Hill 881N 1967
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024
- In May of 1967 U.S. Marines fought a series of battles for hills overlooking a then obscure base - Khe Sanh. It was the single bloodiest battle of the war up to that point. Marines lost 168 men killed and 443 wounded. It was also the first battle where Marines used the M-16, which many blame for the high death toll. This film features interviews with survivors. It was shot by my son Cutter Hodierne. I took all of the still photos, more of which can be found at my website, vietnamphotography.com. @ProfHodierne
The best documentary about battles in vietnam war so far.
My dad was there. Artilleryman. He called it first battle of khe sahn. Unfortunately he never would tell his story. He didn’t like talking about it so I never asked much. But I wish he had shared his story before he died. He died 3 months ago at 76.
I'm Sorry for your loss. Hopefully he is at peace with the war now.
Sorry for your loss . Semper Fi .
Semper Fi! My Dad was also there. His first battle was on hill 861. He told me when they arrived in Country, they were told to put there gear on a bunk. The Sergeant told them where they were going. Said they were losing 50 Marines a day and only one of them would be coming back. When my Dad returned 4 days later, he walked into the barracks and sat down on his bunk... He was the only Marine in the barracks.
Semper Fi. May he rest easy..
He is on guard mount at the Gates of Heaven. Semper Fidelis
I can't even imagine the horrors of war that these guys went thru.. all I can say is Salute!!!
For what?
These MEN, these MARINES are heroes. Like their fellow Marines (….a few that fought in BOTH earlier wars…) of WWII Tarawa, Peleliu, IWO and Korea, from Chosin and the nasty HILL battles of Korea….they all knew their was a good chance that the “blank check they signed to the country” was gonna be cashed in by horrible leadership at the top and the politics of Washington D.C.. But these HEROES of Vietnam went as they was ordered and did their BEST because of and for their fellow Marines. I DO NOT blame that Captain for telling them the truth. They ALL had BALLS oF STEEL and COURAGE at its FINEST. THESE…..are the Marines I tried to honor and lived up to them in my 30 years of service from July 75 -Jul 2005 and ALWAYS past on our history to the young Marines throughout my time in. Semper FI to all the brave Marines! 🫡🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
As a fellow Marine, I have much respect for those who came before me. Through their sacrifice, they have kept up the tradition of my beloved " Corps"..Semper Fi!
Get out! Its not like it was and 10x more dangerous!
Agreed
God Bless the US Marines in Vietnam. They were kids doing a man’s job. They fought with their hearts and for each other and died so young. They trusted our government to make prudent decisions while they did the hard work. Sorry that the government failed you. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
My older brother was killed there. He lived for years afterwards but that experience left him physically and emotionally damaged. He could not finish his four year enlistment. The recruiting NCO, SSgt Finnly delivered the first message during the night. SSgt Finnly delivered the last message a year later. Odd, I only remembered SSgt Finnly’s name just now. I recruited myself in ‘69, but GySgt did my paperwork and sent me to San Diego . SSgt 1969-77 USMC. My writting this confirms that I was not killed.
We all died a little at that damn place. I lost six good friends there. They did not die in vain. They were Marines.
I can dig it. I'm still alive, but I'm still dead. It all works out in the end HIP - F2/3 Tet, Hue, Khe Sahn 1968
Thank you for posting these war stories! I had 4 cousins n two uncle's in Vietnam and 2 uncle's p0ws in ww2, 2 cousins in desert Storm n desert shield! 2 cousins 2 nephewsbin Afghanistan. My mom n dad were in the Philippines in ww2! Love our military 💓
Our national treasures 💓
Thank you Sir for your service God bless you.
2nd Lt Drew James (Jimmy) Barrett was in Kilo Company. Ambushed in February; Died from infections in March. Missed by all who knew him.
My friend Eward C Eberle joined the Marine Corps together in December 1965, Ed served at Kae Sanh from March 1967 thru May of 1968. He was in Artillery firing 105's. I have lost touch of him, he lived in Chicago, was married and had a daughter who would be around 55 years old. Wish I could tell him how proud I am of him, would like to see him again. Semper Fi.
My uncle and namesake Carman K. Hicks was with Fox co 2nd battalion 3rd Marine division and unfortunately was KIA on May 9th his and a lot of fellow Marines died with a jammed up M-16 . So many families were affected by these horrible battles in the spring of 1967 they fought and died for each other. Semper Fidelis Marines
Semper Fidelis Hip F 2/3 1968
My brother was the radio operator for Fox company. He was still calling in air support on 881 after being shot. Finally hit in the face either a mortar and went down. May 3rd, ‘67. Came down the hill on a stretcher…cpl Leonard Poole.
my cousin Lcpl F. Bivens KIA in April 30 1967 hotel company
Had my '16 jam on me once ....we had just walked into an ambush ...headed out to set up for our own ambush...........my radio operator threw me his to fight with. The only Marine who was still carrying the '14.......was wounded ...3rd purple heart
I got a email from a friend who I met at a reunion for the Marines from 2/3 and on this date February 28 her father who was a Sgt Major he was KIA in 1967 with pfc James Anderson he was awarded the Medal of Honor he threw himself on a hand grenade and saved a few Marines. I have so much respect for All of you who went through such hell some probably still are
We were an artillery battery during that battle, it was hard fought and I lost many friends and fellow Marines. This /rings back many memories, hope I can sleep tonight.
My dad was a USAF FAC (O-1 Bird Dog) at Khe Sanh during the Hill Battles. How he made it back alive and the PTSD he endured still amazes me. He passed away in 2021. I pray he finally found the solace he deserved.
I served with some of the men of Bravo 1/9 who survived the Hill Fights. Their stories were terrifing. Stories of weapons that didn't work, being overrun by NVA, wounded being murdered by the NVA, of men covering themeselves with bodies of their dead comrades. It was just scary.
I hope they put out books. I would love to read their stories.
Confirmed 3/3 said same thing!
Much love and respect brothers, 69-70. USMC
True it was a waste of lives . Poor military planning on behalf of the US . Thanks to the brave soldiers and the courage they displayed . Thanks for your service .
My friend just showed me your photos of her Father Sgt Ruben Santos. Incredible photos. I wanted to be a combat photographer back in the 90's working for a photo agency as a teenager. My mentor got me a internship at a entertainment magazine and my life as a photographer took a 180 and I ended up photographing celebrities.
My Father Ronald R Brotherton was on hill 861, he passed away on Thanksgiving day last year, I'm searching for those who might have served with my father to learn more about him.
Cpl Ronald N Gulbronson. My grandpa was at Khe Sahn 66-67’. He fought in The Hill Fights
This has got to be the most intense war story I’ve ever heard….I’ve seen many but this takes the cake…wow! God bless our military.
Excellent post! 👍🏻
My best friend Thomas Melvin Barrow PFC Barrow received the silver star KIA April 26th 1967 Mike company 33
My Dad was there in 66-67
1st Bn 12th Marines Bravo Bty 3rd Mar Div
To my Dad… Doug Steadman my Marine brother…Semper Fi!!
Welcome home,thank you all so much for your service.👊🏻🇺🇸
Some incomplete and inaccurate information. Map didn't show other hills around Khe Sanh including 950 and 1015. 950 had grunts from 1/26 Marines and 1015 was occasionally occupied. Both were very steep. The 6,000 Marines were magnificent. NVA first moved 20,000 (2 Divisions) in and temporarily supplemented these with another 20,000 (2 divisions) later withdrawn. The air strikes by the US Air Force, Navy, Marines and ARVN (South Vietnamese) airforces played a major factor. From our intelligence the NVA lost about 15,000 which was confirmed later after the war by their generals. Most of the NVA artillery was firing from Laos about 8 miles to the West, and the US politicians would not allow us to destroy them across the border, as with so many other times. A Vietnam Veteran, I Corp 1967-1969
Agree. Politicians telling us what to do & not do. We always hated that. "take your magazines out of your rifle'. Don't fire (even though you're being fired upon) until we can confirm ( confirm WHAT!^%*#)...... drop leaflets from [planes into hills to let the enemy know we're on our way.........Take AO 'a', secure it...move and take AO b, secure it.....'oh, we gotta go back and retake AO a'..........'wash, rinse, repeat, wash, rinse, repeat'.......
I was there then 65 days Khe Sahn
Barnes..USMC..3/9. 0331 m-60 man
You and all the Marines (MEN) have always held a very special place in my life. I was a 0341 with 3/9 but was in 20 years later. THANK YOU for everything and wish you didn't have to be there. I think of you Marines almost daily and it helps me though life so to speak. Wish i could shake your hand someday, Semper Fidelis Barnes.
Semper Fi brother
Shots comin from everywhere. I couldn't imagine. God bless our vietnam vets!!
The M-16's the Army pawned off on us were defective and they knew it. The unchromed chamber would heat up and the spent casing would get stuck in the breech. Many Marines died trying to clear their weapons. The joke from the Army was that Marines just didn't keep their weapons clean. We failed to see the humor in that. After that they chromed the chamber and it fixed the problem. Regardless of faulty gear Marine courage took that hill. My company; F 2/3 secured the crest. Semper Fidelis
Did you know or heard of a cpl. Ronald “Gill” Gulbronson. Was at khe sahn 66-67’ got wounded June 27, 1967 from mortar fire.
From this video it wasn't the army saying this stuff, it was your own commander, General Walt! It was his responsibility to make sure that his men were properly equipped. He's the one who should have been court martialed.
He's not the one who sent us the defective weapons.
funny how they failed to mention it.@@rickbarnes7745
I never met a Marine who didn't clean his weapon!
"Can't take my kids out". That's a real leader
So proud of you men
Read a book on The Hill Fights. It was good. Also recommend Alan B. White interview about same.
He actually has a video on RUclips about his time in the Marines from the time he went into the Marines until he was discharged very interesting stories
The F4b squadron I was in, VMFA542 and other squadrons set records in ordanance dropped in support of our grunt brother Marines. Semper Fi
Semper fidelis brothers.
Seems like nothing changes. We died for politics, at same time we fight for each other.
History repeats itself . Hell of a thing.
We fight for each other.
Please lord guide our fucked up politicians. They gratuitously throw lives away.
Nobody seems to listen to history.
Semper Fi..........& a 'BIG' AMEN
3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66
We used the M16s in late 1966 down in Tam Ky province. I was with the 5th Marines.
My stepfather never spoke about his time in the 1st Air Cav.
I received his medals when he passed. Guess I'll never know how he received the Bronze Star with Valor, without also having received the Combat Infantry Badge.
Survivors were some of my instructors in Infantry school about 18 months later, they're sacred.
POPS SAID WE FOUGHT FOR 12 DAYS STRAIGHT FOR THAT HILL. Only way the enemy stopped WE BOMBED OURSELVES WE BOMBED THE TOP OF THE HILL. Sylvester Bracey Sr Marine Recon Vietnam 67, 69
I commented earlier but didn't see it posted so short and sweet h&s 3/3 was told clean them in a creek they don't rust ammo came in 20 round cardboard boxes I saw no clips or charger guides for fast load of mag like 14!
My dad was there 3/9 Kilo. He got blown up carrying other Marines iff the hill. Semper Fi
I'm sorry for your loss. God Bless...
Poster boy example of systemic poor leadership of USMC at Battalion level and above during Vietnam War. The Battle of Hue comes to mind as another prime example. All those lives lost because of ego and a culture of “damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead”. So sad.
Something too about, 'don't destroy our hurt the historic Hue.....I don't know for sure...but another Marine told me something like this. I tried tuning about everything out. After I came home , I lost track .......even though I was stationed at LeJeune., Only time I thought of it was when they ordered 'green' marines to West Pac. To this day , I can remember things I don't want to recall, can barely remember some 'good' things, most good things I can't recall......I can remember faces......but I can't put a name to the face... not all ... but most. Only got close to a handful of other Marines. Oh, we ALL had a 'BOND'; but you didn't get too close to too many others........You guys that have been there understand what I'm saying.....
Tommy Wheeler has mis informed u about the facts he was shot across his back.
Nobody from Kilo
Carried his body down Found him in a poncho in a crater me and 3 others drag him down I pick him up at the bottom of the hill and carried him on my shoulder to a chnook And got him on a chief wouldn't let him on after a little persistent Tommy was let on.He came back to the unit a few weeks later leading patrols Which he couldn't if his intestines where coming out.When I got wounded he was in the river bottom I was on highway 9 The older u get the bigger the fish.I was with M Co 3/3 July 66-Aug 67 1st squad leader 2nd platoon
What happened on those hills was horrific.
Strangely, though. Those hills were our home.
GOD ALMIGHTY COMFORT THE MEN WHO FOUGHT IN VIETNAM THAT SUCH AN AWFUL WASTED WAR
Recently got into a debate with someone who tried to say trenches didnt exist in Vietnam. Under the idea that there were no "Frontlines" and hence there being no trenches I assume. But I cant imagine a single war in the history of humanity where a person didnt dig a trench or foxhole somewhere to survive. I brought up Khe Sanh in response. Where Marines did indeed fight in trenches. My Vietnam veteran father, like WWII veterans is now reaching old age. Its important people hear the truth about this war and its a shame its topic was avoided in my youth to the newer generations detriment. The education these videos gives to others is priceless. Thank you for sharing this.
yes that's just silly. just about every base had a ring of trenches protecting the perimeter.
@@MiscellaneousMike81 thank you sometimes this country makes me think I'm either way over educated or f****** crazy one of the two. 👨👩👧👦🤣🇺🇲
@@xXPlumpkinXx that's ridiculous. Lol khe sahn alone, we had trenches dug in and around the entire base due to incoming nva mortar and sniper fire. Whoever the person is that told you trenches didn't exist in Vietnam, is a straight up goof. Even the vietnamese were dug in big time and made trenches to hide in during air bombings/carpet bombings. That is such a ridiculous statement.
@Chrome Book I wish I could say such comments from opinionated people that never read a book, cared for facts, or talked to or listened to legitimate veterans were rare. But unfortunately they arent and seem to often help support some of our own military blunders in my life. Go figure.
There was a trench line ten miles square running up to within 100meters of the wire at Khe Sahn. I searched a lot of them. Underground hospitals, ammo dumps, living quarters, kitchens. They had it all. Took the B52's to drive them out. Two lane dirt road running off of Route 9 leading up to it. Very eerie feeling running 8 man patrols from Bridge 36. Home to 3rd squad, 3rd platoon F 2/3.
If the military had moved into North Vietnam, where would this country be today? Semper Fi to my dead brothers.
Would of worked!
This was referred to as the hill fights.
My friend, Combat Engineer, 1371, Bill Womble died on 881. I don’t remember which one. An rpg hit him in the head as he was helping out covering a with draw. At that time engineers still had m14s. The grunts had m16s. When I had two weeks left on my tour they issued us the 16s. I refused to take it until my platoon Sgt. took my 14. November 1967.
Bill was killed right next to me as he fired his M-14 at NVA machine gunner team as I was clearing my jammed xm-16e1. Back on the ship we wrote Womble up for the SSM which he received. Bill is mentioned in a book that was published a year ago, "AMERICAN GUN -The True Story of the AR-15" on page 122 in Chapter 11.
@@fredmonahan3627 I didn’t know that. Wow…
@@fredmonahan3627 Bill was my bunk mate at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton. He was raised by his Grandmother. I hope to make contact with you soon. His favorite phrase was, I’ll buy if you fly. We had each others back.
@@fredmonahan3627 I ordered and received the book today. Haunting. That is exactly how Bill was. Always wanting to and helping out others.
M...F...kers wasted these brave young men/boys...for what...God Bless the officer who refused to keep doing it...
I hunt with a marine who fought for this hill twice and he was a infantry man/post machine gunner named Ron Gains who had a sawed off shotgun instead of his m16. If you know this man please tell me
What an effen waste! I honor the skipper who resigned. He valued his men more than his career in the Corps. Semper Fi Captain!
My uncle Kenny was there. Mike co. 3/9.
My dad was there, Fox co 2/9..
I was there Jan '67, then April. Seen it from above flying with VMO-2 Huey 's. Door gunner. Hill 650 was another fight. Air Force 105's dropped their napalm and ordinance returning to Da Nang, when they could not get into Hanoi at the time.
As a Bravo 1/9 1967grunt I can attest to the lousy M16. I was personally wounded after being over run with my M16 jammed with a cleaning rod assembled inside the barrel and bayonet attached. These guns were a toy piece of shit. The Marine Corp should be ashamed that so many young Marines died without a fighting chance. PJMac
All Brothers..all
Heros. Studs
1:18 Sooo,,,, when upper Brass gives you any information about your enemy,,,, believe the exact opposite.🤔
Captain Giles figured it out early. Most of them didn’t.
The lead platoon that was initially ambushed and before a relief force could get to them, the little people moved in among them and finished most of them off
Kia we're found with jammed 16s and not enough cleaning rods which could be used to un jam .I was issued a 16 a little later with 3/3 that had a cleaning rod later we were told to only load 18 rounds per mag
@@MikeNel33and49 3/3 Rock pile? 3/9 Cam Lo
@@tomedmondson5236 My extension didn't come through so around late Sept I 67 tour up and left Rockpile 33 position .Rumor 39 would releve ustheir was a giant boulder in a holel Idug next to my bunker,comm area also had ragged tree and monsoon drainage trenches!
@@MikeNel33and49 Whoever recommended to load magazines with 18 rounds didn't know which end of the rifle the bullet came out of. Had nothing to do with the jamming that caused so many KIA Marines.
@fredmonahan3627 Appreciate your comment but while testing around maybe June 67 at the rockpile Quang tri mine tried to double feed.Later they say Marine powder supplies were too powerful I guess they wanted to reduce spring pressure or rounds per minute what was the cause we were told don't oil wash in creek etc,were better off with 14!!!(3rd bn3rdMar!
OO- RA MARINES YOU ARE ETERNAL...
Is there a full documentary?
Only the survivors can tell their story. No video on the Hill Fights as it was too dangerous for news reporters to cover. Nine months the The Sanh siege started,
Our M 16s jammed incessantly. Later I the year of 1967 they worked better. Some folks who knew this should’ve been sent to prison or in the least dishonorably discharged. So many excuses and very little done.
I was in H&S 3/9 from Dec 22 66-Jan 21 67. I was transferred before this happened.
God rest your souls,
I was with the 1st Marines in April, in the Que Soon fight, all of our rifles jammed too, 900 marines died in that valley between april and november. we were issued M16sE model, experimental, the army had the M16A1 model, it was six months later we got these better rifles, it is criminal we were issued these useless rifles,but some politician got rich mkes us use these worthleess rifles. they were in such a hurry to dump this junky rifle on us we did not even get issued the cleaninhg rod, no way to punch out the jammed rounds. many marines were fighting with captured AKs.
The militarys hierarchy's obsession with hills led to many a soldiers death. Ludicrous.
High ground is important... very important...of most importance
They need to stop saying "missing". They're dead.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎖🎖
All the 1st North Vietnamese leaders were once Americans allies during WWII against the Japanese army. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a small group of US special military personnel to Vietnam after 1 year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. These US military personnels train the 1st Vietminh soldiers how to use assault rifle and booby trap. The Vietminh save several US pilots, who plane was shot down by the Japanese army. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognize Vietnam Independence from France but never to live to see it. But his Vice President Truman took a different approach by supporting the French to recolonize Vietnam after rejecting Ho Chi Minh letter of support for Vietnam Independence from France. This cause Ho Chi Minh seeking support from communist Russia and China. In 1950, US Democrats President Truman sent the 1st US MAAG personnel to Vietnam to assist the French Army in Vietnam. This is how America 1st got involve in Vietnam. On May 7, 1954, when France lost thier rule over Vietnam after losing a major battle at battle of Dien Bien Phu to the North Vietnam. America military never left from Vietnam because US Democrat President Truman, JF Kennedy, and LB Johnson made sure that United States Southeast Asia would not fall under Communsit. On Nov. 2 1963 US Democrats President JF Kennedy and LB Johnson stage a military coup assination on South Vietnam President, Ngo Dinh Diem. This gives United States the power over the country of Vietnam and the Vietnamese peoples. And US Democrats President, JF Kennedy and LB Johnson appointed their puppet ex-Vietminh soldiers, Nguyen Van Thieu, as President of South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese President, who later cost 500,000 South Vietnamese killed or capture by the North Vietnamese army and their allies Pathet Loas and Khmer Rouge of Cambodia when he sent them to Laos and Kampuchia. And who told him to do so. United States. On Nov. 22, 1963, JF Kennedy was killed in Dallas, TX. US Vice President LB Johnson, was appointed as President of United States. The following year Aug. 8, 1964, US Democrats President, LB Johnson announce US military action to Vietnam to Americans peoples over the Gulf of Tonkins, which involve a US Destroyer was patroling past the 17th parallel DMZ line near Honoi the capital of North Vietnam. But according to US Nuclear weapon offier, John White on the US Destroyer Maddox. Their were No attack. But still US Democrats President LB Johnson push for US military action to Vietnam which lead to the Vietnam War. Only 500,000 US ground troops was sent. Out of all the US ground troops who was draft and sent to fight in Vietnam. 40% were Blacks males, along with non-college white male, high school drop out, war protester males, and convict. America didn't sent their best but their worse from 1965. When Nixon became US President in 1969. Nixon order all US ground force in Vietnam to began pull out. US Republicans President Nixon order a non-stop flight of B52 bomber to bomb Hanoi and Haiphong. Nixon promise to continuing of US military aids to South Vietnam to defend themselve from the North Vietnam aggression. United States would replace any US military weapons that was lost to the South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese army did retake back many lost territories in the South from Communist North. On August 8, 1974, President Nixon announce his resignation as President of United States over the Watergate Scandal. On Nov. 5, 1974, the Democrats won a landslide in congress both in the US Senate and the House of Representative. The following year in 1975, the Democrats control congress cuts all US promise military aids to South Vietnam and on April 30, 1975, the Fall of Saigon to Communist North Vietnam and thus began the flow of Vietnamese refugees out of Vietnam. During the entire Vietnam War, America brought pain, death, and destruction to the Vietnamese peoples of Vietnam. And today, several South Vietnamese young generation is still suffer from the affect of United States biological chemicals, Agent Orange which the US military spray all over rivers and forests of South Vietnam. And American still today still talk about how heroic they did during the Vietnam War and they came to fight against communist.
Nva were tuff guys
Yeah, and their bullet launchers worked.
Targets
We called the NVA..."Mr. Charles" =respect ..........We called the VC....."Charlie "......get it
Go to hill and then leave they go back to hill nva
The USMC were on top of those hills during the siege of Khe Sanh. Don’t believe everything you see!!
Yeah, first the hill fights in Spring '67, then the Tet of '68 siege.
Correct, we held the high ground.
The North Vietnamese Army hid their 122mm artillery pieces in caves on the east side of Co Roc mountain, facing Khe Sanh. They would roll the artillery to the mouth of the caves when needed, as they were mounted on rail road tracks. The guns were virtually untouchable by air strikes.
The 122s were rockets we got a shit ton of them at An Hoa first 5 months of 69
My father was on 881s. During siege. H + S co sniper attached to units under cptn dabney during his 2nd tour. His m16 had an weaver scope that he bought because the win mod 70 was too slow for the many targets. The old grumpy bastard is still alive at 78yrs old .usmc 2114414 cpl david e steller. Semper fi pop.
God bless Tim Moylan from Catonsville, Maryland with 3/3. The Walking Dead. Made it out alive!
1/9 is know as the 'Walking Dead'
the horror
This is an example how stupid this war was for our kids to fight in.
M14s became popular
Some m-14s we're kept to fire rifle grenades I had one in 3/3 and one later with the wing great weapon and Quick reload mag methods
@@MikeNel33and49 I am a humble Canadian Inf Cold War vet. I was issued the 7.62mm FNC1A1 semi automatic...(Canadian Version of the FN FAL) It was a solid rifle...accurate...reliable...probably weighed the same as an M14...11 pounds I think. I always wanted to test out an m14 and draw comparisons. Thank you for your service.
@@greasyflight6609 If that's the same as the British weapon then it's looks like a man's best friend and not 223 .And thanks to the Canadian recruit that saved me from getting my butt kicked!
@@greasyflight6609 Thank you for being ready and your service,there were Canadians in US Marines or at least in boot camp training one knew rifle drill and totally surprised the DI
They put these men through hell 🤕 and death 💀 for what??? Then the government pulled out after they made billions off these brave men
they were in a fishbowl,...should have leveled one of the taller hills around there
Most wars are bad wars
A total waist of life😢
donny Dumpster trump Should Be Made To Watch This
Marines got pounded in vietnam
Carrying bullet launchers that don't go "BANG", when they should, does not work out that good.
YES...AND THEY DID PLENTY OF POUNDING RIGHT BACK
" You better Believe The Marines".. were dishing it out".. as well as taking it" "It is well documented that the Vietnamese Soldiers".. "got some horror stories to tell also"!!
Screw the ARVNS
@@joseflemire4284 3/3/3Roger that !!!
Many inaccuracies within. Most glaring is the statement we gave the hills up. Marines occupied, said hills during the actual siege.
Where you there in 67 and 68? If NOT....Zip it!!
You are correct. I was with C 1/26 and we stayed on 861 all Summer. We came down to Khe Sahn in November and occupied Blue sector. But the hills were occupied by Marines during the siege. I was there, 0311.
True hero s in my book fighting and dieing for each other for a worthless cause and there government didn't give a dam
All the death and injury still didn't stop Uncle Sam from doing it over and over again. To keep repeating the same thing again time after time expecting a different result is a sign of INSANITY. Did the TRIGGER PULLERS never hear of FRAGGING? 🤔