US Marines at Khe Sanh, Vietnam | 1968 | US Marine Corps Documentary in Color
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This film is a U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) documentary that covers the story of the U.S. Marines and their South Vietnamese allies garrisoned at Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968.
Historical Background / Context:
The Vietnam War (aka the Second Indochina War) was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam - supported by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China - and the government of South Vietnam - supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries. The communist Viet Cong, a South Vietnamese political organization and army aided by North Vietnam, fought a guerrilla war against the United States and the South Vietnamese forces. The Vietnam People's Army (North Vietnamese Army) engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle.
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. The U.S. government viewed American involvement in the Vietnam conflict as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam with the aim of stopping the spread of communism.
The U.S. Marine Corps served an important role in the Vietnam. Individuals from the USMC operated in the Northern I Corps Regions of South Vietnam. Portions of the Corps were responsible for the less-known Combined Action Program that implemented unconventional techniques for counter-insurgency and worked as military advisers to the Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps. Marines were withdrawn from Vietnam in 1971, and returned briefly in 1975 to evacuate Saigon.
US Marines at Khe Sanh, Vietnam | 1968 | US Marine Corps Documentary in Color
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All American soldier will killed in Khe Sanh if troops not supported by the air arm.
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My FIL left his right arm and leg at Khe Sahn. He was given final rights on two occasions. They got him back to a hospital in San Fran and stayed there for 8 months. He went on to get his degree from a community college and put in 30 years with the IRS. He was an avid golfer and very rarely asked for or needed assistance. Pretty amazing journey. He passed away last year following a battle with pneumonia.
A brave and persistent soldier!
Bet he wasn't a senator's son
Dennis Dickson May he Rest In Peace.
@@robertstack2144 ain't no fortunate son
It’s not really about what assistance you need after
My father in law left his sanity in Vietnam. He struggled the rest of his life. God bless you Larry. We miss you.
Was he at khe sanh?
We all did. God Bless.
They're not suppose to be there in the first place. They brought all armaments and experimented it to the Vietnamese people. In the end, they scrammed like rats back home crying like kids...
@@banalhumabon5213 You are nothing more than an ignorant fool. You just shit on 500 thousand vets. and over 50',000 + men that fought for an ideal, real or imagined. butthole. they died even for your ignorant commie ass. Fck you.
@@bradleysanford2294 : you tell me why were you there? To kill civilians? Then why did you ran away like rats, answer me
I served three tours in Iraq, almost three years of my life. My heart and respect goes out to Vietnam vets. My adopted father, (he adopted me) was in the USAF, served in Vietnam. The stories he told me make me angry and sad at general Americans. Who, in their right mind, would spit on servicemen coming home? He was happy when I got home every time, and I wish he had the welcome home I did. USMC Tank Commander, 2003, 2005, 2007. Semper Fidelis. Much respect to every vet.
It's very sad America did not like us until the twin towers came falling down
@@lucianolorenzo8395 there were a LOT of very negative things going on with the Vietnam war. Some with the grunts themselves (highly published massacres), but mostly with Military brass and Washington politicians. Unfortunately, too many the American public took out its frustration on individual soldiers - it was very sad.
America loves our veterans. Screw the people who do not
Hooah, thank you too for serving..AATW
That really did not happen to almost any degree at all.
The only one who has truly spit on Vets you gave their lives is TRUMP !!!
Called the losers and suckers !!!!
I was the FO of 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/9 in March 15-16, 1967. We 39 men walked up to 861 and slept on the side of the hill. I marked the hill with one round of Artillery after we heard the NVA on our radios. On the 16th we fought to the top of the hill and everyone was wounded with with 14 killed. I was wounded twice but we took the hill from the NVA. We had so many casualties that we were stuck on the hill, so decided to ask a 1/9 patrol to come by to carry wounded out. They came and were killed and wounded. I walked out leaving my rifle. I passed out several times but when I awoke I would again walk until I reached a distant helicopter landing spot. I was fl0wn to Khe Sanh , then DaNang and on a hospital plane back to allied countries ending in the USA,
Would you remember my Dad? Lt. Ken Williams? 26th Marines Echo Company.
Welcome Home Brother. Khe Sahn, 15 March to 20 June, 1968, MASS 3 DASC.
My buddy, 2ndLt Dave Carter, was a platoon commander with one of the companies in 1/9. In fact, his led the breakout from that finger of land. Those guys in 1/9 got their asses shot up and they earned that name, "The Walking Dead."
sounds like you or one of your Marines should have gotten the N C not the commander.......
Wow 👌 u sir are a badass!!!
The 60's and the war in VN has always been my favorite to learn about. I was born in 1990 but I grew up watching Bob Hopes USO specials and listening to my grandfather's stories. I have so much respect to those who fought and brought back home our brothers and sisters. Thank you to all those who served 🇺🇲
feel u, im from argentina and this war gives m goosebumps, and full metal jacket is insane.
Me too i was born in 1967 but watched the POWs come home in 1972-73. She cried and was angry how Many Americans treated them..They were the best ! Matt NYC
My dad was there. He was a Corpsman with a Marine Corps rifle company. God Bless all who served.
Doc's they were some of the bravest guys they would give their lives for a wounded man 7-up 👍🏽
Our main mam … corpsman 😊
@@thomaspamelawashington1397 Mam? the Corpsman was a woman?
A total waste of human lives, time and money. Nothing to be proud of, being there.
@@Provo647 many of them were drafted or coerced into enlisting. Don’t shame people you know nothing about
There's a story that I read about Col Lounds, that during the fighting he required everyone, civilian reporters included, to wear Flak Jackets and helmets. One female reporter took exception to that but grudgingly complied. After the siege was lifted, Col Lounds was doing a press conference and after it was over, this "reporter" snipped off words to this effect "Col, do you think if I took off my helmet and flak jacket, anyone would notice??". His response was classic Marine Corps. "Lady, you could walk around naked and nobody would notice.".
Dave Lowndes was nicknamed Dugout Dave by the troops 'cause he never left his bunker which was dug deep into the area near the runway. Even when the 9th Marines moved in to take over the little finger of land off to the north, he remained in his bunker instead of coming out to greet the CO of 1/9. Lowndes was not a leader. His junior officers did more to handle the fighting while he protected himself.
That's funny!
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So he Obviously was NO Chesty Puller !!
Chesty, would've kicked his ass red & raw, i think.
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@@bigkahuna4826 Dugout Dave was a coward and as a senior officer, he should have been court martialed for dereliction of duty. Thanks for giving his name, Dave Lowndes, so the world can know who this coward is/was!
@@vivians9392 I don't think Khe San had to be as harrowing as it was but Lowndes wasn't a good leader. I served under LtCol Peter "Highpockets" Hilgartner in the 1stBn, 5th Marines, and he always led from the front. I know 'cause I was up there with him some of the time. I was a grunt who was transferred to H&SCo because I was prelaw in college and they needed a legal chief. Every man in that section, including the 1stLt, started out as a grunt, then transitioned into admin. Most of the guys in my admin section had purple hearts and a couple were KIA because of Hilgartner's propensity for leading out front. Time magazine even did a story on him and 1/5. If Lowndes had been more like him, he'd have been better off.
I SPENT 66-67-68 WITH THE MARINES... I WAS 18-19 YEARS OLD... THE MARINE S WERE A AWESOME GROUP... THE DMZ FOR ME WAS AT CON THIEN, GIO LINH AND OUR AIR STRIP AT DONG HA... IT WAS BUSY AS HELL... INCOMING 24 HOURS A DAY... IT'S A MIRICLE I SURVIVED !
Simpler Fi. That was my fireball also. Glad you made it.
my uncle Art was in Khe Sahn and I actually interviewed him for a college assignment. Grew up in the streets and got popped for carjacking. The Judge offered him 2 years in San Quentin or 1 year in Vietnam. He was only 17 and thought he was too young for both but apparently, they didn't think so. Landed in Vietnam, got shipped to Khe Sahn, and 2 weeks later the siege was under way. He thought everyone that went to Vietnam experienced similar combat. It wasn't till years later when he realized how significant that battle was. Just passed away in December but he was one cool dude. Left me all of his Vietnam photo albums and memorabilia because he knew I am a history buff. Dude survived gang bangin in east LA, Khe Sahn, cancer linked to agent orange, and died from a slip and fall off a 2ft ladder in his garage. RIP
My dad flew Marine helos in this battle...he said he been to Khe Sanh many, many times with a high pitched "God Damn!"
He’s a hero. Thank You for his service.
God Bless, and Welcome Home, to your Dad. Semper fi...
I was in sixth grade then. My sixth grade teachers husband was in Khe Sanh, and she used to read letters to the class that her husband sent to her. Our class would also send him letters and snacks.
That’s a pretty neat story.
I hope he made it back, as that is a mistake to embark on that course and have things go south.
I had the honor and privilege of knowing Ken Pipes, B Co, 26th Marines. Known to his Marines by the “Skipper”. He was my Lt on the San Diego Sheriffs Department and brought a lot of leadership skills to his men. The Skipper retired as a LtCol before joining the Sheriffs Department. He would always say to me “Gunner, stop by so we can shoot moose”. I will never forget him. St. Peter called the Skipper up for his final assignment as a Marine. He is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
One of my friends (James Kaylor, RIP) fought at Khe Sahn. Decades later he wrote a story about some unsung heros in that battle and ended up getting some Marines the formal recognition they deserved. Jim died a few years back and they don’t make ‘em like him anymore.
Tale stories
God Bless our Veterans, Welcome Home and Thank You
.............To the US Marines/Army/USAF of Khe Sanh 1968. Much love & respect
USA could've won this war whenever they wanted to but for some reasons they did not. The Americans had no ideas the devastating effects after for those remained. The returning soldiers were treated like dirt by their own people at home. It's much easier to fool stupid people then to persuade them what is right or wrong. I LOVE ALL VETERANS. THANK YOU!
My Brother’s most savage battle as a Marine. He lost approximately 90% of his squadron. It was a miracle he made it back from Vietnam.
Was you brother a pilot in Vietnam or was he a grunt fighting with a rifle? Just wondering because you say he lost 90% of his squadron which would probably mean he was a pilot.
Ah, no.....wrong. No squadron lost "approximately 90%" in the battle. Didn't happen.
90% at Stalingrad maybe and that is a very big maybe…no way 90% in Vietnam
My apologies for my mistakes. They are all mine. Our Vets deserve the best and I missed the mark. With much appreciation for the correction.
❤️☮️ from LindeeSixtiesRock
I’m beginning to think that I should just stick to playing music from the sixties. I’m too old to get my facts straight I guess. ☮️ n ❤️to all from LindeeSixtiesRock and me
And the mother fucking politicians live to a ripe old age.
Thank you for your continued efforts to educate through knowledge.
You are welcome Per!
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My dad was there in 68 as a US MARINE as an F.O. INDIA COMPANY 3RD BATT 26TH MARINES. He did 2 tours from 65-69 .
My Dad was there too. Echo Company.
Semper Fi gentlemen and God bless every one of you both on earth and in Heaven
I was attached to the 1st Cav Div as liaison officer from the 101st Airborne Div during Operation Pegasus. The 101st continued operations in their own area of operations on the plains and hills around Hue while preparing for insertion into the battle around Khe Sanh. That insertion never became necessary. While I was with the 1st Cav three NVA artillery rounds came in one day and my LNO tent with my communications equip and sleeping cot was left in tatters. I was walking toward the tent when the rounds hit. The flash and the explosions were such a surprise I thought I had been struck by lightning. But I got up unharmed and checked out the damage. No point in trying to use that tent again so I made my reports from the G3 tent.
The Army 544th Signal Detachment from the 337 Signal Company in Danang provided advanced communications in Khe Sanh. They were the channel for the much needed airpower to defend the base. We lost a full team there except one man during an artillery attack. They were all volunteers. The unit was awarded a Navy Presidential Citation.
"Thà hi sinh tất cả chứ nhất định không chịu mất nước, nhất định không chịu làm nô lệ". Người Việt Nam từ hàng ngàn năm nay vẫn sống và chiến đấu với tinh thần đó.
Ghê nhỉ! Làm tuyển giáo rất tốt?
@@Longuc-ik2do phắc 3` mày. cẩu tặc
Before Khe Sanh there was a Special Forces Camp called Lang Vei. There were twenty four special forces who along with Bru Montagnyards fought against North Vietnamese regulars with PT-76 light tanks. Detachment A-101 Warned Jacksonville I.e Khe Sanh. And requested fire support. Khe Sanh wouldn't give it to them..
✌️🇺🇸 Respect and Love all of our Brave Vietnam Veteran's.....Forever.🇺🇸 Semper Fi 🇺🇸 Never Will Be Forgotten....💞 Love and Peace to all...✌️
Sem dúvida não foi fácil operar no ambiente de selva do Vietnã. São heróis!!!
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The greatest man and marine I've ever had the pleasure to know. Msgt T.R.Nash. U.S.M.C ret. 22yrs. Serv. 3 tours vietnam. Went to guard hevens seas on 11 April 2001. Love miss and need you pop. I'm his oldest devil pup. Thank all for your service. Health issues kept my brother and I out of the corps. Our family will always support the Corps. And all who serve.
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my brother got the star and a purple heart that day his name was George Allen hare
Give these men respect. They all did a great job everyone in Vietnam.
My dad participated in this event. Volunteered his service for the United States Marine Corps from 1966-1969. Wounded. Awarded. Survivor. Homecoming Spit....
When they said I was a son of a gun they weren't kidding! Son of a gun
Brave men .... lost cause
Cho chet duung nghi viet nam
To bad it took 20 years for all to appreciate the sacrifice they made.
The fight against Communism is always justified.
What is also interesting is I have never seen coverage of the "second time" at Khe Sanh. Late 1970 into early 71. Americal Div, stayed there a few days twice. It was nice to have a bunker to dive into. Felt relatively safe there, even though we were shelled randomly throughout the day, and night, with more regular shelling in the morning and evening hours. Hell was just down the road toward Long Vie (sp?). We spent some time there.
Lang Vei. Special Forces team fought a hell of a battle there, in Fébruary, '68.
My brother was there in the Americal Div.He came back alive but that war has played he'll on his mind and body now one hundred percent disabled,bronze star purple heart,saved the lives of several men ,dragging them to safety under heaven crossfire ambush. It made me sick how the garbage that call them self citizens or protester treated the soldiers.Just reminds me now that I am in my seventies what a nightmare our troops went through to serve our country and how far our country has fallen under the current political leaders in Washington. Or the corruption and greed that motivate them.
@@garymiller4141 Then we would have been there at the same time. Hug your brother for us.
@@garymiller4141 they have exposed themselves this time. It will be different.
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It is so hard to understand that the US abandoned Khe Sahn just a couple of months after their great victory there. The impact on troop morale was never taken into consideration, just stating "objectives change." Perhaps the most valiant victory in all of US Military History, I hope commanders consider this effect on morale in future combat.
I am Vietnamese. To us, Khe Sanh was a victory, which drew the majority of the US army to begin Operation Mau Than 1968. The Viet Cong's operations were not known to the CIA and the ARVN intelligence. Operation Mau Than killed about 300,000 US troops and ARVN, however we lost half of our troops around 130000, which could be said to be a Viet Cong defeat because the number of ARVN dead was only 1. One-fifth of their number, about 1 million men, allowed us to learn from our next operations, and in the end the US still had to leave Vietnam and watch the ARVN defeat. just a place for America to keep their honor, they have no chance of victory because in the first place the US created the ARVN and used an excuse to protect them to join the war. This has left millions of Vietnamese on both sides on the front lines. to die, this is a crime and a gift a disgrace to the Americans.
The Us forces abandoned most of the sites the troops captured, to be reoccupied by the VC and NVA. To continually occupy hilltops in the hinterlands would have required the introduction of hundreds of thousands more troops to the war. But yes, many of us were dismayed at the abandonment of Khe Sahn, but tactics were modified, after the fashion of the US 1st Air Cavelry, to insert infantry and artillery into areas known to be occupied by enemy troops, kill or capture as many as possible, and withdraw assets, the areas to be kept under surveillance by air, and ground reconnaissance assets.
It is also a political war between United States China and Russia. Behind closed doors, we don’t know what was said and what was agreed upon but the U.S. sold South Vietnam to the communist party.
@@manhprogamer7742 Đm, f*cking bullshit !
@@georgemcadoo8546 Stupid tactics that accounted for a lot of KIAs. They should be a bit clever sooner, just use carpet bombing, napalm, CBU ... to wipe the hell out those areas occupied by the enemy.
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My unit was the fourth combat engineers attached to the fourth infantry division at fort Carson Colorado. In 1983 our unit was in formation on the tarmac packs and rifles. Ready to go to Granada. Well I didn't go on sick call and we were waiting for transport but then we were told that our unit was not to be used in that conflict at this time anyway. It was kind of scary knowing that you might have to go to war soon here. Especially when you are the M60 Gunner for your squad although my squad was a mechanics motor pool unit. My sergeant didn't think that I was very talented with a wrench. But I was very talented with the M60. I'm glad that I never had to use it on anybody except for in practice when we were just basically shooting laser beams with the miles equipment. Our unit was one of the first ones to use that equipment. It was good training with it.
A man that was like my big brother fought there . He received the Silver Star . His name was Albert Moguel .
Khe Sanh đây là trận nghi binh đỉnh cao của quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam làm bàn đạp để tổng tấn công Tết Mậu Thân năm 1968 . Xin cảm ơn đất mẹ Việt Nam đã sinh ra đại tướng Võ Nguyên Giáp , Nguyễn Trí Thanh , Văn Tiến Dũng, Hoàng Văn Thái, Chu Huy Mân , Lê Đức Anh...... Và những người lính những người anh hùng có ý chí chiến đấu sắt thép trong mọi hoàn cảnh. Và đó cũng là nghệ thuật quân sự được đúc kết từ hàng ngàn năm qua của con người Việt Nam. Xin chào mừng mọi người trên thế giới yêu mến Việt Nam và tìm hiểu chiến tranh Việt Nam. Đất nước chúng tôi đi lên từ tro tàn chiến tranh.
GIAC tu MB VÔ NAM , BAN TAY nhuộm máu ĐỒNG ĐỒNG BÀO. VNCS thắng trong sự LƯU MANH va GIAN DỐI , có gì hãnh diện??
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My brother was in army, he served 2 tours in Kah sanh. Rip big Jim, miss n love you bro!!!!!!
I was in Nam, Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12 and was lucky as hell to be on an air base. I don’t think I’d be here today, if I was out in the bush.
Thanks for your honesty. Semper Fi.
Hey brother I landed ii Chu Lai in ithinj June 1965
Nhắc đến chiến tranh là nhắc đến cha , anh mình đã chịu bao nhiêu gian lao khổ cực phải đổ biết bao xương máu để có được một nước việt nam hòa bình , độc lập , tự do như ngày hôm nay
for those who cannot read the statement, it reads - Referring to the war is referring to his father, his brother has endured so much pain to pour blood to get a peaceful, independent, free Vietnam as today.
Welcome home brave men! You are the providers of my freedom!
Beautiful post...You're a great American patriot just for saluting those BRAVE MEN ! This country needs more good people like you to remember and thank ALL our veterans!
I was not there during the battle just before the siege started. We knew we were surrounded. I was responsible for all ordnance (anything that went bang or boom) for the entire base. I was the guy who had to pull X plosives off C130s and get to the Ammo dump. Now that was an interesting job.
Bob Anderson Thanks Bob..for your service to our country
They sent them over without cleaning kits
The recoil spring would fail and the bolt would jam in the open position. That's what you get from a rifle with parts made by Mattel Toy Co.
roy skuderin I'll never forget my first M16. We laughed all the way to the rifle range about our new toys. They had the "made by Mattel Toy Co." medallion on the stock.
Bob Anderson semper Fi brother!!!!..
SemperFi my Brothers.
you are my heroes you wonderful men who fought against bloody communists
Mr. B. Here ! Little did I know that 24 months later I would be in uniform, I served our nation with pride! I met a marine who served in what he called a hell hold . At the time many year later when I met him things for vets were not respected as we are today ! Him say something to me that I wish to pass on ; he toll me walk with pride and never aloud people who knew thing of serving in the service of their country ; this veteran who position was over run could tell a non-combat vet to be proud of serving & be proud of being a member of the largest brotherhood , I needed to share that with many you ! We who have served forget it we served each other and our country not a party or any one man ! Remember those of our brothers who did not come to live a life wife & kids ! Remember them !
I was a Marine in Jan '69-Aug '70 with Delta Co 1/1 1st Marine Div-in July '69 I met a Sgt. (W. "Blue" Sanders) who was with the C.A.G. unit mentioned @ 8:30 with 3 other Marines and approx. 30 civilian "militias" that made up that unit . They were about to spring an ambush but decided against it, it was the point of one of the Bn.'s of N.V.A. They fell back to a U.S. Army unit (I don't recall which it was) and were quickly advised to pull back to Khe Sanh where they spent the next 77 days. As I was leaving Viet Nam in Aug. '70, the Marine Corps denied Sgt. Sanders another extension (his 4th) so he requested to be discharged, which the Marine Corps obliged. A Salute to all Veterans of the "conflict". ✌ my friends
General’s and politicians playing chess with human lives , courageous soldiers that fought and died for us. God bless all of them.
It just American politicians, not Vietnamese
We should have bombed your country, north Vietnam, into rubble. Make no mistake, your not as loved in the United states as you've been told. Communist propaganda. Many in the u.s. wanted to nuke you into oblivion. I am one of them. Nobody wants to be a communist vietnamese.
Millions upon millions EVERY YEAR come from all over the world to become Americans. You can keep your little hell hole country. You did not experience all out war. 100% destruction of your rice fields and animals, 100% destruction of every city leaving you nothing to go home to. Little China puppet.
The most dangerous "job" l ever saw was a US Marine at Khe Sanh crawling over ammunition crates in the big ammo dump looking for burning & smoldering embers to smother any found. Semper Fi to that or any Marines who had to do this
I'm in my 40s and see the Vietnam through contemporary media like movies and documentaries, so think of it as a modern war.
Only when you see productions like this of the time is when you realise how long ago it was. Much of the narration and music harks back to ww2 era film.
Great fucken documentary. God bless the corps!
And God bless you, Yankee Marine!
Kakakakaka
eldest brother fought there during the Tet Offensive with the (3/3) 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, his letters to home always spoke of "night patrols" "ambushes" "fire-fights" camp carol Quảng Trị Province, the DMZ etc,
Awesome great documentary
Thank you very much ❤🎉
Good thing we did this. America is a much better place now. What a shame.
My brother-in-law was part of Pegasus as a Marine! I believe this is the first reference to it I've seen on RUclips! Amazing operations these, the logistics and supply must've been very difficult to sore out. God bless the young men who died, and the men who came home - all of our Soldiers, Airmen, Aviators, Navy folks, etc...
I've met some of the grunts and air cav personal... men of great courage and character... REMEMBER AND NEVER EVER FORGET THAT !!
March 30th 1968, Bravo 1/26 Marines fixed bayonets and went outside the combat base to retrieve the ambushed Marine bodies (Ghost Patrol) and to get some payback known as the Payback Patrol under Capt. Pipes. This payback battle is always skipped and never mentioned. There is a Documentary called “Bravo the Project” told by the Bravo Marines at Khe Sanh. Semper Fi! 🇺🇸
I have tremendous admiration for the soldiers, sailors, and Marines who fought there with their brothers and FOR their brothers in VN. I think America's horrid cultural decline, which has gone on for the past 50 years , began then. I believe the fact that 58,000 future fathers, brothers, husbands, grandfathers, and morally strong men were lost in this cosmic mistake started the decline of the American Mind.
Wow. You are so correct.
Well, I don’t. Those us servicemen and women were murderers. They fought to deny the Vietnam People self determination. How ironic, since America was BUILT on self determination. The whole war was a giant black mark of shame that we as a nation may never live down.
I am a veteran and though our losses were sad, they were all in uniform. I cannot help but feel empathy for the 4 million who perished under napalm and HE attacks. How many are aware that we dropped more ordinance by tonnage, on Laos than all the bombs dropped by all combatants in WW2? (B-17= 6,000 lbs. B-52= 70,000 lbs payload!!) The Vietnamese, after being liberated from the Japanese, were not enthused about the return to French colonial rule wanted to decide their own destiny. Ho Chi Min, was democratically elected, but America decided they did not like the nominee, and what we got, was the result of that decision.
A tragedy for sure. Not sure what this American mind decline you speak of but I'm glad it's not affecting you😂
@@ConvairDart106 ALL do respect, thanks to Vietnã, US has broken the comunist advance......at least slow them out a lot. Unfortunatelly, they won the South Viatan.....but the American battle were within US terrain, against the massive cultural attack that Antônio Gramsci's followers (comunists) have implemented to make the public opinião on their favor.....
ALL degradation in society today comes from the marxism ideology (comunists) that destros nationalism and the religion moral!!!
Thanks for the vets, for thier corage and heroic actions!
I servers in the u.s marines i've a lot respect for Vietnam vets
I got my combat medal in January 1990. I was 21. Operation Just Cause in Panama. I didn't really participate in combat and never fired my weapon. But I watched from a few kilcks away the tracers flying all over the place and felt the concussion of air strikes. But I got my Panama pin anyway. But after watching this I don't feel very deserving of it. These marines went thru hell, literally. Thank you guys for doing it so others wouldn't have to. Semper Fi!
I served in the army at pleiku vietnam, ankhe, very heavy fighting at li-durang at the border. M-60 tank 52 ton, 9 APC 13 ton. 4th div.
I would like to say thank you all for the scars you bear for us
It surprises me Cold Chisel's Khe Sanh is not more widely known in the US. It's a quasi national anthem in Oz, and skips didn't even fight in Khe Sanh
Brave,brave brave,Victory, victory against 4 full NVA divisions including tanks,chinnese advisors and Generalismo Giap. In what universe is Walter cronkite,Dan Rather etc,not saying: America with its great Marines have turned the tide of the war and secured the futute of Douth Vietnam, What heroes at Khe San
Can I have some of what you are smoking...It must be some good stuff!!! BTW...who won??!!
@@robertroselle3341 The Democommunists and indoctrinated youth of America won, for the Communists of the world. But the Marines at Khe Sahn won their war, killing between ten thousand and twenty thousand of the estimated thirty to forty thousand NVA surrounding them. The American government may have lost the war in Viet Nam, but the US military NEVER lost a battle.
@@georgemcadoo8546 Bud you need to look up the definition of communism. While there are certainly democrats who are for some socialist programs. You my friend are incredibly confused you don't know the difference between socialism and communism. You already have a ton of socialist Programs in the US It's called the police force, firefighters and the military!! oh my God! Hope u were sitting down when u read this hahaha.
The only way your enemies win is if you are too busy attacking yourselves! think about it. Why do you think the Russians the Chinese and all those other assholes fuck with your elections and stir up trouble with fake Facebook post. getting people angry on both sides. It's because they know there are a lot of gullible twits out there who don't know what they're talking about who are angry and just looking for someone to blame.
Walter and Dan were lying to the American people. Vietnam was a losing cause from the first shot...
@@georgemcadoo8546 Between 1965 and 1975, the United States and its allies dropped more than 7.5 million tons of bombs on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia-double the amount dropped on Europe and Asia during World War II. Pound for pound, it remains the largest aerial bombardment in human history.
In Vietnam the American military establishment consumed an estimated 50,000 rounds of ammunition for every enemy killed.
No doubt US won every battle, they killed everything that moved.
My best friend Dan M Garner, was one of those marines, at that small Valley. He told me He arrived in a huge plane, that was a re- supply aircraft, at Night, in a driving rain, while under an artillary barage, from the NVA, The pilot's voice came on the plane and said,."We are not going to come to a complete stop..when you see the green light come on, push the boxes out of the back of the aircraft, then jump out in a roll, and get to the side of the run way, as their are holes to get into" Dan said he did what the captain said, and ran to the side , jumped into a hole that had a foot of water in it, and had to remain there, for 30 more hours. Dan was injured three times in combat in the next 13 months, but made it home. When he arrives in Vietnam He weighed 200 pounds, and when He left he weighed 155.....all of that for nothing, as we walked away, after winning every Battle, and ended 58,252, lives of our own military....
*Thanks for informative video bro!!!*
Show nothing but love to american soldiers for they gave us the freedoms we all have in the free world.
AMEN tyvm
jesus where do you live ??? good brainwashed
Tự do ? Tự do đi xâm lược nước khác à ?
I’m 75 yrs old and served at Camp JJ Carroll as a Heavy Artillery surveyor for 13 months. Our 16 Self propelled 175mm Howitzers provided support to Khe Sanh…… Many issues are sad discusting lies spoken by the high command. I will never understand useless death. Nothing was served by this waste of life.
It was all B.S. E/2/1 1st Mar Div. '66-'67 RVN. Not in the rear with all the gear.
Wow he was not kidding with operation "niagara"
You can defeat an army but you can't defeat a nation, I love Vietnam
Vietnam was not the aggressor,only defended own land.
You can't kill an ideology.
@@LoneLee2022 USA killed 3 mln Vietnamese people.
@@jozef.stalinowski But they were the "enemy". They were gonna attack the USA right?
@@LoneLee2022 Yes all countries threatens USA,even small Grenada and Panama.
My grandpa my uncle fought khe sanh , I am vietnamese , he said he dun know why american or french like to make a stronghold to pull vn main force, power artilery position? reveal our position? but funny we not fight like that , even artilery unit wil hit the base but we will move other position next minutes , because after few round , B52 and artilery will bomb us, So actually we never fight with big number and fix postion , we change frequently, and we operate charge and melee attack at night.... VN fight in small group and connect each other in big area... that is why Us troop never seen us in big number
What are you talking about? The US was always able to see where the north was building up, and they followed the norths troop movement closely. At Khe Sanh the US bombed 2 north divisions into oblivion to send them all scattering home. 20,000 NV couldnt take the base, so I dont know what youre bragging about.
I took part in the battle of what was probably the LAST large siege of the Vietnam War, the attack on the city of An Loc, in 1972. The South Vietnamese Army maintained positions in the city and held off numerous attempts to dislodge them by the North Vietnamese Army and Tank corp. The PROBLEM for the North Vietnamese: Once the South took up protected positions, like at Khe Sanh, it was just a matter of time before the North Vietnamese assaulting force was decimated. Their ranks were continuously pummeled by B-52 bombers and their casualties were so great after several weeks they had no choice but to flee back across the Cambodian border. North Vietnam could NEVER have invaded and taken over South Vietnam IF B-52's were again allowed by Congress to destroy their invading forces in 1975.
Viet Cong they don't have b 52 so the US only eats them. If weapons were the same, it would be difficult for the United States to win against Vietnam
You are right. But, B52 can only use in the big battle like the one in An Loc (strategy). After the Paris agreement, the US cut off the war supply for Vietnam. President Nixon had to resign because of the Watergate scandal. The antiwar were every where in the US. The US parents recalled the government to bring their children home. At that time, Russia, China and many of communist counties gave more and more war support for the North Vietnam. The US could withdraw their soldiers out of Vietnam, but the South Vietnam still needed the war supplies. Some people can think that the South Vietnam did not want to fight to protect their freedom. But, it fought the North almost three years before Saigon fell. You can compare with what happened in Afghanistan. Kabul fell in 1 month. How much has the US been spending for Ukraine? When the US came to help the South, it did not understand this war. When the US gave up the South, it did not care what would be happen for the South, the people used to work and stand for the US side...
Bác toi hi sinh năm 1972 ở mặt trận phía nam VN . Chúng tôi chiến đấu thà hi sinh chứ không bao giờ đầu hàng , không bao giờ để mất nước !
You shouldn't be proud
34 B52s were shot down in 12 nights of "Dien Bien Phu in the air" in Vietnam and that was the most bitter defeat of the B52.
Chesty Puller was cut off and surrounded practically everywhere he went in multiple theaters of war. Had he stuck around a little longer he would have been with the 3rd Mar Div trapped at Khe Sanh I'm sure.
I thank you and my family thanks you all for the sacrifice that you brave souls given to the people of this great nation 🙏 God bless you all and God bless America 🇺🇸
I was stationed at Laung Twang.
@@LoneLee2022you are forever in our prayers my friend we may not know you all but we definitely owe you all. God bless you my friend and thank you for your service ⚔️🇺🇸⚔️🇺🇸⚔️🇺🇸
A very impressive defence of this base . General Giap obviously attempted another Dienbienphu , but was beaten this time .
Here's to you, Bill. Gone but not forgotten.
My uncle was a Marine 64-68 and he was there before the seige. He was a truck driver there
In Vietnam.....not at the battle site.
I missed Khe Sanh was With the Marines that rebuilt the Battalions, then February 69 was in operation Dewey Canyon another big battle with the enemy
I salute you sir !....My father was Army calvary there in 69-70...
I am Vietnamese. To us, Khe Sanh was a victory, which drew the majority of the US army to begin Operation Mau Than 1968. The Viet Cong's operations were not known to the CIA and the ARVN intelligence. Operation Mau Than killed about 300,000 US troops and ARVN, however we lost half of our troops around 130000, which could be said to be a Viet Cong defeat because the number of ARVN dead was only 1. One-fifth of their number, about 1 million men, allowed us to learn from our next operations, and in the end the US still had to leave Vietnam and watch the ARVN defeat. just a place for America to keep their honor, they have no chance of victory because in the first place the US created the ARVN and used an excuse to protect them to join the war. This has left millions of Vietnamese on both sides on the front lines. to die, this is a crime and a gift a disgrace to the Americans.
Thanks for this👍🇳🇿
Khe Sanh was pure hell. Our Battalion arrived January 21, 1968 The First Battalion 9th Marines The Walking Dead. Arriving near dark, we spent the night along the air strip. On January 22, 1968 we were moved to a hill called The Rock Quarry , about one miles from Khe Sanh Combat Base. LtColonel Mitchell was our Commander. Major Donnelly was second in command. I was in H/S Company. Assignment Field Casualty Unit. Cpl John Fletcher was assigned to this Unit. Our assignment to protect our Medics, get a set of Dog Tags off the Wounded, Dog Tags and Personal
Belongings off those KIA, give to their Company Commander, get our Wounded on the Choppers. At night radio S 1 located at Dong Ha , read off the dog tag number of Wounded and those KIA. Next to our hole/small tunnel was one of the most respected Marine
Firepower - Uncle Sam's ticket - with the pure guts of his troops.
Always felt proud of the UK USA alliance.
Why the UK they were not in that war ..Australia sent over 50.000 soldiers to Vietnam.
Great heroic marines!
Damn right they were...Good post !
Thua chạy cúp đuôi tụt hết cả quần
Thank you of giving us of the US Marine Corps in Khe Sanh (S'n) Struggles to win the Battle of Khe-Sanh(S'n) of South Vietnam. I am very pleased of the Grey Army.
Lớp , lớp trẻ sau này được biết và hiểu rõ hơn về chiến tranh VN tết mậu thân 1968 , qua hình ảnh dữ liệu , rất tuyệt vời .
Còn Mỹ lai thì không. Điện biên phủ. Điện biên phủ trên không. Sản phẳng miền Bắc
My father was there. Hill 881 south and 861. Navy Corpsman
what unit was he attached to, my uncle was KIA on March 4, 3/4 Marines
My Dad was with 3/25th Marines. He told me about the ammo depot being hit not long after they arrived. Destroying everything they brought with them
Correction, he was with 2/26th marines. Talked with him on the phone the other day and he corrected me
Semper fi marines, and Garry Owen to the friends my father lost going up there.
10:1967! I was at CUA Viet River opposite side of Khe Sanh USNaval Support Activity detachment with The Marines
I had a friend that was there at the first deployment there. was under the ch46 that got shot down there...had all kinds of photos of his 3 tours...but when he told me about Khe Sanh...his voice changed..said those were some tough days...till the permiter went up....much respect...
I'm in Mariner Corps i served 32 Years in Brasil , congratulacion my brothers Mariners USA.
My Bro Sgt. Liatama "Leo" Vaeao 2/1 Fox trot co. USMC received 2 purple hearts in the battle of khe Sanh does anyone know of him
The Marines were tough as hell in this battle.
US marine Vietnam veteran semper fi, God bless my brothers, and the ones that didn't come home RIP.
Semper Fi to you and those that didn't come home. Semper Fi
@@markjordan1765 TY Mark Semper fi
My Great Uncle PFC David Balades (Grandpas Brother) was KIA during the Early Days of the Siege at Khe Sanh
Anyone know if Barry Fixler happened to be in this documentary? He has a book out about his time in marine infantry and the seige of Khe Sanh. He is an interesting person and worth looking up!! He even stopped a robbery!!
@Saco Tanley,I read his book in 3 hours I couldn't put it down,he is a true hero.About the robbery he said if was never in the Marine Corp he would have never stopped that robbery.Corporal Fixler thank you for your service.
Arc strikes from B-52s really hammered N.V.A .
Did you mean "Ark Light" bombing??
@@robertroselle3341 and Billy Smith. The missions were referred to as Arc light. And yes. They devastated both VC and NVA. The environs of Khe Sahn was the most bombed target in history.
Was Khe Sahn battle worth it? The better question is: Was Viet Nam "conflict" worth over 50,000 American lives ?
Salute brave soldier..us army is great..from Malaysia
YES, 1968 WHEN THOSE VIET CONGS CAME TO MY VILLAGE, I WAS ABOUT 8-9 YEARS OLD, I HAVE SEEN WAR FROM 8-9 YEARS OLS.
yeah, me too...
It is sad to think of the childeren that had to suffer. I hope you have a great life and can always be strong. 70-71
Khe Sanh was not a siege. It was never cut off from resupply.
I am Vietnamese. To us, Khe Sanh was a victory, which drew the majority of the US army to begin Operation Mau Than 1968. The Viet Cong's operations were not known to the CIA and the ARVN intelligence. Operation Mau Than killed about 300,000 US troops and ARVN, however we lost half of our troops around 130000, which could be said to be a Viet Cong defeat because the number of ARVN dead was only 1. One-fifth of their number, about 1 million men, allowed us to learn from our next operations, and in the end the US still had to leave Vietnam and watch the ARVN defeat. just a place for America to keep their honor, they have no chance of victory because in the first place the US created the ARVN and used an excuse to protect them to join the war. This has left millions of Vietnamese on both sides on the front lines. to die, this is a crime and a gift a disgrace to the Americans.
I vaguely remember this going on and not really caring one way or the other, even though i had to go for a physical in January 1968 and then a draft notice to report on the 4th of March 1968, along with a bus ticket and a subway token to the induction center, then after being sworn in and still at the induction center, the Marines, an NCO, and an officer, came over and pulled 4 of us out for their beloved corp and those of us not picked, breathed a sigh of relief, feeling sorry for those 4 guys, so i,and we, were more aware of Khe Sanh than we imagined. lol
3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66