Vietnam Report: Operations at Khe Sanh (Sound, HD)

[@juliankalama4430]

I was there, 1967-68 April 10th. Good to see some footage. Thanks.

[@dionisio89420]

Hi Julian, thanks for your Unconditional Service.

[@robertj.davidson362]

Julian Kalama - Thank You for your Service. My cousin was there, during the siege period as a Marine Artilleryman. Clearance Parkan from Victoria, Texas. Did you happen to know him?

[@kdolo100]

Were the NVA tough?

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Thank you for your service, Mr. Kalama.

[@troyseals8646]

What unit?

[@JohnnyRebKy]

My dad was a Artilleryman at the first battle of Khe Sahn. His name was Lonnie Click. He survived and was never wounded. Sadly he passed away October 15 2021 at 76.

[@thomascawley8839]

Sorry for your loss.

[@RJM1011]

Thank you for what your Father did.

[@Mike91337]

Condolences. Tough men for sure.

[@aaronbaskinjr9383]

I was with whiskey Btry 1st Bn 13th Marines. What was his unit?

[@F80mthree]

My grandfather was a Sgt Major in Vietnam. Him and his soldiers had to hold off countless attacks on their artillery positions. He would tell me stories of the “charlies” in the trees. Absolutely horrifying to imagine. Rest In Peace Pop Pop.

[@karlkoller7712]

My Dad was on hill 881S and 861 during the Khe Sanh Siege. He was a Navy Corpsman

[@felixmadison5736]

I remember when I served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam in 1969, we saw a CBS News camera, and a reporter or two walking around. I've never been able to find the video, or if it still exists. The first action I saw in 'Nam was at one of the fire support bases on 'Thunder Road'. The VC hit us with a ground attack and all hell broke lose for what seemed like hours. I had never seen or heard so many explosions and noise! Not even on all my previous Fourth of July's back home combined! Quad .50 machine guns, M-16s, flame throwers, mortars...you name it! TALK ABOUT CRAZY!

[@steveboor1119]

Semper Fi, third marine division. Thank you. 1986 to 1990. God bless you.

[@michaelhussein870]

Thank you for your service, Devil Dogs at Khe Sanh, Con Thien and the Rockpile... Semper Fi

[@willmears1111]

I was on Hill 950 across the river. A Vietnam Vet.

[@chloehennessey6813]

Thank you for your sacrifice sir 🧞‍♀️🧚🏿‍♂️🛬🧜🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️❤️❤️

[@dbcooper692]

thank you for your service!!! Somehow I didn't get drafted. I had a high draft lottery number! My father was a world war, two army vet. He fought the Japanese for three years in the South Pacific. He told me not to join and let them draft me.

[@presleyfranks9880]

God bless you all who served in the military

[@MichaelJones-rn2pq]

I counted 5 rounds in 15 seconds from that 105mm at the 1:59 mark. That easily beats the "10 rounds per minute" quoted in the technical spec for a M101A1 howitzer.

[@felixmadison5736]

Yeah, if you had a good crew you could put those rounds out pretty quickly. I spent about two weeks as part of a 105 towed howitzer battery when I first got to 'Nam. After that I moved up to the 155 towed howitzer, and stayed there. The 155 rounds weighed about 99 pounds each and didn't use a shell. After 'humping ammo' for a while, those 99 pound rounds were like working out with weights and got us in pretty good shape. We must have moved around to a different area of Vietnam every two weeks or less because we became sitting ducks in no time for the VC. They finally caught up to us in December of '69, when about 8 of us guys (that I know of) got wiped out by mortar or rocket fire. If I remember correctly, we were pretty close to the Cambodian border at the time.

[@305jarhead8]

Good ole Fire for Effect Marine Arty back in 94,we trained with the 105's and did gun salute ceremonies. Man those 105's saw a ton of action in WW2,Korea and Vietnam. 👑KING OF BATTLE

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

Thank​ you

[@laurelzein1]

my brother was there, Marines

[@LeadSlinger48]

God bless you guys.

[@thurin84]

you can tell theyre marines immediately by the black, inner tube bands on their helmets. for whatever reason the marine corps didnt issue the od elastic bands that the army did. so enterprising leathernecks would liberate inner tubes and cut their own. also interesting is the early usage of ERDL covers which werent generally issued until 1969, and were rarely seen in country in vietnam.

[@f4tweet]

I was there in 68, my helmet cover was ERDL.

[@thurin84]

@@f4tweet good to know. thanks for the info. do you by any chance have any pics of you wearing it then?

[@ericjohnson8482]

My dad was there from 67-69 and his was the Mitchell cover.

[@CHULAIa4-6667]

Served at MAG 12 Chu Lai from April 66 to December 67 with the arresting gear and catapult crew and our A4’s flew a lot of sorties during that time. I made it out of there just before the TED but our base was hit 2 weeks before I left.

[@305jarhead8]

Semper Fi 🦅🌎⚓️to all the WARRIORS who Fought in Vietnam and those who made the Ultimate Sacrifice. Rest Easy Brothers

[@daretolive9357]

I had one of those Howitzer shells with all the hundreds of holes in it. What were the holes for, and why ?

[@fredmonahan3627]

I believe that is a 106 mm recoiless rifle round. The holes are I think part of a muffler for the back blast to enable the weapon to be recoiless when fired. It's used mostly for direct fire. Have seen many fired but was an 0311 Rifleman.

[@daretolive9357]

@@fredmonahan3627 Thank you. I forgot to mention. The shell I had was 8" across at base , narrowed to 6" at the opening. stamped 6" 1968.

[@yorktown2203]

@@fredmonahan3627 you are correct, to allow the gases to escape to the breach and beyond, 11-Hotel 106RR

[@TheSpritz0]

That bomb at 4 minutes 10 seconds= PHENOMENAL!!!

[@badmonkey2222]

3:10. 60mm recoiless rifle bad ass.

[@ericjohnson8482]

That's a 106 recoilless, same thing that was on the Ontos.

[@bobbyc.3587]

Alpha Btry 1/12 (1974 - 1980) Ooo Rah ... THX

[@joelgalvan8358]

A group of motivated Marines on station. Semper paratus

[@dionisio89420]

Hi, I'm a Collector of all kind of material of War throughout XX century, I have a plenty of audio recordings, photos, and films, of course the Vietnam War. Where did you get this Outstanding material? Many thanks for share this Invaluable Piece, and I'm waiting for your answer.

[@jimnovak4659]

i Researched You Tube. Roge, firing the weapon was my cousin.

[@yorktown2203]

Ah yes, my 106 RR , purdy ain’t she boys ?

[@ericjohnson8482]

She made a hell of a mess in Hue City on the Ontos. My dad told me about the beehive rounds out of those things.

[@thinredline8939]

Wow

[@trly.chidubemm]

To the average person they'll get shell shock. Us Military fans will call this 'Smooth Jazz'

[@presleyfranks9880]

Bunch of kids with big guns

[@cordova2112]

3/3

[@Hockeyfan9884]

looks like ok.

[@sontungle2641]

Those Marine and Infantry operate 105mm M2A1 and 175mm M107 are lucky not to get hammer by the 122mm D-74 and 130mm M-46.

[@liamenglish3824]

The Hill Fights. Seldom hear about these.

[@doktorscottdiabolical]

The M107 175mm SP units were primarily ARMY, operating from Marine bases JJ Carroll and The Rockpile. My Dad was there. 2nd/94th ARMY artillery, battery C, Apr 67-Aug 68. And the NVA GOT hammered by his guns, as this film proves. Cathy, Comanchero, Cherry Buster, and an 8" howitzer named Cong Crusher.

[@mnearme5375]

How to make people soup: Take 3 or 4 fresh VC and place in rice paddy. Fire large artillery shell at the paddy making a 3-4 foot deep hole. Voila! People Soup...

[@MarkyMark2177]

😆

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

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[@Milara887]

And. They. Are. Beaten. By Vietcong 😪

[@sakyd]

america lost 52.000 soldier in 7 years Turkey lost 8.000 soldier in 30 years.

[@mlovmo]

British Army lost 52,000 in 3 days.

[@mlovmo]

@Imix Muan I found this: Historian Gwynne Dyer compared the carnage at Borodino to "a fully-loaded 747 crashing, with no survivors, every 5 minutes for eight hours."

[@robertmandain5791]

Stupid ottoman propagandist : the us armed force got 45 000 casualties far away from it homeland against more than 1 000 000 nva and vc, who receive huge support from the soviet union and despite not starting an ground warfare in north Vietnam. In contrast, the disgusting ottoman regime lost (and still suffer casualties until this days) at leasr 10 000 disgusting "soldiers"/"policemans"/ mobsters from the grey wolves and other state-backed mafia in anatolia despite huge military and political support from the US, germany, the UK, spain, and an israeli 5th column such as netanyahu and a nearly nonexistant support from putin and france for the kurdish fighters that still humiliate the ottoman dictatorship.

[@ivanmesser5982]

The Second World War is one thing, defeating fascism... But Vietnam was a real crime and fate made it known.