Patrol to Contact: A squad vs. The 2nd NVA Div. HQ

During the Tet Offensive Mike Co., 3/7 Marines was assigned as a reactionary company for the 1st Marine Div. They moved around in the field from day to day following reports of enemy concentrations or to assist units in contact. For 2 weeks The NVA had caused all sorts of problems and stubborn resistance in the cities they attacked. By Feb 12, they were spent and beginning to pull back relocating outside of the cities in rural villages. After a Mike Co. patrol apprehended 3 NVA nurses in Dodge City on Feb 12, 1968, a squad patrol was sent out into the area to investigate further. Cpl. Jerry Chong and his squad from the 3rd platoon set out into Dodge City on the 13th. What they would discover after engaging a group of NVA was that they had actually stumbled into the base area for the 2nd NVA division and its HQ element.
As their fellow Marines rushed to their aid, they were ambushed on a road and some of the most experienced leaders in the Company would be killed or wounded trying to save one man, shot, wounded, and used as bait to draw the Marines out from cover to save their friend.
Jerry Chong, Paul Grimala, Jim Hastings, and Burnell Sumpter share their perspective on the fight.

[@LesterMoore]

I look at the pictures of me and my Marine mates in Vietnam and wonder where did the years go? The physical tasks I did then ... now but a memory. Only vivid things are the memories. Semper Fidelis forever.

[@boondocker7964]

Where did the years go?! They ran away, over the hills, like a herd of wild horses. Memories? Some of them are fading, but, 55+ years on, a person has a few memories of one sort or another to place in the old brain housing group, no one has unlimited storage capacity.

[@Vadanovltch]

Semper Fi. I’m enlisting as an 03xx in may. You Vietnam marines are bad asses my highest respect sir.

[@ericevans9507]

When I came home from Iraq, you guys had the streets lined to make sure we got the welcome home you didn’t. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. I know truly what combat is like and I mean that thank you from a place deep in my being. Thank you. I love you. Welcome home!

[@joejoe2928]

@@ericevans9507 **** VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS..****WATCH 23 MINUTES IN HELL BY BILL WIESS SUPERNATURAL NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE, DOES LIFE EXIST AFTER DEATH WATCH THIS THOUGHT PROVOKING STORY AND FIND OUT,****

[@CortinaATX]

Semper Fi, my brother.

[@Thomas-oo9lu]

Every time I see one of these shows I am duty honored to listen, and witness your stories and say thank you for your service on behalf of my father 1st Lt. J.E. Scribner, U.S.M.C., 3/3 DONG HOA. '67-'68, 1930-1969. I never really knew my father, I was only 3 1/5 when he came home and passed away suddenly, 5 weeks after his return home to SC. I pay homage to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and to those that fought with them and would not leave them behind 🙏

[@boondocker7964]

Not "Dong HOA", it's: Dong Ha, to the best of my recollection, just sayin. Spent a few days there, don't care to go back for any reason.

[@Thomas-oo9lu]

@@boondocker7964 I stand corrected, thanks, we're you possibly there when my father was?? If you don't want to talk about your experience I completely understand and I want to thank you for your service as well 🙏

[@Thomas-oo9lu]

@@boondocker7964 I would also like to say that I think our paths might have crossed before on this subject on a not so positive note?? Maybe I'm wrong, I hope I didn't disrespect you sir. I'm honored just to be able to talk with you. 🙏 to you and yours. Just looking for information on someone I never got to talk to like I am with you now.

[@boondocker7964]

E/2/1 1st Mar Div. '66-'67, Every day was a holiday, every meal was a banquet, ask away.@@Thomas-oo9lu

[@ronaldestep3697]

Hey Thomas, just saw your post…I served with 3/3 in 1966 through May of 1967, the first hill fights were just getting started when I rotated out. I didn’t know your father, but I was touched by your post, and proud to have served with 3/3… my son served the Corps in desert storm, and my grandson just re-enlisted, making three consecutive generation of Semper Fi ! Blessing to you sir!!

[@qssneaky]

I'll never forget my solo trip to the Vietnam Memorial in DC when I was 23 years old. It was just starting to get dark and the place was almost empty but there was a gentleman sitting alone in a booth near the wall. I asked him how I could find my uncle's name and he pulled out this massive book and asked for his name. There were three men in this huge book who literally had the same first and last name as my uncle and so after he asked me a few questions he figure out the correct location. Next thing I know he was escorting me all the way across to the other end of the dimly lit wall and took me right to his name. He gave me a small piece of paper and some charcoal and I scratched my uncles name onto the small piece of paper. When I got home, I gave it to my dad and it was one of the most emotional events ever to happen in my life.

[@TimBoland-d9n]

Wow. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@Jestin612]

Yeah, thanks!!!!!!

[@heavensfugitive6447]

Proud to be a 3rd Generation US Marine and too carry on the tradition of those who went before me. Semper Fi Brothers!

[@markshaw3219]

Two words come to mind as I watched this, "Honor and Respect"!!

[@garyluck8502]

Thanks for your service! Everyone please remember the ones that didn’t make it back home!!! I was there all of 67 but I was one of the lucky ones that didn’t have it that bad. Thanks fellas!

[@craigstarling4704]

Thank all of you for your Service.

[@dsbmwhacker]

God bless these Marines. RIP for those who sacrificed. I lost friends and relatives there. A Cousin remains MIA to this day.

[@zcam1969]

lance crpl Robert Holland 1st USMC was killed there 6/5/68 .RIP a . friend

[@Russellsagecline]

What's your cousin's name?

[@robertbates6057]

You guys were badass and make me proud of the young men who served in Nam!

[@JDLarge]

These men are my hero’s and reason I enlisted when I could in 79 at 17 yrs old. My brother in law did a couple of tours there with the second being during TET in 68. Although he didn’t say much about his tours I later learned from his brothers (a few enlisted in the army guard and back then he could bring me to drill on range weekends they’d share stories. (1973-76, I was 13 first time firing an m16 so I kinda owe them my career long expert quals.) Even as a kid it wasn’t the thrill for me but more the heart felt brotherhood I learned of that made me join as soon as I could. Having a brother meant the world to me only having an older sister. Well my run ended in 2019, I finally retired too old to run and gun according to the army so… now it’s time to enjoy the grandkids. My thanks to all the Vietnam vets for doing what you were called on for regardless of the bs politics. Isn’t it curious that civilians thank us for going to war for them? I’ve tried to explain but they can’t seem to understand that we didn’t do it for them, we did it for our brothers and sisters to the left and right of us, so I just kindly thank them for their support. Welcome home! ✌🏼

[@MarkusBracey-cs5rm]

I CORPS SYLVESTER BRACEY SR 3RD DIV 2ND BATTALION 9TH MARINE RECON THE HILLS. THE JAN 19TH 1968 RECON PATROL THAT STARTED KHE SANH 77 DAY BATTLE. My Pops I'm a vet as well GREAT STORY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

[@Roadrunnderjarhead]

I was with echo 2/9 3rd Mar. Div. In 67.

[@PS-gg2rd]

Lost my Uncle to a battle with Cancer . The VA said it was not due to agent orange . He Made it back and lived a productive life . He rarely yelled or got excited . He loved to Sail the open ocean . He was at Paris Island when I graduated. He was a loving Uncle and never spoke a word about Vietnam. Not a word . God Bless you Warriors ! Thank you . Semper Fi Devil Dogs !

[@pete2716]

Really wish I had the balls to talk to my grandfather about world war 2. John Opel was and will always be a great man. Wish I could of documented his stories. Miss you gramps. This video is amazing and I appreciate you taking the time and showing the respect with great interviews. To capture their stories and allowing us to learn about their heroism during this pointless war. A lot of brilliant minds on both sides were lost. For nothing. Glad it's done and they are home. Thanks for your service.

[@nolareefman934]

For the US and its allies the war was a huge waste and at the end was for nothing, but it was for the NVA, as they achieved exactly what they fought for, but the cost for their victory was immense! Both sides fought hard and the veterans of both sides should be proud of themselves, and respect their old enemy for bringing out the best in each other's prowess on the battlefield!!

[@boondocker7964]

It was a waste of time, energy, money, lives, "we" were sent on a "fools errand", the only thing that made it tolerable was the comradeship, other than that, I can't recall anything good about it. It was all a lie, and the politicians knew it.@@nolareefman934

[@chillymoe0331]

God Bless you gents and welcome home. I'm sorry about your friends. My older brother was with H 2/7. I went in in 1981...Semper Fidelis.

[@alpetterson9452]

Gents who took money to go half way around the world to kill people who'd done them no harm. Hmmmmm.

[@thurstonpowell8687]

@@alpetterson9452 as a communist you should love north koreans.

[@rweezy6246]

​@@alpetterson9452I know it hurts to have a micro pen*s, but you will be ok al.

[@rweezy6246]

​​@@thurstonpowell8687his social media is a liberal wet dream. Imagine being old AF and making comments like this. dude has literally no one and just posts nonsense all day

[@alpetterson9452]

As a nazi you should love the US. (See how silly I can be too)@@thurstonpowell8687

[@randallbroadus3213]

God bless the three warriors that lost there lives to save others.may you RIP and to be received into gods arms.you are truly heros.My brother did either two or three tours in NAM.I just lost my brother now going on three years due to agent orange.He served 23 1/2 years and retired as a senior master sergeant.

[@huck69]

Welcome home guys, and rip to all those fallen

[@popcornhead3479]

Thank you! You mentioned along with many others are true American heros!

[@dalewilson8476]

I arrived in nhu bey Vietnam in 1968 , thank God I made it home in one piece.

[@zcam1969]

i knew a guy that got killed in the Quang Tri area in june 1968 . i'm glad you made home

[@danieljohnstone6805]

Thank You Dale For Your Service To Our Country

[@abehatt7887]

@@zcam1969my dad was in quang tri 68/69

[@Vadanovltch]

Welcome home sir. I’m enlisting on a 03xx (infantry contract) in may.

[@zcam1969]

@@abehatt7887 it was rough in that region in 68/69 . my brother was in at Chu Lai 69

[@thomasberg8179]

We don’t have really MEN like them anymore. All 6 of my uncles went to Vietnam only 3 came back. They were the reason I joined the Army. God Bless them all.

[@Wings_of_foam]

And you are most likely ending up with PTSD. Yes, soldiers today are pus*y´s.

[@jasonbevelander6322]

You joined up because half your family became cannon fodder? No disrespect to them but your govt didnt give a shit about them and it sure dont give a shit about you. Pawns to be used is all you mean to them...

[@404errorpagenotfound.6]

The way these guys were treated as criminals on their return is why you don't see men like this anymore. You learned absolutely nothing from all the loss in your own family and joined up anyway.... dafuq is wrong with your critical thinking skills.

[@bbmtge]

Actually, we do. Many of them went to Iraq and Afghanistan. Many still serve. Check yourself before making foolish comments.

[@MikeBurg-h4x]

Ya this was one stupid thoughtless comment

[@bradparker9664]

A very effective and powerful film telling a story of epic heroism. I am grateful not only to the film maker, but to the Marines who told their stories.

[@Thomas-oo9lu]

Thank you for your service , and your comment, 🙏

[@MFKR696]

Mortars were no joke in that conflict. One of my Uncles got wounded 3 times in Vietnam; All 3 were from mortar impacts. Say what you will about the NVA's overall capabilities, but they had their FOs and mortars absolutely dialed in (pun intended). If you didn't get off the X quickly, there was a good chance you'd become a casualty.

[@Bradley-l6b]

10 year 80s veteran I got the pleasure of learning from you badasses from that war I salute you AND THANK YOU 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@larryclevelandUSMC]

The ending touched me, seeing the pictures when they were young, strong and handsome. It hurts...

[@killbuck]

I am proud to call myself one of these MEN. ONE OF THE FEW AND PROUD. It is a shame these MEN were not treated as honorably coming home as we were when we returned from Falluja in 2004. My father would always just smile and say," alot different times son, enjoy it" Almost 20 years on, and I get it now. He never talked much about his 27 years in the Corps. I really do now know what he was talking about...different times. Now all we hear is talk about it,...back then, tou just buried it. GOD BLESS you whom make these TRUE HEROES VIDEOS. They won't be around much longer, and it is our DUTY as AMERICANS TO HEAR THERE STORYS...THANK YOU, so much, from the bottom of my God&Corps feeling ass.😔☠️🙂

[@BeastxxWar]

appreciate the service to ones brothers and country. grandfather served in the Marines during vietnam. hate to see the nations young men expend such marvelous spirit of brotherhood and service upon such an ungrateful population at the behest of the most corrupt leaders imaginable. Hope and pray my children never have to participate in such a tragedy. Respect the spirit but not the war.

[@LS-sv7bo]

Great interview!! Welcome Home!! God Bless

[@terryslota2224]

3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVMN 10/65-11/66

[@Vadanovltch]

Rah, im enlisting as a 03 soon.

[@muknup]

Respect to all of you. Respect to all those that served and especially those that never came home. RIP

[@konaboss83]

Absolute mayhem I couldn’t imagine thanks for your service and another thank you for telling your stories to document some American history for future generations to hopefully learn from

[@napalmIntheAM]

I want to say thank you for interviewing and showing us and the world what these men did in their own words. Theyre sacrifice will never be forgotten, God what an honor the way they recall memories of their time in warfare. Vietnam was a war like no other. I will always hold all veterans but especially Nam veterans with the upmost Respect and greatest Appreciation. God bless you all 🇺🇸

[@shawnastephens1536]

My dad was in this war he was not a good person when he came back. He was a alcoholic and use to beat my mom. That war ruined any kind of good relationship I could have had with my father. Very sad.

[@patriot692]

I Thank you, for your fathers' service, & dealing w/ the bad times in your family. I have a spiritual conviction that your father will be free of addictions, & will want to see you again. The afterlife is real; we walk by Faith in this life so we can learn, return to God. May He bless you. 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸

[@shawnastephens1536]

@@patriot692 that's one on the kindest thing anyone has said to me regarding my father. Thank you.

[@PoM-j4y]

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[@stephenblake2196]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE IN VEITNAM!! WELCOME HOME!!! I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THE SACRIFICES YOU MADE AND YOUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER!! ❤❤

[@ejsocci2630]

Welcome home,thank you all so much for your service.👊🏻🇺🇸

[@charleywalker2982]

Thanks for sharing your stories and keep them coming please.

[@jonhenson5450]

Pure Grunts, super effort, hard corps tight unit.

[@DaveArguesback]

My god ,how we change as we get old ,moments in time ,absolutely fascinating, thank you !

[@ksmith87]

That was a great edit. Thank you for this

[@samsonnava5450]

Great guys, thank you for your service and sacrifice

[@fredselbman3319]

3/7 Lima Co Wpns plt was one of the units I served with in the Corps, of course it was 10 after this, Semper Fi brothers 🇺🇸

[@chadwickrogers43]

Seriously heavy stuff here. Thank you.

[@marcblank3036]

I have often flown over the area near Da Nang and also felt great sadness. These fine courgeous young men lost for poorly formulated policies should not forgotten for their enormous sacrifices.

[@bradmoberly6164]

This generation needs to watch this. Heroes stories that brings me to tears. That man turned down r& r to help his bros and spare an horse running out to drag guys that wasn't in his platoon. If that ain't brothers. ..I don't know what is.

[@blackcellagent]

Thank you all for your service! God bless you all!

[@markedwards8563]

Awe-inspiring. So much courage and brotherhood on all sides in that horrible fight. The war was a terrible mistake in so many ways. The U.S. didn't understand who it was fighting, or why. The Vietnamese didn't know why we were fighting them and killing them. We blundered into a place we didn't belong and fought a war there was no point in fighting. And then did it again in Iraq.

[@Fuggetaboutit1776]

Very much respect for every Vietnam veteran. 🇺🇸

[@markmorgan3091]

Thanks for sharing, you guys deserve a lot more 💯

[@jasonpeters9295]

Great work on the entire production - the interviews, moving clips, and pictures. Really hits home.

[@billballeza377]

I was with the 5th Marines at Hue City during the TET OFFENSIVE where we faced thousands of north Vietnamese regulars, while these men with the 7th Marines were battling other NVA regulars south of Da Nang. By the end of February we had killed thousands of NVA soldiers, and then came the long mop up, trying to kill or capture more of them as they tried to flee back to north Vietnam along the Ho Chi Min trail. This offensive was one of the most famous battles in Marine Corps history. I returned to San Antonio in November of 1968 for thirty days leave. I was discharged a year later and have lived with what happened that year every day for the past 55 years. Always remember the Marines who fought in Vietnam.

[@SParker85]

@billballeza377 outstanding sir, Semper Fi! Thank you for sharing that. Which company were you with at Hue?

[@acommonvirtue]

@billballeza377 thank you for sharing that. I have the utmost respect for you Hue City men. The 5th Marines were called into that City with no warning, backup, and very little supplies. You men absolutely crushed it, and are warriors amongst men. The lore of Hue city and the 5th Marines was alive and talked about in the highest regard when I served in the 2000’s and is still legendary to this day. I recommend anyone who is interested in the Vietnam war read Hue, 1968 by Mark Bowden. It highlights the monumental effort and cost to recapture Hue. Semper Fi

[@alphadog1961]

To gve your life trying to save a Buddy is the Ultimate sacrafice of Friendship.I still find it hard to think the Veterns of Vietnam did Not get the proper recognition for their remarkable effort.Hopefully,those who survived stay in touch with th Brothers of the Strongest Bond.I appreciateany and all who have had to endure war,Thank You.

[@eagleacademy2926]

Great story . May the fallen rest in paradise.

[@LanceRomanceF4E]

USAF retired here, thanking every Marine every where. Thank you. 🇺🇸

[@iammanthony]

I remember seeing pictures of PFC Shaw in his parents house when I was a kid. I never knew what happened until I saw this video today. God Bless the USMC.

[@acommonvirtue]

@iammanthony Wow, that’s truly incredible. Did you know the family well. I’m very interested in knowing more about him and all the men who were killed.

[@iammanthony]

@@acommonvirtue Step-family actually. I never knew Doug but was close to his mother and father. I've shared this video with some other of his family.

[@justa.american8303]

All I can is THANK YOU for your service and your stories of your days in Nam. My cousin is a Marine who was at Khe Sahn, and my dad was with the 101st Airborne Div. My wish for all of you and current service members is for peace and a hearty welcome home.

[@stefanocorbelli8060]

Grande Onore a questi Soldati che hanno combattuto una durissima guerra,dall'altra parte del mondo,dimostrando Valore,Eroismo,Coraggio. E ONORE ai caduti,ai loro Amici e Familiari che hanno onorato il loro Esercito la loro Patria! HO studiato questa guerra e mi sono informato su tutto quello che potevo,la conclusione rimane sempre,un Popolo di Eroi, come sempre.Many Thanks in avance,stiamo vicini a questi Ragazzi. Meritano Tutto L'amore Del Mondo per il loro Sacrificio e tutte le conseguenze post traumatiche.Per Sempre, un Vs.Amico Italiano,ciao

[@ksmith87]

Yesss!!! A new one!!! Thank you sir

[@doodahman2995]

True Heros. Semper Fi Welcome Home.

[@tundranomad]

Welcome home gentlemen.

[@HaveMonkeyWillDance]

This is indescribably moving and important, and I do hope to some small degree, cathartic to the guys telling it.

[@jarhead1814]

I was with L 3/7 for a short time in 1966. Will always remember the great Marines I served with. Hutchinson, if you’re out there Semper Fi

[@Joelontugs]

Thank you for your service

[@matta9316]

It’s cool learning about this history. Thanks for sharing

[@BlueWaterSTAX]

Thanks for sharing. God Bless

[@unitedwestand5100]

Bless their hearts, The oldest trick in the book, and These Marines forgot their training, and kept falling for it again, and again... Losing more Marines each time...

[@zcam1969]

They had their hands tied by Government War Policies

[@joejoe2928]

****VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS/ROYAL SCOTS/PONTIOUS PILATES BODYGUARD***ID, HAVE BEEN PROUD TO SERVE ALONGSIDE SUCH FINE WARRIORS..!

[@1murder99]

I worked just South of the river on that map starting in October 1968. It was very interesting.

[@IllbeaMarinetillthedayidie]

i served with A/1/7 98'-03' thank you for your service. Semper Fidelis

[@boondocker7964]

Heightened alertness?! Can't imagine why. E/2/1 1Mar Div. '66-'67. Probably had snipers in the trees.

[@francisterlep4647]

Right on my Brother I was the 173 rd Air Borne Brigade Take care

[@TwiggyKeely]

Semper Fi! My Dad, Sgt Daniel Joseph Connolly, fought with the 1st/5th Marines at An Hoa (mostly the Arizona Territory) Dodge City, Liberty Bridge, Go Noi Island, Khe Sahn, and surrounding areas from the end of 1968-1970. He died from Agent Orange in 2017 at age 67 and due to his AO poisoning, I born with a congenital birth defect, I went into kidney failure and started dialysis when I was 29 (about 6 years ago.) I'm still waiting for a kidney. It's crazy how the war is still affecting us generations later. Welcome home to all of the Vietnam Veterans. You guys deserved so much better! We failed you and I am so sorry!!!

[@DavidV104]

Thank you vets

[@Psshhhdawgg]

I'm from Cincinnati area. I've ran into some vietnam vets. When I went and stayed in Charleston South Carolina for a 8 months I feel like I ran into a bunch of vietnam vets

[@WallySauer]

We had three guys in the same graduating class who went to Nam and they were all three killed within a three month period from a very small town in Michigan

[@USMC_Matt0351]

🫡🇺🇸 Semper Fi. Thank you all for your service.

[@sandeewood2948]

These marines were true warriors I appreciate their dedication courage and service to our country Vietnam was a hell hole ..nam vet 68/69 25th infantry division…

[@larryyoung5757]

We operated in the same area a year later. Dodge City, Go Noi, Hill 55 and Charlie Ridge. This was a bad-ass firefight. The thing that occurred to me watching these Marines from 3/7 in 68 was SOS. Same old shit, another day.

[@sgt.duke.mc_50]

The map brought back many memories, I worked that area with Delta Co. 1st Bn. 1st Marine Reg 1st Marine Div--Dodge City was a very appropriate name for that area. Actually considered two weeks bridge duty at Liberty Bridge almost as an R&R, at least it was "out of the bush". ✌

[@MichaelRegan-v1n]

Wow ..growing up in the sixtys , hearing this on the news watching my sisters boy friends and my friends brothers coming home ..man the daily dead count ...on the news shittte these guys went through hell

[@rickyravioli1172]

God bless our troops. Living each day with gratitude. Is there any info on where/when and who took the photo from 40:39? Thanks for the upload.

[@acommonvirtue]

@rickyravioli1172 that is a picture of a 3/7 platoon walking south on liberty road. Liberty road connected the An Hoa combat base with Liberty Bridge. This provided access to supplies from Hill 37, Hill 55 and Da Nang. As far as I recall it was taken in the spring of 1968. 3/7 generally took over operations in the An Hoa/liberty bridge area after Tet and into mid summer 1968. I am told the prominent mountain in the background was a point of reference heading south and was referred to as Tigertooth mountain.

[@acommonvirtue]

Also, an interesting Chanel: @Warspecter is a man living in the Quang Nam area who has taken the time to document what the American installations look like now compared to back in the war. Here’s a link to Liberty Bridge. The Hill 25 video is good too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmi3ZoKaeNKmaacsi=pR7UQw1OnQFwD_eH

[@rickyravioli1172]

@@acommonvirtueWow, that channel sounds great I'll definitely check that out! Thank you for all the info, I greatly appreciate it 🙌 Looking forward to your next uploads. Take care!

[@JoseOrtiz-fp7bc]

Dad was with the 1/14th 25th Inf... I appreciate the stories

[@matthewshannon6946]

Tremendous story!!

[@zcam1969]

i give my gratitude to the family of Lance Crpl. Robert Holland was killed there June 68 . at the age of 21. i still place a American flag on his grave site

[@1vigorousdragon]

LEST WE FORGET ! 😢

[@teeceemoo]

Respect

[@garyfrancis-ns3kq]

U. S. M C./Sept 1977-Aug.1982! OOHRAHH! During my morning routine I would be in front of Bn HQ, outside in front of the building is the Unit Diary. I read until I needed to get on with my run. More times than I care to remember, names I recognized the family. Much Honor! I'm from 3rd Tk Bn, 3rd Mar Div..

[@Jestin612]

True American badasses. The way they brought back the fallen soldier without the use of a chopper was very heroic.

[@ghostmost2614]

Doc “Save the bandage for the guys” 😑

[@williammccormick966]

NOTHING BUT RESPECT 🙏 ❤

[@MrPearlsareforever]

A lot of great photography with that unit.

[@jeffmilroy9345]

I think the enemy came to respect the valor and character and ultimately even the way of life of warriors like these. The US presence and conduct of hostilities as defenders of the South may be viewed as many different things. But perhaps the ends justified the means; and, sacrifice. The current Vietnam political coloration is complex but may be interpreted as resembling more of the constitutional republic based freedom loving influence and character of these stalwart soldiers than one might expect. Could something good have "rubbed off" from the collective US presence than just the destructive force of bombs and bullets?

[@RondaStar]

I love you guys ❤ Ronda Australia

[@theariesexperiment4642]

They truly are the best of us. God Bless the fallen and thank you for you service and sacrifice gentleman. We owe you all a debt that can never be paid in full. I shutter at what you must think of the country you fought for in 2024. Such a shame the state of it. 😔

[@bradr2142]

Ole jerry stood up to those nva the walls are caving in. There fighting a battalion of nva. These two guys are real warriors fighting back . There are tough bastards. American hero's. Attacks 360 degrees stood there fought.

[@LamontBentin]

Key thing he said when he accepted he wasn’t going to make it out everything slowed down and he could think clearly and at this time I believe and know u can do your job function better, as we see he made it home back to San Francisco

[@fload46d]

Too bad he didn't know Mandarin. He could have really screwed with them if they could hear him. Hats off to you Jerry and may God bless you.

[@greggiles7309]

And now Vietnam has an FTA with America, and not New Zealand, is this Irony. I am just wondering.

[@robertkaler2152]

Thank you for our freedom and bless those who did not return

[@70stunes71]

Nam vets were my bosses in Lebanon. Tough guys. You didn't mess with em..but they wanted the best for you. To survive.

[@davewilliammee6684]

Ther was one young man at the beginning of the video who was crawling across the battle field and became part of the dirt. I don't blame him.

[@AllAroundAtlanta]

God bless these brave men. But for the grace of God go I. I was with the Marine recruiter went to see if my dad would sign the papers saying i was 17. I was just 16. My dad told me to wait 4 months until i was 17 at 17 I joined the Coast Guard. 1970. These men are much braver than I.

[@NickT1861]

For a moment when I saw the second veteran I thought we were about to get both sides of the story lol