshahdoo67]

@@davesouthwick970 And my uncle was on a different side there, amongst Soviet military advisors... He didn't like to talk a lot about that.

[@alfaromeofan2475]

God Bless America USA USA in God we trust, and those soldiers are in Gods hands. I’m not from USA

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

@@ZemanTheMighty Um what? Do you know anything about the vietnam war? Not only was it totally unnecessary for the US to get involved but they got completely fucked on their first attempt when they should have been able to totally out gun Vietnam. Not only that but it led in large part to the Khmer Rouge's genocidal reign and the deaths of many innocent Americans and Vietnamese.

[@ZemanTheMighty]

@@Oscar_Armstrong we're talking about the Angolan bushwar. Not Vietnam.

[@Demons972]

Too young to vote , but not to die. Too young to love , but too old to cry . Saigon, 68-69.

[@woodscw50]

@trump gaming a father a Marine our walk our tour our fathers tour brothers

[@IvanTre]

Gotta read 'Public Opinion" by Lippmann. A government that depends on what people believe is going to really care about what the people believe in.

[@harrywalker1621]

Thks for your service I was in Helmand 2006-2008 RCR

[@woodscw50]

a marine father to family

[@woodscw50]

@@harrywalker1621 the walk a father our sons a Marine father

[@publiusscipioafricanus6475]

1:34 the man with the green helmet was my dad he was Henry Williams Jr. he was a member of the U.S air force during the war. Sadly he never came back home he was shoot down and killed in vietnam. He was my hero

[@blinksstayfresh2524]

I’m sorry man. My condolences

[@Lekirius]

Rip

[@noir_sirena]

RIP to your dad, a HERO!! May his spirit live on forever

[@gavinrafalovich5951]

Rest it peace, man… best of luck to you 🙏Your pops was a warrior

[@williisaias]

Héroe forever

[@popperdeckman125]

“In peace, sons bury their fathers, in war, fathers bury their sons.”

[@colin-campbell]

Is there something about Vietnam that forces people to publish their favourite pretentious anti war quotes?

[@sambassam8685]

Who said this?

[@xxtesticals4863]

Colin Campbell “Is there something about Vietnam that forces people to blah blah” stfu u little geek

[@colin-campbell]

xxtentaction But I’m right.

[@xxtesticals4863]

Colin Campbell No, you’re not.

[@nightman4142]

When my Grandpa got drafted, He didn't even know where Vietnam was.

[@benlaidlaw5457]

Huge respect to your Grandpa, I remember seeing someone say “The Vietnam war was created to give America geography lessons”;)

[@nikolaerceg224]

America and their geography 👌👌👌

[@myfavoritepointguard446]

Basically vietnam is in middle east

[@spacemanapeinc7202]

Of course, people were way less educated back then than before.

[@cheemsg.i.7130]

Lt. Tom Kazansky No,pretty sure it's in Europe

[@gortus]

I’m not American and nobody in my family ever served in Vietnam but I keep coming back to this video. These kinds of videos invoke a kind of feeling I can’t describe, it’s very bittersweet. This video makes me want to cry, but also smile seeing all of these people smiling and playing around. There is no such thing as harmless power.

[@saints360row]

graham cockroach, There is also no such thing as helpful; powerless.

[@ohnoitshayley8997]

This is sooo true

[@ЕвгенийЦветухин-к6е]

I feel that too

[@rbkfan200]

Cheval de bois ok boomer

[@lancemiller1725]

👍🇺🇸🇺🇸 well said

[@Uchiha_Cat_]

My grandpa was just 18 when he graduated high school. Then his number came up and he was drafted to nam. He said "Jungle warfare is like getting a ticket to see the devil up close.". I took him to Vietnam 2 years ago because he wanted to go and when he saw the jungle become a colonized city, he cried. He was and still is a one hell of a mad lad. He gave me a portrait of himself holding an M60 with on hand while he holds the belt on the other, only wearing a flak jacket with no sleeves. He is scared that war might break out and that I'll be drafted while I'm still a teenager in high school. He also revealed that one of his child hood friends got killed in combat. His body was lying lifeless on the ground, everything in one piece except his head. He said "It scares me up to this day that my best friend got killed...he wasn't any older than me. He had given me a cigarette 3 seconds ago and i look over to see him killed. I didn't even see or hear it happen, that's why it haunts me...why him but not me?! I feel sorry going home in 1970 and having to explain how much of a good man he was to his girlfriend and family." -PVT Daniel Jackson my beautiful grandfather.

[@atomarkanov8201]

Your grandfather sounds like a badass, and I'm glad he's mostly alright. Tell him that I thank him for his service and am sorry he had to go through that hell.

[@liljojo8813]

I hope another mayor war breaks out just imagine the mems

[@Uchiha_Cat_]

@@atomarkanov8201 will do!

[@ComradeRosa]

@@liljojo8813 what the hell? war is hell, don't forget it. you won't enjoy it if your time comes.

[@liljojo8813]

@@ComradeRosa yeah but just imagine how it would all play out

[@zeroireland]

‘Nam had the best soundtrack.

[@AlejandroP1980s]

What about ww3

[@osamabinladen4769]

@@Nathan-cw7cb If that happens i will shoot myself

[@wiijjdog]

Lol just some 18 year old paratrooper dabbing listening to Every Day Bro as he jumps

[@thema.sosoudid2229]

Ricky Gervais

[@starhawck]

@@osamabinladen4769 You might want to reconsider your odds, Osama, or do you want me to link you a few compilations of modern rap in combination with war footage from Afghanistan.

[@2headedtasman200]

1:42 Charles T. Colley, 82nd Medical Detachment. 1944 - 2019

[@brianmcgowan9044]

Get me 169 subs and I will reveal something rip

[@LazyAndFabulous]

@Adam Beasley Lmao, I've never thought of it, this comment trying to fool us

[@xXsilencXx60]

May he can rest in peace

[@ss-jk8js]

Get me 169 subs and I will reveal something rest in peace legend

[@douglapointe6810]

R.I.P. respect.

[@Rice-And-Gravy]

Just kids. They were just kids. Edit: The funniest thing about seeing the replies calling me a commie is that I'm in the military myself. Yet, I can still recognize the longstanding effects the senseless war in Vietnam has had.

[@ulrich9114]

They were adult , are you blind?

[@MrJustinUSCM]

@@ulrich9114 Most men in Vietnam were as young as 17

[@luikausvuoon1939]

@@MrJustinUSCM Actually 19. Even Paul Hardcastle knows it!

[@n_y_0_n38]

Elijah Kids with gun but still kids

[@V73-b5n]

@@ulrich9114 adults are kids

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

I lost my best friend who was a Vet not long ago to Cancer. We lived in assisted living together and shared a porch. I practiced martial arts a little bit and showed him some stuff. I am 45 YO. He liked me because the first time I saw him I asked him if he was a Veteran? Then I asked him if he was a Vietnam Veteran? I told him Thank You So Much Sir. I started practicing martial arts when I was 9 YO. Peace. Mike.

[@toraguchitoraguchi9154]

They were kids, and draftees, not professional troops. Draftees were civilians drafted into the military and trained hastily to be sent into war. Professional soldiers sign up voluntarily, get trained during peacetime, to a high standard, and if a war breaks out, they are sent in better prepared and better disciplined.

[@johnskrelnik]

Pushed to do war crimes,disgusting.

[@Gotobar]

John Skrelnik The Vietnamese committed quite a few of them too

[@pro-russianwesterneuropean415]

That is not the reason. There are people who want to do exactly that. To fight. I'm one of those guys. I'm 24, soon 25. I live in Vienna, I have a very well paid job and I enjoy it, a nice car, I have a flat that costs me only 250 euro (that's damn little for Vienna), and had a nice one girlfriend I have left, just as I will leave everything else. To hell with it. Because I will leave Austria on 12.04.2020 and enter the French foreign legion. The reason is quite simple. The civilian life is not for me. I WANT TO BE SOLDIER. I WANT SERVICES. And that VOLUNTARY !!

[@HecyLLLuu_ucTuHy_ykpauHbl]

american occupiers

[@chewbaccamon974]

@@pro-russianwesterneuropean415 Remember to say goodbye to us mate, i hope you the best

[@odin5255]

So much friendship between those boys. Can't imagine the horrors they went through when they came home. (Everyone, I'm not saying that the Vietnam War was any good. Neither am I saying that these soldiers shown in the video were good. All I'm saying is that friendship in a military conflict is the best thing those boys had.)

[@vincentahlgren4183]

Well some People didnt Come home

[@faaaaaabba]

All those people shoukd thanks to US government for PTSD and dead bodies.

[@pigga9878]

J S it also ruined their health they had drinks and drugs and smoking and depression the whole time so some of them didn’t make it home not just from war

[@szymonwrobel6573]

think also about the Vietnamese

[@odin5255]

@@szymonwrobel6573 War is war, and it's terrible. Those things that happened in Vietnam can never be forgiven, but remember. Those who fought it was just kids. Most of them was only 19 or 20.

[@sissybear94]

Men fighting for a country that didn’t fight for them.

[@danielespinolajr1]

Santino Chavez Not exactly

[@emanuelsommar7243]

We actually had to shoot them if we were being overrun . You could never trust them to change sides

[@-unbreakeblecow488]

But they did fight against communism

[@chientranhvoitoi8820]

@Santino Chavez What do you mean?

[@coles2688]

Felicity Troncao The US has always fought for for her people and the people have always fought for the US

[@JamoreOropeza]

1:17 Really makes you feel a certain way for these soldiers. Makes you feel sad knowing the fact, they had dreams in life, only to be sent away to a war they didn’t wanna go into. Especially with the song California dreaming, a song which could relate to the soldiers feelings on missing their home, and dreams of going back one day. Thank you to all the Vietnam war veterans 🇺🇸🙏🪖

[@bighands69]

If they did not go and fight there communism would been attacking their mothers, sisters and wives in America. It was that simple. It was the most evil system ever creating killing more innocent people than WW1 and WW2 combined. It was everywhere from Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and South America. At some point they had to step up and stop its expansion and that was the first place that they really put an effort into.

[@jhon7602]

Él era Féliz se le nota en su cara

[@Chunkyjalapeno]

Right after a guy with sunglasses giving beer to a dog. Lol

[@lieless3396]

So it's June 1965 and the school semester is coming to an end. I look over at this cute guy in our biology class, we smile, and then a month later to the day, I read in our local paper that he had just died in Nam.

[@z1kop540]

sorry for the loss maam

[@Sawyer186]

Where have all the flowers gone when will we learn :(

[@heyitshuttz3705]

@@Brime69 oh hey fellow railfan

[@Brime69]

@@heyitshuttz3705 Hows it going. I See you're a NS fan. Have you Seen any Heritage Units? So Far I've Seen The Lehigh Valley and Illinois Terminal Units.

[@heyitshuttz3705]

@@Brime69 waiting for one right now it’s the Wabash, I’ll tell you if it comes

[@aladeen8242]

RIP to my grandfather who died in 1966. He was a Master Sergeant and had also served in the Korean War. He got fatally wounded escorting a wounded soldier to a Huey and died on the ride for further medical aid. My father was only 6 at the time. The people within the video and the song itself are basically the only things I can imagine by grandfather through, as even my dad barely even knew him, it hits hard man.

[@mckessa17]

That is sad. He should have went to Canada and lived a full and happy life.

[@georgerobinson349]

@@TheWhale0101 In Nam, we we would refer to you as a sorry sack of shit. Still do today!

[@flufferusgoobus]

@@TheWhale0101 May you go back to worshipping shitheads and saying thiefs n bandits are "people who didn't have an opportunity". Bastard.

[@kekfromkekistan3057]

@@TheWhale0101 ok Muslim.

[@viviansmith2177]

@@TheWhale0101 what the fucks ur deal

[@deathisdeadd]

back in college in 2015 i had an elective specifically about the vietnam war, and at the end of the semester our professor brought in 3 vietnam combat vets for us to just talk to and ask any questions we want. (yes even THAT question) and it was really, really cool. all three of them were the same age and saw combat at 18 yrs old. really good memory from school

[@jhon7602]

Cuál fue esa pregunta?

[@americansoldier7302]

"No one likes a soldier, till the enemy is at the gates." - Some old saying that I learned.

[@alierk542]

Very stupid saying. Soldiers are representations of the human flaw of fighting your own kind. Saying that people don't like soldiers until the enemy is at the door is meaningless, because people who don't like soldiers are actually saying that they don't like war and the inhumane acts one is forced to commit in it. A more accuraye saying would be; The mouse would never create a mouse trap, but humans created the atomic bomb.

[@americansoldier7302]

@@alierk542 my guy this wasn't supposed to be taken seriously.

[@liljojo8813]

@@alierk542 you have to fight the aggressor with something

[@jackfrost2146]

@@alierk542 The need to prevent untold thousands of innocent victims created the bomb. Obviously you weren't a soldier in WW2, and you haven't been forced to speak Japanese for some reason....

[@alierk542]

@@jackfrost2146 no. Project manhattan and the efforts of scientist and physician léo szilard and enrico fermi mainly created the bomb. In 1945, the war against japan was basically won. All the USA needed to do was to demonstrate the power of the bomb without actually using it, which would have made japan surrender. The bomb didnt end the war, it was already pretty much over when france was liberated amd the axis forces were trampled in the snows of russia. The atomic bomb was an inhumane creation which never was supposed to be used. Leo szilard and albert einstein themselves, the creators behind the bomb, wishex they didnt participate in ita making after it was done. Get your facts straight.

[@BioTechEntertainment]

"War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other." - Niko Bellic

[@degenerategambler000]

BioTeck Hey Nikoo my cousin ! Wanna come to play Bowling with me?

[@црниђорђерс]

Russian Man In Balaclava HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jayr178]

I don't they are tricked, they just don't have a choice

[@walamo4796]

It’s crazy so much truth can be said by a fictional video game character

[@ReconstructedYankee1882]

Cabbage that's what I wanted

[@Cavelson]

miss my cousin Dan... chopper pilot. MIA 1969

[@bradleyporter5454]

Mister Sorge MIA, but not forgotten.. sorry about your loss.

[@idontgetlaidbut]

LIEUTENANT DAN!!!!

[@berserk6855]

We shot him down not sorry.

[@veryrarechaddoomer32]

@@berserk6855 Charlie on sight

[@Urmom-dd1mh]

Mister Sorge May he rest in peace, I’m so sorry

[@DudeTheGasmask]

Pfc. Little Los 1950-1971 Gone but never forgotten.

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

Big rip

[@OrganicDolphin]

Kreegs damn that’s my age right now. It’s so sad and kind of scary. I feel like a melancholic sense of luck knowing that I was born after a century of violence.

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

Channel thats how long he was alive im pretty sure

[@cavidansevdimli6416]

Respect from Azerbaijan

[@ЭдикУЛЬМАН]

@@cavidansevdimli6416 Гагаш, тебя сюда как занесло?

[@алексейиванов-ы2с3щ]

Хорошая песня , культовая . Хороший видео ряд , хочется по меньше войн , по больше хороший песен .

[@JorgeCruz-nx4zb]

“War is young men dying and old men talking”

[@reynewdawn]

Thats why i liked Vikings... old pr young all fought in the front line togather

[@mikeobama69]

and the international lenders count their shekels

[@mariusklos9987]

yep

[@psour33]

And a lot's earning money on their lives.

[@raymondo162]

war: posh cunts telling stoopid cunts to shoot poor cunts. A. Non

[@alejandro60251]

I feel nostalgia for a time i haven’t known

[@DanielOliveira-ig5lt]

Me too

[@thefrayfann]

Anemoia

[@SlicedSlappy]

baezineitor 34 it’s in your genes

[@aerozz8851]

Nostalgia for the fucking Vietnam War?

[@fabriciodutra2117]

cuz u were there in another life

[@John-mf6ky]

This video honestly hits a lot harder now that I work at a veterans home.

[@zemo348]

@@mutt5701 you wrote this like a Nikita Hruscev told (do you know any heroes around here🧐)

[@zemo348]

In a film enemy at the Gates youknow if you watch this film

[@bassmaster7874]

Treat them old boys good they are the last of the best

[@klytouch5285]

Yup.. was it worthy.. look like wars are fun isn't it..??

[@SchuetzenBorstelSangenstedt_eV]

I salute to you👌🏼

[@tanganov]

I myself am from Russia, but watching videos like this, I clearly feel similar feelings to when I look at old front-line photos of loved ones. All the same faces, emotions, feelings. The same young guys who were broken by the war: someone on the battlefield, and the war ruthlessly deprived someone of their minds, and even corrupt and deceitful politicians then simply wiped their feet on them. I would like to express respect and good feelings to the guys who went through the horrors of the war, regardless of the side for which they fought. Unfortunately, in wars, it is always the common people, the soldiers, who suffer first of all, and not the puppeteers who start them.

[@biljajovanovic3764]

Кажеш Рус си,брате где си сада,јел се сада бориш против непријатеља? Знаш на кога мислим?

[@filiptodorovic9752]

@@biljajovanovic3764 Biljo, ne seri

[@jhon7602]

Comunistaaa

[@josipamatic6085]

Ptsd will be huge for once who manage to came back.

[@iamsendwich]

@@biljajovanovic3764 what does it have to do with the fact that he is Russian?

[@antoniomskr5893]

Born around 1900 Fight in WW1 Born around 1920 Fight in WW2 Born around 1940 Fight in Vietnam

[@shawne02]

Born in 2002 and I'm getting flashbacks from this

[@zlikurac4840]

Born around 2000 Fight in WW3

[@SmokeyGames420]

@@zlikurac4840 God I hope not. I was born in 2002.

[@shawne02]

@@SmokeyGames420 we need something to turn us into men

[@SmokeyGames420]

@@shawne02 We won't get a chance to turn into men, we'll just be disintegrated by nukes if WW3 happens.

[@ivan-zvonimirkovacevic9075]

2:01 Served in WW1 and WW2 and probably has son or grandson serving in the Vietnam war.

[@doa_824]

That’s what I thought too

[@epicmetod]

That granpa? Nope, most ww2 veteran were still in their 40's - early 50's when vietnam happened. Average ww2 soldier were 17-28 then add 25 years. But you are correct if that granpa probably a WW1 veteran

[@ivan-zvonimirkovacevic9075]

@@epicmetod Hey might be some kind of leader in ww2, most ww1 veterans were commanders in world war 2.

[@brandonmireles3249]

That's how it was back then just got out of high school and healthy okay son your going to war

[@hernandezz4912]

exactly what I was thinking when I saw pops

[@ceevee369]

As a 6 year old, I was watching TV in ‘72, not understanding what was going on , finding it “cool” to see war. I live now for close to 7 years in Saigon, had a direct view from my office on the platform rooftop from which the Hue helicopter evacuated people, having visited ruins of War in different areas in Vietnam and most importantly, having learned why the Vietnamese resilience and persistence must have contributed in “ winning” this senseless war. It’s a good place to live here.

[@protonneutron9046]

you are insane if happy the communists came to power.

[@bighands69]

The Vietcong lost the war with over 2.5 million of them dying. They surrender and then the US decided to pullouts without ensuring that the place was in stable condition.

[@bighands69]

@blv The US got the vietcong to surrender and attend negotiations in Paris. The Vietcong lost 50 times as many fighters as the US did. The US never lost any major battles in the Vietnam conflict but the Vietcong lost nearly every major battle. The Vietcong were communists and were backed by both the USSR and China.

[@xv4713]

@@bighands69vietcong didn’t surrender.

[@Younesbolton]

​@@bighands69🧠🧠🧠

[@fragbuwa8144]

Flashbacks from a time I never was

[@leebaker2588]

flashbacks from a time I was. 19 years old then. Now and old man . . .

[@Aldebaranm777]

this is SAUDADE😎

[@leebaker2588]

@tu tu Yes, 1972 and 73.

[@haileymarie6061]

tu tu you don’t have to be from the us to know the history of the war just research it and look at documentaries is that easy tho and be is a little rude to ask someone “how was it like” you know what i mean?

[@leebaker2588]

@tu tu war is like a nightmare . . . a bad dream that never ends and damages everyone it touches. May you never know war.

[@janetlapworth.li.george5883]

Memories of my dear friend Oscar who I met before his ship USS Glennon DD840 left for Vietnam,always in my 💓

[@theenchanteduniverseoflife1450]

Im not the only one who is listening to this masterpiece in june

[@geralds.9934]

Nope

[@guyaldridge]

Nope

[@isaiahalvarado2884]

Nope all respect for these vets

[@citruss5737]

of courde not

[@adielramos6157]

Nah

[@phandanglam9923]

Rest In Piece for those who died during the Nam war on both sides.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

When watching footage like this I can't help but wonder how many of those young men who we see in this video returned home safely to their families ... and if they did how many of them lived with physical and emotional trauma as a result of the bloodshed they had witnessed. They were just kids. The Vietnam war was a horrific time in history.

[@supernoodles0225]

born to live, sent to die...

[@NB.7-20]

@@OXY187 Well, I guess the choice is yours to make.

[@usersif6493]

@@OXY187 u stupid?

[@der9424]

@@usersif6493 how is that stupid?

[@xan4thepeople]

@@usersif6493 how is he stupid

[@usersif6493]

@@xan4thepeople ay just didnt make sense sorry if i offended anyone

[@Noah-jk8go]

My grandpa Freddie Lopez and his brother were drafted to Vietnam. He told me one story about watching his best friend Victor Lopez step on a landmine and blow up in front of him the look of horror and pain in his eyes said enough. We lost him a few years ago due to cancer and I still think about him on the daily and what he must of gone through. Thank you to all the veterans who fought and for those who are fighting right now. God bless

[@bighands69]

They done an amazing job and the media has done a horrible job.

[@Simone1968RJ]

My father was a sergeant from brazilian navy and he served in San Diego in 1966, and Philadephia in 1968/1969. He went to the USA many times. He told us that he saw many injured men, he donate blood for many men and talked to them. He learned english with them. He didn't told us everything that he saw and heard because he suffered and he was tough man, and a very good father.😢 Unfortunately, he passed away in 2015. I'am sorry for my english. This song was one of his favorite songs.🇺🇲🇧🇷

[@thealyssonramon216]

God be with him

[@higopr]

i feel a little sad watching this video those guys have my age ( 20 years old), and they are dying for nothing...

[@shirjaykay3836]

higopr Crying right now. Life was good in those days. My life is hell now.

[@kampfgruppeheiligepflicht]

Im crying too. Im from Ukraine. And this is shithole. I wish i was in 1960s.

[@swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046]

higopr men! No kid today could do that these days! Not with out a phone or x box in hand

[@higopr]

yes i agree they were more MEN, i appreciated it. But i just didn't like the fact that they were going to a war. To die.

[@Dogmeat1950]

average age of a Soldier in Vietnam was 22. 75% of everyone who served in Vietnam Volunteered

[@brianduran29yearsago52]

y father served with the 3rd and 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam,Cambodia and Laos 1964 to 1966. I know this song always held a special place in his heart because California is where my mom was living while she was pregnant with me. My pops left the Army after his last tour and attended UC Berkley. I myself served in the Army and have 2 combat deployments under my belt. This song always reminded me of my pops and of my home, Northern California. RIP Dr Levi Duran (pops) SSG B.K. Duran US Army-11B

[@dave5257]

Crazy how we're just a moment in history. 40 to 50 years from now people will look back on our moment we're having right now and here we are looking back on there moment they were having at the time. Most are gone already. Makes you realize how small are problems are

[@mrtfff]

And how big our concerns are

[@GeloDianela]

1:48 Col.Benjamin Purcell (1928-2013) and his wife; Col. Purcell was a Vietnam POW and the highest ranking army officer among them.

[@mr.purplepanther856]

Jose Mercado Dianela wow thanks for sharing

[@kelvinbremont1341]

José Mercado Dianela. Thanks for the info! Rip to what I hope was a good and strong veteran. 🙏🙏

[@gabrielfewkes1323]

I remember a girl I knew was talking about war, and romanticizing the hell out it. So, I told her about my great uncle who was drafted into Vietnam and how he was killed the moment he got there. His helicopter was dropping him off into the jungle, and before his boots touched the ground he was shot dead as he took his very first step.

[@nonameman7114]

Sorry for your loss man, no offense to women but they just don’t understand the fear of war that us men face. If a war broke out tomarrow I’d be drafted to that hellhole. Nothing about war is pretty, it’s a nightmare waiting to happen.

[@lemmino1846]

@@nonameman7114 well isn’t it better to be a solider in a garden then a gardener in a war zone.

[@ok-ld8tf]

@@lemmino1846 they are both bad

[@aleksklaby4819]

the government of all countries romanticizes the war, so that their citizens would seek to die in wars for the sake of the interests of the capitalists!

[@gabrielfewkes1323]

@@aleksklaby4819 I would agree that they all do, but they all aren't capitalists. Their are socialists fascists etc. All spreading propaganda to get people to do there dirty work.

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

Somethimes time flies way too fast- I'm still so used to meeting vietnam vets in their 50's to 70's, sometimes younger.

[@Emil.Pyyhtia]

The life expectancy of a radioman in firefight was 5 seconds

[@MoreTrenMoreMen69]

That has to be exaggerated

[@Scrump_Can]

@@MoreTrenMoreMen69 the first shots were at the radio man 99 times out of 100

[@noco7243]

@@MoreTrenMoreMen69 To be fair, there are some estimates that put their life expectancy as high as 30 seconds (as if that's better).

[@jerrell1169]

Sunrise Surprise It’s not, radioman would die usually within about 5 seconds of an ambush. They were actually kept away from the rest of the squad to ensure their safety.

[@2ndsunrise_]

Crusader cav scout life span today is 9 seconds

[@wilhelmvonpreussen]

They lived in the day, as there were no tomorrow, because possibly there wasn't a tomorrow.

[@harrisonsmith9456]

that's dark

[@TheDiverdaleBrothers]

0:16

[@dudeuncool8037]

In thousands of cases they would be having the time of them life And then days and in some cases even hours after that they could meet the end

[@rossturpin4696]

I feel like the Vietnam war is glamorised by the music and footage so much that it is covering over the cracks for how awful it must have been for those brave men. I can’t imagine how terrifying it must have been, I’ve served in the military myself but my service was NOTHING compared to what these guys must have went through. Keep the good memories brothers!

[@Martin-eh9oo]

I do not blame them when losing the United States wanted to disguise their defeat and make it a little less crude, violent and horrifying

[@bighands69]

@@Martin-eh9oo Defeat? The US crushed the Vietcong. It was so one sided that the US decided to make an unprepared withdrawal that really looked bad. Just like Afghanistan.

[@wfrousee]

This was so emotional.... Rest in Peace soldiers who lost their lives in Vietnam war. Thank you for serving, soldiers, veterans... thank you :)

[@TheJoker-zo5nr]

Can you appreciate my effort ?).( kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqfCpqeIobyJqpI

[@alancantu2557]

They didn’t “serve,” in most cases they were forced to fight at the behest of the American government and its donors’ interest. This war was pointless and Vietnam should’ve been left alone. America is always wanting to control other regions.

[@wfrousee]

@@alancantu2557 Well, you are right, but still

[@TheJoker-zo5nr]

@@alancantu2557 I completely agree with you

[@gustavesoucy-breton6841]

@@alancantu2557 even if their sacrifice was for nothing, they still sacrificed themselves.

[@211pirate6]

Drafted, sent to an insanely brutal war, and came back only to be spit on by their fellow Americans. These were the most powerful men of their time, those who retained their sanity.

[@gherkingaming3988]

Politics! am I right?

[@nomad4713]

And the ones who didn’t deserve to be looked on with honor. May we never forget their sacrifice

[@Riptor1998]

“Those who retained their sanity” seems a bit disrespectful don’t you think?

[@oliverb.8995]

@@Riptor1998 Its the truth, no?

[@bighands69]

Americans did not spit in their faces that is just nonsense that the media pushes. A few communist draft dodgers spitting does not account for the whole of America.

[@rylle3404]

Always the poor, the working class, the middle class who has to sacrifice themselves in wars. Always has been.

[@chima6291]

That is why i respect McCain, a real royal

[@KLK01]

David Ma the dead guy? The same guy that was against affordable healthcare? Yeah poor bastard.

[@mantle64]

@@gsingh87 McCain & his pappy were two of the biggest shills for Israel

[@jcristero2476]

David Ma McCain ratted out his fellow soldiers

[@mantle64]

@@jcristero2476 that's why they called him Songbird....he was evil

[@Hardrada88]

Found it! This played at work yesterday and brought back some good memories. I enjoyed singing along but my coworkers didn't xD reminded me of my dad. We shared my first beer together after a day of shooting on my birthday and this played on the radio. I wish i were there with him. Vinh long 68-69. Thanks for sharing

[@Whenseen]

Doesn’t freak people out knowing that most of these people are likely dead? That’s why war footage gets to my feels

[@DimoB8]

This was in the sixties/seventies so quite a few people are still alive

[@albinjohnsson2511]

If you mean because they died in the war: No, the majority of soldiers survive in almost any given modern war. If you mean because it's so long ago: No, it wasn't that long ago, most are probably in their seventies.

[@Whenseen]

Amuro Ray okkkk dude.

[@1234liloc]

@Amuro Ray Not that high of a percentage bro... Jesus

[@_caden_6481]

Amuro Ray the us government did not tell them to kill as many civilians as they could, that would be a war crime

[@apimyfriend]

One of my favorite videos on YT. There's the sense of nostalgia that overwhelms you when you look at the people smiling in this video even though you were born decades later.

[@kakashisfan6101]

“The old who start it all, let the young fight it”

[@kakashisfan6101]

@Azzam 111 so your tell me literal fresh high school graduates,they don’t know anything about the world,they were put through torture and had bad thoughts and were driven crazy even when they were back home. Then their life has gone to waste due to the US military using them for Vietnam?

[@kakashisfan6101]

@Azzam 111 You probably don’t have a response cause your thick skull can’t accept the fact their life’s gone to waste. Go serve in a war and come back to people like you who don’t support you.

[@kakashisfan6101]

@Azzam 111 Also,why don’t you care about their life’s going to waste?Did they do something to you or your country or something? There’s really no reason.

[@kakashisfan6101]

@Azzam 111 During the Vietnam war they couldn’t tell who the bad guys and the good guys were the enemies were disguising as normal people then ambush the soldiers.

[@kakashisfan6101]

@Azzam 111 even if it was intentional for them to kill the civilians if they knew they were innocent people doesn’t make all the soldiers during the war bad.They were a lot of hero’s during the war.

[@marlenobohn3889]

When I was a kid in Slovenia in the 1980s, I was fascinated by this war. It was a horrible war, of course, but I don't know how to explain it, but I enjoyed reading all about it. In the 1980s, many films and documentaries from the Vietnam War were on TV, and I watched them all. My brother went to a rock concert in Frankfurt in 1987, and he met a veteran, who signed a paper that my brother gave me as a gift.

[@gravemindpenis]

It's depressing how much of these guys look like they just got out of high school

[@jxavier3876]

They did

[@bigandsnoot]

Some didn't even get to live past 20 years old

[@Michael-tn2pr]

What makes it more depressing is that they weren't supposed to be there in the first place. There was no reason for the United States to get into the war.

[@Oscar-ub3iy]

Most of the guys that were drafted were between 18 and 20 mostly

[@peternagy6067]

@@Michael-tn2pr it's interesting to see how the American public sees the koeran war as just while Vietnam unjust. It's basically the same war except that one was shown in TV while the other could be only imagined.

[@mcozpda3392]

I was very young ..a kid ..and my dad was in Vietnam .. my mother and my grand mother sometimes crying and never understand why .. and time gave me the answer .. he return after a long time , but he created his own world ..... and i grew up close to mi mother but I knew that my father was there .. but he come back ..

[@jahangirlaskar9628]

There's something about this song and this video which brings me back every week.

[@Anthony-tf7sr]

My mother’s godfather served in Vietnam in the army. She said that when ever songs like California Dreamin came on he would become very emotional because it reminded him of his friends who died during the war

[@epozokatrib]

Vietnam War is one of the most underrated bands ever...

[@fabianw2k]

lol?

[@epozokatrib]

@Sky Boy in its time people literally died to see it

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

So many heroes, and so many who didn't come home ....

[@MK-ys2vz]

You say heroes, i say unwelcome invaders

[@leop9199]

Heroes? they didn't fight for his country, they were killers

[@mcfowler1675]

creepy guy fucking scumbag

[@eman6940]

creepy guy fuck you

[@eman6940]

leo p fuck you too, you wouldn't last a day in Vietnam

[@dragoncat3499]

This song hits different after the shitstorm of Afghanistan. Sad how we never learned our lesson from Vietnam.

[@Languorus]

looks like were on the same deep dive or recommended did you also click off of the black sabbath paranoid video?

[@5.7moy]

Aged like milk

[@Joe93819]

Since you Americans pulled out the civilians there are completely defenceless, you were also winning the nam war until the hippies came along. I agree that war is terrible but it’s kind of a necessary evil, imagine what would happen if we didn’t declare war on hitler. I agree that soldiers shouldn’t be drafted against their will but anyone with the slightest amount of bravery and selflessness would go to fight evil in a heartbeat. Biden is not a president, he is a spineless pervert that can’t remember last week.

[@JustaGuy1250]

@@Joe93819 tbh i feel like the US did more wrong than right when it comes to the US war. drafting the low IQ first, using Napalm and other toxic shit, firing upon innocent civilians with as excuse 'can't see who's bad or not' hell, the US shouldn't have been there to begin with. let a country solve it's own civil war and political fuckery, they weren't a threat to the rest of the world unlike Taliban .. which we saw in 2001.

[@Joe93819]

@@JustaGuy1250 I agree that the chemicals and killing civilians was wrong but to say it wasn’t a threat to rest of the world is completely untrue, the war was to stop the spread of communism in Asia and if we won the war it would have discouraged people like pol pot, also if we won the war we would be a lot more intimidating to other countries that use Guerrilla warfare like Afghanistan and Iraq.

[@terminator6552]

It is kind of creepy knowing that most of these people have probably died in the war..

[@williamulf8168]

good name

[@Wet_Sandwich]

@@williamulf8168 I N D E E D

[@terminator6552]

Ahem, I cannot go into the war, I got lumbago.. its very serious..

[@jason-tc8ji]

I don't find it creepy, I find it sad.

[@krisooo9]

this vid make after the war (i think lol)

[@VanillaSkyyy]

why past americans look more handsome than these days?

[@weedhornjosh]

- video camera = upper middle class and expensive to run so only good/worth footage - mostly summer and young people - military has high hygene standards but who knows, I was not there.

[@fernandocabas421]

Cause untill now you go out of closet... sopa.

[@marvinthiessen3454]

Back then only a few career soldiers had tats, no one had piercings or stupid haircuts.

[@matrix4057]

mcdonalds does its job

[@nondescriptstraightwhitema6138]

High fructose corn syrup is a hell of a drug.

[@catanana1184]

Grandpa joined the airforce in '71 to avoid a marine draft, because 1. The war was hell for the military, 2. Because he just met my grandma and didn't want to not see her again. Serving August 17, 1971 to June 18th, 2008. 457th maintenence squadron, March Air reserve Base, California. Retired as a Master sergeant, specialized in Maintenence on C-141s, And coincidentally, was a flight crew for one of my uncles who served in the army, 82nd airborne.

[@danielpope5490]

Lost my father in September. He was a swamp rat (river boat) in the Navy. Never really talked about his experience, but passed away from cancerous brain tumors caused by agent orange. Now that he’s passed it really hits hard about the sacrifices these men and women made for our country. Love and respect to all those who are serving who have served in the past, and our POW’s!

[@Pandamaster2871]

Agent orange is some nasty shit

[@anncarothers4481]

Every note I play (pianp) dedicated ur

[@anncarothers4481]

Every note I play (piano therapist) dedicated to all of our military and all POWs..those who wait..those forever changed..and those who will serve in future...with deepest appreciation and thanks. 🌹

[@jdmendieta7259]

"He would rather be a businessman, but right now, he is in charge of the lives of 21 men". - a line from a documentary. Kinda saddens me too

[@carsonfarley52]

I love that video, it highlights just how bad fighting really was. Not knowing who in the hell was shooting at you, and end up going home with both your legs shot. Like Kregg "Hero" Jorgenson from that video. He sounded like he wasn't really having that bad of a time. He said that he liked walking point. Who the hell likes walking point? Then there was that other guy who was waiting to meet his fiance in honolulu, I don't know if he made it home or not. Then there is the business guy who looks kinda bored. I think kregg has a book. I should get it.

[@danielcatoe1833]

Thank you to all the Vietnam veterans they never got the respect they deserved. Sorry Dad I love you and I am gonna make things right before i die we will rest ❤

[@ارتورالحلبي]

Daniel Catoe why should they be respected?

[@sebastianfilip1210]

@@ارتورالحلبي Russian Troll,wat are you talking? Those men have to be respected beacause they have fought to prevent the spread of the shit communism that you have created.

[@ارتورالحلبي]

Sebastian Filip yeah but they did not even succeed, while having huge military advantage. bombed civilians with napalm and still got their cowardly asses kicked at the end. so, once again, why should they be respected? :)

[@ارتورالحلبي]

Oskari Ranta did not mean to hurt your feelings pal :)

[@oskariranta1122]

@@ارتورالحلبي This is a easily escalating subject so i pardon for being quite mean but yeah.

[@community1949]

I was so glad that I wasn't a male during this time - I was 18 in1967 and if I hadn't been a female I could've ended up in Vietnam - my heart always went out to the young guys that fought in that god-awful war.

[@AldebaranHikari777]

"How many dreams were left behind because of this damn war"...

[@agentrex9004]

Anibal Aldebaran Luz now that’s the real question being asked.

[@asovietplaytpus5828]

"our combatants automatically go to heaven cause they've already been in hell"- Administrator of the SCP foundation

[@fubar337]

I fucking love the SCP foundation. That quote is amazing. Where’d you find it?

[@tonynewburey8900]

Mommas and Poppas. I grew up to this music. My Father was a POW in Korea, My older Brother KIA/MIA, my big Brother WIA.... I Severed runs in the blood. I say My Father and Brothers are the Heroes not me. Sad from Europe..... This is not the America that may Family served. Respect to the Nam Vets and those that did time in Korea.

[@ブレードランナー2049]

that was the saddest and the most powerful thing I've seen in my life.

[@maeish9471]

My boyfriend is in the navy and I can't imagine having him be shipped off somewhere one day to some war like Vietnam, nothing but respect for military spouses because I could never handle that shit

[@wurstbrot3124]

U can be happy that he didnt join the army or the marine chor

[@AnastasiaSaenz]

@@wurstbrot3124 I think it would be "Korps". You just said Marine "Choir". I'm presuming that English isn't your native language?

[@SoleMan117]

There will never be another decade like the swingin' 60s...

[@secpac58chichi]

God Bless my Uncle Josh - he enlisted Marines and scored off the charts and went to the DLIFLC - did two tours in NAM - I salute you

[@daaave_]

This video evokes so much emotion, the people in the video are happy looking yet its so sad. You can't warn them or do anything about it because its over, it has been for a long time. Theres nothing we can do but learn from our mistakes.

[@formulaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

The good old days, salute for those brave fortunate soldiers...

[@petergiebfried1138]

We had been so young at this time... and now is ending our life maybe soon or a little bit later. I'm nearly 72 years "young" when I hear this Song or others of the 60th. Thanks for we could grow up at this wonderful time nearly 60 years before without drogs

[@marcowulliampopirers2216]

without drugs?

[@petergiebfried1138]

@@marcowulliampopirers2216 yes without. I like to get 100 + you?!?

[@marcowulliampopirers2216]

@@petergiebfried1138 oh i thought you said your generation didnt use drugs

[@girijanandansharma5014]

@@MAN_FROM_BEYOND im 82. All I can say is Live your life, spend time with people you love till you can.

[@DolanOk]

My father was drafted then but was able to become an officer and pilot in the AF, if he'd been put on the ground he'd not be the man I know today. God bless those young men who died, America backstabbed them. Old men will let the young die for their goals.

[@Lachausis]

Commies in universities backstabbed you. And antifa today is the result of you not handing their asses to them. Politicians fought that war with "one hand tied behind the back, and the other holding the balls". You had all the power to win it, but no will.

[@jabbarofficial6207]

If you look at the comments, you will see tons of people saying that they are exploiting and completely unfairly destroying someone's homeland, which they see as a third world country, and then we should respect and cry.

[@nikhilpant2387]

This is the greatest video on internet

[@dongseungjung703]

In memory of all those who died in Vietnam, Rest in peace

[@MississippiWildlife]

“.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot' ” - Carl Sagan

[@Die_the_Friendly]

I believe America’s Liberty and soul went with these kids to Vietnam, and died with these kids in Vietnam

[@Die_the_Friendly]

elitechrstn yep, we stole land from those who stole land from those who stole land... and we’ve kept it under the rule of law ever since. I think it’s a better alternative than some Balkan scenario lol

[@luriacos4231]

@@Die_the_Friendly make sure you let the African Americans know that

[@mertcakr1685]

U guys only kill villagers😉

[@senhorgus3290]

I look at them, without concern, without fear, living in turbulent times during the Vietnam War, the lost war, even if it seemed like they were happy, or lived as if everything was unique. People decades ago were immeasurably happier than people today, it was almost more magical, I would even say mythological. My grandmother once said: people have lost their shine, they live for the benefit of others, something, so they don't live the life of their own existence, which was dealt with as a gift, it's a gift, my grandson. Likewise, time never waits. Soon, we will all die one day, and maybe I or you don't know we will be here again.

[@tannermarlow6871]

Watching a video like this makes you wonder just how many of those boys made it home. I have so much respect for our veterans and Nam vets especially because of how awful they were treated when they returned home.

[@fernandofernandessoares6899]

2:10 that girl making bubbles is so beautiful

[@forgottenkhan1439]

“War isn’t about who is right, it’s about who is left”

[@doa_824]

In WW2 the allies were right and is also about who’s left

[@doa_824]

The Axis was wrong they were the bad guys allowing people to die is not good

[@samuelwithers2221]

@Delon Duvenage Implying he wouldnt have killed just as many if he'd won. Your choosing one totalitarian fuckwit over another, stop acting like Germany was some martyr

[@giannisritsonis970]

Anyone else watching these types of videos and always wondering if the men in the video died in combat?

[@anthonywalsh7613]

Some of those guys that didnt die in combat died mentally on their return home 🙏🏽

[@23d25]

To be honest, It hurts me so ever deeply to think that some that you see, So young and ready to go on with life, Sadly died in this horrid war. It always makes me cry thinking of the poor and young souls in these types of footage, have passed away.

[@cartier77795]

even those who didnt die i have my doubts about if they had lives worth living back home

[@narkny4080]

1960: california dreamin 2020 : california is worst state to live in

[@imgladandrewgillumisnotmyk5787]

@James Miller Death by taxes. junkies everywhere that wont get prosecuted. Illegal immigrants encouraged to vote. Extreme draconian gun laws. Wildfires. Droughts What's not to love?

[@faithstraham]

West Virginia is most likely the worst state its the reason food stamps were invented.

[@imgladandrewgillumisnotmyk5787]

@@faithstraham California has more homelesss than most every state combined

[@psychedeliccarrie5921]

@James Miller I'm a major liberal yet I think Texas is pretty cool, almost it's own country, but the powers that be there can be overbearing. Alabama and Florida are the real shitholes. Either way Indiana is a true shithole, and we have a excellent line of shitty governors to thank for that, Daniels, Pence, Holcomb, all shitty and degrading to this state, and one to this nation.

[@pedro75557]

@@imgladandrewgillumisnotmyk5787 The stupid "no arrest" policy kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKusZ3Vjgb9om8k

[@danielamurphy8560]

Interesting as it is, reading about the Vietnam War is always extremely heart-wrenching, but I'm glad that relations between Vietnam and the US are very close and warm nowadays. I'm half White/Filipina but I've had a lot of really long, good conversations with my Vietnamese-American friends about the War and I really feel for the South Vietnamese refugee community, much of which settled here in California. I've always had a lot of Vietnamese peers growing up (Cali is like 15% Asian-Americans lol) but I didn't really realize what their parents/families went through until I started learning about that on my own a few years ago before I graduated high school.

[@bighands69]

The Vietnam war was never about the USA vs Vietnam. It was about the Vietcong's who were a communist Chinese supported tyranny.

[@Penguinwentdown]

0:26 was my great uncle who’s laying down he told there were great people there that he knew

[@briya7077]

And it’s so tragic how they were treated when they returned home. RIP to the fallen soldiers of Vietnam. We thank you for your service in such an unnecessary war ❤️

[@dreamcatcher3622]

There's something deeply moving about these images. I hope they all made it home.

[@deathwish-mm1vc]

Half of them probly died

[@Wet_Sandwich]

0:19 Accurate depiction of what will happen to this guy in 3 days

[@kakashisfan6101]

This really hit different when your family served in Nam.

[@williamspencer2769]

“We have done so much for so long with so little, that now we can do anything with nothing forever” Vietnam Era inscription on a zippo

[@michaelgaynor6866]

In memory of John Elton Candy from Langhorne, Pa. Born November 15th,1947- Killed in Vietnam October 11th 1968

[@23d25]

@Nguyễn Tiến Sử Why must you ask such a question you fucking tard? He is putting a name of one who has died, I don't know what kind of shit you have heard, But not Evey Americans soldiers just killed normal Civilians, Yes some did but those were those types of men, And they deserve justice. But don't just assume that every person you heard or see that fought in Vietnam was a heartless murderer.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

@@23d25 Thank you!

[@23d25]

Michael Gaynor No problem at all, It is very disrespectful to just ask such a thing to a mourning person, I had three three Veterans in my family once before, They're gone, But me seeing a person who is mourning a loss of someone, have trouble with a literal definition of douchebag, who is stereotyping a soldier who died in Nam', That just pisses me off.

[@flatsixer]

He died a brave warrior. Rest In Peace John.

[@ВладимирКапинус-ф2ь]

@@23d25 he wants to feel Napalm

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

1:24 aww✌️😭😭

[@sullysquid674]

this young man might of never returned from that war

[@topsu111]

@@sullysquid674 he did return, there is a comment of his grand son talking about him (if its true)

[@sullysquid674]

@@topsu111 lets hope he came home

[@Paint_Eater]

It’s so sweet I hope the guy on the left also was ok