Vietnam War Veterans Welcomed Home

U.S. Army Soldiers and Fort Riley community members honor Vietnam veterans during a welcome home ceremony hosted by 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley’s Marshall Army Airfield, Kan., Nov. 6, 2015. "It's all about finally coming home… this is the final I'm home,” said John Moen, a combat medic assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division from 1966 to 1967. The ceremony, held in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the ‪‎Vietnam War‬, honored the‬ service, valor and sacrifice of the veterans and formally welcomed them home.
U.S. Army video by Scott Rhodes

[@boujiatexas1870]

Heartbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking how these men and women were treated after serving there country.

[@ReaverTheSurvivalist]

Even if they did terrible things, it’s not like they happily did it. If you don’t feel anything for what you have done, it doesn’t make you human. These men deserve a welcome home after everything they have been through and all the traumas that will be stuck with them for the rest of their natural lives.

[@maxdavenport4416]

No women were in the army

[@hitsurapapel1978]

@@maxdavenport4416 i mean yes and no. Not in the front line at least At the time

[@johnstuartsmith]

@@maxdavenport4416 Wrong...

[@Orc-icide]

@@maxdavenport4416 The women that married and stabilized Vietnam vets are some of the strongest women around. Maybe when you get out there and meet someone, you'll figure it out. But keep saying things like that, and you'll be as dry as the desert.

[@maxwellhesher1790]

“Put it on our shoulders, it’s okay, it’s over now.” Heartbreaking, thank you all for your service and welcome home.

[@jerril1392]

My husband served 2 tours in Viet Nam and another 18 years full time in the Indiana National Guard, he passed away in 2012, I wish he could have seen this. I miss him terribly but know I will see him again in Heaven. May God bless all of our Vets..

[@Gen-Xer909]

This is awesome and thank you veterans for your service!, this is long overdue. Sadly about 2 years ago My Family lost our Uncle William Del Carmen, who served 5 tours in Vietnam. He had 3 purple hearts, served 3 tours in the U.S Army came home Then after being discharged from the Army joined The U.S Marine Corp., then did 2 more tours before they decided he should go home. Well he wasn't done there. He faithfully served 27 years in the corp before retiring a Mstr Gunnery Sgt. He never really talked about the war or how badly he was treated after. The war finally killed him, as he died of cancer. I , we will never forget him, I only wish he could have gotten the welcome home he deserved.

[@peteg9133]

What a very courageous human being!

[@robertlytle5574]

I was drafted into the Marines in December 1969. I came from a farm but many of my friends came from our small towns. When I got home the older men couldn't' do enough for us. Not only were we brothers in arms to them but they also remembered us as little boys who they watched grow up. USMC 1969-1971

[@redbasher636]

Welcome home, soldier.

[@julianf.5227]

This makes me happy

[@julianf.5227]

Thank you

[@peteg9133]

Welcome home! Thank you for your service and sacrifices.

[@sybrandtpretorius2874]

As Americans, you guys should be very proud of your Veterans, we in South Africa never got that recognition when we came back from the Bush War and I think many of us who were in South-West Africa (now Namibia) longed for some sort of Veteran's Day however, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN HERE !

[@brunomasuku2131]

I'm south african thanks for your service

[@Savagewolver]

Two years late, but for what it’s worth you do your nation proud. Even if they don’t know it.

[@riflescientist1744]

I'm late but we Americans especially white Americans greatly respect the fight y'all gave to keep your land civilized

[@philbrown9764]

I wasn’t in the Army…(Marines)…but I like these videos. And when the “Welcome Home” signs came out, so did the tears. But I was lucky in Nam, being stationed on an air base, Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12 and luckier coming home. Landing in San Francisco in the earlier morning hours, hardly anyone was there. Then landing in Love Field, it was crowded but no one paid any attention to me, even though I was in my uniform. But the VERY BEST was when I got home and mom greeted at the door. Even now, from ‘69 to ‘23, it still makes me cry. Had my dad not passed in my mid teens, he would have been so proud, being a WW2 Marine. WELCOME HOME to all my Nam Vet Brothers and Sisters.

[@vietmostwanted]

My grandfather was a medic in Vietnam 🇻🇳

[@seankeaney7004]

God bless him tell him i said thank you for your setice

[@seankeaney7004]

service*

[@paulcommodore4151]

welcome home brothers. M.I.A P.O.W you are not forgotten.

[@emrakultheaeonstorn7430]

They couldn't figure it out at first when I would greet em with a Welcome Home at my IHOP restaurant. And often times they'd go on about their business but sometimes I'd get a "do what?" And I tell em again and tell em I make sure no one gets spit on ever again.

[@akiva1168]

I always make time to thank a Vietnam veteran when I see them and welcome them home. They saw hell and were treated like garbage by their countrymen and their government with many of them becoming homeless due to mental illness that was ignored by the VA and by the Govt. They deserve to be recognized and appreciated for what they did for America and fighting communism. I might be a late Millineal/proto Gen Z but I want them to know that I admire what they did and am disgusted by how the hippies treated them.

[@abcamacho6187]

Ty for your service gentlemen

[@TylerZ91]

Thank you vets

[@JuanRamirez-gu7dh]

Kudos to major Wahl from Stanislaus military academy in Turlock CA! And my coworker Stewart! Vietnam vets! Y'all will always have the utmost respect.

[@2098elk]

US Army 1965 to 67. First time I heard "Welcome Home" was 2007 from my good friend Sam who was president of the local VVA chapter. Told him I didn't go anywhere excepts Fort Polk, Louisiina. Said it didn't matter, you went where they told you and did what you had to do. You were away. WelCome Home! Ment a lot to me then and still does now. HOORAH! Our cause was just.

[@jobehickernell9789]

Who ever puts a dislike, is a hippie.

[@fortniteclips6161]

Lol

[@LetThePoorStarve]

hippies were the only voice of reason in that war

[@jobehickernell9789]

+LetThePoorStarve take a joke hippy.

[@emrakultheaeonstorn7430]

Jobe Hickernell I'm pretty sure this guy's smokin crack I mean he's gotta be on the dope the way he's talkin.

[@jobehickernell9789]

+James עליוני (Bunker Spreckels) take a joke hippy and they didn't respect the Vietnam vets when they came home.

[@soxbearshwks8988]

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

[@user-gt2lh2ec9e]

Wow, VERY GREAT VIDEO! John P.

[@alexadventures1670]

My snappy salute sirs

[@BeatbyBeatwiththeBeatles]

Freedom doesn’t come free; welcome home gentlemen and God bless

[@smallboto]

This Welcoming is way better than when they first came back.

[@jibbymarket]

There was no welcoming when they came back

[@stonecrasherxd5072]

Awesome!

[@Orc-icide]

I like to walk around in supermarkets and thank veterans for their service in passing. From what I've been told, the whole stop and shake their hand thing is awkward sometimes. I feel better just dropping a "thank you for your service" and disappearing

[@bryansanjose2867]

Drafted to go to a war for something you probably didn't care about or you go to jail. Then having to do or see horrible traumatizing things for several years. Then coming back and being hated for it... Sounds rough

[@KenshinHimura-eb9bv]

thank God

[@yeigameryt3242]

Grandpa Alberto Lozano I've been looking for you for years

[@darthvader4443]

I approve

[@carcol04]

It’s horrible ble how bad these soldiers were treated just cause a bunch of hippies were crying in the us not knowing I got shot but peace and love

[@gtramerica4565]

@4:45 second (put in on our shoulders we can take it) 😢

[@elfrank333]

you can understand why lot of them commited suicided when homeless or addicted

[@gabrielsadaraka494]

One day I'm gonna start my own printing company to give people a second chance in life T&M-Son & daughter C.N.L Chance In Life

[@internettruth5390]

This doesn’t make up for the 50plus years .

[@terrykerr9162]

40 years too late

[@theboydanny8774]

sad to know those old people cheering them, were spitting at them 50 years ago.

[@dannystricker854]

RA 18961463 - my enlisted military ID. 1967-1970, Nam 1968-1969, TET Offensive, SGT., Purple Heart. Got home in 1970 to boos, catcalls, pelted with rotten fruit @ a parade in Seattle. Telling folks I was a Vet was NOT a good way to get a date. At that time, I thought that all deserters who went to Canada to avoid the war should be lined up and shot. As time went on, I came to realize what those fellas sacrificed in leaving their families and the country they loved to honor their principles. It was huge. And it wasn't the "Hippies" exclusively that treated us so badly...it was society in general. It was many years (now 74 y.o.) before mentioning my military status during that time. My 47 y.0. daughter just learned of my service and Purple Heart just 2 months ago. But time goes on. We adjust. We survive. We didn't do it for accolades, we did it because we love our country and want to keep us free. I fear for our grandchildren who face tremendous pressure to keep us free in the face of Maggots and authoritative politicians.

[@grfredricksen7067]

A little bit late

[@einarfenrirson]

whenn we back to home after viet nam the people in usa said over us, "yours the babykillers,etc-etc"!! and now a 2021 we must be belive this great bullshit,;-"welcome home sir thank you for your service"??! no thank's!! A.N. 1th cl sgt, 1972/73 Saigon! with the 1th cav.div.

[@latifesabuz]

Why USA involved in Vietnam War? in Iraq-Kuwait War? Afganistan War? What USA and American got from these war?

[@Flowshow88]

How ignorant must you be to not respect/honor soldiers who were DRAFTED 🤯

[@anand_jha9999]

you all should be ashamed....killing innocent farmers.

[@rumbleice9467]

You should be ashamed for being alive

[@Funkyfuhrer123]

War is ugly. Innocent people are part of the war unfortunately. Nobody called WW2 vets killers. They bombed entire cities to rubble killing thousands in one swift mission. But they're still heroes. Although I would have sided with Germany, I still recognize they are all heroes who did a job they were sent to do. I have extreme admiration for the Wehrmacht, SS, Waffen-SS, Luftwaffe, kreigsmarines, and the HJ. I still admire the men who fought them.