Our Stories: Vietnam Part 1

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@J0EYbagaDONUTS
@J0EYbagaDONUTS 2 жыл бұрын
Today is Memorial Day 2022 . I would like to thank all soldiers of every war for their sacrifices that they have given to preserve our freedom in America . Being born in 1957 I was too young for the draft during the Vietnam War so I guess I should be grateful for that . However I do remember the images on TV of the war and thought what heros all these young men are that served . While I did flash the peace sign ✌ I could never understand Americans protesting our returning soldiers and calling them "Baby Killers" . To me each and every one of them were heros . Thank you to all who have served . Your service is gratefully appreciated in preserving our freedom around the world .
@raymondj8768
@raymondj8768 6 жыл бұрын
theres a lot of us Americans that believe in all you men and thank you for your service brothers !
@SteveGee1986
@SteveGee1986 6 жыл бұрын
You guys are the true hero's. Its about time that these stories get out to the public.
@Ferda1964
@Ferda1964 6 жыл бұрын
I have lots of respect for all of you veterans , God bless you
@outlawvlogs9812
@outlawvlogs9812 4 жыл бұрын
Me to
@thefullmoongamer
@thefullmoongamer 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Every brother and sister that served, thank you!
@SoldierofGodAki
@SoldierofGodAki 6 жыл бұрын
Fuck democracy
@sparkle4223
@sparkle4223 5 жыл бұрын
@@SoldierofGodAki what system do you prefer love? ❤️😘
@dakotawinters5062
@dakotawinters5062 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, veterans. I love you all. Every single one of you, alive and passed on. I never thought brave people actually existed. I thought it was just in movies because I never met a brave man. Hearing these stories, I just can’t believe men can be so selfless and devoted to their country, helping others they never met. Without you all, who knows where any of us would be right now. No words can say how much I respect you all. I just thank you from the bottom of my heart. Much love to you all and to the ones who died during war, may you all be able to move on and cross over. I send healing energy and love to you all, the ones dead and alive. Love you all.
@quandong4448
@quandong4448 5 жыл бұрын
They are good men but they had to fight a meaningless war
@cyclone8974
@cyclone8974 3 жыл бұрын
@@quandong4448 only meaningless because Kennedy agreed to let North Vietnam infiltrate through Laos and Cambodia and yes they were doing that since he was president
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 2 жыл бұрын
Dakota wow, Love that name being a native of the Dakota's. Thanks a million I am setting here today, alone in my cold old house that I purchased with my now deceased wife some 25 years back after a line of duty accident put me on the disabled list of the Police Department, now even the Department is gone as the Sheriff took over policing the city. My daughter who stays with me normally is up in the State Capitol where my Grand Daughter is having her baby shower for my Great-Grand-Son soon to join this old world. Mom is up in the nursing home calling me daily begging for me to come visit, yet a recent illness has left me so damn weak I can hardly get to the kitchen to make coffee and get a bowl of cerial. I think back over the years to happy time when we lived on the old home place in North Dakota, some 25 miles from the nearest town with only dad's brothers and brothers-in-law for neighbors. No phones, no televisions only a battery pack farm radio for entertainment and kerosene lamps for light. Yet those seemed to me to be the best days of my life. I still had both my sisters now gone from years of smoking "like dad did!" their husbands gone, their children now thinking of me as the head of what is left of our family. Oh the thing we did to entertain ourselves, when I was very young it was like having three moms as my sisters were several years older then I was and used to read to me from most anything they could get their hands on. Funny but even the old True Stories magazines for ladies were fun to hear read outload, my favorite golden book type story book was the Three Billy Goats Gruff for some reason and the Windy comic books about the little good witch gave me nightmares that had Witch Hazel chasing me through the woods. As I got older and attended school, in a little one room white schoolhouse atop a hill, the teacher was a local farmer and all the students save one shared my last name as we were all cousins or brothers and sisters. Indeed the early 1950's were good years to be alive and I do miss that simple life.
@GunnyKeith
@GunnyKeith 4 жыл бұрын
God bless you for being so truthful. Could of said the enemy fire got him. But, I salute you sir. Wasn't your fault in the heat of a firefight.
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
I meant to say the word heart
@rfcgong1
@rfcgong1 3 жыл бұрын
Great stories, proud to be an American
@dennissutton3767
@dennissutton3767 4 жыл бұрын
69 - 71 combat engineer. I lost a friend and had to look at the field hospital for him. One of the most difficult things I ever did...searching among all the wounded looking for my friend And trying to forget that time in my life. Welcome home brothers..
@grebo236
@grebo236 6 жыл бұрын
I lost my best friend there. God bless these men. Nam 68-69 5th Special Forces
@lbbradley55
@lbbradley55 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your services SIR. I lost my Uncle Coley Leon Andrews 12 19 66 Crew Chief Door Guner 173rd Abn CASPER AVIATION PLATOON. sec. Tour Volonterd both. 12/19/66 Gov wanted to Bury him Xmas day. We Refuse Bury him day after. Thank you SIR... & Each & Every one of You...
@josephmyers1147
@josephmyers1147 2 жыл бұрын
@@lbbradley55 So sorry for your loss l was drafted in 1966 Aug 4 went too Fort Holabird from there took train too Fayetteville NC they than bus us too Fort Bragg to start basic training
@lbbradley55
@lbbradley55 2 жыл бұрын
@@josephmyers1147 I think the Vietnam veterans are some of the greatest Americans to have ever served.
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks a million. Two years in therapy at the VA has calmed me down, and it has only been forty some years now since I came home to a thankless nation. The folks now who see my Vet cap (I don't wear it much any more) and give me that thanks for your service bull shit really get to me. I usually just nod or say thanks, but beneath it all I want to SCREAM "YOU ARE TO FUCKING LATE ASS HOLE" some wounds it seems, take over 40 years to heal, and I guess some never do. Thanks for posting this, I shall watch the rest later, I can only take so much of this at once. (HQ 18th Eng Bde, Dong Ba Thin RVN :HQ 45th Eng Gp Da Nang RVN 70-71)
@4y6857
@4y6857 6 жыл бұрын
Jerry Ericsson Jerry, I was USAF in Thailand. I don’t know and can’t imagine all that you and yours endured, survived, and still experience. Glad you made it back. Hope you’re feeling at home.
@JohnnyRebKy
@JohnnyRebKy 2 жыл бұрын
Remember that many people who say thank you weren’t alive during Vietnam. So thank you is not to late. I wasn’t born until 1984 so when I say thank you I genuinely mean it.
@bobbrock4221
@bobbrock4221 2 жыл бұрын
How else can we thank you? I wasn't even alive then. You can't let the actions of a few define people who really are thankful and want to express that to you.
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobbrock4221 Thanks man, I was having a horrid day when I posted this. Seems as we get older and things did not go was we expected in our younger years we allow them to build till they are a major point in our lives. Times do change and I guess it is up to us to change with them. Thing is, though change is not easy, and some changes are unwanted I guess. I am now over 70 years old and I guess I am becoming the grouchy old man I used to dread running into when I was a cop.
@bobbrock4221
@bobbrock4221 2 жыл бұрын
@@JerryEricsson I understand. You should just know that many people really are thankful for the fact that you made a personal sacrifice to serve your country to protect our way of life. It is inexcusable for the way you guys were treated when you got home. All I can do is say thank you for everything and I am sorry for how these people treated you.
@bobbrock4221
@bobbrock4221 2 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. I am no veteran, but I would like to thank all of you who are. Thank you for your service.
@chrismoll6862
@chrismoll6862 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome veterans , all speak so very well , much to learn from these heroes!
@conchauvnch9606
@conchauvnch9606 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks you all the brave soldiers that support and help us from the South Vietnam...
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Oh sorry I meant East
@johnstevens9673
@johnstevens9673 Жыл бұрын
The stories are wonderful. I really appreciate the people that served in Vietnam. My father served in Vietnam, Grandfathers in WWII and great grandfather in WWI I was the first in 4 or more generations of my family not to serve. I was rejected when I tried to enlist due to an accident I was in during high school. It stands with me toady and im now 46 years old. I was supposed to serve, I was expected to serve and couldn't, its hard to explain.
@tonynapoli5549
@tonynapoli5549 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you all for sharing your experiences in Vietnam and being honest. God bless you all. 👌🇬🇧
@carlosgomez1706
@carlosgomez1706 6 жыл бұрын
Antonino Napoli thank you all for sharing your experiences, I have now much higher respect and appreciation towards the north Vietnamese
@porkulate
@porkulate 6 жыл бұрын
As a retired United States Army officer and Airborne paratrooper and combat veteran of the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia, Southern Iraq and Kuwait, I am drawn to these videos because they personalize the war experience and humanize the day to day situations of those who are recalling and recounting them to all of us. As a general rule, combat veterans are very reluctant to and seldom talk about these experiences unless it is in the company of other veterans with similar experiences or if they are talking to counsellors in an effort to try and deal with the trauma of the experiences and trying to get well again and resume a life of some measure of normalcy. Thus, not many people get to see and hear these kinds of discussions outside of the make believe Hollywood fairy tale nonsense. I thank these soldiers for their service and I wish them peace and goodness in the years that they have left in this life to enjoy and to reminisce about the GOOD TIMES - which is what the vast majority of us would just as soon choose to do. All the best to you.
@theultimaterockmusicalviet9310
@theultimaterockmusicalviet9310 3 жыл бұрын
Please listen to VOAG... comment. NEED YOUR INPUT!! Politicians and bureaucrats make war... young men and now women fight them. Politicians et al...never take responsibility .... You guys on the ground are real Heroes!
@patrickcullum9814
@patrickcullum9814 3 жыл бұрын
Total respect for all of you.....WELCOME HOME
@UWfalcin
@UWfalcin 4 жыл бұрын
So, so sad. Your sacrifices are never forgotten incredible men. 🙏🏻 I didn’t know Vietnam was that bad before but now I realise it was as brutal as many skirmishes in WW2 and WW1.
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
WOW! Where have you been? 10.5 years.. 9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the official Vietnam era from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975. (Those 9 million had no control over where they served, but they served just the same.) 2,709,918 Americans served in uniform in Vietnam. 58,148 were killed in Vietnam, 75,000 severely disabled, 23,214 were 100% disabled, 5,283 lost limbs and 1,081 sustained multiple amputations.
@UWfalcin
@UWfalcin 3 жыл бұрын
@@unitedwestand5100 WOW. I ment warfare-wise.
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
@@UWfalcin ,. I told you. People in the military don't get to pick and choose whether the serve in a combat zone, or not. They go where they're told to go. Those assigned to combat in Veitnam had it worse than those in WWII.! Fact: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year. Thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. 58,148 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.7 million who served. Although the percent that died is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300 percent higher than in World War II.
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
@@UWfalcin ,. 2/3rds of those who served in WWII were conscripts. (Draftees) 70% of those who served in Veitnam were volunteers. There are a lot of myths about Veitnam that just aren't true. Like; The number of Black Americans that were sent to Veitnam. The number was equal to the black American population. (12%) That 12% holds true among the 58k who died, and the 304k who were wounded..... (Even then, there was no systemic racism in the US Military.)
@UWfalcin
@UWfalcin 3 жыл бұрын
@@unitedwestand5100 Please I know this, jesus christ. I'm not claiming anything and here you are trying to defy something I said. They had it bad, this is a year old comment when I started to learn about the Vietnam War deeper than just statistics and maps.
@ralphh.2200
@ralphh.2200 6 жыл бұрын
You men are the brave ones...the ones who carry the hard memories of friends going down.The rest of it -you take in stride.My two best friends were Nam combat vets.I always had to drag it out of them....they seemed amused that I wanted details...Nelson,A 3 21 596th LIB. Santini ,B 3 12 4ID gone, love & respect.
@celticlofts
@celticlofts 4 жыл бұрын
You can replace an advisor but you can't replace his knowledge.
@AnhTran-dv3ht
@AnhTran-dv3ht Жыл бұрын
Thank you to all Brothers, Sisters and American People who helped us to fight back the Invasion from The North and VC.
@rebelregan7487
@rebelregan7487 6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GOD BLESS ALL OUR VETERANS!!!
@carlosgomez1706
@carlosgomez1706 6 жыл бұрын
I doubt God blesses slaughter and much less these guys in Vietnam
@cyclone8974
@cyclone8974 3 жыл бұрын
@@carlosgomez1706 Weird how you don't complain about the Vietcong massacring 5000 civilians in Hue and many more throughout the war. You have a few examples of the US committing atrocities but the communist did it all the time, do you not care because they're communists and just what we expect from them?
@alware2509
@alware2509 6 жыл бұрын
Because the memory is with the soldiers who were there. The people at home didn't care.....
@quandong4448
@quandong4448 5 жыл бұрын
Because they fought a fucking meaningless war
@robertroselle3341
@robertroselle3341 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry friend...the people at home DID care!!! That is why so many people protested the war and helped to end it! It was an unnecessary and unjust war...Is Vietnam today a threat to anyone??
@BirdWhisperer46
@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын
When I got off the plane, there were a crowd of hippy bitches waiting and they threw little bags of dog shit at us. Welcome home Marine.
@tenkara193
@tenkara193 5 жыл бұрын
Everytime I see a photo/video of a Vietnam era unit I always wonder who made it home.
@rickworth7571
@rickworth7571 4 жыл бұрын
God bless the Vietnam veterans
@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists
@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists 4 жыл бұрын
58,148 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.7 million who served...you do the math.
@BirdWhisperer46
@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын
I made it. 49 in my toon graduated, 3 years later there were 9 left. 63-66
@ejsocci2630
@ejsocci2630 Жыл бұрын
Welcome home, god bless you all and thank you all for your service.🙏🏻👊🏻🇺🇸
@petergoodwin2465
@petergoodwin2465 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys. You're all legends.
@petergoodwin2465
@petergoodwin2465 6 жыл бұрын
Carlos Gomez All of them are brave men . Horrible war for nothing. The Vietnamese are good people to.
@scottwilson599
@scottwilson599 5 жыл бұрын
@Gorgon Don Fuck off troll. You act like the NVA never committed atrocities against the South Vietnamese. Get a clue
@billt7283
@billt7283 4 жыл бұрын
Gorgon Don stfu you idiot. Stop trolling. You do understand that soldiers of all races were drafted and enlisted in Vietnam, correct? I respect all of them
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
When a man becomes really frightened I heard this older that then you know I was in the 70s he was all the way there in the beginning but he called me fish bait and I was scared as hell
@johnjamesseery
@johnjamesseery 4 жыл бұрын
poor guys never got the thanks they deserved.
@sartainja
@sartainja 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. Great testimonials in this video. Excellent oral history.
@johnspooner8994
@johnspooner8994 2 жыл бұрын
1969 I was there
@theultimaterockmusicalviet9310
@theultimaterockmusicalviet9310 3 жыл бұрын
VOAG is, at present, just an idea. The writers have been in touch with the Wounded Warrior folk and many VVA's. We promised them we will make sure that financial contributions go to Veterans organizations. This work took many years to write with much research. The stories of these Vets should never be forgotten. Please have a listen and comment. We really need input ... good or bad... God Bless those who fought and still fight for our freedom.
@patrickreilly2338
@patrickreilly2338 6 жыл бұрын
Thank u all Nan vets I could never say enough bout what your generation did STARS
@quandong4448
@quandong4448 5 жыл бұрын
They fought for nothing to get nothing. They had to fight just because of their president's faces.
@vladimirkyrilytch5569
@vladimirkyrilytch5569 4 жыл бұрын
You're a legit bad ass thanks for your service
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
I remember the field I don't understand understand spray and pray I've always tried to aim as well as I can
@theodoremartin6153
@theodoremartin6153 6 жыл бұрын
I believed in you all . you have my admiration and respect.
@chrisbradley2542
@chrisbradley2542 6 жыл бұрын
How does this only have 653 views?
@travonedmond9838
@travonedmond9838 6 жыл бұрын
Gorgon Don FUCK You piece of shit stained person
@SoldierofGodAki
@SoldierofGodAki 6 жыл бұрын
Coz only few veterans are alive
@samjump9892
@samjump9892 6 жыл бұрын
It has 59k now
@lbbradley55
@lbbradley55 6 жыл бұрын
Don't know C. Bradley. But I am also a Bradley. We didn't know until I Googled Bradley Family Scotland.. that we are Scottch... ! You may have known. But our ancestors well.. Google that & read site about the Hostages of nine..! & Well we Settled in ESCAMBIA CO. Al. After Andrew Jackson defeated the Porch Creek Indians. & Well Interesting stuff. If you want to know more. Shoot me a text. I tell you what I can. Bradley Al. On the FL. Al. Line just above Holt FL. Check it out
@lbbradley55
@lbbradley55 6 жыл бұрын
@Gorgon Don you are the Moron . You...
@SaundersE5
@SaundersE5 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, for everything.
@s.ziauddintabatabai5264
@s.ziauddintabatabai5264 4 жыл бұрын
I am from 🇮🇷🇦🇳....i like vietnam war story very very....i study this history
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
No just want to be a studier
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Oh by the way I was born in 1954
@jakhaughton6675
@jakhaughton6675 6 жыл бұрын
War, in all its forms is never meant to be a jolly jaunt. People suffer and programmes like this are all about talking and getting the awful stress off for a while. Well done lads. Let down by your politicians and generals.
@eseteardrop
@eseteardrop 4 жыл бұрын
I studied scripture and it says thou shalt not commit murder. There's a big difference between killing and murder my heart goes out to our veterans who struggle with this I hope this helps anyone in their position
@caredesigns
@caredesigns 3 жыл бұрын
WTF are you talking about?
@johnburrows1179
@johnburrows1179 3 жыл бұрын
I was there ‘69-71, infantry. I volunteered and wanted army infantry. People ask why did you volunteer??? I tell them you gotta remember, we grew up in a different time. Communism was the biggest threat in the world, we were ducking and hiding under desks in school. So I looked at it like we had to stop the spread before it got out of hand and spread all over. I would’ve never dreamed 50 years later half my country would be welcoming communism into our own country. I don’t regret one day I served
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
It's just more than that I've lost a lot of people that I love and cherish and also you know and 2015 my wife passed away and she was a good bread Betty crocker wife in the kitchen cleaning house raising everything but listen it's me now I'm on my own and I've been there for 6 years and I love it
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
She was no hippie and I'm not one my God she was a flower child we were married in 1988
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
I think it's imperative that every man knows how to use build and do whatever with bombs but just please don't hurt no one
@ernstvonrichthofen
@ernstvonrichthofen 5 жыл бұрын
Freedom is not free, somebody has to pay!!!
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
I knew there would be good times
@joameshill1433
@joameshill1433 5 жыл бұрын
I was a child born in 65. I remember the news reports and the videos on TV. I didn't understand what was happening but I just them remember them carrying people to helicopters. I remember them shooting into the bushes. Its something the things your mind doesn't forget even as toddler.
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
No you don't get it I was called fish babe
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Nurses can get you drugs if you like
@user-dv8ge8hf1o
@user-dv8ge8hf1o 6 жыл бұрын
Semper Fi Marines! From an Iraq war Vet. Rah!
@carlosgomez1706
@carlosgomez1706 6 жыл бұрын
J yet another jarhead... RAH or whatever that was
@user-dv8ge8hf1o
@user-dv8ge8hf1o 6 жыл бұрын
Let me guess army right? So you didn't have the balls to join the corps, or you have a small wiener or your mom didn't give you enough attention I don't care just fuck off guy. And its RAH! With balls. Something you army fucks lack.
@carlosgomez1706
@carlosgomez1706 6 жыл бұрын
J blah blah RAH blah blah blah
@carlosgomez1706
@carlosgomez1706 6 жыл бұрын
J RAH with balls... lol
@carlosgomez1706
@carlosgomez1706 6 жыл бұрын
CAPTAIN H.M. MAD MURDOCK another jarhead
@BirdWhisperer46
@BirdWhisperer46 3 жыл бұрын
USMC 63-66 When I got off the plane in Frisco, we had a crowd waiting for us. They threw little bags of dog shit at us. For 10 years, I would go to protests in DC and do bad things to screaming hippies in the crowd. Anyone reading this with back pains from protesting in DC? :o)
@ronaspinall1742
@ronaspinall1742 Жыл бұрын
I’m British so not directly involved….. but the whole world owes a debt the true stories, what was possible if thé politicians had done their jobs 1/2 as well as the soldiers on the ground the was would have been understood a lot better!! Long live MACV
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Friends in the Air Force a lot of them don't leave the ground I don't comprehend it maybe that's why I well I was in the Navy but it changed when I went to the army
@michaelmartinez6733
@michaelmartinez6733 5 жыл бұрын
How the hell men and women of the era be forgotten!!!DAMN OUR GOVERNMENT
@josephmyers1147
@josephmyers1147 2 жыл бұрын
I want to know why we don't hear stories about the black soldier you see all these documentaries and its like we weren't there once in a blue moon you see us in one of these war stories l have watch 3 so far l see none of us in any of them our children and adults watch these documentaries too is it to much to ask
@jupitershark2636
@jupitershark2636 3 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the piano song at the end of the video?
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Only the next time I have a chance to do something like that I'm going to entertain them with comedy
@MajorEasley
@MajorEasley Жыл бұрын
Ho Chi Minh brought Vietnam back to its original Glory.
@patrickreilly2338
@patrickreilly2338 6 жыл бұрын
They gave so much and lost so much a disgrace on government xusn makes me ashamed
@burtthebeast4239
@burtthebeast4239 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you all, God bless you...
@patrickreilly2338
@patrickreilly2338 6 жыл бұрын
I was never in Nan but was in navy
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry you're okay
@throwingsparks
@throwingsparks 6 жыл бұрын
God Bless you all and Welcome Home!!
@faainspector9699
@faainspector9699 6 жыл бұрын
Throwing Sparks i
@GottliebGoltz
@GottliebGoltz 4 жыл бұрын
What a time in the history of the world. Including the history of the United States.!
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Even years back when I would play war everything it seems peaceful and it's okay I'll take the point and all of a sudden there's an explosion you know and people get killed so I'm going like wow isn't there a better way
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 2 жыл бұрын
There is always a better way. Problem is nobody listens to those who propose that better way. Hell I always figured we should pick 1 random soldier from each side and put them in a room, have them play ten hands of poker, winner wins the war. Lot less BS for everyone.
@patrickreilly2338
@patrickreilly2338 6 жыл бұрын
Unless u served u could never know
@marbo6429
@marbo6429 4 жыл бұрын
uRBAN WARFARE IS WORSE...WE live amongst enemies...the enemies you failed to kill in Nam
@joejinnymarks8189
@joejinnymarks8189 Жыл бұрын
New american fighters were fighting hardened fighters that had been there years respect to them all
@alrodriguez2261
@alrodriguez2261 6 жыл бұрын
This is so sad..... so sad
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
One time my buddy of mine tied me to the propellers of a helicopter and he said how long can you take it and I'm going like yeah I get it okay that's another form of being tortured
@patrickreilly2338
@patrickreilly2338 6 жыл бұрын
I don't spell wrong it's my phone God bless all vets
@sgt.duke.mc_50
@sgt.duke.mc_50 3 жыл бұрын
Probably never see this, but I just typed out a long expose' regarding my involvement in '69-70 & some other random thoughts on day to day & after all that, rereading before posting, this G*d Damn phone auto-fill had chopped it so bad, I deleted rather than trying to fix all the misspelling! {:-) 👌 ✌ (July 2021)
@jasonpeters9390
@jasonpeters9390 4 жыл бұрын
Wish they cut the back ground music get on your nerves
@kojak4831
@kojak4831 5 жыл бұрын
Real men here.
@schnarre0
@schnarre0 5 жыл бұрын
...*salutes*
@keelanp53
@keelanp53 6 жыл бұрын
Bob, I wonder what happened to that beautiful little Vietnamese girl? I hope she's well.
@mattjones8254
@mattjones8254 5 жыл бұрын
Yea me too! Would love to her story now!
@melissabryant6639
@melissabryant6639 4 жыл бұрын
And reunite them :)
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
The world was just plenty of drugs but if you want to be a good soldier don't use drugs
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
One time I held a small rank and I was telling a private what to do he would do it but he would never answer me like yes sir
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't try to make it seem funny but this is serious man
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
I've known men like you they can actually put the fear in my heart
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Sir one time when a shockwave put me in shock all I wanted to do was take a nice nap that's all you guys leave me alone I'm okay
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Joe Russell told me he wouldn't trade it for anything however he was kind of strange when he I lived with a guy you know and he's going like oh it's okay to kill
@5thgen418
@5thgen418 3 жыл бұрын
Why so many people were drafted into USA army Why did so many young guys was asked to join army for Vietnam. Was army had not enough regular soilders available at the time?
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 2 жыл бұрын
In 69 I dropped out of high school, having married the love of my life. We moved out of State and I was able to find work. It was rare back then for a drop out. Well home sickness hit the wife, and I had a twinge of it as well, so I bought a 25 buck beat up Plymouth and drove it back home. Dad let me live in the old house north of the tracks for free and I began searching once more for a job. There was no work, hell not even busy work sweeping sidewalks! So after 2 months our savings were gone and I enlisted. Shit it was a Job and my number was close to being drafted anyhow, if I enlisted I got a choice of school. I was intrested in Electronics (Still am to this day) so I asked for a job where I could learn electronics. The recruiter checked and Oh YES! You qualify to be a field wireman! He says, so I figure wireman, must have to do with electronics right? Sure did, my army job was to hump radios, run commo wire through the FIELD and answerer a switchboard if the need arose.
@5thgen418
@5thgen418 2 жыл бұрын
@@JerryEricsson okkk. Best of luck to you. How is going for you right now. At this point of life. I guess money is not an issue for you right now
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 2 жыл бұрын
@@5thgen418 Well I was injured in an accident, left me unable to work, so Workers Comp sent me to college, after witch they found that I was unable to tolerate office work and needed strong narcotics to continue. They paid me fairly well till I hit 65 at which time they halved my pay saying I was able to live on retirement income now. But during that time I have my home paid for my cars and such paid for and I am living fairly well, when the wife died, her bills died with her so there went a major set of credit card bills. Now I have a home to live in, need to pay for taxes of course and insurance. I get Social Security and still get about half what I got as the Chief of Police in 1993. When mom went in the home I sold her house and split the cash with the families of my late sisters and my self, so I have a bit of extra funds right now. So yes I guess I am getting by OK. I don't do much any more, basically sit in my recliner and mess with electronic builds, watch KZbin till bed time. boring but I guess better then being dead I guess, not sure about that either. Doctors are cutting my narcotics now because of the State ordering workers comp to get their clients off narcotics their deal is THE STATE SHOULD NOT BE A DRUG DEALER !! !! .
@5thgen418
@5thgen418 2 жыл бұрын
@@JerryEricsson well Jerry you explained your whole life very well Good to hear that you are doing well. By the way I'm in my 40's and totally broke don't even own a penny right now lost my livelihood when covid struck. I'm struggling very hard at this point of life and yess depressed
@happilydivorced6385
@happilydivorced6385 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone has to be somewhere......we were there for awhile.....that's all
@JerryEricsson
@JerryEricsson 2 жыл бұрын
You know I used to say that, for a long time I believed it.
@leonbrown7911
@leonbrown7911 3 жыл бұрын
Why tf kill the water buffalo, maaaan
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Mandatory sign up in the '70s
@cliffworks748
@cliffworks748 6 жыл бұрын
long live vietnam
@patrickreilly2338
@patrickreilly2338 6 жыл бұрын
Especially Nan vets
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Sir I agree I have never been blessed enough to kiss the ground you may have but by God there could be chewing gum down there
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
In my opinion I don't think there has been a a real prevalence of what Vietnam was really like or whatever you want to country you been in
@atomeinstein3168
@atomeinstein3168 5 жыл бұрын
God bless you 😇 uuu are the spine the back bone of. U s a
@laletra5755
@laletra5755 3 жыл бұрын
3 person group out to look for enemy ( you mean bait?)
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
The air in the whole place was not natural it seems so different
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Hey listen bro you can't have one but can you have a motor
@rayo8506
@rayo8506 5 жыл бұрын
Raymond Ovalle 67 and 68
@christopherdunn9488
@christopherdunn9488 6 жыл бұрын
Great job ASU!
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
And I'm so young I don't understand why Jimmy Carter gave me a plaque thanking me for my services
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
If you were in the air searching for an enemy and you you were running out of gas and couldn't or maybe even shot down or maybe I couldn't make it back to the carrier wouldn't that be just one of the strangest feelings did you plan for that
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Do you plan on going down in the sea
@mikehuynh3158
@mikehuynh3158 5 жыл бұрын
58.479 quan nhan usa
@vaughnwalters6711
@vaughnwalters6711 Жыл бұрын
The Sanhedrin
@mdcs1992
@mdcs1992 4 ай бұрын
Mai Lai. Napalm. Agent Orange. Rolling Thunder. Millions of civilians murdered.
@chazwikiwiki4636
@chazwikiwiki4636 6 жыл бұрын
i would do anything for a vet because they would not take me cus me not having 15 college credits with my GED and i didn't have a diploma so would do any thing for you guys
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
You can't borrow your mama's Plymouth belvedere but yet you can fly 100 million dollar aircraft
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
No really it's a front I live in the front of the street look out
@af-lt5he
@af-lt5he 6 жыл бұрын
he killed his own team?
@slit4659
@slit4659 5 жыл бұрын
a f.....You have more CHINS THAN A CHINESE PHONE BOOK....
@sparkle4223
@sparkle4223 5 жыл бұрын
@@slit4659 a very unnecessary comment, be nice.
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
My bong talk
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
Hi I'm the new guy
@KietLe-mx5iu
@KietLe-mx5iu 6 жыл бұрын
Vietnamese ready forgive vets, but i hate some people of viet nam that staying usa, they have been abusing vietnam and they still hang on grudge. What a misfortune! Homeless.
@mattjones8254
@mattjones8254 5 жыл бұрын
Americans hold no grudge against the Vietnamese. We understand..... This was 50 years ago, we welcome you here to the USA!
@nightflyer914
@nightflyer914 3 жыл бұрын
And that film clip you guys look like a large Target
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