Helmet Graffiti in the Vietnam War

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    So, as an act of rebellion, many of the young US soldiers started to decorate the camouflaged cloth covering of their metal helmets.
    At first it was with simple things like the name of their girlfriend or their favourite music band
    But as the war progressed, slogans, symbols and doodles started to appear on the troop’s helmets; with many protesting against the war itself.
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Комментарии • 4,4 тыс.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 года назад +4641

    What's your favorite Vietnam War Helmet slogans? 🌴

  • @TheNINDLE
    @TheNINDLE 4 года назад +4222

    And my personal favorite, “Too young to vote, but not to die, too young to love, but too old to cry.”

    • @FlackBackTV
      @FlackBackTV 3 года назад +289

      Really fucked up when you remember that when your 18 your old enough to die for your country, but too young to drink Alcohol, and Vote for its future. Makes me think sometimes

    • @ethancooper1560
      @ethancooper1560 3 года назад +23

      @@FlackBackTV I don’t know about back then but you can vote at 18

    • @honeycrisp808
      @honeycrisp808 3 года назад +143

      @@ethancooper1560 You could not vote at 18 back then. That's why the phrase was popular.

    • @joeloliver2279
      @joeloliver2279 3 года назад +6

      Reminds me of the song Ride On by AC/DC

    • @pyromike7237
      @pyromike7237 3 года назад +7

      @@FlackBackTV anyone who thinks 18 year olds should have alchohol or be able to vote is either an idiot or just doesn't understand how much of an idiot 18 year olds are

  • @jorgec.a3123
    @jorgec.a3123 4 года назад +10416

    This wasn't on a helmet but on a lighter, it's my favorite quote regardless, says "We are the unwilling led by the unqualified doing the unnecessary for the ungrateful"

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice 4 года назад +1248

      I've also seen
      "Here lies the black man,
      Sent by the white man,
      To kill the yellow man,
      After he killed the red man"

    • @cageybee7221
      @cageybee7221 4 года назад +176

      all of that fit on a lighter?

    • @jorgec.a3123
      @jorgec.a3123 4 года назад +274

      @@cageybee7221 in a Zippo

    • @Skrytyy333
      @Skrytyy333 4 года назад +51

      DAMN. That's deep, and true.

    • @tedjones3955
      @tedjones3955 4 года назад +39

      Brilliant, sums it up succinctly.

  • @roboticsmarts6842
    @roboticsmarts6842 4 года назад +1562

    "Don't shoot I'm too short." Which meant his time in Vietnam was almost up.

    • @chapman3641
      @chapman3641 4 года назад +70

      You can put that graffiti on your helmet in Rising Storm 2: Vietnam (Don't shoot I'm too short)

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 4 года назад +74

      I'm 5'7" so I'd write that Day 1.
      ... and then they'd send me down a tiny tunnel with a .45 and a flashlight.

    • @dirtysok9856
      @dirtysok9856 4 года назад +3

      under 100 days left

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 4 года назад +2

      @@warpartyattheoutpost4987 manlets btfo

    • @well_as_an_expert_id_say
      @well_as_an_expert_id_say 4 года назад

      @@AmraamI2O ok

  • @John-yh7mr
    @John-yh7mr 4 года назад +9407

    My dad was a Vietnam vet. I’d asked him in the past if he wrote anything on his helmet and he said he drew a target on the front

  • @TheLordpeanuts
    @TheLordpeanuts 4 года назад +4441

    "I got lost on the way to college"

    • @mrghostfedora2465
      @mrghostfedora2465 4 года назад +134

      "Why did you join the military?"

    • @chocking420
      @chocking420 4 года назад +66

      Jarhead

    • @Mf-wolf
      @Mf-wolf 3 года назад +92

      I would put
      “Violence isn’t the answer ...it’s the question and the answer is yes

    • @omoriperocondrip9130
      @omoriperocondrip9130 3 года назад +20

      @@Mf-wolf *loads shotgun with malicious intent as the DOOM ost plays*

    • @onlygamers9373
      @onlygamers9373 3 года назад +4

      @@omoriperocondrip9130 nice

  • @richard7199
    @richard7199 4 года назад +5563

    My dad carried his friend back to base after he was shot in the head. The bullet went through the front and somehow skimmed the side of his head. When he “got” a new helmet, he painted a “hole” and wrote “you missed”.
    Sadly, his friend died in a helicopter explosion that my dad survived.

    • @realone4993
      @realone4993 4 года назад +471

      Geez man ur dad sure survived a lot of stuff

    • @muhammaddzhulfikar2778
      @muhammaddzhulfikar2778 4 года назад +180

      Geez, must be suck for your dad's friend..

    • @nonameman7114
      @nonameman7114 3 года назад +205

      Damn dude was your dad’s name John Rambo ? Fucking Christ 😅

    • @lotion7009
      @lotion7009 3 года назад +6

      @@Nicefail87 i mean, yeah i guess.

    • @richard7199
      @richard7199 3 года назад +55

      @General Electric Yep. Got lung cancer as well as a suite of other problems that he fights constantly.

  • @spidermandemintheends
    @spidermandemintheends 4 года назад +12465

    “You write “born to kill” on your helmet and you wear a peace button? Is this some kind of SICK JOKE?”

    • @Furzkampfbomber
      @Furzkampfbomber 4 года назад +2909

      I think it represents the duality of human nature, Sir...

    • @UninstallUpdate
      @UninstallUpdate 4 года назад +615

      God it makes me laugh every time

    • @JonathanLundkvist
      @JonathanLundkvist 4 года назад +286

      Answer me or you will stand tall before the man!

    • @mexirissor6377
      @mexirissor6377 4 года назад +244

      Hahaha Full Metal Jacket at it's finest

    • @madhie-kun8614
      @madhie-kun8614 4 года назад +119

      Aaaah... Full Metal Jacket reference I remember that

  • @southernNCfamily
    @southernNCfamily 3 года назад +728

    My favorite has to be my dad's, "so poor I actually volunteered for this"

    • @R4in46
      @R4in46 3 года назад +44

      That one is great

  • @Samtheman1251
    @Samtheman1251 4 года назад +4783

    My grandpa had a friends who put
    "Jesus Is alive, he sells pot in mexico" he was one of the only people who my grandpa knew that survived

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 4 года назад +1725

    Commercial promo for Vietnam:
    *"It's Nerf or Nothing!"*

  • @oceanaxim
    @oceanaxim 4 года назад +3967

    "Fighting for peace? isn't that like f*cking for virginity?" FULL METAL JACKET

  • @Narceoda
    @Narceoda 3 года назад +721

    "We've been trying to reach you regarding your car's extended warranty."

    • @texan_nerd8168
      @texan_nerd8168 3 года назад +8

      My Friend you made me chuckle

    • @quackduck3567
      @quackduck3567 3 года назад +8

      How did this not blowed up yet?

    • @doom5895
      @doom5895 3 года назад +5

      Funnier comments are very rare

    • @hooperdooper3356
      @hooperdooper3356 3 года назад

      Damn,those vets went through too much✊😔

    • @acupofwater8020
      @acupofwater8020 3 года назад +2

      Good commet, made me laugh.

  • @thom0243
    @thom0243 4 года назад +3783

    “Born in the north, died in the south” made me laugh more than I should

    • @johnkitchens1823
      @johnkitchens1823 4 года назад +15

      Same

    • @batrungtran4678
      @batrungtran4678 4 года назад +84

      in Vietnamses is: "sinh Bắc tử Nam", but I don't know that the NVA soldiers also write on their helmet

    • @tomlyons8440
      @tomlyons8440 4 года назад +164

      NVA: "Trust me, I don't wanna be here either."

    • @rzr2ffe325
      @rzr2ffe325 4 года назад +30

      Was an American propaganda attempt that totally backfired.

    • @anhduc0913
      @anhduc0913 4 года назад +24

      @@tomlyons8440 literally summed up the war.

  • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
    @warpartyattheoutpost4987 4 года назад +3273

    *"I went to Nam and all I got was this lousy helmet"*

    • @Paint_Eater
      @Paint_Eater 4 года назад +141

      And severe ptsd

    • @sir.cumsalot
      @sir.cumsalot 4 года назад +13

      this reminds me of that one fall out boy song

    • @remcodenouden5019
      @remcodenouden5019 4 года назад +1

      @@sir.cumsalot which one?

    • @sir.cumsalot
      @sir.cumsalot 4 года назад +24

      @@remcodenouden5019 "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"

    • @NoaVanSnick
      @NoaVanSnick 4 года назад +2

      Best comment

  • @TheERUEDA
    @TheERUEDA 4 года назад +845

    "I'd rather be shrimping" on bubbas helmet from Forest Gump

    • @TheERUEDA
      @TheERUEDA 4 года назад +15

      @@hansel2213 I cried too I'm with you.

    • @sksteele1235
      @sksteele1235 4 года назад +19

      I wanna go home.

    • @TheERUEDA
      @TheERUEDA 4 года назад +10

      @@sksteele1235 Oh Bubba no

    • @patmygroin
      @patmygroin 4 года назад +4

      Shrimpin' in the army was soooooo much different

    • @alwaysturnonaircon
      @alwaysturnonaircon 4 года назад +1

      Really? I never noticed.

  • @rumham5562
    @rumham5562 4 года назад +5697

    “I burned the village” is a classic

    • @Mf-wolf
      @Mf-wolf 3 года назад +334

      I would write “absolutely fucked” on my helmet

    • @shnoodledoodles8562
      @shnoodledoodles8562 3 года назад +206

      I write “of all the places to look at why here”

    • @R̨̧̮̭-c3e
      @R̨̧̮̭-c3e 3 года назад +282

      I would write "Napalm sticks to kids."

    • @gijoystick8716
      @gijoystick8716 3 года назад +274

      I would write “ who’s agent orange?” On mine

    • @Mf-wolf
      @Mf-wolf 3 года назад +19

      @@gijoystick8716 lol good one

  • @TheUnderdog12345
    @TheUnderdog12345 4 года назад +2655

    "FDA Approved: Farm Fresh"
    "God is my shotgun"
    "Front towards enemy"
    "Mickey Mouse Adventure Club"

    • @timmy8837
      @timmy8837 4 года назад +57

      Looks like you have gotten some bot problems

    • @professionalsimpdestroyer4135
      @professionalsimpdestroyer4135 4 года назад +10

      @@timmy8837 bruh

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice 4 года назад +220

      Here lies the black man,
      Sent by the white man,
      To kill the yellow man,
      After he killed the red man.

    • @lance8995
      @lance8995 4 года назад +19

      @@Sorcerers_Apprentice dang this has deep meaning

    • @antoniobenincasa1018
      @antoniobenincasa1018 4 года назад +52

      @@Sorcerers_Apprentice White people also died in the war

  • @mahmoudibnemir8704
    @mahmoudibnemir8704 4 года назад +2861

    "JFK sent me, Johnson killed me."

    • @truckman63
      @truckman63 4 года назад +63

      "LBJ hired gun" or "Its just you and me now Lord, right?"

    • @dakomata9090
      @dakomata9090 4 года назад +66

      Whos JFK? Stop making weird abbreviations for basketball players names just say John Wall ffs

    • @dd-579fletcherwillyd.9
      @dd-579fletcherwillyd.9 4 года назад +19

      @@dakomata9090 JFK = John Fitzgerald Kennedy the President

    • @indomrex3320
      @indomrex3320 4 года назад +45

      @@dd-579fletcherwillyd.9 woooosh

    • @dd-579fletcherwillyd.9
      @dd-579fletcherwillyd.9 4 года назад +4

      @@indomrex3320 wai-oh. Okay. I still don't get the joke lol

  • @LCMhistory
    @LCMhistory 4 года назад +4966

    There are a bunch of lego compatible military helmets for Vietnam war and they are awesome, I used them in my history stop motions

    • @soldierstudios7316
      @soldierstudios7316 4 года назад +27

      Where can I find them?

    • @LCMhistory
      @LCMhistory 4 года назад +79

      @@soldierstudios7316 Best helmets with different signs and images autentic for Vietnam war are made by TheMinifigCo. Have you seen my lego history Vietnam war film?

    • @soldierstudios7316
      @soldierstudios7316 4 года назад +25

      @@LCMhistory yeah I have seen it I'm one of you subscribers its really cool

    • @Badbhoys
      @Badbhoys 4 года назад +3

      Oh hey lcm 👋🏻

    • @blackout295
      @blackout295 4 года назад +4

      This is such a pleasant little anecdote

  • @paris12008
    @paris12008 3 года назад +863

    "We have to leak these, Mickey"
    "That's treason!"

  • @hugocollingridge6858
    @hugocollingridge6858 4 года назад +1195

    "Wow John you helmet graffiti looks just like blood!"
    "John?"

    • @Deerkins
      @Deerkins 4 года назад +71

      Johnny?
      Johnny!?
      JOOOOOOOOOOHNYYYYYYY!!!!!!

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 4 года назад +9

      @@Deerkins I came close to madness searching for it here in the states, but they can never get the Spices Right!

    • @cay7809
      @cay7809 4 года назад +3

      He ded

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 4 года назад +5

      John is kill

    • @sefalr
      @sefalr 4 года назад +2

      Johnny?
      Johnny?
      Yes papa

  • @Vixctor13
    @Vixctor13 4 года назад +246

    I think my slogan would be: "I just work here."

    • @OtherJake909
      @OtherJake909 2 года назад

      “Sir, this is a Wendy’s.”

  • @CouldBeNero
    @CouldBeNero 4 года назад +348

    "Im not a tourist I live here"
    North Vietnam: *visible confusion*

  • @rjzavala87
    @rjzavala87 4 года назад +256

    "Employees must wash hands before returning to work."

  • @dum5247
    @dum5247 4 года назад +1810

    “Yo man, throw me the paintbrush, boutta draw a cool snake on my helmet”
    “Sorry man, you gotta pay 500 credits for that. You can paint a number, tho”

  • @McCaroni_Sup
    @McCaroni_Sup 4 года назад +3105

    U.S. Soldiers: Put ace of spades in their helmets
    Viet Cong: *Puts uno reverse card on their straw hats*

    • @LordTakahashi
      @LordTakahashi 4 года назад +75

      If it didn't make you stand out as much, that would of actually been amusing to use. Lol

    • @wolfscareglow2425
      @wolfscareglow2425 4 года назад +22

      @@LordTakahashi theres dark uno cards

    • @c0nnext
      @c0nnext 4 года назад +46

      Oh god. Now I think the card will be used in ww3 for sure.

    • @alexis2012fulvlogs
      @alexis2012fulvlogs 3 года назад +17

      Hahaha imma wear this in my helmet when I join the marines xD

    • @themagic182
      @themagic182 3 года назад +1

      @@alexis2012fulvlogs 🤣

  • @louis8487
    @louis8487 4 года назад +3982

    "It just confused them into wondering why the Americans kept doing this" I don't know why but that is really funny to me that all that was accomplished was making them think we were fucking weirdos

    • @MrVlogman101
      @MrVlogman101 4 года назад +491

      "What do the numbers mean Nguyen!?"

    • @livingcorpse5664
      @livingcorpse5664 4 года назад +155

      Am American, can confirm we are weird.

    • @gpgpgpgp1000
      @gpgpgpgp1000 4 года назад +341

      I also heard that since the Vietnamese were unfamiliar with the Bald Eagle, they referred to the 101st Airborne as the "Fighting Chickens."
      No offense meant. I have a brother who was in the 101st.

    • @void870
      @void870 3 года назад +103

      @@gpgpgpgp1000 I was in the 1st Cav, and the common nickname for the 101st was the "choking chicken" because the embroidered eagle looked like it was gagging lol

    • @thinemuther4031
      @thinemuther4031 3 года назад +49

      Goal: "OMG!"
      Reality: "TF Did They Do This?!"

  • @jessetellez3924
    @jessetellez3924 3 года назад +168

    When I was in the Army 2011, Id write on my helmet. Higher ups complained told me it was non regulation. At any rate I did it anyway, never really got into trouble for it. I wrote "Killroy was here." My fellow soldiers asked what it meant. It was a nice history lesson.

  • @american__chaos
    @american__chaos 4 года назад +832

    My favorite helmet graffiti in a game was the words "Forgive Me Mama" inscribed onto the dessert ranger's helmet from New Vegas

    • @albertkurz8862
      @albertkurz8862 4 года назад +48

      Randel Clark in the Zion Canyon ?

    • @enclavesoldier7119
      @enclavesoldier7119 4 года назад +9

      @@albertkurz8862 yeah

    • @Bernesemtdog
      @Bernesemtdog 4 года назад +26

      @@albertkurz8862 The armor was SSGT Vickers. Randall Clark obtained it somehow

    • @starpaladin474
      @starpaladin474 4 года назад +17

      @@Bernesemtdog He's the survivalist. We may not be sure how, but he certainly obtained it.

    • @AlecuBeldiman68420
      @AlecuBeldiman68420 4 года назад +46

      *Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.*

  • @calebstern6232
    @calebstern6232 4 года назад +864

    my grandpa wrote "Billy the Kid died for your sins" on his helmet

    • @thienbaongo7997
      @thienbaongo7997 4 года назад +18

      That's hilarious lmao

    • @Sage-qd6tf
      @Sage-qd6tf 4 года назад +5

      That's pretty great

    • @RustyUNITB
      @RustyUNITB 4 года назад +86

      That man was shitposting In the 70d

    • @nooneinparticular5256
      @nooneinparticular5256 4 года назад +1

      Was Billy the Kid his nickname?

    • @calebstern6232
      @calebstern6232 4 года назад +21

      @@nooneinparticular5256 nope. he got the idea while watching an old cowboy movie at base.

  • @zachary9706
    @zachary9706 4 года назад +1327

    “Born to breed , spread the American seed” favorite of all time lol

    • @zachary9706
      @zachary9706 4 года назад +43

      Saw it at a military museum in Tennessee

    • @libzbond
      @libzbond 4 года назад +3

      @@zachary9706 Nice

    • @sksteele1235
      @sksteele1235 4 года назад +102

      Cooming since the 60s

    • @choppergunner8650
      @choppergunner8650 4 года назад +121

      1960's coomer gets sent to 'Nam.

    • @tristan3801
      @tristan3801 4 года назад +12

      @julian zhou Or those yellow fever types

  • @youraveragecommentator491
    @youraveragecommentator491 3 года назад +258

    "I thought this was summer camp"
    Would be mine

  • @neilricardosantiago7554
    @neilricardosantiago7554 4 года назад +709

    Simple History: They put graffiti on their helmet as act of rebellion
    Nam vet: Nah, we were just bored.

  • @pohjantuulet247
    @pohjantuulet247 4 года назад +164

    I had an quote from Plato written on my helmet during the Service.
    *"Only the Dead have seen the end of war."*

  • @K37-h1z
    @K37-h1z 4 года назад +141

    "I'm not a tourist, I live here" hats or helmets in this case off to that man. That's gold.

  • @-Puppet-
    @-Puppet- 3 года назад +188

    “Don’t check my pocket”
    *Checks pocket and finds a piece of paper
    “Don’t check my shoe
    *finds a piece of paper
    “Don’t check my underwear”
    *finds a another piece of paper
    “That’s kinda gay bro”

  • @manicmechanic448
    @manicmechanic448 4 года назад +261

    "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"

    • @krisonveloc25
      @krisonveloc25 4 года назад +7

      Who say that?!

    • @manicmechanic448
      @manicmechanic448 4 года назад +3

      @@krisonveloc25 it must have been Private Joker.

    • @krisonveloc25
      @krisonveloc25 4 года назад +6

      @@manicmechanic448 Well, What do we have here?! A comedian?! Private Joker?!

    • @drunkenmmamaster419
      @drunkenmmamaster419 4 года назад +3

      Well pilgrim, a day without blood is like a day without sunshine!

  • @tomahawkbuck3960
    @tomahawkbuck3960 4 года назад +224

    I like that “Killroy was here” easter egg in the thumbnail

    • @jessieramona2184
      @jessieramona2184 3 года назад +6

      As a graffiti artist, the whole Killroy thing is absolutely hilarious to me

    • @KampersandH
      @KampersandH 3 года назад

      And in the outro!

    • @R4in46
      @R4in46 3 года назад

      @@jessieramona2184 Same, Sometimes I forgot that kilroy was Here is a thing

  • @AdamAloha808
    @AdamAloha808 4 года назад +129

    My uncle served in Vietnam in the Marine Corps. He was shot in the helmet by a hidden VC machine gun nest, the bullet grazed the top of his helmet and he wrote “Not today Wang, Nam 65’.”He is going on 75 strong.

    • @CORALLLLLLLLL
      @CORALLLLLLLLL 3 года назад +4

      Glad he’s alright

    • @AdamAloha808
      @AdamAloha808 3 года назад +6

      @@CORALLLLLLLLL thanks, his 76th birthday was 2 weeks ago. It’s weird tho cuz a month after that happened he was injured in another fire fight that ended up in him getting medically discharged. A piece of shrapnel from a stray round ended in his face and neck. He is actually partially blind in his right eye now. But he is living a great life.

    • @novahero5874
      @novahero5874 2 года назад +5

      Glad to hear your uncle is fine. War is horrible for both perspectives and no one wanted it, except the high rankings that desperately wanted their colony

    • @alpha_9997
      @alpha_9997 Год назад +1

      Thats actually my last name lmao(though im chinese) god dammnit i’ll get him next time!

  • @notkito4781
    @notkito4781 4 года назад +974

    It’s weird how people don’t understand that Vietnam had so much experience fighting France, China, and they where the few countries that could fight off the Imperial army of japan.

    • @ianfinrir8724
      @ianfinrir8724 4 года назад +119

      They literally wrote the book on how to fight off a superior force

    • @Jamie-mv4ne
      @Jamie-mv4ne 4 года назад +64

      In WW2 the Japanese passed thru Vietnam without any resistance because the Vichy French let them
      It was the British colonies that put up resistance the French colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos just let them thru that’s why they took Malaysia and so on more quickly than expected
      You need to check your history

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 3 года назад +27

      The Vietnamese simply had little motivation to fight for the South Vietnamese government. It's like Iraq or Afghanistan. Not many want to fight and die for an American puppet government. South Korea, modern Japan and West Germany are the only examples where they did.

    • @nicobaur3076
      @nicobaur3076 3 года назад +7

      @@chaosXP3RT did I get this right? Are you saying modern Japan, Germany and South Korea are US puppet governments or am I tripping?

    • @QHoang-tt5ht
      @QHoang-tt5ht 3 года назад +7

      @@nicobaur3076 yes. And the same to NATO as well .

  • @mr.fridayatholidays5642
    @mr.fridayatholidays5642 4 года назад +508

    “I am the Lorax & I speak for the trees.. the trees speak Vietnamese”

    • @therewasanamehere990
      @therewasanamehere990 3 года назад +36

      "Touch my trees and I'll break your knees"

    • @yourmother3126
      @yourmother3126 3 года назад +43

      “The trees can’t be harmed if the Lorax is armed”

    • @patrickrodriguez320
      @patrickrodriguez320 3 года назад +3

      Those are perfect haha

    • @maximilliansus6487
      @maximilliansus6487 3 года назад +11

      I am the lorax, I speak for the trees and for some fucking reason they speak Vietnamese

    • @Bayley262
      @Bayley262 3 года назад +3

      I am the lorax & I speak for the trees... now the trees speak vietnamese

  • @hiimryan2388
    @hiimryan2388 4 года назад +151

    "I think I see a floating deck of cards"
    "Nah mate our comrades are just playing pokers."

  • @dumptruckwagon
    @dumptruckwagon 4 года назад +2568

    If this conflict happened today. A lot of weebs would of drawn their waifus.

  • @giovercetti9987
    @giovercetti9987 3 года назад +132

    My favorite I've ever seen was a half burnt zippo that said " let me win over your hearts and minds, or I'll burn your goddamn hut down

    • @-Cece
      @-Cece Год назад

      Was that at the Zippo museum?

    • @giovercetti9987
      @giovercetti9987 Год назад

      @@-Cece idk first I've heard of it, saw it on Facebook with a bunch of others

  • @internetstrangerstrangerofweb
    @internetstrangerstrangerofweb 4 года назад +371

    “Join the Army, they said”

  • @wazkangz955
    @wazkangz955 4 года назад +537

    “With the importance of individuality and self-expression...”
    HERE YOU ARE ALL EQUALLY WORTHLESS

    • @nttntjno1797
      @nttntjno1797 4 года назад +27

      "[whispering] Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"

    • @triangulum8869
      @triangulum8869 4 года назад +10

      @@nttntjno1797 WHO SAID THAT

    • @imkhaos708
      @imkhaos708 4 года назад +3

      I DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON N- Ill stop right there.

  • @Rubenbauer80
    @Rubenbauer80 4 года назад +459

    Everyone gangsta until they see the white feather sticking out of dudes hat.

    • @albobdmasta
      @albobdmasta 4 года назад +8

      The sniper?

    • @ronygaribay852
      @ronygaribay852 4 года назад +29

      Carlos Hathcock 🪶

    • @Bacony_Cakes
      @Bacony_Cakes 4 года назад +11

      and a kraft macaroni & cheese

    • @AlexA-cb1bj
      @AlexA-cb1bj 4 года назад +23

      @@ronygaribay852 yes. The white feather. My grandfather used to tell me stories of him

    • @Rubenbauer80
      @Rubenbauer80 4 года назад +1

      @@ronygaribay852 yup :)

  • @simple-commentator-not-rea7345
    @simple-commentator-not-rea7345 3 года назад +120

    I once saw a photo of a helmet that had "Where is Lee Harvey Oswald when we need him?" written on it

  • @KRev1775
    @KRev1775 4 года назад +257

    "Don't Tread On Me!" "Front Toward Enemy" "Monkey See, Monkey Do" "Hide And Seek Champion 68' " "Say Cheese!"

    • @Tretusentre
      @Tretusentre 3 года назад +27

      "Hide and seek champion '68" 😂😂😂

    • @elkazekage3471
      @elkazekage3471 3 года назад +2

      Nice profile pic!

    • @seelenos
      @seelenos 2 года назад +3

      "Don't Tread On Me!" sure makes sense when you're the invader

    • @KRev1775
      @KRev1775 2 года назад

      @@seelenos Cry me a River.

    • @seelenos
      @seelenos 2 года назад

      @@KRev1775 You're just dumb, but that's a given for americans.

  • @zachlove2689
    @zachlove2689 4 года назад +277

    "The dead know only one thing: It is better to be alive."

  • @pizzawonderer5024
    @pizzawonderer5024 4 года назад +543

    Im the kind of guy that would write the entire bee movie script on my helmet.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 4 года назад +22

      A pizza of culture

    • @thelivingcactus9348
      @thelivingcactus9348 4 года назад +61

      “Acording to all know laws of probability, there is no way I should’ve survived this long.”

    • @Yeaggghurte
      @Yeaggghurte 4 года назад +29

      @@thelivingcactus9348 “my body’s to weak I’m scared shitless and my gun jams to much but I survive anyways because i don’t care what macnamara thinks”

    • @CesarGarcia-nd5xz
      @CesarGarcia-nd5xz 4 года назад +2

      Nobody would read it

    • @thekaiserwannabe6586
      @thekaiserwannabe6586 4 года назад

      69th like

  • @852internationalconnect
    @852internationalconnect 3 года назад +138

    "Remember switching to your secondary is faster then reloading"

    • @jamesearlcash4357
      @jamesearlcash4357 3 года назад +9

      "Your fruit killing skills are remarkable"

    • @R4in46
      @R4in46 3 года назад +4

      That one is good, I'll write it on my helmet when I go to war

    • @AbnormalLilgUy
      @AbnormalLilgUy 3 года назад

      Codm guy

  • @bigdapramirez6157
    @bigdapramirez6157 4 года назад +268

    "Warning. Being in Nam may be hazardous to your health."
    (Has cigarettes right next to that quote)

    • @TheKing60210
      @TheKing60210 4 года назад +21

      Cigarettes were Health than Agent Orange

    • @centurian318
      @centurian318 4 года назад +1

      It was a quote from Newsweek

    • @thesturm8686
      @thesturm8686 4 года назад +8

      Shoulda wrote "being in Nam might cause excessive smoking"

    • @adamscott7354
      @adamscott7354 4 года назад +2

      Its about which is the more immediately hazardous

    • @MaxC_1
      @MaxC_1 4 года назад

      One kills you slowly and you know you can stop it and thus save yourself...about nam...well if you ended in nam you either return back home dead or alive or being a living dead (paralysed or having your limbs blown off or suffering from severe mental diseases)

  • @mell0cats
    @mell0cats 4 года назад +945

    i feel like in the future people are going to write "your gay if you kill me" or "ur mom gay" etc

    • @realone4993
      @realone4993 4 года назад +52

      Lmao that would be golden

    • @129aslamnurfikrir4
      @129aslamnurfikrir4 4 года назад +219

      And instead of ace of spades people will put Uno reverse card

    • @trevormcmanus6670
      @trevormcmanus6670 4 года назад +40

      Lol listen to the Irish song kinky boots, it’s an old Irish Republican Army song literally calling the British soldiers gay 😂

    • @lukelyall5879
      @lukelyall5879 3 года назад +5

      I’d write rage lyrics

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro 3 года назад +40

      There is a tank somewhere in the US armed forces named "Big Chungus".

  • @MrVibe-tx4rn
    @MrVibe-tx4rn 4 года назад +1254

    I have a blue shell for anyone who's "First".

  • @Artcat932
    @Artcat932 2 года назад +64

    My grandpa fought in the Vietnam War and he told me he’d carry a large coin on his helmet to flip before battle to see if he would survive. He even said it once blocked a bullet from piercing through his helmet.

    • @Off-with-a-bang
      @Off-with-a-bang 2 года назад +9

      Lady luck must've had a thing for your pappy then.

  • @yoyu8641
    @yoyu8641 4 года назад +40

    Finally a game that dosnt use loot boxes for cosmetics and is completely customisable

  • @TheTSense
    @TheTSense 4 года назад +85

    "Making the world a better place - one bullet at a time"
    "Born to Feel"

  • @Kratos_Messi7050
    @Kratos_Messi7050 4 года назад +121

    "Let me see what you wrote on your helmet"
    "Hmm.. *Who's Joe?"*

  • @tea-sus8722
    @tea-sus8722 3 года назад +71

    "If you're reading this, your in buttstroke range."
    "Don't bother shooting here, no brains to hit anyway."

  • @chanzpalau-agbayani1270
    @chanzpalau-agbayani1270 4 года назад +97

    "Do you feel like a Hero."
    -Spec Ops the line

    • @winterautumnfishing5215
      @winterautumnfishing5215 4 года назад +4

      "how many Americans did you kill today?"

    • @TheBigR02
      @TheBigR02 4 года назад +1

      *"Why should you care? It's only a game, right?"*

    • @TheBigR02
      @TheBigR02 4 года назад +1

      @@Unknown_Genius I know, I know it's been a while since I played the game.

    • @chanzpalau-agbayani1270
      @chanzpalau-agbayani1270 3 года назад

      @@Unknown_Genius "Do you fell like a Hero yet?"
      -Spec Ops The Line

  • @magnuslauglo5356
    @magnuslauglo5356 3 года назад +70

    I was in the Norwegian Army in the late '90s. We had all grown up on '80s-era Vietnam movies, and one of the units I was in absolutely indulged in helmet art. My platoon commander had "Get some" on his helmet and our Lt Col who was affectionately known as "Bat-man" - because he was in charge of the battalion - had a Batman logo on his.

  • @snuggleton1591
    @snuggleton1591 3 года назад +42

    “Aim here”
    “Live for the hunt”
    “Perishable”
    “Shoot, reload, repeat”

    • @User61564
      @User61564 2 года назад +1

      2 and 4 are goofy

  • @jamesmortimer4016
    @jamesmortimer4016 4 года назад +109

    *vietkong finds dead comrade with ace of spades in his mouth*
    Not one step closer to completing my deck

    • @gamernerd5x
      @gamernerd5x 4 года назад +4

      Fallout New.Vegas vibes

  • @williamhartig9904
    @williamhartig9904 4 года назад +192

    plot twist, "Born to kill" is an obscure indie band.

  • @CivilWarWeekByWeek
    @CivilWarWeekByWeek 4 года назад +253

    Just saw a bunch of guys carrying water guns and I know it’s going to be good

  • @HatCreature
    @HatCreature 3 года назад +111

    My uncle was in Nam, growing up I always wore an Ace of Spades in my hat and I didn't know about its significance to him for years until he finally asked me about it one day. I told him it was my favorite card, he told me the exact same thing in this video and I haven't worn it since. He passed away a long time ago and I miss him a lot.

    • @jessiesratrods1210
      @jessiesratrods1210 2 года назад +4

      I still wear one in my cowboy hats and keep one in ny truck because for my grandpa and most of my family its a sign of good luck. Kind of like how some Christians wear a cross as a sign of Gods blessing.

  • @MIMthegreat
    @MIMthegreat 4 года назад +202

    How about a slogan like: Beware of the trees!

    • @benn454
      @benn454 4 года назад +12

      Slogan on NVA helmet: Beware of the grass!

    • @noahdavis3236
      @noahdavis3236 4 года назад +4

      @@benn454 we have “when the trees start speaking Vietnamese, and the Vietnamese have “when the grass starts speaking English”

    • @mustard4762
      @mustard4762 4 года назад

      "Lorax: I speak for the trees and they speak Vietnamese"

  • @ordinary_magician
    @ordinary_magician 4 года назад +597

    Wait helmet graffiti was actually a thing I always thought it was just some Hollywood trope for some reason

    • @kubikkuratko188
      @kubikkuratko188 4 года назад +122

      Usually what we take as a fact from movies is often a lie and most of the time something historical that sounds absolutely insane is true.

    • @gavinvink6142
      @gavinvink6142 4 года назад +33

      it’s mainly just a farb trope. graffiti was very rare and 90% of troops didn’t have any.

    • @gavinvink6142
      @gavinvink6142 4 года назад +13

      @Die Kista even “lots of men” still means that it was rarely done.

    • @terryliliana
      @terryliliana 4 года назад +37

      people believe most of hollywood is a lie because pretty often it is, so when it's true it becomes hard to believe.

    • @ReptilianAnusWizzard
      @ReptilianAnusWizzard 4 года назад +7

      I have seen a punisher head image sprayed on a a1 tank

  • @wackypacky6917
    @wackypacky6917 4 года назад +97

    I actually have a helmet from the Vietnam War. It has the peace sign on both sides as well as no intelligent life here on the back

  • @darrenzeledon2610
    @darrenzeledon2610 3 года назад +27

    “I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.”

    • @Max-zo6rv
      @Max-zo6rv 3 года назад +1

      Are that bullets

    • @visassess8607
      @visassess8607 3 года назад

      @@Max-zo6rv No it's a reference to a line from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

  • @nobertosanchez647
    @nobertosanchez647 4 года назад +306

    The Vietnam war, or as I like to call it; the most biggest “well that could have gone better” moment in all of American history.

    • @snakejunt
      @snakejunt 2 года назад +15

      *Afghanistan conflict enters the chat*

    • @whofuckingcares420
      @whofuckingcares420 2 года назад +1

      @@snakejunt definitely another flub but the losses aren't even comparable

    • @andrewbloom7694
      @andrewbloom7694 2 года назад +9

      @@snakejunt Oh Afganistan was NOTHING compared to our fuckup in Vietnam. The death toll, political fallout, etc really don't compare

    • @brentcrude8153
      @brentcrude8153 Год назад +1

      We were winning when I left.

  • @angeldelarosa7975
    @angeldelarosa7975 4 года назад +60

    *some future conflict*
    18 year old trooper: * TikTok username, K/D ratio, gamer tag and “get nooned” written on helmet*

    • @YaBoiDoon
      @YaBoiDoon 4 года назад +1

      Jej

    • @thechroniclesofthesuperhob167
      @thechroniclesofthesuperhob167 4 года назад +2

      That’s so true it’s sad. The human race is so pathetic now.

    • @theriddler6994
      @theriddler6994 4 года назад +2

      Ngl I'd totally write some memes on my helmet cover. Then again probably everyone in my chain of command would get pissed so it's not worth it

  • @yellowdragongames8869
    @yellowdragongames8869 4 года назад +182

    "I love the f*cking army and the army loves f*cking me"

    • @si-bang-sat
      @si-bang-sat 3 года назад

      Gang...bang?

    • @theboshow9697
      @theboshow9697 3 года назад

      This is true, the big green weenie will always get you in the end

  • @isiahrodriguez64
    @isiahrodriguez64 4 года назад +522

    American soldiers who wish they didn't have to fight: Writes witty anti war message on helmets
    Vietnamese soldiers who wish they didn't have to fight: makes their own anti war slogans and it's just as witty
    Ain't war funny sometimes

    • @void870
      @void870 3 года назад +56

      Politics aside, NVA and American soldiers would otherwise be good drinking buddies.

    • @giovannicervantes2053
      @giovannicervantes2053 3 года назад +43

      @@void870 without war these folks would be the best of pals war puts in situations we never wished for

    • @zm1786
      @zm1786 3 года назад +6

      @@void870 Vietnam had very positive relations with the united states now. They have good bantz

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 3 года назад +15

      @@giovannicervantes2053 Ho Chi Minh actually tried to get US support for Vietnamese secession from the French, but the letter never reached President Woodrow Wilson. Not that it's likely Wilson would have sent support anyway, but it's interesting to think about.

  • @Kingofstones1
    @Kingofstones1 4 года назад +135

    0:01 me and the boys preparing for swimming class

  • @nachode8007
    @nachode8007 4 года назад +127

    US troops: *puts playing cards in vead VC's mouths* "heh, get pranked idiot"

    • @McCaroni_Sup
      @McCaroni_Sup 4 года назад +24

      This is teabagging before teabagging was a thing

  • @brunor.2895
    @brunor.2895 4 года назад +175

    "the best droid is the dead one"
    i hope you understand the reference

  • @tbmakana
    @tbmakana 4 года назад +93

    My dad wrote on his helmet, "in tyrannide vivimus" which translates to we live in tyranny

  • @jerichamesclammay3107
    @jerichamesclammay3107 4 года назад +2022

    US Troops: *puts a death card in Vietcong's mouth to scare them*
    Vietcong: *visible confusion
    edit: whoa! how did this dumb comment get 1.7K likes? thanks, guys

    • @conrad3578
      @conrad3578 4 года назад +30

      It's not to scare them but more to keep their mind off of the war

    • @_lordtachanka_2314
      @_lordtachanka_2314 4 года назад +42

      @@conrad3578 they be like " tf is up with these Americans and their cards. Is this some evil capitalist plot?".

    • @conrad3578
      @conrad3578 4 года назад +9

      @@_lordtachanka_2314 yes ace is the highest card same with capitalism lol

    • @lance8995
      @lance8995 4 года назад +4

      @UCAWLCyl0ts7kFh5MgUkWBew what heck men

    • @Ghost47wastaken
      @Ghost47wastaken 4 года назад +4

      Smh a bot

  • @theprohun7er487
    @theprohun7er487 4 года назад +34

    My grandpa’s helmet says “I’m having fun” in it

  • @bblue2379
    @bblue2379 4 года назад +147

    “Kilroy was here.”

  • @Type89KneeMortar
    @Type89KneeMortar 3 года назад +694

    My step dad wrote “Aim Here” with a crosshair on his helmet he was in the 25th infantry regiment
    Update: I am Now in the Same Unit my Dad Served in as a Infantryman 25th ID 2-35 Cacti damn did i make him proud

    • @secondjeebs
      @secondjeebs 3 года назад +2

      It means nothing but sorry for your loss

    • @el_mr6439
      @el_mr6439 3 года назад +18

      @@secondjeebs tecnically, we don't know if he died

    • @Detoffe
      @Detoffe 3 года назад

      @@el_mr6439 I think mason hyuza hinted he was dead cause he said "was"

    • @Detoffe
      @Detoffe 3 года назад +6

      @@el_mr6439 or maybe because his step dad retired

    • @nevergonnagiveyouup894
      @nevergonnagiveyouup894 3 года назад +4

      @@Detoffe "was" could also mean other things, "he was in the 25th infantry regiment" which means that he was former member of the 25th infantry regiment, and then he joined another regiment, or was transfered and then retired, op also said "step-dad" which means his mom would have married the dad before the war,

  • @finchwaddledog5026
    @finchwaddledog5026 4 года назад +113

    And not one of them wrote "Creedence Clearwater Revival" on their helmets.

    • @nonameman7114
      @nonameman7114 3 года назад +4

      Whoa, thought it was a nightmare 🎼

    • @giovannicervantes2053
      @giovannicervantes2053 3 года назад +5

      If you put fortunate son on I'm going to crash a mig 20 fighter jet into your housr

    • @johninenglish8236
      @johninenglish8236 3 года назад +7

      "I don't know where that fucking radio blasting fortunate son is coming from!"

    • @couriersix2445
      @couriersix2445 3 года назад +1

      I've seen "Fortunate Son" written in one but it looked like a modern prop

    • @mil1992
      @mil1992 3 года назад +2

      @@nonameman7114 Lord, it was all true

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 4 года назад +89

    The helmet should only have the rules listed on it. The rules to help you survive in Vietnam. 1) Take care of your feet. 2) Don't do anything stupid.

    • @colecarter6478
      @colecarter6478 4 года назад +2

      Forrest Gump-The words of Lieutenant Dan

    • @DaddySolairee
      @DaddySolairee 3 года назад +1

      3. check the trees

    • @grantz9234
      @grantz9234 2 года назад

      "Like get yourself killed".

    • @AirCandyy
      @AirCandyy Год назад

      4. Dont salute 5. WATCH YOUR HEAD!

  • @centurian318
    @centurian318 4 года назад +55

    “Caution: Being a Marine in Khe Sanh maybe hazardous to your health.”
    3rd Bn 26th
    “Newsweek”

  • @nam6128
    @nam6128 4 года назад +44

    Modern helmet graffiti: wheres that recruiter with my camaro?

  • @edgargutierrez4203
    @edgargutierrez4203 4 года назад +13

    Favorite Slogan on Vietnam War helmet has to be "insert bullet here"

  • @stonewall008
    @stonewall008 4 года назад +1104

    Man i'm super early

  • @nathannguyen3814
    @nathannguyen3814 4 года назад +18

    A good friend of mines wrote, "F**k" in big 4 in letters across the front along with "69 Breakfast of Champs"

  • @thegreatcaeser6616
    @thegreatcaeser6616 4 года назад +180

    “It’s all ogre now”
    I think that’ll be on my helmet

    • @hansorsic7387
      @hansorsic7387 4 года назад +9

      "all i wanted was a pepsi" on mine

    • @Devirioka
      @Devirioka 4 года назад +4

      @@hansorsic7387 ‘mama mia’ for mine

    • @auslander1776
      @auslander1776 4 года назад +7

      I’ll take, “Sorry I don’t speak enchantment table”

    • @hansorsic7387
      @hansorsic7387 4 года назад +8

      @@auslander1776 thanks, now i changed mine... "you cannot handle my potions"

    • @nukesrus2663
      @nukesrus2663 4 года назад +2

      "Baby you're a firework"

  • @Shreddatron
    @Shreddatron 4 года назад +138

    "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil.
    For thou art with me,
    Thy rod and Thy staff,
    give me courage" Psalm 23:4

  • @lanniemendieta2708
    @lanniemendieta2708 4 года назад +143

    "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." - Animal Mother

    • @jermainallen7176
      @jermainallen7176 4 года назад +11

      - Oppenheimer.

    • @kentknightofcaelin4537
      @kentknightofcaelin4537 4 года назад +6

      @@jermainallen7176 Krishna said it first, smartass.

    • @hchau7839
      @hchau7839 3 года назад

      Alright, now i'm thinking of a guy in a pink suit who said it's Magenta, not pink.

    • @spaceghost8886
      @spaceghost8886 3 года назад +1

      @@jermainallen7176 Oppenheimer practicing saying it in the mirror leading up to the day, imagining how cool he’s going to sound lol

  • @Nugcon
    @Nugcon 4 года назад +101

    They added character customization in real life.

  • @japutekbeast6647
    @japutekbeast6647 3 года назад +17

    "if you kill me i'll just respawn"

  • @samityyy
    @samityyy 4 года назад +15

    "the last thing you never saw" - Craig Boone

  • @woozertoo
    @woozertoo 4 года назад +67

    So the ultimate message of non-conformity is to leave your helmet stock.

  • @MD_Films
    @MD_Films 4 года назад +30

    I recently got an M81 Woodland PASGT cover and whoever was issued it was quite the artist. Flames on the side, a skull towards to front-top, an iron cross on the front, and an Anarchy symbol on the back, and below it says "Kaos"
    Pretty cool cover imo

  • @lsdcyclops7316
    @lsdcyclops7316 4 года назад +21

    My great uncle wrote on his helmet’s forehead.
    *” America! Land of the greedy, home of the ignorant. “*
    He survived the war. When he came home he gave his helmet to our family. It’s been sitting in our living room ever since.