General Patton - The Vietnam War

[@MrHendo90]

I am in Australia. about 10 yrs ago when I was 19.. I went to the pub with friends one night and we randomly started talking to this older man sitting at the bar by himself. after talking to him he told me he served in the Vietnam war and was passing thru town.. anyways, I said thank you for your service and ended up having drinks with him and listend to some stories. it was a night I will always remember. I could see it had brighten his day up having a bunch of young blokes appreciate what he went through.

[@soulesslemming]

If you want to read a great book on the Vietnam war check out "Blood on the risers" by John Leppelman. He did tours with the United States army airborne, US navy river patrol boats, the US army long range recon and patrol and was involved in missions with Australian troops in Cambodia. Great read, and a few situations that are almost unbelievable. He comes home a few times and is treated so poorly by the population he re-enlists to go back. Sad the way he was treated but makes for a good read.

[@soulesslemming]

@Herman Greenfield his book was written 20 years after the war. So your narrative doesn't fit. I returned from desert storm to a hero's welcome. My father came home from Vietnam to a very different public reaction. Probably depends on the town you call home, I returned to fort hood he returned to Dix.

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

@@soulesslemming Thanks for the reference, Awakened.

[@forwardobserver2048]

I enjoyed R&R in Sydney in January 1970 and again in June 1970. Hot showers, clean sheets, peace and quiet, friendly Sheilas. As the taxi driver said, “ You yanks all want to move over here, and we want to move to the US!” Fair dinkum.

[@carlfellhauer9583]

I was Patton's HHT CO before I shipped back to the states. Charlie Watkins was his one and only pilot. Patton flew so much when I was with him that I got the Air Medal. Last month I ran into Charlie at a 1st Air Cav group lunch. It'd been 53 tears. He was a CW2 and when he left RVN Patton promoted him to 1LT and he retired as a Colonel

[@themambaatlasn3272]

years or tears ? and thank you for your service

[@davidnicholson8812]

My father Sgt Glenn E Nicholson 11th Armored Cavalry Black Horse regiment 1967 - 1968 fought with George S Patton.... dad was KIA June 5 1968 ... I love and miss you dad !! In 1972 the Black Horse Association in Fort Knox Kentucky under George S Patton..... had a Honors Ceremony for my father Sgt Glenn E Nicholson and 3 other soldiers... God bless them all.

[@anthonytaylor3761]

Those were a very different breed of men back them, God Bless them all. Welcome Home Brothers.

[@dbeaus]

I can't speak for all VN vets, but I don't think we were a different breed. Vietnam is 45 years ago and since then couple million people have put on uniforms and went where they were needed. As I speak, someone is putting on boots, climbing into a cold plane, coming out of a deep sleep onto the deck of a ship, loading weapons and hoping they don't have to use them. Very little changes over time and in the future there will be a couple million more who do the same. We should focus our efforts of the current group and their needs while not forgetting those who went before. There are many who need help, current and past. To truly honor those, get involved. The Veterans Administration will be glad to guide you where to go. You can make a difference, if even in only in one life.

[@anthonytaylor3761]

So sorry you missed my point Danial. semper fi, bro.

[@aexndr387]

@@anthonytaylor3761 I don't think he missed your point, just added to it.

[@STONEDARTphotos]

Served with the 11th as a cobra pilot. Remember Patton well.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Thank you for your service sir! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@gunchief0811]

Good stuff..glad u made it back.

[@galatians-2.20]

Nice I hope you got yourself some over there and saved some good guys!! Thank You for doing what you did even for the things you may not be proud of thanks for getting dirty for us.... and on behalf of myself and my family I'm sorry for what you were faced with coming home...I NEVER was and NEVER will be against you guys and am ashamed that any man could look at someone who served their country with anything but gratitude.

[@danielfronc4304]

Massive, massive respect for you sir. "Thanks for your service" can't communicate enough the appreciation for your time in country.

[@danielwyvern5]

robin browne - Thanks for your service. I served with Andrew P. O’Meara Jr. (Silver Star, Defense Superior Service Medal, three Legions of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, four Bronze Stars, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Infantryman's Badge, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses) who was Aid de camp for Patton Jr. In Vietnam. He was the XO for 1/37 Armor in Katterbach, Germany. 1971-1974. I was an S-1 Clerk. He paid me to type his handwritten notes for one of his books.

[@peterszar]

Wow...You really brought back memories for me. Though I'm not sure if that was good. That darn "CCR" background music really got to me even more for some reason, oh well.

[@scherzandokarasu6353]

Peter Szarow 'hell CCR baby!

[@peterszar]

@@scherzandokarasu6353 Cool

[@bernard8793]

Hahaha Vietnam flashbacks

[@boxtapper8550]

In the Angolan / Namibian bush war we loved CCR, I still listen to it after doing the garden here in the UK. Hot days cold beer & CCR, love it. PS I think the neighbors get a little tired of it , lol.

[@davidballard1745]

The last ground cav unit in Vietnam was 1/1 Cav at Camp Faulkner where we shared the camp with F Troop 17th Cav which was an Air Cav unit. We left Camp Faulkner in Mar -72 and those of us that had more time to serve in nam were re-assigned to the 2nd Bn 1st Infantry and then later 3/21 Infantry Bn Task Force Gimlet , which was the last ground combat unit to leave Vietnam in mid Aug - 72.

[@oldreliable40]

@david b! god bless u and ur service! i was in the 11th acr in the 80's it was like the marines!! peace!

[@dbeaus]

I was in Basic and AIT with a guy named Dave Ballard. Any relation. He was in my squad in basic and barracks in AIT. March to August 69. We went on leave and I never saw him again. We were supposed to VN together with some other guys but I decided to stay a few more days at home. What the hell, what are they going to do, send you to Vietnam. You mention the 3/21, that was my first unit. The last fire mission of the war was supposedly called in by 3/21. If Dave is known to you, tell him his old trainee squad leader from Ft. Leonard Wood, Dan, said hi.

[@dbeaus]

I still have a hangover from the party we had in the barracks after basic graduation. the Drill Sgts. bought us a case of whiskey. I still have the pictures, including one of Dave. Always remember the ones that didn't come home, the real heroes.

[@oldreliable40]

we had a saying" if u a'int cav u a'int"!! allons!!

[@onceANexile]

Gen. PATON, Jr. Was my commanding officer in germany, 76-79, Dustoff Europe. 421st.

[@SpycoLordOfFire]

Dustoff brothers unite.

[@harryflashman3141]

Once again this has confirmed the Vietnam war had the best soundtrack of any war ever,.

[@fastsetinthewest]

My friend, Harold Thompson III, was Patton's crew chief on OH 6A helicopter. This was in the first part of 1968. I was in 1st Aviation OH 6A. By the way, Patton's daughter was a nun. Her outfit made a rose wood coffin for her father. JMJ. Regards...

[@eminem13001]

Political Boffin, PhD hmm thats really cool thank you for your service! His son served along time

[@leaodejuda3835]

Foi meu filho e continua sendo, em 1968, quando foi ferido no Vietnã, ele pensou no seu pai terrestre, eu com 10 anos de idade, não entendia que estava acontecendo, eu com 10 anos e aquele sentimento de ter um filho, e estava morrendo.

[@Patton7790]

I remember seeing it and thought it was nice but thin. Sure Patton IV probably shrunk being sick and old but wide. Perhaps it was of perception with the photos. God bless you all.

[@Gson...]

I don’t know how Hazelip made it to the interview with balls that big. I’m surprised he can even move.

[@canuck600A]

Wonder when this was filmed? Hazelip died in 2019.

[@TheJ000ker]

Good video. I served with B-2/7, 1st Cav. Times have changed, we’re smarter I hope. There’s a video on utube of a man from the north Vietnam, lost his family. As he cries, He says to the camera man “America, what did we do to you”. I’m still waiting for the answer.

[@cdr861532]

In our government's eyes, they chose the wrong style of government. After the French were thrown out, they split the country at the 17th parallel and scheduled elections. When election time came around, it was clear that the communists would win, overwhelmingly. So S. Vietnam and the US said to hell with the elections, and Diem proclaimed to be the President of the brand spankin' new Republic of South Vietnam and that was when we started sending "advisors".....as you well know, that slowly turned into a 500,000 man military presence. Much love and respect to you, sir, for your service! My grandfather also served 2 tours in Vietnam with the US Army. SSG Donald Bartlett. I wish I knew more about his time in the military, alas, I do not.

[@johnquinn456]

Outstanding

[@leaodejuda3835]

Foi meu filho e continua sendo, em 1968, quando foi ferido no Vietnã, ele pensou no seu pai terrestre, eu com 10 anos de idade, não entendia que estava acontecendo, eu com 10 anos e aquele sentimento de ter um filho, e estava morrendo.

[@generalpatzer6893]

I served in Call Of Duty WW2 with Patton. He was a good man.

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

Less than 1 minute in and we've got CAV and 4th ID references. I'm in heaven! Steadfast and Loyal!

[@paladin0654]

As ADC 4th. AD, Patton come to my arms room, A 2-78 FA in Bamberg during an IG inspection. He was recovering from a recent fall and was casted to his hip with crutches. He looked around, and went to the .50 cal rack and started to pick up a receiver. His aide and I immediately stated that the weapon was really heavy and it might not be a good idea to lift it. He scoffed, picked up the weapon and in transferring to his casted leg, collapsed. His aide and another "strap hanger" grabbed him before he hit the floor and quickly ushered him out of the building. My "command presence" part of the arms room inspection thereby ended.

[@Patton7790]

That’s interesting. Reading a lot About him and his dad I heard the story.

[@mobucks555]

subbed this was a great presentation thankyou

[@robbass1521]

Irony .Vietnam stands up against China.

[@donrobertson4940]

Not really. Not if you know anything about Vietnam. Vietnam and China have been fighting for centuries. They were allied for a while - but China opened up to the USA and supported the Khmer Rouge, who kept massacring Vietnamese in 'Kampuchea Krom' - the Mekong delta claimed by Cambodia. Veitnam were allied to the USSR. After the USSR invaded Afghanistan, China and the USA fought a proxy war with the USSR using the Khmer Rouge and the Vietnamese. Fighting Russia to the last Cambodian. Nationalism and expediency always far more important than ideology when it comes to war and picking allies.

[@robbass1521]

@@donrobertson4940 how about the Chinese attack on Vietnam right after the us quit the war in Vietnam.

[@robbass1521]

They better hurry up mother nature coming for all of us soon

[@dbeaus]

@@robbass1521 Well, it was 4 years after. The intent was to pull Vietnamese troops out of Cambodia because China had a defense agreement with the Cambodians. It failed miserably. Not only were the Chinese slaughtered, somewhere around 23K casualties, but not a single Vietnamese troop left Cambodia. The Vietnamese knew they were coming and planned accordingly. The Chinese were arrogant and thought their superior technology would bring convincing victory in a short time. Sound familiar?

[@robbass1521]

@Harry Eisermann well good luck with everything world-wide flooding droughts record temps at the poles.eighty million population growth yearly.

[@saveriopulsinelli2217]

Hey great 👍 job man

[@rlo5547]

Really not about Patton at all. This video was poorly titled, should have been title about the Armor units it is primarily about!

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

@Floyd Vaughn Lol

[@derekavanagh1]

A 'Thunder Run'!! Jesus that's just crazy!

[@gunchief0811]

They didnt have night vision widely used yet, but the enemy would.mine the roads at.night and the M113 personnel carriers were very vulnerable to the roadside bombs also ambushes with R.P.G's. So to make them think twice the thunder runs were something the Army did to shake up the enemy and disrupt their night time activity ..

[@galatians-2.20]

I know right? I felt true joy hearing that story and a lot of comic relief

[@vipergtsmre]

I'm mostly a WW2 nut (Gramps was B17 301st BG 15th AAC/AAF) lots i didnt know about Cav units in Nam, TY for this vid. My family was lucky and didn't go to Nam, but thanks to all the did.🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@davidca96]

M48A3 tanks are fantastic, anyone ive met who used them in Vietnam loved them.

[@BUBBA808]

Everybody gangsta till the trees start speaking Vietnamese

[@oldreliable40]

god bless u ssg hazelip from a old 2/11 acr troop 80's!

[@harcomou8395]

SGM. Not SSG. Don't call a Sergeant-Major (E9) a Staff Sergeant (E6). Big difference. And especially when he has balls that big

[@oldreliable40]

@@harcomou8395 my mistake!

[@harcomou8395]

@@oldreliable40 Wait a minute.. Blackhorse? FULDA?

[@oldreliable40]

@@harcomou8395 bad kissengen

[@harcomou8395]

Allons!

[@galatians-2.20]

"He either Gon' get down or he uh Gon' get dead" hahaha if I fucking Loved these guys any more people would probably think I was gay lol

[@doughboybellmore2347]

Mechanized Infantry, Putting Track tracks up an down your back

[@schweizer1940]

Cornel Patton was my battalion commander!

[@KowboyUSA]

If you're out front: Get down! Or get Dead!

[@thetreblerebel]

I drove a M1068 AMCP in Korea in 2010, a variant of the original M977 or M113. It had a yoke drive instead of twin stick. A armored mobile command post. It rolled like a tank lol. I thought it was cool. Powered by a Detroit Diesel engine.

[@yyz4761]

Nice Creedence track.

[@SUPERFLY-ky7yh]

Ccr in a Vietnam documentary, very rare. Fortunate son was rarely played in Vietnam war movies.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

It's crazy. There's other music and bands. But, people keep playing CCR.

[@paulposey1162]

Served at Do Dop -341 as a SF medic. Just across the Cambodian border you could hear NVA tanks. Seeing or hearing enemy tanks puts fear in you.

[@Graymenn]

I served at Phuc Boi

[@forwardobserver2048]

The first time I was in a M48 at Ft. Knox and we fired the main gun, watching the round go down range 4000 meters, all I could think of was I sure as hell did not want to be on the receiving end of that!

[@markprange4386]

Firing wildly into the dark or into a tree line is very expensive, wasteful, easy to avoid, and not efficacious. The NVA and NLF were good at dispersing their forces.

[@robertreese867]

You fire sometimes to see if you get a reaction. When you think enemy might be trying to infiltrate your positions. A grunt doesn’t worry about the cost of the ammo when doing it might save their life.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Taxpayers have plenty of cash.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

We did waste ammo in Nam sometimes. Can't imagine riding around blasting everywhere with abandon. Probably killed civilians too. Did they know to stay home at night? 4th Div 68

[@PacoOtis]

Nonsense! It is so difficult to comment on a conflict so poorly thought out. I drove a Huey for all of 1969 and observed that what we put our soldiers through was absurd. Thanks, sort of, for the video.

[@ikenunez7932]

George S Patton senior the strongest most Brave strategic hard charging combat effective field Marshall. that ever walked the face of the earth makes me proud to be American USA 1. forever Tru HEAVY WIEGHT CHAMPION S OF THE WORLD GOD bless America

[@SteveL4]

11:40, a mortar teams wet dream

[@carlosvictoriafalcon637]

Gen Patton was our commencement speaker in 1976.

[@jamesstewart7212]

I don't think so.

[@carlosvictoriafalcon637]

@@jamesstewart7212 yes he was the commencement speaker at USMA, he gave me my diploma. Did you watch this video at all? He was a commander in Vietnam.

[@tapptom]

NVA used armour for the first time in Lang vai when they overran the 5th Special Forces camp using old Russian pt76 light tanks.

[@jaomircourtar1501]

Did they make it out?

[@tapptom]

Douglas Jones Feb 6 68 Thru early morning hours of Feb 7. Brave army soldiers against incredible odds. Some died some Mia some found.

[@tapptom]

Douglas Jones corrected

[@hochoma1564]

And the US was too cocky to acknowledge nva has armor. 7 PT-76s over ran special forces camp only equipped with 2-57 mm recoilless rifles which knocked out 2. The whole camp tried to use M-72 LAW, were p. o. s at that time, couldn't penetrate PT-76 thin armor. About 200 SVN troops died, many US troops barricaded in underground bunker til' day light.

[@tapptom]

hồ chó má Those Light PT76 tanks were in the area outside of Vietnam in Laos, and were moving toward Lang vai. The Laotian soldiers assisting the camp abandoned their positions when they saw the tanks moving. The tanks were discovered along creek beds near the border area of Lao and Vietnam earlier in that month. Lang vai was situated on a high plateau elevation overlooking route 9 which runs from Dong ha to Lao Bao. The camp had the advantage of elevation. There were SF patrols to monitor NVA movement with outposts(basically bunkers). It is true that the “law” anti tank weapons misfired in many cases. Possibly damaged in a earlier air drop. Some did work and were effective against those PT76 tanks. That first night, the tanks were seen trying to penetrate the camp perimeter wire. After they penetrated the perimeter wire, fighting went on with the NVA trying to take out the TOC which was located at the top of that elevated centered location, using satchel charges placed deep along outside wall of the TOC, which by that time housed Special forces soldiers and some indigenous personnel that were assisting them. The TOC when I saw it about 12 years ago was basically gone but I believe that I was able to locate the top flat ceiling of reinforced concrete which was about a foot in depth. The TOC itself was large enough to support quite a number of personnel and was basically underground with a tower structure on top of it, from which the NVA tanks in the wire were observed that first night. It was built by the sea bees under the general director of the senior special forces officer of A-101 detachment. LV built in 67 was about 7 kilometers west of the marine base at Khe Sanh.

[@martingilvray06]

That must be some buzz, a gun truck on a thunder run

[@martingilvray06]

Robert Northrup Respect please check out Garry Wineburg replies main thread.

[@stanpressley1048]

Sorry Harry you got away We are still hunting it's not over yet

[@hoponasu2471]

we need more thuder runs to win

[@maddog9867]

Both 4th ID 1/77 scouts and 1/11ACR B Troop Scouts out!

[@dnguyen3265]

What a fight bros real fight for sure you can hear bombing for all year long year after year and it is real

[@piedpiper4588]

Was that an m48 or M60

[@robertdore9592]

All of that Hardware, just to be beaten by guys in sandals, never underestimate someone's need to be free in their own country.

[@DS-uo5ie]

Why wasn’t armor used more often?

[@carolynoliver7618]

A political ball game. Was never going to be resolved. I have two uncles who served, one American, one Australian. Both ended up totally fucked up, yet answered the call of their nations. Duty was something to be proud off, and still is. My heart grieves for all that lost their lives on both sides, and for the families that had to cope with fall out when it was over. My Australian uncle spent a month under fire at the Battle of Coral Balmorral. Forever scarred and emotionally wounded. A professional defence member (not drafted) who suffered years of health problems after being exposed to Agent Orange, his youngest child too. A travesty that we should hope never happens again. Empathy and not blame, is now the most thing to remember. Xx from Queensland Australia.

[@galatians-2.20]

Very well said Carolyn

[@peterwallace9764]

Carolyn Oliver - 🇦🇺👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

I have similar stories about two uncles who had served in the Korean war, were lifers who went on to Vietnam. Two older brothers, one drafted and one enlisted and went. It really messed up our family for decades after.

[@ikenunez7932]

and his son s. not. too shabby either!

[@MOAONAABE]

draft ended in 73, the war didnt end till 75

[@PorWik]

Americans pulled out in 73. South Vietnam and ARVN fought by themselves until 75

[@russscott585]

@@PorWik And the U.S. and Pres. Ford just turned our backs on them,,although they should have had their STUFF together to put up a better fight.But who really knows the whole situation,,and the behind the scenes stuff.I think President Thiem must have been pretty corupt and was more interested in his playboy lifestyle than holding his Country together ..

[@donrobertson4940]

After 1979, when the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia, the US and China supplied the Khmer Rouge and kept the fighting going until 1990. Even after 1990 - when the UN mission went to Cambodia - Khmer Rouge guerrillas were still fighting. So you might say the war didn't end untill the early 90s, when the KR finally disbanded.

[@davidhughes1284]

A co 1/66 4th ID " Steadfast and loyal" hooah..

[@paulcalodd2218]

Thank you Btrp 1/11

[@Euro2610]

8:45 Does that sound like what Lord Hood said in Halo 2.

[@IIMoses740II]

You might catch some flak for referencing Halo...but I can't unhear that now

[@austindarling9595]

DUDE.. my thoughts exactly lol 🤣😂👍

[@weaselworm8681]

Here’s why the war was actually a huge win. It didn’t escalate into a nuclear conflict. And in the bigger picture that is the accomplishment that counts. And America does deserve some credit for making sure that there was no step in that direction.

[@williambtm1]

Hey Weasel, America deserves the credit for starting that war and the monstrous killing of so many mother's sons. History records that as soon as the NVA entered Saigon, the war was lost by America. Ask the pentagon war dogs if they cared how many American lives were lost, you will not receive a reply. The cost of Wars initiated by the USA has created the $Multi-Trillions of dollars debt now plaguing America. Best you study the facts, Weasel, I spent time over there myself, We Aussies were more worried about being taken out by America's forces than the NVA.

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

@@williambtm1 Thank you, William.

[@brtshstel]

11:32 what are these wheeled vehicles?

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Armored scout car.

[@Frank-mm2yp]

WAR AIMS:VIETNAM US-Limited use of force to make the VC and NVA stop fighting so that "peace with honor" may be negotiated between North and South Vietnam. NVA/VC-Total Victory

[@Frank-mm2yp]

Paraphrasing the old Springsteen song with the lyrics about the brother killed in Vietnam" Charlies still there-He's all gone."... That's what TOTAL VICTORY means. Do you think the USA, a much bigger country, would have sacrificed over 1 million AMERICAN dead for VIETNAM? The USA fighting in 2 World Wars did not have that many KIA. You kind of missed the point about the meaning of victory, son. Body Counts?-You are bringing up body counts? Are you serious? That BS did not work during the war ,either...

[@Frank-mm2yp]

@Greatmcwhite "Western Powers" did expend millions of lives both civilian and military in both world wars. Maybe they just moaned a little more about it than "Eastern Powers" .

[@jrjohnryanjr]

Please rem amber that enemy casualties were always over estimated Best way to determine if a Vietnamese was a VC ? If he as dead he was a VC regardless of age or gender How many weapons recovered might be a better question Vietnam (like Afghanistan) was a civil war we should never have been involved in

[@friscostreetstories5403]

Quarter Horse Cav, 1st ID.

[@devinpetersen2387]

The tactics all sound like blitzkrieg and pincer movements of ww2.

[@jesspayne5548]

That’s how tank doctrine developed so yeaaa it’s gonna sound like that. People have found that this is the best way to use tanks offensively

[@nikkimontgomery6889]

MAKE AMERICAN ARMOR GREAT AGAIN!!! 2020

[@tantoismailgoldstein6279]

They going to get down or get dead......

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

4 pt co A 68 th med tank 6 th armered division Korea Maynard Sanborn .

[@hoangkien2018]

Các bạn thấy gì?

[@TheTitaniumSkull]

1/11 ACR. ALLONS

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

And... we lost anyway. :(

[@Mondo762]

No, We left. The defense of S. Viet Nam was left up to their own army after 1973. The US surrendered to no one.

[@Mondo762]

@Vermonster90 To be more specific, it was the Democrats in Congress that screwed over S. Viet Nam by not honoring the terms of our pull out.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

We bombed them to a peace treaty. Then they broke it. We didn't lose.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

@@WALTERBROADDUS Policy failure = defeat.

[@secondtwiggy]

@Vermonster90 Oh c'mon... Hillary Clinton, really? Try Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon.

[@skyworldita]

First of a long series of war lost

[@liamkeane9159]

Wat happen to Patton son

[@robertgabuna355]

What wrong did Vietnam do against their foreign invaders?

[@thailand6989]

Thailand Ghost soldier

[@GARRY3754]

Hopefully in the future we will stop killing each other and save ammo for some hostile aliens.

[@martingilvray06]

What Canadians.

[@GARRY3754]

MARTIN GILVRAY well you have a point. I always wondered what floats down the ST. Laurence seaway as the eyes are on Mexico. Only hostilities I see are from hockey players....

[@martingilvray06]

garry weinberg I was going to mention Mexico but I thought that might be politically incorrect at this moment in time and the Cannock’s will let that pass over there heads hopefully.. Mexican lives matter , unless you cartel.

[@martingilvray06]

garry weinberg On a more serious note I feel ashamed that the UK did not have a greater involvement in Vietnam than initially sending a few SAS and then not for long , don’t forget we had pipe and slippers communist in Government, the same people that gave the MIG a good engine if you know about that one.

[@GARRY3754]

MARTIN GILVRAY i am starting to believe that socialism and capitalism are superimpose over each other only to be at the mercy of those in charge. Today labels are to conveniently used to slander instead of constructive dialogue. Call me idealistic.

[@Milk-uz2gb]

I am i have a tank in my home give me money or i send the tank in U.S.A

[@apolonioramon7089]

My God you had the advantage,bigger guns and the protection of thanks.Plenty of ammunition, with no danger off running out. Try the Central High Land Mountains,even odds gun against gun,where only a few showed great courage.Everybody fired untill the enemy would run,after killing many off our soldier's. No gunship supporters, the enemy was five feet away from us, in the thick jungle.No my friend, you never carried 100lbs.of dead weight, on your back, day in and day out.Tell your stinking sorry story, to someone,that will believe you. You lucked out with me.!!!!

[@flynnjupp]

when will these boys ever grow up

[@williambullard9599]

Well the wizard wonks of "woke" at the Naval War College won't get caught teaching this history.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

Has wokeness reached the military schools?

[@williambullard9599]

@@stephenpowstinger733 Absolutely NWC in the discussions of the Revolutionary War it is taught that from another perspective General Benedict Arnold really was not a traitor, since????? we were not the United States of America and we didn't have a Constitution defining "treason", and that perhaps Arnold having been badly handled by Washington was justified, in himself, for turning on Washington. I know because I got into a heated argument with an O-6 on staff over this issue. Whether a definition of treason existed or not was immaterial. He turned on Washington and the Continental Army, no matter his rationalizations, that is recorded historical fact. Facts exist despite feelings; feelings twist and give nuances not facts. I'm a retired USN Chief; I don't care. I told him he was wrong; go rationalize that to some guy's parents when he's back ranks at Parris Island in boot. The whole basic perspective of the Revolution taught at NWC was that it was a fight between the Crown and self interested self promoting gang and mercantile interests. This is all very twisted and completely short circuits contexts. But, that's what they're putting out in lectures.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

A sad state of affairs. Thanks for the info. I was a draftee but patriotic soldier in 1967-69. My father was a Lt Commander in WWII.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

Too little too late did the U.S. turn up the heat on NVN. LBJ's gradualism got matched at every step. Nixon turned up the heat with airstrikes and forced them to make peace by 1972 but it was not a crushing blow. We had just an excuse to get out "with honor" and get POWs back. Sorry SVN.

[@van6646]

Defeated without being beaten...

[@ericscottstevens]

Knew of someone who was on his staff. Said Patton II was not a great commander, average at best.

[@PacoOtis]

What a crock of horseshit! We Americans had no idea whatsoever what we were doing from day one until the end! The Vietnamese had been fighting for independence for over a thousand years and we are going to fix that? It was pitiful! We were outfought, out thought and out maneuvered constantly. Westmoreland might have been a nice family man but he was either a pathological liar or delusional and his decisions betrayed our troops. I drove Hueys there in 1969 and came back with over 1,500 combat flying hours and named my son after my best flight school buddy who came back in a box. He would be 71 but died when he was 20. I guess we were "suckers" for going and he is a "loser" in a box, according to our present leadership! Thanks for the propaganda video even though it horribly distorts the truth. Best of luck!

[@bretwahlberg1146]

This was just the military industrial complex at work so to make sure everyone made money 💰

[@lance8080]

Bret Wahlberg if you say so their Bret

[@donrobertson4940]

How American might won the Vietnam war.

[@Jimbojenkins]

How does Patton have anything to do with the Vietnam war? He died(was murdered) two weeks after the Korean war.

[@richardyoung1890]

Jimbo jenkins It’s his son COL Patton that served.Sgt Young M109 self propelled howitzer 68-69 lost my hearing in left ear but alive and well!

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

You really need to pay attention. Who do you think Col.Patton was? The son, numbnut.

[@peterwallace9764]

Jimbo jenkins - Duh 🙄 wasn’t talking about the father. Try son.

[@henryvagincourt]

Jimbo jenkins + It's talking about the M48 Patton tank, named after "Patton".

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@henryvagincourt And the tankers were led by Col. George S. Patton .jr. His Son....

[@bobbrooks80]

And not a word about the Ontos. BS vid.

[@thebeautifulones5436]

The purpose of Vietnam was to drive inflation so high that the gold standard had to be ended.

[@lancegauthier489]

We lost.

[@jomon723]

on a side not.....Yes, tell me you would have women out front fighting in this atmosphere? ,,,Right! 🤸‍♀️

[@anaksesawi]

War crime

[@donaldleegrim9756]

PATTON DIED IN 1945

[@mikpur8211]

It was his son

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

You need to pay attention.

[@uberkloden]

This is the lie. Vienamese beat US

[@jomon723]

They never won a battle...we left because the people there was too stupid to do what was right"

[@tomenrico394]

@Old man Goat No the real truth is we beat are selfs. The war was wrong from the beginning. We lost alot of very good and brave people in that war. My brother in 1969. I joined also air/cav. No matter what your political opinion is, The real honor is in the answer not in the summons. Honor the Veterans fuck the screwed up politicians who lied and sent those brave men and women. It was never about fighting the domino theory and communism.

[@tomenrico394]

Almost always the true honor is in the answer not in the summons. Please respect and honor the sacrifice of veterans. Fuck the politicians lied and sent them. Wish president bone spur knew that.

[@vtxdaryl]

Fred Taylor Fred were you there and did you fight in Vietnam? How do you think the Vietnamese beat the US. Politicians didn’t let us win, not the North or South Vietnamese. If we would have continued the bombings of North Vietnam the war would have ended much sooner. The US has never lost a war, we have just pulled our troops out of the conflict and come back home.

[@tomenrico394]

Your right big joe Bill Clinton is as bad as Trump. No I'm not crying just speaking the truth. You forgot are U.S. history. We where a rag tag military. And wre defeated the most powerful military in the world at that time to win our independence. We kicked the British Army and Navy. Because we where in the right. Funny how you defend president bone spur with liar Bill Clinton. Also Trump never had bone spurs. He had his father's friend lie for him. Yes they are painful I do know. Thanks for your service