Vietnam Voices: 'I never saw any time I was in Vietnam that the battle was lost'

[@jimpardo9211]

Thank you for your service sir. I was in the 25th infantry military police 1967-1968 Cu Chi & Tay Ninh…

[@jimmyjack4872]

This is one of the best ones !! Thanks for these .... I’ve listened to almost all of them . I listen to one every night @ bedtime .

[@josephvega3763]

Me too Jimmy jack!!!

[@josephanderson7237]

Jimmy Jack Please list the other ones you like so I can appreciate the priorities of these great interviews.

[@markthecraneman8465]

Ditto

[@justinakers3196]

Same here

[@49erGeorge13]

Me too

[@HUSTONFARMSest]

Mr Palmer seems to be one of those soft-spoken type of guys that don’t see for themselves exactly how important and brave they are. Those type of people have my utmost respect and I’d follow them wherever asked to go. If you read this, thank you for your courage to go “do” and for your service. (My dad was in tanks at Ft Knox at the same time as you were there.)

[@mx-k]

From an enlisted perspective I thank you for your service, your leadership, your foresight, and your concern for those who on the ground. I appreciate your candor. The fact that you were concerned with how well you performed not so much for yourself but for others is exemplary, honorable, and outstanding!

[@garycooper4526]

Ditto!!!

[@sparkyslag6776]

I've watched several interviews from different sources, in my opinion Your Channel is the BEST. Thank You for keeping this history alive.

[@slyflyby]

Thank you Larry for your service. Your humility and devotion to your job is evident. Hope you and your family are doing well. God bless!

[@jeanbailey3223]

CBC scav

[@rubycollins3492]

Thank you for your service Great interview Great American

[@seanoliver295]

Great series. This gentleman is fascinating. A hero. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kendalkenny1843]

Thank you for many years of service.

[@garyflowers7626]

I'm so thankful to you Sir. My heart is and always will be with you!!!!!!!

[@rossrogers84]

Thank you for your service, Larry. Welcome home.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Good interview.

[@edpritchard3001]

Nice man..humble..Thank you for your service

[@paule6945]

What a outstanding individual this man is ........I wish I knew you personally, I wish I could chat to you about your experiences 👍I wish you every happiness in your life going forward, respect to you sir 🙏 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@danielbecker4365]

Join the Army now and you will meet plenty of that type.

[@jeffsmith2022]

Thank you for your service...

[@jasoncarskadon6809]

Excellent interview, it was truly interesting hearing about the war from a chopper pilot point of veiw.

[@colemcclain7319]

Thank you for your service ! ( Oklahoma) Thank God for his people!

[@skipmooney5732]

Pretty Darn Humble for a Pilot...Good Man

[@miophx8283]

Yes. I noticed how often he commends the guys that worked with him.

[@dickensdickens3025]

Excellent interview, very informative and humble

[@KB-xd5wq]

Love the helicopter stories. My Uncle was a copter pilot in Cu Chi with the 116th AHC also working with the 25th infantry in 1968. Thank you for your service.

[@glenncsr.88]

Billings Gazette the best Vietnam interviews on the internet.

[@HockeyFan430]

@Benedict Hampus no he is not 😂

[@stevebutler812]

His body language for just 2 seconds at 1:02:56-57, after being asked about "watching war unfold" is the "million mile stare." Turn off the sound, and that face = incomprehensible sadness. PTSD, severe.

[@stevebutler812]

@@Psyminds i’m sorry bro. But you’re wrong. You have to take it in context. He asked him about being in the plane and watching the battle unfold, people dying him powerless to do anything. A lot of those guys that were up in the air were retrieving dead bodies and bringing guys in who they knew were going to die. It’s not just his eyes when he looks down and off to his right. Body language experts will tell you that down and off to the right is an emotional recall most commonly. It’s the shallow breaths that he takes in and the way he releases his breath, and his shoulders drop and his head goes down and he sees what he saw at some point during that war based on the question he was asked about watching war unfold. Are used to do psych eval‘s for a psych hospital and I have interviewed thousands of people and put hundreds and hundreds of people on 5150s. I saw a lot of vets cops firemen and other people who were professionals dealing with death. Usually when they were get to the point of retirement and they would start recalling all the horror that they experienced especially in the early days of their career they would often become suicidal and I would have to deal with him then. I saw what I saw and it’s the same thing that I’ve seen so many times I can’t count it. He does a really good job covering up with that smile

[@Buce-ku9vx]

Nah, more like: "143 mile stare". C'mon

[@chrisbergeron9242]

What a great guy. Thank You.

[@alethamobley6688]

Thank You SIR for your service!

[@ourvaluesarewhoweareinadem4093]

Interviewer always does a good job. Excellent question about airspace deconfliction.

[@raybeavers3123]

Thank You Sir, for your service to our Great Nation. Thank You for all that you sacrificed while serving in Vietnam! 🤗👍👏🥇❤️❤️🇺🇸🫡

[@almcallister6490]

Larry Palmer very interesting interview I served as a CH 47 FE 68/69 with the Muleskinners at Cu Chi. Thank you for your service.

[@charlespoirier541]

LOVE THIS GUYS ATTITUDE, A REAL HUMAN BEING

[@techlife9853]

This geezer is proper humble ... hes a good bloke

[@7curiogeo]

These interviews are really good. Most of my friends and several of my boss's he'd been there up through the 60s and have to say the different views were what I was told. But the constant advise to me was avoid going, but if I had to go navy and get into buds. Marines was second choice, the idea was to get the best training possible to survive.

[@JHeitman-sp6cv]

great interview❤

[@jaybales3160]

Thank you very much for the interesting interview. USMC 72-76 state side. SemperFi

[@SteveJohnson-r2y]

Such a well rounded patriot. Bless him.🎉

[@philosborn1840]

I like it when these soldiers mention their belief in Jesus Lord God. Now that is living in reality. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@acr08807]

It's sad that Jesus let so many die in the Vietnam war.

[@duffysullivan2794]

"I was a Captan for so long, I thought it was my first name.' Haha, that got a laugh out of me!

[@ronperson5137]

I felt the same way about lance corporal.

[@charlesanderson8895]

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[@neemtreebark]

There was a CPT in the unit I was secretary in, facing discharge because he was passed over so many times. Frankly, he would be a danger in combat artillery. I departed ways before Operation Desert Shield became Resert Storm. The colonel said I would NEVER be a permanent there. He also kept me from transferring to a permanent - because I was dedicated and worked long hours and wanted me as their slave - telling me I was part of their family - yet was banned for their dining hall because I wasn't good enough - and there was no civilian dining area that I was made aware of - they wanted to manipulate me. I had to eat at my desk for three years, doing work requiring a security clearance, but they said "Don't worry. We trust you" - WTF... They greatly damaged my sense of self worth. I had owned and operated my own store successfully and I had no support system, treated like crap by family because none of them cared about my being successful because I stood up to corruption. How dare me. I had the pleasure of meeting Colin Powell yet the colonel apparently called GW Bush's office because he was obviously ordered not to resume conversation with me on his way out. After all, my uncle was at the Pentagon, obviously a CIA man,who stole my social security number and used it on the purchase of a Mercedes Benz for his wife - to dodge paying thousands in taxes. Flatlining my credit. But he perceived me as a loser, because I don't go along with corruption. My poor little rich uncle, a jigalo. Welcome to US👏 Government. I was almost killed after telling a sex trafficker to leave me alone, he was a pig. How dare me. The multimillionaire attorney Frederick Kendall cheated me, got the case labeled a no-fault instead of at-fault even though the 20 ton truck slammed directly into me on a double lane highway. My siblings didn't want to know the reality because they liked making up their own damn stories to fit their occasions, especially saying I was stupid for settling outside of Court - because I could not find another attorney who would take over my case. Frederick Kendall's brother, Donald Kendall, paid a hitman to kill the President of Chile because he refused to sell Pepsi in his country! My father found out a year after I settled. I still remained quiet publicly about that attorney because he was destructive, connected to mafia. My sick father was murdered and I've had 4 or 5 near death experiences - still fed up with the corruption. Am not saying this because I hope someone from Montana will offer me an opportunity to relocate. An x-boyfriend's brother lives in a different town in Montana. We visited them. I already gave him a crocheted afghan for Christmas. They gave my x boyfriend what HE wanted. We had a fall out before we got there because he considered it humorous that his sister told me I should tell her brother to - - I'll spare her words. She didn't even like me, and enjoyed causing trouble with relationships. She had 3 or 4 abortions. Whatever. I pretty much knew the extent of immaturity of that boyfriend. And big brother in Montana was obviously dead set bullying me publicly after breaking up with him after I found out he got a girl at work pregnant - he probably had her get an abortion. So everything had to be all packaged up to 'protect' him from me, who didn't want anything to do with him. How dare me just want peace in my life - and he was in the army reserves. Probably went to Afghanistan. He was infantry. My relatives considered it my failure to keep him happy. Yet my father sent me $500 to help me get away from him. And a brother later behind my back told people my father molested me as a child. My father was the farthest thing from being a perv. He worked hard for his family. And that's the thanks he got. He enrolled in the army at 15 in WW2 - he got a purple heart in Hiroshima. Limped the rest of his life. So the limping I had after that sander truck driver tried to kill me, was not alone. My dad was understanding. 3 1/2 months in the hospital. Pieces of the car were like shrapnel in my leg. But forget about treating me as a cheated, deceived victim. Nobody cares about me. The attorneys spread rumors so my relatives didn't trust me. My father heard the police scanner say my name and arrested 'me' - all getting their kicks to deceive, to divide and conquer. That's the way it is in the East Coast. I don't like it here. If it wasn't for an FBI agent I know, I'd be dead now.

[@aarkaarkangel]

@@neemtreebark Wow, you got most of your baggage unloaded all in one breath! To me it seems certain you will pick up even more baggage within a few hours.

[@richardlong8014]

We all saw the war through our own eyes. The important thing was we were there while millions of others were not. How many of you would not defend yourself in a gun battle?

[@neelwhite8058]

We Never Lost a Battle. We finally gave the War back to the Vietnamese, who eventually LOST the War . Oorah, we're out of there ! Welcome home Brothers and Sisters

[@garyschultz7768]

good interview .... stories that need to be told

[@jerrycole1530]

This is the first officer I have heard being interviewed that was on a Command and Control Helicopter. It must have been very demanding knowing he was running the overall show from above and many lives were at risk.

[@josepharsenault1050]

This guy is the best the best and brightest. No bullshit on us. Unbelievable thank you thank you welcome back to the I did two tours a dirty on Vietnam a lot of people you had on a bunch of bullshit us but this guy or not. Thank you. I guess this guy is in his early 80s. Cool thank you I’m 77 I sit around and drink beer and listen to the Vietnam. Very good one. This guy is a good interviewer OK thank you very much.

[@curtisgregory517]

1957 ,, same year as this guy, I joined "Uncle Sam." 1959 was my first time in Vietnam and visits with other unfriendly countries. I continued going to Vietnam for 13 years, along with numerous other conflicts at the same time with the objective to suppress commie expansion; in many places such as Bay of Pigs Invasion, Support of Tibetan fighters, including about 35 other countries.

[@peterlyons8793]

@Benedict Hampus Service is the correct spelling

[@alethamobley6688]

Thank You for your service

[@ticket2space621]

Yeah well when you show up on someone's doorstep with a gun demanding they roll over, they tend to get unfriendly. You're the bad guy in their story too don't forget that.

[@wellitsherenow]

ive seen so many veterans say we never lost a single battle or fight. we never intended to win this war. they would march them out to the same hills we already took to have more battles to take the hill and give it back tp them

[@jerrycole1530]

This man is not boastful. He is not one of the youngsters that says he was so smart that they CHOSE HIM to be a Warrant Officer instead of him wanting to be a Warrant Officer. I also have heard some guys say that the Army CHOSE HIM to be an officer by sending him to OCS. It doesn't quite work that way. If you qualify for OCS it doesn't mean you will automatically get a Commission.

[@JHeitman-sp6cv]

great man ❤

[@rdaugherty52]

Firebase Ripcord, firebase Mary Ann just a couple of losses.

[@neemtreebark]

Tweeted #LarryPalmer was a commissioned officer in the military, a captain who handled responsibilities I've seen majors have. He served his country well and should be damn proud. #VietnamVoices He's in great shape for retiring in 1977, same year I graduated. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKirlJuYrb5ke6c

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

Page 1155 square leg = n Cricket. 1 a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman. 2 a person who fields in this position.

[@jimburnsjr.]

Thank you Larry Palmer You said the Truth Truly a few times in this video....such as to produce a few steps, for us all, towards serving to produce everlasting life....without setting up injury.. (no steps back). Some people say the language of heaven is love....but the Truth is....it is God's name said honorably.....in a fashion that serves his purpose to produce eternal continuance for all of creation....and....I love you, when said genuinely, is one of the perfect ways to say God's name.....I believe in you, is another. Thus when the children know how to speak God's name truly, they will walk us into everlasting life. The key to heaven is the name of God and Christ in each person.....no need for light in that place....they will provide it......there is physically guaranteed consequence for dishonesty or poorly saying the Truth, and there is physically guaranteed gain without loss when Truth is Truly spoken. It is not easy, but each time anyone succeeds in saying the name to which all knees bow....we all win. Eternal honor, Thank you for your work in life, and your example.....I love you, and believe in you.

[@kennethhoppe2259]

Sir did you know Sargent Curtis Roy?

[@Jason-mm3ef]

Get these guys closer to the mic and you need to get further

[@chrisblue46]

away?

[@jondoh3471]

The only time he never saw a lost battle was in the movies.

[@D0WNSINNER]

No disrespect at all, these men were serving their country and were there to help so don't take this the wrong way. But, I don't really like it when they refer to the enemy as "the bad guys". I understand at the time they may have called them this and it's just an old habit but every side thinks they're the good guys and the enemy is the bad. Now that time has passed and feelings aren't quite as raw surely we can see that the "bad guys" were merely fighting for their country, it's independence and unity. They did so in favour of communism but this could largely be due to it being an opposing political system to that of the colonial French. They just wanted their country to be theirs. Something I believe we in the west may not be able to relate to but can certainly understand if we picture our own homeland being placed under the control of a foreign power. Were their goals really that much different from that of those who fought for independence against the British for example? I'm not a communist, I'm just a guy who sees the entire conflict and it's mitigating circumstances as sad and unfortunately avoidable. This doesn't take anything away from those who died on either side. They were fighting for their country, their values and their friends, they are all hero's and should be remembered as such.

[@gounchface]

Why?

[@509FUN]

“We all get paid for what we do” wrong!!!!!!!!! Wrong wrong!!!!!

[@davidmathes6730]

The sweet clingy smell was probably death and blood.

[@robertdonaldson6584]

VHF Comm. Radios

[@FinianCox]

three castles burning

[@edwardjtruskyjr1921]

Stabed in the back, by a so called friend?

[@edwardjtruskyjr1921]

ARVIN

[@dannydaniel2098]

U do whatur told u do what it told over and over

[@robertjennings397]

Judy thompson tedtalm

[@robertjennings397]

Ted talks Judy Thompson English as a second language

[@robertjennings397]

Ted talks

[@doctorfloydhayworth9080]

It takes a hard heart to kill. Not sure what's so funny about tracking some poor young kid, running scared for his life, with a helicopter and killing him. The kid probably didn't have shoes.

[@happymtdude539]

What's funny? The running enemy N Vietnamese soldier lived and perhaps survived an almost 99 percent chance of death. What he is laughing about was that both door gunners and the sergeant tried to shoot and hit this easy target but they all missed him in the attempts.. The guy had the luckiest day of his life ..

[@ryanfahrne5318]

The sound editing in these videos sucks. Listening while driving you crank the volume to hear the vets, but when "Daryl" chimes in with his laughter or response sounds like he's yelling

[@miophx8283]

The lighting isn't the best, either.

[@ticket2space621]

Imagine how these guys feel. Knowing all their friends were killed in gruesome ways, and in the end, you lose the war and the enemy STILL doesn't invade. Talk about a waste huh

[@johnroos1048]

Did you respect the enemy also . The Vietnamese people north and south .Did you have any friendships develope with the Vietnamise ? I am happy being a Canadian , and not required ho get involved in this war . I saw it as a civil.war and foreign countries had no business being in Vietnam . Just as Canada had no business being involved in the sadness of the American civil war

[@johnroos1048]

I have love and respect for all peoples involved in this tragic war

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

@32:50 "often times you could hear him say, 'ouch' when he was being shot. Really? Spin another one Charlotte. BS.

[@paule6945]

You are a dickhead.........

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

@@paule6945 thank you young feller.

[@utapao74]

The ABCs of Salvation, or how to be right with God, and know you're going to Heaven: A-dmit that you're a sinner, and need a Savior. As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one. Romans 3:10 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 B-elieve that Jesus Christ died paying the penalty for your sins, and rose from the grave. He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross. 1 Peter 2:24 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures... 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 C-all on the Lord Jesus Christ to save you, and trust only in Him for your salvation. If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13 The moment you "believe," or, put your trust in what Jesus has done for you, God saves you and your eternal destiny in Heaven is assured. You go from spiritual death to eternal life the moment you believe. Jesus said it this way: Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. John 5:24😀

[@kellysmyth2337]

Inappropriate

[@topgeardel]

One of the delusional videos by the veterans. "We won the battles, but lost the war". Well, YOU still lost the war b/c it wasn't the politicians & people at home alone who lost it. How do you define "lost". The enemy attacks you for a brief period. You call in the airpower and hold your position, take some casualties and inflict more on the enemy. They withdraw into the jungle...and you guys raise the Flag? Victory ! As often was the case, you would withdraw from the territory and battlefield you "won" and the enemy would occupy it again. The enemy had your number and ate your lunch over the long term. In the end, winning the battles meant nothing. I never understood how the VietCong & NVA pinned you guys down for 5-6 months at Khe Sanh. You eventually broke the siege and it was considered an American victory. You had complete air superiority and mobility over the enemy. Whatever you say....lol.

[@wilsonedwards8189]

This commenter knows nothing about the war. The casualty figures were 58k US dead, 200k S Vietnamese, 1.2million NVA/Vietcong. After the war a top Vietnamese official(I think it was Giap) told McNamara that they would have surrendered if we bombed for two more weeks. I have inside perspective on Khe Sahn, my father designed the piece of technology that was key to that mission's success, which I can't fully explain here, but it was an amazing success. Every major engagement was a US win. During one assault in La Drang without air support an NVA wave attempted to overrun the American position only to lose over 200 dead with only 6 Americans lightly wounded. There were many examples of American superior tactics even without air support. For decades after the USSR was worried about the combat experience we gave the number of troops and were discouraged from engaging the US in later engagements. Ultimately the US lost about one year of traffic deaths, and today every day hundreds maybe thousands of communists in N Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam will die due to systemic inefficiency.

[@wilsonedwards8189]

To be clear, Khe Sahn was designed to draw the NVA in using the marines as bait. The NVA bit at the bait again and again, only to get slaughtered.

[@topgeardel]

@@wilsonedwards8189 I am aware of most of those statistics you cited. And the end result? I like bottom lines, do you? You guys were part of an American defeat...just like you blame the "politicians" and American people. The Vietnamese won. You guys go over there with your PTSD and seek "healing" and look like senior citizen tourists @ Dollywood. The Vietnamese appear to be at peace with themselves and are becoming more capitalistic as time moves on. They respectfully and quietly host you people...while probably laughing their asses off inside.....and taking your money. You people feed their economy and wave the American flag in Hanoi...when you couldn't do it otherwise in victory. I wasn't a part of that BS back then....or today. What did I really get wrong about "Vietnam"? I think I summarized it quite well. You like to focus on the "trees".....I focus on the "forest". Especially when human life is at stake. And BTW....I forgot this. While the measly 58K Americans lost their chance to live the American Dream they were entitled to have....I have Vietnamese living the American Dream instead of them across the street. Every day that goes by validates my resisting the Draft and Vietnam. (But you did win those battles, didn't you)

[@topgeardel]

@@wilsonedwards8189 You know damn well that statistics are what you want to believe. There are many statistics of record on casualties....pick the one that works for you. There is no one size fits all.

[@topgeardel]

I realize now you're a "historian" type who wasn't in the war yourself or had to deal with the war. In that case, there's a lot you don't know about Vietnam.

[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

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