Vietnam Voices: 'Quiet in the daytime, but it sounds like the L.A. freeway at night'

[@richardlong8014]

He was a maintenance man. Essential job none the less. What good is a helicopter without a radio? Rocket attacks didn't discriminate who they caught. Thank you for your service.

[@haroldburrows4770]

My uncles LRRP crew were rappelling into a spot in the laotian border hed just got on ground when he looked up to see the door gunner frantically pointing at something. He looked where he pointed and got tackled by a team member as the shot meant for his head hit at the neck and shoulder. The NVA made the mistake of looking out his bunker and uncle Kenny got him in the head. They had went in at the edge of a large complex but only a few were home at the time or they'd have been wiped out

[@robertcombs55]

Vietnam Vet 1968-69...First opening of Freedom Bird's door; stinking; 100F 100% Humidity; dread......

[@christophertiredofbs8514]

Love the Gazette interviews Thank you From MARSHFIELD Massachusetts

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

Yeah, dude, you're a real PRC 25. Tango Yankee my friend. Chu Lai O 1969. OPS SPEC Monkey MTN. Tet 69 Danang Ammo dump and air strip. Yes. 89, 122, and mortar. I was also the designated sniper at the wire. I got caught in my skivvies once or twice. Same thing, the officer's hootch was dusted. Welcome home , brother. I love my M14.

[@seanberthiaume8240]

We had PRC (pric) 77s 80-84 in the Marine Corps during peace time...?

[@irenedemarco1354]

Thank you for your service and being worth your weight in gold... 💞✌️🙏

[@robertlee3]

This is important work. Documenting the experience of Americans.

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

I did the tower line with 14 bunkers and towers. I was the operations tower and was the only one with the M14. I welcomed any challenges. I was an Operations Specialist for a reason. Ask how well the 5TH Marines slept over at the Cove. Where the VC came in 3 weeks after I left. You Sir get my respect for telling your story. Deisel fuel and shit. haha

[@patrickmcmahon6303]

This is the is probably the best one of these that I have seen so far, so as far as what I got from it phylosphically, I thank you.

[@mzimm460]

I met a lrrp the other day his skills were explosives, sharp edged weapons and phycological warfare. He was nice enough to tell me stories for a hour. These guys had a hard fuckin life

[@samueltomlin8418]

Wonderful interview… Thank you so much for your insights

[@jeanbailey3223]

Most insightful vet to learn from. Best in series. Responsible citizen.

[@epowellrob]

Great guy. I'd imagine he made things a bit more bearable over there with his sense of humour

[@dollybellamy1290]

Interesting and educational interview thank you both.

[@andysmithson7957]

Great interview. Like watching all these interviews, but some are more interesting than others. Dave's was very interesting. I especially liked the part at the end where Dave gave his philosophical perspective on the war and things generally. Interesting that many good interviews are coming out of Billings. Thanks for sharing.

[@colemcclain7319]

Thanks for sharing!

[@0U8123MTA3]

1:18:50 What I mean by " thank you for your service" is : even if the war wasn't what it was supposed to be, you did your part and I recognize that contribution. Doesn't matter if mistakes happened. No one can deal with adversity perfectly. Even if things weren't as expected, you did the best with what you had and what you had were some of the hardest situations any person could face.

[@topgeardel]

He could have also did what I did and avoid the Draft and not enable his country to keep making such a tragic mistake. He didn't have to go...he had options like everyone else. To assert otherwise is a falsehood.

[@richardlong8014]

@ topgeardel Hindsight is 20/20. Most vets were not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. We felt honored to serve. Few had options.

[@johnnybates7580]

Love this guy!

[@Stalefish6]

With great respect I watched this video…many thx for this! He is not the stereotype…he read more books then just the Bible 🌏🌏👌

[@mizaru5413]

I had 2 uncles who fought ww2, neither had much to say about it.

[@racer774]

I had three uncles whom fought in WWII. One I never met (killed in a P-38 crash), one a tail gunner in B-17s whom refused to talk about his experiences and one whom was in a German POW camp for 2 years but would calmly and thoroughly tell you anything he had knowledge of without being overly graphic in detail. He lived to age 95 with a very pleasant disposition. His younger brother (my father), served later in Manila, Philippines but only spoke of the friendships he formed with some of the locals after the Japanese invaders were forced out. Traumatic stress certainly affects individuals differently. Cheers to everyone!

[@frombigisland5229]

1965-71’ These Stories Are Great’’

[@centralbears3010]

AGAIN, these guys are winners. I just love hearing their stories. you cant keep a good man down. I really love the camaro story although I'm a FORD man. This soldier is one of my favorites - Thanks for your sacrifices - 'merica.

[@matthewbyam3248]

I feel that the man that had when to this war are great man. We wood never get this from the kids now a days . They give up so much to come back and get treated like $hit. But not from me i thank you all so from what you lost and give up in your life for this dum war. Peace

[@marcclement7396]

Good man.

[@steviebeats]

Some good stuff in here

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

I would say avionics is much higher technological feat than nuclear. With nuclear you have reading instruments for temp, flux, pumps and valves with lots and lots of valves with pressure control for super het steam. Avionics is way more logic boards.

[@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg]

The funny thing is that TESLA was also pretty simple. I'd say the LOGIC is both subjective and objective. Avionics is a delivery system. The UPS of LOGISTICS . NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ? OK, one more. HYSTERISIS. How that effects all rhythms. PULSE generation? Space/time travel was a magnetic reality. In theory. Nuclear energy is not a threat to anyone but tyrants.

[@flukedogwalker3016]

If he had gone nuclear electronics he would have been in Germany or South Korea doing Tac Missile maintenance with a top secret clearance.

[@throwingsparks]

Another interview where the civilian "Barber" was their friend by day and tried to kill them at night!

[@skyleonidas9270]

nice

[@jeffcollins9995]

I was a kid during Vietnam. I was at a Vietnam memorial service today, the only male there who was not a Vietnam Vet, and not one of them seemed to care about any of the questions I tried to ask them. Just saying. If you, as a Vet, don't care that I'm there to learn from you. Who in the damn hell do you think will?

[@falconmoose5435]

"So the treetops were tied together, so we couldn't see....So we dropped LRRP's in". WTF? Air strike ordnance was used on lesser targets for the fun of it. Just NO!

[@paulbeydler7109]

You Have had a fairly wide group to interview! We obviously were a representative slice of the population! What seems to run through the commenters mind is that they were not intelectually representative. When your only source of information is media you have limited your ability to make rational opinions! Sorry that you are motivated to insert comments that express your limited set of experiences!

[@artcampbell5315]

I had to turn this off because of all the disgusting wet swallowing noises