Memorial Day -- Remembering Don Michael and Visiting Vietnam!
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I lost a couple of friends in Vietnam. I also lost my fiancé in Vietnam. I’m adamant when people don’t comprehend the meaning & importance of Memorial Day.
Very nice! Thank you for honoring your cousin by sharing his story. May he rest in peace.
It brings tears to my eyes to think we lost those wonderful souls so early in their lives.
The man who I call dad was KIA Vietnam. I bring it up, not for my recognition but for his. He joined the Marines to go to Vietnam, he believed we were there to help the people of the Republic of South Vietnam defeat communism. He was killed 8 days after his 20th birthday.
Sean, I'm sorry for you and your family's loss.
Good video
We lost my father, “The Colonel”, 3 years ago today. He served our country for 33 years in the USAF including multiple tours at the end of Vietnam. Memorial Day was his most revered day of the year. Miss him everyday.
I’m sorry for your loss. Yes, I think for those who served Memorial Day is an especially poignant time. Many people do not fully understand the gravity and significance of the holiday. Honestly I always feel a little strange posting a typical Long Long Honeymoon video on Memorial Day. So I thought this would be an interesting story to observe the day.
@@LongLongHoneymoon I love that you posted this. The Colonel would send out an email every Memorial Day to his list of Air Force buddies and family, always with a poignant message to remind all of the sacrifice made so we can be free. Your video reminded me of those emails. Thank you.
Nice tribute to your cousin. As a Vietnam veteran who was fortunate to return home, I appreciate your interest in the war and your message that by learning of the war, it serves to honor and remember those who did not return home from Vietnam.
Thank you for your service! ❤🇺🇸
Thank you, Sean! My Daddy is a 1968 Vietnam vet who made it home... so thankful for him and for those who gave all!
Thank you for sharing.
So glad you have the resources to honor your cousin, not everyone does. Good job!
My Dad was a WWII Vet - Pacific Conflict. If you have never visited a American Cemetery abroad - please do. It is humbling and puts into perspective the cost of War.
and to remember those that came home, but the burden of dealing with what happened was too great in the end.
Yes, the CMH is the highest award, and today is the day to remember those who gave all. Good to see youngsters get it correct.
A salute to your cousin. In 1965 I served with the 2/503 ABN in Viet Nam. The 503 is a very distinguished unit due to men such as your cousin.
Thank you for your service! ❤️🇺🇸
Served with 101st Airborne Division 1969to1970. Don't ever want to see Vietnam again! The things we saw and the things we did haunt me to this day. Your cousin was bad ass to recieve congressional medal of honor. I've saved my medals for my grandchildren maybe someday they will appreciate them but I pray they never get any themselves
Thank you for your service. Yes, I have heard other Vietnam veterans express, similar thoughts about Vietnam, and never wanting to return. That is certainly understandable! On the other hand, it might be interesting to see how much things have changed there. Overall, our experience was very positive, and in fact, we plan to return early next year to do more traveling in Vietnam. Let me know if there are any places in particular we should go.
Thanks Sean for remembering our heroes.
Thanks. This will probably be one of our least watched videos of the year. But I am very pleased with it. I appreciate your watching and commenting.
Thank you ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
Thank yiu for your tribute I'm from Trinity, AL not far from Lexington thanks for all you do
Excellent Video! Remember and Honor. Thank You.
Sean, thanks for sharing and highlighting this Hero. As an active duty member, I’d like to point out that the award is simply the ‘Medal of Honor’ and that it was created by congress. ‘Congressional’ is not a part of the award name/title.
Thanks!
Thank you. Remembering Billy, Kenny, and Rod.
I served in the Navy in Vietnam at Quang Tri, Dong Ha and Linebacker 2 in Haiphong Harbor. Lost friends and neighbors over there.
Thank you for your service! ❤️🇺🇸
Thanks! So we not forget!
Thank you for this.
No words.... just tears.
I am grateful for this tribute Sean. Thank you for creating and sharing it with us. I participate in a group of patriots (Patriot Guard Riders) who provide Honor Guard services to anyone who has honorably served our nation, however those killed in action are particularly somber events. I always bristle when I hear someone say "Happy Memorial Day", a reminder to me that some think this is a "holiday" for time away from work to barbecues and party. I'm grateful to anyone who takes the time to remember and reflect on the sacrifices that have been made for our nation. It is important that each of us does what we can to ensure that those who made the ultimate sacrifice are not forgotten.
Thank you so much guys for your wonderful videos. Thanks to your videos as you travel around the country, we bought our little Montana l and went to Alaska and continue to travel from time to time. And since we live in Oregon, there are a lot of beautiful places, and especially Victoria Canada. So Thank you so much for your wonderful videos.
Thank you for this tribute.
Very good video!
Beautifully done tribute.
Beautiful tribute for sure. To see hate and violence end and time pass so that we humans can find a way to communicate and live again on this little planet is so important to see and understand.
Thank you with this story! It gives me hope.
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Sean, thank you for your video. I’m sorry for your family’s loss. My dad did two tours in Vietnam and we were fortunate that he returned home to us in one piece. I grew up in a military family so, not surprising I spent 35+ years in the US ARMY as well with combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. Memorial Day is a significant day for me to reflect on the service members who I served with that did NOT return home and made the ULTIMATE sacrifice for this country. Keep up the great videos.
Another awesome video. I've known plenty of soldiers and veterans, but I've never known anyone who have died in battle. They may have died years later, or decades later. But I've never known anyone personally who has been killed in battle during war.
It gives me chill bumps to hear about Medal of Honor winners. Thank-you for the information and thank Don for his service
Wow! We were in Hanoi about 25 years ago and also visited the infamous Hanoi Hilton. Standing in front of the main entrance was very moving especially if you knew what happened there. The people were amazing, but on a couple of occasions we would encounter a man, who would be of age to have been Viet cong age, that would simply not acknowledge our presence. It was an awesome trip, and we would love to return some day.
Very moving and informative. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you Don for your sacrifice and service. Salute!
My dad was on every B52 made. Taught global navigation before gps was ever a pipe dream.
Thank you for sharing!
Nice tribute to your cousin...Its a tribute to you folks that you remember...Stay safe, be well....
Thank you such a wonderful vlog! I am not a veteran, but watching your vlog brighten and enlighten this holiday for me. God Bless.
Thanks for remembering this day Ha blessed week! John 14-6
Very humbling video. God bless your cousin Don Michael, as he is truly an American hero. I had a cousin (U.S. Marine Corps) killed in action in the Quang Nam province of Vietnam when I was just a toddler back in 1969. He had just turned 19 years old 8 days before he was killed. May God bless all 58,000 Americans who never came home.
Need to show more of Vietnam- brings back a rush of memories!
Thank you for sharing your cousin's story. We must not forget those who put their lives on the line in war.
I was lucky to be in Hawaii over the 100th anniversary of my dad's birth, he served in the 41st Infantry in the South Pacific in World War II. I toured the visitors center of the Arizona Memorial and the explanation of what the war was like drove home the sacrifice that he and so many others made. Luckily, he made it home.
My oldest brother is a Vietnam Veteran and also made it home. He's been through some health issues over the last few years and we take him to appointments at the local VA hospital. To me, it's amazing to be around so many people who have put their lives on the line for our country.
Thanks for posting that.
Excellent insight. Thank you to all of our Vets and especially our Vietnam Veterans.................you can never be thanked enough!
Thanks for your kind comments. I learn this year, my wife and I revisited Vietnam, and went back to the general area where my cousin was killed. I will try to put together some video about the experience soon. Yes, we can’t thank our Vietnam veterans enough for their sacrifices.
Amen !
Thanks for sharing your story. I’m sure it was a great experience to travel to visit Vietnam.
Thank you Janice, and yes, we enjoyed Vietnam so much that we are planning to return next year to do more exploration. I will post some more footage here in the future if anyone is interested. I realize it is a pretty big departure from our usual fare, but we have a lot of Vietnam vets in our audience, and we also have a number of people who are interested in this sort of travel. So maybe we will post a few videos for those who are curious about it.
Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I was in Nam in 1970 . I was mostly around Saigon , on a Y tanker hauling jet and chopper fuel. It was the best thing I have ever done .
Thanks again , Fred Z From Michigan
Thank you for your service and sorry for your loss.
Thank you for your service! ❤️🇺🇸
July 17, 1965 Daniel J. Bennett died loading Marines onto a helicopter - pray for him today. Honor all veterans, KIA, MIA and Maimed today by reading the Declaration of Independence until you understand why our Individual Sovereignty exists since the Revolutionary War.
Thank you for this journey you allowed us to take with you. We lost so many young people but I'm so thankful for the freedom your cousin and many more like him have allowed us to have. We don't need to take this for granted because many sacrificed their all for us.
Good for you!
Thank you. Vietnam is on our very soon list.
Infantry/Army nurse
I was one of the fortunate ones who returned from Vietnam. My heart goes out to all the heroes who didn't return and the loved ones they left behind. The saying " freedom isn't free " is so true. Thanks for sharing the story of your relative. 👍🙏
Thank you for your service. We are planning to return to Vietnam next year to do some more exploration. Let me know if there’s any place in particular we should go. Maybe I will do some more videos about Vietnam. Although it is not exactly our usual fare, we do have a lot of Vietnam vets in our audience, and I think it would be interesting to a lot of people. Yes, the Vietnam war was really a turning point for our country and I feel that we are still recovering from it. I know that those who served in Vietnam have carried many burdens with them throughout their lives from what they experienced there.
@@LongLongHoneymoon I can't think of any place special to visit. It's been 54 years since I was there. I think I would also like to visit there as a civilian. I have some good memories of being there along with some that aren't so good. The Vietnamese I knew were pleasant and friendly. Fortunately, I was not involved in much fighting. Thanks for your videos.
Just returned from a Vietnam 20 day learning tour and my experiences were very similar to yours. As a 30 year vet myself, it made this memorial day especially poignant.
Thank you Roger that is fantastic to hear. Yes, we had wonderful experiences throughout Vietnam. One lady even invited us over for dinner at her home. We intend to return to Vietnam next year for more exploration. We are planning to fly back into Saigon in January. I may post some more Vietnam content in the future if people are interested. I realize that most people come to this channel for RV content, but we have a number of Vietnam veterans in our audience, and I think many people would be interested in learning about the changes there. Actually the present course of Vietnam gives me some optimism for the future
What a great tribute to your cousin. And thank you for remembering. Yes, that we would learn from the past. Alas, humanities track record is sketchy on that point.
It’s very interesting that we seem to frequently repeat the same mistakes made by the previous generation. I don’t know if it is inherent in our DNA, or if human beings simply are in capable of learning from the recent past. It seems that after 10 or 15 years passes, there is a reset and the same mistakes get made all over again
I graduated from high school in 1969 during the hight of the draft and the Vietnam war. I have many friends who served and died in Vietnam. This was a very thoughtful and well done episode.
Thanks, in addition to Don, who gave his life in Vietnam, I also had an uncle who flew helicopters in Vietnam during the war. My uncle made it back alive, and in fact, he had many home movies that he had taken with an old film movie camera when operating the helicopters in Vietnam. Someday I would like to get those movies digitized. I believe at the moment they are still on original film, which I know is vulnerable to decay due to age.
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"Nam" Very beautiful, green on steroids. I had the "opportunity" to Dive off the coast of Chu Lai. First time to see corals, especially Brain Coral. I've often wondered if the Viets know of the treasure Diving destination they have off their coast. For Don, Semper Fi!
I was stationed in Okinawa, I am 6’4” and then a lean 240 pounds . Every time I’d go off base I was swarmed with people wanting pictures with me . Very weird feeling .
Thank you for your service! ❤️🇺🇸
I serve three years in the army during the Vietnam conflict, but was stationed in Germany. We really had no business being there, and I feel the exact same way about the current war in Ukraine. Thank you for the video.
Thank you for your service! ❤🇺🇸
Thanks, you just said what I wanted to say in the video. I held back because I try not to get too political because it will get me canceled here on RUclips. But on the other hand, if we do not speak out, the mistakes will continue to happen. Thank you for your service and for your honesty.
Nicely done. Those of us who lived through it, who lost loved ones in this “Asian Civil War”, hope and pray the lessons learned there will actually be applied to the manner in which our country responds to similar scenarios. Thank you for doing this video.
Thank you, and yes, this is my greatest wish after visiting Vietnam, and learning more about the war. I pray our leaders will learn from the mistakes made in Vietnam, and not repeat them in the future. When I initially made this video, I included a passage in the end, that more explicitly expressed this sentiment. However, I ended up removing that passage because I was really not trying to make a political statement. And yet, if we do not speak and make such statements, then we run the risk of history repeating itself.
So sorry to hear about your family's loss. I'm glad there's no animosity towards US citizens nowadays. They had a lot to get over, that's for sure. 😔
Yes, they had a lot to get over and really a lot transpired after the United States exited Vietnam. There was a conflict with Cambodia, and also China. And of course there was intense internal conflict between the north and the south. So I think the American war is viewed in context. We were involved for a period of time, then we exited, but the citizens of Vietnam were still dealing with war for many years after we left. Many Vietnamese resettled in the United States after the war. The history of Vietnam stretches back many centuries (Hanoi is over 1000 years old) and frankly I don’t think it makes sense to anyone there to hold grudges. They are in a good place now, and I would highly recommend Vietnam to any adventurous tourist.
🇺🇸🇺🇸 Two things,
Have you been to the Vietnam Memorial Wall and found Don's name there?
Freedom / Veteran Honor Flights are now accepting vets from Vietnam. Those events give them an opportunity to receive the respect that they were denied when they returned after the war.
Yes, we have been to the Vietnam memorial wall. It’s a shame how many Vietnam vets were treated when they return to the United States. I’m glad to see that they finally received more proper recognition and respect, but it certainly took too long. It was a painful time in our nation’s history, and I hope that the lessons learned take hold for the long term.
When I traveled in my army uniform I was cursed at and even spat upon. Not in Viet Nam, in the U.S.A.
I’m sorry to hear that was your experience. It’s really terrible. What so many of our veterans experienced not only in Vietnam, but after they returned home to the United States. I think we learned some painful lessons after that war. I hope we can continue learning to avoid future such conflicts. I hope also that as a people we have learned to respect and appreciate those who have served in uniform. I know that the vast majority of those who served were doing so with the best of intentions and represented our country with honor. Really I hope that we have Sound leader ship in this country to help us avoid sending our young people into such situation’s in the future.
@@LongLongHoneymoon my son died for his country on 8/7/02. His C130 went down with all a board. He was 28.
Freedom isn't Free.