Fantastic documentry thank you brought back some things i would have rather have not thought about with in my head . I knew two men from the 335th and 813th Air Ambulance cu chi was a hell hole. A soldier is a hero in the eyes of the people, but in his own heart, he knows he is not worthy of his honor someone once told me this at a bar back in 65 and every last god dam word was true i was having an affair with his wife at the time because he did some things on the field that will haunt me to this day should have never picked him up in that c67 and just left him there im now in a religious place but i truly lost my mind years ago i will go back to vietnam again before i die the prostitutes were fantastic im too old now to be piddleing about with all that but hot dam im going to give it a go . I do wonder if mie yang ching chang is still there? she could suck a golf ball through a hose pipe i swear .
My Uncle was a Tunnel Rat his first tour to Vietnam. He was the biggest man that I've ever known yet he was of small stature. I never personally heard him talk about it but heard stories about it from my Aunt (his wife) and another Uncle who served in Vietnam. Semper Fi, Uncle Ray!
What da fuck is so "brave" about going into a tunnel? When i was a kid, I found a storm drain tunnel and took a flashlight and walked while crouching all the way to the other side and it must have been about a football field long. I could been a tunnel rat and done the same damn thing them niggas in nam did.
@@Stevesautopartsify Proof of videos leading to the Vietnam War on RUclips video and see/ listen for yourself. These are video titles from RUclips video 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)
As a submariner and a small guy, I can crawl into places most can't. My first civilian job caught the attention of old Vietnam vets who saw me crawling inside machines where most people couldn't go. They joked about sticking me in the tunnels if this were Nam.
Thank you, thank you for your service my love and heart goes out to every soldier that bleed and fought for our country. You are always in my prayers, thoughts and in my heart......THANK YOU!!!
These men were real men,imagine how scary it would be to dive into a hole that you don’t know what is hidden on the other side.Thank you all giving me what I have got now,not much but you all helped me for what I have.THANK YOU.
How did they find the strength to not only go down ,but on top of that wage war on there enemy unimaginable bravery ,respect and salute all the tunnel rats especially our brothers from aus 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇳🇿
only a small portion is about the tunnel rats. While interesting and informative you really should change the title otherwise i would consider the title clickbait.
I quit watching after the 1st lie,Donald Sloat was not a Tunnel Rat nor was he a Sgt.,he was a Spec 4. He did get a MoH posthumously after hugging a grenade to protect others in his unit. This channel is garbage.
My cousin served in Vietnam, and he didn’t come back the same. I enlisted in the Army in 1988, and both of my Drill Sergeants served in Vietnam. I have MUCH respect and gratitude of those military vets, both men and women, that served before me, and I was raised as being respectful to our military vets. My grandpa, and my great-uncle both served in WWII. Now, whatever the name of the present generation is called, has ZERO respect for our great military, and for our country. They rather riot, loot and destroy businesses, and I guarantee you that IF the draft was ever implemented; they’d be the first ones to detract. Those, in my own personal opinion, who do detract should NEVER be allowed to come back; and, if their families continue to support them, then they SHOULD be held accountable, and have EVERYTHING frozen. I FIRMLY believe that we SHOULD take a page from North and South Vietnam, North and South Korea, Japan, China, and other countries in which ALL those who turn 17/18 years of age SHOULD have to serve 2 years minimum of military service. We NEED to step up our game, and start toughening up these Leftist snowflakes. We SHOULD give military vets a HUGE thank you for risking their lives in order to protect our democracy, and the democracy of the world.
I agree with you 100%. Hell I've always thought that if some of these people hopping the border really want to be here, then they should have to serve also. You serve a few years, you get your citizenship! Prove you really want to be an American!
@@ronniespain18 I agree with you on that. However, they need to be thoroughly vetted to make damn sure that they don’t have any ties to violent gangs, and violent cartels. They should not have any violent crimes on their records. I think they would appreciate getting their citizenship a lot more once they served this country. I don’t think that by giving the illegal aliens or refugees everything will make them appreciate America. I wholeheartedly believe that they SHOULD work for everything, pay taxes, and start working on becoming American citizens. They should only be allowed 2 years to get their citizenship; if they fail to get citizenship, then out they go. My husband used to work for a company that employed illegal aliens, and a few of them had been living here for over 10 years. To me, that’s wrong! My ancestors came to America from Sicily, Lithuania, Germany and Ireland, and they all had to become American citizens soon after, they all had to learn how to speak English, they had to work and pay taxes, and they had done it. They weren’t given ANYTHING for free, and some of them faced racism due to businesses saying “Irish need not apply,” and even some businesses said that “Sicilians need not apply.” Today, everything is racism, which that word is losing its meaning.
It's a good thing..trust me I know what happened and have PTSD from it permanent trust issues and hyper aggression. 98% of it was psychological warfare
Because those against the Vietnam War were Pro-Communists and those for WWII were anti-nationalists. Take a look at the West today and tell me if you think the victory in WWII was a good victory.
Our government still doesn’t take care of our veterans they got thrown out to the street so they could put the illegal immigrants in so we have homeless vets with no money no benefits and we have illegal immigrants getting handed everything
These brave men epitomized the American Fighting Man's Spirit. Volunteering for a mission they knew well could be their last exemplified their selfless desire to protect their fellow soldiers even if it meant losing their own lives in the process. As a retired combat Infantrymen with 3 combat tours in Iraq under my pistol belt, these men have my very highest level of respect and admiration.
@@Ray-hr9tb It definitely takes a certain personality to do that knowing that it might be the last time you see daylight. In Iraq I was pretty fearless when it came to clearing buildings but don't think I would have had the mettle to do tunnels. There were a few tunnels in Baghdad but we cleared them with gas first.
Why? You serve the purpose of a war economy and state doing the bidding of elite interests. You might claim such traits as bravery, but please ,you do not deserve any respect or admiration for the cause you perpetuate.
@@jirikurto3859 blah, blah, blah, blah. What have YOU ever done to make your country a safer place and secure the freedoms people like you take for granted every single day of your lives? I bet all I will hear is the sound of crickets chirping from you. Prove me wrong if you have any balls at all.
Today, the main target in war are media reporters. Still today we spanish fight for Justice of the killing of reporter José Couso killed in Irak by US military.
Vietnam was being won until instead of the fighting being run by our military, it ultimately was run by politicians who would make decisions that affected all of us. We could have won the war and South Vietnam would not have been overrun. Today people complain about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, but no one complains about how Nixon blew the withdrawal of troops and forgetting the people who fought alongside us in Vietnam. Men and women who went to war as directed by our government were forgotten when we got back home. Welcome home soldiers and thank you for your service.
I’m shocked more haven’t watched your documentaries. From your telling the stories to the fantastic pictures, artistic maps and additional add ons bravo to not just these but educating so many for all the years to come. Thank you for your gift of what our men had to go through in Vietnam and especially giving them the respect they still don’t receive like all others today. ❤❤❤
IT'S NOT THE 60s or 70s ANYMORE ! ! To say VietNam Vets don't get respect STILL is like saying the Gulf of Tonkin incident really happened ! ! ! Paleeease
My best salesperson was a Vietnam tunnel rat. We called him General Lee. He could whip four or five guys in a bar fight and only stood 5'5" tall. He was always with his partner, John, a minister. Around 11 pm Lee would get a little drunk and get a thousand yard stare. John would take him home. Lee told me that he had a flame thrower on his back and a .45. He was instructed to kill everything in front of him. So he did. The flamethrower sometimes detonated rifle rounds or even mortar rounds, yet he was never knocked unconscious. He was proud of that. He never counted the dead, but they needed a number, so he always said zero, even though they could hear firing, explosions, and flashes of flame. So they sent down a spotter to count the bodies. I don't think Lee knew how many he killed. In his mind, it was always zero. A Vietnamese American bought his business in Florida and he gave them the signed, rolled up, Bill of Sale, in a beer bottle with a .45 ACP in the bottom. A true story. He was President of the Jacksonville Motorcycle Club, a bunch of Harley guys who went to Daytona every year. A true hero who gave a big part of himself to protect his unit. God bless you and Gloria my friend.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷 enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Special thanks to the veteran tunnel rats. Sharing personal information/combat experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Fighting/perishing/surviving knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often possible. Yet still advanced forward regardless of the consequences. That's true grit style determination to succeed. It took Brass Testicles to engage in tunnel rats military operations.
I worked with a armor unit in the nam and seen these tunnels but my captain never ask anyone to go inside we just droped C.S gas in and c-4 explosive. 4th div 1969.
I had the honor of working with a man named Reidy! His Father was a DI, and enlisting in the Army was not optional for him. He was short in stature, about 5 ft. He and I were the same age. I was 4F at the age of 14, growing up believing when I'm 19 they're definitely sending me to Viet Nam. That didn't happen to me. Ready had some scarey stories.
Thought I'd see some sick and brutal pictures and stories about tunnel rats.... I am a residential HVAC guy I am constantly in and out of houses. I run into quite a few Vietnam vets. One told me a story of running up to a tunnel and a Viet Cong popped out of the tunnel with a bayonet on the end of his rifle and stabbed him in the bottom of the chin and it came out of his cheek and sliced up between his eyebrows. Seen the scar with my own eyes. He also said he got shot in the leg in the jungle during a fire fight and he took the bullet out himself cleaned and wrapped it himself.
At 3:45, the magazines in the pockets of the tactical vest are Bakelite AK-74 magazines-didn’t exist at the time, NEVER carried by GI’s. At 7:46 That is a NON-venomous Reticulated Python. At 7:50, That is a NON-venomous South American Boa Constrictor. The only way this found it’s way to Vietnam would be if it’s on vacation… At 17:50, that camo pattern didn’t exist during the Vietnam war. Same at 23:17 and 23:30 and 23:36-the Molle system wasn’t in existence at that time, either… At 27:03, that Chocolate Chip Camo pattern was from the Gulf War, not Vietnam…
As usual in US history the involvement of Australian forces is minimised. The incident where an Australian tunnel rat unit were stopped from proceeding to explore a major tunnel system by the Americans speaks volumes.
Agreed! As an American from the US it is rare to see any credit given to nations and people besides the US. Americans think they created everything, know everything, are superior in every way and no one else even comes close. I belong to a bunch of history groups on Facebook, and everytime someone posts something about the Soviet, Canadian, French and UK contributions to World War II Americans feel the need to comment how the US single handedly defeat the Axis powers.
Short men were forced to risk their lives being tunnel rats while 6ft tall guys were given easy "leadership" position where he stayed safe at the back.
Could you imagine the courage it would take to be a. Tunnel rat. Just to be fighting an enemy you can't even see. Then losing your buddies. Only to make it home to the ungrateful people who dare look down at you. Thankyou all NMCB 5 can do ❤
Well. . . those ungrateful people were fully propagandized by that point by Communist subversion/propaganda. I mean look at WWII and the West today and even Conservatives still think WWII was a good war and a victory for the West.
I’ve got some claustrophobia after a bad car accident, and being 6’2” and 245 now, I’d fail miserably at that job. The mental strength alone of these tunnel warriors is rare and impressive.
My paps David C. Harris was a tunnel rat in Vietnam did two tours and was P.O.W. survivor unfortunately succumbed to cancer due to Agent Orange a few years ago I always listened to his stories and was fortunate enough that he shared everything with me as if I were a member of his unit I still have "nightmares" of being there despite ever stepping foot in the hellish jungle
I meet a Vietnam tunnel rat from Greenboro, North Carolina who was given honors for his bravery. Yes he was a Black man. Only thing while documenting his story that was disappointing was that even today he still face racism in 2023 as an highly decorated soldier.
The fact that the Viet Cong were so resourceful in building such tunnels was a mark of their adaptation and creativity in the face an enemy that attempted to subjugate their country.
You know Viet Nam was a civil war right? America came in to support the South Vietnamese fighting against the North Vietnamese who were trying to subjugate the country under communism.
To be fair they had decades of practice and had been digging those tunnels well before America got involved. You had the French colonials, the Japanese, the French again, the Civil War period with a few American advisors and then America got involved for better or worse. After America you had a small period where they were fighting the Chinese. Alot of time to learn to fight and alot of time to dig and people to pass on the knowledge to the next generation of fighters to continue on.
Respect for all those men who where forced by the gouvernement to do such extreme dangerous things..although i dont understand what the USA had to do in Vietnam..i will always Respect the veterans.. They where just puppets for the gouvernement.. My dad was a veteran too..but in another war..
@@MrChopsticktech AND THEY DIDN'T SUCCEED ........The North took over eventually and OH MY GOD, THE WORLD DIDN'T CONVERT TO COMMUNISM ! ! ! The Domino Affect was baloney made up by Retards! ! Also let's not forget the Fact that Ho came to the US on a number of times for support for his people/country but was denied by the US because they didn't want to become a "Colony" of the US for slave labor so that's when he turned to the Chinese who WOULD help him ! ! ! Funny how that's never mentioned ! ! HUH
I hope it was, there were so many mispronunciations, I almost turned it off. Many people look at me funny when I say 'Twenty twenty-three' instead of 'Two thousand and twenty-three.
Love, love , love the video….thank you so much. I have learnt a lot. The tunnel system was very well done. We need one here in the States just in case…..
So many "wrong'' pictures used through this whole video. Love the way the commentator pronounces the City of Hue. It's like the commentator hasn't been around for more then 10 years?
TET was brilliant but fortunately (for South VN) had poor follow-up. Nixon waited for years to use the war ending to get re-elected. He could have done it a year after first term. Nixon was shameful!
Freedom Isn't Free '' Thank You for this nice time to document an excellent precious piece of history. Thank You for this nice time document. Thank you for recording and sharing this. I really appreciate it and I am thankful. Thank you for protecting our freedom by serving our country. May God bless you and your family. - Semper Fi . !
I was a Tunnel Rat in Chu Chi. There was no special training. We were all volunteers. We carried our .45, bayonet, flashlight, and US Army insect spray. Non-Gratum Anus Rodentum.
I simply cannot stop thinking about the snake's backstory. Like who its mama is? When did it enlist in the veitcong military? What training they received to complete it's mission.
Had a teacher in school who served 3 tours one was on a tunnel team he was a chemical specialist. He didn’t talk much about it but he told a couple of story’s that was incredible but also vicious
@@philliphall5198 Like Biden is doing in Ukraine. I think Ukraine has Biden over a Barrell for some nefarious shit he and Hunter have done while he was Obama's VP.
I’m a little let down. I would have thought the Cu-Chi tunnels would have been nicer, no plumbing, no racquetball courts, I didn’t see a refrigerator. Would have sucked to be down there.
245T effected a few Canadians too. It was tested at Camp Gagetown New Brunswick, or Oramocto, the town itself. One more point. Every time I see things about Tet 68, I wonder if the writer is aware it's the lunar new year, not Jan 1st.
I worked with a guy who during the Vietnam War was a tunnel rat...he was of slim build and not too tall so was more easily able to go into these tunnels l..I won’t name him but safe to say I admired him very much...bu he did have problems without a doubt ....but he held down a job for a long as I was there ....which was no mean feat....,He told me stories of venomous snakes or half starved vicious dogs and of course booby traps....and the constant fear of not knowing what awaited them whilst underground....he spent some time in a hospital for his PTSD..... but an altogether a nice guy ....who loved a beer with his mates.....I hope he’s still ok after all these years.....He deserves to be happy ...
My dad was of shorter stature born in 58 a recruiter told him he’d be a good tunnel rat I’m glad he was born when he was or he would’ve been traumatized for life at this point of time it only mattered how old you were to be sent to war
I met a lot of Vietnamese people here. The city that I was born in Garland TX, had a lot of Vietnamese in my early years after 75. I met a lot of good Vietnamese people and I've met some bad ones but mostly good. Xin chao.
RIP Eddie Wise , '67 .KIA in a tunnel. Wrote his mom saying how scared he was but he was the smallest in his platoon.. His name is on The Wall in DC and at North Harford High Dchool, Pylesville Maryland.
@@michaelwhisman . . .but at least the Zi0nists got their ethno-religious-ideological state right after WWII. Maybe we were fools to partake in the slaughter of so many white people only to be viIified today as wacists.
Tunnels were used way back in battle of Somme in 1916. So there was knowledge and ways to fight witch were horrendous and despicable. War and love is place for no rules!
I worked with a 💜 Purple Heart 💜 Tunnel rat Marine. I cant tell you what he told me because it would be deleted!! The Vietnamese dug hundreds of tunnels to run to instead of fighting us like soldiers!! His job was this find them and offer a surrender. When they refused his team would use whatever means to get them out dead or alive ! Yhey used dogs/explosives/poison gas /napalm I worked for the Sheriff's department and I saw things you wouldn't believe!!
Title was misleading. I have the utmost respect for anyone that served as a tunnel rat or for that matter ANT Viet Nam vets. I lost a cousin in 68 that was a tunnel rat. This video should be retitled.
My FIL did this type of thing in korea. He was a small guy, and lied to get in. He also told of a ox cart full of heads that wandered down a village road. He said they never had to torture for info, just treat ppl decent. Their own country left them to die in holes.
Can we also give credit to the resilience of the Viet Cong soldiers - when they started having bombs and napalm dropped on them by technologically and economically superior enemies, they found a way to keep fighting til they achieved victory
Imagine crawling into the ground with little to protect yourself it’s dark cramped and full of stuff that wants to kill you yeah that’s what I call a tough guy
9:58 - "...and by the mid one-thousand nine hundred sixty S..." When you hire a robot to do a narrator's job...That would be "mid nineteen sixties" to most humans.
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I wanted to hear about the tunnel rats. But all I got was more BS.
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To all Vietnam Vets...WELCOME HOME! Thank you for your service.
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Fantastic documentry thank you brought back some things i would have rather have not thought about with in my head . I knew two men from the 335th and 813th Air Ambulance cu chi was a hell hole. A soldier is a hero in the eyes of the people, but in his own heart, he knows he is not worthy of his honor someone once told me this at a bar back in 65 and every last god dam word was true i was having an affair with his wife at the time because he did some things on the field that will haunt me to this day should have never picked him up in that c67 and just left him there im now in a religious place but i truly lost my mind years ago i will go back to vietnam again before i die the prostitutes were fantastic im too old now to be piddleing about with all that but hot dam im going to give it a go . I do wonder if mie yang ching chang is still there? she could suck a golf ball through a hose pipe i swear .
Uhh no. Rest in pi-
My Uncle was a Tunnel Rat his first tour to Vietnam. He was the biggest man that I've ever known yet he was of small stature. I never personally heard him talk about it but heard stories about it from my Aunt (his wife) and another Uncle who served in Vietnam. Semper Fi, Uncle Ray!
Brave doesn't even begin to explain the guts these men had!
Duh.. no one ever there in the tunnel.. due to our communist intelligence gathering.. it was just traps and grenade lines...🤣😂..
What da fuck is so "brave" about going into a tunnel? When i was a kid, I found a storm drain tunnel and took a flashlight and walked while crouching all the way to the other side and it must have been about a football field long. I could been a tunnel rat and done the same damn thing them niggas in nam did.
@@Stevesautopartsify Proof of videos leading to the Vietnam War on RUclips video and see/ listen for yourself. These are video titles from RUclips video
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)
As a submariner and a small guy, I can crawl into places most can't. My first civilian job caught the attention of old Vietnam vets who saw me crawling inside machines where most people couldn't go.
They joked about sticking me in the tunnels if this were Nam.
Thank you, thank you for your service my love and heart goes out to every soldier that bleed and fought for our country. You are always in my prayers, thoughts and in my heart......THANK YOU!!!
NONSENSE!!!!!!
The Vietnam War was lost by the politicians and the government of America 😡
Vietnames war was created by America and should have never happened. All soldiers that fought in it were fools.
it was the 60's and they suddenly had the public opinion against them
Interesting that Johnson never pid “the cost of freedom.”
@@AngelRodriguez-zt6nv Vietnam war should have never happen.
I believe President Nixon brought them home.❤
These men were real men,imagine how scary it would be to dive into a hole that you don’t know what is hidden on the other side.Thank you all giving me what I have got now,not much but you all helped me for what I have.THANK YOU.
They don't make men like that anymore.balls of steel
True Men
My brave brother in law was a tunnel rat & refused to talk much about it. Ended up being shot in a robbery 15 years ago. Great guy!
I''m sorry for your loss. I also served.
He refused to talk because of unspeakable atrocities on both sides!! Probably can't get it out of his head!
My father is the same way, not a word.
My brother in law shot a man dressed like a woman 15 years ago too.
Guy whi shpt him is a domestic terrorist.
Im so sorry 😢for out veterans returning home. Being treated badly 💔💔😔😭 and for the horror they suffer every day. Thank you for your service 🐕🦺
I had a friend who was a tunnel rat. He once told me" there is nothing like hunting man".
How did they find the strength to not only go down ,but on top of that wage war on there enemy unimaginable bravery ,respect and salute all the tunnel rats especially our brothers from aus 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇳🇿
This video was advertised as a documentary on Tunnel Rats. What, Changed your mind all of a sudden.
Unfortunately I have to agree. I was expecting an in depth docu on that topic only.
Probably some song on the radio... lol
only a small portion is about the tunnel rats. While interesting and informative you really should change the title otherwise i would consider the title clickbait.
Agreed.
1:25- 8:00
I quit watching after the 1st lie,Donald Sloat was not a Tunnel Rat nor was he a Sgt.,he was a Spec 4. He did get a MoH posthumously after hugging a grenade to protect others in his unit.
This channel is garbage.
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Well… I clicked the video, saw your comment, looked at the chapters, disliked the video, wrote this comment and I‘m not going to further watch it.
My cousin served in Vietnam, and he didn’t come back the same. I enlisted in the Army in 1988, and both of my Drill Sergeants served in Vietnam.
I have MUCH respect and gratitude of those military vets, both men and women, that served before me, and I was raised as being respectful to our military vets. My grandpa, and my great-uncle both served in WWII.
Now, whatever the name of the present generation is called, has ZERO respect for our great military, and for our country. They rather riot, loot and destroy businesses, and I guarantee you that IF the draft was ever implemented; they’d be the first ones to detract. Those, in my own personal opinion, who do detract should NEVER be allowed to come back; and, if their families continue to support them, then they SHOULD be held accountable, and have EVERYTHING frozen. I FIRMLY believe that we SHOULD take a page from North and South Vietnam, North and South Korea, Japan, China, and other countries in which ALL those who turn 17/18 years of age SHOULD have to serve 2 years minimum of military service. We NEED to step up our game, and start toughening up these Leftist snowflakes.
We SHOULD give military vets a HUGE thank you for risking their lives in order to protect our democracy, and the democracy of the world.
I agree with you 100%. Hell I've always thought that if some of these people hopping the border really want to be here, then they should have to serve also. You serve a few years, you get your citizenship! Prove you really want to be an American!
@@ronniespain18 I agree with you on that. However, they need to be thoroughly vetted to make damn sure that they don’t have any ties to violent gangs, and violent cartels. They should not have any violent crimes on their records. I think they would appreciate getting their citizenship a lot more once they served this country.
I don’t think that by giving the illegal aliens or refugees everything will make them appreciate America. I wholeheartedly believe that they SHOULD work for everything, pay taxes, and start working on becoming American citizens. They should only be allowed 2 years to get their citizenship; if they fail to get citizenship, then out they go.
My husband used to work for a company that employed illegal aliens, and a few of them had been living here for over 10 years. To me, that’s wrong! My ancestors came to America from Sicily, Lithuania, Germany and Ireland, and they all had to become American citizens soon after, they all had to learn how to speak English, they had to work and pay taxes, and they had done it. They weren’t given ANYTHING for free, and some of them faced racism due to businesses saying “Irish need not apply,” and even some businesses said that “Sicilians need not apply.”
Today, everything is racism, which that word is losing its meaning.
lmao respect for what? Warmongers? Tf they doing in other countries anyway?
There's always one of "you people" Go to a gay pride rally and leave the men to talk😂@@tezra9085
And here I thought it was a program about the Tunnel Rats, and not a general summation of the general conflict.
I agree 👍
Well shoot now I’m learning about pirates!
There was very little about tunnel rats. After a brief few minutes on what the tunnel rats did, in turned into an anti Vietnam war story.
Ain't that the truth... Communism is alive and well spread by IDIOTS!
It's a good thing..trust me I know what happened and have PTSD from it permanent trust issues and hyper aggression. 98% of it was psychological warfare
Because those against the Vietnam War were Pro-Communists and those for WWII were anti-nationalists. Take a look at the West today and tell me if you think the victory in WWII was a good victory.
I couldn't do it, but praise the men who did!
Any of these guys who made it out alive from the war should be taken care of financially by our government...I mean all expenses paid for life
Our government still doesn’t take care of our veterans they got thrown out to the street so they could put the illegal immigrants in so we have homeless vets with no money no benefits and we have illegal immigrants getting handed everything
Exactly!!!
Always makes me wonder how did they get through those narrow tunnels with balls that big?
Testicular Fortitude...
These brave men epitomized the American Fighting Man's Spirit. Volunteering for a mission they knew well could be their last exemplified their selfless desire to protect their fellow soldiers even if it meant losing their own lives in the process. As a retired combat Infantrymen with 3 combat tours in Iraq under my pistol belt, these men have my very highest level of respect and admiration.
@@Ray-hr9tb It definitely takes a certain personality to do that knowing that it might be the last time you see daylight. In Iraq I was pretty fearless when it came to clearing buildings but don't think I would have had the mettle to do tunnels. There were a few tunnels in Baghdad but we cleared them with gas first.
Why? You serve the purpose of a war economy and state doing the bidding of elite interests. You might claim such traits as bravery, but please ,you do not deserve any respect or admiration for the cause you perpetuate.
Thanks 😔
@@jirikurto3859 blah, blah, blah, blah. What have YOU ever done to make your country a safer place and secure the freedoms people like you take for granted every single day of your lives? I bet all I will hear is the sound of crickets chirping from you. Prove me wrong if you have any balls at all.
Today, the main target in war are media reporters. Still today we spanish fight for Justice of the killing of reporter José Couso killed in Irak by US military.
Excellent. I'm a Vietnam Era veteran serving from 65 to 67 but by the grace of God, never in country. WELCOME HOME!
Vietnam was being won until instead of the fighting being run by our military, it ultimately was run by politicians who would make decisions that affected all of us. We could have won the war and South Vietnam would not have been overrun. Today people complain about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, but no one complains about how Nixon blew the withdrawal of troops and forgetting the people who fought alongside us in Vietnam. Men and women who went to war as directed by our government were forgotten when we got back home. Welcome home soldiers and thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service sir and a very belated Welcome Home.
Thank you for your service sir and a very belated Welcome Home.
I’m shocked more haven’t watched your documentaries. From your telling the stories to the fantastic pictures, artistic maps and additional add ons bravo to not just these but educating so many for all the years to come. Thank you for your gift of what our men had to go through in Vietnam and especially giving them the respect they still don’t receive like all others today. ❤❤❤
IT'S NOT THE 60s or 70s ANYMORE ! ! To say VietNam Vets don't get respect STILL is like saying the Gulf of Tonkin incident really happened ! ! ! Paleeease
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Those tunnels are amazing. Never knew they were anything other than just underground routes and I didn't realise they were so deep.
My best salesperson was a Vietnam tunnel rat. We called him General Lee. He could whip four or five guys in a bar fight and only stood 5'5" tall. He was always with his partner, John, a minister. Around 11 pm Lee would get a little drunk and get a thousand yard stare. John would take him home. Lee told me that he had a flame thrower on his back and a .45. He was instructed to kill everything in front of him. So he did. The flamethrower sometimes detonated rifle rounds or even mortar rounds, yet he was never knocked unconscious. He was proud of that. He never counted the dead, but they needed a number, so he always said zero, even though they could hear firing, explosions, and flashes of flame. So they sent down a spotter to count the bodies. I don't think Lee knew how many he killed. In his mind, it was always zero. A Vietnamese American bought his business in Florida and he gave them the signed, rolled up, Bill of Sale, in a beer bottle with a .45 ACP in the bottom. A true story. He was President of the Jacksonville Motorcycle Club, a bunch of Harley guys who went to Daytona every year. A true hero who gave a big part of himself to protect his unit. God bless you and Gloria my friend.
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography pictures 📷 enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Special thanks to the veteran tunnel rats. Sharing personal information/combat experiences. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Fighting/perishing/surviving knowing certain death/debilitating wounds were often possible. Yet still advanced forward regardless of the consequences. That's true grit style determination to succeed. It took Brass Testicles to engage in tunnel rats military operations.
WoW God Bless you Eldon Wesley wherever you are these days… Bless you young man!!! The Tin man .. Semper Fi…brother
I worked with a armor unit in the nam and seen these tunnels but my captain never ask anyone to go inside we just droped C.S gas in and c-4 explosive. 4th div 1969.
Great video ❤
I had the honor of working with a man named Reidy! His Father was a DI, and enlisting in the Army was not optional for him. He was short in stature, about 5 ft. He and I were the same age. I was 4F at the age of 14, growing up believing when I'm 19 they're definitely sending me to Viet Nam. That didn't happen to me. Ready had some scarey stories.
Thought I'd see some sick and brutal pictures and stories about tunnel rats....
I am a residential HVAC guy I am constantly in and out of houses. I run into quite a few Vietnam vets. One told me a story of running up to a tunnel and a Viet Cong popped out of the tunnel with a bayonet on the end of his rifle and stabbed him in the bottom of the chin and it came out of his cheek and sliced up between his eyebrows. Seen the scar with my own eyes. He also said he got shot in the leg in the jungle during a fire fight and he took the bullet out himself cleaned and wrapped it himself.
Stronger than death, dude.
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Very brave men . Thanks for your service .
What service?! What service did they give their country?!
The only heroes are the vietnamese who fought for their freedom of vietnam thats i call it a service.
At 3:45, the magazines in the pockets of the tactical vest are Bakelite AK-74 magazines-didn’t exist at the time, NEVER carried by GI’s.
At 7:46 That is a NON-venomous Reticulated Python.
At 7:50, That is a NON-venomous South American Boa Constrictor. The only way this found it’s way to Vietnam would be if it’s on vacation…
At 17:50, that camo pattern didn’t exist during the Vietnam war. Same at 23:17 and 23:30 and 23:36-the Molle system wasn’t in existence at that time, either…
At 27:03, that Chocolate Chip Camo pattern was from the Gulf War, not Vietnam…
As usual in US history the involvement of Australian forces is minimised. The incident where an Australian tunnel rat unit were stopped from proceeding to explore a major tunnel system by the Americans speaks volumes.
Sorry, I can't make out a single word of your comment. It seems to be written upside down 🙃 🇺🇸 🇦🇺
Agreed! As an American from the US it is rare to see any credit given to nations and people besides the US. Americans think they created everything, know everything, are superior in every way and no one else even comes close.
I belong to a bunch of history groups on Facebook, and everytime someone posts something about the Soviet, Canadian, French and UK contributions to World War II Americans feel the need to comment how the US single handedly defeat the Axis powers.
Short men were forced to risk their lives being tunnel rats while 6ft tall guys were given easy "leadership" position where he stayed safe at the back.
This was advertised as a work of the tunnel rats, but it seems to be a presentation about the war as a whole...
Could you imagine the courage it would take to be a. Tunnel rat. Just to be fighting an enemy you can't even see. Then losing your buddies. Only to make it home to the ungrateful people who dare look down at you. Thankyou all NMCB 5 can do ❤
Well. . . those ungrateful people were fully propagandized by that point by Communist subversion/propaganda. I mean look at WWII and the West today and even Conservatives still think WWII was a good war and a victory for the West.
I’ve got some claustrophobia after a bad car accident, and being 6’2” and 245 now, I’d fail miserably at that job. The mental strength alone of these tunnel warriors is rare and impressive.
My paps David C. Harris was a tunnel rat in Vietnam did two tours and was P.O.W. survivor unfortunately succumbed to cancer due to Agent Orange a few years ago I always listened to his stories and was fortunate enough that he shared everything with me as if I were a member of his unit I still have "nightmares" of being there despite ever stepping foot in the hellish jungle
I meet a Vietnam tunnel rat from Greenboro, North Carolina who was given honors for his bravery. Yes he was a Black man. Only thing while documenting his story that was disappointing was that even today he still face racism in 2023 as an highly decorated soldier.
The fact that the Viet Cong were so resourceful in building such tunnels was a mark of their adaptation and creativity in the face an enemy that attempted to subjugate their country.
You know Viet Nam was a civil war right? America came in to support the South Vietnamese fighting against the North Vietnamese who were trying to subjugate the country under communism.
To be fair they had decades of practice and had been digging those tunnels well before America got involved. You had the French colonials, the Japanese, the French again, the Civil War period with a few American advisors and then America got involved for better or worse. After America you had a small period where they were fighting the Chinese. Alot of time to learn to fight and alot of time to dig and people to pass on the knowledge to the next generation of fighters to continue on.
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Bless your heart. We would just lay down and die. Thank you so much for your service and sacrifice
VERY good video! The pictures seem to have an extra depth to them, very 3-D ish!
Respect for all those men who where forced by the gouvernement to do such extreme dangerous things..although i dont understand what the USA had to do in Vietnam..i will always Respect the veterans..
They where just puppets for the gouvernement..
My dad was a veteran too..but in another war..
The US 'had' to prove they could succeed where the French failed.
@@MrChopsticktech AND THEY DIDN'T SUCCEED ........The North took over eventually and OH MY GOD, THE WORLD DIDN'T CONVERT TO COMMUNISM ! ! ! The Domino Affect was baloney made up by Retards! ! Also let's not forget the Fact that Ho came to the US on a number of times for support for his people/country but was denied by the US because they didn't want to become a "Colony" of the US for slave labor so that's when he turned to the Chinese who WOULD help him ! ! ! Funny how that's never mentioned ! ! HUH
@@MrChopsticktech And resources 👌
@@MrChopsticktech . . . the same French that we helped "liberate" in WWII?
I don't understand why the USA was in WWII. I think FDR was looking for a fight. But too many are conditioned to think WWII was a good war.
Is this an AI voice? That 1967 pronounced as one thousand nine hundred and sixty seven caught me off guard
I hope it was, there were so many mispronunciations, I almost turned it off. Many people look at me funny when I say 'Twenty twenty-three' instead of 'Two thousand and twenty-three.
Love, love , love the video….thank you so much. I have learnt a lot. The tunnel system was very well done. We need one here in the States just in case…..
FYI, the ancient city of Hué is pronounced like "hwe" not as you did in your video. Just sayin'
"Hwe" is Southern accent, "Hoo-eh" is central and northern accent.
So many "wrong'' pictures used through this whole video. Love the way the commentator pronounces the City of Hue. It's like the commentator hasn't been around for more then 10 years?
I thought this would be more about the tunnels.
This wasn't about Tunnel Rats. You could easily done a 3 hour documentary on that topic alone.
This is probably some Left wing d-bag pushing C0mmunist propaganda. Same propaganda happened with WWII. But they don't want you to know that.
TET was brilliant but fortunately (for South VN) had poor follow-up. Nixon waited for years to use the war ending to get re-elected. He could have done it a year after first term. Nixon was shameful!
To call these men brave was a HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT!!!GOD BLESS ALL OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Freedom Isn't Free '' Thank You for this nice time to document an excellent precious piece of history. Thank You for this nice time document. Thank you for recording and sharing this. I really appreciate it and I am thankful. Thank you for protecting our freedom by serving our country. May God bless you and your family. - Semper Fi . !
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Thank you for your service gentleman
I was a Tunnel Rat in Chu Chi. There was no special training. We were all volunteers. We carried our .45, bayonet, flashlight, and US Army insect spray. Non-Gratum Anus Rodentum.
How, in the Wide World of Sports.....do you go from tunnel rats to agent orange?
Got an agenda, maybe?
I simply cannot stop thinking about the snake's backstory. Like who its mama is? When did it enlist in the veitcong military? What training they received to complete it's mission.
great video facual and nicely presented
I’m way too claustrophobic. Much respect for them.
I hate to down vote because it is an interesting video, but there is almost nothing about what the tunnel rats when through and what they had to do
Major respect...
Had a teacher in school who served 3 tours one was on a tunnel team he was a chemical specialist. He didn’t talk much about it but he told a couple of story’s that was incredible but also vicious
Thanks for mentioning the Tunnel Rats ?
Only 7 minutes about the Tunnel Rats, suggest you change the Title.
These videos should do what they say.
Where's the Tunnel Rats?
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ALL THE VETS AND THE 58,000 THAT DIDNT COME HOME ALIVE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICES.
The way to lose a war is to limit the ability of your military to win.
Like Americans are doing in Ukraine right now knowing it to
With air power and jets
@@philliphall5198 Like Biden is doing in Ukraine.
I think Ukraine has Biden over a Barrell for some nefarious shit he and Hunter have done while he was Obama's VP.
they dropped more bombs on vietnam than WW2 combined and used deadly chemical weapons too, what limits you are talking about?
I’m a little let down. I would have thought the Cu-Chi tunnels would have been nicer, no plumbing, no racquetball courts, I didn’t see a refrigerator. Would have sucked to be down there.
Are you joking????😂
Footage of fire-fighting airdrops to illustrate "Agent Orange" operations - nice one, Julius...
245T effected a few Canadians too. It was tested at Camp Gagetown New Brunswick, or Oramocto, the town itself.
One more point. Every time I see things about Tet 68, I wonder if the writer is aware it's the lunar new year, not Jan 1st.
Good point! As a Buddhist, most New Years start on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
I worked with a guy who during the Vietnam War was a tunnel rat...he was of slim build and not too tall so was more easily able to go into these tunnels l..I won’t name him but safe to say I admired him very much...bu he did have problems without a doubt ....but he held down a job for a long as I was there ....which was no mean feat....,He told me stories of venomous snakes or half starved vicious dogs and of course booby traps....and the constant fear of not knowing what awaited them whilst underground....he spent some time in a hospital for his PTSD..... but an altogether a nice guy ....who loved a beer with his mates.....I hope he’s still ok after all these years.....He deserves to be happy ...
My dad was of shorter stature born in 58 a recruiter told him he’d be a good tunnel rat I’m glad he was born when he was or he would’ve been traumatized for life at this point of time it only mattered how old you were to be sent to war
Bet you never thought bravery can be your downfall.
You did five minutes of tunnel rats then went completely off track
My father was a tunnel rat. This video explains a lot
my cousin was a tunnel rat did three tours in the sixtys never slep more than a couple hours a night ,the rest of his life,died last year
Your cousin was a fool.
Yea, after the fact I'll bet he was glad he did that For Nothing ! ! ! Oh well, he's resting peaceful now. God Bless Him
I met a lot of Vietnamese people here. The city that I was born in Garland TX, had a lot of Vietnamese in my early years after 75. I met a lot of good Vietnamese people and I've met some bad ones but mostly good. Xin chao.
RIP Eddie Wise , '67 .KIA in a tunnel. Wrote his mom saying how scared he was but he was the smallest in his platoon.. His name is on The Wall in DC and at North Harford High Dchool, Pylesville Maryland.
Real heroes legends
They were fools.
@@michaelwhisman . . .but at least the Zi0nists got their ethno-religious-ideological state right after WWII. Maybe we were fools to partake in the slaughter of so many white people only to be viIified today as wacists.
Tunnels were used way back in battle of Somme in 1916.
So there was knowledge and ways to fight witch were horrendous and despicable.
War and love is place for no rules!
Awesome Videos!!!!
I worked with a 💜 Purple Heart 💜 Tunnel rat Marine. I cant tell you what he told me because it would be deleted!! The Vietnamese dug hundreds of tunnels to run to instead of fighting us like soldiers!!
His job was this find them and offer a surrender. When they refused his team would use whatever means to get them out dead or alive ! Yhey used dogs/explosives/poison gas /napalm
I worked for the Sheriff's department and I saw things you wouldn't believe!!
How did this go from tunnel rats to agent orange.Pitical statements. By the way Lamson 719 was in 1972
GOD bless our vets.
It seems like we’ve forgotten the lessons learned in the Vietnam war
Title was misleading. I have the utmost respect for anyone that served as a tunnel rat or for that matter ANT Viet Nam vets.
I lost a cousin in 68 that was a tunnel rat.
This video should be retitled.
The perspective of the soldiers who were there matters more then what any politician or anti-war activist says or thinks about the war.
Dope video hue is pronounced way
My FIL did this type of thing in korea. He was a small guy, and lied to get in. He also told of a ox cart full of heads that wandered down a village road. He said they never had to torture for info, just treat ppl decent. Their own country left them to die in holes.
Can we also give credit to the resilience of the Viet Cong soldiers - when they started having bombs and napalm dropped on them by technologically and economically superior enemies, they found a way to keep fighting til they achieved victory
VC were no less brutal than their enemies
Would you make the same comment regarding the German Soldiers in WWII or the innocent victims fire bombed in Dresden?
The Australian army called them ferrets the Americans used tunnel rats
Should’ve never stopped rolling Thunder.
they dropped more bombs on vietnam than WW2 combined
@@grandcanyon-d4d they didn’t drop enough then
It was a war crime by the americans
They built those tunnels in the past, but now, even with Japan's help, they can't build a single underground subway
our sons father n law was there ,thats all i want to say,, he servived , god bless america
I know about the tunnel ratst read many stories beyond brave men with not enough recognition
Imagine crawling into the ground with little to protect yourself it’s dark cramped and full of stuff that wants to kill you yeah that’s what I call a tough guy
I’d get freak out and have the worst anxiety having to go in such a tight underground place glad I’d be to tall of if I had to go there back then 😂
The thumbnail looks like ... " Ernest goes to Nam ! "
What is unthinkable in a war . You kill more of the enemy than they kill you and you win its very simple
USSR lost 27 million, did they lose the war?
9:58 - "...and by the mid one-thousand nine hundred sixty S..." When you hire a robot to do a narrator's job...That would be "mid nineteen sixties" to most humans.