The Hunter Killer That Made Vietnam a Child’s Play

[@steveshoemaker6347]

l was there and i knew Larry Earls.....Thank you..... Old F-4 pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

THANK YOU, SIR!💪❤

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

God bless you sir, from an old Ranger

[@bradleyb.425]

What ultimately happened to Larry? Did he make it home okay?

[@andygendron]

Wow, thank you.

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

❤❤❤❤

[@jbrous3602]

I was there for three tours from 1967 to 1972 and was never able to leave "mentally"...We all served, my worst fear was dying there...The "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" for those that did and sorrow for their family and friends.

[@Airroll777]

My uncle was there at the same time 67 to 72 ,101st screaming eagles it took me 6 years to get him to just be nice.I tried to explain to the neighbors that his attitude was a survival instinct and he was a good guy!He was the same guy who left and I will always miss him! And I miss my brother too!Especially on these crappy holidays.He never mentioned the war!And i never asked,God bless all you guys!

[@jbrous3602]

@@Airroll777 Last flight out of. Dong Ba Tinh near Cam Ranh Bay was on top looking over CRBay handing off supplies to the 101 Screaming Eagles dug in and hard to find. Ready for Combat they were. Still got the pic.

[@colin7763]

@@jbrous3602 wish you could post that pic. It's history. My dad did FAC stuff in tay ninh 64 66. Unfortunately his pics from the plane didn't survive..

[@colin7763]

@@jbrous3602 as a kid of a Viet vet. You are a hero to me. I'm 52 and I'm still in awe of you. Thanks sir.

[@astralplainer]

Thank you for your service.💪🇺🇸🙏

[@springsoflifeministries6113]

Everything about the war, its leaders, its strategy and its end game was nothing short of insanity. My brother and I were there. He died from Agent Orange a few years back.

[@duanes3354]

My brother only has a few weeks left because of Agent Orange. He was an Army medic in Pleiku in 69-70. It started in his throat and now the cancer has spread to everywhere in his body. I was lucky. I enlisted in 72 and wound up in Germany.

[@Airroll777]

I can relate My brother never really came home!

[@RolandWilder]

The best and the brightest, right?

[@davidray9934]

Glad I missed it, God Bless all that served & God Bless America

[@mad-k6q]

⁠This place is an irreparable disaster

[@gangoffour6690]

Another war we never should of been involved in. It never seems to stop.

[@Airroll777]

war is nothing but a waste of life!

[@lamontpearce170]

All wars are bankers wars..

[@dregsta]

Guess who runs your foreign policy?

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

Would be nice if you finished his story. Did he survive the war? Did he earn any medals - that were actually awarded to him?

[@mattc696]

I came to say this very thing. Did he and his girlfriend marry and have their family? It just stops after that last story and leaves things hanging a bit. Otherwise, this is an excellent video.

[@catfishdog]

I googled “Larry Earles helicopter” and found that he has been married over 50 years and has 2 children and 4 grandchildren.

[@rt66rc86]

@@catfishdog Thank you for doing that Sir! And MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[@YachtsonStClaire]

His story like so many others go forgotten in the sands of time.

[@32a34a]

I believe he received 37 Air Medals in his 2 tours. 2 of those were DFCs.

[@MausMasher54]

I had a cousin's Husband, he did 4 tours in Vietnam, during his 4th he went Native with the Montagnard, never to be seen by family again....

[@donaldfeger91]

I saw that on Tour of Duty TV show,guy went native an had to help the platoon

[@tedeitel8060]

Was your Cousin a big movie buff? Did he surf 🏄‍♂️?😅😅😅😅

[@jbrous3602]

The first time crewing a chopper picking up GB and CIA with the Chief, I looked over the Native weapons and lack of clothing and compared them to ours...what a lesson on Geography. I think they disliked the North and the South but were compensated for killing the North.

[@dalerice2582]

Cool.

[@sdgsuperstar]

The video likely underscores the overwhelming advantage that the U.S. "Hunter Killer" platforms gave them during the Vietnam War. The combination of precision aircraft, advanced targeting systems, and coordinated tactics made it extremely difficult for North Vietnamese forces to counter the air superiority of U.S. forces, effectively turning the tide of the war in many areas.

[@WillHughesTV]

The fact we had 19yr olds piloting aircraft in war is insane.

[@92camarodragcar73]

Look up Captain Katrina Mumaw that will shock you

[@krzyryry8382]

Not really. Back then this country produced men. Not whinny skinny jean wearing cry babies.

[@JoeyWoodpine69]

My dad was 20 and was a tank commander

[@fallmonk]

I remember reading it think it was "snake eyes" about a cobra pilot, he was flying missions but couldn't sign for finance for a car the dealers had set up on the base !!!!

[@benjamincourtney9603]

19 year old boys fought for freedom in the Battle of Britain . Boys fought and died, so we may be free

[@ronaldmarcks1842]

Earles received a Distinguished Flying Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor, for rescuing the downed aircrew before North Vietnamese troops could capture them. Earles received an unprecedented second DFC for flying water and ammunition into 101st Airborne troopers during the Battle of Hamburger Hill in the vicinity of where Garzik and Massey were shot down.

[@darkhorse2649]

The DFC is not second only to the Medal of Honor. That honor belongs to the army's Distinguished Service Cross and the navy's Navy Cross. Then comes the Silver Star.

[@ronaldmarcks1842]

@@darkhorse2649 Yes, you are correct. Thnanks for the update.

[@shawng7902]

My dad was a gunner in a loach. He explained how hunter killer teams worked to me. Said we just basically hovered over tree tops until we got people to shoot at us. 🫤 he said yeah we were all kids. No older men wanted anything to do with it. Lol

[@michaelsullins8532]

A good freind of mine did that he got five bullet holes and burns on his back doing what he called pink team the burns were from rockets coming by the loach from the cobras above them .

[@bobduffy8308]

I was gunner in a UH-1C gunship, flying cover for loaches doing recon for ground units. I have nothing but respect for those loach crews who would hover along hedgerows looking for footprints on trails or trying to blow off concealment with their rotor wash.

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

When I lived in Oklahoma I had a buddy who flew choppers in Vietnam. He did 2 tours and I asked him why the second one? His answer was: it was the only place where I could both, fly choppers and help my friends.

[@Bootrosgali]

Theres clearly more Vietnam movies yet to be made.. I reckon theyre coming around again.. Some kind of lost , lone Cobra (because of the minigun for more thrills and spill) , in the deep jungle, cat and mouse , could be a blast and a half.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

had a family air crew member allegedly as told me as a child downed 3 times and as many tours, or more? Gone, but close in name. My whole youger childhood per my direct memories. His dad was mighty MO WWII as told me same.

[@ohwell2790]

Just what games do you play. Killing people is not a blast and not a game. Vietnam vet 1965-1968 USAF

[@playerman120]

I need more war movies about these stories. If they are some they’re either too outdated or small to be known. But these stories need to be known and witnessed.

[@jrn8774]

We were just out of flight school, but we were expected to operate the machine like we had been doing it for 30 years..

[@colin7763]

If anyone is interested, there is a book called Low Level Hell but Hugh Mills. He was a loach pilot in Vietnam. It's a decent read.

[@ohwell2790]

Going into the jungle with the sole purpose of hunting and killing other human being's is hardly child's play. Your headers, what part of your brain thinks those up. Vietnam Vet 1964-1968 USAF

[@johmtravelina4110]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Strongest & Bravest. People in the World.

[@johnnycrash3270]

Adventurous / Exciting / Brave / And yet so sad in many many ways 8 yr old kid watching the Vietnam War on the 6:00 O Clock news in the comfort of my Living Room eating my Swanson T V Dinner with my doggy beside me Up here in Canada. I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT LOST THIER LIVES🙏 OR CAME HOME A BROKEN IN SPRIT 🙏 (for at that time i thought war was cool) and i knew not better 💔🙏 SORRY 😢

[@oneshotme]

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@jlemaire9418]

Tough guys. All of them.

[@rickbraam5663]

This shows the capacity of young people. In this culture, we generally dont allow them to take on this type of responsibility. Its why we have 45 year olds acting like they are 14.

[@johnwilliamson2276]

Most combat pilots in the American air Corps, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps was between 18-25. Just saying.

[@jamesgunnyreed]

24 or 25 yrs old would be the most Jr Pilot fresh out of flight school in a Marine Squadron these days. Make it 25-26 for a Fighter Pilot.

[@scallopohare9431]

US Air Force became a separate branch in 1947. "American air Corps" is really a shupid mistake. Just saying. 😂. USAF, 1976-80

[@rg20322]

This channel should be embarrassed the way the left the ending of this story!

[@rg20322]

He survived.

[@OwenGriffin-u5i]

Shows a black hawk at 1.50, now we know what they would look like if they existed during vietnam times! Also it show the more modern cobras, with the gatling gun, they looked a bit better then the original cobras!

[@kennethchristensen3582]

There were BlackHawks There. My Dad brought back 8mm movies of them There. Even though the US denied it. Just like they never went into Cambodia and Laos

[@bobbyomeara8360]

some people are built diffrentl.

[@jburdine1956]

I came of age just as Vietnam ended. It makes me crazy that we could go to war, and fight and kill but could not buy a drink or vote in some areas.

[@michaellynn9242]

This situation is going to happen as long as we let politicians dictate war.

[@TheDeepening718]

It is what it is.

[@cecilpotter1229]

And it smells like shit,As well,

[@DoyleAshley]

Thank you for your service !never made the nam!alot of freinds and family did!some injured,some lost ,but all heart !everyone of them ! Volunteer 1970 !honorable, medical!

[@williammorris4419]

Nothing made Vietnam "child's play" you should have been there, whoever made that title

[@vppnbrent]

God bless you Larry Earls!

[@Airroll777]

What all our armed forces need is one stinken month of how to live in a wooden or brick home instead of the tent training by schrinks! Our troops go to dessert storm and every concrete of wood structure they temp into is destroyed! they go back to the tent that is 5 miles behind guards and razer wire they do this for 4 to 8 years and come home.and they cant live anywhere but a tent !One month of training is all they need !we have recon Marines Seals and Rangers with new homes living in the back yard and getting divorced !come on America!

[@kriskierst8633]

Brave, Brave Men!!!! Don't make many of these men.

[@CreatureOTNight]

Inspired by the duke John Wayne. He would never have served his country..

[@DavidTucker-yk1bk]

John served his country another way. What have you done cowboy.

[@KennethColeman-ke1mh]

So why are you calling him a killer in your bio he done what was asked if him for his country

[@ohwell2790]

Because he did kill people some politician told him that was the enemy. 58,000 Americans and approximately 1.6 million N. Vietnamese not counting civilians died in that war, and as it turned out a total waste of life on both sides. Vietnam vet 1964-1968 USAF not in combat but very close to the death and destruction has a lasting impact on ones life.

[@77confusedzombie77]

That's wild

[@douglasbuckland8280]

Did we have Blackhawks in Vietnam? I don't think so...

[@MichaelKennedy-m6p]

I guess I don't get it.....he pulled two airmen up with a Loach? Maybe a Huey...but a Loach?

[@michaelsullins8532]

A buddy of mine did that he called it the pink team received burns on his back from rockets coming by him from the cobras above him he also got five bullet holes also

[@RAYANDERS-w4t]

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lloydrodriguez9997]

I didn’t know the Loach had a door gunner?did they have mini guns

[@bobduffy8308]

I was a gunner in an air cav unit flying cover for loaches. Our loaches initially carried a minigun, but they were removed for weight. The loach pilot sat in the right seat and an observer rode the left seat with an M16. A gunner with an M60 sat in the door behind the pilot.

[@brianvannorman1465]

Sounds like he made it through Vietnam.

[@MichaelKennedy-m6p]

A Loach with a Door Gunner? I don't get it

[@bradleyb.425]

Boooo!!! What happened to Larry?!

[@brucepedersen4032]

Well, I am still feeling Angry ❤❤

[@keitheldershaw9428]

Oh, its Laura Earles... My mistake.

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@sneb1224]

Half a story.. What happened?

[@fortesfortunajuvat6782]

The original pink teams.

[@rich8949]

The video doesn't match the audio

[@nevasoba5953]

Let's Geaux!!!

[@manofmanytalentsfawazakkar4068]

Out of americas existence... the only time they weren't at war for a total of 2 years. Wasnt in a row either. Picture hudreds of years and only 2 of those 740 days, they weren't at war. Tfeh yill ayn kess emon

[@markjfox866]

🙏🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖

[@craigmooney3744]

are you sure he was the hunter? sounds more like bait

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

😮😮😮😮

[@dalerice2582]

Why?Learn young. Not set in your way.

[@seminex758]

LBJ .. say what .....

[@Marius_vanderLubbe]

And next they intend confronting Russia, Iran and China. What could possibly go wrong.

[@tonybarnes3858]

He didn't care about, didn't understand the politics, you say, but he cared enough to kill and risk his life for the innocent. Believed the creed. So sad, and so history repeats.

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

What

[@mastercylinder5225]

As a Nam combat vet I find some of these stories hard to believe.

[@ohwell2790]

I am 80 and a veteran 1964-1968 USAF. How old are you? A lot of people say they are Vietnam veterans but give no information.

[@keithanderson8488]

I Quit High School hall way through senior year,2 weeks after 17 birthday 🎂,, joined military 🪖 173rd US ARMY MAC/SOG (skysoldier) GREEN HELL EXPERT,,only airborne unit to 🪂in Jungle,82nd rode 🚁,,,,WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT 17 ,,,Senior yr ?? ,,,,, The FLYING ARMADILLO 🤠,, WEST TEXAS American BADAZ

[@michaelscott466]

This channel needs to step up its game. Most viewers may not notice, but you've shared a lot of inaccurate information about the people you feature. For example, in your "Real Life Rambo" video about Patrick Tadina, you used a photo of an entirely different person for the thumbnail and seemingly copied details about him straight from the internet without verifying them. It’s clear no real effort was made to honor him through proper research. In fact, several people who served with him were upset by the inaccuracies in your video. You referred to him as a Ranger, though he was actually a LRRP, and you used a photo of a random white Vietnam vet when Patrick was Hawaiian. This is unacceptable. Do better.

[@tct84]

Basically recruitment videos for The military industrial complex in preparation for World War III. They don't want a draft but they will do it

[@prabalmohanty3018]

Protecting the innocent he says . The people he killed were the innocent ones . Farmers taking up rifles to free their country from French colonialism. Bloody hypocrite. But , I respect these serviceman . Their own government messed them . Hope he is in a better place.

[@garypiont6114]

The so called villagers were nothing more than kommie fertilizer.

[@ronstiles2681]

I don't know where you got your info, but your full of shit, a cobra has no side door for a gunner ,get facts straight, your bullshit diminishes real heroes

[@JSymonds-x5j]

Amazing

[@Hana-f9p7o]

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[@nevasoba5953]

I pray to God ur able to meet ur needs , as I am also poor I don't have any money but I can pray that someone with more than us can spare to help u. In Jesus' name Amen 🙏

[@nevasoba5953]

U said ur landlord doesn't have mercy? But he has let u stay for at least 3 months without rent . My apologies , it seems like that is mercy. I could be wrong tho.

[@mileshigh1321]

@@nevasoba5953 I agree with you.That landlord could also be relying on that rent money to pay bills and food for their family.

[@mileshigh1321]

Also whey would you leave a comment like that in a military based channel. Maybe spamming same message over multiple sites I am guessing.

[@daystatesniper01]

Ah well shit happens i am afraid

[@mingfanzhang8927]

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[@mingfanzhang4600]

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[@keitheldershaw9428]

I'm confused. What are her pronouns?

[@garypiont6114]

Sad the US sent 4 eyes into combat. Very disturbing.

[@nevilleconnolly8938]

And America still got their arses kicked out of Vietnam!

[@jamesgunnyreed]

Politicians did that. NOT the Men who fought there.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

50 yrs later and morons are still pushing the same bullshit

[@PaulBrennan-z5s]

Why do his life story no one cares 😅

[@paulwalker427]

LOL and they still lost

[@JohnnyRep-u4e]

All it takes is enough cynics on the Homefront.

[@jbrous3602]

You should have been there maybe we would have won! If you look at Nam now you will find a highly productive country capitalizing in every way, not self destructing like the USA. Trump is shifting more trade away from China toward Nam! Sounds like a Win to all Vietnam Veterans! ...LOL to you!

[@MoonDoggie-hs2se]

Didn't lose sockpuppet. Rules of engagement set by twinkletoes like yourself, prevented a clear cut, decisive win in the south. We shouldn't have been there, it was a shit show, and the VC and NVA were a tough, and very formidable enemy, but had the US military been turned loose, it would have been totally different. Point is, you speak of things that you are obviously clueless about. So go get yourself another juice box, sit in your beanbag and play Call of Duty, and stfu.

[@drpapak70]

Respect ❤

[@mingfanzhang4600]

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[@mingfanzhang8927]

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