I’m a retired 11H/11B and proudly served 6 1/2 years in D co. 2/502 INF, 101st ABN (1985-93). In the Bn HQ by the staff duty desk there’s a display case that has a lot of items brought back from WWII and Vietnam, along with that we have books about our deployments to Vietnam. And in 1987 I was there when we dedicated the Vietnam memorial in front of Bn HQ, we didn’t forget you men.
Noticed the BN. C.O. had himself a Nice, New Car-15 (shorty) M-16 assault weapon over his shoulder. Too BAD he probably NEVER fired the weapon in "Anger" during his entire tour!!
@@MsPegW How do you know? Were you there? Maybe he was a 101st soldier from the States? I mean the American Army WAS made up of other nationalities other than "White Folks"!
@@jonness8927 I know because my husband was in this battle, is in this video (Lyle a.k.a Padre toward the end), and he is the one who obtained a copy of this video. He told me exactly who this Vietnamese person in the background is; he had personal contact with him. Now, drop your asinine racist attitude...it is YOU who knows nothing, mister! Go spew your bigotry somewhere else!!
Thanks Ms PegW he probably think like most trumpklin people think that no one but white folks fought in these wars he looks at too many Saving Pvt Ryan or Sgt York or Artie Murphy war movies
@@Anthony-qk9uu yes,73to 80 ,my ets was the day mt saint helens went off,i never went anywhere or did anything,my unit was the 2/325 abn inf,wpns plt fo that be bravo company,i was 17 year's old,just qualified as a macs moron,no high school diploma,orphaned, and no social structure other than the institution of my youth,i did accomplish 400 static line jumps, redondo school,did Robin sage,from sf student at the jfk center on smoke bomb hill,qualified for the parachute rigger mos,43echo at the time,taught the m29 A-1 mortar to west pointer's,pleebs,taught the same to ocs candidates,helped train other military,light infantry techniques to new troop's,while using high performance drug's, I taught the installation and up and ready to fire in 3seconds,this being the m29 81 mm,mortar,first squad wpns plt b,co 82,wrote papers regarding the human condition,,,mike Duff and a few brother's from the herd,lrrps ect,im older now, and still smoke weed,quit ciggeretts after 55 year's of it,still have a nice welding rig,please contact me, God bless you and your family
Great job Donald , the 196 th was out there doing their thing , while the the pullouts were going on . A tough time to be there but you guys hung in and did your best . Welcome home !
Both places NOT very Friendly. S.W. of Danang (Que Son valley) during the Summer of 1967 1,000 Marines went home in body bags!! Operations "Union 1 and 2", and Operation "Swift" (June-Sept.). Most people NEVER heard of them. 3 Medal of Honors in those battles! That's why DaNang was basically "quite" during "TET" unlike Hue of Jan-Feb of 1968. NVA 2 Div. was "wiped-out" there before TET!
I had an older friend that was with some Marine helicopter (CH-46) unit (DaNang, Marble Mountain) in 1970,71? Maybe those guys supported you? He said the Que Son valley was "nasty" as hell!
Captain Odem, supper nice guy, cool and calm made us all feel safe when I was with the Recondo Platoon. He was a LT then glad to see he made it out and back stateside. Have great respect for this man. I participated in operation Benton with the HHQ Recondos. VN 1966-1968