Very sad to hear that Mr. Haefer died the 22 of January 2021. I'm grateful that he had this opportunity to tell the story about his time in the Army.
@w66362 жыл бұрын
RIP thank you for ur service
@aldizzy79852 жыл бұрын
R IP THANK FOR SERVICE
@JohnnyRebKy2 жыл бұрын
I wish my dad had told his story. He died October 2021 at 76. Marine Artillery at Khe Sahn
@grahamcox83852 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace and much respect and honour for you always
@Luke-dj2tk2 жыл бұрын
Just watched this incredible interview, so sad to see this comment but what an incredible life this man had! 🇺🇸
@yamahabiker19373 жыл бұрын
Hal passed away 01/22/21. R.I.P., SOF warrior. Martha Raye was buried at Ft. Bragg and an honorary LtCol. in the USMC.
@paulgrant13363 жыл бұрын
What an amazing story. What an interview . Hal is fascinating to me. Thank you Hal for your service and insight.
@dollybellamy12902 жыл бұрын
Hal Haefer is one of few that have his stoic straight lipped facial expression, that tells you nothing, only that you feel nothing will surprise him. His hands tell what his face won't. His remembrance of VN has no chronological order but when he settles on a memory, the accuracy and details are amazing. So proud of the flute that no one has. Probably as proud as the old man that brought a bag of life saving rice home. Great story and Veteran.
@papamoney2 Жыл бұрын
Mr Heftier was and is part of our History who makes is very proud !! Retired Aemy VetNam Vet
@denisebutcher77179 ай бұрын
Welcome home ❤😊
@guiart47282 жыл бұрын
This interview was outstanding…great work on an amazing project!!! What a guy!!!
@slim68713 жыл бұрын
Commercial every 5 minutes is insane!
@Stax-ht9md3 жыл бұрын
This is a great series, but like you said, too many commercials. I think I'm going to bale on the series
@MrMmaretic3 жыл бұрын
@@Stax-ht9md I use adblock never a commercial.
@markgreen87526 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Haefer
@davidbird94234 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you Hal for your service and most candid interview. God Bless
@Miyagi-e3t Жыл бұрын
Wow! Great interview. Thank you.
@lannyfaulkner66973 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this.
@johnstaley63372 жыл бұрын
Another excellent interview!!
@kennethhoppe2259 Жыл бұрын
Mr. Harfer had an amazing story and one great Experience in the Army AIRBORNE 5Th Special Forces Group. I see a lot of myself in the kind of person he was. RIP Sir.
@chefjamesscott8 жыл бұрын
Thank so much for making these videos. Shared on social media to try to expose them a bit more.
@stephenroman90152 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best video of these kind that I've seen. It's riveting to the point where it could be made into a movie
@simonfrederiksen1044 жыл бұрын
Outstanding information from the people who were there - About the environment too - details that you don't get in history books, especially as time passes.
@alesiamartin48156 жыл бұрын
These gentlemen are all badasses
@garthdonovan53733 жыл бұрын
This guy is awesome in every way what a man America is lucky to have him he sounds like an Australian to me
@250txc3 жыл бұрын
WW2 soldiers and NAM VETs are ~100% different in their attitudes. WW2 guys went to win their fight, NAM VETs went in to come back as soon as possible as soon as they saw\understood what was there. How is this?
@brucevanatta85862 жыл бұрын
We would figure out that the way we were doing things didn't make sense if we were trying to win the war.
@brucevanatta85862 жыл бұрын
We would figure out that the way we were doing things didn't make sense if we were trying to win the war.
@pobinr2 жыл бұрын
The enemy is your government
@kcirtapecreip41552 жыл бұрын
The enemy is the ones who control and corrupt our government. It just keeps getting worse and worse every decade. I think it's been really kicking up since the turn of the century. The globalist think tanks are probably getting ready to go for broke. I wonder if they can really pull off the 4th industrial revolution or not. I don't think people will go into it willingly...... bad stuff is probably about to happen in order to scare folks into giving up their very humanity, which is what it's all about. listening to the likes of Klaus Schwab
@usgamechamp10912 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this man all day. In fact I have, Ha
@nicholaswoolfenden52544 жыл бұрын
Great videos. Many thanks from Australia
@burtthebeast42394 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir.
@davidtrindle64735 жыл бұрын
Excellent interviewer. Especially with this soldier who is an unusual guy.
@unit3352 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. My favorite question was "Umm....and some of it. Well, ok, so training sources had to do with 'give me the information I need not all the information you know' erm, its need vs um ah everything. What was? What was the um. When you were back at headquarters..eh um command, whaa - those guys obviously who were on the uh A teams on the line I'm guessing they were getting fired at a lot. Where you gettin fired at or was headquarters relatively safe?"
@thesociallyresponsibleanar28824 жыл бұрын
I dont know about this guy, he may be soft spoken, but I get the idea he was a dangerous, formidable guy in his day. After all, he was parachuting in to green beret camps at night all over the worst areas in the country. Its strange how he always speaks in the present tense, i figure there is a lot left unsaid in this interview
@JagdgeschwaderX3 жыл бұрын
I worked in Africa with a guy that was former British Intelligence in the army in Northern Ireland, I didn't get any information that was special but I also got the same sense to you. He was involved in tracking IRA weapons and monitoring IRA people. He couldn't sleep and often turned up to the (oil) rig I was on drunk and looked like shit. It was sad he was in such a mess after serving our country and clearly our government didn't give a shit about them after they left.
@gullybull55684 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SIRS !
@gullybull55684 жыл бұрын
109:00 story of 1 corroded bullet . A single woman VS. 40-60 SF. fires 1 time - jam. and then tells truth . MEDAL OF HONOR WOMAN. incredible life I wonder .
@davidjackson5318 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic life
@tammiealmany62392 жыл бұрын
Much respect
@jeffkerr42496 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU HAL !
@johnhargenrader89722 жыл бұрын
Too poor eyesight for ROTC, but still eligible for the draft.
@209brandonb6 жыл бұрын
I bet gigis bar was badass
@johnmcx88095 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the guy with the RPGs, shotgun thing knew who/what he was protecting. Even this guy said he knew the projectiles were "plastic" . That's specific and advanced.
@Robert-qn5yr2 жыл бұрын
He's an old guy and I only heard the part I would have taken the secret part of it to so take care
@TheVatonaught3 жыл бұрын
Most of my friends from those army days don't talk like this... be cautious what you take home with you.
@bermudezhg5 жыл бұрын
The Methodic Registration, Fingerprinting an Photography of Sources (informants), WAS VERY USEFUL to id these people by the NVA Intelligence. Records did fall in their hands and so they rounded up lots of people for "NEUTRALIZATION" after the end of the War .....The same thing happened in East Germany when STASI papers where publicized, after the dissolution of East Germany I wonder if Mr Haefer is conscious of this
@Holocaustica3 жыл бұрын
Some people believe anything. Omg.
@davrelltien74164 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what Hal Haefer ended up doing in civilian life?
@PaulHigginbothamSr4 жыл бұрын
If you listen to the whole interview you will find he went back to college after the social studies degree getting a degree in psychology to become therapist.
@davrelltien74164 жыл бұрын
@@PaulHigginbothamSr Thanks, I listened to most of it but somehow missed that
@JagdgeschwaderX3 жыл бұрын
Probably more than he tells us to be honest. This is so far one of two of the most interesting interviews I've listened to.
@SMDAHL5 жыл бұрын
1:55:27 Five little orphan boys living in the special forces house? Falling asleep in their laps? What the hell? The interviewer really swallowed his own gonads in response to that story...grow up man!
@SMDAHL5 жыл бұрын
The interviewer really swallows his own gonads in response to that story...grow up man. You ran away from that like a little rat.
@Flibbybibby4 жыл бұрын
carte blanche ^ A moron painting a story with their own perverted brush. Derp idiot.
@davidboskett55814 жыл бұрын
He has such a monotonous voice and is rather boring to listen to -may be its his age catching up with him
@Frank-ue6eg6 жыл бұрын
Of all the veteran videologs I have watched, this guy is the only creep.
@roninkraut68735 жыл бұрын
Frank How so?
@johnarndt0905105 жыл бұрын
My initial reaction to him was negative, as I watched more I gained respect for him. I'm at 50:24 and still watching.
@johnhenninger19804 жыл бұрын
@@roninkraut6873 might b medication.
@robertjennings3974 жыл бұрын
He helped a lot of people. Some credit due.
@PaulHigginbothamSr4 жыл бұрын
I really like this guy the one I find is Ernie.
@KeithWilliamMacHendry4 жыл бұрын
Hal is a very intelligent man, a cannae thoughtful man, may the sun always shine on your soul you lovely human being. Massive respect from a Scot. 🏴🇺🇸❤️
@mississippinative45783 жыл бұрын
I have read many books written by people that served in Vietnam. Mr. Haefer's interview was by far the most informative about the war. Like a lot of other people I joined the military while the war was going on because I felt it was my duty. I was in the Navy on an aircraft carrier and did not see what was happening on the ground. The service members that served and were wounded or died over there deserve our utmost respect.
@hikerJohn3 жыл бұрын
They keep talking about a *train* but what is that? Ive watched a LOT of these and this guy is one of the most interesting and amazing guys. I missed going to Vietnam by one or two years (I think). I turned 18 in 1973 but I did have to register for the draft.
@PeterRabbit704 жыл бұрын
Mr. Hal Haefer, you have the best eye contact I have seen. Thank you for going there, glad you made it back in one piece, thanks for telling your story. I thought Darryl Ehrlick, the interviewer, did a fine job.
@johnarndt0905105 жыл бұрын
Hal, thank you for doing your best with the tools you were given, thank you for your commitment,
@RileyRampant2 жыл бұрын
This gentleman seems to have a deeper, more historically informed & nuanced understanding of Vietnam than most of the vets interviewed in this series. They're all great, but this fellow is especially insightful. They knew what they were doing getting him into MI.
@Americal19702 жыл бұрын
you are right , I am 72 and a veteran . I was in the Americal , 198th Infantry in 1970 . I think back and I can't believe how little I knew about the place. I turned 20 in Oct and ETS Dec 31. Compared to this Vet I was just a random roll of the dice , .....loaded dice at that.
@wheelz234 жыл бұрын
Been s huge fan of this series. Thank you for expressing us a glimpse into the time of the Nam war. I'm the son of a Nam vet who unfortunately passed from M.S. 20 yrs ago this May. I miss you dad. 53'-00'. Salute soldiers.
@erniejohansen223 жыл бұрын
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@AngelfromGenX2 жыл бұрын
I was born when my dad was there. These guys were probably in the group he went with from 11/67-01/71. He did a lot of tours. He died of a rare cancer at age 58. We all suspected agent o and Nam as the culprit as he was extraordinary healthy & smart, but dead in months from diagnosis. It was brutal.
@theoilandgasresourceportal21324 жыл бұрын
These are a fascinating series of interviews. Thanks for sharing your experiences. Best wishes fron the U.K..
@jimb77105 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving these men a place to share their experiences.
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
**WE ,,AMERICANS,,, NEED TO STOP STARTING STUPID ,,,FOR-PROFIT WARS.... A million lives lost in the Vietnam war,,,, for what???? No one has a good answer!!! It sure wasn't for democracy,,, because our CIA KILLED, the South Vietnamese president,, AND INSTALLED A PUPPET,, PRESIDENT.. President Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex,, starting for PROFIT WARS....**
@jacobsladder67152 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward3404 America isn't the only country that does that... false flag is used through countries all over the world to start wars to make money for their countries where have you been?
@ocam988able2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. I love to listen to these testimonies. I was only 9 years old when Vietnam was happening. Several of my uncles and aunt served in the military during Vietnam. My respect to all who served.
@anfear97642 жыл бұрын
Incredibly articulate man. Clearly very very smart. Fascinating story. A man who did his best in difficult times. He was right to hold his head up high and be proud of what he did regardless of the overall ending. RIP
@LeeRaldar5 жыл бұрын
Come politicians, I will show you where the iron crosses grow.
@johnsteinbrueck77893 жыл бұрын
By
@terencewinters21543 жыл бұрын
Hal isnt lying . He is in an insurgency war . Half way between the regular army war doctrine and cia Phoenix program . Vietnamese are caught in between colonialism and a divisive war of independence. Hearts and minds program didnt work. Nor did the village pacification program. You have to learn to live with systemic hypocrisy and paradox. You can do all you can do and lose.
@TROll-oe9ng2 жыл бұрын
Funny how the US military expects honor and integrity from its members but doesn’t bat an eye about discarding such sentiments if it even slightly suits them.
@kcirtapecreip41552 жыл бұрын
Double speak is the military's specialty.
@irahenderson78402 жыл бұрын
Way too many ads ruined this one for me.
@robrichards15884 жыл бұрын
I loved this interview. Its probably the 30th I've watched by now and def one of my favorites. He paints an amazing picture. That flute... Was probably heartbreaking for that man to lose. But it shows what people will do to feed their family. You would never see people with them because nobody really had them. And he probably played the thing too so thats like a guitarist having to sell their guitar. Devastating. But I'm sure at that point just to get some rice to feed his family was worth more than anything he had
@edwardsimpson22634 жыл бұрын
Cholon was china town, and thus separate from the Vietnamese community. The long pan flute is awesome, and I suggest it was a family heirloom and a most prized possession. it wouldn't of been an easy decision for the father to trade to keep the family alive. It would of needed periodic attention, to which Hal was unable to provide to keep it tuned.. A gift to a local Vietnamese community / cultural centre near Billings would be very fitting, as it is of museum quality.
@smokedogg3964 жыл бұрын
Thank You Hal Haefer,these are so Awesome ..So many Heros All around Us never tell this History.. Thank You..
@sgtcrab25694 жыл бұрын
Same for me. I lost my college deferment and was draft eligible so enlisted MP. Basic Ft Dix. AIT Ft Gordon Ga. US Army 65-58.
@hapnation60314 жыл бұрын
Thanks Hal for a different perspective of Vietnam!
@johnarndt0905105 жыл бұрын
At 47:37 Hal starts talking about Project Oak which leads into Operation Phoenix. Thank you Hal.
@derrikferguson32194 жыл бұрын
What is that?
@ljubomirculibrk40973 жыл бұрын
They killed more inocent civilians than real enemy
@KattS1th3 жыл бұрын
It was a secret mission that was supposed to, for lack of a better word, "hunt" North Vietnamese or anyone suspected of spying for the enemy. A deceased friend of mine was involved. (His wife told me about the Phoenix Project.) He would often hitch a ride on helicopters to go hunt. ...and your name didn't necessarily have to be a Vietnamese name, if you get my drift. There were "bounties" on deserters. Neither of these people are still alive. (Natural causes for my friend, the veteran. Suicide for my other friend...his wife.)
@jaybales31609 ай бұрын
Very, very interesting interview. Thank you very much for sharing. USMC 72-76 state side. SemperFi
@patbackus76685 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir , 🙏🏻🇺🇸
@jbird7613 жыл бұрын
Hal thanks for your service and what great experiences. Glad you got to do somewhat you wanted to do. You’re experience is incredible.
@chrishollands52572 жыл бұрын
super interesting story teller.
@geraldwilson3559 Жыл бұрын
This gentleman is very instructive, especially if you listen to what he says, in between the lines. Thank you for your service and communication Sir. Wish I could buy a copy of his video. I have watched over 100 of these videos, this is one of my favorites.
@Kirkwoodclay11 ай бұрын
This guy cracked me up so many times, especially with the “coach needs to check her attitude”. 😂
@mickeymortimer44074 жыл бұрын
my new drinking buddy, he can do most of the talking
@benyoung5523 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best interview I've seen of this series. And have seen a lot of them!
@ottocubed95204 жыл бұрын
Outstanding interview. Interesting view point from the spook side.
@George-hd7tl4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Hal for your service
@mickeymch8762 жыл бұрын
I graduated HS in '78. I knew a few people that went into the military in '76, '77' and '78. All except one returned home in less than 6 months with the same story. They were told they would go here or there, do this or do than but once in the military the military did what ever they wanted. I wanted no part of it.
@kcirtapecreip41552 жыл бұрын
I don't blame you. I was being pressured to join a couple years after 911. The idea never set right to me. I'm glad I didn't for sure looking back.
@TheFlatlander4404 жыл бұрын
Interesting interview. This Vietnam Vet is playing three dimensional chess while the interviewer is trying to make him play checkers. You can tell this man is a master at manipulation and psych ops. Thank you for your service Hal.
@neale.kaufman51684 жыл бұрын
?????? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?????
@brianwade86493 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way. It's like several things could have been pursued more in depth and the interviewee was trying to communicate some things that the interviewer never really picked up on. This was very frustrating to me. However, the interview was two and a half hours long, and many many questions were asked, most of which had interesting answers. Therefore, not as many questions would have been possible if the interview had been done like I would have preferred. Still, I would have chosen the approach where are the interviewer I was thinking more and pausing more. I think he was just a little bit inexperienced at that time. Or maybe just young. One thing a lot of young interviewers get wrong is they don't listen intently enough. Another thing that is often done is they try to demonstrate their own knowledge. Nobody wants that.
@TheVatonaught3 жыл бұрын
he doesn't sound right to me.
@mebeasensei3 жыл бұрын
Are you saying the interviewee is manipulating the interviewer? I don’t think so. I think you are playing the game!
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
**the Vietnam was a stupid senseless and unwinnable war!!!!! It's a damn shame,, a million Vietnamese were killed,,, and our soldiers,, committed suicide when they,, came home... We actually murdered the president of South Vietnam and installed an American puppet.... We are not the good guys in this whole scenario!!!!!((remember President Eisenhower warned us,, about the military industrial complex and for-profit wars!!!!!)) THAT IS WHAT THE VIETNAM WAR WAS!!!! THE ONLY WINNERS,,, WERE THE BIG CORPORATIONS....**
@williamglaser65775 жыл бұрын
the interviewer interrupts too much.
@vincemarquez21424 жыл бұрын
Agreed, let em talk
@johnatlascrumpjr6484 жыл бұрын
Yes let him talk!!!! His direct memory and understanding of the situation is astounding!!!!
@davrelltien74164 жыл бұрын
It might seem that way at times, but he is successful.
@allanfifield82562 жыл бұрын
32:11 'The Enemy is within and without.'
@milliebanks72093 жыл бұрын
Amen soldier! Politicians should be required to spend some time in combat!
@jrjohnryanjr4 жыл бұрын
They would sell captured weapons on the black market ? Gee I wonder who it was that bought them?
@KattS1th3 жыл бұрын
Really?
@jrjohnryanjr3 жыл бұрын
@@KattS1th Donna ever wonder where all those AK 47s went after we lost the Vietnam Opium War in 1977? Well I did They went to Afghanistan to guard the new fields that would finance the war against "communism". Google Dara Adam Khel inyernational Ams and Hashish And look at a pic I took
@KattS1th3 жыл бұрын
@@jrjohnryanjr It figures.😕
@Shorty02023 жыл бұрын
He died a few weeks ago R.I.P
@lonetreeleather4 жыл бұрын
This has been my favorite interview of this series. . . . . . . this great American is fascinating to me.
@Kirkwoodclay11 ай бұрын
This guy is absolutely amazing
@tombellus89867 жыл бұрын
Very interesting interview and informative From a Vietnam Vet to another Vietnam Vet
@burtlangoustine14 жыл бұрын
From 0:06 to 0:23 Look how still he appears! Man it freaked me out
@KaelisRa814 жыл бұрын
Haha happened couple times to me where i thought video was loading or something cuz He was so still.
@serenegreene69844 жыл бұрын
Spooky
@Sundog0811 Жыл бұрын
Everyone always says how great the pilots were. From what I've learned, the pilots felt bad for the infantry guys when they would see what they had to go through so they did whatever they could to help. But the infantry guys looked at these pilots like they couldn't believe anyone would fly into those situations. I think sometimes the pilots didn't realize the hellstorm they were flying into.
@kipster-ll6po5 жыл бұрын
Would love to see the photos and the DVD.
@Slippindisc3 жыл бұрын
I love some of these old guys. I can’t believe these are “old guys” now
@KattS1th3 жыл бұрын
I know! Me, too. Miss my friends!
@opypotamus64524 жыл бұрын
Intelligence men seem to have an uncanny habit of talking around the clinch pin facts, while providing merely a taste of what was done and where, thank you Hal. As for the interviewer, you may find this interview will stick with you, and thank you for doing this work.
@lemuelyoungblood57563 жыл бұрын
Very grateful to all the Vets fighting for Freedom
@michaelhaiden67184 жыл бұрын
Why would you not have closed caption turned on (old artillery guy)
@jamesc86766 жыл бұрын
This interviewer is really good, thank you for showing us these brave men. Praie God he made it home.
@glendooer62114 жыл бұрын
Yes he was lucky God chose him and allowed the other to die.
@robbyddurham16244 жыл бұрын
this guy is pretty smart and has some smart things to hear. He's not a grunt.
@johnburman9662 жыл бұрын
Many of his descriptions are the same as described by spiritual seekers.....access to non physical being. Interesting man.
@RonNichols-e5i Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@river23522 жыл бұрын
For 30 seconds I thought the video had frozen.. some eye contact there
@neemtreebark3 жыл бұрын
He definitely managed intelligence as a job, and that automatic trust resonated as a counselor. The qualities he has as a human being rose above all of his experiences. It makes me think of a💛quote by Charles Swindell: I am convinced that 80%of who we are are the decisions we make and 20% are the experiences themselves.
@PhilsMyFriend3 жыл бұрын
Project Oak was civilian assassination program.
@FaceFacie5 жыл бұрын
This dude. BMF
@mokeski21963 жыл бұрын
You must be out of your mind these days Frank. Look how biden is wasting our taxpayer dollars now. I have no respect for him Frank. Or you for that matter.
@code3responsevideos8725 жыл бұрын
Nothing make me angrier then someone who claims to be in Vietnam who really wasn’t. This guy seems legit! I’ve met a few phony’s before!
@locksand454 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was back in the nam....it was a rainy night and charlie was near....i could smell it you know....out in the jungle you develop a kind of radar...anyway the guy who was supposed to light up the claymores fell asleep on his watch and we lost a green recruit in the ensuing chaos. I remember the sarges words that morning "yall take a good look at this lump o shit...you fuck up in a firefight an i goddamn well guaruntee you a trip outta the bush. In a body bag! That was some scary shit back then man...back in the nam.
@jobdylan57824 жыл бұрын
@@locksand45 Same thing happened to me. Luckily I had my trusty my Army .45 when charlie came knockin'.
@scottwilson12512 жыл бұрын
@@jobdylan5782 Dude hes quoting the movie Platoon.....
@jobdylan57822 жыл бұрын
@@scottwilson1251 i wasn't that really happened
@damien44013 жыл бұрын
"I need to work everyday on being more open minded" - I loved that line at 1:29:48
@redkawa6362 жыл бұрын
Waaay too many ads to keep being interested.
@riffdigger21332 жыл бұрын
13:40 Jump out of a 250 ft tower, in training? Not sure how that would be done without injury. Perhaps there would be padding. Starting from a 6” step at the beginning. Interesting.
@kcirtapecreip41552 жыл бұрын
Spooks are bs artists. I wouldn't trust a word of what he said in this interview to be completely honest. Probably became a pathological liar while "in the service", if he didn't get picked because he already was one.
@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg4 жыл бұрын
Lunched at the Y. Keep those knees tight. Thanks for the stories. ( OPS SPEC CHU LAI O )
@NomadicNorthwoods3 жыл бұрын
Another great American hero from one of the best states in the union. Thank you sir. Well done.