"The Battle of Ia Drang Valley" 1965 - Vietnam Remembered Series
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- The Battle of Ia Drang - fought between November 14th - 18th, 1965 - was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam, also referred to as the North Vietnamese Army.
It was part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War. Both sides claimed victory, and some have said that Ia Drang was the battle that convinced Ho Chi Minh that he could, in the end, defeat the Americans. Three Medals of Honor were awarded from actions during this engagement.
On the morning of November 14th, the 1st Cavalry landed at Landing Zone X-Ray at the base of the Chu Pong mountain and by noon they were already under attack from the North Vietnamese. The fighting continued all day and into the night with the enemy relentlessly making assault after assault.
The North Vietnamese forces had succeeded in engaging the U.S. forces in very tight quarters. The cavalry regiment returned fire, but the enemy were dug into prepared fighting positions and many of the American leaders had died or were wounded during the initial stages of the attack.
Temperatures reached 100 degrees, and by the afternoon there was a firestorm battle for survival. Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Hal Moore and his men continued on, receiving support from artillery units and air strikes, helping the American troops hold themselves against the enemy.
During a 14-hour period, Major Bruce Crandall and Captain Ed Freeman, repeatedly landed their helicopter under intense enemy fire at Landing Zone X-Ray. They resupplied ammunition, water, and supplies, while evacuating the wounded. They saved some 70 soldiers when the Medevac units refused to fly into the intense landing zone. Both later were awarded the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest award for heroism in combat.
Before the Battle of la Drang was over, 305 Americans had been killed along with an estimated 2,000 North Vietnamese troops. American officials declared the Battle of the la Drang Valley a victory.
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These Heroes should have never had to wait as long as they did to be recognized for their heroic actions we we as a society should recognize and honor the men that protect our rights
Which men? Those who fought on their fatherland for their country to repel an invasion force?
Exactly which US citizen rights were the rice farmers in Vietnam threatening?
@@kohakumina484 no winners in war only brave and dead
My great respect for all soldiers and veterans! From Italy
Nicola Vivarelli vietcongs veterans....
@Frank DeFalco tio sam 0 x 10 vietcongs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The sacrifice of US military is not in vain,but a precious thing to be remembered forever 💙
Cho tôi hỏi quý giá chỗ nào trong khi quân đội đó qua nước khác thả bom giết hại cướp bóc những kẻ đó chết không được gọi là quý giá mà là quân xâm lược khoán khiếp
@@ThienNguyen-kz9vu stfu, y'all act like your always in the right, the US didn't invade for no reason. Remember, South Vietnam had the support of the US.
Invaded on a bunch lies about North Vietnam attacking a USN vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964 @@kingz1063, not unlike the lies about Bin Laden & Saddam Hussein's WMD. The South Vietnamese government you refer to was nothing more than a corrupt puppet regime installed by the CIA - US Military Industrial Complex (like several countries around the world, Iran & Iraq for example), rejecting the outcome of Vietnam's democratic election process, TWICE. Your ignorance of the holocaust the US and its trusty lap dog Australia unleashed across South East Asia from 1960 - 1975 slaughtering over 3 MILLION Vietnamese people, alongside thousands in Cambodia & Laos underlines America & Australia's refusal to evolve beyond trigger happy genocidal war criminals who, alongside the UK, now make the axis of evil in WW2 look like amateurs.
Hoa kì luôn cho mình cái quyền bắt người khác phải chơi theo luật của họ,nơi nào có quân đội Hoa kì thì chỉ có chết chóc
@@ThienNguyen-kz9vu they were there to try and communism
My lovely American next door neighbour said he and his brothers as well as his counsins were fought in Vietnam. He was a Marine. His elder brother was an Air Force pilot, and his younger brother was in the Navy. His cousin of his father's side was in the Army while his cousin of his mother's side was a Marine helicopter pilot. He and his relations were there between 1965 &1969. Then his helicopter pilot cousin came back to the States in 1971, and his army cousin too left Vietnam in 1972 & came back to his beloved wife and their little boy & girl in Washington state USA. He said he always feel relief and pleased whenever he talk about it as each of them came back home alive and in one piece though he had a minor injury on his hand by the shrapnel of the Viet Cong's hand grenade blast and his army cousin too whose helmet saved his fore head from getting shot by the NVA's AK-47 assault gun bullet.
No matter the political nature of this war ... Its a crying shame the way these soldiers were treated the way they were by americans when they got home...... 😢
I know this to be true because I personally experienced it!
@@davidschwartz5127 Thank you for your service sir! Welcome home!👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
David Schwartz Thank you for your service. I’m sorry you had to go trough those hard times. I know it’s still not easy for you. I knew some Vietnam veterans.Infantry men helicopter gunners and patrol boat gunners. God bless you sir.
Fake news way back then brain washed the civilians which caused them to treat these soldiers like crap😠
Tm
My father fought in WWII & Korean War. When he was just about to retire from the Army in 1965, Army asked him if he was willing head for Vietnam War. He told the Army that he was retiring because he remembered from past what General MacArthur used to say about Vietnam War that he said, once you go there, you own it and there is no end to that war for the U.S. I'm glad he did the right thing by not going there. RIP for over 5,5000 soliders, marines and sailors for their bravery and gave all they had for no end war for the U.S.
Your father was a smart man.
I salute all veterans.
banker puppets u fool
Thanks Tony !!
@@tommysampson3575 I know I’m late but you don’t need to care he can comment what he wants so stop
Drafted into Army just weeks after this. Glad I missed it. Welcome Home to all that served!
drafted?...thats expected
Militarily speaking, the North Vietnamese troops have my utmost respect. They fought hard against enemies that multiple times more powerful on all aspects. To them, dying for their country is as easy as taking a nap.
no god, and we gladly accommodated them. America has always been less than grateful, look at the world we live in now? More conflicts and NOTHING to show for it!🐍🤮🤢💩🖕
Leadership. We had none
@@captainrikcaldwell9375 I do somewhat agree with you. I believe that there were some good leaders, but I have to admit not everyone that was in a leadership role, needed to be in a leadership position.
Yeah they were strong but then again they were fighting in their own backyard.
Many hero’s during this war remain unsung.
America thanks you. ✝️
I can't imagine how terrifying it was to step off a helicopter in this battle. These men were absolute heroes.
I just wish I was old enough to take part in Vietnam
More than trump will ever be
especially the second or following waves of reinforcements, you got RPK, PKM, and AK rounds pounding on a tiny bit of sheet metal between you and it, and then you gotta leap into 5-foot high grass. Balls or stupidity, take your pick.
@@robertcoleman9225 these weren't draftees
Robert your an idiot. FOor the first time we are in zero wars thanks to Trump. He's even hashed out peace deals.with the middle east. Msm would have you think he would.of had us nuked by now. He also brought usmca in and.got rid of nafta. Passed executive actions benefiting all Americans. Strong on border. Passed criminal justice reform. Takes no presidential salary whilst donating it all to foundations for the poor and needy. BEst economy ever pre China flu and will be again. And must I say again, ZERO WARS ONLY PEACE DEALS HASHED OUT. You sir are a complete and utter useful idiot.
The whole Country was a Battle going on every Day and Night, I was in Country 65-66 Tan Son Nhut Air Base. They brought the War to us each night.
Thank you very much for serving, Sir!
Us took the war to them get it right
What? You brought the war to them first?
My drill Sargent was at this battle, silver star recipient. He was one tuff man. I would have followed him anywhere he led.
LC Albany was also a
heroic and devastating battle with many men lost. These soldiers need to be recognized and not forgotten. What is up with that.
They didn't call that place the valley of death for nothing alot of troops got killed there even if after this
daniel rodriguez, it's L Z,as in LANDING ZONE Albany son.
We will not let this be a forgotten war.
This is one of most popular war in the 20th century..
If I'm not mistaken, a gung ho squad leader followed an NVA soldier into a trap that led them into being cutoff, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is how I remember reading it in "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" by Joe Galloway and Hal Moore. In this documentary series (I have the DVD set) they portray it as a heroic grenadier. I may have this battled crossed with another but I have studied this war for many years and I think the Vietnam Veterans are some of the best soldiers in the history of the U.S I try to tell people its OK to oppose a war but we should ALWAYS support the brave men and women who fight as they are simply following orders. Though I'm a fierce liberal and can see that I'm in the minority on many of these types of videos and such, I always support the troops and admire the strength and courage that they show in the face of death. Thank you to all of you brave Veterans who read this comment...I truly admire and appreciate your service and bravery!
"A gung ho squad leader followed an NVA soldier into a trap" as well a clueless nation followed a Mad Dog president into the trap of a needless war. I for one, can't get over "all of those young lives betrayed." Oh, and by the way, it's still happening today. The betrayal part, that is.
Duffy Bordeaux ‘
I've found over the years that folks are so very strong opiniated about the war there, that many cannot accept anyone else having their own opinions. Either you believe the way they do or you're a commie traitor. In their mind, it's not possible to protest against the way our soldiers were being used,---you either supported long term continuation of the war and killing or you were a commie sympathizer.
I almost always don't care about the troops because they are a bunch of brainwashed looser fighting wars for big corporations and bankers and the worst is that they only fight small and weak countries and they proceed to make fake Hollywood movies to spread propaganda around the world.
I agree JSB. All those lives needlessly lost for that perverted piece of crap in the White House at the time.
My stupid question is why it took the army 30 to recognized his heroic action. Major Crandrall is one tough cookie .
Back then the award needed be given within a certain time frame, a very short one at that. In 1996 they changed the "rules" making past acts of heroism eligible. The book came out in 1992 after a US News World Report article written by Galloway that was intriguing enough to land him and Hal the book deal. That attention brought the actions of Snake and Too Tall to the forefront. When the rules changed in 1996 Crandall took his own name out of contention believing that would give Too Tall a better chance of being recognized. Crandall felt it was his job to go back as the leader. Too Tall volunteered to go as well and Crandall didn't want that. Crandall thought if something happened to himself he would need Too Tall to take over his responsibilities. Crandall also knew that arguing with Too Tall was pointless so they "agreed". Crandall felt Too Tall was the hero because Too Tall didn't have to go. So in 2001 they gave Too Tall the MOH. www.defense.gov/explore/story/Article/1822476/medal-of-honor-monday-army-capt-ed-freeman/
Crandall received his in 2007.
Not a stupid question at all. My thoughts exactly
you have to understand that service ppl go about their daily activities in war because they are trained that way, so when ANY MOH nominee gets that call, it might take years because eventually , someone says, " hey, that guy did this or that"...then people do research etc...there were civil war soldiers that received the MOH postumously, decades later as well. So when we watch these videos, it details what occured even though you may say, why it take so long, the MOH has to be verified to receive it
I met one of the door gunners that was on Major Cradle helicopter. No words can describe how honored.
V.Vets deserve everyone's respect, EVERYONE!
Capt Freeman was a superb chopper pilot
Thanks to all our hero soldiers.
"How it all started; Gulf of Tonkin was the attack on an American war ship.
Unfortunately, we know now, that this event Never Took Place.
It started when Ho Chi Minh asked us for help tossing the French out, and we ignored him, then when he had the unmitigated gall to accept help from Russia, we propped up some mafia gangsters, and helped the wrong side.......we never had any business going there. But you are correct about the Tonkin crap.
@C A who gives a fuck about the gulf of tonkin? It started long before that.
@I Em Hoo I Iz and destroy all that good heroin
@@sketch6995 when experts (like u) begin to "unravel" I go straight to the Experts you tube page.
so yer all about cultivating and growing Dope. I can see now How that makes u an expert. But Grass is largely known to have a calming affect? I'll bet yer a liberal.
@@johnpike5836 you dont know me at all. I work with vets almost exclusively. Get them off the narcotics they've been addicted to for years. I give them more care than the entire VA system. These are people that fuckheads like you ignore, and want to take away any support system they have. I bet your an asshole. And probably a fucking treasonous tRUMP voter.
Baptism by Fire ... Lest We Forget
It wasn't a 'war', but a 'conflict'. When I was over there in '69 with the U.S. Army it felt like HELL. I got wounded at LZ Jerry. Vietnam was our Little Big Horn.
one doesnt " get wounded" in a conflict, one gets wounded in battle, vietnam WAS a war, guess after all this time you still in denial
Same thing
It sure as hell felt like a 'War' to me!@@A5tr0101
The incidence of gunshot wounds in conflict depends on the type and intensity of the fighting. In full scale war the proportion of casualties injured by gunshot is generally less than in low intensity or asymmetric warfare. Maybe you should do some research before posting. I've never been in denial, but I have been to Egypt. @@robertrowe8531
LionHeart FilmWorks always have the best documentaries.
We were never meant to win the war.It was decided before we ever stepped into that God for saken land.. political all the way around.I humbly Thank each and every person that fought over there.I'm so proud to call you my fellow American,and pray God's blessings on each and every one of you.
My brother got drafted in 66 and was a Navy Corpsman that ended up in country. He still doesn't talk about it. Now he has agent orange because he was stationed in the Mekong Delta. Wherever that is.
After watching these films, it’s clear the Vietnam vets were some of the bravest men ever. And all of America owes them a huge apology
We don't owe them an apology maybe the government owes them
Khe Sanh was enough for me! Rest in peace brothers!
Daniel when where you at Khe Sanh and what unit were you in, do you remember why we left K S
My husband was at Khe Sanh during Tet "68
American war in ia drang clost to my Village I’m west born right now I heard that I brought old people to tell stories about that place where many Americans died during the war
Fun fact for those interested. The VC used the ant hills as air vents for their tunnels and they carve the inside out and turn them into hides and murder holes. It’s also how they hide their cooking smoke. Ingenious. Often grunts are using the ant hills as cover all while never knowing how close to the enemy they really are. Also please if into the history search for LZ Albany also part of this battle but after x-ray battle is over. Lastly Savage was a savage. When leadership was needed savage stood up. How much wonder is Major Crandal got his MOH because of the movie We were soldiers
My uncle Ray ward served with the 5th battalion royal Australian regiment in the Vietnam war called battle of binh ba 1969 in the Vietnam war
Politicians caused us to stay there for so long, taking and retaking same ground. Nam isn’t that big. Then? We couldn’t go in to cease the Ho Chi Minh trail. Then? We sold out south Nam and left. Liberal politicians caused this conflict to last more than a year. Live with that truth next time you vote for a career politician
trump 2020
@@billysmith5721 How'd that work out? Cadet Bone Spur thanks for your blind obedience. Time to wake up. The fever has broken.
Read 'Into the Quagmire". Wash, DC knew in '62 we could not win that war. Without support from the local population which already hated the corrupt S. Vietnam gov't. We were spinning our wheels. N.Vietnam was able to replace their casualties one for one. Loose 1000 send in another 1000. Uncle HO pledged 10 million if that was what it took. Also read,'' McNamara's 100,000" which allowed mentally challenged, lower IQ's, .troops to enlist so the Reserves would not have to be called up. Both books are available from Amazon.
@@billysmith5721 Trump the Draft Dodger
I have a copy of the book "Were were Soldiers Once and Young" by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. Very captivating. LZ Albany was a nightmare. Rick Rescorla and Savage's accounts puts you in the middle of it. I realized I couldn't be a grunt...oh my!
Yes you could. It is all in what you decide you want to do. Two time combat airborne infantryman here.
I served with 10th armored calvery 4th div . was in the la druang valley still made nva contact , the APC and m48 tanks always pushed the enemy back to the blue line (river) 1st plt. B co.
When I was a kid our nextdoor neighbor would tell me stories of him being in the second wave into Vietnam. Not sure exactly witch Paton he was revering to but he would sit and tell me stories for hrs and some of it was just unbelievable.
I am vietnamese. War is suffering and waste of tỉme. Glad we eventually won it and now both countries are on friendly terms
My father was in B bat 1st bn 21st arty in Ia Drang. RIP Dad. I miss you
God bless you Major 👍🏻
This is one of the best documentaries on the battle I have watched.
I get a little sad when I watch this, I take another drink and say the Vietnam Veterans did not get the the reconition they deserved. What you hear the most of the Vietnam Vets were drafted.
1967 John McNamara to LBJ "we underestimated the enemy" Johnson grunted.
Macnamara was a major didadterk
Mcnamara was a major disaster In country. He blunderd more than once🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Westmoreland promised if they gave him 200k troops, he'd have them back home in 2 years max. That was around 1965.
Wounded multiple times, Semper Fi! 1968
I was really close to there in 1972, just 19 years old, and not even knowing the history of what happened at the ia drang valley, it now pains me that at that time I wasn't even aware of this battle. Didnt know this history until the movie We were soldiers came out. I was stationed at Pleiku air base (radar site ,call sign Peacock) Hey any ( call sign Embalmer out there) ?? Huey pilots!!
Thanks for serving your country. The nation owes all of you our greatest respect and thanks
I am not an American citizens, but I feel bad by the way these soldiers were treated in their own country that sent to war...
Crandel should of gotten the MOH long before the 2000s
This battle was long forgotten until the book came out in 1992. Attention was put on the role of the 229th AHB. Snake took his name own name off the table to make way for Too Tall Ed Freeman. MOH 2001. Receiving his own in 2007. It did take time but was eventually made right.
I wonder about the descisions that higher authority made in this conflict . . Many times i think they could have done things in a much better thought out way . . . The guys in uniform are always fantastic . . God Bless !!!
Inspirational and deeply indebted.
Well (i guess) depicted in the film "We where soldiers".
Ulf Jönsson Hello Menemis....... menemis bond? 😆
The movie “We Were Soldiers” shows wrong tactic of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLFSVN). In fact, NLFSVN did not use the "human sea" tactic. Due to occupying the battlefield first, an ambush can destroy many different American troops, and ambushes can also support one another. Although the number of United States + Republic of Vietnam (US+RVN) was larger, in terms of the proportion of NLFSVN vs US+RVN at each site, NLFSVN was larger because they had torn the US+RVN amphibious forces. This led to the US+RVN mistaking NLFSVN to use a human tactic.
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The Battle Ia Drang at Wikipedia in Vietnamese: vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%ADn_Ia_%C4%90r%C4%83ng
Google translation: translate.google.com/translate?sl=vi&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fvi.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTr%25E1%25BA%25ADn_Ia_%25C4%2590r%25C4%2583ng
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The Battle Ia Drang was at 2 sector: X-Ray and Albany:
- At X-RAY: draw
- At Albany: the Americans were almost wiped out and lost the battlefield
I'm here because of Rick Rescorla.....and the Cdr of the 2nd of the 7th Hal Moore !!
I had a brother that served in Vietnam at Phu Kat airbase and made it back, I served in the late 70s but we should
never have gone their in the 1sr place... I salute every man and woman that went... BUT I DONT SALUTE THE POLITICIANS THAT SENT THEM THERE!!!
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Congratulations on your 2nd place finish.
Márm is amazing
They gaveit hellallof them boys and all have my respect
Excelente,🇧🇷
US Army needs to maintain the combat spirit as The Battle of Ia Drang Valley 1965" will win any enemy of terrorism and communism over the World nowaday. 👍
My father was in Charlie Co Air Cav 2/5 '65/66.
Thank you for your service at the X-ray point in the la drang valley at 10;48 am on November 14, 1965. 1448 US soldiers were killed on the first day.
That's extremely false, 545 Americans were killed, while 3,561 North Vietnamese were killed
Fool
does anybody know where to find thw soldiers running from the boats to the beach?
There is a movie about this called 'we were solders.'
Semper Fi Air CALV! Hoorah! Bad Asses like our Marines!
I saw at least 3 or 4 U.S soldiers using AKs in this video.Am i the only one that saw that?
The m16 at that time was a piece of shit so American soldiers would snatch up an ak47 and throw their m16 away
Lest we forget.
With the assets at moore's disposal and still had to call broken arrow yeah whatever
Im for the heroism of the NVA!
Damn right!
My grandpa was in that war
Something's wrong, 1965 doesn't have AR16 nor AK47
Throw away your keyboard. In 1965 the NVA carried AK-47 and US cariied M-16
Nowhere near AK 47 has been around since 1948 and the M16 was adopted by the US Army in 1964 and issued to special forces, airborne and assault units.
Another thing that would have been eerie and scary at the same time and that's when all the sudden you can't see any movement at all but you can actually smell the. And the GRUNTS said it was like Vinnegor and some other thing I couldn't remember but I Kno it was the smell of vinneger and something else To that would be like a nite mare frfr
I was there in my HUEY H1C
The golf of tonkin was a fake.
I saw We Were Soldiers too.
It would be awesome if you guys could do the battle of 73 Easting.
Austin C, it's all over the internet!
The Sad part of this is our Own Govt has killed more Veterans with Chemicals they Sprayed all over the Country. I am still living, but have Heart Pacemaker, two Stents, Radiation treatment for Prostrate Cancer. Now I have Lung issues and can’t breath properly. My Brother a Year Older never went and has non of these issues. Army says I Smoked.! I Prepared the Men for the Trip Home in 65 and 66. Thanks Uncle!
Typical pollies
Into the valley of death flew the aircav
Nva to the left and right of them
But on they went
Gallant few hundred
Is it me does the narrator sound like the guy who narrated the early Medal of Honor games or Civ 5?
Why don’t they ever talk about DZ Albany?
The movie “We Were Soldiers” shows wrong tactic of National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLFSVN). In fact, NLFSVN did not use the "human sea" tactic. Due to occupying the battlefield first, an ambush can destroy many different American troops, and ambushes can also support one another. Although the number of United States + Republic of Vietnam (US+RVN) was larger, in terms of the proportion of NLFSVN vs US+RVN at each site, NLFSVN was larger because they had torn the US+RVN amphibious forces. This led to the US+RVN mistaking NLFSVN to use a human tactic.
Hai Nam Le, is that what uncle ho taught you?🤮🤢💩🖕
1965 Chu Lai, vietnam
This would have been so much better without the crappy reenactments.
The only reason any Americans survived LZ Albany was the NVA had to be at a different location when this battle started and they broke it off to get to their previously assigned engagement. If they had stayed not a single American would have survived.
I have read some of the comments here and one thing is certain. We still have some draft dodgers, and present anti americans acting like we care about what they think. VN should have been fought, but it should have been fought on the battlefield, not in Washington by politicians. Let us all remember the Russians admitted they were behind the anti VN protests and the anti nuke protests of the 1980's when Reagan was putting them on their knees. These people have now been elected to office and they all reside in the democratic party. I am a Retired Army soldier who was never in combat, but spent a life time studying communism and how it destroys everything it has ever touched, with the promise of equality. The same equality the democrats have preached about for years, by taking from one to give to another. I personally think we never should have went to the ME, and I know how politicians and Flag officers lie to advance their careers and I don't trust any of them. But we must separate the lack of trust from the fact there are some very bad people in this world and they need taken out. The VN soldiers were probably one of the main reasons I enlisted into the Army back when enlisting wasn't a cool thing to do. But I survived it despite some of the bad treatment I got from the left over hate of the anti americans. The bravest military men and women this country has ever known was the VN vet. They had to fight on two fronts, one on the battlefield and one at home. They won on both fronts!!!
it's 2020 Mike. there is nothing more redundant that being a soldier During a war and not having seen battle. Indeed lots of guys ran, u just hid under your desk. I can make that assumption because of your assumption. big gun not bullets
I wholeheartedly agree with you and thank you so much for your service.
Wow evergreens in Nam huh
I was born November 18
A First time,more or less B-52's dropping "dumb" bombs, For close ground "support". But needed for body count ratio. The American soldier on the battle field, will risk their life to drag a wounded man to safety. No other forces will perform these acts, maybe because job one is to survive. Maybe. All are Hero's.
J. Patterson
Vietnam 🇻🇳Number one War👍👌💪💪💪
Giáo Hoàng Vatican Francisco Yea..... and china will grab your country soon. Your former ally who helped you..... now your foe. Communist to communist. 😆
the gunshot audio is just someone playing with a pin pong ball
Nov 5th and 6th was the first time in the IA Drang valley American soldiers got in a fire fight with the NVA delta company 2/8 cab on nov5th was the first unit following day bravo company 2/8 cav was ambushed in The Valley and Charlie company B company’s sister company was ordered to go aid bravo company when c company made it they were immediately ambushed I know this because I’ve talked to the men from these battles and my grandpa Thomas H Maynard was Kia nov 6 65. Company C 2/8 cav. All battles that lead up to the nov 14 battles are the reason 1/7th cav came in. But no one ever talks or knows to much about the early engagements which is a slap in the face to the men who fought and the ones who died there. If you want to know more about the early firefights read J.D Colman’s book “pleiku dawn of helicopter warfare in Vietnam” he was embedded with my grandpa Toms unit during this ambush. No disrespect to any one and if you take it that way oh well was not meant to be. These other men like my grandpa should be talked about and not forgotten.
custer was a colonel when he commanded the 7th
30 years to give men their well earned Medal of Honor?!
Johnson really was a scumbag pos. Happened under his administration yet he doesn’t recognize those men.
8:25 did he earn a Medal of Honor?
What the he'll can these guys do with a metal of armored they should of been paid well
We need to apologize to all Vets that it would have taken years for them to be recognized, and been given their medals from traitors like B 1 & 2, Cl ,BO.
I salute the veterans, many of whom were drafted. No respect for the two Democrat presidents that got America into the mess.
Truman , Eisenhower , Kennedy deserve way more blame than they get .
Gee, a Republican got us into the Civil War, and Iraq based on a lie. See how stupid this kind of thinking is? This isn’t about politics, but about the brave service of Americans, and no party has a monopoly on patriotism
@@charlesburger7973 Count em up. You found 2. Thanks for playing. Do you really think Lincoln could have just let the southern states go without a war? He would have been successfully impeached had he done so.
Vietnam the fiasco was a purely Democrat production. A Republican got us out. WW2-Democrat. Germany should have been Europe’s problem. Democrats pushed Japan into a corner with embargoes and created the war scenario they hoped would happen.
@@charlesburger7973 Lincoln got us into the civil war ? You have got to be kidding .
The truth about the Vietnam War that was never fully told. United States had No intention of winning the Vietnam War from the very beginning. Fear it might become like the Korean War with mass continuing Communist Chinese troops from China pouring against American military force in Vietnam. And the threat of a thermal nuclear War with the Soviet Union during the Cold War following the Cuban missile crisis that happen in 1962. The Vietnam War started during the Civil Rights movement and racial tension between whites and blacks all across America. Several members in the US government were segregationist and they had their eyes dumping their Blacks problem on Vietnam with all the chaos that was happening in Vietnam at that time between Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam. At that time, the South Vietnamese had 250,000 troops and North Vietnamese had 60,000 troops and the DMZ line had already been establish at the 17th parallel. Many Vietnamese peoples from both North and South did Not support going to War and killing each other over the idea of Communist. Even though several North and South Vietnamese leaders believe Vietnam should Not be divided and try to distrupt one another. But they couldn't rally enough support among the Vietnamese peoples in Vietnam to support going to War. Until Nov. 2, 1963 When US President JF Kennedy and LB Johnson order their CIA to stage a military coup assasination on a catholic South Vietnamese President, Ngô Đình Diệm and his young brother Ngô Đình Nhu. This action gave America the power to do what ever they want to Vietnam and to the Vietnamese peoples. And the US appointed an ex-Vietminh soldiers for Ho Chi Minh, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu as their puppet South Vietnamese President. The South Vietnamese President who cause the lives of 500,000 South Vietnamese troops killed or capture by the North Vietnamese army and their communist allies The Pathet Lao army, and the Communist Khmer Rouge army of Cambodia when he order them to be station and patrol in Kampuchea. And who told Nguyễn Văn Thiệu to do so? The United States, fear more Americans troops will be killed in Kampuchea. 20 days after the military coup assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm and his young brother Ngô Đình Nhu. US President JF Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, TX on Nov 22, 1963 and LB Johnson was sworn in as the 36th US President. On Aug 10, 1964, US President LB Johnson declare US military action to Vietnam over an alleged attack on a US destroyer, Maddox that was on patrol past the 17th parallel near Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam while supporting South Vietnam. 500,000 US ground troops was sent to fight in Vietnam. 40% of those US troops that were sent to fight in Vietnam were adult blacks male along with high school drop out white male, non-college white male, trouble teen white male, and white convict male were all sent to fight in Vietnam. And when these US troops arrive in Vietnam and did their "Search and Destroyed mission." The Communist North Vietnamese gain mass support for their cause and their army grew from 60,000 troops to over 1,000,000 troops. On March 16, 1968, several group of US platoons military unit rape and massacre 500 Vietnamese villagers of women, childrens, and old peoples at the village called My Lai during their Search and Destroyed mission. When news and image of My Lai massacre broadcast all across America. There was a mass out cry of protest all across America demanding all US millitary force pull out of Vietnam. This lead to Republican Presidential candidate Richard Nixon winning the Nov. 3, 1968 US Presidential election. The following year, when Richard Nixon took office. His 1st excutive order was to pull out all US military force out of Vietnam. By then, the communist North Vietnamese army was already infiltrate all over in South Vietnam and attacking every where since the Tet offensive that happen on Jan 30, 1968 - Sept 23, 1968. President Nixon order a nonstop US B52 bombers to bombed Hanoi, the capital of North Vietnam and its seaport military supply, Haiphong. This halted the advance of the North Vietnamese army taking over all of South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese army began retaking back many city and town from Communist North Vietnamese in the South. But all that end, on August 8, 1974 when US President Richard Nixon made a televise annoucement of his resignation as US President to American peoples over the Watergate Scandal. A few months later the US Congressional election on Nov. 5, 1974. The Democrats party won a landslide in the US Senate and the House of Representative. The following year in 1975, the newly elected Democrats took their seat in Congress. The 1st bill of law pass was to cut off all US military aids funding to South Vietnam. This action cause the Fall of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975 to communist North Vietnam. Thus began a mass flow of Vietnamese refugee fleeing out of Vietnam. 10 of thousands of Vietnamese refugee died at sea from hunger, thirst, illness, Thai pirates, and Chinese warships. Today over 100's of thousands young South Vietnamese childrens are born of birth defect from the US toxic biological chemical, Agent Orange which the US military spray all over rivers and forest of South Vietnam. 3,000,000 innocent Vietnamese civilians of women, childrens, and old peoples had to die in their country during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War is the worse United States War Crime in history. From Truman, JF Kennedy and LB Johnson were all were WWI and WWII veteran who sent the next young American men to become killers. Why I post this is because for years I'm tired Americans use Vietnam War as a Propaganda War story. Telling peoples that they there to help South Vietnam fight against communist North Vietnam. When America is the root cause for the Vietnam War and the downfall of South Vietnam. Why the Vietnam War was never officially declare.
.Proof video on how the Vietnam War got started and you can see and hear it for yourself on RUclips video. Here are video name title:
1) LBJ Admits assassinating Diem (1967)
2) JFK Speak of Diem Coup -Whitehouse Tapes Assassination.
3) Lyndon Johnson -Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
4) Whistleblower John White on Gulf of Incident.
5) LBJ announce Vietnam increase and rise in draft.
6) Violent racism during peaceful protests in the Civil Rights Movement.
7) President Lyndon Johnson using the N word.
8) The Truth about the Vietnam War (PragerU)
9) US bombing civilian village, actual footage
10) US troops spray Agent Orange from riverboat in Vietnam.
11) Veteran tells why the Vietnamese hate him
12) A US Vietnam Soldier Describes his Experiences of War Crime.
13) Incident Hill 192
14) My Lai Masscre (History)
I couldn't imagine being the platoon that got cutt off and surrounded yo that's what nitemares are made of only worse thing then that would be cutt off and out of AMMO I hate it when I have had nitemares and all is going well until I'm surrounded with no bullets Another Thing that would have prolly made your ass pucker up and that's when the flares are shot up in the Air at like 2am and you now see hundreds of enemy fighters that was able to get that close undetected if not for the flares it would have been a way different battle
Hard to believe the amount of ignorance among these comments.
I was M-60 machine gunner.
Where is Ia Drang in Việt Nam?
vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%ADn_Ia_%C4%90r%C4%83ng
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No medals for the helicopters pilots?
I guess you didn't watch the whole video. Bush is literally putting the MOH on Bruce Crandall (Pilot). Ed "Too Tall" Freeman (Pilot) was also given the MOH a few years prior
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