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Tom is my father in law and friend. We all love and appreciate h😢im so much! Thank you for all you do, and thank you for your service. We love you Tom!!!!
I was in Vietnam in 71 and 72 and got 7 days leave and 7 days R&R, and they told me I could go to Hawaii or go home if I wouldn't to. So I came home so I could see the whole family. I had been over there 6 months and think I had 6 more months to go. On my way back over there, I found out they were sending anyone with 6 months in the country home. We started getting orders to come home. Two months after I got back over there, i was on my way home. God bless you, and thank you for your service. Dan 🇺🇸
I was 17 when I was sent to Vietnam, right after boot camp. Back then you could not be drafted, under the age of 18, but you could enlist, if you had your parents consent, and they signed a waver, which in my case my mom signed for me, my dad had deserted us, so he wasn't around. I was sent to a place called Monkey Mountain, in Vietnam, close to a base at Danang. I served 3 tours in vietnam 1966 through 1969, I went through the TET offesnsive, 2 of my highschool friends were killed there. I came home in Feruary of 1969. My fellow mates were greeted with some protesters yelling at us, and some were spiting, I got hit with a raw egg. that was our welcome home. I am now 76 years old, but I can remember it like yesterday. I solute all veterans of the war in Iraq, and Aphganistan, the Vietnam vets are dying off, more and more, everyday. I write all of this to remind all citizens of the United States, Freedom isn't free. All veterans gave some, and some gave all. Remember that.
THANK YOU , and all of your fellow servicemen who fought for this great nation, while some gave the ultimate sacrifice... As a son of a Vietnam vet , father served 69-70 (I think) 1st infantry division big red one .. I have upmost respect for everyone of you men .. This generation has no clue why they or we have the things we do today ,because of folks like you and our grandfather's who fought on beaches saipan, iwo jima , normady ect.. Just wanted to say thank you from bottom of my heart , we're losing great men like yall by the day and it's scary of "men" coming up today who wouldn't or couldn't fight their way out of wet paper bag... Anyways I salute you sir 💯
I was in Country 70/Nov. 71. I was With B Btry. 2/12 23rd Arty Group. Spent most time in upper Il Corp along the Cambodian Border. 155mm Split Trail Howitzer. I spent 14 months in country to receive a 6 month early out of my 2 year draft hitch. We are Brothers my friend 👍 ❤️🇺🇸🙏 1:46:31 1:46:33 1:46:34
I spent my tour in Vietnam at Quang Tri Combat Base, in 69--70, it was about 25 klicks from the DMZ. These videos bring back a lot of memorizes for me, thank you very much Larry, keep up the good work.
I was with 3/12th 4th Inf. Div. E. Co.,Recon June 2, 1969, to July 14, 1969...Transferred to 4.2 Mortars, same unit for the rest of my tour, June 1, 1970. Never met Tom Brady as I can remember, but we did see Recon passing through the fire bases every so often, Welcome Home Brother.
Im 34yrs old and i appreciate the people that served our country bravely and honorably and when they were called upon to go fight for our country they answered that call and left everything they knew and loved behind and this gentleman and the many others that had come and sat infront of this camera lense and were willing to be vulnerable and touch on some hard and even haunting memories of what they exsperience when they had answered that call and the stories of the amazing heroic men that had died beside them or for them and us is a real gift for us listing and watching to A hear first hand from people who where there about these amazing men who fought so hard for the country they loved and some times didn't even really understand why they where being asked to fight but they did it anyway and they did it stoically and this project is a true gift capturing these stories for all of us after these men to learn and appriceate what really has been sacrificed in order to live and have the life's we are able to live today Thank's to all of them thank you all for your service and i love you all with all my heart thank you for your sacrifice and thank you for being there for all of us then and for the ones who continue to be there for us today god bless you all and god bless America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🫵💯👆🙂👍🙏👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
You have excelled again Larry; I think you should get a medal for the terrific job that you do & the service you perform for your country. Well spoken Thomas. You gave a very interesting account of your early life time. Everyone is an individual & as such, come away from the Vietnam experience differently, for better or for worse.
I appreciate that you did what you had to do. I Thank you for your service. Thank you for sharing your experience. We can and should learn from those who come before us.
Thank you Sgt Brady from another Sgt from a different theatre of operations right behind your service during Vietnam. Because you did your job, I served where I was able to do what I did. Sgt. Staten 1 /15 & 1/22 3+4 Infantry Bn's
God bless you, Mr. Brady! Thank you for sharing your story! I always pull Vietnam vets aside when I see them and welcome them home. Wish I could shake your hand.
The environment that Tom finds himself fighting in is very reminiscent of my father who was a World War II veteran. He was a Navy Corpsman attached to 2/5/Fox Co. Part of the first Marines. He told me that the environment particularly New Guinea and again on Peleliu, was more formidable at times than the Japanese. And like in Vietnam, my dad and his unit found themselves being dangled out there as bait for the Japanese. In your case it would have been the VC or the NVA of course. Pretty frightening when you think about it. Thank you for your service Mr Brady and I'm so glad that you made it home and I'm also grateful for the freedom that you provided me and my family. I'm sorry that the politicians of the day hung you and your buddies out to dry like that. I think that Westmoreland and McNamara should have been tried as War criminals. Anyway, once again welcome home and job well done!🙏🇺🇲⚓️💯💖
@VoicesofHistory I should be thanking you actually! I have been binge-watching your channel for the last couple of weeks and I don't think that there's a better example then yours. Giving these heroes, these Warriors and true American Patriots platform to voice what they went through is invaluable. And I think it's probably the first time many of these veterans have had a chance to truly tell their stories without judgment. My name is Jim actually and I've been using my wife's phone since mine bought the farm! But my wife diane, feels exactly the same as I do. I missed out on going to Vietnam by only a few months. I had to go down to the draft board, and the Army induction Center to go through the physical and the swearing in process. This was just two or three months before the war actually ended and nothing ever really happened. I was sworn in, the war ended and I never heard from the Army again! I did have several friends that went to Vietnam and a couple of them came back just fine but there were several that came back a wreck. They got addicted to heroin while they're over there in Vietnam and they struggled with that vicious drug and all the horrors that came with it including homelessness. They struggled with these issues for decades. And the VA was absolutely no help whatsoever back then. I welcome home all veterans from all wars and I think them all for a job well done and for the freedoms that they provided us all.🇺🇲⚓️🙏💯💖
I usually hold my sh*t together for the whole video. Intel these honorable warriors Salute at the end. And I loose it every time, what an honor to have listened to them. What an honor to have them salute us! Thank you Fine Sir for your service.
Welcome Home Tom. I had the honor of meeting Tom & Darlene very briefly in 2023. I was able to present him with a 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment poster in honor of his service. Tom's unit, the 3-12 Infantry, served four over four years in the II Corps. From the beaches and rice paddies of Tuy Hoa province to the rugged mountains in Pleiku Province where Tom spent most of his tour. The 3-12 Infantry nickname was Brave Warriors, and Tom clearly lived up to that name. Braves Always First.
We love our Vets. My blessed dad did two tours as a Civilian with MacVSOG , my brother was a grunt in Pleiku, my uncle was Green Beret Vietnam. My best buddy was 101st Airborne Vietnam. Soooooi much respect.
Thanks Tom for your service. I was drafted in 67 half thru my pro baseball season wounded during tet in 68 from a rocket attack in the jungle ended up in Japan and later in a bed in the emputee ward of Lattermen General in SF. With my pro baseball career over I went to college on the GI Bill.
Bob I am the producer and creator of these stories and this channel. I would like to speak with you. Please reach out to me. Here is my email address. Thank you!! Larry Cappetto, EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
How do people not crack up and go insane with all the killing. Digging up dead bodies looking for weapons. It's very hard to understand. I know you would have to be there to know it. The man I loved most in the world was a Vietnam veteran. He got pretty messed up psychologically but he still had a heart. We couldn't make it work but I still fucking adore that man
I wish that I could have had you interview my step father before he passed. He done a tour in Korea and two tours in Vietnam and was wounded many times and was giving purple hearts and bronze stars during his tour. He was a 20 year Marine and he use to tell me about the time that he spent in Vietnam. He loved the lord and his family and the Marines. I tried to get him to write some of his stories down but he never did and people would tell him that he was a hero and he said that he was just doing his job. He was a gunny at Parish Island for years and touched many lives. His name was Freddie Joe Morris.
What an awesome Man, and an outstanding interview! I WILL watch this one again, Once again, as with many Veterans, I notice your faith in God has helped you over the years, thank you very much sir, for your dedication, and service to this Great nation, you are, one of the greats, welcome home friend!! 🇺🇸🫡
Same story hery 4th inf div. to vietnam with c-130 air craft. 3 days in can-ron bay . Your unit was right behind my unit 1/ 10th armored calvery . 45 soldiers in B co.
Love your vids. I was in the Coast Guard fom 71-75 on choppers but stayed in the States. I feel guilty being referred to as a Viet Nam vet. Only the folks over there deserve that honor
Went in in '67..signed out of the 197th Inf at Ft Benning in '70...6 of us in a line in front of of a warrant officer in the admin building at main post..Guy at the head of the line was former 1st Air Cav...got his paperwork,,turned around to us and said "Holy Shit,, we're still breathin"....Warrant officer was smart enough not to say anything..
Some of your interviews are as fluid as flowing water. Others are like pulling teeth & reminding the patient to keep their mouth open. Everyone just has different abilities to relate their stories .
Welcome home brother. Thanks for sharing. I was in Nam in 69&70 with 1st / 14th 4th I.D. Sounds like we had similar a experience. Thanks Larry for doing these stories.
Yes sir… Sargent Brady one of the 3 million hero’s. I can’t help but believe that most of these fine men would have benefited big time had they been “debriefed” several times through the years with interviews like this. Thanks to all until you’re better paid!!!
I also graduated high school in '67 and was drafted exactly a year later. When I got my notice for military service it was for the army or the marine corp. I still have copies of it, and it states army, Fort Dix, NJ, or marines, Camp Lejeune, NC, and that I would be notified of where to go in a few days.
Lance Corparol marine 1964 to 1968. 2 tours of duty, told me some things but not all. I also have a metal bracelet of a MIA last name Phillips I will tell no more , his remains are still in Vietnam he never got to come home. I wanted to know before I go to my final resting place. I carried that bracelet since the sixties. It spent many years in my cedar chest.
Thank you for sharing your story and for carrying the memory of those who never came home. PLEASE contact me to discuss this matter. Larry Cappetto, EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
Thanks for sharing with us Tom and welcome home. I was in at the same time but they sent me to Germany. I've always felt a little bit guilty about that but still proud to have served.
Similar experience when landing in the Nam. Early AM, smelly,hot,foggy,tracers from a hughey off in the distance,sounds of artillery booming. The sudden realization hits you, what have I got myself into?
Larry I just got down on my hands and knees when he told me the story of why they called him Ghoul Lord Jesus Christ he is purified in His name brother Larry I don't think we understand
I would be interested in telling my Vietnam story . I served in the first infantry division from 67 to 68 as a fire direction in a 105 unit. I can share some of my experiences , via e mail if that helps
There was an outbreak of some kind. I read an article about it. I did AIT at Ft Polk Tiger Land summer of 1970. Never heard of any outbreak Pryor to being there.
I think it's sad that he doesn't have sympathy for people as a correctional officer. I think Vietnam killed part of his soul. Because life is tough. No one lives on easy street. Most people have alot of shit who end up in trouble with the law. But thks for your honesty
Thomas is talking about going on R&R to be with his Wife and ask about having to go back , they would be sent to jail if they didn't but I would feel at least I would be alive how many guys took that chance .
Larry I am committing to you here and now that I am going to get frogs story I used to bartend in Indianapolis at the Alley Cat the number one dive bar and he was there every morning I was the daytime bartender and I remember him saying he had 147 kills but I saw him recently dressed to the nines looking like a superstar he is smart and handsome I'm going to get his story 1:26:03
I remember bartending daytime one day and I gave an older man 9 beers and he started crying about Vietnam and how many people he killed I was 23 when I was bartending there and I remember frog being so cool and calm he was there every day every morning
I enlisted in the army 1970 on the deal buddy system with my cousin and wanted communications bull crap no buddie came with me to dak to and 11b20 mos infantry grunt after fort polk enlisting was bull crap they do want they want
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Tom is my father in law and friend. We all love and appreciate h😢im so much! Thank you for all you do, and thank you for your service. We love you Tom!!!!
So cool. Hero in my book.
What a Man and story...Hats off to this guy/Glad he made it home.
Seems like a real good Man! Someone who would help teach you how to survive.
Welcome home brother !
Are you a dude?
Hero's come in different sizes and backgrounds! Welcome home! Great interview, Larry! From a Marine Corps veteran (1971-1975)
This is the Tom Brady every American should know and admire.
Larry said it best "yall are all heroes"! Thank you sir for your service and sacrifice!
I was in Vietnam in 71 and 72 and got 7 days leave and 7 days R&R, and they told me I could go to Hawaii or go home if I wouldn't to. So I came home so I could see the whole family. I had been over there 6 months and think I had 6 more months to go. On my way back over there, I found out they were sending anyone with 6 months in the country home. We started getting orders to come home. Two months after I got back over there, i was on my way home.
God bless you, and thank you for your service.
Dan 🇺🇸
Dan, thank you!!
I was 17 when I was sent to Vietnam, right after boot camp. Back then you could not be drafted, under the age of 18, but you could enlist, if you had your parents consent, and they signed a waver, which in my case my mom signed for me, my dad had deserted us, so he wasn't around. I was sent to a place called Monkey Mountain, in Vietnam, close to a base at Danang. I served 3 tours in vietnam 1966 through 1969, I went through the TET offesnsive, 2 of my highschool friends were killed there. I came home in Feruary of 1969. My fellow mates were greeted with some protesters yelling at us, and some were spiting, I got hit with a raw egg. that was our welcome home. I am now 76 years old, but I can remember it like yesterday. I solute all veterans of the war in Iraq, and Aphganistan, the Vietnam vets are dying off, more and more, everyday. I write all of this to remind all citizens of the United States, Freedom isn't free. All veterans gave some, and some gave all. Remember that.
THANK YOU , and all of your fellow servicemen who fought for this great nation, while some gave the ultimate sacrifice... As a son of a Vietnam vet , father served 69-70 (I think) 1st infantry division big red one .. I have upmost respect for everyone of you men .. This generation has no clue why they or we have the things we do today ,because of folks like you and our grandfather's who fought on beaches saipan, iwo jima , normady ect.. Just wanted to say thank you from bottom of my heart , we're losing great men like yall by the day and it's scary of "men" coming up today who wouldn't or couldn't fight their way out of wet paper bag... Anyways I salute you sir 💯
These Interviews are so amazing God Bless everyone who was in Vietnam.
Tom is a great American hero. Thank you for your service and welcome home!
Thank you kindly.
God Bless you Tom and your family. Thank you for your service and telling your story for future generations to benefit. You are a Great American.
I was in Country 70/Nov. 71. I was With B Btry. 2/12 23rd Arty Group. Spent most time in upper Il Corp along the Cambodian Border.
155mm Split Trail Howitzer. I spent 14 months in country to receive a 6 month early out of my 2 year draft hitch.
We are Brothers my friend 👍
❤️🇺🇸🙏 1:46:31 1:46:33 1:46:34
Can’t click on it fast enough ; I have been waiting on another Vietnam video to drop. Thanks Larry.
Agreed! The Vietnam videos are my favorite. In particular infantry.
I spent my tour in Vietnam at Quang Tri Combat Base, in 69--70, it was about 25 klicks from the DMZ. These videos bring back a lot of memorizes for me, thank you very much Larry, keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing your experience John! Glad you found my channel.
Hi Mr Brady , thanks for sharing your story with us .
💦 tears for the condtion of how our Warriors were left in on the battle field .
Thank Thomas for 🌹 your sacrifice and service to our country 🇺🇲
Rita, so happy you watched Tom's story. I hope he knows how much we appreciate him and all our Veteran's featured on this channel and radio station.
Thank you sir for your service! God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience Tom. God Bless You and everyone else who served in that conflict.
God bless you, brother, and THANK YOU for your service to our country. Welcome home.
I was with 3/12th 4th Inf. Div. E. Co.,Recon June 2, 1969, to July 14, 1969...Transferred to 4.2 Mortars, same unit for the rest of my tour, June 1, 1970. Never met Tom Brady as I can remember, but we did see Recon passing through the fire bases every so often, Welcome Home Brother.
I thank these men for telling us like it really was and what they dealt with
Welcome home Sgt. Thomas P. Brady, God bless you and thank you for your service!
Much appreciated.
Im 34yrs old and i appreciate the people that served our country bravely and honorably and when they were called upon to go fight for our country they answered that call and left everything they knew and loved behind and this gentleman and the many others that had come and sat infront of this camera lense and were willing to be vulnerable and touch on some hard and even haunting memories of what they exsperience when they had answered that call and the stories of the amazing heroic men that had died beside them or for them and us is a real gift for us listing and watching to A hear first hand from people who where there about these amazing men who fought so hard for the country they loved and some times didn't even really understand why they where being asked to fight but they did it anyway and they did it stoically and this project is a true gift capturing these stories for all of us after these men to learn and appriceate what really has been sacrificed in order to live and have the life's we are able to live today Thank's to all of them thank you all for your service and i love you all with all my heart thank you for your sacrifice and thank you for being there for all of us then and for the ones who continue to be there for us today god bless you all and god bless America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🫵💯👆🙂👍🙏👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you John for your comment. God bless you!!
Outstanding interview! Thank you so much for your service and for sharing your experience! From NM, USA 🇺🇸
You have excelled again Larry; I think you should get a medal for the terrific job that you do & the service you perform for your country. Well spoken Thomas. You gave a very interesting account of your early life time. Everyone is an individual & as such, come away from the Vietnam experience differently, for better or for worse.
True. He's definitely doing his part
OK Larry, another nam interview. Good job again.
Thomas has a strong soul and is a good man.
He stood up as a young man and fought for his country.
Thank you Tom for your service, my Vic would understand.
Joanne, I am so sorry for your loss, thank you for watching. I sent you my email address in my first reply to you.
👍🏻 much respect and admiration sgt. Brady!
Thanks for capturing another one Larry.
Much respect and appreciation for you my friend.
Thanks for your service Tom and interview
Thanks for listening.
God bless you Mr Brady! God bless all of our vets!!
God bless America!
Thank you, Jack!!
I appreciate that you did what you had to do. I Thank you for your service. Thank you for sharing your experience. We can and should learn from those who come before us.
Well said! Thank yo Cecilia.
Thank you Sgt Brady from another Sgt from a different theatre of operations right behind your service during Vietnam. Because you did your job, I served where I was able to do what I did. Sgt. Staten 1 /15 & 1/22 3+4 Infantry Bn's
Sgt. Staten, thank you for your service and for sharing your story.
Excellent video, Larry. Thank you to you and Mr. Brady.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
God bless you, Mr. Brady! Thank you for sharing your story! I always pull Vietnam vets aside when I see them and welcome them home. Wish I could shake your hand.
Thanks for sharing.
The environment that Tom finds himself fighting in is very reminiscent of my father who was a World War II veteran. He was a Navy Corpsman attached to 2/5/Fox Co. Part of the first Marines. He told me that the environment particularly New Guinea and again on Peleliu, was more formidable at times than the Japanese. And like in Vietnam, my dad and his unit found themselves being dangled out there as bait for the Japanese. In your case it would have been the VC or the NVA of course. Pretty frightening when you think about it. Thank you for your service Mr Brady and I'm so glad that you made it home and I'm also grateful for the freedom that you provided me and my family. I'm sorry that the politicians of the day hung you and your buddies out to dry like that. I think that Westmoreland and McNamara should have been tried as War criminals. Anyway, once again welcome home and job well done!🙏🇺🇲⚓️💯💖
Thank you Diane!
@VoicesofHistory I should be thanking you actually! I have been binge-watching your channel for the last couple of weeks and I don't think that there's a better example then yours. Giving these heroes, these Warriors and true American Patriots platform to voice what they went through is invaluable. And I think it's probably the first time many of these veterans have had a chance to truly tell their stories without judgment. My name is Jim actually and I've been using my wife's phone since mine bought the farm! But my wife diane, feels exactly the same as I do. I missed out on going to Vietnam by only a few months. I had to go down to the draft board, and the Army induction Center to go through the physical and the swearing in process. This was just two or three months before the war actually ended and nothing ever really happened. I was sworn in, the war ended and I never heard from the Army again! I did have several friends that went to Vietnam and a couple of them came back just fine but there were several that came back a wreck. They got addicted to heroin while they're over there in Vietnam and they struggled with that vicious drug and all the horrors that came with it including homelessness. They struggled with these issues for decades. And the VA was absolutely no help whatsoever back then. I welcome home all veterans from all wars and I think them all for a job well done and for the freedoms that they provided us all.🇺🇲⚓️🙏💯💖
I usually hold my sh*t together for the whole video. Intel these honorable warriors Salute at the end. And I loose it every time, what an honor to have listened to them. What an honor to have them salute us! Thank you Fine Sir for your service.
Another great hero, thank you for your service, sir
Thanks for sharing your great story with us. Thank You for your service to our Great Country. Fantastic job Larry, doing this interview.
👏👍🤗🇺🇸🫡🙏🙏
Thank you for your service and welcome home
Welcome Home Tom. I had the honor of meeting Tom & Darlene very briefly in 2023. I was able to present him with a 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment poster in honor of his service. Tom's unit, the 3-12 Infantry, served four over four years in the II Corps. From the beaches and rice paddies of Tuy Hoa province to the rugged mountains in Pleiku Province where Tom spent most of his tour. The 3-12 Infantry nickname was Brave Warriors, and Tom clearly lived up to that name. Braves Always First.
Mr. Brady is a wonderful role model of how one should live one's life and how to speak about it.
Thank you William!! I agree with you.
So proud of you Tom ❤
3/506 101st airmoble 1970 .went into Cambodia attached to the 4th inf. May 5th , ambushed may 10th, mother's day. Interesting interview. Thanks !
Thank you,sir for your service in Vietnam. You’re our nation’s heroes.
Thanks Julie.
We love our Vets. My blessed dad did two tours as a Civilian with MacVSOG , my brother was a grunt in Pleiku, my uncle was Green Beret Vietnam. My best buddy was 101st Airborne Vietnam.
Soooooi much respect.
Thanks Tom for your service. I was drafted in 67 half thru my pro baseball season wounded during tet in 68 from a rocket attack in the jungle ended up in Japan and later in a bed in the emputee ward of Lattermen General in SF. With my pro baseball career over I went to college on the GI Bill.
Bob I am the producer and creator of these stories and this channel. I would like to speak with you. Please reach out to me. Here is my email address. Thank you!! Larry Cappetto, EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
Thanks for your service! Everyone please remember the ones that didn’t make it back home ? Thanks
Thank you, sir, for your service 🙏.
How do people not crack up and go insane with all the killing. Digging up dead bodies looking for weapons.
It's very hard to understand.
I know you would have to be there to know it.
The man I loved most in the world was a Vietnam veteran.
He got pretty messed up psychologically but he still had a heart.
We couldn't make it work but I still fucking adore that man
Thank you both. Brliant interview of one of our nation's finest. I knew a lot of guys who "went because we had to" that were no less heroic.
From the coast of Maine,thank you.....
Thanks for sharing Tom. That was a nice listen.
Glad you enjoyed it
Outstanding, simply outstanding. Salute Sargent, well done.
Thank you Bill.
I wish that I could have had you interview my step father before he passed. He done a tour in Korea and two tours in Vietnam and was wounded many times and was giving purple hearts and bronze stars during his tour. He was a 20 year Marine and he use to tell me about the time that he spent in Vietnam. He loved the lord and his family and the Marines. I tried to get him to write some of his stories down but he never did and people would tell him that he was a hero and he said that he was just doing his job. He was a gunny at Parish Island for years and touched many lives. His name was Freddie Joe Morris.
Thank you for watching Frankie. I will share your comment with Tom. It would have been an honor to interview your step Father.
TY soldier Brady for your service. Your story was awesome and welcome home!
What an awesome Man, and an outstanding interview! I WILL watch this one again, Once again, as with many Veterans, I notice your faith in God has helped you over the years, thank you very much sir, for your dedication, and service to this Great nation, you are, one of the greats, welcome home friend!! 🇺🇸🫡
Much appreciated!
@@VoicesofHistory Thank you for all you do Larry!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just started watching and listening to the show, I'm loving it,
Thanks David.
Another gr8 interview with a great Army Veteran. Welcome Home Staff Sarg Tom. Well done Larry😊😮
Same story hery 4th inf div. to vietnam with c-130 air craft. 3 days in can-ron bay . Your unit was right behind my unit 1/ 10th armored calvery . 45 soldiers in B co.
Welcome home brother, you served with honor, sir...72 yo Navy Veteran
Love your vids. I was in the Coast Guard fom 71-75 on choppers but stayed in the States. I feel guilty being referred to as a Viet Nam vet. Only the folks over there deserve that honor
You go where they send you , thank you for your service to our country 🇺🇲
Thank you for your service my friend.
@@VoicesofHistory Thank you
Went in in '67..signed out of the 197th Inf at Ft Benning in '70...6 of us in a line in front of of a warrant officer in the admin building at main post..Guy at the head of the line was former 1st Air Cav...got his paperwork,,turned around to us and said "Holy Shit,, we're still breathin"....Warrant officer was smart enough not to say anything..
I enjoy the personal sides of these veterans.
I've made it my life's work Dana.
Some of your interviews are as fluid as flowing water. Others are like pulling teeth & reminding the patient to keep their mouth open. Everyone just has different abilities to relate their stories .
Thank you all. 🙏🇺🇸❤
Welcome home veterans
Thank you sir for your service welcome home you mean more to us than you'll ever know
I appreciate that.
Welcome home brother. Thanks for sharing. I was in Nam in 69&70 with 1st / 14th 4th I.D. Sounds like we had similar a experience. Thanks Larry for doing these stories.
I'm glad you were able to watch this special video. Thank you for your service.
A great and honest man who risked everything for his country.
Thank you for your service
Much appreciated.
Yes sir… Sargent Brady one of the 3 million hero’s. I can’t help but believe that most of these fine men would have benefited big time had they been “debriefed” several times through the years with interviews like this. Thanks to all until you’re better paid!!!
Thank you for your stories.
South Vietnam solders were VC at night I heard
Great interview as usual 👍
I also graduated high school in '67 and was drafted exactly a year later. When I got my notice for military service it was for the army or the marine corp. I still have copies of it, and it states army, Fort Dix, NJ, or marines, Camp Lejeune, NC, and that I would be notified of where to go in a few days.
Thank you for your service. If you would like to tell your story please reach out to me...EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
I was with 3rd of 8th 4th division and headquarters 1st brigade LRRP’s 69-69. Really enjoyed this interview.
Lance Corparol marine 1964 to 1968. 2 tours of duty, told me some things but not all. I also have a metal bracelet of a MIA last name Phillips I will tell no more , his remains are still in Vietnam he never got to come home. I wanted to know before I go to my final resting place. I carried that bracelet since the sixties. It spent many years in my cedar chest.
Thank you for sharing your story and for carrying the memory of those who never came home. PLEASE contact me to discuss this matter. Larry Cappetto, EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
Thank you for your service. God bless you!😊
Tom welcome home.
Thanks for sharing with us Tom and welcome home. I was in at the same time but they sent me to Germany. I've always felt a little bit guilty about that but still proud to have served.
Thanks for sharing!
I know a tom Brady junior.
In alcoholics anonymous. Wonder if they are related.
Another great guy.
Great story telling
Thank You Larry….cheers from Orlando❤
Paul, good to hear from you again. I was in Orlando in July. Plan to come back soon. larrycappetto.com
Tom i was in Nam 69 , 1st Inf then Ft. POLK WHERE I was a inf comucation instructor. Good chance we met.
I agree with Thomas about the movie Platoon.
Fort Polk had a bad Menengitis outbreak. Thats the medical reason it was closed to training in 1968. Excellent interview guys. Thanks
Blessings brother!!
I am veteran from Vietnam. I was a crew chef door gunner on a lot from 70 to 71. I would love to talk to you about my experience. Please contact me.
as a viewer, I enjoy the interviews and look forward to hear from our veterans. I dont like seeing or hearing the interviewer-at all.
GOOD VIDEO
Similar experience when landing in the Nam. Early AM, smelly,hot,foggy,tracers from a hughey off in the distance,sounds of artillery booming. The sudden realization hits you, what have I got myself into?
Larry I just got down on my hands and knees when he told me the story of why they called him Ghoul Lord Jesus Christ he is purified in His name brother Larry I don't think we understand
Mark, what he shared was powerful. I don't think most people understand what he said and saw.
Welcome Home
In country 2nd Corps, Qui-Nhon, Pleiku, June 67 to June 68
I would be interested in telling my Vietnam story . I served in the first infantry division from 67 to 68 as a fire direction in a 105 unit. I can share some of my experiences , via e mail if that helps
Please reach out to me David. EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
Read one door gunner's odyssey, "One February Morning". Nha Trang '68 - '69.
2/8 is an infantry unit not an armor unit.
How many kids did that hero kill the lovely music 😞
Thanks Tom.😑
Think fort Polk had a spinal mengitis outbreak at that time
There was an outbreak of some kind. I read an article about it. I did AIT at Ft Polk Tiger Land summer of 1970. Never heard of any outbreak Pryor to being there.
So TRUE On todays state......We have no leadership in this country.God bless this man and ALL Vets.
I think it's sad that he doesn't have sympathy for people as a correctional officer.
I think Vietnam killed part of his soul.
Because life is tough. No one lives on easy street.
Most people have alot of shit who end up in trouble with the law.
But thks for your honesty
Thomas is talking about going on R&R to be with his Wife and ask about having to go back , they would be sent to jail if they didn't but I would feel at least I would be alive how many guys took that chance .
Larry I am committing to you here and now that I am going to get frogs story I used to bartend in Indianapolis at the Alley Cat the number one dive bar and he was there every morning I was the daytime bartender and I remember him saying he had 147 kills but I saw him recently dressed to the nines looking like a superstar he is smart and handsome I'm going to get his story 1:26:03
I remember bartending daytime one day and I gave an older man 9 beers and he started crying about Vietnam and how many people he killed I was 23 when I was bartending there and I remember frog being so cool and calm he was there every day every morning
I enlisted in the army 1970 on the deal buddy system with my cousin and wanted communications bull crap no buddie came with me to dak to and 11b20 mos infantry grunt after fort polk enlisting was bull crap they do want they want