Black Vietnam Veteran- Interview with Phillip Key, 1981(raw footage)
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- Vietnam Veteran Brother Phillip Key discusses being drafted and serving twenty-one months in Vietnam. Key recalls his first impressions of landing in Vietnam, and mentions the distinct smell, the fear, and the changes he saw his platoon go through as the plane landed amidst attack. Key describes a normal day and the juxtaposition of being black in Vietnam and the civil rights movement at home. He talks about forming a black identity while in Vietnam and beginning to question why he was there, forming stronger feelings that the war was unjust. Key also remembers the widespread availability of drugs in Vietnam and the infighting that occurred within the units.
Thank you very much for your service, Sir!
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Its coop to see a vietnam vet in the early 1980s. These days we see them in their older years.
My God……the lack of editing is cringe worthy.
It’s like they cut him off right when he gets going!
It’s a good story…..but the presentation seemed like this crew was in a hurry to leave the set
This has to be the worst camera 🎥 crew ever! Lol 😆!
I remember after returning home from Vietnam... fighting in heavy combat caused me a lot of problems with dealing with people. And I heard Vietnam jokes before but I heard this one. How can you tell a Vietnam combat veteran who was in the bushes retuning fire . They look like they just seen the devil..but doing a bad job at hiding it. I laughed but it wasn't funny because it's horrible.
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This kind of fits what I have heard in other interviews I have seen of other African American vietnam vets. Your combat arms soldiers (artillery, infantry, tankers, cavalry scout, special operations) didn't even entertain the racial divisive issues that was going on back home. These combat soldiers were in vietnam to do one thing.............to kill the enemy. They were not there to feed soldiers, they were not there to fix soldiers wounds, or to supply them. They were there to kill the enemy and come home alive while being forced to fight in this war 3,000 miles away from home. Those black soldiers and marines had to depend on thier white brother's in arms to complete missions and not get killed while doing so. What I saw them say on camera is how support units struggled more with race than your frontline combat units. I have done both combat arms and communications support, during my time in the army from 2006-2012. I can tell ya the different mindset between combat arms soldiers and your support soldiers. This man's perspective of the war and his experience actually matches up with what I have been told by other black vets who were outside the wire. This is a perspective of "inside" the wire. I'm sure he had to go on convoys to combat zones to deliver ammo to the grunts, but its not the same experience you get with an infantry soldier fighting in vietnam. Its not about who is better or tougher, its about mindset and training.
I dont think you really watched this video, clearly at 19:25 and before, the man talks about the oppression black civilians and black soldiers were having to deal with back at home and inside of the warzones...they did not get equal treatment or justice.
He's exactly right, he had no idia.He wasn't free until he became politically aware.From the movements happening poison was introduced and accepted
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I appreciate your honesty in describing your experience. What I miss is a sincere attempt to reach out to other Americans than blacks. There is an assumption that persecution is focused at your people and this is way too narrow of a view.
Were white Americans being denied voting rights and then being forced to fight. This is his experience get over yourself
I served in the 9th infantry division in 1968 and some whites would call us the n word and telling us to move up front and return fire! Not all of them but most! How can you respect someone who calls you that when you're fighting next to him to survive!
Thank you for your service Sir!