Veterans back in Vietnam for the first time since the war

As President Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a group of U.S. veterans are also in Vietnam. Most served during the Vietnam war have never been back, and for some, returning is a crucial part of the healing process. "CBS Evening News" anchor Jeff Glor explains.
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[@esco5593]

The part where the veteran was talking about pulling out the other soldier's picture of his wife and children was sad

[@777Skeptic]

Wars aren't fought by the people that start them.

[@777dragonborn]

He did the right thing seeking peace at least both of their souls can rest easy now. No longer their spirits have to haunt the world .

[@nonprofit9426]

😂😂😂

[@jh8551]

Any children of Vietnam vets feel glad that Vietnam and the men who fought is being discussed openly now ? I felt so strange growing up there was a void in my father and in our house and it felt like it was unspeakable . I feel like with access to a lot more information and stories like this helps me understand my dad somewhat better and approach him to talk and ask him the right questions and then I listen . It seems cathartic to him

[@emilyrowley6169]

The way they were treated when they came home. The government wanted to forget this war and thus forgot them. As their children it is our job to help them. Help them heal. The way no one else would at the time

[@susanaaragorn8606]

War is never the answer. Hope USA don,t get into another one

[@haiminh7630]

Imagine having PTSD and you have to meet the person whom lost his friend as equally as you to find peace

[@nikitang6661]

It was a shame that after the war ended, the Americans refused to pay the war damages to Vietnam, and even worse, they embargoed Vietnam for 19 years. That is why I feel frustrated when Asian countries around Vietnam ask why Vietnam is not yet a developed country. It's not that Vietnam is underdeveloped, but because we suffered so much war, we started to rebuild the country from a negative number, not from zero or from a positive number like your country.

[@thomasdong3882]

Well the vienamese still like America is just sad

[@kingmori1]

Why would America pay damages?

[@nikitang6661]

​@@kingmori1 Because America drop those bomb and caused this

[@kingmori1]

I'm still asking, why should they pay damages?

[@SCP--yv6xq]

@@kingmori1 germany has to pay war compensation for the allies in WWI and WWII and why you think america shouldn't pay for vietnam compensation is beyond me

[@bamboo9666]

I'm vietnamese, such a emotional story. Respect for all soliders from both side

[@JJR_77]

Brosef Stylin1878 really bad would be an understatement

[@minhhoang4612]

@Brosef Stylin1878 why then

[@plagueboyishere3034]

Yeah not from both sides

[@ilikepizzarollsforlife966]

America bearly had reason to head into vietnam but I still feel sorry for both sides

[@taran7728]

@@plagueboyishere3034 false

[@SpeedyWings2323]

Fun fact the Plane on the back in 3:12 is a Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, many were given to the South as the US evacuated and they were either destroyed or captured and the plane continues to see active service in Peru and El Salvador and other Latin American countries

[@DuyNguyen-fo8vl]

Hi im a vietnamese living in Saigon pre 1975 until now . Wish all American veterans deserved Vietnam War best health

[@jordanbarrett7754]

Hey question , why are most Vietnamese so chill towards Americans? It doesn't seem like there is as much animosity as I expected

[@mattweb3184]

@@jordanbarrett7754they won

[@JohnFKennedy313]

@@jordanbarrett7754I could be wrong but I’m assuming some know most were forced to go and a ton wish they never went, it wasn’t like WW2 where tons of people wanted to go voluntarily.

[@traveljacknguyen2915]

Deserved ?

[@nonprofit9426]

​@@mattweb3184Terrorist from usa 🇺🇸

[@spitzkurz2944]

Imagine if the bus started using Fortunate Son

[@ilikeemperorpenguins9739]

104 Subscribers with No Videos what if I make it up to 105 subscribers?

[@4rsh193]

174

[@4rsh193]

Also all you would see is a bunch of grandpa's having PTSD

[@connorjoseph6565]

Using? What

[@Elizabethvelasquez9321]

@@connorjoseph6565 It's a song

[@vanessagomez2982]

My uncle is Vietnam veteran and like a handful he'll never go back.

[@lord.d1_]

My uncle is a Vietnam War veteran too! He served in the VNAF, and became the commander of his own squadron in 1974, the year he was promoted to LtCol.

[@tmanoutdoors8277]

Just remember before you get mad at the soldiers, remember the ones who went into Vietnam were the government not the soldiers

[@777Skeptic]

You can hate the and love warriors.

[@cloj4754]

The Vietnam war was a clear violation of human rights. Many had the courage to refuse. The soldiers deserve the blame too.

[@randomjtf2op]

i aint hate em but why no respect for NVA vets?

[@hello-gx6oi]

@@cloj4754 so many us soldiers dont want to go to Vietnam

[@cloj4754]

@@hello-gx6oi they didn't want to go but they still did. The brave ones refused and suffered the consequences. The rest complained, went, murdered innocent Vietnamese people then came back to complain about not getting a heroes return

[@P51_mustang]

I respect all men in the military no matter what country they are from

[@loveislove-le5nj]

My uncle is a Vietnam veteran and he does have friends who were part of this trip. Not in this video,but around the same time. They said it was a closure and for them it was emotional at times, but as for my Uncle he'll never go back there. He's been sober since 1988 and knows this trip for him would be a trigger for relapse and his PTSD which has gotten better. But at times does have episodes

[@carved6749]

They seem to been treated alot better by their former enemy than when they got home.

[@mynamejeff8401]

Except no one there cares anymore

[@dsyy90210]

they fought in an evil war and everyone knew it

[@loveislove-le5nj]

My uncle said when he came home he was spat on, had trash thrown on him, called traitor and murderer. He was 28 and had finished his last tour when the war ended.

[@HsingSun]

I have had one of the best classmates who graduated and became a pharmacist right before 1975 in Vietnam. I was not that lucky and I joined the military for 6.5 years. Then, I found a chance to get out of Saigon and I arrived to US in 1979. God bless America!

[@elizabethpeters6961]

Bless you all.. Thank You

[@kashifuddinahmed8383]

They were lied to .

[@sirarnie9837]

Seeing these men return on a tour makes it seem like the war was fought for nothing.

[@dsyy90210]

that's because it was

[@fckeu88]

It's the truth. That war was fought for nothing.

[@vietnamese80]

Trong suốt chiều dài lịch sử Việt Nam, chúng tôi chiến đấu vì độc lập vì tự do vì hạnh phúc. Khi có độc lập tự do hạnh phúc nghĩa là chúng tôi mãn nguyện, nếu chất chứa thù hận sẽ gây ra đau khổ sẽ mất đi ý nghĩa của độc lập tự do hạnh phúc mục tiêu chiến đấu của chúng tôi sẽ vô nghĩa. Việt Nam chào mừng tất cả, Việt Nam biết ơn những quốc gia đã giúp đỡ, Việt Nam mang ơn nhân dân thế giới, nhân dân Hoa Kỳ đã lên tiếng phản đối chiến tranh nhanh chóng kết thúc cuộc chiến

[@woodstock5841]

God bless all veterans 🙏☮️

[@x2wavyx380]

Aka the forgotten war America wtf on that one we just got out of ww2 thank you for your service you man !

[@johnhuynh7741]

The forgotten war was Korea, not Vietnam

[@juice8431]

Vietnam is still very much remembered

[@FredSmith-s5t]

Thank you for your service!

[@weeballsbigpenis4114]

It's a jarring experience going back to places you served, I went back to Northern Ireland for the first time since 1990,feels like there's a concrete block in your chest

[@mynamejeff8401]

What war was that?

[@SiPakRubah]

@@mynamejeff8401 I think it's called "The Troubles", where a long warfare between the people of Ireland and the Northern Ireland where some of the Irish people wanted to united Northern Ireland with Ireland.

[@dsyy90210]

@@mynamejeff8401 the one to make Ireland whole again

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

The Troubles which ended with the signing of the Good Friday agreement in the late 90s ​@@mynamejeff8401

[@EkidonaChan25]

FORGET the war! Just PEACE

[@hoodlum4511]

But there will always be grudges

[@blockmaster7777]

Ironicly they still hate each other on the internet

[@hoodlum4511]

@@blockmaster7777 told ya, grudges live on

[@davidbrock4501]

Hippie

[@jadeng293]

@@blockmaster7777 keyboard war between Internet heros

[@gaeldechavez863]

My grandpa was a veteran of the veteran war.

[@SpeedyWings2323]

The69mls Lol has he ever said any stories about it? I’d like to hear

[@theoweber842]

you grandpa is a loser

[@theboxoftexas]

My grandpa also served in Vietnam unfortunately I never got to see him because he died in 2005 just a few months before I was born may God bless his soul. My grandpa was in the Air Force and he would send signals to bomber planes and those bomber planes would come in and bomb their positions I know this because my dad told me about it my grandpa also served in Korea

[@theburgernoder2441]

@@theoweber842 and you are too!

[@theoweber842]

@@theburgernoder2441 nah man... I never lost a war against farmers with an ak-47

[@tbisurvivor1500]

My uncle is one of those who will never go back. He said his closure came from getting sober & therapy. He came back after 2 yrs a different person.

[@wajtek0_028]

God bless all our veterans

[@MrAlito27]

Lord In having... ease their suffering... 😣 even until this day their suffering its way to much.

[@terrorgaming459]

God doesn't support killing babys

[@seitensifir4605]

Hahahaha

[@Hbdhebdb]

@@terrorgaming459 go play fortnite what are you doing here

[@josephstalin6315]

*war criminals.These idiots got ho chi minhd

[@stephenandujo729]

I salute to all the Vietnam war veterans pay you’re respects to them.

[@Joshuabatman92]

I pray for him

[@johnsadventures6783]

God bless these men

[@whiskeytangofoxtrot5244]

I could never go back.

[@cdclinic]

Hope you find peace for the rest of your life. Welcome home!

[@dougsyms]

Vietnam soldiers were heroes in my neighborhood .

[@lord.d1_]

I’m Vietnamese American, and I got a 77-year old Vietnam War veteran. Still alive, and my great uncle. South Vietnamese Air Force (or VNAF).

[@dopysprayz9473]

do Americans hate Vietnamese bro? im from south Vietnam

[@lord.d1_]

@@dopysprayz9473 nope. They hated the North, not the South at that time.

[@dopysprayz9473]

@@lord.d1_ how about this time

[@jessicaregina1956]

Your great uncle was a pawn of the capitalists.

[@Mrhouse_enthusiast]

My grandpa is from the Vietnam war

[@manipulatortrash]

vietnam is a country of strong will and hope. 1000 year story of resisting occupiers. Glad to see the relationship mending. It's a darn shame the paranoia of the cold war split what could have been a great relationship from the start. I still remember learning about vietnam's good will towards the US before the war. cheers at seeing american planes shows there was never a hatred for the US from the start. We could have been good friends for far longer then now.

[@vantrinhnguyen987]

Many American's trying to find mistakes they made caused to US failure in Vietnam War --- I'am telling you some thing : Come to Vietnam now, you'll see how the Vietnamese People, old and young are smilling to you, talking with you friendly just like the real friends -- would you take a fight against your friend ? This was a big mistake of Americans while begun the Vietnam War

[@vuvuivestudio4995]

Im from south Vietnam i love us army thanks all guy to help South vietnam

[@lord.d1_]

My great uncle was from South Vietnam. On my side! He’s still alive, a former pilot of the VNAF.

[@dsyy90210]

im glad vietnam isn't a colony anymore

[@greatawakening9185]

My father is from the north but fought for the south. I’m so proud of him and have tears in my eyes every time I think of the horrible conditions they lived through during those times

[@JomerTB]

Remember these men were the same men that were spat on by fellow Americans when they returned home from the war. Extremely sad how we treated these guys back in the day.

[@cloj4754]

Many refused to go to Vietnam and suffered the consequences for it. These men went to Vietnam killed innocent civilians including thousands of children, for no reason. They could've refused to go but they didnt want to pay the legal consequences so they went and killed Vietnamese people for no reason.

[@JomerTB]

@@cloj4754 I don't think you understand how the draft works. It's glaringly obvious you never actually served.

[@zevlove612]

@@JomerTB mohammed ali !

[@AlexKS1992]

@@cloj4754 You got proof to your claims.

[@ralphralph6799]

Just imagine this soldiers served to win but at the end they lose because of they're cocky president or government that think war makes everything right. Now vietnam is a great country that has a past of America's blood and sweat where wasted. R.I.P for the young soldiers that didn't make it back to the home they wanted to stay. And R.I.P to the men who sacrifice there future for the better of one's land.

[@dsyy90210]

@DANIEL PRADO the freedom fighters asked for our help and we ignored them. instead the USA backed a corrupt family-run govt originally backed by the french. learn some history. the communists were the good guys

[@dsyy90210]

I'm glad america didnt win, i just wish the businessmen & politicians behind our govt didnt get away with sacrificing so many teenagers and innocent vietnamese ppl to the war machine

[@ivanhoang3188]

@DANIEL PRADO American one sided propaganda read more. South (american) backed government was a authoritarian nightmare. Majority of the people already agreed on the stablished communism ideology, why communism? Because we were always enslaved by the richer imperial nations, of course that ideology would thrive better, then a forgiven country bringing in their governance again.

[@bujidarnikolov5396]

Their eyes are so empty...... This is the sickest joke ive seen

[@delavalmilker]

Some posters here have said North Vietnam should have received "reparations" from the U.S. As a commenter at the time remarked: "If Vietnam wants reparations, let them go and ask Sweden. After all, Sweden outspokenly supported the North Vietnamese during the war. Including Swedish journalists watching as American POW's were paraded through the streets of Hanoi, while being beaten and mocked by the crowd".

[@EphesianRose]

one of the rare respectable segments from a corporate American news outlet. props to CBS please do more stories like this.

[@jessicaregina1956]

Imagine the Vietnamese being so surprised when they speak in their language.

[@englishvstraiban9305]

Really emotional! I am a young generation of Vietnamese! We learned so much about the past of Vietnam 🇻🇳 and The United States 🇺🇸 stories of the warfare...

[@Superbl0bby]

If you don’t mind me asking, does the Vietnam war still affect you guys culturally? Are there Vietnam war movies? In the US it is very pervasive in our culture because of how unpopular it was.

[@the_vietnamese_tree]

It doesn't affect our culture at all but it affects us physically and the ability to learn for some people Yes there are movie about the war but it will be more more true to reality when you talk to the real vietnamess vet

[@susanaaragorn8606]

​@@the_vietnamese_treeWhat do they teach about in school? Many people suatain that there is not animosity against USA? Why?

[@tientrinh943]

Thank you for serving. War is necessary in rare situations but man can’t say it’s fair to send 19 year old kids

[@filippetrovic845]

Good job Americans, you fought unnecessary war, committed war crimes were defeated and now you praise your soldiers.

[@General_MacArthur]

some of then had no choice, they were drafted.

[@wp65th50]

Vietnam war always be the big gap for this country.

[@amantamboli4666]

New toor destination AFGHANISTAN 😂

[@cerelpasigon2547]

The Agent Orange have caused terrible results to people of Vietnam and i hope the US government will compensate the victims

[@NTA1611]

Nhân dân Việt Nam đã tha thứ cho người Mỹ kể từ khi chiến tranh tiếp diễn, các cựu chiến binh Mỹ đừng lo lắng. Việt Nam chờ cựu binh Mỹ về thăm Sài Gòn

[@baccamau80]

Không phải người Mỹ mà chính quyền nixon đã gây tội ác chiến tranh, nhân dân Mỹ họ ủng hộ Việt Nam 🇻🇳phản đối chiến tranh

[@brickbattle6921]

@@baccamau80as an American, the American populous didn’t support vietnam but wanted the war to end. They were well aware of the horror that American soldiers we going through and wanted it to stop.

[@sassydaddygt6981]

Everyone talking about the Americans and Vietnams but what about my Hmong people? We fought along U.S. soldiers and helped them, we still fought when the U.S. army left us behind and many of our Hmong people died sacrificing for the U.S. soldiers while they run back to their country.. we don't even get any respect, General Vang Pao was a father to the Hmong people and without him we would've probably be all dead and gone

[@dsyy90210]

never trust America. they did the same thing to the Kurds in Rojava in their fight against ISIS.

[@koolaidblack7697]

There are many Hmong in America today, and they are honored for their efforts.

[@sasquatchhunter86]

A school in my city is named after him, and it even has dual immersion in Hmong.

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

The commies one at the end of the day. The US had abandoned it's capitalist friend on the south. They had let the commies one... Such a regretable act.

[@kikiwonwon29]

Though I'm a North Vietnamese when my family moved to Saigon in 1975. But when the south lost, I even hated North VietCong more. My parents told me that since they moved here, they had a better life . Saigon in those time very beautiful until VietCong ruined it. My dad remember a soldier of America gave him a chocolate bar. Old generation of South Vietnam & North Vietnam ( people whom moved to South Vietnam in 1954&1975 ) really loved America. I luv America too.

[@dsyy90210]

a chocolate bar is what did it? really?

[@koolaidblack7697]

@@dsyy90210 What do you expect motivates a child, Sanders? A 40 minute long speech? Or a moment of genuine human kindness from one young man toward a boy?

[@mikeyunovapix7181]

In any war exists good people on either side. I consider the Vietnam war a tragedy brought about by paranoia over what seemed like a slippery slope with the spread of communism, current sentiments at the time it started, and corruption within the US government sending young and well intentioned people to fight and die in an effort many didn't want to be a part of. Others were told they were fighting to preserve democracy by holding back the perceived domino effect I previously mentioned. The US, VC, and NVA all had their fair share of doing terrible things in the war such as mistreatment of POWs, killing of civilians, and other war crimes, the dioxins caused various problems even long after it's ban. With the war now long over. The best thing to do is to reconcile and continue trying to heal. An enemy is only an enemy during wartime and that time has long passed.

[@VietLe-pd2ve]

Đáng ra mày nên dến thăm những trung tâm bảo trợ trẻ em nhiễm chất độc màu da cam , trước khi viết comment này . Thật xấu hổ và nhục nhã .

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

@@VietLe-pd2ve you should have reaserched about the viet Cong massacre on hue and Dak son village And many others. Viet congs are not angels either.

[@chaseroberts3111]

Now they are our closest ally in se Asia.

[@CC-dx6bc]

Stupid war

[@informationyes]

whats sily about this whole war is that viatnam is the most capalist countyr on the planet at the moment in terms of ecenomic practice, turns out all you need to do to defeat communism for the most part is let people try it

[@minhquan5005]

Sometimes, Communism or Capitalism aren't important bro. It depends on the time era.

[@TheLoneWolf_911]

Helicopter Huey up they head! *PTSD has arrived*

[@lynnaehardy6707]

We love you and Thank You For Your Service. I am sorry you have PTSD.

[@delavalmilker]

Cronkite: "The war is over". However the killing (as in Cambodia) and the repression (as in Vietnam) was only just starting.

[@binhmai445]

What are you talking about? Vietnam is more open than China, and China itself is an accomplice in the genocide in Cambodia

[@augu345]

Ah yes putting salt on the wound

[@kseries1981]

War. War never changes.

[@Westridgeway]

from wisconsin ? where is red forman ??

[@1zamboni]

Thank you for your service.

[@oldjohnny3994]

They were soldiers (salute)

[@JML6988]

While it was wrong policy to have our boys over there, it was equally shameful for the insults & mockery they had to endure at the hands of their fellow citizens.

[@teanbikkies]

Massive respect for the interviewer. He kept his mouth shut and just listened.

[@noahdoesstuff634]

My father served and (yes my dad please don’t judge I’m 14) and I looked in his eyes the first time he told me he served and promised him I would never go to war so he wouldn’t have to worry about me not coming back

[@shahidanor2021]

U worry about not coming back? What about killing innocent civillions?

[@brickbattle6921]

@@shahidanor2021no way you have to assume his father committed war crimes, a majority were locked into a contract and had to do it or face severe punishment. Yet, vietnam has grown to be one of our closest allies. Go educate yourself.

[@andro7862]

When the government starts a war in a far off land, the businessmen and politicians get money, the poor get PTSD.

[@wasclit11]

I haven't picked up a gun since I left Vietnam and I don't want to go back. I have watched some videos of Vietnam today and the young people look and act like most young folks anywhere in the world. At least they have only known peace.

[@MirMahmud2003]

My next generation would be the last to see them in face and hear those incredible stories if they would get the privilege to do so.

[@tmq0311....]

As you can see, Vietnamese people even not try to attack the veterans from a country who lose Vietnam and force Vietnam to pay for the USA Which never happened in other countries

[@Randomvideos502]

God bless you and we thank you for your service 🫡

[@vdnkvndsk00]

See the movie The Platoon you learn reality of vietnam war....

[@peterdurkin8980]

Poor guy..I support Vietnam vets 200 percent

[@tonywuanwilliam8476]

Welcome to your second home ,Viet nam.

[@otablott7779]

Were any of these murderers at Mai Lai?

[@ruturajshiralkar5566]

Might be

[@dsyy90210]

good question

[@垃圾谷歌-e9j]

Taiwan= The next south Vietnam

[@fubar101AB]

19, paul hardcastle...

[@usanian83]

1000 yard stare

[@babykoodah1291]

PTSD

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Ye Vietnam win

[@hunter-ws8sx]

Murderers

[@AR-gu2no]

You must have a lot of hatred in your heart and don’t seem like a happy person

[@woodstock5841]

Your mom

[@mystery4561]

It's war. What's your point?

[@hunter-ws8sx]

communism won

[@tonycallme3667]

Even if you against war and start a protest that wreck as much damage as the war itself... treated people who fought for you bad... Don’t fight fire with fire, don’t create more conflict but instead make peace.

[@oscarmartinez2538]

Respect to these warriors

[@davidt1645]

So much respect for those that opposed and refused to serve in the war, especially the black community and Muhammad Ali.

[@five5696]

Why is the bus tourer voice so funny

[@mariomarvel7014]

Pls come back Saigon, South Vietnam is waiting for you....United States of America...

[@DEXA88]

Did they stay at Hanoi Hilton ?

[@theobuniel9643]

They were touring Ho Chi Minh/Saigon. The place you're talking about is on the other side of the country.

[@noobarmy855]

Honor??? Dude we were the bad guys

[@jdk4781]

We were not the Bad Guys!!!! Our Government along with the North Vietnamese Government were the Bad Guys. The French Government who were there before us were the Bad Guys. The Soviet Government backing the North Vietnamese Government were the Bad Guys but to call our American Troops the Bad Guys after they Honorably Fought in a War that we did not belong in makes you a Bad Guy.

[@noobarmy855]

jdk4781 Bro, we were the bad guys. These poor rice farmers just want to be left alone

[@bamboo9666]

The France with thier stupid colonization idea..

[@noobarmy855]

Christian Langford I think you need to read your history. These rice farmers just want to be freed from french colony

[@viettrungduong1559]

Both NV and SV's people are Vietnamese, we just want to become one single independent nation rather than two warring ones. SV government was a puppet ever since its birth, most of its people preferred the NV's government and hated SV's officials, that's why it fell, that's why we could erased NV government.

[@Maxboun3204]

Americans wars caused so much damage to humanity no one can even imagine the whole suffering

[@denniszeegers792]

deep respect for all of these boys,god bless you all

[@STRANGELOVE652]

OWNED IN NAM’ OWNED IN AFGHANISTAN

[@dsyy90210]

the empire doesnt care about winning, its profitable to drag out conflicts

[@KaziKami]

@@dsyy90210 wtf is "the empire" this aint star wars. And i dont think its profitable to waste billions on equpment each year

[@AlexKS1992]

US owned the North Vietnamese and the Taliban. In almost every single battle the US won.

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

@@AlexKS1992 true

[@KevinD-o8d]

My gosh why would you ever want to go back there? Im sure the smell is the same as 67

[@soniagarcia75]

Thank you I'm not american and I'll not ever be there but your usa bravest thank you for trying to stop communism Omar gustavo ramos

[@bamboo9666]

U dont understand this war.. Its not just communism or capitlism

[@dsyy90210]

the communists were fighting to free their country from foreign domination

[@garlkurzer]

ew

[@nuzhmizafidi2037]

*PTSD INTENSIFIED*

[@richardrykard3246]

It's over isn't that closure enough, why wallow in it?

[@nathancochran4694]

Spoken like someone who never faced the horror of war.

[@dsyy90210]

dude...

[@mizgrad6092]

Veterans? You mean the folks who placed innumerable landmines in Vietnam and Cambodia to cause genocide of the local people.Yeah,they deserve praise and commendation from our jingoistic minds.

[@mizgrad6092]

@Robert Bradly keep your blindfolds on mister!

[@mizgrad6092]

@Pitt Burgh here comes the another bland catchphrase 'blame the orders not the soldiers'

[@markstewart4501]

@Tom H. Your misguided patriotism has you either white washing, or has you playing the fool. It's seems you forgot that the US govt had to force people into the Military. Have you heard of McNamara's Morons/Project 100,000/McNamara's Folly? The effort to get more bodies/soldiers into Vietnam had the elite determining that putting truly mentally handicapped people into battle would help. i.e. Forrest Gump, but with out the fantasy of dumb luck heroics. They couldn't figure out how to fire a weapon. Regular soldiers would load empty clips, out of fear of being accidentally shot by a dude that is oblivious to their gun pointing at fellow soldiers. We literally had retards going into gun battles with no bullets in their guns. In addition, you seem to forget that the South Vietnamese didn't like the foreign armies either. 18.2 million gallons of Agent Orange dumped by the US...500,000 Vietnam babies born with the most f'ed up deformities. US soldiers were killing and burning down innocent civilians huts. The MASSIVE numbers are disputed from 1000's to 100's of thousands. To add to this, the US military dropped 260 million cluster bombs - about 2.5 million tons of munitions - on Laos over the course of 580,000 bombing missions. This is equivalent to a planeload of bombs being unloaded every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years - nearly seven bombs for every man, woman and child living in Laos. Up to 30 percent of them failed to detonate. More than 34,000 people have been killed or injured by cluster munitions since the bombing ceased in 1973, with close to 300 new casualties in Laos every year. About 40 percent of the accidents result in death and 60 percent of the victims are children. At this time, less than 1 percent of the UXOs have been cleared. The short of it, Tom H. is the careless blundering fool pretending to give a sh!t. Perhaps Jesus told him he's right.

[@mrm4sherman271]

@@markstewart4501 You believe the Reds were the good guys? Reeducation camps, land seizure, and the following Cambodian genocide. Communism has never worked and never will work. That's why the Soviet Union fell and why current Communist countries have to adopt a degree of capitalism to survive. The same people arguing against American involvement in South Vietnam better arguing against our role in the Korean peninsula. South Vietnam would've most likely have thriving free market and freedom of press if we hadn't withdrawn and protected her.

[@markstewart4501]

@@mrm4sherman271 I don't assume the Reds are the good guys. Your dualistic thinking has you saying that. Your statements of economic systems are so vague and "amatuer" that you again display the inability to see more than two options. I am not advocating for communism. I am not advocating for some sort of dystopian capitalism that creates wars all over the world either. You can use your rose colored glasses to justify all the death, carnage, rape, burning of villages, and deformed babies you want...not me.

[@359Joey]

Ive never understood these Vets wanting to go back. You couldnt pay my Dad to go back.Hes 74 and last time he flew was his flight back from Vietnam in 1971. He says " I used up all my good luck in the air".

[@expattaffy1954]

Anyone know where Vietnam children can search for their American fathers please

[@lalaicyling8429]

There're support groups on Facebook

[@jrsmith1998]

Hopefully u can find your father

[@jh8551]

State department may be able to help

[@Cobe1976]

The VC had families, too