VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - Sgt. Lawrence Dean Tucker, Vietnam - 1st Cavalry, 2nd/7th, D Co. 2nd Pl

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[@forwardobserver2048]

I was in basic training at Fort Dix in 1967 at Thanksgiving. We were awakened in the middle of the night for emergency blood donations due to the battle of Dak To with the 173rd airborne on hill 875 it was a real epiphany.

[@randallbroadus3213]

SIR WELCOME HOME AND THANK YOU DEARLY FOR YOUR SERVICE AND OUR FREEDOM.

[@jimmyandkathyharrell]

Thank you SGT Tucker! Thank you Larry!

[@alfredbatchelor1954]

I never saw any active services in my 16 years with the British forces 74 to 91, I to, kept a small note book with the platoons names, I’ve only it electronically now. I consider myself very lucky. Many of my old team saw service in, Bosnia, Afghanistan. We still meet each year on 11th Nov, but we are fewer and fewer each year. God bless you Tucker.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you for your service and for watching my channel. God bless you!!

[@douglasdietz7503]

Thanks Larry! Great job 👍! My cousin was killed in Vietnam in '67. I still miss him. Your content reveals the reality of what happened over there. War is an abomination.

[@jonoedwards4195]

If Our Lord is Truley just, I wouldn't wannabe American.

[@stephenbrower4216]

Good man and thank you

[@Ken_oh545]

The soldier who died with an unburned face while reading the New Testament....what a story....what memories this man has had to carry for a lifetime. An exceptional story, a lifetime of philosophical reflection, this soldier has lived a spiritual life. A strong man. He talks about the girlfriend who had given him St John's Gospel. He spared a young VC. That this man was sent into such a predicament is like a parable. Grateful to Mr Larry Capetto for bringing us Sgt. Tucker and his inspiring story.

[@VoicesofHistory]

ThNK YOU KEN.

[@ronaldfugate594]

Thank You for your service in Vietnam Larry. God bless you

[@joedills3509]

Thank you Sgt. Tucker for your service and sacrifice, and so glad you Larry get to experience a Huey ride,it;s something you never forget!

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

Very good post.

[@robbysguitars8223]

2nd Cav and 9th Cav vet here. Welcome home and thank you for your service, my brother.

[@ypaulbrown]

Thank you Larry, the 79 th anniversary is happening right now......your interviews are always fantastic....Thank you Lawrence.......Paul in Florida.....

[@wetblanket1977]

Thank you Sgt Tucker. You are a good man and were a good soldier. 🇺🇸

[@booswartout5958]

Enjoyed your story Sgt Tucker. I to was there 67- 68 with the 101st Airborne Div. AIRBORNE

[@VoicesofHistory]

W E L C O M E H O M E ! ! ! ! !

[@wil7228]

Thank you Sgt Tucker.God bless you.

[@galesams4205]

GREAT job larry, I served at ft. campbell, ky, 4th div. 1st plt. 10th armored at pleiku. I turned 21 in the nam. One hell of a place to be. WE worked one week with 1st cav insertind troops then pulled back to ankhe.

[@royreyes74]

Thank you

[@joedills3509]

Thank you Sgt. Tucker for your service and sacrifice,and Larry,so glad you get to ride a Huey,it's something you will never forget!

[@luci8749]

Thank you for your service Bless you I hope you remain happy and healthy

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you Luci!!

[@bruceschulze7487]

I want to thank you for your service . You are an honorable soldier who served our country with dignity .

[@ejsocci2630]

Welcome home, thank you so much for your service.👊🏻🇺🇸

[@wayneedwards5158]

Welcome Home ! Thank you for your service! 🇺🇲

[@randallbroadus3213]

THERE NOTHING LIKE A PROUD SALUTE.ITS THE TASTE OF FREEDOM AND BEING DAMN PROUD TO BE A AMERICAN

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you Randall!!

[@kennethprice5628]

Welcome home brother, you done good...72 yo Navy Veteran

[@Joelontugs]

Thank you for your service

[@shaneelvis1699]

I watch every evening almost. Easy to listen to and rest my head. I didn't think about it for about a month or 2 but these are some pretty horrendous details in some of these videos. But I didn't even realize It's easy and soft to listen to these stories before bed especially that there is no interruption or commercials. God bless us all And great respect to the men and women that went through hell for us all. It's easy to rest my head every evening thanks to all those brave souls

[@shaneelvis1699]

And thanks to you Larry for the preservation of History and culture

[@clintonmast4628]

We can thank you also for your service !

[@djholliday5132]

God bless Sgt. Tucker and every other brave American veteran. We are with you. We are grateful. 🇺🇸

[@rudolphwatson1737]

Thank you Sgt Tucker for your service welcome home!! From a proud Vietnam era Vet and Proud American Legionnaire! 👍👏

[@tonycummings5427]

Thank you sgt Tucker of the 1 cavalry dev. For such a wonderful interview of your experience in Vietnam and most importantly thank you for your service and sacrifice sir God bless you and your family.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thanks for watching Tony. God bless you!!

[@nickmad887]

Thank you. I was a tunnel rat. I Iove my flag.

[@Stax-ht9md]

Thank you Sgt Tucker for your service, and your compelling story. You seem to be a thoughtful, compassionate man. Qualities I greatly admire. God bless you and your family.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thanks Chet!!

[@danmurphy4472]

Thank You SIR......for everything.

[@jimcaufman2328]

Welcome home. I flew you around Phan Thiet with A/227. After you went home I flew the 2/7 into Khe Sahn Good job on the Video.

[@muddywaters538]

This was beautiful. Thank you and God bless you.

[@VoicesofHistory]

You are so welcome.

[@secondhandlyon2603]

Bless this man. It's nice to hear the story of a man from my region. His accent is the same as mine. I understand how he feels in a way. Welcome home sir.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@joshuaman1126]

What a blessing you have been to America Sgt. Tucker. May the LORD BLESS you Thank you for your lifetime’s worth of sacrifice you made

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you Joshua!!

[@jerrysanders9101]

Thank you and God Bless you sir. And thank you Larry🙏Very moving testimony.

[@alethamobley6688]

Thank You for your service SIR!

[@jameshicks3046]

What a great guy, another powerful story! 🇺🇸

[@lukebaker1167]

Larry ur a legend, as are all the vets we’re privileged to listen to, luke n Charlie

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you Luke for your kind words. GOD BLESS YOU!!!

[@jafo766]

Thank You Larry x 2 for your service to us yesterday and today.

[@anthonyr5869]

FIRST CAV

[@2little2L8]

WELCOME HOME!!!

[@kendalllucas7197]

Sargent Lawrence I salute you a true American 💪🙏

[@c.edwards1814]

Welcome home, Sgt. Tucker. Thank you for sharing your experiences; thank you for you service. You’re a very gentle and humble man.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you for watching. God bless you!!

[@ronaldwarren5220]

God bless you sir. Draftee here from Michigan who was there in 68/69. Fourth of July fireworks were never as awesome after what we saw.

[@midnightrider1178]

God bless u Tucker thank you for your Service!!!

[@LordOfCedarfell]

Thank you Sir. Well spoken!

[@MrPearlsareforever]

Welcome home Lawrence thank you for answering the call and serving our great nation.

[@JoeKyser]

You are right. Before it's too late. All these men and women deserve to tell their stories. I wish my uncle was still around to tell his. He succumbed to the mental trauma eventually

[@kellyrogers5735]

True sons of America that became extraordinary men of valor. There's getting to be fewer of them today. If you like your freedoms then thank a veteran today! Thank you Sgt Lawrence for your duty and your sacrifice for fellow man.🇺🇸

[@1murder99]

Glad you made it home, hope you are well. Like you I can't remember my in country Thanksgiving. I do remember my in country Christmas dinner. It was very exciting.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Have you told your story?

[@1murder99]

@@VoicesofHistory I haven't. You should tell Bill Johnson's story before mine. Much more interesting.

[@robertmelton325]

Thank you Sgt. I know what you are going through. 1st cav 2 brigade A company.

[@zfactortedzabel9267]

Thank you for your service. An amazing story of healing...

[@backwithabang5842]

Thank you for your service, sgt Tucker! Another good man with a lot of war memorys in his eyes. You can almost see it. Thank you for your Work, Larry! Your Work is just as important as these vets Storys are.

[@JC-py8ie]

Welcome home Sgt. Tucker and all veterans on behalf of a grateful American. ❤️🇺🇸❤️

[@AllAroundAtlanta]

Thank you for your sacrifice, you're a brave man and your a good man for not killing the prisoner.

[@WhiskerBarrelShaves]

Thank you for introducing us to these heroes! Their stories are so important! ❤ First Team

[@VoicesofHistory]

You are welcome Dustin!!

[@keelsmac01]

What a story. God bless you sir.

[@joycecogdill9797]

Hope you had a great time on your Huey ride!!!! Where in Iowa did this take place. Love listening/ watching your interviews.

[@zacGmusik]

God bless you, Sgt. Tucker! Welcome home!

[@ford9339]

Thank you to all the veterans and thank you sir for your work and preserving history

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you for your kind words. God bless you!!

[@phillamoore157]

Outstanding video, Larry. Loved this particular intro, as well, in terms of doing your work with a sense of urgency, now that our Vietnam Vets are at the age of when you did a lot of your WWII vets. Btw….I’ve got roots in Ohio. I was born in and raised in Dayton, and then spent 6yrs in Columbus going to school. Looking very forward to hearing about your Huey ride….that sounds like an incredible experience !!! 👍🙏🇺🇸

[@VoicesofHistory]

Many thanks Phil for your kind words. God bless you always!!!

[@donburnett8594]

another 1st Cavalry draftee vet here… served from Dec20th 1967 thru Dec 22nd 1968 … came out an E5 Sargent … went into the A Shau Valley with 150+- 35 days later we came out with 105 ragamuffins… 4 KIA’s … had a good friend from Tennessee Charles Chaney… I was in Alpha Company 2/8 … Charles was in Charlie Company… I think he told me they had gone thru 4 CO’s in one year … Dump F’s. I imagine we walked on the same ground … let me offer you a hand shake 🤝… Yeah I can still smell that chemical Agent Orange … makes my skin crawl … No kids … you’d better keep your eyes peeled … you know the routine … yeah you do your best …

[@marcclement7396]

Well done. Such important history. I wish I had money to sponsor. God Bless.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Marc thank you for watching and commenting. God bless you!!

[@erniemays41]

I was with the 1st AirCav Co A 2/8 2nd platoon 69/70

[@garyluck8502]

Thanks for your service!

[@billgray6790]

1223 Thanks SGT Tucker, you’re a gentle man in every sense of the word and an honour to your country.

[@edwardh1591]

Thank you for your service. God bless you sir! Mr. Tucker I’m glad you were able to get help for your ptsd. I have it myself and I struggle. My service dog is having surgery next week and I’m struggling because I will be without her in public for 3 months. So my ptsd has relapsed because I rely on my dog to function in public. I have been with my service dog for 8 years. Without her I deal with panic attacks because I’m constantly scanning for threats and on high alert. I deal with severe panic attacks and anxiety problems without her. My service dog is the best thing that ever happened to me. She becomes my eyes and ears allowing me to calm down. She walks point for me and watches ahead so I don’t get startled by people in blind spots. She helps to keep me calm and ground me back to the here and now when I go through episodes. Sgt. Tucker God bless you and keep you safe!😊

[@VoicesofHistory]

God bless you and keep you brother Ed. You are a great inspiration to many. God bless Jade and his surgery next week.🙏

[@CCaraway]

🫡 Sgt. Tucker from Newland N.C.

[@toddavis8603]

Search and Destroy the enemy( Communist)sounds like dangerous stuff----!God Bless these men and women! BE ON THE OFFENSIVE DURING WAR----!"TY Sargeant Tucker☆☆

[@alanhannigan9944]

When i listen to these men's stories of war,i try think of myself been 17/18 living in Ireland it must of been like an American soldier from farming country you didn't know much outside your own community,wow what a wake up when you first get in Country,going out on your first seek & destroy mission,id be shitting kitten's id be that nervous,then your first fire fight the whole world gone crazy around you,sorts the men from the boys pronto,id hope i would of been a good soldier never letting the men with me down,Thanks for telling your experience in Vietnam,fighting so an Irish kid like me could feel safer ☘️💯

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you Allen for this great comment. I enjoyed reading your perspective. I hope you've seen more of my stories and are subscribed to this channel.

[@jurgenblick5491]

Semper Fi

[@blumobean]

Welcome Home.

[@jackpack3506]

I love your accent, but more than that I admire your choice to do the duty our Nation called upon you to do. Honorable and I pray you never caught bad behavior on your homecoming times. America was in a bad way .

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you for your comment. Stay tuned for one of my upcoming film releases, "Vietnam Remembered - Coming Home!!"

[@boatrvme8478]

Thanks Larry! My uncle was killed in Vietnam on his 26th birthday. So sad for him and family. I missed first 2 weeks of first grade waiting on his body to be returned home. Lest we forget😢

[@flybouy11]

I have flown several times on the Huey. It was well worth the cost.

[@VoicesofHistory]

Where did you fly?

[@stevenhills1058]

Great video I injoy watching many of these Vietnam vets story's this is one of the best much love and respect from North London My grandfather was ww2 para veteran ❤

[@VoicesofHistory]

North London, very cool. Have you listened to my radio station yet?

[@joshuaswannmusic6462]

Thank God for you Larry.

[@keithhuckabee9859]

I was one of those artillery guys flown to all those LZ's. Three cannons, two mortar tubes and a handful of infantry.

[@donburnett8594]

Thanks for sharing … I feel we can share our feelings and experiences… 1st Cavalry A Co 2nd/8th … 4th weapons platoon … I arrived on/about Dec 20 th 1967 … Just after Dak To … they only kept 9 of us in the weapons platoon with the 81 mm mortar and stuck a radio on my back… you learn quick when every third night you were on the mortar with three guys, you were on a perimeter position, or you went out on an ambush or LP every third night. I survived Pre TET in that Bong Dong area the Vietcong and NVA ran amok … after TET we flew over HUE up to Quang Tri and cut the NVA off escaping out of the back door of Hue. Then we worked those foothills outside of Khe Shan …Then we went into the A Shau Valley for 35 days.. We went in with 155 and came out with 105 with four KIA’s . The back to Quang Tri Province. Then they moved the entire 1st Cavalry Division down to the Parrots Beak next to Cambodia… I turned 21 in May of 1968 and was a leader by then… I’d worked my way up to being the squad leader in charge of the 81mm mortar… Well when they moved us south they came up with an Echo Company and put me in charge… I had six … 6 man 81 mm mortar squads and a 20+ man recon platoon that they put me in charge of … being a draftee all I wanted to do is go back home and finish school … by then I’d turned 21 and the army tried to give me E-6 if I’d extend and take the early out … but I’d had enough … I never wrote any of those great guys to see if they made it home or not … like you I’ve only been able to talk about the goings on with guys like you … Lots of memories… pleased to meet your acquaintance…

[@VoicesofHistory]

Where do you live. Would you be interested in coming to Colorado to tell me your story? Feel free to contact me through my website. God bless you!! larrycappetto.com

[@rodneygriffin2620]

Any information on John Shanks (Timmy), was in Vietnam 65-68 First Cav, unit ?? Came back to Virginia then to Texas, looking for any information about him, I'm a relative all others have passed as he also. Thanks for all that served and there loved ones.

[@rubbertire6608]

I don't know why I get such a confrontation vibe from you but I love you channel lol

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you!!

[@rubbertire6608]

@@VoicesofHistory seriously I can't get enough keep up the amazing work man the veterans deserve the recognition and I believe you do too for your work so thank you good sir

[@VoicesofHistory]

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[@gregoryfuzi4745]

Shall we never forget!

[@richarddean8513]

As soon as I heard Ft Polk. I instantly knew this man was a well trained soldier.

[@JOHNKUHNMUSIC]

Had ya landed here at tri-state airport in WV, you'd had 20-30 teens & tweens BEGGIN YA to "talk about it". Spent ALOTTA time there watchin troops deplane screamin "Gladja made it home!!!" Most here supported the 1954 treaty we had with the south. 😎 Hell yeah! ALOTTA GOOD came outta the Vietnam war. For one thing, you guys kept Charlie's head down OVER HERE as well. We woulda been the USSA LONG AGO had it not been for your blood bought sacrifices, fulfillin KHRUSHCHEVS prophetic words in the late 50s. Ya gotta always remember too that HALF (prolly OVER half now) of the ppl on our soil ARE PRO COMMUNIST. Always have been , always will be. I didnt hear ya mention it Larry, but is Lawrence still with us? Yeah, thank ya for sharin with us brother, its MUCH appreciated ! I hope after some time processin this interview, ya realize what a benifit your sharing was to WE , the listeners as well, for years to come!

[@VoicesofHistory]

Love you brother John Kuhn!!!

[@danerichards7280]

I love you all god 🙏 bless you im sorry for how those commies hippies treated you❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@josephmcdonald764]

They weren't basic trainees. They were Aggressor Cadre who had already gone through AIT and had received extra training in quick kill, close combat, long term jungle survival and interrogation techniques. They were bulleted in HQ&HQ Co Third Training Brigade, Special troops..

[@krakrtreacysr907]

In that second pic.i wonder if hed remember who that guy sitting down on his right. Looked like my uncle

[@mistyfinney5292]

Would love to hear iowa sodiers stories

[@stacybritton1118]

Like. The. Hell. For. Us. We. Have. Veterans. Voting. For. That. Person. Who. Said. He. Do. Not. Like. Powa. They. Are. The. True. Turn. Coats

[@khongbiet1000]

21::39

[@markdearden6631]

You run off at the mouth too much

[@clintonmast4628]

We all have an Obligation too these Men who served our great nation. Thank you all

[@joedills3509]

Thank you Sgt. Tucker for you service and sacrifice,and glad you Larry get to experience riding a huey,it's something you will never forget!

[@stevewalker4638]

Thank you for your service.

[@marialittlefieldpradokurpu2061]

God Bless you Sgt. and Thank you! Your words have touched my soul🙏

[@VoicesofHistory]

Thank you Maria!!