My dad served in Vietnam. When I told him at age 17 I wanted to join the Marine Corps, he completely lost his shit. I asked him to sign the papers and he downright refused. When I was 12 days from my 18th birthday, I asked him again to sign the papers and he refused again. I told him either sign them or ill go down in 12 days and sign them myself. He told me youre waiting 12 days again. When I asked him why he's being so fucking stubborn, he looked at me with a cold wounded stare and said, "I won't sign your death warrant. I've seen too many kids just like you blown to pieces. If that happened to you, I wouldn't survive it." After 2 tours of Iraq, I finally understood.
As a Marine, I had the honor of meeting many Vietnam veterans over the years and they were the first to welcome us home following Desert Shield/Storm and yes, this video put tears in my eyes.
As an Airman of Desert Shield Much of our coworkers and Leadership were Vietnam Veterans Thanks to them America and the Coalition came home to the welcome home Our VV’s Deserved. Thank You 🙏
My Dad was an Army E5 in 68-69 serving in Vietnam....he never talked about it til I enlisted and served two combat tours in Iraq and I was talkin about some of the sh*t we went thru over in that sandbox....then he talked about his experiences in Vietnam....my Grandfather was a radio man on D-Day at Utah Beach, died with Kraut shrapnel in his left shoulder in 2002....Hooyah
A friend in SD whose family's son was KIA on April 12, 1968 at Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province of Vietnam. Killed by a mortar round. Honored on panel 49E, line 34 on The Wall. Arthur Lee Mills a Lakota Native. Now, he is with all his Marine buddies there on The Wall.
Everyone needs to see this we don’t know what the soldiers went through but they most definitely deserve our respect and honor because they gave their lives for for us to be able to have our freedom even the freedom to speak horribly. The soldiers men and women actually deserve honor more than they are given we don’t know what they went through and we have no right to insult them
The heart gets hurt in all this!. Only the bearer(s) knows thisl; upclose! It brands you for the rest of your life! You have two choices . Or you make it PART of you and draw peace upon it or you let it tear you APART .Until you comit suicide! Its a double dealing of the soul at "The gates of hell !" effect! The darkness it brings and the possible light that you must give yourself in order to continue with life . My head has work it all out throughout the years and I no longer leave it onto god but onto myself because God was not in the NAM! WE WERE! So it was up to us! Deep but very hurting; to a group of "Peace spoiled brats!" that had to do a lot of fast growing up under unnecessary circumstances (THE DRAFT)! It burns till this day and it serves me right for I survived! and as I always said " If I could take their place ; all 58000+ ;They be alive and I not,I would do it in a hearttbeat! GODSPEED UNTO YOU ALL!
Thank You, my father and his brothers all Joined the US-ARMY 1967-73. They came from a family of seven four boy and three girls. God bless them all. Some soldiers did make it and they are still alive, in memory of the veitnam vets.
Man O Man ...I send my highest praise to Brad and Pete , Joe and Dennis , and all you guys and girls that made it home . I too have friends on the wall !
Let the word go forth , That we will share any burden, face any foe for we were brothers within the same hell we all faced ,some survived; others died! Never forget those who gave it all! They are better than all of us! Uncommon Valor! was an uncommon virtue! I always wished that I could of taken their place ALL! (58000) in exchange for my time so YOU ALL! could of been here! Its branded into my soul ;onto eternity! GODSPEED TO YOU ALL!
45 years after my return from Vietnam I was at a airshow and it was the first time I heard the words Welcome home and of course it was from a fellow veteran and tears came to my eyes, unless you served in Vietnam you will never understand what them 2 words mean. The very sad part about what is going on in America today is the people that spit on and call us baby killers are running our government. Dear God help us, we can not lose the only beacon of hope in the world.
Not all Americans see the vets of Vietnam with those eyes. The men and women of that war were treated like utter murders. For their service, I say thank you from the bottom of my heart.
God bless every last Vietnam veteran. They remember what it was like for them and they wouldn't let it be like that for us. It made it bearable to being Iraqi veteran because when it was too much you had a father figure. Somebody to say he did it, he made it. I'm not talking about the war. I'm talking about the peace. They told us welcome home. They told us thank you for your service, and they ment it. They knew what it was to say it. To do it. The hardest part of war, if you make it through, is letting it go. So thank you for the men and women who did it before and who did their very best to make what they knew would be a difficult transition a little bit easier.
My father and his older brother both survived Vietnam but were permanently damaged mentally and physically. My father and his brother were heavily exposed to Agent Orange which caused many health issues in the years to come. My father's brother finally passed away in 1997 after battling prostate cancer caused from the exposure to Agent Orange. My father's health is deteriorating, his muscles are slowly losing function. His alcoholism was a huge problem after Vietnam. He witnessed men, including his best friend get blown to pieces. He felt guilt because he lived while others dies. To this day the horrors he saw still haunt him, some things his marine and army brothers did to innocent Vietnam citizens still torment him. I don't know how he made it. He became good friends with another soldier named Tom Sivini who became famous for being a stunt coordinator, director and actor in many horror films, he played "Sex Machine" in "From Dusk Til' Dawn." They still keep in touch from time to time. He suffered severe PTSD like many other Vietnam, WWII, Korea and future wars have gone through. They have more strength than I could ever possess. 🇺🇸
Oh so true. They are right on, Nam was a bad place. I saw a lot, still remember a lot I wish I didn't. The Wall is our place to reflect. Welcome Home brothers and sisters, may you all be Blessed. BTW,their emotions were real RVN 68-70
I just want to say to all of you including the family and friends of our brave men and women in uniform we owe you a debt as a country that can never be repaid but if you are ever in Knoxville Tn please know we honor your service with a thank you and hand shake ................
I appealed the age restriction immediately and was denied my appeal within 15 minutes. I don't recall an explanation. We all know there is far worse graphic material on RU-vid then some fuzzy Vietnam footage. Anyway, thank you for watching.
still just like it was yesterday. Tom CPL USMC RVN CDR USNR. Buried my next door neighbor a few years ago. He went to Viet Nam 3-4 years before me. His body came back but his mind and soul never did. He was never the same. Disappeared into drugs and alcohol to cope like so many did. Nearly 60 thousand names on the wall but the real body count was many times more that than. I know because I took care of many of them as a medial doctor in the US Navy. He held me in his arms one day while I wept for those I couldn't save. Couldn't save him either but got to be there for his funeral. RIP Robert "Schoonie" USMC
It's a cold hearted bitch to win most all your battles, and then lose the war. That feeling never fades and never goes away. 58,479 lives were taken away for no good end. That will not be forgotten. Iraq and Afgani vets now carry the same burden. With war, history tragically keeps repeating itself. RVN 68-72, USMC & US Army.
Oh my God. I was a candy striper at the VA hospital in Buffalo and I was 13 when you started coming home. God bless all of the who served at that time.
Yep...guessing that someone who didn't like the video (for whatever reason) complained and so RU-vid "age-restricted" this. We all know there are far worse images on the news and elsewhere on RU-vid but they decided this needed to be restricted.
My generation: they "stood the watch", with their best efforts. I am proud to have had a minor part (not in-country) in Japan @Tachikawa AFB. I later had the honor as a Flight Nurse bringing our guys on their last leg home.
War is truly hell dont let anyone else tell you something else. My grandfather fought in ww2 on a submarine. The war followed him his whole life. He survived, but many people where not that lucky. We must do all we can to prevent war.
Thank you, for your honor and service Sir. From a son and nephew of Vietnam Vets. Father served 68-69 4th ID, Uncle was KIA in 71’ 75th Rangers. Welcome Home
