Montagnards, Missionaries, and the Green Beret

[@tommcclelland119]

Something that I think about weekly. This is an excellent video. I’ve passed it on to my grandkids to study. Once again my friend, you’ve produced another masterpiece of knowledge. Well done sir.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Tom, if it weren’t the few folk like you that can truly understand and appreciate the subject, my work would mean nothing. So, hats off to you….I really appreciate you watching and commenting, and thanks for passing my video along. Always good to hear from you.

[@tommcclelland119]

@@CarterOnConflict my two 11 and 14 year old grandsons are going to watch it Tuesday morning, and I’m going to ask them 30 questions…they are both homeschooled for the most part. Thankful that they can still play football with the High School I played at in 1870 (yep, I feel that old). Very detailed video. I’ve told my kids how we evacuated 158 of these irreplaceable allies of the United States to the Philippines. Keep up the good work my friend. God bless you and your family. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@tommcclelland119 a disciplined family, so admirable and enviable. You sir, keep up the good work. It keeps America strong, raising solid citizens. God bless.

[@kphchannelcharbonkodopleik9356]

🙏🤝❤👍🖊📖🥖🍷💒🌏🇺🇸🙏❤🙏

[@winaiwongsurawat7080]

Excellent documentary. Well done! The US response after the Montagnards were discovered was very honorable.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Dr. Winai, thank you for watching, and commenting.,

[@TADAMS-zt4zz]

This is an excellent video, bringing to light a little known aspect of the Second Indochina War. Well done Dr. Carter, well done indeed!

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you Captain, I appreciate you watching and commenting!!! Please share with others.

[@gilmueller4803]

Amazing account of amazing people brought with a deft touch by one who lives on location. Paul's living history is a monument to those who would otherwise have been little known and less remembered.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Dear Gil, thank you for watching, and commenting. I truly appreciate it.

[@GeorgeMcMillanIII]

Thanks Paul, another great video. Now I have to make a trip to Eastern Cambodia. Last time I did get to check out the Xepon area along route 9 where the El Paso plan was supposed to cover the area from Khe San to Donsavan to Savannakhet on the Mekong. I was reading about Operation Lam Son 719 in that area that was done in 1971 on Route 9 hence the 719 code. I need to catch up on your videos today. (This is George BTW, Google has banned me from commenting from the other account. I guess they don't like what I had to say after I left Kabul.)

[@CarterOnConflict]

Ha ha, I’ve been banned before George, and I saw it was you by your name. I always like to hear from you. I was in Laos twice this month, and went to the Lam Son museum - “great victory” for them, so they say in the museum. That was my first time in Xepon.

[@jonmeek3879]

I have never seen anything this well done on KZbin Fascinating!

[@CarterOnConflict]

That’s a high complement Jon and I appreciate it very much. Thank you for watching and posting your comment. I hope you watch other of my videos, and share with other folks. Thank you again.

[@dannydeberry8202]

Great piece. I'm a member of Save The Montagnard People and noticed a short clip of the new Longhouse. They really did a great job!

[@CarterOnConflict]

Wow Danny, God Bless you for your work. Feel free to post a link to your org here. Thank you for watching, and please pass along to others. We appreciate your work and comment.

[@ColKorn1965]

Ten years or more ago I was honored to participate in scenarios for Robin Sage at the Montagnard village in Farmer, NC. Very cool place

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@ColKorn1965 thank you for sharing this info. For the viewers (correct me if I am wrong), Robin Sage is a training exercise among locals as part of the SF training program. I was unaware of this but it makes perfect sense. Thank you for watching and sharing with us.

[@dannydeberry8202]

I'm glad you 3njoyed your visit. You should see it now. They have really made a lot od great improvements!

[@Paladin1873]

Excellent research and presentation. My former neighbor was a Green Beret officer who served three tours with the Montagnards. When I was in high school ROTC his mother, who was our school librarian, showed me a stack of photos he'd sent her from the Highlands, some of which were of VC his team had killed. I think B.J. is still living in my hometown, so if I can locate him I know he will want to see this documentary. Regarding John Wayne, the story about him not wanting to serve during WWII is incorrect. He did want to volunteer, but he was categorized 3-A instead of 1-A because of his age and having a large family which was dependent upon his income. When he tried to volunteer anyway, Republic Studio threatened him with a lawsuit for breach of contract (he was their biggest star). He tried unsuccessfully to get into John Ford's film unit and later the OSS, but was turned down. During one of his morale tours to the South Pacific he did conduct an informal mission for the head of the OSS, Maj Gen William Donovan, to assess whether or not Gen MacArthur's staff was hindering OSS operations in this theater. For this secret work he received an OSS Certificate of Service. The fact that he had not been allowed serve in WWII, coupled with his film success during the war, always haunted him and may explain why he became so patriotic and supportive of the US military.

[@CarterOnConflict]

I appreciate you sharing this story, and if I got the John Wayne story wrong then I’m glad you posted this and I hope all viewers will read. That’s great detail. I do appreciate you appreciate watching and commenting.

[@Paladin1873]

@@CarterOnConflict I don't think the Duke talked about it. It had to be galling to be told you're more valuable making morale boosting movies than performing active military service. Something similar happened to Ronald Reagan. He'd been in the Army Reserve since 1935, but his poor eyesight restricted him from overseas deployment. At least he was allowed to serve stateside from April 42 to Dec 45 and rose to the rank of captain. Meanwhile poor old Errol Flynn was excoriated by some for failing to join up when Old Blighty went to war in 1939. David Niven had done so, but Flynn had not (he was Australian, not English). When the US entered the war he did attempt to enlist, but was rejected on medical grounds (a victim of too many stunt related injuries and the odd social disease). MGM hushed up these facts, preferring the public think he was a coward rather than learn the seedier truth.

[@daoduong2128]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:01 🌍 Introduction to the Montagnards and their historical context in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 01:35 🗺️ Montagnards' indigenous status and early interactions with the French. 03:18 🌄 French colonization, classification of tribes, and cultural impact. 05:12 📜 Arrival of American Christian missionaries and their influence. 07:23 💉 U.S. Army Special Forces' role in the highlands and medical aid. 10:29 ⚕️ Importance of medics and healthcare in the highlands. 12:56 🏞️ Conflicting interests: U.S. Army's goal vs. Highlanders' interests. 16:09 🌐 Missionary, anthropologist, and U.S. military cooperation. 19:21 ⚔️ Challenges and conflicts within the Montagnard communities. 30:25 🌾 Highlanders' Struggles for Survival 34:22 ⛪ Integration and New Lives in America 36:05 📰 Discovery of the Full Row Group 38:07 🌄 Survival and Faith in the Jungle 39:57 🛐 Persecution and Success 40:16 🎁 John Wayne's Connection 42:42 📚 Further Reading and Watching Made with HARPA AIit

[@CarterOnConflict]

Well thank you very much - wow - looks like you nailed it. Thank you sir :-)

[@crispusattucks4007]

Sir, what program do you use to generate these time codes?

[@Tower0798]

Excellent documentary Dr Carter, but I believe the Green Beret at 42:05 is Ken Bowra when he was with MACV-SOG.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Oh my, I hope we didn’t blow that one….thanks for posting this…..

[@budgibson185]

Was coming to point that out , he retired a General in SOCCOM

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@budgibson185 I need to qualify then my statement, and hope others will read your comments. I’ll make a comment in the description, and see if I can make a comment on that screen. Thank you.

[@rwjr1944]

Another great one. Thank you.

[@CarterOnConflict]

I appreciate you watching and commenting.

[@JraiCharmi]

Thank you very much for this video

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you sir, and I hope you watch other of my videos. I appreciate you watching and posting.

[@vietrandy1]

Outstanding documentaty. Thank you for sharing.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you for watching and commenting sir. I hope you pass it along to others.

[@vaporosoez]

My first memories start at Ft Bragg. My dad died serving in 73 (stateside). The guys took care of our family… a Green Beret was the first person I thought of as a dad. I remember the men carrying the consequences of war… My (step) father was a LRRP. I try to learn… to better understand. Thank you for these videos.

[@CarterOnConflict]

I very much appreciate your you watching and sharing that personal story, very touching and shows what kind camaraderie there was among the men. I appreciate you watching my videos and commenting.

[@DAKLAKNEWSmtd]

Thank you so much

[@CarterOnConflict]

I appreciate you watching and commenting - thank you.

[@vanmalaphongsavan1331]

, Thank you Dr. Paul T. Carter for remembered us all in the past of the history.... God Bless You.. I am just finished my book history of Royal Lao family and still editing the book II.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Well thank you sir - you a great Americans, whose service many of us appreciate and respect.

[@vanmalaphongsavan1331]

Our team just been back from Laos and Thailand to refresh memory and extend our hearts to be loved. What about Aug 20, 1973 LG. TM Coup did you remembered thoses days ? Thank you Dr. Paul. Carter@@CarterOnConflict

[@pozn9962]

My Beloved Hmong People, we're doing well today. It's a bittersweet moment. I happy how far we've gone today. Suni Lee our Olympic Champ, to LPGA Megan Khang, or Pahoua Lor the 1st Hmong-American Female Judge. Thank You for this documentary, as im still learning about my roots everyday. #StayBlessed 🤟🏼

[@CarterOnConflict]

The Hmong have excelled in America, no doubt. LPGA Khangs parents were small children on the last flights out of Long Tieng, as I understand it, and maybe Suni Lee’s too. I mention Suni Lee in my Laos War video. Thanks for watching and writing.

[@pozn9962]

@@CarterOnConflict my parents meet each other here in America, Houston, TX when they were in their teens... Mom and Dad was kids when fleeing with their parents back in Old County (Laos) crossing into Thailand. Thank You once again..

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@pozn9962 wow, what an amazing story! Good stuff. Thank you so much for sharing this about your parents and family. I can tell you are proud, and you should be! Thanks for watching and posting this to us.

[@lucynuzzello7154]

Let's bring the rest home to our beloved America 🇺🇸.... Our brothers and sisters who are left there we love you in Jesus name. Amen

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you Lucy for watching, and your comment. I did a shorter video that I hope you can watch with original film, on our 1918 left-behinds kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2S8eoiafKeXfposi=oHvL7ZzTcI4zPB6N

[@markgarrett3647]

The Montagnards are also some of the South Vietnamese ARVN's most elite special forces troops such as the so-called Eagle flights composed of a dozen trained Jarais that served as the ARVN's first response teams and eyes and ears.

[@hdinmlo9697]

❤ Thank you

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you for commenting. Any particular thoughts on any aspects of the video? I really appreciate you watching.

[@taanggg]

Hello, can I copy and share this video of yours with my people (Montagnards)? Thank you

[@CarterOnConflict]

Sir, when you are watching the video, you’ll see a tab below that says “share.” This is called the URL. Just click “share,” and your social media will pop up and you can choose who to send it to. Or, just send them the URL kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKLPcqBjfr6eZtUsi=-asnNfQR8UfBxC7p. Thank you for watching, God Bless

[@taanggg]

Thank you so much

[@sponjis6944]

very good work

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you very much for watching

[@Hollymountainhwy16]

I'm a Montagnard and many other Montagnards living in Charlotte NC, my uncles and my Brothers were joint the Green Barret during the Vietnam war, my uncle and Brother they all passed away after the war

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you for sharing this with us. God bless.

[@joefincannon140]

Timothy Richard Cruse was my grandfather he served with the Montagnards in Vietnam. Did your family know him

[@dwightdonnelly8662]

I learned through Jocko Willink's podcast about the S.O.G warriors in Vietnam, and have become increasingly intrigued, and wanting to learn more about Vietnam's history and US involvement during the war. Your podcast is well researched and edited. Thank you very much for your time and dedication in keeping history alive.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Dwight thank you for watching, and commenting. I really appreciate this. I hope other of my videos are of interest to you, and that you will share with others. I will tell you, the SOG are one of the most intriguing elements of the war, and I’ll have to check out Jocko.

[@CarterOnConflict]

I think you would really like this one Dwight: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKWUf32MZtaIaKMsi=h-26S0ScRFCTXU69

[@jedibusiness789]

Always learn from Dr. Carter.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you Green Beret, we appreciate your service to our nation. I appreciate you watching and posting IM.

[@jedibusiness789]

Better men than me carry the title Green Beret. I was a Marine.

[@Robbi496]

LTC Bill Simpson in his book "Inside The Green Berets" talks at length about Montagnards and his interaction with them

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thanks for sharing this with the viewers. I was unaware of LTC Simpson and his book, and appreciate you posting this.

[@Robbi496]

You are most welcome! It is an excellent read and shows how hw and many members of his team helped and were in sympathy with the Montagnatds@@CarterOnConflict

[@BK-uf6qr]

Wonderful documentary! They need more help.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. This video doesn’t get much coverage but it is one of my favorites, so please, share it. Thank you again.

[@MDM0915]

Great video

[@CarterOnConflict]

Well thank you it. I would be privileged if you checked out other of my videos, I have a fairly set storytelling style. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@MDM0915]

Thanks Dr. Carter. I enjoy your content (am now subscribed) and proper historical content in general. Can I ask a question? I want to remain respectful and abide by the guidelines of your channel. I posted another comment(s) that referenced my experience with one of the members of the missionary family at the center of this story. The comment was removed. Just wondering if this is because I included a name or for some other reason? Factually what I posted is sound. Whether or not it was appropriate is what I am after. If not, what made it so? In summary, I want to learn and positively contribute when/where appropriate. I don’t want to create administrative burden. Thanks and I look forward to enjoying more of your content. Mike

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@MDM0915 hi Mike, call me Paul, and I appreciate you watching and commenting. I am disheartened that your comment was removed - I did not remove it and was unaware of this. I do know KZbin removes comments on their own. I will see if I can find a “removed comments” section to my channel. I find this ridiculous. One can find the most sleazy video on the internet, and when someone wants to legitimately contribute to a real world story, their comment is nixed. In the meantime, since I don’t know what you wrote, go back through your comment and try to identify - guess - what may have triggered the censure, remove that, and repost. I’m sorry this happened, thank you for subscribing. If I can find your removed comment I’ll get back to you. This may happen more than I know, and there may be a removed comments section I have access to. You will hear from me again if I find your removed comment - this is important to me - but if you don’t hear back then it means I could not find. Please remove some identifying features (I guess, such as makes) and repost.

[@MDM0915]

Thanks Paul. In summary I worked for many years (in the tech industry) with the son of Tom S (who along with his father was born in Vietnam) I am sure you know who that is as he led the missionary organization and lost his sister and brother in law in 1968?? In the incident you covered in the video. Tom S. was on the second or third last helicopter to exit Vietnam in 1975. The family had been evacuated to the Philippines. Billy Graham called Gerald Ford and got Tom back into Vietnam in an effort to evacuate their workers in country. I got the first (technically 2nd hand) account from the son of Tom. No need to spend effort digging up my post. Thanks for the response.

[@MDM0915]

Also my uncle was an advisor (captain) to the ARVN in 1967. He was shot in arm and lung of 1967. He returned to Vietnam after recovering around 1970. Retired as a full Colonel. I appreciate the in depth history you provide. My intention at a very young age was to follow my grandfather, father and uncle by pursuing a military career. This goal was upended when in 1971 at the age of nine I was diagnosed as type 1 diabetic and have now been on insulin for 52 years.

[@nguyenvanton2384]

Thanks to green beret

[@user-cg1ni7ub9i]

Robert Welch formed The John Birch Society it is this Issue

[@markgarrett3647]

Also a curious fact. It's believed that the French military High Command's favourable eye towards an aboriginal northern Vietnamese Montagnard people called the Muong seriously contributed to French defeat during the First Indochina war as Marshal De Lattre chose to attack the rugged and sparsely populated Muong-majority province of Hoa Binh to liberate the Muong instead of the densely populated and rice-rich Vietnamese-majority Thanh Hoa province that was a crucial source of conscripts and rice for the Vietminh.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Mark, this is interesting indeed - I was unaware, thanks for sharing with myself and the viewers. I very much appreciate the insight.

[@markgarrett3647]

@@CarterOnConflict Much appreciated and great video btw.👍

[@lancesay]

sub'd 5.4K+1

[@YingPodMingAnalyst]

Only CIA mess up the tribes people

[@CarterOnConflict]

It was a messy war, for sure. Thank you for watching, and your comment.

[@nickgates5914]

I'm pretty sure an Australian was the first person to build an army of montagnards. His name was Barry peterson go check it out

[@CarterOnConflict]

He is legendary and I’m glad you brought his name up - folks reading this, go look up Barry Peterson. You know, I always like to acknowledge our Allies and Peterson deserves much credit. You gave me an idea for part 2. Thank you for watching and your comment.

[@KhuyenKhuyen-zg3bt]

êđêgâ god bless you

[@CarterOnConflict]

Well thank you sir, and I appreciate you watching and your comment, very much.

[@cudanmang_theog]

The Champas and Khmer were two great black kingdoms of Asia. Theywere descendants of khemet and Ham brothers of Shem

[@DerSchleier]

Hogwash. Go away Marxist puppet.

[@cudanmang_theog]

​@@DerSchleier the truth Karl Marx WAS a BLACK MAN that why the US hates Marxism so much because they want to keep the black men down

[@duellingscarguevara]

Of course, the kingdom of Khmer...Our history has been deliberately destroyed, etymology provides the clues..( bright insight channel has antlantis in the sahara, south of atlas mountains)...

[@markgarrett3647]

​@@cudanmang_theogMarx is a leftist madman.

[@tonybutts170]

People just want to live in peace, enjoy family/friends, live by values of truth an what’s right, then governments come and mess it all up, greedy an corrupt,really so sad, we the people gotta get God back into our country, not talking about religion I’m talking about God, what’s right and good , so simple??

[@CarterOnConflict]

I hear you, and you are correct Tony. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@thuankhong good one :-) I can’t argue.

[@peterrobbins2862]

Poor souls used abused and abandoned

[@CarterOnConflict]

Yes….war leaves so many tragedies in its wake, and local populations are one. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@markmaccormak4310]

God bless the french Christian's and the USA....

[@CarterOnConflict]

Amen

[@cudanmang_theog]

Blacks were the true native indigenous of Vietnam, Egypt, and Israel

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@cudanmang_theog you have posted several comments, thank you very much for watching and your feedback. I appreciate it.

[@markmaccormak4310]

Scooby doo #france

[@robertscheinost179]

A hunter- gatherer slash and burn agriculture out of the stone age meets Hollywood.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Well….yes….I think so….and on the way met the communist Vietnamese, other Vietnamese, and the US Army. Now, that’s a journey….

[@christopherviers8302]

Not one ray of gospel hope... lucky bastards...!!!

[@CarterOnConflict]

Chris, thanks for watching - I do appreciate it.

[@lessd7564]

Great. I worked with a couple Yards from the 1986 group, met Nat Thayer when he came over with 1992 group with Yie Hin and taught six weeks in Phnom Penh refugee site as well as working with those who escaped from Vietnam in 2015-16. I found the Yards the finest dedicated allies America has ever had. There would be at least ten thousand or more names on the Wall if not for our Yards. Want to know more look up STMP, MAP, or MDA and get involved. Thank you for your presentation

[@CarterOnConflict]

@@lessd7564 thank you sir for all you did. I appreciate your work and dedication.

[@xxxxxx-tq4mw]

My brother was in the 4th I.D. and went over to Vietnam when the whole division was at Fort Lewis in late summer 1966 ? but anyway, he couldn’t believe it when some of the G.I.s were actually boinking the Montagnard women who he personally thought were so primitive and undesirable looking.

[@CarterOnConflict]

Thank you for commenting, and sharing that story. All kinds of crazy things happen in war, I guess nothing surprises us. I appreciate you watching, thanks again for posting.

[@user-ij1cn1xv2u]

동시개인울존중하느녀사랑하며사하 , ( 비 러브 옿 더 피플 콘탬퍼러리 타임즈 , )

[@cudanmang_theog]

Moi doesn't mean savage. It true meaing is " black men"

[@cudanmang_theog]

The Montagnards were black and they were oppressed by the white colonizers and albino Mongoloids

[@pozn9962]

The Albino Montagnards were the Original look of our Hmong pples back in Ancient times, way before Laos, once upon a time when we was all living in peace in China.

[@mike-fe9wj]

Read, Vietnam, Why Did We Go by Avro Manhattan Free PDF can be found online... All roads lead to rome/vatican