When I was 5 years old I first met my oldest brother who is nearly 20 years older than me. Here was this big rough looking man and all I knew about him was that he'd been in the Army in some place called VietNam and then afterwards on an island called Guam , which for some reason in my 5 yr old mind I imagined was something like the island where King Kong lived . It was years before I really got to know my brother and came to understand what he'd been doing in the years before I met him . Now were good friends and he often will hear or see something that reminds him of his experience in the jungle , and he will tell me a story that always has my total attention. I have so much respect for my brother and all the people who fought there , whether they chose to or not.
I’m happy you got to meet your brother….my oldest brother (who was also 20yrs older than myself) died of wounds 4 September, 1968. I never got to meet him.
My father was a UH-1B gunship platoon leader with the 155th Aviation Company during 1966. Flew primarily at that time around KONTUM, PLEIKU and BAN ME THUOT. He was my hero and died in 2011. Still is. I am blessed to have 65 reel to reel tapes that he sent to the family describing his war and the hazards of being a combat helicopter pilot.
WOW!!! What a Man. Incredible. Fantastic book. Its sad to realize, we will never get to hear the countless, heroic stories, of those Lost. R.I.P. We Salute You.
I was in Nam in 1970. I was on the USS America (CVA-66) so I never experienced any of combat and danger that Mr. Downs did. I did go into Da Nang on a mission for 3 days. We had a communications problem with the Marines. No one tried to kill me, as far as I know. I feel guilty because folks like Mr. Downs made great sacrifices and I didn’t. You folks are heroes. Thank you for your service and your sacrifices.
Sir, you have nothing to feel guilty for! You were doing your job. Being a Navy man just had you doing different tasks and details. The boots on the ground were Army and Marine units, and that was their job. It (for my mind ) was your fate and you served with honor. My 4 uncles over there would love to have the time reversed because 2 of the 4 saw heavy combat. Danny, was Air Force and one would think he was pretty safge. Wrong. He fought sappers nightly hand to hand at his air base. He committed suicide in 1992. All 4 voluntyeered and all came home pretty angry about the complete bullshit and terrible R.O.E.`s and utter ass backwards way that war was fought. My heart tells me you were meant/fated to be there as you were. I thank you. Sorry for the ridiculous typo`s!!
@abrupt_oliver it's war. People die. Animals die Its.probanly safe to say the vast majority of combatant soldiers do not aim to kill babies or children. There are sick individuals out there for sure and definitely some in us military but most soldiers don't fall in that category. Again, in war collateral damage is impossible to avoid. Don't demonize the us military... You should see how other non western countries operate.
Outstanding and riveting! I felt as though i were with the author through every step! I even caught myself balling my hands into fists during some of the most intense parts! Excellent book, perfect narration. Can't recommend enough.
Yes; it was, in my mind, the very first Vietnam war memoir that wasn't filled with the stoner/war crime cliches. It was the first book that compared with Bernard Fall's French/Indochina War writings. Sure Rumor of War came first, but because those Marines were still 'unseasoned', it always seemed to go poorly for them. On the other hand, Downs' unit had already spent enough time in the field to have developed a certain 'bush sense'.
What a great ride this was, the whole thing very gripping and an amazing ending that at first left my head spinning then turned to great respect for the author. Well done. Thank you for your lifetime of service.
Joined corps in 81 as a 03 infantry,all the staff NCOs were Vietnam vet's so I always felt I was raised by Vietnam veterans amazing group of men and women who served in that conflict
@@이이-n4z8yurse's a lot of marines would have died if no women nurses and doctors incoming didn't discriminate and that's gunnery sergeant drone👍 and about 11,000 women were in Vietnam most army nurses and I'm guessing your just a troll trying to get a rise out of people
You have a few years on me Tony, I enlisted in `88 at 21yrs. old, Army. and most of the NCO`s and DI`s were Vietnam vet`s too. I had a lot of respect for most of them, and it must come from the fact that I had four uncles that served in Vietnam. Those dudes were like a different breed all together, and I could feel it. It is impossible to explain. A different generation and attitude, and view overall. One or two were total pricks, but that is just life, and no different from any walk of life or occupation. All the best Top!
@@gib59er56 very true had a gunnery sergeant did 3 tour's most in recon and force recon in Vietnam he gave you a choice when you screwed up he could write you up or you could get a thump he would stand you up and with his elbow knock you across the room then look at you and say get the f##k out of my office and stop being a dumb ass and nothing more was said slate clean but he didn't want to ruin your record knew lots of vets who were that way they were hard but gave you a break
I was in high school in the a lot of my friends did not come a lot of my girlfriends husbands did not come sad time hey hey LBJ how many kids have you killed today. It was all political it was all democrates
Don’t feel guilty. Consider yourself lucky. Less than 10% of all personnel in all military branches combined actually see combat. I’m thankful I was in the 90% group. I’ve late relatives that weren’t so lucky. One paid the ultimate price commanding a tank August 3rd, 1944 in France. Another was a 4 year POW survivor in Japan, and another was at the battle of the Chosin reservoir in North Korea. Memories that haunted them all their lives.
I have two late grandfathers who both served in the Pacific theater. My paternal grandfather was a 20 millimeter (pea shooter) gunner on the USS Idaho (Big Spud). He told me that he never forgot the smells. My maternal grandfather volunteered in the Utah Army Guard when he was 16. His mother had passed away when he was 10 and his dad just shook his head. He had graduated high school and was a Sargent when he was called up for 1 year of active duty in 1940. The Army was reorganizing from a 4 square division to a triangle. Anyway he took part in guarding the west coast and after Pearl Harbor ended up at Schofield Barracks as part of the 25th Infantry Division. He was an aid man (aka medic). He was able to go home after Luzon, and aside from a written history didn’t talk about the war. The part of the war he wrote about the most was his time spent in New Zealand after Guadalcanal and New Georgia. The division was on R&R and him and a buddy spent time with a farmer and his family working on the farm. But then it was back to training. I respect those who have served.
Absolutely awe-struck by your Nam odyssey...makes O`Brien`s book seem tame....Dad was in the Sub Service(USS Pulaski)from `65-`69 and had his own trials,tribulations,though not on the same level as those in-country during that time.......thanx for your service,your sacrifice,and your book..........Much respect from coastal "Downeast"Maine......
Jesus or God wasn't there. Idiot jesus u understands. Surely war tells you there is no bloody god. Just Infortunate brave men on Both sides trying there best to survive and keep their friends safe
Great and sad, indeed. War is just that! I think Robert E. Lee said something like " It is good that war is so very horrible or we might come to love it" Something very close to that. I know he is a hero and legend to millions of people, but I am not one of them. He was a great General , tactically, but not much logistically or strategically. Those two honors belong to U.S. Grant and W. T. Sherman.
Look at what is happening right now in our country Theresa! We have a giant tumor and it needs removal if we are to live. So, if you liked this book, I have a couple you would like even more. This was decent, but no where close to some other Vietnam books written by Vietnam Vet`s. I have not seen any of them in audiobook form though. So "Fields of Fire" by Sen. James Webb is great! He`s a highly decorated combat Marine and a great author. "Charlie Mike" and "The Last Run" by Leonard B. Scott, are great works too. He is a Vietnam vet., Army Airborne Ranger 173rd Div. LRRP, and great author. And , of course "Dispatches" by Michael Herr, one of the most wide read and classic books on Vietnam ever written. So, check them out if you want.. All the best ma`am!
Rip. David Russell, Billy Taylor, Bunky Taylor, Al Barthome, Danny Deashe, Larry Dietrich, Bobby Strickland, James Lozada, so many many more Thank You hope to see you again❤❤❤❤Bill Merica, Russ Biller, Ron Curfman, Aaron Bennett etc
@@ivandenisovich6005 complain to China and north Vietnam Americans were trying to keep communism out. And that's what board does it hurts the civilians that live there ask the Jewish people in ask the people and civilians in Hawaii when the Japanese came here ask the people from the trade centers and we lost just as many soldiers I don't know where you're from but get your facts straight
@@ElizabethTyler-n3t I'm not debating the rights and wrongs of the war, or any other war. But we do owe it to the people of all sides who died to recognise and remember them.
My dad’s tent had a little girl who cleaned. She told him that his name in vietnams was toy on guck. I am shit!😂😂 he would tell people that they would laugh and say yes yes. This went on for a few days before someone said. You are shit!!?? My dad was a MP and was like what did you say. And they explained everything. The next time my dad sees her he says Toy on guck and she 😂😂 yes yes. He said I am shit and her eyes got bigger than you thought they could and ran off. She came poking around again and my dad just laughed and said it’s okay you got me. This was the same little girl who they gave a puppy to. The next day they asked her how the puppy was and she patted her belly and said puppy was very good. Oops 😬
I remember when we brought the boat people into Seattle in the 70's, newspaper articles explaining how they had to be taught not to steal neighborhood dogs to eat them and also that they could not cultivate crops on the freeway terraces. I also heard a story sitting on a bus from two people talking behind me of some GI's girlfriend saving the dead body of their baby for him, wrapped in plastic.
When inserting the detonator, Blasting Cap, never wipe dirt off. This will align the molecule and cause a spark. Always pick off any dirt with your finger. Just as I inserted the detonator into the mine, my eyes looked away so I would not see the explosion that would kill me. We Fought All The Way............. The Brave And The Bold............ The 198th. Light Infantry.......... Viet Nam
@@CraigGagnon-f7q this is why I'm against every war Pig Nation on the planet with theirs medieval systems of greed and War. I am also against all of the over 2,400 false religions on the planet today. I feel like I live on a planet with a bunch of brainwashed ancient calendar conscious tribal barbarians suffering from Mass psychosis. I have to face the fact that I am part of this world and that's probably why I created my own little Oasis with tropical plants and turned into a bird sanctuary. Oh yeah I can't forget about my extraordinary water fountain. It has two children sitting on top of it pouring water into the fountain. The children are the ones I'm most concerned about.
@@cowboy104he enjoys his bird sanctuary and child fountains because rough men like me fought wars to guarantee his freedom and safety. He is the epitome of the coward with his name calling and delusional utopia.
Just finished reading this, what a read it was if anyone has any other memoirs they can recommend so far iv enjoyed this and things i cant forget. They have both been brilliant reads, true men.
What memo? Vietnam fought for independence and won. And who are we? The overwhelming majority on earth is not from the US, including me. Now go back to school little boy
Aussie army Vietnam if you fall asleep on picket duty you get 3 months in the lockup on shit food regardless of position or rank no "i'm sorry sir or last night we had a rough time" 3 months mandatory ?
Hmmm, millennial, Gen X and Gen Z served, fought, died and sacrificed in a 20 yr war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Every generation has answered the call of war
Greetings from Ireland, i worked in NY state in 89 with quite a few vet's as they were all working on a summer camp to reduce their prison sentence and the majority were black, used like toilet paper by capital hill
Such a shame that people were forced to do this to each other in the name of ‘fighting communism’ on one side, and fighting for your country’s independence on the other. Fighting for your own country’s independence and freedom can never be wrong. The Vietnamese were never truly communist, it’s just that they were the only political party that promised the people the freedom they so clearly deserved. Quite frankly I’m glad the Vietnamese won, they deserve all the freedoms that Americans so proudly claim as their own.
@@alexapperley9081 yes they were. It only became two countries in 1954 after the French were beaten at Bien Dien Phu, before that it was one country. After the division there was supposed to be a nationwide reunification vote. This was blocked by the South and the US so it never took place. They just swapped France for the US as coloniser.
@@alexapperley9081 are you seriously saying that the US wasn’t a coloniser? If so then you don’t have any grip on reality. Look at Vietnam now, they are against Chinese expansion in the South China Sea which coincidentally ties in with US policy. That makes your comment about Chinese influence look pretty stupid. You clearly know nothing about the whole situation. I’m guessing you’re American and cant take criticism which makes complete sense.
The fellow who insulted you was an obvious coward. Indeed it is specimens such as him who spawned the current generation. Those who are terrified of spiders and get this, clowns. Really? Clowns? Hold your head high sir, you have no cause to be ashamed for anything you did in the service. All I can say that you were shooting at the wrong people.
When I was 5 years old I first met my oldest brother who is nearly 20 years older than me. Here was this big rough looking man and all I knew about him was that he'd been in the Army in some place called VietNam and then afterwards on an island called Guam , which for some reason in my 5 yr old mind I imagined was something like the island where King Kong lived . It was years before I really got to know my brother and came to understand what he'd been doing in the years before I met him . Now were good friends and he often will hear or see something that reminds him of his experience in the jungle , and he will tell me a story that always has my total attention. I have so much respect for my brother and all the people who fought there , whether they chose to or not.
I’m happy you got to meet your brother….my oldest brother (who was also 20yrs older than myself) died of wounds 4 September, 1968. I never got to meet him.
I still imagine king Kong from a place called Guam.
#huglife 💚🦍
@@SaintPatrick1970😢
@@SaintPatrick1970I'm sorry for your loss. I hate to think of all the people who didn't survive their tour in Vietnam.
@@giffsgaffs615so do I
WAR IS HELL. No truer words have ever been spoken. I aplaud and greatly appreciate your service to you and all heros who never came home.
And now our politicians like Biden want to stir the shitpot once again.
My father was a UH-1B gunship platoon leader with the 155th Aviation Company during 1966. Flew primarily at that time around KONTUM, PLEIKU and BAN ME THUOT. He was my hero and died in 2011. Still is. I am blessed to have 65 reel to reel tapes that he sent to the family describing his war and the hazards of being a combat helicopter pilot.
did he kill many babies?
Dozens. But those were after he left the military. Kind of a hobby of his. Cretin@@DrLoverLover
WOW!!! What a Man. Incredible.
Fantastic book.
Its sad to realize, we will never get to hear the countless, heroic stories, of those Lost.
R.I.P. We Salute You.
realize? they died
An excellent listen. Better than any movie on the subject. Salute.
I was in Nam in 1970. I was on the USS America (CVA-66) so I never experienced any of combat and danger that Mr. Downs did. I did go into Da Nang on a mission for 3 days. We had a communications problem with the Marines. No one tried to kill me, as far as I know. I feel guilty because folks like Mr. Downs made great sacrifices and I didn’t. You folks are heroes. Thank you for your service and your sacrifices.
And thank you for your service. You have nothing to feel guilty about, I’m sure you played the hand you were dealt the best that you could.
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Sir, you have nothing to feel guilty for! You were doing your job. Being a Navy man just had you doing different tasks and details. The boots on the ground were Army and Marine units, and that was their job. It (for my mind ) was your fate and you served with honor. My 4 uncles over there would love to have the time reversed because 2 of the 4 saw heavy combat. Danny, was Air Force and one would think he was pretty safge. Wrong. He fought sappers nightly hand to hand at his air base. He committed suicide in 1992. All 4 voluntyeered and all came home pretty angry about the complete bullshit and terrible R.O.E.`s and utter ass backwards way that war was fought. My heart tells me you were meant/fated to be there as you were. I thank you. Sorry for the ridiculous typo`s!!
@@gib59er56; Yes some of us were labeled Baby Killers I never killed one baby personally
@abrupt_oliver it's war. People die. Animals die
Its.probanly safe to say the vast majority of combatant soldiers do not aim to kill babies or children. There are sick individuals out there for sure and definitely some in us military but most soldiers don't fall in that category.
Again, in war collateral damage is impossible to avoid. Don't demonize the us military...
You should see how other non western countries operate.
Thank you for this book. I knew so many brothers and fathers who went to Nam, never came back, or came back so broken it was heart wrenchingly sad😢
All war is the same. Might be a good idea to not start it in the first place.
All wars are Bankers wars
I enjoyed this book.
Thank you for your service.
Mr. Downs, I have only one thing to say. Thank you for your outstanding service Soldier, Semper Fi ....OORRAAHH!!
Fantastic read and many thanks 👍 ☘️ 📚
Outstanding and riveting! I felt as though i were with the author through every step! I even caught myself balling my hands into fists during some of the most intense parts!
Excellent book, perfect narration.
Can't recommend enough.
I read the book while training to be a pilot in Canada in 86 or 87.I will never forget it. Thanks for posting this.
I have paper back book that i have read numerous times and to see the man him self made a real sense of reality to the book. Thank you Lt.F.Downs
Yes; it was, in my mind, the very first Vietnam war memoir that wasn't filled with the stoner/war crime cliches. It was the first book that compared with Bernard Fall's French/Indochina War writings. Sure Rumor of War came first, but because those Marines were still 'unseasoned', it always seemed to go poorly for them. On the other hand, Downs' unit had already spent enough time in the field to have developed a certain 'bush sense'.
Great book well worth a listen highly recommended.
I'm honored to have listened to your book and am thankful for your service God be with you
What a great ride this was, the whole thing very gripping and an amazing ending that at first left my head spinning then turned to great respect for the author. Well done. Thank you for your lifetime of service.
Great book well worth a listen highly recommended.
Jesus Christ, Lord almighty... I couldn't stop listening once I started.
I hope to hear the other books he mentioned. I couldn't stop listening. Thank you for posting.
Thank you for uploading this, this paints an important picture about what I was like to be an infantry man in Vietnam. Thank you
Thank you for your service.
Great listen. God bless our all our troops
This book brings back memories of the brothers I served with.
at a desk i suppose
Joined corps in 81 as a 03 infantry,all the staff NCOs were Vietnam vet's so I always felt I was raised by Vietnam veterans amazing group of men and women who served in that conflict
Hahahaha, women! You poor little gaslighted drone!
@@이이-n4z8yurse's a lot of marines would have died if no women nurses and doctors incoming didn't discriminate and that's gunnery sergeant drone👍 and about 11,000 women were in Vietnam most army nurses and I'm guessing your just a troll trying to get a rise out of people
You have a few years on me Tony, I enlisted in `88 at 21yrs. old, Army. and most of the NCO`s and DI`s were Vietnam vet`s too. I had a lot of respect for most of them, and it must come from the fact that I had four uncles that served in Vietnam. Those dudes were like a different breed all together, and I could feel it. It is impossible to explain. A different generation and attitude, and view overall. One or two were total pricks, but that is just life, and no different from any walk of life or occupation. All the best Top!
@@gib59er56 very true had a gunnery sergeant did 3 tour's most in recon and force recon in Vietnam he gave you a choice when you screwed up he could write you up or you could get a thump he would stand you up and with his elbow knock you across the room then look at you and say get the f##k out of my office and stop being a dumb ass and nothing more was said slate clean but he didn't want to ruin your record knew lots of vets who were that way they were hard but gave you a break
Don't think there were any female NCO in Vietnam. Only female personnel listed are nurses, which were all officers. Sorry to pop your woke bubble.
This is a great book btw
God Bless all of you and Thank you for your sacrifices
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thank you for everything you have done! God bless
thanks for the war crimes
Never forget these people. They came when they were called, May God embrace them all, The living.. and the dead. 😔
I was in high school in the a lot of my friends did not come a lot of my girlfriends husbands did not come sad time hey hey LBJ how many kids have you killed today. It was all political it was all democrates
Don’t feel guilty. Consider yourself lucky. Less than 10% of all personnel in all military branches combined actually see combat. I’m thankful I was in the 90% group. I’ve late relatives that weren’t so lucky. One paid the ultimate price commanding a tank August 3rd, 1944 in France. Another was a 4 year POW survivor in Japan, and another was at the battle of the Chosin reservoir in North Korea. Memories that haunted them all their lives.
I love war, war in Afghanistan, that’s my favorite war
@@mrpotato4441then you have never been in one.
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Seems like i made the mistake of saying how i love war movies as a kid to my older army mate i got yelled at to no end.
I have two late grandfathers who both served in the Pacific theater. My paternal grandfather was a 20 millimeter (pea shooter) gunner on the USS Idaho (Big Spud). He told me that he never forgot the smells. My maternal grandfather volunteered in the Utah Army Guard when he was 16. His mother had passed away when he was 10 and his dad just shook his head. He had graduated high school and was a Sargent when he was called up for 1 year of active duty in 1940. The Army was reorganizing from a 4 square division to a triangle. Anyway he took part in guarding the west coast and after Pearl Harbor ended up at Schofield Barracks as part of the 25th Infantry Division. He was an aid man (aka medic). He was able to go home after Luzon, and aside from a written history didn’t talk about the war. The part of the war he wrote about the most was his time spent in New Zealand after Guadalcanal and New Georgia. The division was on R&R and him and a buddy spent time with a farmer and his family working on the farm. But then it was back to training. I respect those who have served.
@@Scott-kc5fg try to stay on topic
The best book reader ever
Absolutely awe-struck by your Nam odyssey...makes O`Brien`s book seem tame....Dad was in the Sub Service(USS Pulaski)from `65-`69 and had his own trials,tribulations,though not on the same level as those in-country during that time.......thanx for your service,your sacrifice,and your book..........Much respect from coastal "Downeast"Maine......
Thanks RUclips great book
I will most definitely Get this Book
Prayers for SFC Sammy M. RIP
VIETNAM SERVICE 1965-1969 USA Died VA hospital self-inflected. Jesus understands.
Jesus or God wasn't there. Idiot jesus u understands. Surely war tells you there is no bloody god. Just Infortunate brave men on Both sides trying there best to survive and keep their friends safe
Thank you for all you men and women for your service. Book is great and sad at the same time. Thanks for sharing.
Great and sad, indeed. War is just that! I think Robert E. Lee said something like " It is good that war is so very horrible or we might come to love it" Something very close to that. I know he is a hero and legend to millions of people, but I am not one of them. He was a great General , tactically, but not much logistically or strategically. Those two honors belong to U.S. Grant and W. T. Sherman.
Thank for this download. Excellent book and narration. And thank you to all those who go to war for our evil governments. Ours included.
Look at what is happening right now in our country Theresa! We have a giant tumor and it needs removal if we are to live. So, if you liked this book, I have a couple you would like even more. This was decent, but no where close to some other Vietnam books written by Vietnam Vet`s. I have not seen any of them in audiobook form though. So "Fields of Fire" by Sen. James Webb is great! He`s a highly decorated combat Marine and a great author. "Charlie Mike" and "The Last Run" by Leonard B. Scott, are great works too. He is a Vietnam vet., Army Airborne Ranger 173rd Div. LRRP, and great author. And , of course "Dispatches" by Michael Herr, one of the most wide read and classic books on Vietnam ever written. So, check them out if you want.. All the best ma`am!
@@gib59er56 Thank you so very much!!! I will look for those to read. I do wish they were on audiobook form, but I’ll gladly read them. Thanks again!!
well done
Four purple hearts, Bronze star, Silver Star. Quite a job well done.
and the countless war crimes
According to you? Who are you?
@@DrLoverLover i would rather be dead ,than live your life ...sad little kid
Great book 📖
Thank you.
Thank you
Thank you.
My grandpa was in the blue spaders platoon
Rip. David Russell, Billy Taylor, Bunky Taylor, Al Barthome, Danny Deashe, Larry Dietrich, Bobby Strickland, James Lozada, so many many more Thank You hope to see you again❤❤❤❤Bill Merica, Russ Biller, Ron Curfman, Aaron Bennett etc
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RIP Clint Allen Redding. My father
RIP 2,000,000+ Vietnamese civilians?
@@ivandenisovich6005 complain to China and north Vietnam Americans were trying to keep communism out. And that's what board does it hurts the civilians that live there ask the Jewish people in ask the people and civilians in Hawaii when the Japanese came here ask the people from the trade centers and we lost just as many soldiers I don't know where you're from but get your facts straight
@@ElizabethTyler-n3t I'm not debating the rights and wrongs of the war, or any other war. But we do owe it to the people of all sides who died to recognise and remember them.
A HERO working with other Heroes!
My Family Appreciates You All!
So much heroism, so much suffering by these unrecognized heroes.
Thank you for this content. Sincerely hoping to see more uploads from your channel.
Excellent book
Good story thanks
excellent diction!
My dad’s tent had a little girl who cleaned. She told him that his name in vietnams was toy on guck. I am shit!😂😂 he would tell people that they would laugh and say yes yes. This went on for a few days before someone said. You are shit!!?? My dad was a MP and was like what did you say. And they explained everything. The next time my dad sees her he says Toy on guck and she 😂😂 yes yes. He said I am shit and her eyes got bigger than you thought they could and ran off. She came poking around again and my dad just laughed and said it’s okay you got me. This was the same little girl who they gave a puppy to. The next day they asked her how the puppy was and she patted her belly and said puppy was very good. Oops 😬
I remember when we brought the boat people into Seattle in the 70's, newspaper articles explaining how they had to be taught not to steal neighborhood dogs to eat them and also that they could not cultivate crops on the freeway terraces.
I also heard a story sitting on a bus from two people talking behind me of some GI's girlfriend saving the dead body of their baby for him, wrapped in plastic.
Milwaukee in early 90's, the. ty had to put signs on Lake Mich. " Don't havest weeds-poison." Written in Gook. The city sprayed chems on them.
@@ghostlyimageoffear6210 sounds like seattle
Tqsm
When inserting the detonator, Blasting Cap, never wipe dirt off. This will align the molecule and cause a spark. Always pick off any dirt with your finger. Just as I inserted the detonator into the mine, my eyes looked away so I would not see the explosion that would kill me.
We Fought All The Way.............
The Brave And The Bold............
The 198th. Light Infantry..........
Viet Nam
good to know. terrorist s are reading
I had stumbled across three photos from the Vietnam War which has affected me my entire life.
and.......?
@@CraigGagnon-f7q this is why I'm against every war Pig Nation on the planet with theirs medieval systems of greed and War. I am also against all of the over 2,400 false religions on the planet today. I feel like I live on a planet with a bunch of brainwashed ancient calendar conscious tribal barbarians suffering from Mass psychosis. I have to face the fact that I am part of this world and that's probably why I created my own little Oasis with tropical plants and turned into a bird sanctuary. Oh yeah I can't forget about my extraordinary water fountain. It has two children sitting on top of it pouring water into the fountain. The children are the ones I'm most concerned about.
@@michaelward878 wow ,you ARE the greatest human to ever live
@@cowboy104he enjoys his bird sanctuary and child fountains because rough men like me fought wars to guarantee his freedom and safety. He is the epitome of the coward with his name calling and delusional utopia.
Powerful Story
My father is in this book
Who
Just finished reading this, what a read it was if anyone has any other memoirs they can recommend so far iv enjoyed this and things i cant forget. They have both been brilliant reads, true men.
Into the Mouth of the Cat by Malcolm McConnell
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
@@maxrayismagnum6371 I actually have that but haven't read it yet good shout mate.
With the Old Breed by Percy Sledge is a classic
@timothyhunter4724 E. B. Sledge. Percy Sledge was a singer.
A great book, great reading and a stark reminder of not to fuck with a people fighting for independence
😂 in case you didn't get the memo, we lost the war and North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam.
What memo? Vietnam fought for independence and won. And who are we? The overwhelming majority on earth is not from the US, including me. Now go back to school little boy
@@TheRoadhammer379 lololol
This sounds like it's going to be good.
Jesus those landmines are brutal. What a truly awful invention.
It teaches us an important lesson about the reality of warfare.
Could someone give me a list of this authors list “in order of publication. Many thanks in advance.
Jeff Files
aftermath and no longer enemies not yet friends.
I was a grunt in Vietnam 1971. I relate.
Ed Barnes,Willy Mc Cloud, to name two, God Bless You America 🇺🇲💯
We can 100% support our troops wo support to stupid government decisions
Naw, That don't work. We need to really change here...
@@ericgibson2079 at what the expense of our young men trying get a college degree etc we can support the solider wo the government
yes, but please learn to write.
@@CraigGagnon-f7q I know how I just refuse on my phone ty tho
I worked with a man that served aboard a helicopter gunship as a gunner. He relished talking about the villagers he killed.
It's a good job for a psycho
Yes, there were some psychos in the war. Sadly the VC killed many more villagers than any psycho did.
@@CraigGagnon-f7q not really. The US killed millions
And the vc were fighting for their country. The us were imperialist aggressors
@@DrLoverLoverso the vc killing fellow countrymen is justified? Dimwit
As everybody knows: do not be a civilian or An infantryman!!
How lucky we are…
No doubt. Those that see war up close are never the same.
Oh.....? " US forces " haven't fought a war in " defense " of America or its people for over 100 years......
@@duaneoldfield😊😊
we?
Communism is here too, only they call it social justice. We were lucky.
50:00 etc so sad omg this had to hurt so damn much! Thank God for that damn pilot!
Hand salute.
I read this book in early 2001. Great read 👍
no one cares ,stay in your own lane, you are irrelevant
Thanks to lbj and the American way
Let's be honest, if you're just using soldiers as cannon fodder, why are you using them then at all?
Aussie army Vietnam if you fall asleep on picket duty you get 3 months in the lockup on shit food regardless of position or rank no "i'm sorry sir or last night we had a rough time" 3 months mandatory ?
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Bookmark 21:00
2:28:00 (land mines)
Brave baby boomers I salute them all 🇺🇸
Hmmm, millennial, Gen X and Gen Z served, fought, died and sacrificed in a 20 yr war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Every generation has answered the call of war
Much reapect for Vitenam vets, they fought a worthly fight.
Please God bless our military
Nationalism is retarded...along with christianity. Islam ect ect..get a grip ...its 2023!!!
Lol
@@kittycatcat6962Why lol? It’s our governments that are the evil ones. All in the name of 💵
Peace not War
@@dublinsfaircity tell that to the Democrats they're the ones always getting us into war
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Another proof that My Lai wasnt a fluke
3:18:50 section 2
Greetings from Ireland, i worked in NY state in 89 with quite a few vet's as they were all working on a summer camp to reduce their prison sentence and the majority were black, used like toilet paper by capital hill
I can see you believed them.
Such a shame that people were forced to do this to each other in the name of ‘fighting communism’ on one side, and fighting for your country’s independence on the other. Fighting for your own country’s independence and freedom can never be wrong. The Vietnamese were never truly communist, it’s just that they were the only political party that promised the people the freedom they so clearly deserved. Quite frankly I’m glad the Vietnamese won, they deserve all the freedoms that Americans so proudly claim as their own.
Were the south not Vietnamese also
@@alexapperley9081 yes they were. It only became two countries in 1954 after the French were beaten at Bien Dien Phu, before that it was one country. After the division there was supposed to be a nationwide reunification vote. This was blocked by the South and the US so it never took place. They just swapped France for the US as coloniser.
@@The-Real-Ando Coloniser 😂😂 thats a good one maybe the south didnt want to fall under communist china and soviet influence
@@alexapperley9081 are you seriously saying that the US wasn’t a coloniser? If so then you don’t have any grip on reality. Look at Vietnam now, they are against Chinese expansion in the South China Sea which coincidentally ties in with US policy. That makes your comment about Chinese influence look pretty stupid. You clearly know nothing about the whole situation. I’m guessing you’re American and cant take criticism which makes complete sense.
@@alexapperley9081 some 'folks' think they are not a 'real' country.
I would like to hear the seconded book by Frederick Downs jr
Aftermath: A Soldier's Return from Vietnam
Anyone know if it’s on RUclips
Rip to Robert Smith
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The fellow who insulted you was an obvious coward. Indeed it is specimens such as him who spawned the current generation. Those who are terrified of spiders and get this, clowns. Really? Clowns? Hold your head high sir, you have no cause to be ashamed for anything you did in the service. All I can say that you were shooting at the wrong people.
3:59:27. Elephant grass
Vietnam = 1
USA = 0
And you're getting ready to do it again....
Yup, the US government and most of the population are warmongers
Sure thing buddy.
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6:57:51 TANKS PT2
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25:50. Huey Slick
1:41. D 16 Platoon
I love war. War in Afghanistan, that’s my favorite war
Way to confess to a multitude of war crimes
It all started with those Buddhas our God is a jealous God
That you apparently believe in the deity delusions and supernatural is just sad in this day and age.
@@Mark-gg6iy I'll pray Mark that you will find the Lord before you leave this earth
@@ElizabethTyler-n3t🤪🤪🤪
@@ElizabethTyler-n3t You are delusional.
In the beginning, man created the gods of his own imagination.
only 45 minutes to the first war crime
go away dummy
We don't care if you're gay.
> first 45min...
Just posted ? . Or the repeat peat repeat. Peat. Passive . Rerun . Thx .