I remember as an 8 year old, going to the airport to pick up my dad arriving home from the war , people called my mother ugly name's,as we waited,I was so happy to see my Dad ,as we were leaving, people spitting, throwing things at us ,I was scared and started to cry ,my dad grabbed my hand looking in my eyes and told me always remember,love your country,and fear your government,take care of yourself and your family and forget about people like this that do not know any better,this scene was repeated picking up my uncle's as well, just look what's happening to our country now ,the government is tearing us down,so I remember what my dad told me that day,and just keep moving forward,I lost him 2 years ago ,thank all of our veterans for their service,and sacrifice,
My old man was drafted right out of high school and did 2 tours. He and his pals are American heros. RIP Old Man, and all your pals , the ones that came to our house for Monday night football as i was growing up. The one who was our neighbor and went to our Church and i started working with him in the summers off from school from age 10 on . I grew up with them all, and they taught me everything from firearms, hunting , and work ethics. Most of them are gone as they were there mostly in the late 1960's. They are still American heros to me , no matter what anyone says about Veterans of foreign wars . They are the real elites and the 1% of America.
As a black man it saddens me how America treated our vets of the Vietnam war Bc in the military we aren’t black or white neither are you any other ethnicity one you join the us military. One you’re in the USA military you bleed green like your fellow comrades. Every american that is a patriot isn’t any ethnic background every patriot bleeds and pisses “ red,white and blue” and all these colors leave our patriotic bodies on the pattern of the AMERICAN FLAG!!!
LBJ and his wife took control of Bell helicopter and made large investments in Genral dynamics just before he sent troops to Vietnam Them people in Vietnam were never a threat to USA are anyone else They went over there uninvited and just started killing people for money Was and is 1 of the biggest crimes in the history of man They will be killing Vietnamese and Americans for generations from agent orange I do not think they should have been spit on when they come home They should have been sued for following unlawful orders and fighting unlawful wars
I feel sorry for that man who tried to pick up his mate and found the back of his head had gone. A great tragedy. I am an Australian who lost his brother in Phuoc Thuy Province in April 1971,he was K.I.A shot in a burst of fire and was shot in the throat and the head. He passed away as he was put on the Huey. He was attached to the American Special Forces, he was SAS Australian Task Force. He made many American friends and wrote and told me what a fantastic bunch of USA guys they were. Her enjoyed talking with the Americans and made many friends. They talked about the USA and Australia. It was his American brothers that placed him, aboard the Huey, just as he passed away. Thank you guys whoever you may be. I will never know who you were, but I thank you anyway. He was 5 days of turning 23. A fantastic guy and a wonderful brother. He missed out on the call up but volunteered his services for his country, Well done to all the Vietnam Vets, those who passed away since the war, those who died during the war and those who are still suffering after the war I respect you all and salute you!!
There are still many Vietnam combat veterans alive today. Blessings to all of you...all of veterans who served that time. Appreciation is the heart of all persons whose gratitude continues to love you back home FOREVER ❤
I was a product of the war. My mother was Vietnamese and my biological father was a soldier. I was put up for adoption . In April of 1975 I headed to South Carolina to live with an American family. I took on an American name versus my Vietnamese birth name. At age 2 and 1/2 I was potty trained, could dress and feed myself. I was also fluent in Vietnamese, French, and English. Still looking for my Vietnamese birth mother Phan Thi Dieu Hoa. My name was Phan Thi Bich Van. I do not believe in man’s war. God’s war is the only war we should be fighting for.
I found a few people with that name. One is in France (you mentioned speaking French) one in Ho Chi Minh but they seem a little young and I'm guessing your mom is around 70? A lawyer and a teacher. Was your father a Vietnamese soldier? I see your name is a little different then your moms. Do you have your adoption records? There may be something in there to lead somewhere.
@@thebugalito My father was an American soldier. A French family took care of me prior to my adoption. All my paperwork is in Vietnamese. Not much information on my birth mother. Not even sure is she is still living.
@@JFER3 It's gonna be tough but I'll keep snooping around. If you have any other info you'd like to share I'll try my best to dig up something. Good luck to you. Stay well my friend
Had the opportunity to meet a Vietnam Vet! Ended up loving him, no matter what and plan to embrace his experience with understanding and will be his friend to the end, as long as he needs my friendship.
My husband was a Marine & I was in Navy..we were stationed in Millington , Tennessee..He trained at Camp Lejeune then sent to Vietnam I remained stationed in Millington..every week-end some of us would go to Bethesda, Maryland to hospital there to visit our soldiers 😢! My heart was so darn broken but we continued going..at this time my husband was in Vietnam, I worked in Chaplains office& when I say was horrible to hear the stories from returning soldiers I wanted to walk out, go AWOL NEVER had I heard & seen such atrocities! My husband came back un- harmed, physically but gone mentally! 😪 GOD BLESS YOU GUYS & GALS( NURSES) WHO RISKED YOUR LIVES FOR A NOTHING WAR!! WITH MUCH RESPECT & LOVE I SALUTE YOU ALL!.
Vietnam threatened American security and you attacked? I was wondering what is your purpose? What has the cruel country called America done to the people of weak states thousands of kilometers away other than massacre? Vietnam Iraq, Afghanistan Bosnia, Pakistan, Libya, Granada, Haiti Panama But there is little time left, CHINA The Pacific will finish you off, too. In 20 years, I hope you live and see those days.
I went through Millington in 69 as a Marine , there I learned that some of my fellow Marines I had gone through boot camp had died . Sad and familiar memories are stirred by this comments and stories .
My heart goes out to all vietnam veterans as I have 2 uncles they survived the vietnam war but didnt survive home, soooo young ,deepest respects for all war veterans welcome home war vets.thank you from my heart for your service .
I knew a guy who a full bird col. and served in WW2 , Korea and Vietnam And used to tell me the American of the Vietnam War were the hardest fighting men he ever knew, they would listen to radios all the time and when someone called for help from being over ran by the VC ,he never had to ask for volunteers, they would be waiting ready to go , not trying to take anything away from any our solders Thank You to all of our Troops and their families And Thank You for Sharing 🙏 Respectfully Elbert
Charlotte husband my dad fought in World War II. Tarawa, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima, and then ended up, Nam as an advisor because of his experience. I love every one of you and salute your service.
There were many Vietnam songs back then that I just loved by CCR, all of these songs bring back many memories, I still listen to them every now and then. I was 17 years old when I got to Vietnam-1966 through 1969 (My mom had to sign a waiver for me), I grew up fast and learned a lot, good and bad. (I am now 73 and still learning). I was stationed on the USS Providence and also stationed in Country at a place called "Monkey Mountain" close to DaNang, by the DMZ. I spent 3 tours of duty in and around Vietnam. 3 of my high school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. I participated in the TET Offensive in Feb 1968, that was bad. Somewhere along the way I was exposed to Agent Orange (Nasty Stuff) I am now on disability for the effects of agent orange. When I was discharged and came home to the States we arrived in San Francisco, and there were a lot of protesters spitting on us and throwing rocks and eggs and called us baby killers. That was our welcome home. I tell you this to say to you, that whatever your position is or was on the Vietnam war, it was not the veteran who got us into the war, most of us went because we were patriots and loved our country. Blame the politicians, yes, but not the veteran. To all Vietnam Vets out there, you are not forgotten. As a previous combat Vet myself, I salute you my friend.
They may be not forgotten by their families but the u.s. government is glad to forget about them; why? If it was uncovered that there are still vets hid out in jungle camps in Vietnam, the families would know the "government" really didn't do everything to bring them all home. I know this as a fact as the VFW magazine from 1991 had an article of vietnamese who reported when they came to the states that they knew of these camps. Plus the prisoners made "SOS" signs which could be seen from satelite images above. The u.s. govnmt "dragged their feet" to investigate (because of what I stated earlier) that when they finally got around to checking out the area, they had moved and tried to cover their tracks. So the u.s. said because they were no longer there, the report was "unsubstantiated." Made me mad as hell!
Sorry....I don't buy your line of BS about "don't blame the veteran". I'm a proud Vietnam/Draft resistor. Veterans cop out when they say it's all the politicians and Government's fault. There is NO war when soldiers don't show up. And none of this bullsh*t about patriotism and loving your country. They should have figured out like I did that Vietnam was no good...for them personally or their country. They were chumps and pawns. That has nothing to do with patriotism, courage or lack of it. or loving your country. Vietnam did nothing but hurt the USA in many different ways for at least 10 years...and more. Patriots don't help "F" their own country. Btw....I never abused Vietnam veterans in any way. Nor did I see them as "baby killers". Nor did I support GI Jane Fonda. However, today I have no problem jumping on the asses of these Vietnam veterans and their big mouths about courage, cowardice, patriotism, duty etc when it comes to those who were wise enough to not go to Vietnam.
Graduated June 68’,5 July us army,21 dec.68’red beach,danang viet-nam.spent two tours.lost nine bros.over ther.we had that stigma when we came home crazy,baby killers,druggies.welcome home ,god bless america.
I served 8 years and when someone talks bad about military members, I dont even sweat it. We're the reason they're able to voice their uninformed opinions without fear of reprisal. Soldiers have secured and maintained that 1st amendment right for them. Respect and Honor to all our veterans
Fighting illegal wars doesn't secure a dam thing for anyone except the billanres and thier money LBJ and his wife took control of Bell helicopter and made large investments in Genral dynamics just before he sent troops The war was for money and everyone who went over there is a war crimanl Same with Iraq Afghanistan Syria etc
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They did not serve their country. All these Vietnam videos are basically BS. These veterans willingly chose to go to an unwinnable, illegal war. If they say otherwise they are promoting a falsehood. A lot of these people push the image that they could or did win the war, but the "politicians" and the "people back home" lost it. Vietnam was a national American disgrace, tragedy and defeat...and they share in the responsibility of it. The politicians and American people saw that the war was not being won, or was unwinnable. The US never really had the "hearts and minds" of the South Vietnamese people...who they supposedly were fighting for. They don't talk much about the war crimes they committed against the Vietnamese....OR even against their own personnel. Lastly, whether these guys won or lost...the Vietnam war had absolutely NO effect on American freedom, security, safety or way of life. They did NOT sacrifice anything for my...or your freedom. These veterans present themselves as victims and wrongly treated. They are big boys and went to a country to kill or be killed. They shared in the failure. Now they want to be recognized for their "sacrifice" through videos, Honor Flights, endless trips to the Wall in DC or to Vietnam itself. They never grew up and really moved on. They have made themselves an embarrassment to themselves and my generation.
@@bhall4996 it caused blood and tears under the name of democracy. They shed blood all over the world, but it's close, the People's Republic of China will give a lesson in the Pacific.. America has become a hated country in the world, although we are a NATO country, it is not a state policy, but we will support the People's Republic of China as if our people support a team..
Well done for going to the effort to make this video of our American mates at war, from your No.1 ally Australia, we proudly stand with you,WW1,WW2, Korea, Vietnam,Iraq, Afghanistan
@@donaldmayoneshot5579 thanks mate,am very proud of our alliance with the Americans,if not for the Americans us Aussies would be eating rice and living 2nd rate lives with our wealth going back to an Asian super power,we are indebted to the Americans
@@thecomander466 better not put your trust in my country right now joe biden is not to be trusted we are out of baby food and he is giving what we got to the illegals coming into our country he has turned his back on our friends if China does anything to your country you cannot count on him to stand with you they have given him all kind of money and he's loves money him and his family is organized criminals
Sometimes our citizens are stupid. You guys deserve the highest honor for serving your country. I have Vietnamese friends that were able to escape and they and we are so very grateful. My husband is a retired Airforce vet. Please keep telling and documenting your stories.
D. Anderson, USMC, Hotel Company, 2dBn, 9th Marines, 3d MarDiv, 2/9/3, 68-69 Operation Dewey Canyon. In memory of 58,281 men including 8 women, all nurses, 16 clergy members and 160 Medal of Honor recipients who served in the Vietnam War and later died as a result of their service. We honor and remember their sacrifice.
Many carry a sense of having been betrayed by civilian and military leaders and by society generally. Be-trayed by politicians who resorted to war under false pretenses and took advantage of their patriotism and youth (the average age of a soldier in Vietnam was 19) and who placed constraints on war strategy that set them up for failure. It's easy to forget that those who served in Vietnam grew up in a time when politicians were seen as statesmen focused on the common good. Most trusted their leaders when told that war was necessary to stop the spread of communism. Despite stereotypes to the contrary, most volunteered. They were part of a generation raised with stories about how their fathers and uncles had accepted the duties of citizenship and won the Great War. These soldiers realized quickly that their fathers war was very different than the one into which they had been led. Their fathers had typically fought as parts of large coordinated forces against a massed enemy, taking and holding territory and attaining measurable strategic objectives, each of which moved them closer to victory. This was not true in Vietnam. Due to geopolitical constraints there would be no invasion of North Vietnam. Rarely would they face a massed force fighting in conventional fashion. In Vietnam, the enemy was often invisible, attacking then slipping away. Though the Army of North Vietnam was a conventional guerilla force, the Viet Cong were often indistinguishable from civilians. A rotational system of deployment that constantly shuffled around the membership of units and which some believed undermined unit cohesion and morale, negative media stereotypes of American soldiers, exposure to conditions of intense privation, chronic feeling of being under threat with no safe place to go, and faulty equipment that broke down under fire. Others were stung by leadership claims that the war was necessary to liberate the people of South Vietnam only to find, as one veteran put it, "Those people just wanted us out and some wanted to cut my throat." I've known many who continued to resent what they saw as lies told by military and civilian leaders claiming progress was being made when the experience on the ground suggested they were stuck in a quagmire. Then there was the betrayal of the homecoming. Though the antiwar movement had broad roots composed of people who genuinely wanted to stop the war, there was a segment openly hostile not just to the war but to the troops who fought it. Returning veterans who had given everything they had and who simply wanted to return home were often met with hostility. Vets often say things such as, "We were spat on, called baby killers, treated like dirt when we arrived back home." Others remember subtle hostility: "I was afraid to wear my uniform in public because of the looks I'd get." Many contrast their experience with an earlier generation. "Those World War 2 guys got parades and ticker tape; we got stabbed in the back."
Maybe a lot of that is why my dad never voted. My mother would vote but he never did. His time their taught him that reality of the cesspool called D.C. But he loved America and the constitution.
It took 25 years after the Australian Forces went to Vietnam to get a welcome home parade & a thank you for your service. Here is a touching song from an Aussie Group in 1983 = "I was only 19" = thank you to all the vets, their spouses, kids & the nurses / doctors who took care of them after the war was ended - but never over for them :(
That era still upsets me terribly. I am still angry at the politicians and media🤬Our Vietnam vets still suffer today, heartbreaking. God Bless them🙏🏼I will never let America forget the sacrifices both by the vets and us wives. Welcome home gentlemen, thank you!
Yea that war MTF..that war has effected me so deep in my soul always has always will.. our soldier's. man our soldiers wtf they had to go through That is just something for the rest of my life my tears, for them then and still. What our Government did sending them over there , they should of never been there. And how the government after they came home just turned there backs on them like they were just nothing..that is when I knew who and what our was and stood for..our BRAVE men ..we love all of you ..AMERICAN CITIZENS LOVE OUR SOLDIERS. WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULD BE NO AMERICA HOME OF THE FREE... ❤️ GOD BLESS AMERICA GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIER'S
They didn't fight the war to win. It was ridiculous. WWII would have dragged on for many more years if we had fought it in the manner in which they did Vietnam. Lost an uncle there during TET near Denang in 68.
Spent a lifetime on medicine for nerve gas off and on.. 1967 to 2022. We started with radar type blood analysis 1968,, with my father a consulting chemical engineer and military medical doctors., as we discovered cracked neutron from tremendous heat and pressure from nerve gas. Thr final medical treatment was chelated vitamin c with atom replacement in oral and Intravenous form.
Opting for peaceful coexistence with the USSR and ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam, etc., got JFK killed. LBJ reversed the order, four days after the assassination.
Oh man I wish good health for all and DNA weaponry blows my mind. Let's have good health for all... Blood analysis to one quarter of an angstrom. Vietnam veterans have always been my heroes.
Those orders to deploy to Vietnam were unlawful and should have been challenged in court The true heros of Vietnam went to Canada and refuse to do dirty deeds of old men
@@williamleggett5924 you don't know the meaning of the word hero They went over there uninvited and just started killing people so LBJ and his wife could make a fortune of there investment in Genral dynamics and took control of Bell helicopter just b4 he sent troops Sick and tired of this crap
❤️❤️❤️❤️ I’m so sorry that these survivors were so miserably treated. My heart goes out to each one. You ARE appreciated no matter what these hooligans that disgraced uniforms assaulted shunned & abused these good veterans. I hope there is healing for them one day. Hugs from 🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️
My mom use to come to tears all the time about a man named Benny she once knew. They lived together in a small knit community in New Mexico. Apparently one day, Benny god bless him.. stepped on a land mind in Vietnam. Makes me sad to think about but my parents came from that generation, who had friends that left to fight.
My Stepdad was a machine gunner in1969 1st Calvary Division Airmobile, 101st Airborne Division. Right out of highschool- so young to have to go through this!~ He jumped out of airplanes with a machine gun. He had the same gun as Rambo had in the movie. So many stories that he told me- he could have written a book. His commander was supposed to go home and the day before he was standing next to him and his head was blown off and landed between my step dads feet. He laid in the rivers with his buddies’ dead bodies next to him and he had to pretend that he was dead. Scorpians and snakes crawled over his face. He couldnt even blink. He was doing this for almost 2 years. couldn’t imagine doing this for one hour let alone 2 straight years of terror. Thank you all for your service and sacrifices.
It was an M60 machine gun a very good weather I do not remember figures every third round or 6th round that when it come out of the barrel it tumbled made a hell of a hole
@@leonleon2276You are 100% right in describing them as having nothing to do with USA, and therefore needless. But I wouldn't describe them as having done nothing. It's done plenty of bad, for sure. But some people might say having a South Korea and K pop was worth it?? Lol I kid, but I agree with you.
@@kingdedede9135 the South Koreans will say thanks very much to the USA of course, because they was on the brink of defeat by the north before the USA came and pushed them back. But again, that was Korean business. So yeh they achieved a stalemate and saved Korea from being a united country under communism. Now it’s split in two….ok sure. Vietnam? Zero was achieved. Minus zero. The USA thought that North Vietnam would have Vietnam as a communist country, and then will threaten the USA ( 😂 😂) like how was or is Vietnam ever a threat to the USA ffs. And they said once Vietnam is communist, they will conquer all of south east Asia and make it all communism. Okayyyyy. Well north Vietnam won. They united the country, as that’s all they wanted. We are still awaiting the threat to the USA, and are still waiting for all of south east Asia to be communists. 😂 😂
Yes they did and that was BS. These veterans deserved better than that. When I see a Vietnam veteran I walk up and shake his hand and thank him for his serve.
Yes, and the men who are of the age to have served still do. Jealousy? Hate? Feelings of inadequacy? DAMNFINO but I do not mind a tiny bit saying that I can never bring myself to trust Americans. USMC 1962-;1968. RVN 66-67. Unique position of being sent in with/in charge of my teams when things were intense. Lived out of a Willie Peter Bag for months at a time. 11 units that I was with were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Marine criteria: If awarded in a personal basis equivalent to Navy Cross). Two times directly on DMZ, 7 months in Leather neck Square. Quang Tri Province had more American casualties than any province in Nam. USA is a fickle bunch of foolish cowards. If you were not there in Nam, shut your mouth!
"If they didn't have a son or a brother or whatever over there, they didn't care. That's the truth of it." Man, what a truthful assessment of the civilian attitude toward returning veterans. I was thinking something similar yesterday: coming home from the war, nobody gave a hoot. Settling down and raising a family... nobody gave a hoot. Building a career... nobody gave a hoot. Retiring, getting old... nobody gave a hoot. So I guess the only thing left to do is to get a pet owl.
I went to Nam at 18 years old. I was with 25th infantry Intelligence Detachment. I didn't fight even though fighting was very near. I felt sorry for the men that did the actual fighting. Much respect for them. I never saw a protesters when I came home.
you guys are my heroes.i joined right after high school in 87.because of bombing of marine barracks.4 years in grunts desert, mountain, triple canapy jungle pi and Okinawa toughed me up.whenever I was bitches I thought of Vietnam vets.thank you.
Very powerful documentary. It's a shame these Heroes weren't treated better when they came home. They're only doing their jobs to the best of their ability.
I’m a police officer in a very rough area near the south side of Chicago I was trained by servers Vietnam Vets when I first got on the job many years ago. They were by far the best Officers I ever worked with!!!! I have nothing but total respect for Vietnam veterans and I am ashamed that that police officer acted like that I am glad that that that said some to the hospital that police officer is a disgrace and embarrassment to all of us The Vietnam vet were the best men this country has to offer and should be shown nothing but respect!!!! we Cops are starting to feel their pain as we are hated by many people today. Maybe most people.
I grew up in a small town in Texas back in the 70,s and the cops used to poor our beer out and take our weed and tell us get our ass home They even give is rides and call our parents to get us As long as no one fighting are tearing stuff up they give us a break Wtf happen some how went to heavy handed military grade policing That why yall getting hated All these illegal wars and war on drugs hasn't helped
One of the better documented stories told by the guys that were there. Half my block in DaBronx were drafted or enlisted. Some came back , some I never saw again. A white privilege college deferment along with a high number kept me home. Yes, I protested on campus & in DC, but I always preached " hate the war ,not the warrior " I can't even describe how much love & respect I have for these vets. This was my generation, these were my friends & family. Thier acts of courage is just unbelievable. Great job with this project, thanks for posting.
I was always proud of OUR Veterans, always. I know it was never enough to say 'Thank You for Your Service', but it was all I could say - I could never relate or understand what they endured. BUT, Thank You for Your Service. Be Safe and Stay Strong. You are Truly Respected and Loved.
All these guys are true heroes. My father was in Vietnam but sometimes its hard for me to have the same feeling about him. Mostly because of he wasn't part of my life. It's part of a bigger understanding I guess
Tnank you my brothers gor your service. I grew up around this time! No one backed you guys at home ,breaks my heart! Blessings and prayers . Im 56 now i was born in 67.
The same thing happened to Australian vets. Had to disembark at night and the old WWII soldiers told us that wasn't a war. Couldn't grow our hair quick enough.
Cant believe the old ww2 vets could say a think the Vietnam was won by America and allies anyways. We installed a pro American government and we won in the war of attrition. We lost politically at home though. Afghanistan was a way worse blunder Bc we didn’t keep a strong pro democracy gov in place like Vietnam
My Great Uncle served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969. He served in the 2d Transportation Company. He was a truck driver, the most dangerous job in the war. He was a decorated soldier that was and still is to this day proud of his service. He is not ashamed of anything he has done. He did not think the war was a good idea, but he did not let it affect him, he said simply "I might as well have just done my job."
@@robertisham5279 It was highly dangerous because truck companies kept units supplied, and if the Vietnamese could destroy those supplies, they could stop our soldiers from coordinating attacks, and make them weak and vulnerable. He was specifically a fuel truck driver. The Vietnamese knew that their main problems were helicopters. They also knew that if they could destroy the fuel that powers the helicopters, they would create a fuel shortage to cripple the helicopters and their logistics. Basically without supplies, the infantry and cavalry and all that jazz can’t function without transport companies.
Heartfelt blessings and respect for all of our Veterans and especially those who answered the call for Vietnam. You were doing the job you were asked to do, and didn’t get the support or respect while you were there or when you came home Just know that many of us still care and think about you. Thank You for all you have done, and continue to do.
I went to basic training at Fort Knox in 1979 and all my drill and 1st Sargents were Vietnam veterans and they were tough on us 1st Sargent gave me a uppercut to the stomach for falling asleep it was a strange time in the service, I was very young and a much older black guy from DC tried to extort money from me , I was punched in the face twice while I slept from a fellow enlisted man Not a fun time , am I glad I went into the service yes I learned a lot about hatred .
Those guys had balls bigger then Basket balls. With 110 missions And last words were that he may Not be coming back. Cloudy day And could not get air support Got over run with radio man and Some think they may have been Set up with their 2 interpreters Because they made it back and David and his radio man were ambush they had a large bounty On david
no you dont have to praise anybody.... nobody wnted to kill anybody but when you are drafted by your goverment and have no choice then do it with malice if you dont want to be put in front of a firing sqaud
@Jordan Barclay how do you know that? Some of these soldiers helped south Vietnamese people, and they worked together. You can't just label everyone a murderer or baby killer.
@Jordan Barclay blah blah blah. Your College degree hasn't made you any brighter nor has it given you the experience to even talk about what you think you know about combat
War is hell !! It’s takes life’s and makes millionaires!!! These brave men were there fought for their country and each other!!! Right or wrong!!! These men are a brotherhood to whom we owe a lot!! We all owe our rights to men like these who risked it all and some lost it all !!! God bless all U. S. veterans!!!
Thank you all for your Service. When my Uncle came back from the war we went to pick him up from the airport they were calling them names and throwing things at them.
Did the Vietnamese threaten your country? When you say for our country, your soldiers did not take care of your country, you are committing massacres in weak countries thousands of kilometers away. but the pacific china will also end your empire, take note, not more than 20 years
I almost chuckled when I realized he beat the hell out of that punk ass cop. I don't condone it but understand why. I hope it set that officer straight or he decided to leave the force. No one that disrespectful needs to be a police officer.
Thank you to all who went to Nam I can't imagine it but I know life won't be the same. Thank you for sacrifice Thank you for going over to keep us safe( Even if I wasn't born yet) I will always have biggest utmost respect.
How by them going there they were saving you?? How far Vietnam is from the states?? Did you even know where Vietnam was before your army went there?? Unfortunately your government lied to you into that war and you invaded that country and killed millions over here + Young Americans who lost their lives for nothing! Just start thinking about what was that war about?? What have your country gained from it? Was it worth it? Are the government officials going to bring back those who died?? It wasn't morally acceptable no matter how many times they tried to twist it! It was a crime and unforgivable one!
what sacrifice? Has Vietnam threatened your country's security? You attacked and it is your country that attacked weak countries thousands of kilometers away and massacred, for example, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Granada, Haiti and Panama, but you still talk about sacrifice without shame.
I feel for these guys more than any other veteran in other wars, go through all they went through, then have to come back here and be belittled and spit upon, it’s not right, and I appreciate everything they did for our country, so thank you gentlemen for your service ✌🏼💪🏻🇺🇸
When I was in California wearing my MARINE CORPS uniform I got spit on. This was mid 70s. A guy can forgive but one never forgets. Great program gentlemen THANKS you. GOD BLESS
This film brought back so many memories. I knew so many guys who were in Nam as that was my age group. Some didn't make it back but I was close to some who did and they talked about it with me because we had been friends before Nam. What was hardest for many of them was leaving their guys behind and the the lack of support back stateside. One man I know well, did two tours. He said he didn't like leaving men in his platoon behind. It was a long, cruel and pointless political was. This film brought it all back for man of us.
SP6 Cauchi is my grandfather. He shot a lot of this footage along with other members of the 221st Signal Co. He earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with V device on that hill. I’m glad to see that this footage still exists. We used to have 8mm reels that I watched with my grandfather as a kid. I still have the audio recordings from this battle with the exact moment an enemy mortar round landed, wounding my grandpa and killing a platoon leader. I am an Iraq War Veteran, but this footage and the audio that I have of the battle sends chills up my spine. It’s unbelievable how brave these men were. If there are any members of the 221st Signal Company that served with my late grandfather SP6 Maurice Cauchi that are still around, I would be honored to talk to you.
Great respect for all who served. US, Aussies, Kiwis and others. Year as many have said, was the loss of lives worth it? God bless them all.. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lawrence Binyon
To all of you THANK YOU. I was right behind you. Took basic in 74. Your the only Heros in my world. So much demanded of youth and so little given for their efforts. It wasnt fair dammit. And double thanks to the sky trooper who stomped a pig into mud. It wasn't fair. I'll remember you. All of you. Words aren't enough. Carry on.
I met a very old French woman when I worked at a nursing home in NYC in the early eighties. She said she was a French nurse in Vietnam after ww2 she said Vietnam's captured her in 1949 near Saigon. She claims they kept her prisoner from 1949 until 1969 freed by USA marines. She said she was only woman for 300 men. Says she got pregnant 23 times in 20 years. She cryed a lot telling her story. She passed away a few months later. Strange tho but a older Asian man came to get her belongings. I asked him was it a true story. He just shook his head up and down. Meaning yes. He never said anything else to me.
I have studied up on the living conditions for our Infantrymen on search and destroy missions in the Jungles and I don't know how in the world these Brave Men kept their sanity. It was a pure hell hole in my opinion. I failed my Military Physical and I have no regrets because I don't believe that I could have endured the elements. I thank God every day 🙏.
PJ DOC MAGOO VIETNAM 1969-1975 PARA-RESCUE. In 1975 we were evacuating Vietnamese People that were on top of the Embassy in SIGON.During the war I worked on wounded GIs, and if a Pilot was shot down we went to save him. NOW I DEAL WITH “PTSD” WEEKLY AND IT SUCKS. PJ DOC MAGOO
Growing up in a military family. I have always respected our veterans from past, present, and future. I enjoyed listening to their experiences in the service. Because they need to tell their story. What did they go through in combat. Seeing their brothers dying around them. Then, coming to be disrespected by cowardly Americana. My grandfather got wounded a few times in Vietnam.
I have a lot of respect for these guys that we're willing to talk about their time Vietnam I know personally my family and some friends that were there never did get over the fact they were disrespected when they came back before they departed this Earth and there are some that are still alive but to this very day that have not forgotten the way they were treated when they came home and for the government not putting forth enough effort in helping these veterans after they came home. Some family members I did not even new served till they passed away and it was in their obituaries
God Bless you all and Thank You for your service. I would like to go back in time and greet you all at the airport you came home to and tell you welcome home and thank you!!! It breaks my heart and moves me to tears the treatment you had to endure coming home. You all deserve the best for doing what you where asked by your country at such a young age. You where all wonderful young men and deserved so much better like a time to debrief and mostly respect for a job you never wanted for but you did because your government said they needed you too. Well gentlemen, you certainly have my respect and gratitude!
Remember, Cambodia was sucked into this war too. And the Cambodian government still owed Uncle War from this era. B-52s carpet bomb Cambodia due to Viet Cong sanctuaries inside Cambodian border.
I remember as an 8 year old, going to the airport to pick up my dad arriving home from the war , people called my mother ugly name's,as we waited,I was so happy to see my Dad ,as we were leaving, people spitting, throwing things at us ,I was scared and started to cry ,my dad grabbed my hand looking in my eyes and told me always remember,love your country,and fear your government,take care of yourself and your family and forget about people like this that do not know any better,this scene was repeated picking up my uncle's as well, just look what's happening to our country now ,the government is tearing us down,so I remember what my dad told me that day,and just keep moving forward,I lost him 2 years ago ,thank all of our veterans for their service,and sacrifice,
God Bless your Dad & All Vets who Served under the most Difficult of circumstances.
"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny."
Iam a veteran too, sick old. Sorry for your loss.
Thank you to your dad hun
Thanks for saying what happened, he was a good man, with honor. Sorry he's gone now.
My old man was drafted right out of high school and did 2 tours. He and his pals are American heros. RIP Old Man, and all your pals , the ones that came to our house for Monday night football as i was growing up. The one who was our neighbor and went to our Church and i started working with him in the summers off from school from age 10 on . I grew up with them all, and they taught me everything from firearms, hunting , and work ethics. Most of them are gone as they were there mostly in the late 1960's. They are still American heros to me , no matter what anyone says about Veterans of foreign wars . They are the real elites and the 1% of America.
As a black man it saddens me how America treated our vets of the Vietnam war Bc in the military we aren’t black or white neither are you any other ethnicity one you join the us military. One you’re in the USA military you bleed green like your fellow comrades. Every american that is a patriot isn’t any ethnic background every patriot bleeds and pisses “ red,white and blue” and all these colors leave our patriotic bodies on the pattern of the AMERICAN FLAG!!!
The last of the real men a kid could look up to
How bout dad...not old man
LBJ and his wife took control of Bell helicopter and made large investments in Genral dynamics just before he sent troops to Vietnam
Them people in Vietnam were never a threat to USA are anyone else
They went over there uninvited and just started killing people for money
Was and is 1 of the biggest crimes in the history of man
They will be killing Vietnamese and Americans for generations from agent orange
I do not think they should have been spit on when they come home
They should have been sued for following unlawful orders and fighting unlawful wars
History
I feel sorry for that man who tried to pick up
his mate and found the back of his head had gone. A great tragedy. I am an Australian who lost his brother in Phuoc Thuy Province in April 1971,he was K.I.A shot in a burst of fire and was shot in the throat and the head. He passed away as he was put on the Huey. He was attached to the American Special Forces, he was SAS Australian Task Force. He made many American friends and wrote and told me what a fantastic bunch of USA guys they were. Her enjoyed talking with the Americans and made many friends. They talked about the USA and Australia. It was his American brothers that placed him, aboard the Huey, just as he passed away. Thank you guys whoever you may be. I will never know who you were, but I thank you anyway. He was 5 days of turning 23. A fantastic guy and a wonderful brother. He missed out on the call up but volunteered his services for his country, Well done to all the Vietnam Vets, those who passed away since the war, those who died during the war and those who are still suffering after the war I respect you all and salute you!!
There are still many Vietnam combat veterans alive today. Blessings to all of you...all of veterans who served that time. Appreciation is the heart of all persons whose gratitude continues to love you back home FOREVER ❤
I was a product of the war. My mother was Vietnamese and my biological father was a soldier. I was put up for adoption . In April of 1975 I headed to South Carolina to live with an American family. I took on an American name versus my Vietnamese birth name. At age 2 and 1/2 I was potty trained, could dress and feed myself. I was also fluent in Vietnamese, French, and English.
Still looking for my Vietnamese birth mother Phan Thi Dieu Hoa. My name was Phan Thi Bich Van.
I do not believe in man’s war.
God’s war is the only war we should be fighting for.
I hope you find your mother ❤️
*same*
I found a few people with that name. One is in France (you mentioned speaking French) one in Ho Chi Minh but they seem a little young and I'm guessing your mom is around 70? A lawyer and a teacher. Was your father a Vietnamese soldier? I see your name is a little different then your moms. Do you have your adoption records? There may be something in there to lead somewhere.
@@thebugalito
My father was an American soldier. A French family took care of me prior to my adoption. All my paperwork is in Vietnamese. Not much information on my birth mother. Not even sure is she is still living.
@@JFER3 It's gonna be tough but I'll keep snooping around. If you have any other info you'd like to share I'll try my best to dig up something. Good luck to you.
Stay well my friend
Had the opportunity to meet a Vietnam Vet! Ended up loving him, no matter what and plan to embrace his experience with understanding and will be his friend to the end, as long as he needs my friendship.
My husband was a Marine & I was in Navy..we were stationed in Millington , Tennessee..He trained at Camp Lejeune then sent to Vietnam I remained stationed in Millington..every week-end some of us would go to Bethesda, Maryland to hospital there to visit our soldiers 😢! My heart was so darn broken but we continued going..at this time my husband was in Vietnam, I worked in Chaplains office& when I say was horrible to hear the stories from returning soldiers I wanted to walk out, go AWOL NEVER had I heard & seen such atrocities! My husband came back un- harmed, physically but gone mentally! 😪 GOD BLESS YOU GUYS & GALS( NURSES) WHO RISKED YOUR LIVES FOR A NOTHING WAR!! WITH MUCH RESPECT & LOVE I SALUTE YOU ALL!.
Vietnam threatened American security and you attacked?
I was wondering what is your purpose?
What has the cruel country called America done to the people of weak states thousands of kilometers away other than massacre? Vietnam Iraq, Afghanistan Bosnia, Pakistan, Libya, Granada, Haiti Panama
But there is little time left, CHINA
The Pacific will finish you off, too.
In 20 years, I hope you live and see those days.
I went through Millington in 69 as a Marine , there I learned that some of my fellow Marines I had gone through boot camp had died . Sad and familiar memories are stirred by this comments and stories .
It wasn’t a “NOTHING WAR” to the people who were there.
My heart goes out to all vietnam veterans as I have 2 uncles they survived the vietnam war but didnt survive home, soooo young ,deepest respects for all war veterans welcome home war vets.thank you from my heart for your service .
Respect to WAR veterans !!!!!
I knew a guy who a full bird col. and served in WW2 , Korea and Vietnam
And used to tell me the American of the Vietnam War were the hardest fighting men he ever knew, they would listen to radios all the time and when someone called for help from being over ran by the VC ,he never had to ask for volunteers, they would be waiting ready to go ,
not trying to take anything away from any our solders
Thank You to all of our Troops and their families
And Thank You for Sharing 🙏
Respectfully Elbert
I love that. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, also Asian vets never surrendered unlike ww2 and korea.
Charlotte husband my dad fought in World War II. Tarawa, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima, and then ended up, Nam as an advisor because of his experience. I love every one of you and salute your service.
Im a 72 yo Navy Veteran, never in country...I salute every Vietnam Veteran I see...massive respect to all
There were many Vietnam songs back then that I just loved by CCR, all of these songs bring back many memories, I still listen to them every now and then. I was 17 years old when I got to Vietnam-1966 through 1969 (My mom had to sign a waiver for me), I grew up fast and learned a lot, good and bad. (I am now 73 and still learning). I was stationed on the USS Providence and also stationed in Country at a place called "Monkey Mountain" close to DaNang, by the DMZ. I spent 3 tours of duty in and around Vietnam. 3 of my high school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. I participated in the TET Offensive in Feb 1968, that was bad. Somewhere along the way I was exposed to Agent Orange (Nasty Stuff) I am now on disability for the effects of agent orange. When I was discharged and came home to the States we arrived in San Francisco, and there were a lot of protesters spitting on us and throwing rocks and eggs and called us baby killers. That was our welcome home. I tell you this to say to you, that whatever your position is or was on the Vietnam war, it was not the veteran who got us into the war, most of us went because we were patriots and loved our country. Blame the politicians, yes, but not the veteran. To all Vietnam Vets out there, you are not forgotten. As a previous combat Vet myself, I salute you my friend.
They may be not forgotten by their families but the u.s. government is glad to forget about them; why? If it was uncovered that there are still vets hid out in jungle camps in Vietnam, the families would know the "government" really didn't do everything to bring them all home. I know this as a fact as the VFW magazine from 1991 had an article of vietnamese who reported when they came to the states that they knew of these camps. Plus the prisoners made "SOS" signs which could be seen from satelite images above. The u.s. govnmt "dragged their feet" to investigate (because of what I stated earlier) that when they finally got around to checking out the area, they had moved and tried to cover their tracks. So the u.s. said because they were no longer there, the report was "unsubstantiated." Made me mad as hell!
the righteousness of your honour is still burdened by the betrayal of dishonourable people who lack the moral turpitude to bear thier own guilt
Sorry....I don't buy your line of BS about "don't blame the veteran". I'm a proud Vietnam/Draft resistor. Veterans cop out when they say it's all the politicians and Government's fault. There is NO war when soldiers don't show up. And none of this bullsh*t about patriotism and loving your country. They should have figured out like I did that Vietnam was no good...for them personally or their country. They were chumps and pawns. That has nothing to do with patriotism, courage or lack of it. or loving your country. Vietnam did nothing but hurt the USA in many different ways for at least 10 years...and more. Patriots don't help "F" their own country.
Btw....I never abused Vietnam veterans in any way. Nor did I see them as "baby killers". Nor did I support GI Jane Fonda. However, today I have no problem jumping on the asses of these Vietnam veterans and their big mouths about courage, cowardice, patriotism, duty etc when it comes to those who were wise enough to not go to Vietnam.
Welcome home. Thank you for your service.
Graduated June 68’,5 July us army,21 dec.68’red beach,danang viet-nam.spent two tours.lost nine bros.over ther.we had that stigma when we came home crazy,baby killers,druggies.welcome home ,god bless america.
I served 8 years and when someone talks bad about military members, I dont even sweat it. We're the reason they're able to voice their uninformed opinions without fear of reprisal. Soldiers have secured and maintained that 1st amendment right for them.
Respect and Honor to all our veterans
I think most military guys are great. But the ones who start talking about war crimes different story.
@@damienholland8103 i agree with that
Amen and Thank you sir
Fighting illegal wars doesn't secure a dam thing for anyone except the billanres and thier money
LBJ and his wife took control of Bell helicopter and made large investments in Genral dynamics just before he sent troops
The war was for money and everyone who went over there is a war crimanl
Same with Iraq Afghanistan Syria etc
The constitution gives free speech
Not illegal wars
Stop following unlawful orders and fighting unlawful wars please
To all Vietnam vets - your country called - you served - that's honorable and nobody can take that away from you.
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Nothing honorable about murdering men women and children in foreign countries because of your own paranoia and an imaginary threat
Ty..... Hellava experience!
Cringe
They did not serve their country. All these Vietnam videos are basically BS. These veterans willingly chose to go to an unwinnable, illegal war. If they say otherwise they are promoting a falsehood. A lot of these people push the image that they could or did win the war, but the "politicians" and the "people back home" lost it. Vietnam was a national American disgrace, tragedy and defeat...and they share in the responsibility of it. The politicians and American people saw that the war was not being won, or was unwinnable. The US never really had the "hearts and minds" of the South Vietnamese people...who they supposedly were fighting for. They don't talk much about the war crimes they committed against the Vietnamese....OR even against their own personnel. Lastly, whether these guys won or lost...the Vietnam war had absolutely NO effect on American freedom, security, safety or way of life. They did NOT sacrifice anything for my...or your freedom. These veterans present themselves as victims and wrongly treated. They are big boys and went to a country to kill or be killed. They shared in the failure. Now they want to be recognized for their "sacrifice" through videos, Honor Flights, endless trips to the Wall in DC or to Vietnam itself. They never grew up and really moved on. They have made themselves an embarrassment to themselves and my generation.
Strong men - telling awesome accounts of their time in Vietnam...one can only respect these men.
Why did they go to Vietnam, did they threaten your country security?
@@bhall4996 it caused blood and tears under the name of democracy.
They shed blood all over the world, but it's close, the People's Republic of China will give a lesson in the Pacific..
America has become a hated country in the world, although we are a NATO country, it is not a state policy, but we will support the People's Republic of China as if our people support a team..
Well done for going to the effort to make this video of our American mates at war, from your No.1 ally Australia, we proudly stand with you,WW1,WW2, Korea, Vietnam,Iraq, Afghanistan
Thank you, AMERICAN CITIZENS THANK YOU
@@tinacone2862 👍 am very proud of our alliance with the Americans
Just like to say thank you and may GOD ALMIGHTY bless you and keep you safe and all your family
@@donaldmayoneshot5579 thanks mate,am very proud of our alliance with the Americans,if not for the Americans us Aussies would be eating rice and living 2nd rate lives with our wealth going back to an Asian super power,we are indebted to the Americans
@@thecomander466 better not put your trust in my country right now joe biden is not to be trusted we are out of baby food and he is giving what we got to the illegals coming into our country he has turned his back on our friends if China does anything to your country you cannot count on him to stand with you they have given him all kind of money and he's loves money him and his family is organized criminals
Sometimes our citizens are stupid. You guys deserve the highest honor for serving your country. I have Vietnamese friends that were able to escape and they and we are so very grateful. My husband is a retired Airforce vet. Please keep telling and documenting your stories.
Amen
All you men that serviced in the military my hat is off to you, God Bless You
D. Anderson, USMC, Hotel Company, 2dBn, 9th Marines, 3d MarDiv, 2/9/3, 68-69 Operation Dewey Canyon. In memory of 58,281 men including 8 women, all nurses, 16 clergy members and 160 Medal of Honor recipients who served in the Vietnam War and later died as a result of their service. We honor and remember their sacrifice.
Many carry a sense of having been betrayed by civilian and military leaders and by society generally. Be-trayed by politicians who resorted to war under false pretenses and took advantage of their patriotism and youth (the average age of a soldier in Vietnam was 19) and who placed constraints on war strategy that set them up for failure.
It's easy to forget that those who served in Vietnam grew up in a time when politicians were seen as statesmen focused on the common good. Most trusted their leaders when told that war was necessary to stop the spread of communism. Despite stereotypes to the contrary, most volunteered. They were part of a generation raised with stories about how their fathers and uncles had accepted the duties of citizenship and won the Great War.
These soldiers realized quickly that their fathers war was very different than the one into which they had been led. Their fathers had typically fought as parts of large coordinated forces against a massed enemy, taking and holding territory and attaining measurable strategic objectives, each of which moved them closer to victory. This was not true in Vietnam. Due to geopolitical constraints there would be no invasion of North Vietnam. Rarely would they face a massed force fighting in conventional fashion. In Vietnam, the enemy was often invisible, attacking then slipping away. Though the Army of North Vietnam was a conventional guerilla force, the Viet Cong were often indistinguishable from civilians.
A rotational system of deployment that constantly shuffled around the membership of units and which some believed undermined unit cohesion and morale, negative media stereotypes of American soldiers, exposure to conditions of intense privation, chronic feeling of being under threat with no safe place to go, and faulty equipment that broke down under fire. Others were stung by leadership claims that the war was necessary to liberate the people of South Vietnam only to find, as one veteran put it, "Those people just wanted us out and some wanted to cut my throat." I've known many who continued to resent what they saw as lies told by military and civilian leaders claiming progress was being made when the experience on the ground suggested they were stuck in a quagmire.
Then there was the betrayal of the homecoming. Though the antiwar movement had broad roots composed of people who genuinely wanted to stop the war, there was a segment openly hostile not just to the war but to the troops who fought it. Returning veterans who had given everything they had and who simply wanted to return home were often met with hostility.
Vets often say things such as, "We were spat on, called baby killers, treated like dirt when we arrived back home." Others remember subtle hostility: "I was afraid to wear my uniform in public because of the looks I'd get." Many contrast their experience with an earlier generation. "Those World War 2 guys got parades and ticker tape; we got stabbed in the back."
Thank you brother
Maybe a lot of that is why my dad never voted. My mother would vote but he never did. His time their taught him that reality of the cesspool called D.C. But he loved America and the constitution.
@@seniordavidmanderson9232 wow that pretty well somes it up
@@seniordavidmanderson9232 were still getting stabed in the back copy that
I love these documentaries, shout out to the soldiers that fought and the ones that lost their lives there, rip and salute
It took 25 years after the Australian Forces went to Vietnam to get a welcome home parade & a thank you for your service. Here is a touching song from an Aussie Group in 1983 = "I was only 19" = thank you to all the vets, their spouses, kids & the nurses / doctors who took care of them after the war was ended - but never over for them :(
Australian forces ran the tightest sector in the country. The SAS stories I've heard are legendary.
When I was in the Reserves we had a few old Vietnam vets with us. Was great to listen to them to gain their knowledge.
That era still upsets me terribly. I am still angry at the politicians and media🤬Our Vietnam vets still suffer today, heartbreaking. God Bless them🙏🏼I will never let America forget the sacrifices both by the vets and us wives. Welcome home gentlemen, thank you!
Yea that war MTF..that war has effected me so deep in my soul always has always will.. our soldier's. man our soldiers wtf they had to go through That is just something for the rest of my life my tears, for them then and still. What our Government did sending them over there , they should of never been there. And how the government after they came home just turned there backs on them like they were just nothing..that is when I knew who and what our was and stood for..our BRAVE men ..we love all of you ..AMERICAN CITIZENS LOVE OUR SOLDIERS. WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULD BE NO AMERICA HOME OF THE FREE... ❤️ GOD BLESS AMERICA GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIER'S
Politicians messed over the military with Afghanistan also.
They didn't fight the war to win. It was ridiculous. WWII would have dragged on for many more years if we had fought it in the manner in which they did Vietnam. Lost an uncle there during TET near Denang in 68.
Spent a lifetime on medicine for nerve gas off and on.. 1967 to 2022. We started with radar type blood analysis 1968,, with my father a consulting chemical engineer and military medical doctors., as we discovered cracked neutron from tremendous heat and pressure from nerve gas. Thr final medical treatment was chelated vitamin c with atom replacement in oral and Intravenous form.
Fck pollies lying shits
Very proud of our Vietnam Vets
They deserved better from our country.
Opting for peaceful coexistence with the USSR and ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam, etc., got JFK killed. LBJ reversed the order, four days after the assassination.
Walk mile in their boots
They didn't deserve the treatment they got back home.
Why are you proud of them? You should feel sorry for them.
My father in law still talks about how good it was hearing the choppers coming to get them after 7 days out.
Very true. A lot of young marines would smile when the choppers came out
I can only imagine their anticipation!! Truely!!Montana Rick.
Bless them all . Some of the finest men I've ever known served in that conflict
Much respect to all Vietnam War Veterans. Cheers. I’m a huge fan. I never forget.
I'm a Gulf War era veteran and I salute my Vietnam veteran brothers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Salute to you
Never blame soldiers who do the dirty deeds of old men. God bless them and the Vietnamese people
Brave men do what others can't. AMEN.
Oh man I wish good health for all and DNA weaponry blows my mind. Let's have good health for all... Blood analysis to one quarter of an angstrom. Vietnam veterans have always been my heroes.
Those orders to deploy to Vietnam were unlawful and should have been challenged in court
The true heros of Vietnam went to Canada and refuse to do dirty deeds of old men
Can't help it Vietnam veterans have always been my heroes
@@williamleggett5924 you don't know the meaning of the word hero
They went over there uninvited and just started killing people so LBJ and his wife could make a fortune of there investment in Genral dynamics and took control of Bell helicopter just b4 he sent troops
Sick and tired of this crap
Thank you men for your honorable service. God bless all of you.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ I’m so sorry that these survivors were so miserably treated. My heart goes out to each one. You ARE appreciated no matter what these hooligans that disgraced uniforms assaulted shunned & abused these good veterans. I hope there is healing for them one day. Hugs from 🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm thrilled that I'm not the only Canadian here thanking these veterans. Veterans deserve our respect and love. I was taught that by my LEO father.
My mom use to come to tears all the time about a man named Benny she once knew. They lived together in a small knit community in New Mexico. Apparently one day, Benny god bless him.. stepped on a land mind in Vietnam. Makes me sad to think about but my parents came from that generation, who had friends that left to fight.
My Stepdad was a machine gunner in1969 1st Calvary Division Airmobile, 101st Airborne Division. Right out of highschool- so young to have to go through this!~ He jumped out of airplanes with a machine gun. He had the same gun as Rambo had in the movie. So many stories that he told me- he could have written a book. His commander was supposed to go home and the day before he was standing next to him and his head was blown off and landed between my step dads feet. He laid in the rivers with his buddies’ dead bodies next to him and he had to pretend that he was dead. Scorpians and snakes crawled over his face. He couldnt even blink. He was doing this for almost 2 years. couldn’t imagine doing this for one hour let alone 2 straight years of terror. Thank you all for your service and sacrifices.
It was an M60 machine gun a very good weather I do not remember figures every third round or 6th round that when it come out of the barrel it tumbled made a hell of a hole
remember it on the news every night for years!
I remember CBS said the war was over as if we lost the war. We never lost a battle. To this day I never watch CBS
I saw the war in Viet Nam on Television it scared me to the core I got drafted too was praying I don't want to go to VN send me to Hawaii
The Korean War Vet was the forgotten vet.The Vietnam Vet was the Unwanted Vet.Shame on our government for the disrespect.
It’s not the government, it’s the people who disrespected them.
@@kingdedede9135 both those wars had nothing to do with the USA. At all. They achieved nothing. Especially Vietnam.
@@leonleon2276You are 100% right in describing them as having nothing to do with USA, and therefore needless. But I wouldn't describe them as having done nothing. It's done plenty of bad, for sure. But some people might say having a South Korea and K pop was worth it?? Lol I kid, but I agree with you.
@@kingdedede9135 the South Koreans will say thanks very much to the USA of course, because they was on the brink of defeat by the north before the USA came and pushed them back. But again, that was Korean business. So yeh they achieved a stalemate and saved Korea from being a united country under communism. Now it’s split in two….ok sure. Vietnam? Zero was achieved. Minus zero. The USA thought that North Vietnam would have Vietnam as a communist country, and then will threaten the USA ( 😂 😂) like how was or is Vietnam ever a threat to the USA ffs. And they said once Vietnam is communist, they will conquer all of south east Asia and make it all communism. Okayyyyy. Well north Vietnam won. They united the country, as that’s all they wanted. We are still awaiting the threat to the USA, and are still waiting for all of south east Asia to be communists. 😂 😂
@@kingdedede9135 it was definitely the government and the people
You can see the pain that these men still feel 50 plus years later. Our country treated these brave men like unwanted people upon their return
Yes they did and that was BS. These veterans deserved better than that. When I see a Vietnam veteran I walk up and shake his hand and thank him for his serve.
Yes, and the men who are of the age to have served still do. Jealousy? Hate? Feelings of inadequacy? DAMNFINO but I do not mind a tiny bit saying that I can never bring myself to trust Americans. USMC 1962-;1968. RVN 66-67. Unique position of being sent in with/in charge of my teams when things were intense. Lived out of a Willie Peter Bag for months at a time. 11 units that I was with were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Marine criteria: If awarded in a personal basis equivalent to Navy Cross). Two times directly on DMZ, 7 months in Leather neck Square. Quang Tri Province had more American casualties than any province in Nam.
USA is a fickle bunch of foolish cowards. If you were not there in Nam, shut your mouth!
"If they didn't have a son or a brother or whatever over there, they didn't care. That's the truth of it."
Man, what a truthful assessment of the civilian attitude toward returning veterans. I was thinking something similar yesterday: coming home from the war, nobody gave a hoot. Settling down and raising a family... nobody gave a hoot. Building a career... nobody gave a hoot. Retiring, getting old... nobody gave a hoot. So I guess the only thing left to do is to get a pet owl.
Thank you for service to ALL veterans!
I went to Nam at 18 years old. I was with 25th infantry Intelligence Detachment. I didn't fight even though fighting was very near. I felt sorry for the men that did the actual fighting. Much respect for them. I never saw a protesters when I came home.
you guys are my heroes.i joined right after high school in 87.because of bombing of marine barracks.4 years in grunts desert, mountain, triple canapy jungle pi and Okinawa toughed me up.whenever I was bitches I thought of Vietnam vets.thank you.
Very powerful documentary. It's a shame these Heroes weren't treated better when they came home. They're only doing their jobs to the best of their ability.
I’m a police officer in a very rough area near the south side of Chicago I was trained by servers Vietnam Vets when I first got on the job many years ago. They were by far the best Officers I ever worked with!!!! I have nothing but total respect for Vietnam veterans and I am ashamed that that police officer acted like that I am glad that that that said some to the hospital that police officer is a disgrace and embarrassment to all of us The Vietnam vet were the best men this country has to offer and should be shown nothing but respect!!!! we Cops are starting to feel their pain as we are hated by many people today. Maybe most people.
I grew up in a small town in Texas back in the 70,s and the cops used to poor our beer out and take our weed and tell us get our ass home
They even give is rides and call our parents to get us
As long as no one fighting are tearing stuff up they give us a break
Wtf happen some how went to heavy handed military grade policing
That why yall getting hated
All these illegal wars and war on drugs hasn't helped
Not by all. Some of us recognize the job the majority of cops do. Thank you for your service in the face of such adversity. TY seems inadequate. 💕
One of the better documented stories told by the guys that were there.
Half my block in DaBronx were drafted or enlisted. Some came back , some I never saw again.
A white privilege college deferment along with a high number kept me home.
Yes, I protested on campus & in DC, but I always preached " hate the war ,not the warrior " I can't even describe how much love & respect I have for these vets. This was my generation, these were my friends & family. Thier acts of courage is just unbelievable.
Great job with this project, thanks for posting.
SEMPER FI
On my way to Vietnam 🇻🇳 in 2 months
Paying homage to my UNCLES AND ALL WHO SERVED
I was always proud of OUR Veterans, always. I know it was never enough to say 'Thank You for Your Service', but it was all I could say - I could never relate or understand what they endured. BUT, Thank You for Your Service. Be Safe and Stay Strong. You are Truly Respected and Loved.
All these guys are true heroes. My father was in Vietnam but sometimes its hard for me to have the same feeling about him. Mostly because of he wasn't part of my life. It's part of a bigger understanding I guess
No they weren't. They were survivors not heroes.
@@robertisham5279 Every day is a holiday, and every meal is a banquet, back in the world.
Nothing but respect for these men.
God bless the Vietnam vets
Tnank you my brothers gor your service.
I grew up around this time!
No one backed you guys at home ,breaks my heart!
Blessings and prayers .
Im 56 now i was born in 67.
The same thing happened to Australian vets. Had to disembark at night and the old WWII soldiers told us that wasn't a war. Couldn't grow our hair quick enough.
Welcome home sir
Cant believe the old ww2 vets could say a think the Vietnam was won by America and allies anyways. We installed a pro American government and we won in the war of attrition. We lost politically at home though. Afghanistan was a way worse blunder Bc we didn’t keep a strong pro democracy gov in place like Vietnam
I was told that in the 70s only a police action fck over 500 of ours died
the righteousness of your honour is still burdened by the betrayal of dishonourable people who lack the moral turpitude to bear thier own guilt
@@umenhuman7573 thats i b4 e except after c
My Great Uncle served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1969. He served in the 2d Transportation Company. He was a truck driver, the most dangerous job in the war. He was a decorated soldier that was and still is to this day proud of his service. He is not ashamed of anything he has done. He did not think the war was a good idea, but he did not let it affect him, he said simply "I might as well have just done my job."
Why was being a truck driver such a dangerous job?
@@robertisham5279 It was highly dangerous because truck companies kept units supplied, and if the Vietnamese could destroy those supplies, they could stop our soldiers from coordinating attacks, and make them weak and vulnerable. He was specifically a fuel truck driver. The Vietnamese knew that their main problems were helicopters. They also knew that if they could destroy the fuel that powers the helicopters, they would create a fuel shortage to cripple the helicopters and their logistics. Basically without supplies, the infantry and cavalry and all that jazz can’t function without transport companies.
Heartfelt blessings and respect for all of our Veterans and especially those who answered the call for Vietnam.
You were doing the job you were asked to do, and didn’t get the support or respect while you were there or when you came home
Just know that many of us still care and think about you.
Thank You for all you have done, and continue to do.
You are forever in our hearts and minds, in each and everyone who called ourselves proud South Vietnamese
God bless you all and thank you all so much for your service, welcome home.👊🏻🇺🇸
I went to basic training at Fort Knox in 1979 and all my drill and 1st Sargents were Vietnam veterans and they were tough on us
1st Sargent gave me a uppercut to the stomach for falling asleep it was a strange time in the service, I was very young and a much older black guy from DC tried to extort money from me , I was punched in the face twice while I slept from a fellow enlisted man
Not a fun time , am I glad I went into the service yes I learned a lot about hatred .
Big respect for all who served in Vietnam thank you for your service
For what??? Being a pawn for needless killing?
@@kingdedede9135 no because they survived this horror
@@invisibletosociety8338 But they don't desrve thanks.
God bless these men and women who made it back and God bless those who didn't... greeting from a kiwi and your NZ brethren.
I just want to say thank you boys for what you done for us in our country I really big thanks I love you all God bless you
Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
Great documentary.(for those who don't forget)
Thank you..
I'm half brother of David a Davidson MIA laos 4. Tours . Recon.still have hope.
Those guys had balls bigger then
Basket balls. With 110 missions
And last words were that he may
Not be coming back. Cloudy day
And could not get air support
Got over run with radio man and
Some think they may have been
Set up with their 2 interpreters
Because they made it back and
David and his radio man were ambush they had a large bounty
On david
no you dont have to praise anybody.... nobody wnted to kill anybody but when you are drafted by your goverment and have no choice then do it with malice if you dont want to be put in front of a firing sqaud
@Jordan Barclay how do you know that? Some of these soldiers helped south Vietnamese people, and they worked together. You can't just label everyone a murderer or baby killer.
@Jordan Barclay blah blah blah. Your College degree hasn't made you any brighter nor has it given you the experience to even talk about what you think you know about combat
@@d.r.tucker7543 don't listen that guy he's a 26 year old troll lived his mother's basement whose only life experience consists of a circumcision
War is hell !! It’s takes life’s and makes millionaires!!! These brave men were there fought for their country and each other!!! Right or wrong!!! These men are a brotherhood to whom we owe a lot!! We all owe our rights to men like these who risked it all and some lost it all !!! God bless all U. S. veterans!!!
Thankyou.....all of you!! I love hearing your facts of your experiences!! God bless you all.....and Thankyou from my heart!! Montana Rick.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice. God bless
Thank you all for your Service. When my Uncle came back from the war we went to pick him up from the airport they were calling them names and throwing things at them.
God bless the veterans. Your bravery and sacrifice for our Country is much appreciated.
Did the Vietnamese threaten your country?
When you say for our country, your soldiers did not take care of your country, you are committing massacres in weak countries thousands of kilometers away.
but the pacific china will also end your empire, take note, not more than 20 years
These guys are heros who bravely sacrificed their youth for their country. I thank yall
the same thing happened to alot of our service men here in Australia who went to Vietnam
Wow!!!! Incredible powerful
Reflection of their past in their own
Words...well done thank you guy's
For all you guy's did . May God bless you all.
I almost chuckled when I realized he beat the hell out of that punk ass cop. I don't condone it but understand why. I hope it set that officer straight or he decided to leave the force. No one that disrespectful needs to be a police officer.
Nothing worse than a cop hiding behind a rusty ass badge.
Thank all of you gentlemen that in Nam . I'm the son of vet that served in 68 , 69 on a PBR . Welcome home gentlemen and thank you again .
Thank you to all who went to Nam I can't imagine it but I know life won't be the same.
Thank you for sacrifice Thank you for going over to keep us safe( Even if I wasn't born yet) I will always have biggest utmost respect.
How by them going there they were saving you?? How far Vietnam is from the states?? Did you even know where Vietnam was before your army went there?? Unfortunately your government lied to you into that war and you invaded that country and killed millions over here + Young Americans who lost their lives for nothing! Just start thinking about what was that war about?? What have your country gained from it? Was it worth it? Are the government officials going to bring back those who died?? It wasn't morally acceptable no matter how many times they tried to twist it! It was a crime and unforgivable one!
what sacrifice?
Has Vietnam threatened your country's security?
You attacked and it is your country that attacked weak countries thousands of kilometers away and massacred, for example, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Granada, Haiti and Panama, but you still talk about sacrifice without shame.
@@kartalpencesi2000 communism is the worst thing in this world.
@@blood4610 You may be right, but who gives you the right to interfere in the administration of another country?
@@kartalpencesi2000 Exactly
I feel for these guys more than any other veteran in other wars, go through all they went through, then have to come back here and be belittled and spit upon, it’s not right, and I appreciate everything they did for our country, so thank you gentlemen for your service ✌🏼💪🏻🇺🇸
When I was in California wearing my MARINE CORPS uniform I got spit on. This was mid 70s. A guy can forgive but one never forgets. Great program gentlemen THANKS you. GOD BLESS
Sorry to hear that. Thank you for your sacrifice.
This film brought back so many memories. I knew so many guys who were in Nam as that was my age group. Some didn't make it back but I was close to some who did and they talked about it with me because we had been friends before Nam. What was hardest for many of them was leaving their guys behind and the the lack of support back stateside. One man I know well, did two tours. He said he didn't like leaving men in his platoon behind. It was a long, cruel and pointless political was. This film brought it all back for man of us.
Lord-
Bless all future Marines motivated like these
SP6 Cauchi is my grandfather. He shot a lot of this footage along with other members of the 221st Signal Co. He earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with V device on that hill. I’m glad to see that this footage still exists. We used to have 8mm reels that I watched with my grandfather as a kid. I still have the audio recordings from this battle with the exact moment an enemy mortar round landed, wounding my grandpa and killing a platoon leader. I am an Iraq War Veteran, but this footage and the audio that I have of the battle sends chills up my spine. It’s unbelievable how brave these men were. If there are any members of the 221st Signal Company that served with my late grandfather SP6 Maurice Cauchi that are still around, I would be honored to talk to you.
Every day was hell. I cannot remember ever eating. 65-68.
Welcome home. 😊❤️
My father joined in 1957 Air Force and didn't get out till 2007. Aircraft mechanic ❤ 85 years young. Eden Wisconsin to North Pole Alaska
Great respect for all who served. US, Aussies, Kiwis and others. Year as many have said, was the loss of lives worth it? God bless them all..
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lawrence Binyon
One of the best Vietnam documentaries I've seen.
To all of you THANK YOU. I was right behind you. Took basic in 74. Your the only Heros in my world. So much demanded of youth and so little given for their efforts. It wasnt fair dammit. And double thanks to the sky trooper who stomped a pig into mud. It wasn't fair. I'll remember you. All of you. Words aren't enough. Carry on.
Amazing stories . Thank you all for sharing your stories. Vietnam war survivors hold a special place in my heart.
I met a very old French woman when I worked at a nursing home in NYC in the early eighties. She said she was a French nurse in Vietnam after ww2 she said Vietnam's captured her in 1949 near Saigon. She claims they kept her prisoner from 1949 until 1969 freed by USA marines. She said she was only woman for 300 men. Says she got pregnant 23 times in 20 years. She cryed a lot telling her story. She passed away a few months later. Strange tho but a older Asian man came to get her belongings. I asked him was it a true story. He just shook his head up and down. Meaning yes. He never said anything else to me.
Nothing but pure men. You have all my respect.
Every vet is a hero, in more ways than one.
Nah some actually committed war crimes and murdered innocent villagers and civilians including babies.
I have studied up on the living conditions for our Infantrymen on search and destroy missions in the Jungles and I don't know how in the world these Brave Men kept their sanity. It was a pure hell hole in my opinion. I failed my Military Physical and I have no regrets because I don't believe that I could have endured the elements. I thank God every day 🙏.
Heart Wrenching stories, Thank All of you for your sacrifices, May God bring peace to you.
PJ DOC MAGOO VIETNAM 1969-1975 PARA-RESCUE. In 1975 we were evacuating Vietnamese People that were on top of the Embassy in SIGON.During the war I worked on wounded GIs, and if a Pilot was shot down we went to save him. NOW I DEAL WITH “PTSD” WEEKLY AND IT SUCKS.
PJ DOC MAGOO
Those protesters are sitting in shame right now.
Thanks guys, for telling your stories. God bless.
Growing up in a military family. I have always respected our veterans from past, present, and future. I enjoyed listening to their experiences in the service. Because they need to tell their story. What did they go through in combat. Seeing their brothers dying around them. Then, coming to be disrespected by cowardly Americana. My grandfather got wounded a few times in Vietnam.
I appreciate these videos, your shared experiences, and your sacrifices made .
Thank you
THANK YOU FOR YOU'RE SERVICE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Very well done.
I have a lot of respect for these guys that we're willing to talk about their time Vietnam I know personally my family and some friends that were there never did get over the fact they were disrespected when they came back before they departed this Earth and there are some that are still alive but to this very day that have not forgotten the way they were treated when they came home and for the government not putting forth enough effort in helping these veterans after they came home. Some family members I did not even new served till they passed away and it was in their obituaries
Awesome story from these men! Real men ! God Go with each of them !
very proud and thanx to all veterans!
i can see by reading the comments we as are still divided...very sad situation.
Korea 1950-1953 lasted really close to 3 years almost to the day...6/25/50-6/?/53
God Bless you all and Thank You for your service. I would like to go back in time and greet you all at the airport you came home to and tell you welcome home and thank you!!! It breaks my heart and moves me to tears the treatment you had to endure coming home. You all deserve the best for doing what you where asked by your country at such a young age. You where all wonderful young men and deserved so much better like a time to debrief and mostly respect for a job you never wanted for but you did because your government said they needed you too. Well gentlemen, you certainly have my respect and gratitude!
Vietnam was a tragic time for American and Vietnamese people making corporate America rich.
Remember, Cambodia was sucked into this war too. And the Cambodian government still owed Uncle War from this era. B-52s carpet bomb Cambodia due to Viet Cong sanctuaries inside Cambodian border.
It's a time that no one can ever forget
Thank You for Sharing
Respectfully Elbert