Vietnam Voices: 'I didn't know that in Vietnam, nobody was safe'

[@filyblunt2572]

I'm an Englishman who can clearly see this man is as honourable as they come, Vietnam vets as I see have nothing to be forgiven for, maybe in a few cases but goes for every single war in history, war is hell.the Vietnam war's biggest sins were the strategy's and orders which came from the top, those who sit in safety whilst sending young men to die and kill are the ones who should have been asking for forgiveness

[@That90sShow]

Lol. The british colonizer discussing war crimes. Thats rich AF

[@danielgadd396]

Very true. Cowards are just that. COWARDS!

[@filyblunt2572]

​@@That90sShowi was born in england, yes, my parents are irish. Regardless of that i didnt colonise anyone, i didnt choose where i was born but im not ashamed of where i was born. I dont have one single piece of information about you or your heritage but its clear you are an ignorant small minded bitter child. That hate fuelled comment based purely on me stating my birthplace shows nothing but bitterness and the spite of someone who has failed in life. Have a great day.

[@davidortega357]

How come other men that were born from 1945--- 1953 were drafted I was drafted in to US Army other men like Henry Winkler never got drafted, tom seleck, I knew men in my platoon that were 25 years old that had married had children still got drafted

[@dutchvandermak4581]

When I returned from Vietnam I experienced the same thing with the friends I had before I went to Vietnam. I took a different approach to them. I simply said "F" them and moved on. I still had time left to service in the Army. I tried desperately to get sent back to Nam. But in1969 they were bringing troops home so very few were being sent. I ended up at Fort Knox. Got married while in the service to my High School sweetheart. I was so messed up mentally the marriage ended. Drugs and alcohol became my friend. After a few years walking around numb I finally decided to get my shit together. Used my GI bill and earned 2 degrees. The rest is history. 5 successful kids later and a wife that I adore life is livable. I take meds to help deal with PTSD and lots of therapy.

[@adriansmith2182]

I live in Ft Knox. Not much has changed. The Gold Vault is still there as the main attraction

[@adriansmith2182]

Radcliff and Elizabethtown are still the same

[@harleylawdude]

Bless you brother.

[@MississippiBN68]

Amen my brother. I served as a 19Kilo (M1 abrams) from 86-92. You have my complete respect for fighting through the dark times and making it out the other side. I know about that myself. GOD bless you my friend.

[@notagrd]

The comebak kid...kikass 🇺🇸 🍺

[@AGJ48]

This man has a kind heart. God bless him!

[@craigsimon935]

Many thanks to the Billings Gazette for doing this and putting these interviews on KZbin so that we all can learn and understand. What a great project! Thanks again for the effort in doing this!

[@gullybull5568]

best.

[@fidelsanchez7435]

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[@fidelsanchez7435]

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[@fidelsanchez7435]

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[@fidelsanchez7435]

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[@azbdizzy4176]

I've watched a lot of war veteran interviews. This is one of the best.

[@TheCecil64]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@AberdeenAnthony]

Thank you Jerry Bauck for easily the most amazing interview and honest look ive ever had into Vietnam war . Thank you and your wife for the sacrifice for are Country . Im glad you finally found Some peace in life , its amazing the thing that brought you peace was in your hands the entire time and i will be looking for your books .

[@janepatterson6779]

Thank you, Sir..for what you did. I know you had no choice but to go; however, you did an excellent job! "God bless!!!"

[@smallkrmit5717]

Thank you for your service sir

[@BigDaddy-xp1vf]

Thank you jerry and thank you Daryl 1 of your best interviews thoroughly enjoyed it

[@haroldmulkey2802]

I really enjoyed listening welcome home sir welcome home

[@garbennett4758]

Great interview, seems like a real nice fella

[@ianhart8037]

Excellent series of interviews. Well done Daryl Ehrlich

[@catinthehat906]

He's not the only vet to report what a disadvantage having the M16 was due to its poor reliability in jungle conditions. Australian troops in Vietnam were still using the Owen from WW2, which you could fully immerse in mud and it would still fire. Even the M1 carbine would have been better than the M16.

[@issacsnee6318]

These stories are fantastic. This one really tells a different angle.

[@chashouse8511]

I have watched quite a few of these interviews now and this one for me is the best so far. This man gave a different perspective in my view of the war, the people, and the country. Maybe it was because he was older, more educated than a lot of others I don't know. All I know is I could have listened to him for hours and as a result learned a lot. Thank you!!

[@janepatterson6779]

Well said, thank you.

[@1murder99]

Glad you made it home Jerry, hope you are well.

[@constitutionalUSA]

Another great interview. Jerry has a great perspective on his experiences. And good at swallowing that big hocker and keep on talking

[@Brough1111]

Thank you for your service, I couldn't exit had to watch to the end there's something about his sane way he looks at things needs to be heard.

[@CheeferSutherland]

To have faced such adversity then the struggles after the war but still finding himself and his path to happiness is not only truly inspiring but remarkable. I would say I forgive you but you've nothing to be sorry for, you were only following orders. It's the government that should be ashamed not the soldiers. Thank you Jerry for not only this interview but your service as well. Welcome home.

[@kzintilord6145]

Wow. Great interview and thanks to Jerry Bauck for his service. A man with his heart in the right place.

[@kevinallen6197]

I know a guy that fled to Canada. The army found him a year later. He went to jail. But never served. Has no regrets.

[@jamesburns2232]

A lot of protesting against the Vietnam war was done by boys and hippies who didn't want to serve. The prospect of serving in the US ARMY scared the hell out of them.

[@danduarte7010]

I know a guy who got a deferment for being married. Strangely he got a divorce, while the war was going on. She contacted the draft board and told them that they were divorced. She then told them "YOU can have HIM now!"(was she hoping he would get killed in Vietnam? Talk about hate.) He later got drafted. He later re-enlisted.

[@fyou2327]

Cowards don't usually regret cowardice. Canada's a fine place for him and he should've stayed there, America doesn't need him.

[@markjamison9677]

@@fyou2327 Well said .

[@JH-lr3ep]

Thank you sir for sharing your experience with me. You are a very likable man and have a very interesting story.

[@joebuckaroo82]

I was not in Nam (nowhere near, age-wise) but I, too, was college-educated and significantly older than my fellow Navy recruits). I got a a mixed bag of respect and subtle derision from my shipmates in boot camp. Afterwards, at my first duty station (NSGA Misawa) I was an outsider and I hated it.

[@jamesholmstrom5837]

This deserves more likes.

[@rakkassan2187]

Thank you for your service and sacrifices.

[@russells.soehnerii8308]

PTSD is a fear-based injury and Moral Injury(Soul Injury) is sadness-based. The are separate yet often co-exist and intertwine. They both create experiential avoidance such as the fight, flight, freeze of PTSD and the relationship distancing of Moral Injury.

[@tedprice9693]

Thank for your comment. May apply in my life.

[@danpovano312]

What a guy! A great man.

[@ronaldwarren5220]

I am amazed to hear his story as it is much like my experiences as a draftee in May of 1967. I still believe that my Mother's and my grandparent's prayers saved my life while I was in Vietnam. A series of fortunate events, choices and a high ASVAB score allowed me to survive.

[@ethanwashoe5868]

God bless 🙏

[@Chrisamos412]

Great questions Daryl, as usual. Thank you Jerry for doing your part!

[@vincentshelpfulhints4085]

So sad they lost their baby the day he was being shipped out.. we have no clue what stresses he and his wife was going through.. God bless the both of you

[@disillusionedanglophile7680]

Chicken heads and feet? In South Africa we call those "Walkie Talkies"

[@oldman9843]

Welcome Home I love these series

[@darrellsparks7578]

i watch a lot of these stories , and tales ,,, and i think Jerry Bauck is one of my favorite stories ,,, Thank you Jerry and Darrell for your time to show us this ,,,

[@adriansmith2182]

Man what these guys went through. My dad retired from the Army and some of the stories you hear would be horrific

[@michaelluna1968]

Thank you for your service and your story. People like you should be in Congress.

[@JeffreyCoolwater]

I came across your channel recently and have listened to several interviews so far with interest. I'm Canadian. I was 17 yo in 1968 and worked with a draft dodger in Toronto. I befriended others and even ended up sharing a house with a draft dodger and his wife as we tried to establish ourselves in careers. For the most part, I would say most evaders had a difficult time away from their homeland. The two I lived with eventually went back after President Carter's pardon. The interesting thing about listening to Jerry is how much he sounded like my draft dodger friends, in spite of the fact he resigned himself to serving, or at least managed to get through it *within* the "required parameters." I'm pretty sure there were many more like him and I think it's terribly unfortunate that they all vets had such difficulty getting help, readjusting, and maintaining contact in order to better facilitate de-pressurizing from such horror. Two things struck me when he talked about his wish for people to not blame vets because they were "only doing their job." On some level I can understand his view. It was a political war that they had no say in. But aren't all wars ultimately political where peons have little say? Furthermore, he and all other Americans, as civilians, continue to vote for two parties and their candidates who are both literally beholding to all the corporate entities whose sole reason for existence is the perpetuation of war and the exploitation of other countries for their own gain, which creates more poverty and anti-US sentiment abroad. Both parties also engage unfair tax legislation which creates more poverty at home and the cycle continues. I'd love to get Jerry's perspective on this. Do you know if he's still alive and approachable?

[@raycatlin3554]

J-U-Z Look 👀 at tho$e who profited 💲💲💲💱💱❗And those who suffered at their Expen$e.

[@INKEDCREATIONS]

I have listened to several of these interviews now while I'm driving around for work and although I regretfully never served, these stories in conjunction with movies I have seen about the war really paint a amazing picture in my head of what it must have been like. Thank you to all who have served, it truly is a honor to have heard these stories

[@jxhenne]

A Gentleman and a Scholar

[@tonynapoli5549]

Thanks for sharing your story

[@richardbowers3647]

I could've Benn successful, but don't want to name names! Just saying.

[@ozarkfannumba1906]

Great video. This guy is great.

[@philbrown6787]

great interview. very insightful

[@pbrucpaul]

Fascinating. Very down-to-Earth man. Out of the madness he went through, the most impressive thing here is his willingness to reach out and become curious about another race. Pretty impressive thing, considering being at war there and how American society is today in particular

[@Jdeneik]

And how is American society today

[@isawit9722]

The man's a general....in anybody's army... salute you Sir!

[@richardpetty7738]

Ml

[@pauln4473]

All my respect all my compassion for this good man and all veterans thank you .....

[@711lilj]

What a genuinely nice soldier

[@ecclesiastes6542]

"We wasted a lot of people for something that wasn't important, for political gain." - says the veteran. Afghanistan Veterans today can say the same thing... an Admiral was recently on CNN saying how no matter what they made a sacrifice... we salute them for their sacrifice.. but what was the sacrifice for??? for Democracy? To keep America "safe"??? No. Just for the sake of killing and dying... a needless and horrible sacrifice on the alter of war attended by the priests of the Military Industrial Complex... oh man.... weep...

[@damotherFNman]

I served 16 years and the only good thing were those who I met along the way. It's painful to realize that all of the reasons were a bunch of BS

[@robertneville2022]

Love watching these far out old guys telling their story

[@jonbalogh2077]

I have been listening to these interviews for a few months on and off . One of the many things I have really appreciate out of them is how fortunate we are to live in America

[@aprilsmith3683]

It warmed the cockles of my heart to hear how the younger chaps treated their "Dad"... 🇿🇦

[@MrPudd420]

I was born 100 miles north of Detroit Michigan. I grew up with Bozo the clown and Capt. Kangaroo but because I lived in Canada I never had to face the trials you guys did. Thank you for your sacrifices.

[@topgeardel]

I grew up with Bozo the Clown and Capt. Kangaroo too...in Detroit. You didn't miss anything. You were smart and so was your country. If I didn't get a deferment I was going to your country in Windsor. Don't drink the Kool Aid about Vietnam. No one sacrificed anything for the US and Canada in that war. That was absurd to think otherwise. Guys went to that war for various reasons...but they went where they simply did not belong. They went by choice...the Draft and the US Government didn't make them do anything against their will....just like me. Canada is a great country....that was an alternative compared to dying in Asia....FOR NOTHING. Many, many Americans were grateful for Canada for being a refuge against the US dysfunction of the times

[@max420thc]

I agree with much of what you say, where I disagree with you is they died for nothing , they died for each other and anyone of them has more honor than your sorry arse ever will

[@topgeardel]

@@max420thc "They died for each other". Sorry, that wasn't the mission to Vietnam. They ended up fighting for themselves and the guy next to them. Interpretation...save my ass, and the guy next to me...and get the he$$ out of Vietnam alive. What happened to stopping the spread of Communism? What happened to fighting for American freedom? What happened to helping the S. Vietnamese to be free? Something happened to those fools on that trip across the Pacific Ocean to Vietnam. Don't talk to me about "honor"....you're clueless.

[@max420thc]

You are a coward, you would be correct about the war over money, it was not to fight communism as the US is currently a communist jar state, it was not about freedom, it’s about someone like you running out on your buddies,many times these guys would have been your high school buddies you let go over to a foreign country and die. Your reasons are your own why you did it. In my opinion you are a coward

[@topgeardel]

@@max420thc Your assessment of me, in all truthfulness, means nothing. It's neither here nor there. But you are just another one of these deluded guys who insinuates that "somebody took your place". Are you stating that? I did NOT have a place in Vietnam in the first place. If some guy went there then he was a dumba$$ to go and has to accept whatever the consequences are. Nobody took my place....lol. You actually don't make sense. You acknowledge that war was basically BS...but you blame me for not going anyway?? Too funny.

[@colemcclain7319]

Thank you for your service

[@vhostovich]

The interviewer did a great job in bring out the best from Mr. Bauck. Thank you for your service and opinions sir.

[@Mark-ou3gr]

What a great series of stories.photo john is the best.ex navy 71-75 sub duty.amazing how all of our beginnings echo each other starting in boot camp.lots of good memories.thankyou 🙏🙏🙏

[@zackmtz7966]

Jerry thank you for your service!!!! God knows what you had to do to survive hell on earth. Hope you are doing well and thank you for sharing your story!!!

[@haroldkerrii6085]

This guy was a great to hear! Thank you for your service.

[@matta9316]

That cough was serious! Hope this guy is ok - appreciate him sharing his story

[@skoll_2024]

I do to. But to comfort you (maybe) the video was posted in 2015.

[@joebuckaroo82]

@@braininavatnow9197are you a troll are you just unaware that “kicking the bucket” is generally used pejoratively.

[@donroggensees2537]

Welcome Home Jerry !

[@markgreen8752]

Thank you Mr. Bauck

[@marymarmande8446]

Thank you for your service Sir ❤️☮️

[@notbloodylikely4817]

Hey Jerry, your interview really resonated with me. You are like my double, though I'm a bit younger. I've been searching my whole life, string of failed jobs, a writer who hoards books and trying to teach writing. I've learned book binding and run a used book store. My wife is a successful teacher, passionate about teaching blind and hearing impaired kids. I've had chronic depression my whole life, had a really tough childhood which left me with PTSD. I once got hypnotised by a guy who believed past lives were responsible for current life problems. A bit whacky but I've always been willing to try anything that might help me (I've attempted suicide 7 times - my therapist jokes that I should stop trying because I'm obviously terrible at it). Anyway, this hypnotist did regression therapy and I found myself in Vietnam, infantry with the hundred and first. I was killed by a mortar and took shrapnel in my lower back where I now have a really prominent birthmark. That experience ended in 1972 and I was born in 1974. It was a vivid, terrifying thing but after I was sceptical, but I've always been fascinated and horrified by war. Maybe it was just a fantasy that emerged from my tough childhood but this hypnotherapist claimed my issues stem from that. I don't know and feel that detracts from the trauma vets suffer, but it has weirdly helped me feel better about my life so maybe there is something to it. Anyhow, thanks for your interview and hi from the UK.

[@paulahern869]

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[@raycatlin3554]

N L , I hope that You & Yours have had a survivable healthy year ! 🥳 👍

[@williambartell6320]

You are a success Jerry and bless your wonderful wife also:)

[@richardbowers3647]

Everything he had was out there! Everything as in all! Was one of the few who survived & had been depressed for it! Just saying.

[@Bobspossumden]

Thankyou for your service. I've been listening to a great many of these interviews and every guy that was in the infantry has said that the M16 was crap. Why did they issue inferior weapons to our guys? Who made those decisions? How many men died because his weapon jammed? I hope our soldiers today have better quality!

[@jeffkerr4249]

THANK YOU JERRY !

[@Dillon-ux6it]

Excellent Interview! Thanks so much for sharing! I work with a 101 Airborne Vet from that period. His name is Glen Asher. Did you know him?

[@tedprice9693]

Rare individual Wise man,

[@gullybull5568]

A DYIN BREED. real men. with HUGE hearts of gold and balls of steel.

[@matty7dream1]

Gone forever. Our world has been made a dump. All true culture lost. It’s embarrassing.

[@lemuelyoungblood5756]

Thank you sir

[@sranney1]

Soldiers are to.be honored

[@wethepeopleofcommonsense5437]

I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING JERRY BAUCK'S STORY.

[@wethepeopleofcommonsense5437]

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT MORE VETERANS DESERVE RECOGNITION ESP. VIETNAM SOLDIERS , GENERALLY THE POORER KIDS FOUGHT & DIED AS THEY HAD NO WAY TO PAY THEIR WAY OUT! JERRY SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD MAN.

[@tommypatchell3342]

i wish i met this man he would ALWAYS be my friend!!

[@stevekon11]

A very interesting man and very interesting interview....thank you and sir ,as a member of the public please believe me when I say ,there is nothing to forgive and I say this as someone who has been a student of history for decades. You represented your country well Mr. Brauck. All true Americans honor you for that service.

[@boatrvme8478]

I'm not sure about Minnesota but I know in the south we welcomed back our Vietnam soldiers with parties and some cases New cars and trucks.

[@spaceghost8995]

One of the best interviews in this series. I still cannot fathom how you try to fight a war with no defined front line! In most wars you TAKE territory and keep proceeding. Vietnam was nothing like that. Makes no sense.

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

The war was started on a lie, so you go from there

[@alethamobley6688]

Exactly!

[@lonnietaylor4800]

My dad was a chat medic in Vietnam 68-69 heip Duc valley other places...this interview is by far one of the most heart striking ones I have watched yet

[@yomomsfgt9978]

This man reminds me of my grandfather

[@drgroove]

lol me too.

[@galegregory97]

That's right don't blame the soldier he didn't do it he was doing what he was told

[@galegregory97]

Its true

[@rossrogers84]

Thank you for your service, Jerry. Welcome home.

[@marchonore]

Who was served by it? Seriously. Nobody.

[@glennbrymer4065]

It is beyond strange. All these men are old. I am old. But I am still 19. I look in the mirror and do not know who looks back. I969 I was 17. 1971 I was 19. I was retired out of the Army. 50 years now. So strange. Now the ones left have aged. It is so very very strange.

[@adammyers3718]

It's krazy how you go from 17 to 76 in the blink of an eye! I'm only 42, but 17 feels like yesterday Funny how fast you age!

[@Ujuani68]

7:23: A person HAS to smoke, to try and cope with all the horrors going on... No wonder, his body has taken a toll...

[@jeffcollins9995]

Well done Jerry!

[@katherineleonard2012]

I feel sorry that veterans probably weren’t expecting tiger attacks . They needed super protection.

[@jerrymccommons6950]

I have found that all people named Jerry are handsome and intelligent.

[@combatvet1100]

Exactly what I went through and still do.

[@Spsr555]

I have seen over 20 of those veterzns interviews. As a French of course I relate to those stories. And this one, to me, encapsulates all the absurdity of this war.

[@sranney1]

Hats off Sir

[@danmurphy4472]

Thank You Jerry for your service and dedication to our country . Everyone knows you combat Vietnam Vets got a huge shitty deal and no support back home . Fuck all those protesters , all you guys did your job with honor and dignity .........Welcome Home Sir !!

[@darrenstockman9268]

Yr a wise man I would like to collect yr books I true enjoyed yr wisdom Nga mihi nui

[@boss2234]

Politicians are the ones responsible , people are people and just deal with the cards they are dealt. God bless them all.

[@danielholman7225]

Jerry is pretty cool. I really like his book story.

[@jlondon158]

.. thank you ...

[@psycholordb7811]

thank you sir for your service

[@jerryblainii1208]

Jerry’s are always bad MF*K’rs I know he probably won’t see this comment but thank you for your service and still standing up to the test when the time came despite your moral standing. Glad to hear this mans story

[@falconmoose5435]

Static electricity is strong with this man.

[@STINKY1925]

Gut wrenching

[@alleyoop5185]

Watching this 8 years later, I’m wondering how Jerry is doing with that bad coughing he has.

[@rick-be]

I was treated like a hero-believe me I wasn't-and couldn't buy a drink for weeks.

[@charlesbrooks9577]

THIS MAN HAS BEEN MORALLY INJURED

[@richardbarry04553]

charles brooks Everyone who was sent to Vietnam was

[@charlesbrooks9577]

@@richardbarry04553 I read a true story of this old vet who shot a young german soldier ,who was around 16 years old.The young man was trying to kill the american soldier.The old man yelled halt to the young german kid but would not stop trying to kill the old man.The old vet,said that everynight he went to sleep,he could still see that young german kids face.He was morally damaged.even after sixty years.He may be dead by now but i hope he got well before he died.The old man told that story,with tears streaming down his face.

[@richardbarry04553]

charles brooks It must be extremely hard to let go of one’s humanity - I can’t even imagine. One of the most fundamental tenets of being a decent person is that you don’t kill other people.

[@max420thc]

It doesn’t mean a thing

[@timothymcdonald6913]

Around 13:00 and after. I have heard this same thing in a few other videos done by the Billings Gazette.

[@gullybull5568]

1:38:04 if this is true and it is : what a waste. A TOTAL WASTE. who sold wepons to Ho Chi Min ? usa. from Japan . unreal. on purpose.

[@topgeardel]

"Nobody was safe". Well, that's why you didn't belong in that conflict. You can't fight and defeat an enemy when you weren't sure who the "enemy" was. How can you even know when you're winning ? Americans should have never been put in that situation. It was one of the reasons it was unwinnable and we lost the war. I'm a Vietnam Draft resistor....it wasn't hard to figure this all out when I was 18 years old.

[@max420thc]

Oh, so you are all good with your buddies going and getting NVC shot and you not being their to help them? A friend of mine who served three tours in Vietnam with the fifth special forces groups was assigned to arrest and pick up draft dodgers. After what McNamara said that they were not there to win a war, he questioned what the war was all about. He said when he was arresting draft dodgers and bringing them in the only ones he felt disgust foe were the cowards, not the ones who believed correctly the war was over money and wrong. I can’t stand a coward, I will fight for my buddies, Good luck living with your own conscience ,

[@topgeardel]

@@max420thc Well, Mr Doe....you're not my conscience. Vietnam has not bothered me for the many decades....unlike all the dutiful heroes that went. In reality...the same Government that wanted to draft me also deferred me. You have a problem with the issue of "coward". Truthfully, I don't think you know what you're talking about on the topic. Vietnam wasn't a "one size fits all" kind of litmus test of a man's character. But in your head, I think it was.

[@wilsontexas]

Thank you for not fighting in a conflict that was never declared a war in congress as the constitution specifies.

[@topgeardel]

@@wilsontexas Thank you for the comment. Would you like to sponsor me on an Honor Flight? Not to Vietnam, but to Hawaii? :=)

[@tonyhughes7049]

Maybe he can send you on a cowards flight

[@Notrocketscience101]

That cop used every form of intimidation to violate this man’s freedoms. Remember that if you’re ever on a jury!!!

[@johndavis2399]

Another engaging speaker. Your views are respected Jerry B. As well as your humor At 70 y.o., the topic of Vietnam Vets (I'm not one) virtuallyr has never come up in conversation. Never since 1975. All my friends are also non-vets. {I don't know what per centage of males in their draft years served in the military.....but I would expect less than 25%(?)} So I can't say that Vets need to be "forgiven" by the general US population. There is no evidence in my purview that anyone feels you were "guilty" of anything. My guess is assuaging guilt includes an apology to the Vietnamese. -------------just sayin------------------------ Ty.j