The Vietnam War: Louisiana Stories
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2017
- In the 1960’s and 70’s thousands of Louisianans in uniform entered a world of combat in a war that divided our nation. When it was over, some 58,000 Americans were killed and among those were almost one-thousand of our own.
And now, nearly 50 years later, Louisiana’s Vietnam War veterans have come to tell the stories of where and how they served.
Drafted 1965 from Los Angeles and assigned to Fort Polk. Spent my 2 years of duty at Fort Polk and worked as a personnel specialist. Area was quite a change for a city boy. Gone but not forgotten! Lots of time in Leesville and surrounding area. Glad I served.
I will never forget DI Johhson at N Ft. Polk in late 67. He was a rather large black man and we later served together in RVN in war zone D. 3 years after I returned home in 69, I saw an article about him in Newsweek. He had served 4 tours and on his 5th and was killed . This guy was a soldiers soldeir and the bravest man I ever knew to this day ! That article was well past shocking to me because I remembered him as more or less invincable. I cried and could not go to work for several days. I knew we had lost an incredible man. I still think about him and very proud to have known him and served with him. We have very few men like that these days as our nation is all about PC, lies and deceit. And yes I know that war was a very bad joke on all of us. But none the less we were soldiers ! I have often wondered and cried about why I survived and others did not. I should have died many times yet I actually felt guilty about that and specifically DI Johnsons death, because I knew he went back deliberately and it finally got him. Again, in 75 when Xuanloc fell and the NVA rolled into Saigon the next day, I was very despondent about Johnson as well as many others. Johnson and I had been in Xuanloc many times, usually en route to the Cambodian border and rubber tree plantations or some other area close by. I saw him save many people from certain death many times, me included. RIP Sgt. Johnson, you have never been forgotten. We need many more like you today !
Sorry for your great loss 🙏🏽 you will never forget him may god rest his soul.
As a Vietnam-era Navy Radioman, I want to thank all who served in the Vietnam War, regardless of branch, thank you for your service. It has not been in vain.
I'm a Pennsylvanian and spent my two years in the Army defending Louisiana at Ft Polk! Had orders for Ham which were subsequently cancelled. I was a training officer and was OIC of the Close Combat range. Had the honor of being body escort for two young New Orleans boys who died in Vietnam. Also fond memories of Colonel (Father) Waldie, post chaplain. Glad I served
Served at FT Polk 1984-1985 end 3 year duty loved Louisiana some good people from there.. thank you all for your service welcome home SALUTE!
To every Vet:
A BIG hug!!!
A BIG THANK YOU!!!
A HUGE WELCOME HOME!!
Listening to some of these soldiers talking about returning home to Lake Charles I remember taking a taxi cab from Ft. Polk to Lake Charles, and going into a local nightclub and being asked to leave because we were in the military. It was the first I saw animosity toward the military.
Sp4 Hudson keelin Vietnam veteran 1970 45th med long bin Vietnam.
Thanks to all veterans of all wars.
Above and beyond.
My deepest thanks and appreciation to all of you that served to fight against communism.
Thank you Louisiana Vet's for your service God Bless
Welcome home vets. Endless thank you. Since a young boy ive always and probably will always be interested in the Vietnam era and listening to every vet I can. So many stories, and each one different. I listen to "echoes of the Vietnam war" Great series. One particular interview was about the music. Theres not really another war, where the music matches. Even, if the music wasnt about the war. The music just takes you there whether you want to or not. At least for me, before I even really comprehended everything about the war. Listening to Hendrix just took me there. I dont mean that as disrespect because I have no idea what those men went through.
Mr Webber, you are so right; we treated you terribly when you came home. The way troops are greeted now is because most of us know how poorly you were treated then I never say thank you for your service: it's always "welcome home."
Quite interesting stories which took me back. May you all find peace.
Good to have you mutha's back, sorry for the bad reception. I hope your doing o.k..
Bob Combs Sergeant USAF Vietnam Vet 1968-69; West Baton Rouge Parish.
When I was a kid living in chalmette Louisiana. My neighbor raced drag cars he left for Vietnam a few months later his family was taking care all the drag cars from the garage he was killed in Vietnam
Salute 🇺🇸 from Shreveport, LA.
Wayne moore from taft texas went to ft polk at south an north polk than on to Vietnam finally came home but i left so many brothers behind . i love them all an will never forget i volunteer for the draft at 17 an volunteer for vietnam.i love my country and Donald j trump
did Basic Training at Fort Polk 10Mar71. after Basic went to Fort Gordon, GA for MP School. got out 3Jun74. when I'm told, "thank you for your service" it don't feel quite right. "Welcome home" would be better. we didn't get that when we got out of the military. so, "Welcome Home" my fellow Vets !
To all Vietnam vets thanks for your service men and women who didn't Dodge the draft .
I'm English but worked for a US offshore pipeline firm for 20-yrs. fro 70's to 90's all around the world and obviously many of the guys were vets, Dickie Trosclair from Houma La was a tunnel rat over there, oh my word they were brave, god bless all those who went through that hell.
Why??? they were the aggressors!!!
As far as I am concerned, all of you fellas are heroes. Thanks for your service, and welcome home! To all the ones that never made it back and to the ones that died because of the effects of the war, rest in peace and God bless you.
Cool. I agree
I’m a 6 yr Army Vet out of Ft Polk married into and settled in Louisiana. I lived two doors down from Father Vidrine in Ville Platte after he retired. We had more than a few good conversations about life. If I had my way he would be Pope 🙏🏻
I live in Eunice and not a vet but I've always wanted to get some local Vietnam vets and do my personal documentary on the war
My uncle Glen left from Shreveport regional air port in 1964 headed for Fort Polk LA.. I remember his plane leaving as I watched it fly over. I never thought I'd see him again. I was 4 at the time and still I remember. He had some bad times and good times inVietnam. I was the first to see him come home on leave a year later. I can remember him walking up to the door and paused to pet his dog king before walking in. I was so happy he was home. But sad when he had to leave again. When his tour was over he never mentioned anything about his experience to me until I was in my 30,s. And for some reason he just opened up and told my wife and i many things he endured while fighting the war. I was always proud of my uncle Glen, but even more so after hearing of his ordeal. It was by the grace of God he came home. Uncle Glen died of a massive heart attack in 2008 while shopping for my aunt. It was caught on video. He never suffered it was instant. To this day im still a Vietnam War buff.
We owe our Vets everything. Not illegals. God Bless ourVets! You make us proud. God Bless those who sacrificed their lives for Freedom!
That was awesome! Much respect!
great story by Arthur Edwards at the end ... really is.
Some of the people being interviewed appear a bit delusional and incapable of thinking! Didn't they learn anything in the fifty years since Vietnam? I was a Huey driver in Vietnam in 1969 and immediately realized we Americans had no idea what we were doing! We were constantly out
fought and out thought by those guys in pajamas. The only ones telling the truth about the war were the war protesters! LBJ, McNamara, Westmoreland, Nixon and Kissinger were all lying and
deceiving sacks of shit! We often flew around "staff pukes"
who would brag on the intercom about how they were going to lie about
the events of the day so they would look good and get promoted! It
was pitiful! I named my son after my buddy who came back in a box and
would be 70 but died when he was 20!! It appears to be true that the
first casualty of war is the truth!
More humanity in the killing field than in the civilized field.
AIT at Ft Polk in '64 🙂 Orbison's "Pretty Woman " was popular, Leesville was hummmm, so, so! But Shreveport, was beautifully great 👍👍
God bless you all for giving your best.
I’m a white kid from St. Bernard I was a apprentice with a creole man who was more like a father he was in nam as well he didn’t talk me for a year at first I love that man 🙏‼️
Thanks for sharing!
To all nam veterans anywhere.... WELCOME HOME SIR! I salute you!
That is very kind of you,thnk you so very mucho....pfc 25th inf div rifleman. God bless
Thanks!
Too little too late
@@BobJones-dq9mx too damn little too damn late
Never to late , I was born 1962 and always supported our troops. That got screwed by uncle Sam and there own people.
Thank you all for your service
I'm proud Southern Man but I'm ashamed of our past that before a white and black veteran couldn't even hang out together because of the segregation of Jim Crow laws and I'm glad that doesn't exist anymore I'm also glad that people respect Vietnam veterans the way they should have always been respected I'm proud to be a veteran but I'm also sad for what Vietnam veterans went through when they come home and I'm glad that's not the case anymore they can finally wear their caps and be proud of their service!
God bless you all and thank you all so much for service, welcome home.👊🏻🇺🇸
America is grateful to you for the service l love you all
Thank you all, God bless you.
Do you think you could upload the LPB "Louisiana: A History" series?
I'm not sure how many guys from ST.BERNARD PARISH went to Vietnam, but from what I saw on records, 2 fellas from here died
Honorable men, brave warriors and a production team so ignorant they continually misspell Sergeant!
Mistakes happen.
"i got a bad feeling about this one sarge, i mean i got a very bad feeling"
@@praytherosaryeveryday2709 "We all gotta die sometime"!
Bro what do you expect is Louisiana
I understand the riots. I grew up in them and then enlisted in 70 anyway. I had a small plane licensee and worked my way to shot gunner for Black horse Air Helos., and we were attached to an ACR. I ran guns and we hauled scared kids, hollowed out ghosts from long bush gigs, ammo, hash and trash, whatever. I saw it like this. The locals are growing about a million times more rice, with our help, than they can eat. They were feeding the enemy they were the enemy. So It was cut and dried for me. I better do whatever it takes to stay alive. The best way I could find was eliminating the damn enemy.
Music got in the way of what they were telling us
Thank you all.
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Everyone woman there are were amd will always be heroes.
thank you from England.
Hello! I'm LPB's archivist. Extended interviews with the Vietnam veterans interviewed in this program are available on LPB's archive here - ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/sublisting/LVWOH
WBRP Vietnam Vet 1968-69.
Do the Vietnamese have a story to tell as well? It’s so difficult to find information from the other side. Can you link me to some documentaries or stories from Vietnamese people, civilians, Vietcong, NVA etc.
What about ALBERT ALEN DOBBS?
The inspiration for the song 19 by
Paul Hardcastle!
Now I got fo different caps
A small bridge, the French countryside, the outcome of the war... Seize and Secure: The Battle for La Fière tells the untold story of the bloodiest small arms battle of World War II. LPB Doc coming to PBS June 6th.
lpb.org/seize for more!
Commemorate and remember D-Day on the 75th Anniversary - lpb.org/dday.
Brave men
Shame the politicans never dealt with the folk that did the hard yards and the tragedy associated with it .
The K9s used in service are among the forgotton should be memorialized !!
We have a memorial to the war dogs who were left behind or just shot when we pulled out of vietnam. Its part of the Massachusetts Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Worcester, Ma.
@@EricFapton Thanks Kevin ! Im gona check it out ! Im in Leicester Ma. STill wear my Bracelet POW/MIA Ita a small world at times ! lol
this is super traumatic. the dogs were more patriotic than the decisions of career politicians. k9s should never have been left behind. no matter what
the title is completely misleading. this is just a infomercial
Does anybody know what music is playing at 19:30
Jimi Hendrix, All along the watch tower
@@MrCandunc thank you very much
@@icantfindnonameformeBob Dylan wrote it.
At 12:40 I wnt to high school with Walter "Corky" Junger
God bless the Vets. VOAG is their story.(not staged at this time ...it’s a demo) ..
.please visit and comment. Your input will help get the story right.
"nothing but thing"
Was in Basic at Ft Polk, then to Ft Ben Harris, then to Ft Bragg, then on Ship in 1965, to CamRahn Bay, then to Ton San Nhut in 1966, then Home. Buried a Lot of Men at Mortuary. War Sucks! But Elected Chicken Shits suck!
It don't mean nothing , nothing at all ... I could tell you the story behind that but you wouldn't get it .
The Dap!
Its SERGEANT. Not sargent.
just remember Jesus is watching all of this
all they wanted was Independents from Frans. and big America comes in and says NO, you cant have that. Sound like England Crying because America wants indendents
Well said Sir!!
You have encapsulated the primary cause. Truman reneged on commitments after WWII made by the US to help get the French out. Ho Chi Minh began making appeals to the US to honor pledges, & based his Declaration for Independence on the USA Declaration. Eisenhower later also ignored & invented the "Domino Theory" for South East Asia & began committing "Advisors & the CIA". You have a better understanding than most. [A Marine Vietnam Vet--Jan '69 Aug '70]
His time to go..bs...why do people think that...like a god would plan that...
Boo Hoo.
Your the type that is too chicken crap to even go in the service. Too much a mama's baby. Prove me wrong. I bet you drop out of training in any brach of service. I was an am a sergeant in the US Marine.
John McCain - hot shot loser
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