Much respect to these men. They were the guys who made all of the K company success possible. They and others developed the mission , tactics and commitment for those of us who followed.
@ 1:09 the camera gets a shot of the Rangers jungle boots, the severely worn leather almost a shade of white was a sign of experience & time spent in the shit. A highly respected accessory more so than a “body count rope” a full ear necklace wasn’t as respected as severely worn boots
Served with the 1/50th Mechanized Infantry Bn 69-70 as a RTO and the radio operator in the DETOC and then TOC--glad I never had to do these recon patrols.
1976 - 1988 11B Infantrymen... 1988 - 1997 Tactical Telecommunication 72 E...During my time in service no females allow in these MOS due to the training we received. Females were more for Medic, Cooks, Secretary, Finance and Broadcast for AFRTV.
As a retired Marine, why were they not all camied up and why were they allowed to wear shiny rings like the one guy I saw? Perhaps thats is why there were so many KIA's and wounded? I wasnt there but just sayin. If in fact these were the earlier guys that just started the LRRPS and going out then man oh man they must have learned so serious harsh lessons! In any event God Bless them and their sacrifices for our country!!!!!!!!!
@@hys1171 These guys were the early LRP/LRRP units. I served with several of them in K company Rangers. Cammo uniforms were not issued until fairly late. The "tigers" were available on the economy at that time. Many were contraband fro ARVN units or custom made by Vietnamese for them.
Easy for you to criticize but I can promise all of these guys were far more skilled soldiers and had far more combat experience than you. You did nothing like these LRRP teams did.
I've spent a lot of time in villages like the one shown towards the 4 minute mark of the video (NW Thailand). Different clothing but most of the villagers live very similar to those people even today, 2020. Some have Toyotas and most have a Honda but no electricity or running water! Till, plant and harvest their "crummy" crops by hand! Still poor as Hell! The "richer" villagers might have a cement floor, tin roof but many only have a dirt floor, split bamboo walls and a grass roof. Still cook with wood fires and such! Lucky if they eat meat once a week. They'll have rice but unless the women find some "greens" gathered from the forest or some cabbage that's about it!
I was a 73C ai 4th HHD one of the groups that ZI handled was K75 LRRPS I hot to know them when theyd come in and take of pay and especially allotments going homie and the next day or a couple of days later the List id k75 MIA or more than likely KIA would come across my desk at night in the hooch I would turn on my side so the the others couldn't see me break down, to this day I feel like I cheated them out there and me back there, I is a constant source of pride and honer theatr in a small way I new some of them
@@Mosey410 Yeah they were the Singlepoint OEG sights.They weren't good in total darkness because the fiber optic need a light source but with flares up they worked like they should.It upped the night time hit ratio to like 97% from something like 20% or possibly less (forget the actual figure). I had a a Ultradot on my CAR in the early 90's that would put 3 round groups inside a US quarter at 100yd.I still use a "red dot" on my hunting rifles that I use in close (out to 75-100yds) or thick brush on moving targets.I have one on my .22 for squirrels,rabbits,grouse,etc.
