A Team of Green Berets Hold Out Against an Entire Battalion of Vietcong 

Yep. The name of this MACV-SOG cross-border covert mission set was termed as “Daniel Boone”. “Daniel Boone TAC-E” was a coded distress call that cut in on all radio frequencies across Vietnam. It meant that a team was about to be overrun, and it summoned all available aircraft to converge immediately, especially “fast movers” such as jet fighters and tactical bombers-which were forbidden to cross into Cambodia, even in support of teams that were in heavy or overwhelming contact. What Tornow had just requested in order to save the team had all the makings of an international border incident, and maybe even a court-martial. www.sofmag.com/legend-army-master-sgt-roy-p-benavidez/

@@WartimeStories Thanks for the explanation

Can’t imagine being in that situation. But the fact that he was willing to throw away his career over savings those mens lives, speaks volumes!

Yes it is and if you have ever seen we where soldiers it is to the same effect as saying Broken Arrow which is used by Regular military units. Daniel Boone gives them higher persistence for all available fires in the area and that includes arty and air and if applicable naval aswell.

@@delverofsouls Same here as soon as I heard him say Daniel Boone I immediately thought Mel Gibson calling Broken Arrow over the radio. Great movie !

Damn straight 👏🏽

Unless you were born in Mexico. Your an American and we’re an American as a kid. Not a Mexican American. Just American.👍

I was about to say, he’s the kind of Texan i want to be more like. He makes me proud

yeah it honestly wouldn't surprise me if he was one of the biggest inspirations for Rambo, him and Arthur Whermuth aka the ghost of Bataan aka the one man army, he had a confirmed kill count of 116 japanese, he was not even a sniper at that, like 95% of his kills were from his Thompson SMG and grenades, one time he encountered an entire platoon of japanese infantry, he knew even with the element of surprise he couldn't take that many so he decides to stat marching with them (this was in the middle of night and before NVGs were a thing) and to help keep them from noticing a 200 LBS American in an American uniform he decided to shush them the moment anyone stepped on a twig or made a sound, well after a few miles of doing this they are only a few hundred yards from American lines, well he knows he has to do something, he decides his best bet was to pull the pin on a grenade, then act like he tripped and hand the live grenade to a japanese soldier then just haul ass away then empty a mag into the remaining japanese, it worked flawlessly and he ended up taking out the whole platoon of them, that is just one of the stunts he pulled in ww2...

I agree

Haha yeah… I wish I could. Thanks. Over time I certainly hope to be able to speed up the process.

@@WartimeStories just giving you a hard time … it’s special because it’s sparse

Quality over quantity. Pound for pound this content is better than a lot of higher budget specials you might see on History or Discovery and those channels have some very good shows.

@@richardworker9280 thanks Rich! This episode is a bit different, compared to all the previous ones. In a good way, I hope!

Quality not quantity 🤘

Hey there devil dog! Good to know you. I’ve met many salt dogs from Nam, but I had a met a Vietnam vet who was a coach who later offered to train me in the pool after I got to MARSOC in 2015. Having already been Recon and a MC Water Survival Instructor at the time, I thought I was a decent swimmer. Then I met this guy. His favorite routine was to have me jump off the 40ft platform and without surfacing for air, immediately do a 25m underwater crossover. That, and he’d give me a balloon, tell me to swim to the bottom of the 15ft pool and then inflate the balloon down there. If you haven’t tried it, it’s damn near impossible lol.

@@WartimeStories Vietnam vets are a breed of their own and I served with a bunch. I am told I would not recognize today's corp. If that's true it's sad. My father served in WWII as a Marine and was awarded two purple hearts and a bronze star and they didn't hand those out like party favors back then. He fought in Naha Okinawa that's what one of his was purple hearts was awarded for.

@@TheBelegur my reading of these stories is really all I have to go on, but although a lot has probably changed in 50 years, much has seemingly remained the same. Leadership is always the issue, as with probably any other career or organization. But in my 8 years I certainly felt like I was better off having enlisted than not. I left with a lot more personal accountability, responsibility, gratitude, respect for others and my country, and even basic common sense than I probably would have had otherwise.

@@WartimeStories Is there a place to tell you the story of my fathers first purple heart?

@@TheBelegur Email it to me! wartimestories.yt@gmail.com I have been looking for some ideas on how to create some additional audio content for a separate podcast that I can do along with the videos here so I can have something else to put out instead of a single video every 4 weeks Both subscriber stories and others I can dig up might be exactly what I need.

Haha thankfully SOMEONE caught that. Nice. Little shout out to the guys at BTS I thought. But then again, “beer and bedtime stories” could otherwise be an inside joke for guys in Vietnam. You know, “try to make it back in time for bedtime” being code for “don’t die and get back here as soon as possible”.

Lmao I caught on to that right away too!!!

@@WartimeStories haha right, I was debating on if you actually ment the BTS channel or not, but after a second thought it's way too obvious. Thanks for all the hard work you guys did to create their counterpart, both channels produce some of the best content on youtube.

@@ABGABGABG1 well having only done this by myself for a year now, that is a mighty compliment. I’m sure I’ve still got plenty of room for improvement. Thanks Albert.

This could be a metal gear solid game 👍

Exactly what I was going for. Thanks for letting me know, Filip. Very much appreciated.

@@WartimeStories yep it paid off in a massive way. Great job and thanks for your service

Nahh he is not white guy. Why would Hollywood glorify a non white soldier

Thanks for mentioning it, Jervis! Funnily enough, I did model this off of radio shows I have enjoyed listening to since I was a kid. I'll see what can be done in future videos, with regard to keeping a similar format. I enjoyed making it as well. The idea just jumped out at me since the book I was using (Legend) contained a lot of the actual dialogue, likely recalled by Brian O'Connor and the other surviving men, many years afterward. Seemed a shame to let it go to waste.

@@WartimeStories I grew up listening to radio shows and audio drama plays too. Adventures by Morse, Star Wars radioplay, Sherlock Holmes, etc... Which did you listen to? And I appreciate the influence you've taken!

Booot. You just get out of basic or something?

@@WartimeStories That is correct, I just picked up with Charlie for ITB. I am currently enjoying your video because I am too sunburned to go back to the beach three days in a row.

@@03inheaven98 congrats brother! We just drove past ITB the other day. Some hot weather to be training in right now. As for being a boot, just don’t blouse your jeans, don’t wear a camelback out in town, and don’t buy the most expensive car at a ridiculously high interest rate, and you won’t have many regrets later on 😅 That and be mindful of your knees and back. As in, take care of them. And if you’re doing a lot of running in boots, Id recommend investing in some Bates Lites. Game changer, those boots are. Your feet will thank you.

@@WartimeStories Thank you devil dog, I will look into those boots, I do need something to replace my well loved recruit combats. As for that other boot stuff, I can only promise to try and restrain myself. I will let the other boots know as well, there have been some atrocious outfits floating around area 52 and someone has to do something. Is it true that the lighter boots fall apart quicker than the other ones? They ain't cheap 😂

Hey Zelle, thanks for continuing to watch! Soon enough I’ll figure out how to expedite the process. As much as I enjoy making the videos, I likewise am impatient to move on to the next story. I’ve got so many lined up that I’m looking forward to.

Lol well they were my recon team buddies but their work on the channel is unfortunately limited to them playing these few characters. Several of them are still active duty. Even if they were interested they wouldn’t have the time with their deployment cycles and work schedules. Thanks though! I did enjoy getting a chance to work with them again and putting this together. Less narration and more being “in the story”.

@@WartimeStories I see. Well either way great work.

If I can make you lose track of time, I have done my job. I often do the same while making the videos. Thanks CDS

Nice. Well I certainly tried to emulate the radio traffic. Figured even civilians should get a chance to hear it 😅 Thanks man.

@@WartimeStories it is something that movies rarely get right.

@@hokutoulrik7345 as much as I cringe watching military films, I have to wonder why they aren’t hiring actual veterans to serve as consultants on the film. Then again, after reviewing a few other versions of Roy’s story, I’ve seen a fair amount of changes to the story, some of them that would be an obvious red flag for veterans. 🤷🏼‍♂️ But the majority of folks wouldn’t know the difference. I’m guessing that’s the mantra Hollywood operates on. I’m just over here stressing over accuracy. One guy pointed out that M-4s (mentioned once in this video) we’re not issued until the 90s. He was correct. I had just taken that from the book by Eric Blehm. Something I had overlooked and felt the blood drain from my face when I saw his comment.

@@WartimeStories saw that one too, and while the M-4 might not have seen wide scale deployment until the 90s, a carbine version of the M-16 was probably tested by spec ops forces since they get a lot of the new gear before anyone else does. But it being a typo that got missed or a imperfect recollection on the part of the soldier are both better possibilities.

thank you for your service!!

thank you for your service!!

I see those camis! Navy?

Speaking of nerdy haha. I was actually a Radio Reconnaissance Marine. I enlisted as a 2621 Signal Intelligence Analyst, which was a lot nerdier than I expected. My radio battalion was recruiting for their recon platoon and it sounded way cooler so I signed up. Went through the recon pipeline (BRC, Airborne, SERE), picked up 0321 as a secondary MOS. Ended up going to MARSOC for my second enlistment before all the ruck-runs and parachute jumps blew a disc in my back. VA’s been alright. Not much they can do for me except pills, it seems. What’s your story?

@@WartimeStories Nerd is an endearing comment, so you just got more 'afterwards' training lol And I was a gun bunny, 0811, for 3 years. I'd done stupid stuff in my childhood, not really knowing what I wanted to do in life, so by the time I found something I wanted to go to school for (aerospace engineering) and realized I wasn't getting in on good grades alone, I joined the military to try and get the quick fix. After all the background checks and waivers though, Uncle Sam's Misfit Children were the only ones who liked me cause I'd dropped 100 lbs in 4 months during the DEP lmao But even with an ASVAB of 93, with all the waivers it was either Infantry, Combat Support, or Supply (once again, had younger me been smarter, all my Civ 5, Sim City, and whatnot made me a Logistics wonderboy, but I said, "who joins the Marines to be supply ...?...") So they put me artillery, 1st/10th Alpha battery. Met my wife and son when we were deployed to Balikatan in Philippines (though I didn't marry until years later cause i knew i was too young for that shit lol) then got back and learned the hard, hard truth of garrison life, ribbon chasers, and how it can drive everyone around you's life to hell. Even had our own 1st Sgt and CO stand ground mid training at Bridgeport to cuss out the BC and Sagmaj for mistreating the hurt Marines ... I already had a substance issue before joining, and this just made it worse, so when 3yrs hit, I got out as best I could. I knew it just wasn't for me. Got made a combat marksmanship coach as a Lance though, and was even designated marksman of the platoon, cause I guess my black ass knows how to shoot lmao and i was one of the fastest #2's on an M777A2 .. 5 sec between each round down range. Gun 4, baby lol my gun chief's got us all tattooed on him hahaha ... thanks for asking, sir ... all in all I'm just a terminal lance with every benefit but the gi bill i joined for haha

@@TheStrGzr-zq1qq I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for sharing.

@@chrishansenbiz Thank you too .. there was shame through it, but I've learned to make the best of all situations. I appreciate you, homie

I'm hoping Part Three has that same effect. Thanks for saying so, I was hoping to create that exact virtual experience. Honestly, because creating animations is far more difficult than the audio, I often wonder if the animations don't detract from the story that the audio tells by itself. One of the many aggravations of making these videos haha.

Thanks Liz 😅

Hi again Sheila! We are getting there. So many stories to choose from

@@WartimeStories thank you 😍👍

Too bad the rest of the world doesn't. All while they decry military action they are totally unaware of the reasons for, and waving peace banners, they don't even know their right to do so has been paved by war and the blood of their countrymen. I'm glad my great grandfather died before the trend of calling anyone who didn't agree with bogus liberal policies 'a nazi' as it would be a bad idea to call that WWII vet a nazi.

Ooooo, yeah that would be an interesting one. Especially if he covers his whole career of sticking it to the Commies.

or Arthur Whermuth (aka the ghost of bataan aka the one man army) or Desmond Doss (the medic who got the medal of honor without even carrying a gun in the pacific theatre of ww2) or dan daly (possibly the most gifted marine of all time, he is one of 2 people to ever get the medal of honor twice and was going to get a 3rd medal of honor for his actions in ww1 but then the top brass made it illegal for you to earn the medal of honor more than once in large part because of him) or Simo hauha (quite possibly the deadliest sniper in human history, 505 confirmed kills with his rifle and another 200 confirmed with his SMG, even back then "confirmed" kills were very under reported and in all liklihood his true total is in the thousands) or Col. lewis millet (one of the only people to serve in ww2, korea and veitnamm, he got hired as a "contractor" for the CIA, he was so elite as of 4-13-2024 the CIA still has never admitted he even was an agent of theirs but he for sure was since he moved like an hour away from CIA HQ and he dropped off the records so thoroughly only the CIA could be responsible) or any number of war heroes.

Thanks Damian 😅 Having only being doing this less than a year, I have to say I’ve appreciated the time to improve before I garner too much attention. But thanks for being here since the early days! How did you end up finding the channel? From Bedtime Stories?

Wartime Stories Indeed I did find you from Bedtime Stories.

Many thanks This channel has been nothing but an opportunity for me to broaden my otherwise limited knowledge of history. I love it. And yes sir, recon to MC special operations, 2009 to 2017. Blew my back out and had to find a new career. Hence my eventually starting the channel.