Vietnam Voices: 'People out there want to kill me. They don't even know me'

[@rudyrod100]

Dave Rye, is a great man he don't know me but he had a impact on my life. I was a young man and worked two jobs at a time as well as being in the Montana Guard. My wife was busy with our two boys things were a struggle. My oldest son was struggling in school and needed help with reading. Dave volunteered at my sons school and helped to teach him to read. My son has grown up to be a good young man I hope Dave sees this, I can't express my heart felt gratitude enough. Thank you Dave Rye you are a good man. SFC Rodriguez

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

Cool story

[@garyjones7724]

Aaaa

[@Skraeling1]

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[@crystalheart9]

I was thinking as I watched this that he seemed like such a nice guy with a very positive attitude. I'm glad he helped your son.

[@PolakInHolland]

This guy just comes across as a thoroughly nice and decent human being. Thank you for your service.

[@WD-41469]

@MAD GRUMPYMAN we can’t hear you up here from the basement

[@WD-41469]

@MAD GRUMPYMAN I’m afraid you misunderstood my remark. I wasn’t making a clever statement. I meant that you’re literally In the basement.

[@dcd-pn3sd]

Great interview. Thank you for your service Mr. Rye.

[@tommymurashie]

You could tell he is a radio personality. A good story teller, very intelligent, and a delightful personality.

[@samrumade9429]

This guy is phenomenal. Has the best attitude of any veteran I have ever seen. God bless him!

[@RobinsonFlashbackVid]

Great chemistry between Dave Rye and Darrell Ehrlick! Thanks for your service, Mr. Rye.

[@paulcroteau2811]

Hello Dave, my name is Paul Croteau, I was also stationed in the Mekong Delta 69/70. Your Viet Nam interview was excellent. You were totally inside my head and articulated all my exact thoughts, experiences, and concerns perfectly. Thank you for telling my story in a much more understandable manner than I would have the skills for.

[@robertacmoody6415]

⁰⁰⁰⁰😅⁰⁰😅no

[@johnalves3583]

What a interesting man. Very genuine, decent person. Thanks for your service Dave.

[@josephb375]

Gym 8 8 is the Well 87

[@gene101101]

Thank you for your service Dave. You have a great speaking persona and I was particularly impressed by your positive attitude. I spent way too much of my life being a pessimist and critical of others. I am not a vet, but I did public service oriented work which was dangerous at times. I sometimes feel very badly about missing the wars, but then again, I'm alive and I feel I had a useful life. Thank you again for your fine example.

[@jerryblainii1208]

Just been watching these interviews the past few days. Incredible work thank you for your effort in interviewing these men and preserving their stories.

[@scottgunter3990]

I've listened through many 10 or more of these and they are always SO well done. Thank you for doing this and I thank the men for their service to our Country. Great work.

[@valentinovale5338]

What a cool guy ; much to be learnt from this man .

[@penzancegunner857]

One of the best interviews in this series

[@haroldkerrii6085]

Great intrview, fabulous interviewee Thank you for your service

[@terryslota2224]

3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66

[@jdebultra]

What an awesome man. Very articulate and respectful.

[@Ross_SEA]

Another great interview, this is such a great series. I love his honest, articulate and humble take on the military and his service in Vietnam, it reminds me a lot of the stories I've heard from my dad and others who served during that time. I can also relate to diverse and strong relationships one gains when serving in the military, it truly is a melting pot. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@johnmchugh8049]

The recurring theme I’ve found in all these videos is how straight forward and no BS these veterans are. Varied experience and histories but all brutally honest and no nonsense guys. I wish the rest of you tube was like this channel.

[@jeffkerr4249]

THANK YOU DAVE !

[@tundrawomansays5067]

An "honorable venture" undertaken by an honorable man. Thank you, sir. The way you and the other vets have spoken of your state-which I've only "seen" from 30,000 ft.-and the people you describe (and are) leaves me wishing I could actually experience Montana from the ground. You all sound as lovely and as varied as your landscape, as decent and solid a people as one could ever imagine. Maybe some day-my bucket list is getting shorter (as is my age.) Thanks again for your service and participation in this project.

[@williameudy633]

Fascinating interview.

[@shadowwolf7622]

I did my basic and AIT at Ft Sill-summer of 82. 13 Bravo. Field Artillery. 105 howitzer as well. Great interview. Thank you sir for all you did!

[@paulcleator3923]

I served in Canadian artillery for 10 years but not under fire. Thank you for your service UBIQUE.

[@themeat5053]

I've listened to a lot of these interviews. This was the smoothest.

[@deluxx8456]

Every young person should listen to this gentleman... God Bless him ..

[@richardkraus4005]

Bravo, Dave. Thanks for your service and your excellent attitude.

[@Montana_horseman]

Thank you Dave Rye for sharing your story and for your service to our country. My family always supported our soldiers during the war. (as unpopular as that was at the time) So growing you guys were truly heroes to me and you still are. You expressed yourself so well and this interview with you was really informative and enjoyable to watch. Thanks again for sharing your experiences and thoughts.

[@jlondon158]

.. thank you Dave ... I didn't know your point of view ... hope their are still some patriots in the industry ... hope there's a new crop ... that reflect your views ... Salute .

[@pobinr]

What was patriot about fighting in Vietnam? Vietnam was no threat to America. What good did the war do for USA?

[@hardtruth63americanpatriot66]

One of the best adjusted humans ever. May God watch over this good man!

[@ddarkshark]

this is a cool guy.

[@elmikeomysterio5496]

"I'm taking too much time" Man, I could listen to this guy tall all day.

[@crystalheart9]

He was great wasn't he.

[@enshk79]

Wow this is one of the most fascinating interviews of a Vietnam vet. And I’ve seen countless ones. This is like an intellectual perspective of war. Amazing interview. Thank you so much for conducting these interviews!! I may have left a very hateful and rude comment about your interviewing skills. For that I sincerely apologize. If I see it again I will delete it. The work you’re doing is INVALUABLE and should be required viewing for every American.

[@davesalzer3220]

Life is sweetest near the edges. The interviews like this impress me and give me hope, not very many of them appreciated the people of Vietnam. Bravo sir.

[@smallkrmit5717]

Thank you for your service sir

[@freddymustafa5020]

Mr. Rye I know this says you were interviewed on here in 2015 but I truly hope you are alive and well you are a very intelligent man, hope you are enjoying your retirement God Bless you sir thank you for your service!👍

[@bobshearer7345]

I have been a great fan of the Billings interviews. Am an Infantry (First Cav-69-70) vet, but never have seen a better capture of how I feel about my VN experience. I will probably share this with others who know me but cannot understand who I am as a result of my VN experience. Now, with the help of Vet Center counseling, I've learned how I "stuffed it" after coming home because most everyone wanted to ignore that I served then. It wasn't good, and it has been difficult today when I recognize that I stuffed it. It's still there..... BUT like Dave, I think I'm a better person for it in a strange way. Thank you Billings for doing a remarkable thing for our country via your interviews. Bob

[@stevebutler812]

He does an excellent, 'professional' job breaking things down, explaining, etc. I found this explanation of Battery Clerk in a WW2 interview: "... duties included keeping records, payroll, handling mail and filing paperwork for soldiers... processing and gathering the possessions of fallen soldiers and shipping them back to their family."

[@steveeuphrates-river7342]

It's funny when Dave pointed out the interview had gone an hour already and I had no idea. I could listen to him all afternoon!

[@bluto8561]

One of the kindest people I've heard this series, very professional as well. Respect to all that served.

[@derrikferguson3219]

What a cool guy. God bless you and thank you for serving our great country and for sharing your story.

[@jimkiesel4053]

What a great attitude.thanks for sharing your perceptions. Had two uncles served in country,late 60’s, I was only 12. Great sense of humor

[@raulgonzales1374]

I went to Vietnam and survived the infantry combat experience. It has kept me straight in life. I CANNOT SAY IT HAS BEEN A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE.

[@johnbull1986]

Bollocks

[@dollybellamy1290]

What a great voice to listen to. He seemed to find the humorous side in all of it, which just shows his intelligence. Thank you Dave Rye. I do like your whiskey too!

[@markjamison9677]

Dave Rye is a good man good example to live by.

[@royclark7737]

Thank you so much!

[@jeffn.918]

This video should be a requirement for every high school student to watch...

[@desertfox8583]

Absolutely agree. Respect to American Veterans from Cuba

[@garyyeigh6098]

I was in the 199th in 1969 a ground pounder, not a good year.

[@oldman9843]

Welcome home Gary

[@danmurphy4472]

Thank You SIR for your Service and Dedication to our country during a very difficult time !!.........job well done.......WELCOME HOME SIR !!

[@SCOTTSBLUFFSKER]

I was in the Delta in the USAF but was in a small detachment in an old French Foreign Legion post on the Basac River the whole year of 1969. It was pretty hairy at first but toward the end of the year things were pretty much under control.

[@altonwillimon6989]

Welcome Home

[@rubycollins3492]

Thank you for your service A good man it shows

[@crystalheart9]

Enjoyed Dave Rye talking about his experiences and he seems like such a nice guy with a positive attitude about everything. Thank you sir for your service.

[@keithstonekeith3031]

I’ve just recently found this series and ironically live in Texarkana where Mr Dave said he visited his staff sergeant. A great record of what these soldiers experienced.

[@1murder99]

I was a Fire Direction Officer in the 198th Light Infantry Brigade in the Central Highlands in 1969. On day about 1800 a contact fire mission came in from one of our infantry companies. I was also supporting a Brigade of the 101st Airborne. We plotted it up and got it ready to fire but there was something about it that bothered me and I didn't give the order to fire. The Battery Commander was in the FDC for some reason and he gave me an order to fire it and I refused. He walked over to my FDC sergeant and gave him an order to fire but I stepped between him and the sergeant and told the captain the sergeant didn't work for him, he worked for me and if he wanted the sergeant to do something he had to tell me and I will tell him. This made the captain extremely angry and he told me he would see that my next trip would be to the Long Binh jail. Just after that a call came in to check fire that mission, 2 American companies were shooting at each other. If I had fired that mission I would have been killing Americans. After thinking about it for a long time I finally realized that I recognized that all the gun fire was from American weapons. This is one of the benefits of having your FDO spend 7 months in the field with the Infantry so that you can recognize the sound of the enemies weapons.

[@seller559]

Thank you

[@markferrari8955]

Rếspectfully I have to point out that you refer to the tragedy of 57,000 American lives lost but did not know over 3,000,000 Vietnamese were also killed in this pointless war. I live in Vietnam where it was ẽxplained to me many times by older vietnamese that Politicians make war, people are the same everywhere. Really enjoyed this interview.

[@jimmyandkathyharrell]

Thank you Dave!

[@enshk79]

44:24 - Daryl (or is it Darrell? Apologies!), what a quick thinking and clever way to phrase your response!!

[@damon224]

That squeaky FOCKING CHAIR is back .

[@kenbartlam8220]

What a really lovely chap

[@jessegibbons3562]

Thank you sit

[@terencewinters2154]

Greatest tragedy for the Vietnam infantryman was that 20 round clip on m14 m16 as it needed to be 30 round clip to keep up with an AK . More moves required to reload cost lives . It was not efficient . And hurt offensive and defensive force projection . It also was hard to keep clean in the mud and jungle . This guy has control of the paradox of vietnam its value strategically and the cost of dropping more bombs than in ww2 on a country the size of Connecticut. Still he learned discipline coordination and how to save his life but mortar rounds can find you in an insurgency war rear echelon or not.

[@pulesjet]

Having a Tomorrow is not guaranteed.

[@lancecowan8891]

Great show

[@misenplace8442]

I like this man, a true humane human. Damn well hope I have the same outlook on life at the same age. A good man.

[@jamesinscarolina8232]

Thank you and Welcome Home. Scouts Out.

[@charlieporch3181]

Best I’ve watch. 🇱🇷🇱🇷

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Dave Rye made 3 statements I found hilarious or special 2 I completely forgot in the last 30m. The 3rd was music. For thee past 30-40yr the only real benefit for me is the music that came out from 1962 to 75. In 62 I heard my 1st RnR tune. B4 I was born all I knew was Country Western church & Christmas music. Rock was a whole new ballgame. When I go 2 town later it'll be CCR or Beatles there and back. I really enjoyed this interview his experiences his training from Arty to disc jockey+ he kept his Americanism and the ideals he grew up with.

[@chrisblue46]

and the 4th, there are 2 " d's " in the VN'se language, they have the English " d " and the VN'se " đ ", this one can be pronounced as " Y ", depending on a Northern or Southern accent, the VN'se National dress, ( sometimes worn by men and women ), is pronounced " Oi Yay ", sometimes " G 's " are the same, it's a strange language, no plural's or vowels, no F, .J, W, or Z. And Google Translate doesn't understand the accent marks above the English vowel letters.

[@apburner1]

"We don't have the urban problems" Yep, we all know exactly what that means.

[@jarretjordan3837]

no "we" don't. enlighten us, please.

[@falconmoose1589]

Africans that won't assimilate into Western Civilization. May take a hundred years,

[@flynnlivescmd]

@@jarretjordan3837 pollution, consistent major traffic, disconnection and common rudeness upon the general society because there are simply too many people shoulder to shoulder, over capitalization of big corporations performing monopoly on local and small businesses, real estate warfare and inflation and making a historic area too expensive for the locals (no matter how long that property has been in their name) to live, development and over harvest of the surrounding nature, resources, & beauty. Thats just to name a few reasons that make big impacts. Oh oh and wait, one more, reading how you were obviously offended by this guy's reference and felt the need to condescendingly respond the way you did....not very many safety bubble complainers around and causing unnecessary trouble and science/biology denying sillyness. People, for the majority in most fairly rural parts, are raised with more respect, responsibility, honor, compassion, survival skills, logical mindset about the planet we live on, and just a stronger soul, able to face the unfairness and inevitable difficulty of human life and evolution. In cities its more of a superficial, cookie cutter/generic consumer, "step on toes" to get ahead way of life. Sheeple basically. I hope thos enlightened you instead of enraged you over something soooo small as some random youtubers comment/opinion.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

He's talking about bad people.

[@jamalydude]

@@flynnlivescmd woahhhh that was spot on. Really appreciate that actually.

[@LethalBubbles]

I'm starting to realize how huge of a change vietnam was. it's a shame people are so discouraged to look into it. Trust has never been the same.

[@JCMcGee]

What a lovely gentleman.

[@pulesjet]

My Son was a member of the HONOR GAURD attending funerals in the national cemetery.

[@hippiedaveshappyplace1797]

Welcome home, Dave Rye

[@GoodmanMIke59]

Always good. Better than most.

[@Hillbillyheaven7]

Great interview. But, he lost me when he stated he "didn't like" four movies about Vietnam then admitted he hasn't watched them. Full Metal Jacket didn't strike me as political and I've watched that movie 20X.

[@richardbarry04553]

Bill E Must be hard to watch for some people who have been there

[@pingasblobfish97]

This comment is plain stupid , he can watch FMJ because it is basically a parody of Viet , the rest of the movies he described were not..

[@novaskies5538]

So refreshing not to have to listen to a lot of the racism that still pervades these memories from older people who should know better, if not then, than now after the fact.

[@shanenewton2687]

AS an indigenous people, my family who lost their life, limb & mind fighting anothers fight abroad, ( in honour of the british queen,) would awaken to the RUDE REALITY, that the TRUE ENEMY lay in wait, on their return home..

[@falconmoose5435]

I have never taken clean sheets fo granted after my stint, I rejoice nightly.

[@JB-be7yr]

Five stars on this one!

[@jameswsomers]

Mr. Rye brings up a good point (46-48).How many Vietnam citizens were purged(killed-tourchered) for being friends with the enemy.Stalins purge cost 40 million lives and Maos' purge was est.60million lives.

[@WesternMdBushcraft]

Any tips for someone inspired to do something similar. Mainly on convincing a paper to help back the project.

[@eancurtis9333]

Awesome

[@noelaparicio4501]

Good man!

[@garychynne1377]

this guy is fair.

[@geekzsti]

He mentioned being in the millitary is about trying to be all macho which he didn't think he had in him. Which is fortunate for him that he wasn't infantry and got to be in artillery.

[@colemcclain7319]

Thank God. for America and the American soldiers

[@simonhellier7281]

Great guy.

[@pulesjet]

Sir, I wish more Americans felt similar to your closing statement.

[@allanfifield8256]

Best thing a young male student could do in high school from 1966 to 1971 was to take lots of typing classes. Bingo -> Company clerk or better.

[@yeriaf]

Dave is a great guy and I would love to meet him as I would of most guys on the Billngs show but my claim to fame is to be a member of the RAF not during wartime.

[@MRRGaming223]

Wow Marijuana business back thn was already ahead of its time💯💯💯✔✔

[@pulesjet]

America didn't loose the Vietnam mission. Congress relinquished to the enemies'.

[@edwardlow517]

Been there done that, see movie HACKSAW RIDIGE. VERY GOOD ABOUT A CO in ww2

[@falconmoose5435]

AF was a four year hitch.

[@enlightenedwarrior7119]

I read the Pentagon papers and what a waste of materials and men. Men who gave their lives for a war we new from day one that we couldn't win. Pisses me off that the families lost loved ones in this stupid war.

[@robertaccornero7172]

Air Force is 4 years, not 3.

[@jimmcgone4570]

Nice takes, Rye. And, yeah.... maybe a tad right. But you said correctly. Regardless.... geography, skin color, education.... be nice. Be kind.

[@allanfifield8256]

14:42 "People out there . . ."

[@jonsandbeck2993]

What a nice genuine guy! Much better then the angry liberal guy I watched in the video before. I really enjoyed this one!

[@ambiguousfriend1583]

Who are the people who did a thumbs down on this? Vietnamese?

[@richardbarry04553]

Ambiguous Friend VC

[@blakecarroll193]

Charlie

[@bilgegnome9308]

You want to kill them... and you don't even know them. I'm honestly curious; what does that feel like?

[@geekzsti]

Only just started video but thought I'd make a comment on the title. At the same time the Vietnamese are wondering the same thing. Except in their case, the Americans were willing to cross land and seas to kill them for no real reason or doing of their own. Some white guys just suddenly decided to come kill them and subjectgate them. Edit: further down he does accept that fact. Props to him

[@wendyleewilliams1157]

❤❤❤🎉

[@henryomeara9701]

Highest Respect and Appreciation to You Mr. Rye! I Respectfully disagree with your statement that Communism fell! Communist China is the Most Dominant Economic Power on Earth and would probably crush us in a conventional war. Allies like North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba present major problems also. The Cold War NEVER ended, it might bury all of us someday! God Bless ALL who fought for a Free South Vietnam.