The Man Who Took 115 Souls - Scariest Soldier of the Vietnam War
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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Under the sweltering Vietnamese sun, bad boy Sergeant Joe Hooper and the rest of the motley bunch of outsiders who made up the US Infantry company known as the Delta Raiders cautiously approached a river deep in the heart of the torrid jungle on the hunt for their Communist enemy. Suddenly, a deafening hail of screaming rockets and staccato machine gun fire coming from the opposite shore let them know that they had found them. Diving for cover among the tangled undergrowth, Squad Leader Hooper’s voice pierced through the cacophony as he rallied a handful of his most fearless troops for a daring assault on the North Vietnamese Army bunkers, charging as fast as they could through the river’s chest-deep waters to engage their opponents in a frenzied firefight.
Amidst the raging chaos of battle, the intrepid Hooper and his men successfully took out the first bunker, then another, and another, until five bunkers had been laid to waste. Emboldened by Hooper’s success, the rest of Delta Company surged forward to join the fray, only to be met by a ferocious storm of North Vietnamese bullets, which would send several members of the company falling to the jungle floor in agony. Witnessing the carnage as he continued his attack, Sergeant Hooper knew what he had to do. He may have been labeled a troublemaker and a miscreant, but he wasn’t a coward, and he certainly wasn’t going to abandon his wounded comrades to their fate.
The North Vietnamese were pulling no punches with their intense onslaught. With a complete disregard for his own life, he ventured once more into the inferno of enemy fire, determined to save as many American soldiers as he could, no matter the cost.
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@DarkDocs Please stop using the word “eliminate” when referring to KILLING the enemy. I once witnessed a LTC chew out a LT, who in his OPORD briefing kept saying “service” the enemy. The LTC yelled at him and said that he was in the Army, not in a service station and in the Army we KILL the enemy, we don’t “service” them.
It’s war so stop trying to sanitize it. We KILL the enemy, we don’t “eliminate” them.
Thanks for a good video honoring a hard charging Warrior. Not a very good Soldier, but an outstanding Warrior. There’s a difference between the two that most don’t recognize or understand.
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This is my father's cousin. Thankyou so much for making this video. He doesn't get nearly enough recognition. Nobody has even heard of him.
Soooo your 2nd cousin….
@caronie33 My father and him had a closer relationship, I never met the guy. Seems more respectful for me to say my father's cousin rather than MY second cousin.
@@crippledcalibers7684if by some chance you visit his grave bring him a beer for me, please. Since I'll not be able to shake his hand. Men like him make me proud to be an American.
Wow what a man thank you
@@caronie33 and what the fuck your family ever done?
My kind of soldier right there R.I.P. Sir.
I thought the thumbnail was Outdoor Boys
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Louisville, Kentucky on May 6, 1979, at the age of 40 Wikipedia
was just about to look up how he died
thnx for the info man
It's not fair that the good die young. Condolences to his wife and family.
He wasn't a bad soldier he was a badass soldier. Thank you for your service and RIP..
What did his service gain the states? You lost the war and 55000 + dead
My dad probably served with Patrick Tadina. He was also in the 173rd airborne nicknamed "The Herd". I believe this nickname came from the fact that where one went they all went. My dad had 43 confirmed kills. He received the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He was my hero, best friend and the greatest man I've ever known. I love and miss you Dad!
A very good friend, sadly passed, was 173rd AB his first tour, CIDG MIKE Force second. RIP to them both.
Almost believable.....but lies
Dark Docs- put in a strong effort to research the name Patrick Tadina, he was a LRP with 173rd In Vietnam. Without question he is likely the most impressive soldier to ever walk the planet. He served 5 years straight in Vietnam and led hundreds of missions as team leader without ever losing a single man. LRRPs ran some of the most difficult and dangerous missions in Vietnam. He was a living legend among his men at the time and went on to serve in several other conflicts throughout his life. He deserves some recognition and it would be well worth the effort to put together something about him and LRRPs in general. Patrick was Hawaiian it would dress in black pajamas and walk point, This would cause a few seconds of confusion during contact and that's all it took. His brother was killed early on in the war and he spent 5 years seeking out revenge. His story is incredible, he is referred to as the real life Rambo. My father served in the same unit on a different team. He has family on Facebook that could be contacted for information to tell his story.
Half brother was third herd Dec 65 almost 68 got rolled over was 100percent
I give thanks for our veitnam, veterans they fought and many deid in a war were many complet fools would treat them like Sh**.I salute them thanks to all of you💥💥💥👍🇺🇲🇺🇲
If you have a chance to read some of the Six Silent Men series, one of the books by Reyneal Martinez was a good eye opener in how returning vets were treated. Didn’t matter they may have been drafted or poor as dirt and had a family to support, their heroics were chastised and belittled.
We still get disrespected even by a pass President of the US, old bone spurs, I often wonder if the person that had to take his place had to go to Vietnam and if he made it home alive?
See he wasn't a bad soldier...he just needed an enemy to take his frustrations out on... like that song from the era said..."WAR... What is it good for?" Apparently it was good for him!
everyone is born for something
A worthy competitor to the legendary Master Sergeant Benavidez.
Read his book ... awesome man
Or Maddog Shriver?
Lord.... Maddog, Benavidez.... Excellent men. Listening to Benavidez retelling of his actions that led to his citation, lord.
@@Clingerman93fact
Could you imagine the stories those men could tell you? Id personally like to hear Shriver about packing in his "bunker buster" lever action marlin .444 into the jungle 🤣
I met Joe Hooper at his Battlefield Commissiong (I believe the date was in April of 1970)
Thumbnail had me thinking this was Luke from Outdoor Boys lmao
Same lol
I came here to say the same thing 🤣
He was a two legged wrecking machine and an insanely brave soldier! His story should be taught in our schools.
Our schools are too busy teaching what pronoun to use.😢
Well we know one thing ,with all those medals the “ good conduct medal “ wasn’t one of them 😂
I have a friend who was a navy seawolve, he had over 130 confirmed kills and he never received the good conduct medal either
@@wishinone Chesty Puller the Marine Icon, said something to the effect “ a good Marine doesn’t have a good conduct medal “
Imagine having to do all that with giant balls
There were two Delta Raiders awarded the Medal of Honor that day Sgt Sims and Joe Hooper. I’m honored to call their Commanding officer Capt Cleo Hogan my friend. All these men are hero’s of the highest order. RIP Sgt Sims and Sgt Hooper.
Glad to hear joe get some recognition
They need to play this in every recruiting office.
This is awesome I can't believe he was only 40 when he passed away. Thank you Hooper for your service and my freedom.
Idk Lynne Black might have the highest K/D ratio of any Soldier in history. But there were a lot of other guys who did years in MACV SOG and we dont even know what they did. Legendary exploits lost to history.
And dead at 40... Was it Cancer or self inflicted?
Cerebral hemorrhage.
🏆💪🙏💙
Thank you for sharing this
RIP SIR
What a man. Thanks, Sarge. We could use many like him today.
The world will NEVER SEE MEN like in those times in today’s times!!! It’s a whole different world now… full of sissies and people that identify as animals and as anything other than what they really are….
He's a badass. Merica 🇺🇸
Thanks for more on our Great American Heroes
This guy was a bad ass. Plain and simple. I salute you sir.
Macker was Irish American and knew the value of Men.
My Deepest Respects Sir.
...101 airborne...the guys that liberated my hometown, Eindhoven...😀
Thanks for the remembrance; as Americans we have mostly forgotten such efforts.
Awesome vid as usual but don’t like the music in the back ground doesn’t suit the topic 👍
When he was in the US Army Reserve, he was briefly a member of our Group: 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
RESPECT!
Awesome man..legit question..How do they know how many souls he took..Is someone following him and counting bodies?? Just wondering how they put a number on it. If anyone in the military knows,please clarify,is it a guess or what? Brave soldier none the less..
This is my grandpa’s brother’s sister. Thank you for making this video!
I thank him for his service and respect his decorations but scariest. I suggest you look into Tigar Force.
23-0 KD. Almost got himself a nuke!!
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage which can happen with unmedicated High Pressure.
I got a article 15 while in boot camp. I was a rebel right off the rip. got mine for buying cigarettes and a house of pain cassette tape lol
Why does Hollywood put so many shit movies and ignore a warrior like Hooper??
Joe Hooper looks a LOT like Luke from the Outdoor Boys channel. I actually thought it was Luke in the thumbnail.
1. You can’t be bothered to pronounce Huey properly?
2. You completely skipped him getting his commission.
1st Hell yeah loved the mad dog doc btw this story was just as fantastic thumbs way up thanks darkdocs
WOW! He was a great soldier! Great video
My man was a wreaking ball on the battlefield!!
Scariest soldier was Mad Dog Shriver.
What a badass soldier, may God rest your soul and you be at peace.
I find it interesting that the biggest troublemakers in the military always seem to turn out to be the best soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen! I’ve seen docs on David Stirling, founder of the SAS, Jake McNeese, who started the Filthy Thirteen, now this gentleman! Please do some research on other troublemakers who became first rate soldiers! I would love to see even more contemporary ones.
Sounds to me he spent his time well. He probably realized his days were numbered after some point in time.
Glad you circled the face in the thumbnail, I'm blind and stupid so I needed that.
Today he would be kicked out for too much toxic masculinity because todays Army needs soldiers more empathetic towards the enemy and their feelings .
😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅
Many are in transition
Please don't think that of us soldiers
Lolol you obviously don't know anything about modern day combat.
Only a very small percentage of the armed forces are even actually trained to shoot bullets at enemies. It's not like 60 years ago....
😂
I knew his widow. She was a wonderful woman
Background music is annoying. Stop.
Nice
Shoot-N-Scoot also known as a Joe Hopper manuver
Cotton Hill's hero.
Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼
Was gonna say if this soldier wasn’t awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions the Army had a HUGE mistake!!
R.I.P. WARRIOR
Let's just hope nobody shows up in Piedmont South Carolina expecting to force them into trucks heading to a Joe Biden re-education camp. Some of this guy's descendants are probably still living there.
Verses the brave trump family Ole bone spurs leading the way 😅
Wow what a hero,if only the military had thousands of men like Hooper the military would be where it needs to be 💪💯☠️ not taking anything away from the heroes we do have❤
This Is my Great Great Cousin, It’s Insane that he got this much, I have an Article Written on him and people are gonna doubt some since there’s another Comment but God Bless his soul
Yeah due to this being similar to other comment,jumping on bandwagon will be the conclusion...he had a lot of cousins😂.... definition of a hero tho
40? Maan, he packed it in. Amazing story.
with how focused the thumbnail already is with the dude’s face, was it really necessary to add the bold red circle? loved the vid btw
You should do Carlos Hathcock
It's out there
@@larrys009 found it!
"I came here to take souls and eat honey butter, but im all out of honey butter" - Luke Outdoor Boys
What a bad ass.
Wait what he died at 40 wtf. This is the one soldier you want on your unit
This man was a beast! RIP, sir. And many thanks.
What a tough badass to die so young. Sad.
Thats a huge set of titanium balls
STUD.
a true hero....
implying Commies have souls.
Hero.
Thank you so much for the circle in the thumbnail. Otherwise I would have no idea where to look.
8 purple hearts! I've got a friend who received 7. I told him he should have learned to duck after the 4th one.
They used the exact same video and almost the same audio for this mini-doc on Joe Hooper and gang as they did for crazy, “I’ll do it myself” Riley (sp?). Where did all these heroes go to? Seems like they laid body and soul on the tracks, and if they made it back alive, they got a polite twitter of applause, never heard about them again.
I really want to thank the folks here who go out of their way to tell us what happened to the brave soldiers......will there ever be any more like them? Thank you Lord Jesus for creating brave, over the top, fighters to watch over our beloved land. ♥️😘🙏🕊✝️🙋♀️💕💜🕎🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
The very annoying sound track/music, is totally unneccary.
Absolutely zero % of this vIdeo has anything to do with the subject of this story.
Not a coward wanna band in his friends?That's what the type of guy i'm looking for you know that's a soldier
The scariest man in Vietnam is Bigfoot
Yeti
Jerry Shriver 😉
Rock Apes and they love SPAM & liquor - especially Jack Daniels.
Unfortunately I can’t argue with you.
like...wow!!
Hu-eh 🤣😂🤣 it's pronounced "whey", like "whey protein" 😂😂🤣 hu-eh 🤦🏼♂️😂😭😭
I love how you show clips of totally unrelated scenes while you narrate the video.
Some men are just born a badass.
Reminds me of Sgt Elias off the movie 'Platoon' !! Dang 😮 💪 🙏 A true grit modern warrior! I sure the US Marines honor him! RIP
Wow sounds like Audey Murphy reincarnated only a video they should make this into a movie
It sounds like the scene from Forest Gump, in some ways. The jungle rescue scene
Every super hero movie ever made was about this brother 🫡
After all he went through in war to pass away at 40, such a tragedy. I real hero.
What a boss. God bless his thunderous soul.
There is fighting then there’s fighting. Don’t make many like Mr Hooper.
Total Badass
I hope war thunder isn't full of cheating bots like mobile version is
Schwarzenegger's _Commando_ character was probably based off this. Legend.
dam tough dude, hats off
The thumbnail picture looks a lot like Luke from outdoorboys
i hope dark docs neve uses fake voices real men only plase
Thanks hooper for service!