VIETNAM RAW FOOTAGE HOME MOVIE NOVEMBER 3, 1967 BATTLE OF DAK UH-1 HUEY HELICOPTERS 83544

[@tyronanderson5686]

Most of these soldiers are in their 70s now, hard to realize time has passed by so quickly. Much respect! Thank you all.

[@williamturner1517]

Sometimes it seems like yesterday. Sometimes it seems like a million years. One of those aircraft almost looked like 11th battalion. 9th infantry troops.

[@ChrisGurin]

They seemed to age more rapidly than the WW 2 vets.

[@Shogun459]

For my Dad I thank you. 25 Oct. 67 Saigon air field F-105

[@ChrisGurin]

I was ten years old when this was filmed, and my uncle was into his second tour. He would do three before the family got together and begged him not to go back. My mom asked just how many Purple Hearts did he need? By that time, it was pretty clear it was a lost cause. I remember him saying how beautiful parts of Vietnam were. All we could see back home was a green hell-scape.

[@speedspeed121]

I few years ago here in NorCal, there was a major fire in the Sierras to our East. Every evening near sunset, a large convoy of 20 to 40 helicopters would fly home (maybe Mather) together and pass our home. My dad always got quiet when they'd pass.

[@philbrown9764]

As a Marine Nam Vet, I was lucky to be stationed at Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12 and I knew I had a 99% chance of going home. Sometimes I feel guilty about it but it was the luck of the draw.

[@timfarmer648]

My cousin graduated from buds class 58. I am very proud of what he accomplished in Vietnam. Thank you for your service, and GOD BLESS you and your FAMILY. 🤠

[@f4tweet]

Mag 13 for me, class of 68.

[@edadams669]

Ed Adams Marine vet, 69, 70, MAG 12 & MAG 13 made it home.

[@oneworld9071]

Phil Brown....... while I was 15 the day the NVA rolled into Saigon, I was affected by the war since the mid-60's; as a student at the Naval Academy Primary School, many of my classmates' parents were in Vietnam. I also grew up in the Fleet Reserve Club, where over the years I heard many combat vets' stories, and watched as much news footage as broadcast. I spent a lot of time with my maternal grandfather, a retired USMC Colonel who'd served in its entirety at Guadalcanal in the Engineers division...... his two-fisted way of coping for decades was a bottle of whiskey and a pint of codeine syrup...... and the weekends we spent drifting the mid-Chesapeake Bay :) My father had feelings similar to yours; as my grandfather's sole confidant, the stories my father heard gave him a bit of guilt as his service was aboard a ship (USS Helena, I think) shelling Formosa (Taiwan). Just sharing a thought that arose while reading your post....... considering the vastness of the Tet Offensive, and that it could have been repeated again and again, and the frequency of random attacks in what were thought to be relatively secure areas, you were probably much more at risk than you believe. Such is the case in a conflict dominated by guerilla forces...... with an enemy blending in so effectively with the population, the constantly shifting wide-area threats and loyalties of the people...... that 99% sounds pretty optimistic. I'll bet big $$$ there are tens of thousands of US soldiers whose return was 99% luck. I'll also speculate that those with more than 50% control over their fate were a mere few. And no small number probably share your perspective. I definitely don't mean to sound like a know-it-all....... but your deployment orders could have changed drastically at any moment....... especially with (out-of) control freaks like Johnson and Nixon at the helm. Your 99% is a gift of conscience, but in terms of the incredibly unpredictable nature of war, your return was at any moment a flip of the coin....... "luck of the draw". To summarize from my viewpoint, missing the war by 3 years, anybody in uniform who set foot in-country during that conflict deserves praise and gratitude. You done good.

[@timfarmer648]

Damn you could be Higgins from magnum PI 🤠😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@elli003]

This audio music track adds a timeless element to this great footage.

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

So I was 2 days old when this was filmed. The average age in Nam was 19. That makes the guys who survived in their 70’s now. When you see one be sure to shake his hand and say THANK YOU !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@thebestofj.fraley]

I wasn't born until 69, so this film footage is older than I am. I served later, but I've always had mad respect for those who served in Vietnam. I had many family members serve during this time and many in country one on a Destroyer, and one on a crash crew on Midway. Peace to you all!

[@CaptainGyro]

I was a convoy commander with the 4th Infantry Division running the supply convoys to Dak To from April 1968 to March 1969. That doesn't look like Dak To as there is a massive mountain ridge on the west side that loomed over the firebase there -- 3rd Brigade as I recall. Did, however, see a line of zig-zag trenches similar to what one saw in WWI along the Western Front alongside the west side of the road that led up to the entrance to the firebase for about two miles. These looked to be machine dug. There were unoccupied. I never saw another trench system like that any other place in Vietnam and I covered a lot of ground running convoys.

[@galenhof3371]

I believe I saw troops wearing 9th Inf Div patches exiting the Hueys....wasn't their area of operation in the delta?

[@RC-wb7od]

April 68 to June 69. 5/16 Arty Sent out to join A Co, with a convoy from base camp to Dak, hit hard and turned back by a battalion of NVA

[@disgruntledgrunt4259]

@@galenhof3371 The first dude did appear to be wearing the 9ID patch but it was fairly blurry so I can't be sure. As for their AO, it was indeed the Mekong where they were involved with the Mobile Riverine Forces.

[@disgruntledgrunt4259]

@@RC-wb7od First I'd like to say "Thank You" for your service. My father likely chewed some of the same dirt as yourself. He was with the 4ID from Aug 68-July 69 and spent most of his time out of Pleiku and Ban me Thuot. He was a FO with one of the Infantry BN's for a good portion of his time.

[@michaelterry1000]

A little over 20 years ago there was an 30 second television spot with Tom Hanks and he was talking about WWII vets. The line that struck me at the time was, “They are leaving us now”. The Vietnam war was was 20-25 years after WWII so it goes to reason that the Vietnam Vets are now starting to leave us also.

[@markbowles2382]

I was 7 years old when this was filmed...body count at 6 o'clock... always the same map....it was a different time... I always knew that I was going but it played out in '75... what a mess, god bless those brave young heroes just doing what they had to do, my step sisters husband was19 when he joined, my uncle JT, two tours at Pliea Ku, I have mad respect for those guys, i allways thought that those guys got such a raw deal from the folks back home, the politicians wouldnt stay out of it and it costs so many lives, an "unpopular" war is awful tough on the men who have to leave home and go and fight it.

[@marknicholson2718]

I was a couple of years older. But the news was like a ballgame. We killed this many and they killed that many. I remember thinking I would have to go. It was always on the news. I often wonder how many people would had a life if Kennedy had not been executed. We can thank Henry kissinger for getting so many people killed. His domino theory was crap.

[@robertklouse3868]

as we know today: people lack national dignity.

[@theroadrunnerjarhead4109]

Got to Nam in June that year. Was ordered to report to duty with 2/9, 3rd MarDiv. Was told to expect at least one Purple Heart on my tour. In Nov. we were operating near Con Thien next to the DMZ and across Mancnamara’s strip.

[@09beegee]

Well put together. The right mood. Chuck always had the last word. Matter of Fact. Being part of it, I think, deep in my Heart, that We're the lost generation. And, life goes on.

[@davidh7799]

You all got messed over all right, just like those in Afghanistan. The real enemy is the elites in the US government, and that's becoming more apparent with each passing day.

[@josephliptak]

Damn that's some eerie music to go with even a scarier war. Thank you to all brave Vietnam War veterans. Jungle warfare has got to be insanely difficult and scary especially when your enemy knows the turf.

[@paulyakaitis3352]

Just insanely scary!

[@davidca96]

yea the music is eerie

[@williamsiple6196]

welcome home to all my brothers in arms.was on tin can.always with you guys in spirit,still am.

[@oscarriquezes9650]

Hail to those brave men.

[@russredman6427]

Nice. Music was perfect in this case. Thank you

[@jaminova_1969]

I remember my Fathers best friend, Uncle Joe visiting my grandmother on leave from the Marines before going back to Vietnam. I was just a baby, so it had to have been 68 or 69. But I remember that he just missed seeing my dad by 3 days. That was the last time we would ever see him. KIA-MIA "Never forget!"

[@A3Kr0n]

My subwoofer melted. THX

[@kVkV-sw5se]

Fantastic historical footage.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@nanciekruse7147]

I want to thank all of your for your service to this country and for my freedom. If I could I would be saluting you right now. 💝

[@ChrisNobodySpecial]

Your freedom had nothing to do with that crime against humanity in Vietnam. You are no freer because we purposely lost a war in South East Asia. In fact you are less free due to the damage from that shit show.

[@robertklouse3868]

God bless you Nancy

[@oneworld9071]

No microphone exists that can capture certain sounds adequately....... I'm trying to imagine the sound of all those Hueys on the runway, especially when they engage the collective and those blades start chopping tens of cubic yards of 97% humid air per second. And by the way, excellent soundtrack!!!! Nice to see positive comments about music here...... rarely seen in this realm.

[@bobbynoname2538]

I don't know what you are watching but my volume is up all the way. There is no sound at all of any kind

[@fortniteipadplayerfortnite7437]

It has the timeless sound of my ancestors in the background. First Nation people of Australia. Aboriginal land, always was - always will be. Vietnam, Australia & America. Stolen Country. 👣

[@davidaven355]

I was there April 1967 to May 1968.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thank you for your service to our great nation

[@thomascarpenter7415]

My Dad did two tours with 5th Group , 1966, 1968…. lots of his teammates are gone now .. My uncle served with HHC 1/327 Tiger Force in ‘1967

[@jazz4asahel]

We were taken advantage of. Big time.

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

I was born on the 1st of Nov. 1967. THANKYOU ALL

[@Laura-wc5xt]

dig that Rome Plow at 10.24......one of our great weapons from Rome, Georgia

[@burtvincent1278]

I thought it was Rome New York. I'll check.

[@douglasweller9709]

I was with the engineers and welded up a lot of holes in those Rome plows. The Rome company still makes equipment.

[@Music-lx1tf]

Been there, done that (not the same place but similar), got the T-shirt.

[@joeythompson3962]

The politicians lost that war and the Afghanistan war they never learn let the men do there job and we will win every time.the politicians that caused the lose in Vietnam and Afghanistan and allowed our men to be butchered need to be held accountable .a trail and if found guilty firing squad.

[@ElCid48]

especially demon rat party ones who are mostly commie pigs who only god they love is power and money. they sell their country and families for those two idols

[@Slo-ryde]

At Joey. The Vietman war was lost because the S vietnamese did not have the will to win on their own. We gave them all the money, training, weaponry, to beat them back but they did not have the stomach to do it. We could not have done it for them. JFK knew this going in as he was dealing with corrupt S vietnamese politicians, and likely would have withdrawn US troops after the 64 election was won ( if he was alive). LBJ was a puppet of the military complex, and Nixon was of the same mindset. Gwb took us into Afghanistan to get OBL. After he missed that opportunity at Bora bora, we tried to bring in Democracy into a tribal society that could not be united and has no sense of country. The war was lost for the same reason the Russians lost and countless other invaders failed. You cant beat what you cant find and u cant make people accept what they dont want.

[@mr.wonderful5573]

You are wrong. It was time to go in both cases. We gave both countries a fighting chance and they did not seize the moment. Nixon and Biden made the right calls.

[@louisbertaux5193]

Thank-you for incredible film! and that ride in the Huey!

[@loveandfaith6517]

thank you!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@alonzotheextremely369]

Dak To 3 - 23 Nov 1967 was among the last gasp operations of the "firepower freaks" who ran the early American war effort thru MACV. After these engagements, Charlie went back into the forests and we claimed some kind of victory for not having been wiped out. But Charlie and the North had already won their objective: they'd made us move most of our troops away from cities to facilitate their Tet Offensive, which started just over a month late in Dec/Jan 68.

[@davidsaunders9199]

Well after seeing this film , I do believe that was around the time I was around that location. The terrain looks familiar and I remember walking around thru there seeing APC's smoking and on 🔥. We C And out on the 13th but was in that area till then. Got pinned down one day during that time. Jets came in close and bombed the enemy i to submission. A piece of schrapmetal hit my left forearm. Stung like the devil but amazingly the skin never broke. Eventually on the 13th we C A 'd into a hot lz to secure a downed gunship. Lt. Eisenhower was in a hootch to my left along with e6 or 7 Sargent. They were both MIA. Others were also hurt including myself only this time the skin was broken. Bravo company 1st 35th. 4th inf div , November 13 1967

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@johngillon6969]

At this time i was a sailor on an aircraft carrier in the gulf. I was lucky. I decided not to get drafted so joined the navy on my 18 th birthday. My dad was a real ass hole, he got mad at me for not going to college, and suggested that i should join the army infantry, cause i could advance more quickly, and he said i had an aptitude and ability to become an excellant soldier. what an idiot.

[@BigDmike24]

He had a large life insurance policy on you

[@9208jewell]

My Dad was a fighter pilot,,,,always wanted me to follow,I did not,,,went to college instead of Nam .My draft number 287,,,,,to this day the family says my Dad wont be satified until he hears I've been shot down over Hanoi. I know what it's like having a Military ass hole for a father. He was a fantastic pilot ,I flew with him countless times I loved and respected him but when I t came to that war and those times things went to shit real fast.

[@darthspork4914]

My grandpa and 2 of his brothers were WW2 vets (grandpa was in Italy with the 5th army unloading supplies) he hit the fucking roof when my uncle gave up a baseball scholarship to go to Nam (12th Air Cav 69-71 Tay Nihn). He about killed my dad when he tried doing the same cause he had no chance of being drafted but got rejected cause he hadnt healed from a work accident. Their younger brother joined the reserves to stay out.

[@johnnycrash3270]

While these young men were thousands of miles away fighting / dieyng many 7yr boys myself included were playing football , baseball riding our " Mustang bikes it had a banana seat and sissy bar with high rise handle bars " when and if mom & dad let us watch the 6; 00 news with Walter Croncke we though it was cool . next day we would go out and play a game we called " guns or Army " . 63yrs old now And Vietnam and the many young men that I watched on the news so many years ago I have respect for ( from a Canadian kid )

[@eddiegonzalez9083]

Welcome home brothers, I salute you., Eddie air force 81 to 85

[@michaelorleans5396]

I was 7 at this time..Phillipines..my Mom volunteered USO..Boys on leave stayed at our house for RR..shortly thereafter..threw my GI Joe's away..such suffering in their eyes..will never forget those eyes..ever

[@michaelreed9652]

Honor my brothers......... 11th ACR.... Class of 67

[@jamesorth6460]

this happen about two months before I was born, my father fought in the Korean war he was with the 23rd RCT at the battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni in early 1951.

[@ch47av8r]

I was a initially an enlisted Signal guy on a AN/TRC-24 FM Radio as seen in the video with the Gi’s installing the dipoles on the large flyswatter antenna atop the Duece van. Later a UH-1 & CH-47 aviator flying with many Viet vets who had survived grievous wounds from .51 caliber fire from NVA & Viet Cong gunners.

[@paulgrad5183]

Try Lyndon Johnson and General Westmoreland for War Crimes in Vietnam.

[@ryanclark5484]

Wow, shot during same time frame as the Report from China . Nice.

[@marchamilton3889]

I still have friends there that never came home and never found

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

That pilot at about the 2 minute mark looks like a 16 yr old. Damn we were young

[@pammcwhorter877]

My uncle did 3 tours on a ship in the navy. I was 12 in 67. Never really watched it on TV. I was just a kid. My husband joined the army in 73, left in 74. As they were pulling them out.

[@RoadWarrior-lo9vt]

Keep expecting to hear that song from "We Were Soldiers" Title - Flying High/Sgt. Mackenzie

[@NiSiochainGanSaoirse]

It's insane to think that the US lost a little over 50 thousand men in the entire 10 plus years of fighting in Vietnam, and the Russians have lost 3 times that number IN ONE YEAR in Ukraine!!! An insane amount of deaths.

[@DavidLJarvis]

My father HM3 David Leonard Jarvis was either on his way there or there already. I was seven months old. He was killed in action outside Hue City on or around January 8th 1968. He was twenty two years old.

[@mikewalsh6445]

Served with the B Battery 4th of the 60th. 1966-1968. The entire unit shipped out heading to Viet-Nam. We packed the tracks up at Fort Bliss and shipped to California to be send by boat to Viet-Nam. Sailed on a troop ship (5,000 men) the USS Gordon Feb 67 to Viet-Nam. They spread us up all over the place. I was in Pleiku and Kon Tum area. My tour was over about 10 days after the 1968 Tet Offensive . Would love to hear from anyone from the 4/60

[@f.6081]

Спасибо🇺🇲🙏🏼🌹

[@johnkulisek7793]

It appears the tail markings on the A/C indicate 29th CAB attached to 25th ID.

[@daviddolan4385]

Been there done that 1967 1st cav air mobile v n v 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rebelwithoutaclue8164]

Hell of some battle footage

[@t.m.h.7962]

I was in country at that time. But farther north, Dong Ha combat base, was our base camp. We were just a few miles south of the DMZ. Don't recall how far, someone had stole the road signs on that stretch of route 9. Really I don't think there was a sign in the whole damn country.

[@rustysteed8414]

I was in Dong Ha about a year later with 3rd Tanks, 3rd Marines.

[@stevencouitt4286]

My dad was there around the same time

[@markiskool]

Where's the footage of brandon's withdrawal from Afghanistan?

[@reynaldoflores4522]

This authentic combat film is amazing. I can never imagine how it is to be in actual combat. I was lucky (?) enough not to have gone to war. I was way too young for WWII, a bit too young for Korea, and a little overaged to get drafted for Vietnam.

[@robertwiese2308]

If you lived in DC metro area on 9/11 you understood what people in pearl harbor experienced. Then we had sniper and anthrax.

[@markcollins919]

Those are 9th ID patches on some of the Troops at 5_41.

[@1fromtheroad]

Cookie patch. 9th ID 15 engineers. I was in that unit. Not at the time of this filmstrip. Later in time.

[@johndaugherty4127]

Wow. It sure was a different world in '69.

[@henrydavis7101]

As I watched the firebase being built I realized it was the 9th Infantry 15th Engineers doing the construction. I also thought I saw some vehicle from the 39th Battalion of the 9th Infantry. Yes someone said it doesn't look at all like Dak To because it isn't, it is somewhere in IV Corp with the 9th. I don't know about the chopper ride but who that group was but I bet the APC were from one of the mechanized battalions of the 9th, 2/47th or 5/60th maybe 3/5th Cav but I doubt it.

[@lapplandsjagare]

🙋🏻‍♂️ hello from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@davidaven355]

Most all missions in 1967 began with US Army Rangers on patrol or recon missions where and when nobody really knew where exactly the enemy was and only after we made contact with the enemy in numbers we could not control and put down ourselves. Very rarely did anybody in command know where the enemy was until we scratched the itch. Usually on patrol and recon missions when we did meet unforeseen they vastly outnumbered us an we had to win. Then all for reinforcements.

[@MrBsteve47]

2nd. Bn. 503rd. 173rd. Airborne (Sep) 😥

[@hubertwalters4300]

The brother of a friend of mine in high school was in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and he was KIA on April 7,1969.

[@hoosierdaddy8002]

I miss Napalm.

[@damrgee8279]

As a little kid I remember every night watching the news with my parents hearing New World order Cronkite telling the audience how many copters was shot down

[@michaelguard9647]

A fairly typical “Combat Assault” into a cold LZ. Here’s the question, what ratio of C.A.’s were into cold vs hot LZ’s, i.e. 1:5, 1:10 etc.?

[@danhogan4093]

I was in MAG13, VMFA 542, left Viet Nam this very day, 3Nov 1967. Went to MCAS Iwakuni, kept the josans happy, no NVA,VC, PLF or othef bad guys showed up there. SEMPER FI!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Semper Fi Marine and God bless you for your service to our great nation.

[@paulthepill]

Great film, very atmospheric. I was 15 at the time, British, watching footage of the war on tv, I remember it looking manic and chaotic, the My Lai massacre, dead US and VCp soldiers, the USAF bombing their own troop, battle maps, Phan Thi Kim Phuc..the running girl burnt by Napalm, the protests, it all seemed like a Heironymus Bosch nightmare played out on celluloid somewhere else. I'm glad I wasn't born in America, because I would have had to take part in something that was so devastatingly wrong...

[@ChrisGurin]

No, you guys just had Northern Ireland.

[@robertklouse3868]

the truth is we werent prepared to fight a guerilla-type war.All the old generals from ww2 were attempting to apply ww2 conventional strategy and tactics to a guerilla jungle war.It woke them up!!

[@arkybaldknobber8062]

Brave men

[@stokiestewpotter7956]

Rather an odd film,but I enjoyed it.

[@2098elk]

Discharged 22 November 1967.

[@grassypants4450]

I hope they all got home ok.

[@laziacoff503]

Background sound helped .

[@busterbeagle2167]

But didn’t make it

[@redtobertshateshandles]

They get to the chopper and the dude closes the door???? WTF???

[@moisesperez4605]

My opinion is that they should leave the audio original audio on this instead of Putting music on top, it seems like a lot of videos about WW2 Vietnam, most of them have musical over them not all of them, but it would’ve been nice if they didn’t put no music in this video My uncle and my father, both were Vietnam, my uncle didn’t come back my dad did, but he doesn’t really talk about it, don’t blame him, I was in myself for 23 years I think combat in the gulf war, Iraq, and Afghanistan, grandfather was in World War II, my sons are also in the military as well serving this beautiful country of ours. God bless America, God bless all the soldiers that are serving and deployed.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Since this is a silent film, there is no "original audio" as you seem to believe. We learned a long time ago that posting silent films results in no one watching them. Putting music of any kind on there, helps viewers to stay attentive and guarantees more people will watch.

[@moisesperez4605]

@@PeriscopeFilm and due to the year that it was recorded, I figured there was audio in it.

[@lancehurley9743]

A very good friend of mine is a Khe Sanh veteran..

[@bobvedder2451]

I have ridden in hueys with my feet half out the door. But i was armed with a camera with a telephoto lens only.

[@rickburdette3299]

Was this the construction of firebase 6?

[@1953streeky]

I was a cia operative in Vientiane most of my time was spent on the frontline in a bar called the Mekong bar I had a very close shave once so after that I lay down my razor

[@williambennett2031]

Darn m 113 , hated looking at that big ass fuel tank in the rear ,✈️✈️

[@Sabrina-01]

I was born in 78 . My mom told me stories of her brothers. My uncles never came back. No body for my grandma to put in the ground.. it did something to all of them... weird

[@calbob750]

Folks alive then may recall the enthusiasm for saving Vietnam from the Communist menace. The “Domino Theory”. Once the draft started reaching into the middle and upper classes, and the body count started rising, the enthusiasm was reigned in.

[@Laura-wc5xt]

these sure aren't home movies, done by somebody with training and a good camera....16 millimeter is my guess and a combat cameraman

[@MrLikeke]

My dad shot many reels in VN with a Super 8. This video looks no better than what dad took.

[@Laura-wc5xt]

@@MrLikeke did you see your dads first generation Super 8 film from a projector or a poor video transfer from possibilly a film print that had been duplicated many times before the transfer?

[@MrLikeke]

@@Laura-wc5xt I watched the original reels by projection onto a white screen. Bell & Howell sold the camera, the projector and the screen.

[@keithwaites9991]

They look more like 8mm than 16mm IMHO

[@timthehippy9478]

A few pilots had movie cameras of their own, I read a book by a heli pilot (1st cav?) and he said some guys got them as they were cheaper there. Only a short film but I was afraid they could all come under fire at any time, that feeling must have been terrible being there in person, waiting for an attack that could come from anywhere. Thank you.

[@landrand4506]

Does anyone know what the soldiers wearing pink scarves represents? Doesn't seem logical to be fighting in a jungle wearing somewhat camo uniform and having a pink scarf around your neck.

[@anthonydouglascontares3471]

The country side along the Mekong river and Mekong delta areas are beautiful. The people are nice for the most part but the ones old enough to remember the past still harbor resentment against U.S. citizens and want nothing or little to do with them. I visited Vietnam in 2011 and stayed 3 week's. I had a nice rememberable time and plan to return in the coming future. I love the weather there.

[@robertklouse3868]

vietnam.If you have friends there you do well🀄️

[@a.b.8606]

please post movies from the 1991 Gulf War in Kuwait

[@PeriscopeFilm]

We actually only post materials shot on film, and since the Gulf War was shot on video -- we don't have any! But thanks for the note.

[@Cuccamonga-vn2jm]

It's a shame Trump's bone spurs kept him from going. Maybe he wouldn't have made it back. As a modern day serviceman, looking back at this footage really brings mixed feelings. The soldiers that went have my utmost respect and gratitude. It's crazy what our politicians dragged us into at the time. There's really no logical excuse for that war. In the future, if there is ever another draft, every congressman that votes for it needs to go and fight one tour as well.

[@specialprojectsdevgroup]

Put Oye Como Va on there

[@caveman6988]

Australian army nui dat 1969 war zone D south Vietnam

[@robertwiese2308]

I never understood the whole LZ concept. Drop people in middle of nowhere. Take the area, leave, then have to eventually do it all over again. Oh and Politicians recommend ing "The Art of War" clearly they didn't read it.

[@jasonl3185]

Wow it said HD AND 2K

[@stevethomas5209]

All that effort to wear camouflage then wrap a white scarf around your neck????? Really? What's up w that craziness???

[@mustlovedogs272]

Generally, a very unmotivated combat group.

[@derekcollins1972]

Did anyone here serve with volunteering Canadians in Vietnam?

[@ronaldstarkey4336]

yes...

[@derekcollins1972]

@@ronaldstarkey4336 How were they treated among the others?

[@arkybaldknobber8062]

@@derekcollins1972 Just like any American

[@norton750cc]

They were told they were riteous, how wrong can you be?

[@peteperkins3859]

Didn't see a battle...

[@lyndonlange845]

Consider yourself lucky

[@davem145mxr]

A visit to hell

[@suzidelarue5344]

Yep 76 goinging on ,80

[@SAFETYHOOD]

Useless War in Vietnam- 53,000+ Dead GI's for what ? The Military Industrial Complex. Been there a number of times in the past 5 years before Covid - great people - very friendly - have done great business there.

[@RozarSmacco]

Freedom

[@jdmlegent]

Different times... different governments, a very powerful ideology of communism , and last the soldiers/fighters of both sides had no choice, they did what they were told to do against all ods and even their own people spitting on them! Great generation of real MEN and heroes!

[@derekbaker3279]

@@RozarSmacco Freedom? I'm not sure if you were being facetious or not. but since it's a common cliché in popular U.S. culture & politics, I'll respond as if you were being serious. Quite frankly, defending "freedom" has no relevence to this conflict. Did the VC or NVA threaten the freedoms of U.S. citizens back in the U.S.A.? Did the U.S. government expect the VC & NVA to climb in their little wooden boats or jump on some Vietnamese cattle, cross the Pacific Ocean, and invade Hawaii or the west coast of the U.S.A.? lol Obviously not. And, given how brutal & corrupt successive South Vietnamese governments had been since the nation was created, it's not as if the French & Americans gave a damn about "freedom" in South Vietnam. The fact that the U.S. government had to fabricate a crisis to justify its military involvement in Vietnam (the faked Gulf of Tonkin incident) reveals all we need to know regarding the legitimacy of the U.S. getting involved in Vietnam. It had nothing to do with any lofty values or moral cause. It was all about geopolitics, protecting (and potentially expanding) the U.S. empire & its strategic presence in SE Asia, and -as the previous post mentions - the greed of the Military Industrial Complex, its owners, investors & shareholders.

[@Laura-wc5xt]

58,000+ dead, not 53,000...not to mention all the wounded and non wounded suffering from memories or wounds.....somethings never heal.....and the relatives who still suffer.....

[@SAFETYHOOD]

@@Laura-wc5xt Yes - a wasteful use of youth - was 4F on my Draft Card in 1968 - know of many that were scarred forever and those who never returned.

[@JonahGeideman]

🧤 LET'S GO BRANDON🧤

[@bernardlewis5705]

LET'S GO BRANDON

[@kendellbise8875]

Provock a fight