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my dad passed away a few years ago I found his DD-214 form.... "Special Forces, MAAG CHINA". i knew he spent 2 years on a ship, and then shore duty for 2 years in Tiawan, and then a 4 month "involuntary extension" because things were heating up in Vietnam... Anyhow, ANY idea what pops was upto when in uniform?

‼️Someone pls ask Nick to write about his time with Crusader, as a 1-0!! Or, just ask him to co-write with other guys from the unit. The way he writes, and the way the narrator (on Audible) reads his work, is a perfect combo!!

Ask him when he knew the war eas unwinable

Masons and shriners worship lucifer ...they believe he rescued us from god

28:03 alot of military are using p.e.d.s.

I think about our soldiers who are still MIA from Vietnam quite often. I've heard or read so many things. What I believe happened is, Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City now, wanted us to pay war reparations and we refused. And since we refused to pay them, they refused to release our POWs. That I can believe from our government. No one in politics stood anything to gain by demanding our POWs back. They sure as SH!T weren't going to pay war reparations, so they just cut their losses (we're talking about actual American Service men here), and washed their hands of the entire affair. I believe whole heartedly we left tens of thousands of living American POWs behind in Vietnam. And it sickens me. I am so ashamed of our government for doing that. I heard a myth. A legend from a Master Gunnery SGT I served with in 1998 in the Marines. He was in Vietnam, 2 tours, almost a 3rd before it was over. He told us younger "Jarines" that members of SF, SEALS, Force RECON, PJs, pilots, etc. Continued to go back to Vietnam on their own, with their former team members up into the 1980s to get evidence that we left men over there. And they found it. Lots of it. Turned it all over to our government and they dismissed it. Then in the 80s these members were closely monitored when ever they had on overseas flight and were stopped when they would land in Laos or China or wherever they were planning on entering Vietnam from. A lot of arrests. So in the 80s our government made it impossible for anyone to try again. I don't know how much of it's true. It sounds like a Hollywood movie, Missing in Action, Rambo, Uncommon Valor, etc. But that doesn't mean it didn't happen. In fact, maybe those movies were written from stories of veterans who actually did those things to try an get our POWS back after the war. Is it that hard to believe? Look at what the MACV-SOG was doing during the war? To a regular leg like me, the things SF gets into does sound like some fictitious war movie. But it's not, it's all true. MACV-SOG, Navy SEALS, Marines, Rangers, AirCav, Hell, the entire Army, the Navy and USAF air crews, The Riverboat Brown Water Navy, all of it is so incredible. I spent just about 2 years in Iraq, and from my relatively safe experience there running convoy escorts and mounted patrols around Al Nasiriya, BIAP and Scandia, I am still unable to even begin to imagine what our Vietnam Veterans were having to do when they were my age. My experience is not the same as a Vietnam Combat soldier's. Really, not even close. IED here and there. Maybe someone will take a shot at us while running the MSR or something. And if anyone did, I was unaware they had. And of course the occasional mortar or rocket would get lucky and land on the FOB. But that's the extent of it for me. I wasn't at Fallujah, or Ramadi, or anything like that. 90% I ran convoy escorts. Not the safest job over there, but certainly not the most dangerous either. 99% of the time, nothing happened at all. I think whatever insurgents we had operating around us would wait until we got complacent and they didn't have to wait that long. Just a few weeks and a lot of soldiers already forgot we were in a war zone again. Our Vietnam Veterans are probably the best soldiers we've ever had. I would put money on that. So I can believe some actually did go back on their own to try find POW camps with Americans in them. It may seem like fiction, but it's just because 99.99999999% of the rest of us in the United States have never been any where near the danger these men faced in Vietnam, and then against all odds, persevered! Most people have seen the movie "Sniper" with Tom Berenger. When he shot the enemy sniper through his own scope, that seems like Fiction, right? Well, , GSGT Carlos Hathcock (The White Feather) did exactly that in Vietnam. He shot an NVA sniper right through his own scope. I'm old enough now to know that just because something sounds unbelievable, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. It just means I can't imagine myself being able to do it. That doesn't mean someone else couldn't do it. Ephraim Mottos, a Navy SEAL from my generation, went Rogue just recently. That's incredible. It's like a Novel, "Rogue Warrior." But it really happened! So, I'm inclined to believe that some individuals did go Colonel Braddock and went back to Vietnam to find their missing brothers. I really really do.

If you haven't read these books, I highly recommend you do so. Or listen to it on Audible. The book is narrated by a guy named George Spelvin and I think he really did it well. I'm a veteran too. 5 years in the Marines (3/2 Betio Bastards) and 4 in the Army National Guard. I spent a couple years in the sandbox (Iraq). Anyways, I used to work with a woman who's father was a Green Beret, MACV-SOG in Vietnam. He went missing in Helicopter crash 1967. He was alive when his helicopter hit the ground, the last anyone saw of him he was firing back at the enemy. Couldn't get to him though, overrun. Missing but assumed KIA. His remains were found and returned home in 2000. SMAJ Billy R. Laney from Alabama (He was a SFC When he went missing). His daughter's name is Vicky, and we all miss her since she retired and went back to Mississippi. Seriously, there were a few people who couldn't help it, they openly cried when she left that final day. Our boss included. She's one of a kind. Everyone loves her. She told me she remembers perfectly clear the last day she hugged her daddy and said goodbye when he left for Vietnam. She was just a little kid but she remembers it all. Ugh, the heartbreak. I can relate, I lost my dad when I was young too. But he wasn't MIA. He just died suddenly and we had to begin the grieving process once the shock wore off. But having to hold out hope for so many years like her family did? Impossible fort me to imagine the not knowing where he was or what happened to him? I would have hated it. Semper FI SF. Thank you for everything you've done for our country. And Welcome Home.

Great interview. Thank you!

Robby is a nerd, this is KE8YZC, I have my license because of Robby, 73.

Robby is a cool guy! Thanks for sharing.

I f’king love Nick!! He’s such an ass… always getting into shit, and pointing the finger to the guys on his right and left. 😂🤣He’s a RIOT!! I’d hang with this guy. Although, I’d probably regret doing so, shortly afterwards. 🤣

Ex Waffen SS. Were serving everywhere. Dont know much do you fella.😊

Only books I’ve ever read outside of my years of incarceration 15 years ago. Great reads .

He may have been in the Congo but I never saw him in Da Nang, just Sayin'.............

I was wondering if you knew my dad Leslie A.Chapman RT Python

Some of the cia "spoke" killed G.I's if they got in their way and nobody talks about it .

These stories are astonishing to say the very least. I’ve heard the MACV-SOG stories a million times now, by the guys still alive to tell them, and it never gets old. Having studied (for lack of better terms) military history for so many years, I don’t like to assume ANY-one’s experiences or how they were affected by those experiences. But, I listen to what these guys went through on these missions, and not one of them talks about PTSD, massive issues with addiction, or sitting at home contemplating suicide. Yet, as of the past 30yrs, those issues, or “diagnosis’s” are all but mandatory today. So much so, it’s all-but the main topic in their interviews.

Robby is a good man and soldier. I love you brother...

Wow. I wish there was a movie about this person. He's like some character out of a movie.

Thank God for guys like Nick. They make life bearable when it's not.

Can’t even get through the opening song without crying Salute 🇺🇸 Great American HEROS 🇺🇸

So, Nick prefers the Haigerloch beer...? Haigerloch is a former brewery where the nazis build a nuclear reactor into. You often got to deep dive into his jokes to get it properly 😅.

Che also demonstrated poor tactical leadership in everyway He had his one trick pony moves which worked, but as soon as SHTF he split up his forces in two columns. They couldn't even find each other for 6 months they were so lost. He had a comical misunderstanding of mountain warfare. Yea, the high ground is good, but those type of mountains have sheer cliffs. Mobility is the concept here, not king of the mountain that took you a week to get up there. You are not getting down anytime soon and against a conventional military which will simply surround you. Edit: About the Stem gun story i heard the same thing from a Salvadoran soldier carrying a para Fal. Most of them carry the classic M-16a1 so i asked if about the Para Fal. The Fals bolt is very loud when you load it which carries a long way in the jungle, he preferred the M-16

I heard a Seal, Dave Perry, tell a story one night they were sitting for a ambush and during the night a snake crawled up his leg and in between his crotch and settled in right their lol. He said he just sat still the whole night hoping no NVA came by. It just slithered away in the morning. Look up his videos on youtube. Great stories

I never understood why the higher ups seemed not to believe the recon teams. Ive heard a few stories where they didnt believe what the team was telling them

Great interview Brother (Sarge) ! I will definitely be watching Pt. 2 , I also got your phone # and will be in contact , take care Brother ✌️❤️💯

Did you ever know of a double agent in real time and feed him wrong information, knowing this?

Thank you so much for the time & effort to tell these stories. Thank you sir for your brave service! Audio could use a bit of improvement. In memory of my brave friend...Sgt Dennis Hunt , MACV SOG, CCC RIP Brother.

You have led a very full life Jim! Looking forward to more experiences!

Great personal memoire by Terry and some interesting commentary on ‘wanna bees’…

Wow you look great for 85, Bravo Zulu.

Always great to hear these stories - thanks guys! I have jims book. It is a great read.

5 Stars!!

We call them goanas here in Oz 😂👍

I LOVE LISTENING TO THE SOG MISSIONS.WHAT BAD ASS WARRIORS THEY WERE

Nick is great. He's talking about MOnitor Lizards the water going ones get beyond 7 feet. You don't want to be in the water with them.

AGENT ORANGE KILLED MY BROTHER TWO AND HALF YEARS AGO.HE RETIRED IN THE AIR FORCE AFTER TWENTY THREE AND HALF YEARS.HE WAS A SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT.WE BURIED HIM AT THE VETERANS CEMETERY IN HOUSTON TEXAS WERE MY FATHER AND MOTHER AND BROTHER IN LAW IS BURIED.

I rarely comment on RUclips. However, since Robby is a good friend, I wanted to share a few observations about him. Robby has a big heart, a great man with a big heart. His personality fills a room and he could careless who notices him. He owes no one anything and no one owes him. I hope this makes sense. Also, I miss the Adventures of Secret Agent Orange. I hope he starts writing again. We are so blessed to have Joyce and Robby in our lives. I look forward to your next interview with him.

I can attest to him being a magical Santa Claus. I was old enough to know better but the kids (most of them his nephews and nieces) had the best Santa ever. He brought something magical to everything. No matter the holiday or occasion, he exuded happiness and good will

Jim boy, Thank You, being a self described “local” and proud to have also had the privy to gaze and bring younger generations to hear casual banter, you have my upmost respect and ear, truly the best entertainment on Any platform, Thank you also Jason, good job, the only thing I ever subscribed or followed. Jim, till next trip, stay thirsty my friend…

I cannot thank you enough for finally getting my brother's jim story out there.Over the years I had the pleasure of meeting some of Jim's S.F. buddies and every story i heard growing up was backed up by these men....that's when I knew how much a HERO he is.He's a special man who had extremely special parents Thank you again for recording his story...love's ya brother

JIM TALKED ABOUT THIS - The journalists left the hotel for Chalatenango at 3:00 p.m. on 17 March. They picked up "Commander Óscar", a commander of the Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces, and "Rubén", a child soldier who was their guide for the trip in San Salvador.[13] At around 4 p.m., the crew stopped at a bridge colloquially called "the Golden Bridge", which marked the border between government and guerrilla territory, and they filmed themselves with the soldiers guarding the bridge.[9] When the crew passed the El Paraíso barracks, they noticed a jeep began to follow them but it eventually went away.[1][9] At around 5 p.m., the journalists and their guide turned off the main road and drove up a road called Calle Santa Rita connecting El Paraíso to Cantón Piedras Gordas, Santa Rita, and San Rafael, where they met 3 more guerrillas named "Martín," "Carlos," and "Tello," after which, their driver, Armin Friedrich Wertz, returned to San Salvador since they planned to stay with the guerrillas for several days.[1][9] The 9 men walked into the jungle, but they were ambushed by the army with 8 of the being killed.[1][9] "Martín" was the only survivor.[1] According to Thomas Buergenthal, a member of the United Nations' Truth Commission for El Salvador, "the military waited for them and basically executed them."[14] Their driver was notified of the massacre at 7am the next day.[9] The bodies of the journalists were returned to San Salvador.[9]

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This is my Big Brother and I have spent my life being proud of him, and there are many stories I have yet to hear....

Excited to give it a Listen 👍🏼

Awesome interview. Never knew about the Cubans being there as well!

Absolutely incredible. He hit parts of 1967,68,69,70,71 and 1972. Great interview

Another great one!

Hilarious.