"Jarhead" Vietnam Veteran on Bus 

During the Gulf War, late at night some young 18 year old trooper looked at our sergeant major and said, “we’re going to win this one for you guys sergeant major.” The sergeant major has served 5 tours with the 173rd Airborne in Nam. He was so moved he exited misty eyed.

That’s actually Deep man. Thank you the Food for Thought is Appreciated. If any veterans are reading this please know we love you and God Loves All. Always Faithful

Danny B Americans had no business there.

HacksignKT So true.

They were just doing the job they were told to do, regardless if we had no business being there, it's still a shame how they were treated.

Yeah and they could have handled it themselves. We didn't get involved because of that, either...it was a shot at the Russians.

You are wrong 1 million Cambodians died after America pulled out

+Frank Sejas Seemed he was more shocked and scared then nostalgic. Being back around Marines probably brought up a bunch of repressed feelings which triggered his PTSD.

+majorevangelism true I think it was a mix of both

@@majorevangelism it was nostalgia, and happiness. He was not shocked or scared lol Veterans feel the safest when they are surrounded by other veterans, wtf are you talking about

I take this scene as the Vietnam vet trying to feel welcomed, because the reaction of those marines coming home and the reaction of marines from vietnam were much different. I cant imagine how it must of been to see and do horrible things only to come home and have most people hate you for it. When for most it was forced on them anyway. The second half of the scene where he sits down emphasizes the realization on both sides of what they have done. And how no matter the war and intensity of combat, they are one in the same.

Belgian Army infantry & US Army Armor Crewman veteran here. You hit the nail on the head. I noticed that too right away. Looking at the other comments on here with a bunch of "likes" , it rly shows people have no clue. Not that I blame them for it. You gotta experience it ti understand.

and it's true. decades after 9/11, me and countless others are fucked up, wondering, what was it for? why did I do it? was it worth it? why are all these people thanking me? All I want is to be around my friends again. But it'll never happen. I pray we never enter another retarded conflict in my lifetime. I hope my son, is never asked or convinced to do what we did. But it'll happen. And who am I then? This guy, hopping on the bus, wishing it was his buddies on it. I was in the same battallion, same platoon, as swafford. 2/7 SSP(they called it STA back then). History repeats itself.

I've always said there are specifically two types of veterans. #1. Veterans #2. Combat veterans. I respect veterans, but I thank combat veterans. Signing on the dotted line is one thing, but actually putting your life actively in harm's way for your country is a completely different animal.

on the usmc subred the other day there was a MP going suicidal, was sad to see but at the same time I was disgusted.

Also the American populace acting fucking disgraceful to the vets when they came home, they were spit on.

They had the welcome home he never did and for a brief moment he was able to share in this experience with them.

Golf war wasn't even a week.

My relatives that fought in Nam even tho they were engineers and mechanics they said they had buddies over there come home to be called a baby raper or something worse and be spat on just because they fought

@@Gordon1990 That is absolutely disgraceful.

Not just Marines.

Most of those "protestors" were rich spoiled kids who would never get drafted anyway and just wanted an excuse to smoke weed and have sex,ofcourse they had no empathy for these vets

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2 million Viets

***** it was a civil war. they killed a lot of each other for defecting to the south and aiding the US + the US bombing of N. Vietnman also killed millions even though the media ignores or lies about how much the bombings killed even though they will readily admit that it was the heaviest bombing of any war.

After the economy crashed Iraq and Afghanistan got brushed away from the zeitgeist by both sides of the aisle.

There were no marching bands and home comings for soldiers who fought in Vietnam. The men came home with no fanfare whatsoever. As America turned against the War, the soldiers who fought in it were treated very badly at home. Spat upon and called names such as "baby killer." The ending to Jarhead shows a United States Marine who fought in Vietnam. Who went through hell there and at home. Who actually fought in combat, wanting to know what it feels like to be appreciated. The men on that bus came home to marching bands and such, are treated as heroes and they know they didn't do anything, didn't see any real combat. They feel bad that the Vietnam Vet is their brother in arms, he is a Marine, but he was treated like crap while they are treated as heroes.

The American troops had fought a long hard battle in Vietnam and on a military level these Men were winning the war but politically America was losing. Few Americans supported the war and so American troops suffered unjust consequences when they returned home and they were not seen as heroes back then like they serenate troops with heroism today. By 1973 American troops had made great progress in the war militarily speaking after repelling north vietnam time and time again and so America gave south vietnam most of the duties of fighting the rest of the war. Even though American troops had fought long and hard and seemed to be winning militarily speaking even then at a great cost, many servicemen had sacrificed their lives for a war that they knew was fruitless, even so they did their duty. From 1973-1975 however the political shame finally made America cut off all types of supply and help to the south, as America completely left the South to fight for itself, South Vietnam crumbled and the North invaded the south and won the war in 1975. American troops felt their long hard work to accomplish what they did from 64-73 was for nothing when America retreated. Because of this American troops felt betrayed by their own country they fought for, in combination of that and the wrong image that American back home had of them. All this can be summed up on this scene of the Vietnam vet on the bus. Its really sad. Vietnam servicemen are true heroes, many of them didnt even ask to go, they were drafted. Hope I helped my friend.

@@JR-sn1pi history repeats itself. Look at afghanistan. The difference is now people thank us after we come home. For what? Losing? "Defending freedom"? is that what I was doing over there? Atleast I get a $5 discount on oil changes or whatever the fuck. War is a racket.