Reenacting the Vietnam War (Part 1/2)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • We went to North Carolina where a group of war vets and history buffs realistically reenact the Vietnam War.
    Over the last 50 years war reenactment has gone from something guys at the Elks Club did on the weekend to get away from their wives to a full-blown obsession among history buffs with enough free time to make the experience as true to life as possible. Along with the increased intensity has come an increased demand for variety. The Vietnam War has typically been forbidden territory, but reenactment groups around the country have begun collecting their rice hats and period-appropriate M16s for pretend skirmishes with fake Viet Cong. Thomas embeds with the Virginia-Carolina Military History Association as they embark on their first tour through Vietnam...in North Carolina.
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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @skiskate15
    @skiskate15 10 лет назад +2719

    His hipster glasses aren't even out of place here.

    • @searay83
      @searay83 6 лет назад +187

      Right! He’s even terrified of the gun shots he’s got it down, terrified look on his face even though he’s in a controlled environment he’s fresh out of Woodstock brother! Peace man yeahhh

    • @AwookieGaming1
      @AwookieGaming1 6 лет назад +44

      well, when you think about it hipster styles have to come from somewhere. And hipsterism is just coopting 40s - 60s styles.

    • @osuna3525
      @osuna3525 5 лет назад +9

      Because nothing on the back of our skin is new under the sun,it's everybody else trying to change with the future that looks funny. It's just that everything just looks *stupid* now. There's a reason that old stuff lingers, it just looked good. the 1980's through 2000's wrecked everything.

    • @blakeschmidt9402
      @blakeschmidt9402 5 лет назад +20

      Woody Allen? Looks more like private Joker from Full Metal Jacket.

    • @xnortheast1106
      @xnortheast1106 5 лет назад

      Samuel L. Jackson no

  • @DARIVSARCHITECTVS
    @DARIVSARCHITECTVS 7 лет назад +143

    I've done WWII reenacting (as a German) for years. It takes a long time after a war is over before reenacting becomes politically acceptable for it. Vietnam war reenactment is just getting started. What makes it sensitive in the US is that we lost that war because of politics and lack of civil support, yet many vets from the war have nothing against it, and even support it because it brings greater awareness of their sacrifice for our country.

  • @kingleonidas6092
    @kingleonidas6092 10 лет назад +1255

    Reenacting the vietnam war aka going into the woods and doing heroin

    • @rucebajer9361
      @rucebajer9361 6 лет назад +32

      Either way, inaccurate or not, this made me laugh.

    • @TooCooFoYou
      @TooCooFoYou 6 лет назад +16

      *LSD

    • @mybad.7164
      @mybad.7164 6 лет назад +3

      King Leonidas best comment here

    • @SassoSkorzeny
      @SassoSkorzeny 5 лет назад +7

      ...and listenin to the doors.

    • @ssrobs2552
      @ssrobs2552 5 лет назад +2

      Sounds fun, where do I sign up?

  • @navajanoir68
    @navajanoir68 7 лет назад +151

    Anyone else getting American Dad flashbacks?

    • @thelogfather3587
      @thelogfather3587 5 лет назад +3

      Señor Unibrows I got Post Reinaction Stress Disorder already

    • @chiimumango3979
      @chiimumango3979 3 года назад +3

      @@thelogfather3587 do you mean:
      Post Traumatic War Reenactment Stress Disorder

    • @oiuii
      @oiuii 3 года назад +2

      Huey golf carts

    • @chiimumango3979
      @chiimumango3979 3 года назад +1

      @@oiuii lol 😂😂😂

  • @Cmdrduo02us
    @Cmdrduo02us 9 лет назад +106

    Reenactments I think is a way of respectfully showing those who are alive from past real life events that we do appreciate what they did, to remember and honor the sacrifices of many.

  • @Kodiak40oz
    @Kodiak40oz 9 лет назад +498

    Did that guy in the beginning really just say that these guys were out there for 40 or 50 days in the SNOW? When the fuck did it snow in Nam?

    • @Remvin4
      @Remvin4 9 лет назад +63

      Andrew Tobias he must have been thinking of korea but still, LOL !

    • @xtc601x
      @xtc601x 9 лет назад +45

      Andrew Tobias im pretty sure he hasnt strictly reenacted only the vietnam war. He probably reenacted the world wars too

    • @sammaxwell8362
      @sammaxwell8362 9 лет назад +22

      Andrew Tobias Up in the highlands during the winter.

    • @dangaxel1867
      @dangaxel1867 9 лет назад +3

      Sam Maxwell true

    • @maxcobra125
      @maxcobra125 9 лет назад +9

      Andrew Tobias He didn't say anything about vietnam.

  • @ayyblyat9450
    @ayyblyat9450 9 лет назад +490

    2:59 snow in Vietnam. SEEMS LEGIT

    • @maxcobra125
      @maxcobra125 9 лет назад +46

      Gabba Shanking He didn't say anything about being in vietnam....

    • @EzraMerr
      @EzraMerr 8 лет назад +7

      My wife went to SaPa for her birthday and she saw snow

    • @ibrahimberen7291
      @ibrahimberen7291 7 лет назад +1

      Read desc idiot

    • @patrickmay7038
      @patrickmay7038 7 лет назад +24

      I does actually snow in Vietnam from time to time. Up in the mountains it can.

    • @bertoliniduce
      @bertoliniduce 7 лет назад +18

      there is snow in vietnam ya know. i have been to some moantains and there is snow.
      ps sorry for bad english

  • @MinecraftCreeper909
    @MinecraftCreeper909 7 лет назад +22

    I don't know why it says it wrong to reenact this I reenact WWII and know one says thats wrong. Reenacting is showing respect to the men who fought and keeping history alive so its not forgotten.

    • @micksquizzy
      @micksquizzy 7 лет назад +1

      What unit are you with?

    • @legacysucks7781
      @legacysucks7781 2 года назад +2

      well vice also said that ww2 reenacting makes you a nazi they might just be biased

    • @Railhog2102
      @Railhog2102 Год назад +1

      Actually combat in Vietnam wasn't as bad like World War II, Battles in that war were far more devastating due to the total scale of warfare like D Day and the Battle Of The Bulge

  • @Darkshade0115
    @Darkshade0115 10 лет назад +193

    Tropic Thunder did a better job than these guys

  • @sammaxwell8362
    @sammaxwell8362 9 лет назад +24

    YOU WEREN'T THERE MAN!!!

  • @BloomingBlueClayon
    @BloomingBlueClayon 6 лет назад +2

    My Grandpa fought in the Vietnam war. In his last year, he became blind, deaf and lost 1 of his leg. War is hell.

  • @Jibriltz
    @Jibriltz 6 лет назад +79

    I find the stuff Vice reports on to be really interesting but the way they go about is very juvenile. The 'journalists' seem to mostly be 20 - something, upper-middle class and almost always have some sort of half-concealed sneering tone. To me, it's written mostly by quasi-hipster, young, New Yorkers for quasi-hipster, young, New Yorkers who like to think that they know more about the world than other people because they have one friend from Europe or they once went on holiday to Japan. It's attitudes like this and the condescension towards people they perceive to be less educated that Vice so proudly shows off that makes many Americans hate the so-called "liberal media". To be NBC news, the BBC and CNN are not liberal media - but Vice is, and in the worst way. If they could try to be a bit more respectful a bit more impartial rather than constantly do these reports with this half-hidden sneer then they would be much better merely for the subjects they choose to look into. Look people in the eye, not down your nose.

    • @cquig2691
      @cquig2691 6 лет назад +7

      I enjoy how you politely expressed your opinion. Thank you

    • @sentientarugula2884
      @sentientarugula2884 4 года назад +2

      cnn is more liberal than vice let's be real here. vice also improved over the past decade.

    • @stansmith4599
      @stansmith4599 4 года назад

      @@sentientarugula2884 yeah I was about to say I love vice ad their documentaries

    • @sentientarugula2884
      @sentientarugula2884 4 года назад

      @@stansmith4599 yeah

  • @jesselopez9127
    @jesselopez9127 7 лет назад +424

    My grandpa fought in the Vietnam war

    • @longdang1119
      @longdang1119 7 лет назад +57

      Jesse Lopez my granpa fought at the other side

    • @lebowski3520
      @lebowski3520 7 лет назад +30

      tell your grandpa that some irelevant kid on the internet says thx for da service

    • @fernandotemer9757
      @fernandotemer9757 7 лет назад +7

      How does it feel being at the winning side?

    • @monkeyroborock3242
      @monkeyroborock3242 7 лет назад +1

      Jesse Lopez ok

    • @nickbailiff575
      @nickbailiff575 7 лет назад +1

      same. green berets

  • @codybuchanan6466
    @codybuchanan6466 7 лет назад +54

    this is what airsoft is for

    • @troubleinbound
      @troubleinbound 7 лет назад +15

      Cody Buchanan I like the idea of blanks and airsoft being used in conjunction. I.E. milsim west.

    • @sippou98
      @sippou98 6 лет назад +2

      Big question, what's the different between Milsim and re-enactment

    • @cciaran4292
      @cciaran4292 6 лет назад +10

      @Nick Arnold I think reenactments...might be full of pussies...who want to play army...

    • @ourBrainF00D
      @ourBrainF00D 5 лет назад

      Lol. Airsoft isn't good for anything, dude.

    • @rnrailproductions5049
      @rnrailproductions5049 5 лет назад +2

      Ciaran Butterly You literally have a fuck load of veterans (former real soldiers) doing this.

  • @Prideofthepacific808
    @Prideofthepacific808 7 лет назад +29

    I'm pretty confused on how exactly you know when you die

    • @AndonEXE
      @AndonEXE 7 лет назад

      Masao2k Same I don't understand that either

    • @troubleinbound
      @troubleinbound 7 лет назад +12

      Masao2k It'll make a huge ass *SNAP* when you're fried at. I spent a bit of time at a similar event called Milsim West. It's an honor system thing, you go down if you think you got tagged or if you need a break.
      I did the latter a lot.

    • @revdaddy6934
      @revdaddy6934 6 лет назад +1

      Masao2k you know how? Fall and scream...

    • @Tfichtenbaum
      @Tfichtenbaum 6 лет назад

      Masao2k I was told the people that get together discuss things before hand about who gets "shot" ect

    • @thatdudewelove8498
      @thatdudewelove8498 6 лет назад +1

      its pretty choreographed. Theres lots of planning and discussion before the reenactment. It boils down to whichever side is supposed to win or lose, obviously on the losing side you're supposed to die. There are also officers that kinda act like referees and they can give the order when you're supposed to die.

  • @dmac2899
    @dmac2899 4 года назад +1

    I honestly don't like watching reenactors smile the whole time, I know, it's awesome, but in war I can't imagine a bunch of soldiers walking around smiling like they are playing some battlefield 3 for the first time.

  • @Doan84
    @Doan84 9 лет назад +48

    9:20
    why the hell does he not want them being filmed taking a break?

    • @MCWren
      @MCWren 9 лет назад +14

      He doesn't realize that they are filming it to show behind the scenes

    • @ColtComanche
      @ColtComanche 9 лет назад +10

      Yeah, he thought he was doing things in character.

    • @AT_Diving
      @AT_Diving 8 лет назад +6

      +Doan08 during the "brakes" they reenacting what they did in nam during battle brakes (drugs, rape, torture, etc.)

    • @Boatsnhoes420
      @Boatsnhoes420 8 лет назад +8

      +Doan08 They had non-period food out just so they could have a break and get some chow. It wouldn't of looked good for his documentary that he tried to make look authentic.

    • @Luuk344
      @Luuk344 8 лет назад +3

      +Doan08 Cus theyre eating fast food and reenactors should never act out of period

  • @andrewtristan4048
    @andrewtristan4048 7 лет назад +11

    Vietnam ASMR Edition

  • @RubberDuck_116
    @RubberDuck_116 6 лет назад +2

    What happens when an old man in the middle of battle has PTSD and starts snapping the Enemy team's necks?

  • @zanaduz2018
    @zanaduz2018 3 года назад +2

    At some point I expect that there's going to be Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom and Freedom's Sentinel reenactments...

  • @rucebajer9361
    @rucebajer9361 6 лет назад +1

    Me and my friends would rather be the VC. I have a friend from Thailand and another from Vietnam. She knows Vietnamese too so it would be great.

  • @sano6908
    @sano6908 7 лет назад +30

    "America's first defeat" someone obviously doesn't know simple history

    • @absoluteomnipotent4645
      @absoluteomnipotent4645 6 лет назад +7

      Caleb Seals 1812

    • @bakist5540
      @bakist5540 5 лет назад

      @@absoluteomnipotent4645 1812 was a tie

    • @joeypresnar9905
      @joeypresnar9905 5 лет назад

      Joey LaRose the good side of America won so it’s basically a win expect for the 800,000 dead.

    • @overcastandhaze
      @overcastandhaze 5 лет назад

      They forgot we actually lost the White House?

    • @HughGRekshin
      @HughGRekshin 5 лет назад

      Phil Swift way to be a brain dead sheep who knows nothing of the full picture of history and only spews out the vomit that you heard someone else spew out.

  • @johnnyguitar108
    @johnnyguitar108 7 лет назад +72

    This host is the worst.

    • @younissumaling8744
      @younissumaling8744 5 лет назад +2

      yeah dosent feel like vietnam too

    • @will6312
      @will6312 3 года назад

      @@younissumaling8744 how are u blaming it on the host when the American reenactors arent even dying when they should half the time.

  • @Madman-bb2nc
    @Madman-bb2nc 3 года назад +1

    "GI Affect" takes a whole meaning to
    "I SHOT YOU"
    "No you didnt"

  • @henryspadt6160
    @henryspadt6160 Год назад +1

    As a Vietnam reenactor these guys look terrible and act like fools and that is what is disrespectful to veterans when you don’t even represent them correctly

  • @Antifaith29
    @Antifaith29 10 лет назад +5

    It wasn't just the US in Vietnam. My father is an Aussie Vietnam Veteran.

    • @boomer1018
      @boomer1018 10 лет назад

      so, what's your point?

    • @Antifaith29
      @Antifaith29 10 лет назад +5

      chiricahua apache
      My point is fairly evident in my post. If you're too stupid to see it then I can't help you.

    • @boomer1018
      @boomer1018 10 лет назад

      It's apparent that you're trying to express some kind of disdain towards the American Vietnam Veterans, but are too simple to put into proper context. Perhaps you should give some thought to your choice of words, especially when you don't have any idea of who you are conversing with... what's the matter, that smoke getting to your little aussier head? BWAHHHHH!!

    • @boomer1018
      @boomer1018 10 лет назад +1

      Furthermore, I didn't see any of Aussies in the wars we fought in Central America, Somalia, Grenada, Panama, PI Kuwait or otherwise, so get your facts straight before making an ass yourself. I'm sure your fellow countrymen wouldn't appreciate it. What are you 25 years old? hahah!

    • @Antifaith29
      @Antifaith29 10 лет назад

      chiricahua apache
      Australian Combat Engineer, Started as a LAV crewman. 9 years service, 22 months in Afghanistan. Oh, and looking at your comment history, I'd guess your full of shit but hey.. what does it matter. I'm on the wrong side of 40, champ. Don't know who you think you're calling a " little punk" You over reacted, it's as simple as that. I started that it wasnt just the US in vietnam and you flew off the handle. I would guess that anyone with any real combat experience would be a little bit more relaxed in these kinds of situations, learn to assess a situation before reacting. But hey, that's just what I was taught. Perhaps your " special forces" training taught you differently.
      7 Brigade, 6RAR d coy ( originally) FOB Tarin Kowt as force protection for MTF-1 in 2010.
      I suggest you use some of that " special forces" training you went through while I was swimming around in my fathers nutsack to assess the situation, understand that you've completely over reacted, made a mountain out of a molehill and basically, made a fuck-head of yourself.
      Thanks for the laugh, Champ.
      Btw, you're the only SF guy ive ever seen commenting on SF videos making a " who's the best" list.
      Most the SF guys I ever saw or on occasion worked with wouldnt have bothered but hey, guess you're the new SF kinda guy eh? RUclips RGT?

  • @damm1t_b0bby
    @damm1t_b0bby 3 года назад

    Rising Storm 2 Vietnam does a better job of reenacting the Vietnam War than an actual IRL reenactment

  • @dannytran7847
    @dannytran7847 7 лет назад +1

    I would join the Vietcong in the reenactment and talk vietnames so everyone would feel like a good ole Vietnam role play

  • @ryanoberst7481
    @ryanoberst7481 4 года назад

    Same with the swamps n delta in Louisiana. My old man was 199 LIB On a hunterkiller team recon. from 68-70. I went to Louisiana aka tigerland and everything he said was right. That’s where they sent infantry man before they got shipped to Nam. I also went hiking and camping in the jungles In Vietnam 4 years ago after my dads death from agent orange. There’s nothing like the real thing rats the size of dogs crazy snakes hug bugs very spooky like the ghosts still walk the landscape.. It had to of been hell fighting in that kinda environment. His unit of 8 men would go into the jungle for 30-40 days on patrol then come back to base for 2 or 3 day R&R freshen up then head back into the field. There is actually a book written about my father and his buddy’s when they were over there. I respect all vets but I have a special place in my heart for Vietnam vets. Best of the best. 199th OLD GUARD!!!!!

  • @nova1726
    @nova1726 6 лет назад

    there's no snow in Vietnam, it only snows in the highest mountain you can find on Vietnam

  • @GB58389
    @GB58389 6 лет назад

    To the people hating on him for being scared of blanks, they are loud. also considering hes never been around them and isnt used to them he has a point

  • @grammarnazi8930
    @grammarnazi8930 5 лет назад

    *_When you are trying to sleep in the jungle but the bushes start speaking Vietnamese._*

  • @perfectfan2006
    @perfectfan2006 9 лет назад +40

    why does this guy always have a condescending tone in his voice about men just being men. did he really say there were no real battles in naam omg. i would love to see him say that at the local vfw at closing time or around a group of bikers. he would know about being terrified alright.lol

    • @Tjlax03
      @Tjlax03 9 лет назад +17

      He's talking about how there weren't large scale "traditional" types of battles (Like the Battle of the Bulge). He's not discounting what our soldiers did in Vietnam, just explaining what went on there

    • @Brabus8297
      @Brabus8297 9 лет назад +7

      +Marie Miller its called being a hipster, they judge people, it's what they do

    • @tylerclark7817
      @tylerclark7817 8 лет назад +3

      +Jonathan chi-chi Very wrong. There was La Drang, Hue, Saigon, etc etc. There were many large scale battles in Vietnam.

    • @addisonq7759
      @addisonq7759 8 лет назад

      +Jonathan chi-chi I guess it's not a battle but the tet offensive

    • @ourBrainF00D
      @ourBrainF00D 5 лет назад

      He'd get PTSD from basic training

  • @dennispugh3036
    @dennispugh3036 3 года назад

    Lol imagine both teams argue back and forth on who’s dead and who’s not dead 😂

  • @pignipples3307
    @pignipples3307 5 лет назад

    No reenactment will ever be like Vietnam

  • @manican4620
    @manican4620 5 лет назад

    It’s all fun and games until someone brings a real gun with real bullets. What’s the safety precautions for these re-enactments?

  • @MarcusRomeroProductions
    @MarcusRomeroProductions 4 года назад

    I have Vietnam War toy soldiers in 54mm (1/32 scale).
    This is very interesting, to say the least.

  • @LoserBroProductions
    @LoserBroProductions 9 лет назад +3

    I thought a Vietnam reenactment was just something American Dad made up.

    • @thedivine5897
      @thedivine5897 8 лет назад +1

      +Loser Bro Productions What? Reenactments are a common thing, same with Vietnam. Neither is just something from some tv show. There are reenactments for lots of different things.

  • @raysnyder7512
    @raysnyder7512 4 года назад +4

    As a Marine veteran that spent two years in Vietnam I find this insulting to my dead friends sacrifice. It wasn't a fucking game it was blood and guts war with endless fear and to play this as a game years my heart apart. You'll NEVER pretend fear and death. It was a heartless and savage example of brutality of what men are capable of. Some died some went crazy and some came home traumatized and met at home with people spitting at you. I hope you never have to go to war. It's not something to be glorified.

  • @danielhoule8421
    @danielhoule8421 7 лет назад +1

    This seems really fun to do, I don’t know why

  • @bhick3572
    @bhick3572 8 лет назад +3

    Nam was hell

  • @blueracer66
    @blueracer66 5 лет назад

    This is why I used to follow you on Facebook. I love videos like this!

  • @darthzane8446
    @darthzane8446 8 лет назад +37

    He's wrong at the beginning... our first defeat... he'll no we didn't lose vietnam... we withdrew due to the president afraid of riots back home in protest of the war... don't ever say we lost we didnt...

    • @LoyaLObey
      @LoyaLObey 8 лет назад +39

      Face it you can't win every war.

    • @darthzane8446
      @darthzane8446 8 лет назад +8

      No man he's wrong. you can't win every war no... but America never lost vietnam we were in fact winning before being dragged out

    • @darthzane8446
      @darthzane8446 8 лет назад +2

      +StephenMorgan7 nah dude... we had withdrawn already. south vietnam just got massacred after we left

    • @maxdeem4722
      @maxdeem4722 8 лет назад +1

      Actually if you think about it Vietnam was loosing immensely but they kept fighting due to the fact it was their country. If we would've continued we would've lost a lot of people but with drafting and such it wouldn't have been enough to lose. Although I am heavily against this war due to america killing many innocents had it continued the numbers would've just dropped and picked up for America while only dropping for Vietnam.

    • @maxdeem4722
      @maxdeem4722 8 лет назад

      But with that said we America did suffer heavily (sorry couldn't edit original comment so added another)

  • @rouch7219
    @rouch7219 6 лет назад

    I wonder if people back in the 18th century ever reenacted medieval battles or something. Or maybe medieval people reenacting the Punic wars.

    • @USSChicago-pl2fq
      @USSChicago-pl2fq 3 года назад +1

      The romans first did mock naval battles in the colosseum which is considered to be the first reenactment

  • @anthonybohnet4576
    @anthonybohnet4576 6 лет назад

    i love how he says: were in a bunker in vietnam in north carolina

  • @martinrodriquez3304
    @martinrodriquez3304 6 лет назад

    “There weren’t really battles” ok so what about Ia drang? Hamburger hill? “Hue city? Khe sahn??

  • @thenorthwestpassage2880
    @thenorthwestpassage2880 5 лет назад

    Reenacting loosing to rice farmers shouldn’t be to hard to do

  • @DonPeyote420
    @DonPeyote420 4 года назад

    I think he was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, the Jungian thing.

  • @richherrera1650
    @richherrera1650 3 года назад

    It's a little-known fact that agent orange was extremely high in calories.

  • @raykepler7881
    @raykepler7881 4 года назад

    My grandpa who was a door gunner saw this and said it was disrespectful for some reason

  • @Will-ln8du
    @Will-ln8du 7 лет назад

    "40-50 days in the snow" yup, sounds just like my cousin talking about black ops zombies. ;)

  • @JMMS1952
    @JMMS1952 3 года назад

    “VC here now, you come back later!”

  • @civilprotectionunit8145
    @civilprotectionunit8145 3 года назад +1

    Oh god war criminals, lol +points for realism, also how do you know if you're hit?

  • @searay83
    @searay83 6 лет назад

    Damn brother you went hard core hippy! Got the glasses, terrified look on your face when you hear gunshots even though you know you’re in a controlled environment, complaining about the guns, skinny jeans ect.
    But you should be wearing bellbottoms I’m sure you could find those at a thrift store. But my question is was he reenacting or is he like that in every day life?

  • @arx3516
    @arx3516 6 лет назад

    do they role play the whole time of the reenactment? Like playng an hypothetical guy from the 60's talking about stuff of the 60's?

  • @nositadewi5705
    @nositadewi5705 5 лет назад

    This glasses man look like captain America before he gets the serums

  • @jamesnoonan7450
    @jamesnoonan7450 3 года назад

    Sort of feel this makes a mockery of war, but hey what do I know.

  • @roberttosa2560
    @roberttosa2560 3 месяца назад

    There weren’t actually any battles in Vietnam? He may want to read up on that subject a little bit.

  • @leroybrown1580
    @leroybrown1580 4 года назад

    Methinks that the troops in VN must´ve been much more trim and slim.

  • @melonkat4703
    @melonkat4703 3 года назад

    There is the trees!!! Flack Napalm on it??!?!!

  • @isaacstevens473
    @isaacstevens473 4 года назад

    I think I saw the similar thing from American Dad, when Steve was in a Vietnam War reenactment

  • @ХлояМарш-щ7ы
    @ХлояМарш-щ7ы 6 лет назад

    All those modern rifles that the Americans using just scream Farb.

  • @CA-fh3no
    @CA-fh3no 9 лет назад

    Vietnam was krazy ass fuck so im glad that they made the reenactment krazy ass fuck

  • @bryanlee7413
    @bryanlee7413 6 лет назад

    This makes no sense. How do you know when you are dead? This would go forever. No one would acknowledge shit. Just play airsoft. You know when you are hit, and if you don’t want to call it, they’ll keep on shooting at you.

  • @Sparkl1ngwater989
    @Sparkl1ngwater989 Год назад

    3:33 not really, the vietcong were just average freedom fighters, some are minors while most arent, and Uncle Ho didnt go to schools and asked children if they would take part in the rebellion

  • @danbanks7930
    @danbanks7930 6 лет назад

    tropic thunder #2 .. four leaf's back baby

  • @dragnar0512
    @dragnar0512 Год назад +1

    ive never seen peter griffin in vietnam

  • @alexanderkruse5715
    @alexanderkruse5715 3 года назад +1

    the dudes reinacting comitting war crimes. LMAO.

  • @claychandler3468
    @claychandler3468 2 года назад

    This was a painful time people like to forget. Why reenact this conflict ?

    • @jen1782
      @jen1782 2 года назад +1

      Hobby for fun

    • @jen1782
      @jen1782 2 года назад +1

      If it’s fun, someone will do it

  • @selfimaged
    @selfimaged 4 года назад

    Reminds me of that American dad episode when they re-enacted the Vietnam war

  • @pandalgaming6644
    @pandalgaming6644 8 лет назад +1

    I want to play airsoft at night in the woods, I'd where a gillie suit and night vision, seems so fun

    • @hydrated9291
      @hydrated9291 8 лет назад

      +Nick Purvis except the bugs and animals, but that makes it all the more realistic, right?

    • @Kvbagraj
      @Kvbagraj 7 лет назад

      Good luck with getting NV goggles, shit's expensive. I think NV scopes are cheaper, tho, using one instead could be a good idea

  • @edmartin1644
    @edmartin1644 9 лет назад

    IT'S REAL LIFE UPHAM FROM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @UNFUKMEE11
    @UNFUKMEE11 8 лет назад

    THE VIETNAM WAR WAS CHINESO-AMERICAN WAR
    170.000 CHINESE SOLDIERS FOUGHT AGAINST THE BRITTANO-AMERICAN ARMY

    • @UNFUKMEE11
      @UNFUKMEE11 8 лет назад

      THE SEMI-BROWN EAST ASIANS HAVE ''Indo''- CHINESE ORIGIN .
      THE SINGAPORE MALAYSIA BRUNEI CAMBODIA INDONESIA THAILAND VIETNAM BURMA PHILIPPINES AND LAOS ARE CHINESE TERRITORIES

    • @UNFUKMEE11
      @UNFUKMEE11 8 лет назад

      ***** SHUT UP

    • @UNFUKMEE11
      @UNFUKMEE11 8 лет назад

      CHINA AND INDIA ARE FRIENDS .
      THE CHINA NEEDS AGRESSIVE POLICY AGAINST THE USA

  • @rafputin4659
    @rafputin4659 3 года назад

    1:20 wait, does Philippine-American War counts as one of the FIRST US loss?

  • @aviewbot2332
    @aviewbot2332 6 лет назад

    **FORTUNATE SON'S INTENSIFIES**

  • @manillamilkm2816
    @manillamilkm2816 6 лет назад +1

    4:22 cavalry*

  • @excier6074
    @excier6074 6 лет назад

    "so uh... We just witnessed a war crime."

  • @yungtsahrofficial5501
    @yungtsahrofficial5501 6 лет назад

    Would love to do this

  • @mrdrebin123
    @mrdrebin123 6 лет назад

    With long sleeves and.. Vests instead of bandolier.. This Reenacting has already failed..

  • @apax2901
    @apax2901 Год назад +1

    4/10 lacks CCR and War Crimes

  • @angrydoge1466
    @angrydoge1466 6 лет назад +1

    I reenact WWII and the Veitnam war

  • @ronanbarnes623
    @ronanbarnes623 6 лет назад

    it wasn't a military loss it was a political loss

  • @gobigod
    @gobigod 3 года назад

    Unrealistic, not enough heroin and war crimes

  • @Sheriffwoodie860
    @Sheriffwoodie860 6 лет назад

    Period accurate eating would be dope

  • @maxsiqueira666
    @maxsiqueira666 4 года назад +2

    war reenactment is the most stupid tradition created. Its like create 9/11 reenactment 🤷

    • @SpringfieldProductions
      @SpringfieldProductions 4 года назад +3

      Max Siqueira no it’s not you idiot

    • @209.46
      @209.46 4 года назад

      Learn how to spell first “it’s like create”

  • @notmyname33
    @notmyname33 9 лет назад +450

    One of my high-school teachers was in Vietnam in a Special Forces unit. Based on his description the reenactment should be walking around for weeks bored out of your mind, then suddenly 3 guys get killed, then walk around bored for a month.

    • @MCWren
      @MCWren 9 лет назад +20

      Not everyone has the same experience

    • @billnyethespy3641
      @billnyethespy3641 Год назад +7

      @@MCWren most people had this experience

    • @EspeciallyBadAtMath
      @EspeciallyBadAtMath 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@billnyethespy3641 Wrong

    • @AaronSchumannEditz
      @AaronSchumannEditz 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@EspeciallyBadAtMathyes and no

    • @balla_icee8145
      @balla_icee8145 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@billnyethespy3641how is that true I’ve heard so many stories from vets saying they had contact every day like we did in Afghanistan

  • @rexcristallospada6496
    @rexcristallospada6496 7 лет назад +2454

    In my jrotc our SGT major was a Vietnam veteran, he would always joke about getting flash back. "I don't want none of you Asian fellas sneaking up on me anymore, I might get a nam flash back"

    • @theproswaginist8293
      @theproswaginist8293 6 лет назад +24

      Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 haha

    • @travismeta3727
      @travismeta3727 6 лет назад +65

      Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 What a great guy, at least he doesn’t take the war seriously.

    • @korbens.8960
      @korbens.8960 6 лет назад +13

      Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 reminds me of my JROTC CSM. 😂 Good old CSM Nelson! 🇺🇸

    • @Truck_person
      @Truck_person 6 лет назад +10

      Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 rotc sucks tho

    • @ElijahJenkins2196
      @ElijahJenkins2196 6 лет назад +15

      Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 you lost me at JROTC 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @sreesanthsasidharan3841
    @sreesanthsasidharan3841 6 лет назад +1159

    "pine cones are grenades!!"

  • @cptromero5595
    @cptromero5595 10 лет назад +2308

    Vietnam war reenacting should be in florida, it provides more realism.

    • @fldinosaur
      @fldinosaur 10 лет назад +86

      except there's no hills!

    • @cptromero5595
      @cptromero5595 10 лет назад +145

      the weather and all that jungle and palm trees make it somewhat real

    • @fatazz3306
      @fatazz3306 10 лет назад +9

      romeo5-5 your a dumbass

    • @cptromero5595
      @cptromero5595 10 лет назад +58

      your a penis.

    • @fatazz3306
      @fatazz3306 10 лет назад +10

      romeo5-5 lmfao xD

  • @thefather2666
    @thefather2666 4 года назад +380

    Imagine that there’s that one rich guy who rolls up in a UH-1 Huey gunship

    • @pjhudson5344
      @pjhudson5344 3 года назад +3

      muahaha thats classic

    • @thecobra1143
      @thecobra1143 3 года назад +3

      Or a bronco... the A10s smaller father(it can land in fields and on roads thankfully

    • @dedsec6072
      @dedsec6072 3 года назад

      Or an F5 full of napalm

    • @dersoldat1456
      @dersoldat1456 3 года назад +4

      my reenactment unit has a Huey, its fun af to ride in

    • @RadCatholicGamer8978
      @RadCatholicGamer8978 2 года назад

      Lol its not an airsoft battle

  • @MrAzrancher
    @MrAzrancher 9 лет назад +1858

    Want the feel of "Vietnam"??? Go to Florida in summertime where it's 100% humidity and hot-wet. Find the most screwed up overgrown weedpatch you can, one that's full of bugs, mesquito's etc. then run around in circles until your about to pass out then sit and wait patiently for hours. Then get up and run around in circles again. repeat over and over while carrying a huge pack until nothing makes any sense anymore and every inch of your body is chafed and bitten. Then your a grunt in Vietnam. OR re-enact air force in Vietnam just go sit in front of a window A/C unit on high and bitch about no ice cream at chow.....haha :)

    • @MrAzrancher
      @MrAzrancher 9 лет назад +208

      bufgal34 It was my memories of Vietnam (mainly con thien and the areas around Da Nang) which were reflected in my comment. I applaud your devotion and admiration to your Grandfather......but you obviously have neglected any service to your country yourself or you would have a better understanding of good natured inner service rivalry. So my recommendation is to unbunch your panties kick off the sandals and sip a little more kool aid and relax until you learn a little bit more about things you know nothing about. :)

    • @MrAzrancher
      @MrAzrancher 9 лет назад +91

      bufgal34 No offense taken, you are a credit to your realtions and I could use a few grandkids like you in my family. Tell your Grandfather many thanks from an old jarhead....the USAF saved my bacon on many a rough time......GOD Bless !!!

    • @dangaxel1867
      @dangaxel1867 9 лет назад +18

      MrAzrancher Na, just go to vietnam, easiest way.

    • @MrAzrancher
      @MrAzrancher 9 лет назад +38

      Dang Axel LOL, not so sure, maybe today if you fly commercial. My govt trip was nothing but problems. San Fransisco to Japan, Japan to guam, guam to Saigon. Land in Ton Son Nhut and sit on hot plane with no air for an hour before they figure out where to unload you. Fly to DaNang but land in Pleiku instead, wait days for air trans to Da Nang, arrive in Da Nang get yelled at for being late and not arriving days earlier........wait for in country uniforms only to be told we should have gotten them in Saigon at in country processing......then some hot sleepless nights on cots napping and pulling security duty only to be flown to a rat hole on the DMZ which would make a garbage dump look like a 5 star hotel.........That's what I get when I let Uncle Sam plan by overseas vacations. :) But I wouldn't have changed a thing.....Semper Fi !!!!

    • @jacobrosenthal263
      @jacobrosenthal263 9 лет назад +7

      +MrAzrancher So true I live in florida, Yep so correct.

  • @carterburkhart4336
    @carterburkhart4336 9 лет назад +967

    Thomas looks a lot like Pvt. Joker from Full Metal Jacket.

  • @abrohamo-el-linco1803
    @abrohamo-el-linco1803 6 лет назад +659

    This reporter seems so disinterested, it makes it hard to watch.

    • @Pointblankmos
      @Pointblankmos 6 лет назад +78

      it makes it feel way more authentic to me

    • @26wessex84
      @26wessex84 6 лет назад +41

      I must be hard to show interest in a group of delusional retards playing soldier.

    • @TheCol111
      @TheCol111 6 лет назад +170

      >people having fun is being retarded
      ok this is epic

    • @rnrailproductions5049
      @rnrailproductions5049 5 лет назад +49

      Grubber Jt this is better than having them play fucking video games all day, hell I’d encourage teenagers to do this more than video games...

    • @ihadadogonce
      @ihadadogonce 5 лет назад +24

      That's a Vice reporter for you.

  • @bobbywasabi4685
    @bobbywasabi4685 8 лет назад +875

    They're not a slap in the face to other vets. It's a symbol of respect and honor. Dedicating that memory to them. The people doing this are paying they're respects to the air men, navy, marines, and soldiers who gave they're lives at different parts of time. But still, they're memories are preserved throughout the ages by the remembers de of people. They're just remembering in a different way. But at least they're honoring these people.

    • @Soulrollsdeep
      @Soulrollsdeep 4 года назад +18

      They're - 'they are'
      Their - ownership, used in a title, etc
      There - place, etc
      C'mon dude, it's not that difficult.

    • @Coleyjp0716
      @Coleyjp0716 4 года назад +76

      hypercatjohn it's also not English class no one cares

    • @kaiser6945
      @kaiser6945 4 года назад +21

      @@Soulrollsdeep dont be a petty asshole it's not 7th grade English it's a damn youtube comment

    • @ahuman2695
      @ahuman2695 4 года назад +3

      @@kaiser6945 he should at least know the difference

    • @dontclickmychannel2466
      @dontclickmychannel2466 4 года назад +4

      hypercatjohn go f***k ur self nerd

  • @Designandrew
    @Designandrew 9 лет назад +439

    literally the worst war reporter ever

    • @hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081
      @hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081 5 лет назад +32

      Not even a fucking war.

    • @bboc920
      @bboc920 5 лет назад +54

      no hes not, i was in iraq and afgan, hes just like the ones we had with us, there not soldiers they dont know what there doing in real life either.

    • @hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081
      @hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081 5 лет назад +2

      @@bboc920 What branch were you in?

    • @generalape3965
      @generalape3965 5 лет назад +14

      @@hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081 he was the at the recruit office as a janitor
      jk it's a joke

    • @tordropzz2828
      @tordropzz2828 4 года назад +28

      You think this guy was bad? Don’t bother watching the Nazi re-enactment video.

  • @Pancakemarrige123
    @Pancakemarrige123 10 лет назад +99

    Saying reenacting is bad is the say as saying dont play military shooting games. It is all just for fun!

    • @CptSaveAHoe.
      @CptSaveAHoe. 10 лет назад

      hello brother

    • @LordWellington15
      @LordWellington15 10 лет назад

      Majestic_Dinkle_Farts
      lol

    • @Kvbagraj
      @Kvbagraj 7 лет назад +10

      Actually, historical reenactment's purpose is more educational, it's to show people how it all looked close-up. It being fun is just a nice bonus :v

    • @mrmundyyy
      @mrmundyyy 7 лет назад

      In all my life I've never come across anybody that reenacts because they want to educate people who just stroll by because they like the loud explosions.

    • @Kvbagraj
      @Kvbagraj 7 лет назад +3

      +Mr Mundy
      Well, now you have. When I reenact and some people that came just for the tanks/explosions come up to me and start asking questions, it's the best feeling ever. The feeling that all my hard work wasn't a waste, that I taught them something, maybe even interested them in history. It's not just for fun, you don't do it to "play war". Reenactment is a way of showing the gruesome reality of war and teaching people history and respect to the ones that sacrificed their lives on the altar of war, so we could live peacefully.

  • @Rangerlo79
    @Rangerlo79 10 лет назад +412

    One thing I've never understood about these reenactments, how do you know when you get killed? How does a person tell the difference between a fatal shot, a grazing shot, and a complete miss?
    It's a bit like playing dodgeball without the balls, wouldn't you say?

    • @thetonphi
      @thetonphi 10 лет назад +58

      i have asked my self exactly the same question. :D

    • @namreenactor1634
      @namreenactor1634 10 лет назад +122

      I think i may answer your question when you reenact and your getting shot at you can choose if you die or not you can choose weather it be fatal or not. Unless you clearly get killed and you be a jerk and not die.

    • @RavenCaptain1830
      @RavenCaptain1830 10 лет назад +124

      I do World War II reenacting and I will tell you, it's always a little sketchy how you "die" because, unless you are doing airsoft there are no projectile involved (thank God)...most military reenactors use blank firing firearms much like extras in a war movie...you can tell you are "hit" if you see a full-circle muzzle flash...you can also usually tell if somebody is aiming at you...of course, as in airsoft, there are always individuals who refuse to "take their hits"...as blanks are inherently dangerous due to the pressure wave created, a good rule of thumb is never to fire directly at somebody if they are within a 30-50 ft range...

    • @Kvbagraj
      @Kvbagraj 7 лет назад +52

      WW2 here aswell
      There is a pretty big difference between a blank fired in your direction and your direction. You can almost always tell when you get shot, the sound of the gun firing aimed at you is way louder. There also is the strategy "when out of ammo, die". Basically when you fire your last blank, run to some other position or just expose yourself and when you hear an enemy shoot in your direction, fall

    • @jbowers895
      @jbowers895 7 лет назад +23

      Nolan Shay I did civil war reenacting as a kid and most of the time you died when you got tired or ran outa ammo other times just when u felt like it....normally theres not to many people in the battle so to make it last longer not very many die till the end.....bigger events with alot of soldiers will tell u ahead of times when and were to die though

  • @DaWanderr
    @DaWanderr 9 лет назад +76

    vc eat now you come back later
    they got a pizza

  • @bigge1495
    @bigge1495 10 лет назад +320

    VC eat now, you come back later lol.

    • @tomservo5347
      @tomservo5347 7 лет назад +4

      LMAO I thought that was hilarious also. "Pizza's here!"

    •  5 лет назад +1

      @@YellowHouseOnAHill USA EAT SPERM

  • @rock_believer9569
    @rock_believer9569 5 лет назад +142

    I really hope that dude got fired for the crap job he did with the interviews.

    • @breakfastline
      @breakfastline 3 года назад +2

      Harsh

    • @SFxTAGG3
      @SFxTAGG3 3 года назад +15

      It's Vice. He got promoted.

    • @VeryGemmy
      @VeryGemmy 3 года назад +2

      Par for the course for vise