My uncle always told me the worst part about Vietnam was the super loud, disembodied narrator and the orchestra always taking about what they’re doing and giving away their position.
I think Vietnam vets were just as brave and honorable as any other vets from other wars. They got a bum wrap when they came home. Its a shame because these guys fought bravely and valiantly. I have the utmost respect for Vietnam vets thank you so much for your service.
@@crtnn the troops didn't have a choice, they were forced to go. Anyone who refused was a deserter and would be imprisoned. Don't blame the troops, blame the ones in charge. The troops fought bravely and gave up their lives, even if it was for an idiotic cause.
@@atheist101 I dont have any pity for the troops, they CHOSE to become a soldier. They CHOSE to become a paid murderer. Dunno man, for me this argumentation makes no sense. Killing people has nothing to do with "bravery" I mean, I get that a world without military is not something that could work probably and definitely not something that would happen. But how those people are celebrated and how people thank them for murdering other people is just wrong.
Lol @ people who think its clever to point out this is just propaganda. No shit its propoganda, most war footage is. This doesnt mean you cant gather information from the video, just watch, dont listen.
@@37.56-i6qYou don't know if he even agreed with the war. Much less if he volunteered. I don't like capitalism, socialism, or communism but you made the chance of me even going scocialst even less. And remember how the Soviets Invaded Afghanistan? Remember when they restricted thousands from moving over a fucking wall? Remember how many german women were treated as objects and raped day and night? Bud grow up and realize that no government from the Soviet Union to the United states is perfect.
I have always had the utmost respect for the men that went into that hellish place and fought. Many years later I would serve and find myself in combat overseas in the sandbox, and even though I lost friends over there it was still no comparison to what the Vietnam vets had to endure. God Bless our Vietnam Veterans.
American imperialism must stop. We all know Vietnam was illegal. War crimes and agent orange poisoned veterans who are denied healthcare. My generation was lied to again, this time Iraq. Americans need to stop sending their children off to die for a government that doesn’t care about them.
He could be,we dont know if he was a war criminal,just that many Americans conducted themselves in a manner consistient with the definition of war criminal...and he may have been one of them.. Anybody American who served in Nam may potentially be a war criminal... It depends on what they did or did not do as to whether they are bona fide war criminals..
Shaw358 war criminal? Literally every VC was a war criminal. The US soldiers did some horrible shit, but the Vietcong did much worse. And your comment is just unnecessarily rude. Disrespecting a man with ptsd after serving his country. Disgusting.
I remember hearing stories that field medics would have to fight off venomous snakes, spiders, insects crawling over the wounded, but the worst story I was told was a field medic having just patched up a soldier who received a bad shoulder/arm wound in a mortar hole. After jumping to another mortar hole he looked up to check on the person he just fixed. And the person was being dragged by a tiger through the jungle, needless to say in the middle of mortar fire and bullet fire in every direction and no one to call for support. The man who got dragged off didn’t get rescued.. war is hell
One of the worst things I read was when gassing the Jews at treblinka, the Russian tank engine that was used to create the carbon monoxide (this was used before zyklon B) BROKE DOWN and the victims waited hours, packed like sardines waiting for someone to figure out how to fix it! I know it's not Vietnam but it is one of the worst things imo
Having known many ex-servicemen both family and friends, I've found the ones who tell the most stories were usually the ones who didn't really see much actual action. The one's that didn't " including my grandfather and great uncle who both had numerous medals" were unassuming and reluctant to speak about it. Sadly a lot of our history is told by people who weren't directly involved in it and many of those " Stories" Appear as Written fact by lesser hero's, many of the real stories are taken by ex-servicemen to their graves
Adrina The Great yeah my great grandfather was in the motorpool in Korea. He’s still up and kicking but I don’t see him to much. I’m pretty sure he was at Chopin, which was a pretty bad battle. My grandmother told me some things he told her about mechanics he did, but he fought, and that’s the biggest part I’m sure he’s never spoken on if at all. I’m sure there’s a lot more that is interesting and could be good to hear before he’s gone, but I’m pretty sure I’ll never hear it.
You nailed it. My experience is the most people I know who claim "PTSD" have been so far removed from the battles I fought that I think they are laughable. S-4? Please.
Same thing with my grandfather. He has a bronze star and a couple of other awards but he never has spoken about what he did to get those medals. He also isn't proud of serving in Nam and never wears any 'Vietnam Veteran' memorabilia and shit. My mom and I have been pretty curious about his days in the war and we want to learn more besides the occasional funny story he doesn't mind telling every now and then. But I don't want to push him too far, as I respect his boundaries,
Yeah my grandfather died years ago he would never mention anything about veitnam. he died at 55 thats pretty young so it did alot of damage to him im sure may he rest in peace.
@@mustafahussain2118 The USA is damned if it does, and damned if it doesn't. If a faction is doing well against it's traditional rival, then we're imperialists for attempting to moderate. If they're loseing they scream that we're heartless bastards for letting the mass killing go on. People are commited to disliking the USA no matter what.
I take a bow to all Vietnam Vets. I'm an Aussie and we had a lot of our good, young men, destroyed by that war. It is only in recent years that the Vietnam Vets have received the same respect as the Vets from other wars. These guys are heroes. Take pride, Vietnam Vets. You are the best of us.
My cousin was drafted into Vietnam. I’ve always had the utmost respect for him. He’s always had bad PTSD but he’s always been a great guy. He’s always been one heck of a worker so I know he must’ve been one heck of a soldier.
This combat makes the combat in Iraq and Afghanistan look like child's play. Not taking away what today's soldiers are doing but the Vietnam war was close combat and very scary. Many soldiers still missing. There are soldiers remains still out there in the fields and jungles and nobody looks for them. I suppose there are too many mines and booby traps that would be still lethal today for anyone to take the risk. I know in Vietnam limbs are still being lost and deaths caused because of unexploded ordinance..
Scary? I'll go further to say "horror". I just got done reading "We were soldiers, once and young". Written by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. The book was based on the first major battle in the Ia Drang valley. It was a nightmare. Great book though
STHFGDBY you see nowadays, war is more tactical, has better technology, and we are are fighting a different enemy. I have a feeling it’ll be over in a few years.
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" Give A Farmer Seeds And He'll Create Food. Give A Musician A Melody And He'll Create Music. Give A Soldier An Enemy And He'll Create Nothing He Only Destroys. " -Vietnam
my father and uncle were in vietnam. they saw and did things they do not want to talk about. My father finally told me a lot and I can't imagine seeing or doing anything like that. both of them are my hero's.
but wasnt the vietnam war a waste of time as the americans finally got tired of losing men in a war that they couldnt win ? i feel sorry for the 54.000 that were killed as they didnt want to go to war but were made to and the ones that were wounded war is good for nothing exp when invading a country that isnt yours.
+Nikola Bakich get your history straight buddy. It was 58,000. America didn't invaded they were asked for military support. U.s soldiers and south Vietnamese troops fought side by side in many battles. The first American troops who landed on the da nang beaches were greeted with open arms. The war was winning able. American had the south on lock down. A full on invasion of the north would secured a total victory. But America only wanted the north to leave their southern brothers alone
@@behindyou3689 there is no good to the agenda of the war. It was done to try to outmatch, or at least equalize the influence that the east had over these third world countries. It would of been better if both parties did not get involved in vietnam's mess. Unfortunately however, that did not happen.
Kick Ass! That's what this is, it's kick ass! Especially that first vid, that's up close combat for ya. I'm a USMC vet of 8 years (OIF), these are cool vids.
@Flare China sucks cock. Definitely and if it comes down to it we should defend our country but we should avoid starting more conflicts. It has proven to be a false dream to chase. Fuck China, but also lets be hesitant to start more bloodshed
Have you ever heard of this thing called: World War I in Europe. 100% pointless. No gains, and just caused the other conflict, which was technically just as useless, and caused by the first one.
Almost every war fought in Europe was over who was going to be king starting with Rollo, the king of the Normans who took France from the Franks. That's around 850CE.
Vietnam was not useless because we should have kept the communists out of south Vietnam just like we did with South Korea and look at South Korea today under a free market. That is where Samsung came from for example. Had North Korea taken over it would have been lost and poor all these years. So in Vietnam we only lost for think two major factors, the media coverage showing the people back home the brutality of war and making America look bad. Plus, the politicians back home not staying out of it and letting generals win it for us.
As one who was there with the 1st 327 Inf. I think I speak for anyone who has fought in war. Like politics "All War is local". You have little to nothing to say about the whys of a war starting. You are a soldier who has pledged to fight for a country that you love. In Battle you fight to stay alive, protect your buddy, and accomplish the mission. Hopefully you fought an honorable fight, and came home to deal with the ghosts who followed you home from combat.
In 1970, the Army had 65,643 deserters, or roughly the equivalent of four infantry divisions. This desertion rate (52.3 soldiers per thousand) was well over twice the peak rate for Korea (22.5 per thousand). It was more than quadruple the 1966 desertion-rate (14.7 per thousand). WWII peak was 63 per thousand, which, incidentally, occurred in the same year (1945) when more soldiers were actually being discharged from the Army for psychoneurosis than were drafted.
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101st Army Airborne Infantry, my father's outfit during the Korean war. My father was shot during his 2nd winter there in 1951 by a Chinese sniper. They didn't think he would make it and he was found laying against a tree by the Turkish soldiers who were fighting for the UN. They put him on a chopper, on to a MASH unit, and then almost 5 months at the Army hospital in Tokyo.
@@CarlosGaming-hh2um the 101st was deactivated in November 1945 and wasn’t activated again until 1954 as a combat division. Your uncle may have been in the 187th regimental combat team, the rakkasans, but it wasn’t incorporated back into the 101st in 1954. read about on your search engine
No, I'm pretty sure we lost the ground battle also. The enemy was in front AND behind the American/South Vietnamese lines. Heck, the enemy was also below American battle lines in their intricate tunnel systems. Most of the time the American and South Vietnamese troops can't differentiate who was Vietcong and who was not. Modern technology didn't overcome guerilla warfare.
wow, they messed that one dude up. See his face and a good dose of starvation eyes. But then again don't switch sides. They said he defect then got caught. That's like ratting on your friends, you get special punishment. And boy he got it. :(
You don't understand the situation during the war. a lot of Vietnamese civilian are neutral or anti communist. The way the VC work is that the VC would go to villages and force the civilian to join their fight otherwise they will kill the family or kill them. So you see alot of VC run away or deflecting.
By the way, thank you, and all whom have served and sacrificed for our great nation in all military branches. God bless you all richly in every way. Jim
Allied forces never lost a battle in this mess. When it came time for Vietnam to carry its own weight, they ran like scared rats. We got out when it was clearly pointless to continue. We did not lose.
I just wanna thank all Vietnam Vets watching this video. You did what you could for my people in South Vietnam and we are forever grateful for your support in the war. It's a damn shame that the commies took over in '75 after American soldiers left; however, it's an honor for my people to have been given the opportunity to become Americans after fleeing to the states. We still protest the communist government of Vietnam even today as Vietnamese Americans. Long live America and the free world!
The people of Vietnam really chose communism. Before USA involvement an election was held but the CIA wouldn't let the south vote because they knew Ho Chi Minh would be elected.
What a joke. You kill your own countrymen, divide your own country, then abandon your own country, to live your life fighting to be accepted by people who hate you. As a maori in new zealand our people fought british imperial troops outnumbered 20 to 1, still we fought. Those like you, who helped the enemy, were called kupapa, traitors, cowards. Just like you.
Josh Sheets Yup. This is the unclassified after action report. Tells you about all the enemy weapons captured, casualties etc. www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/388882.pdf
The US soldiers in Vietnam fought like tigers and no one should ever disrespect them, they were misguided by the politicians but the soldiers did their job and very well. They are one of the great generations and should be proud to say that. But I ask you this, what was the winning formula for Vietnam? Because a lot of very intelligent, experienced, highly paid people (McNamara, Westmoreland, Abrams and Johnson) sweated over it for years and only came to the conclusion that they needed more men and more bombing. People always say "They should of been allowed to go into Cambodia and Laos earlier and push them back into North Vietnam." But how long would that of lasted? The US Army wouldn't have been able to keep them pinned in North Vietnam forever, eventually they had to leave and the NVA would have just re-opened the trail. It would have brought about the same result just in 1976 instead. It seems to me everyone agreed they needed to stop the spread of Communism in South East Asia but they had no idea how to do it (besides needing more men and more bombing) so in reality they should have never gone into Vietnam in the first place but the politicians felt they had too because of the pressure applied by the US people, in this case the populations anti-communist sentiment actually worked against them as the politicians didn't have the b******s to tell them the war was unwinnable and who can blame them? They'd of been outcasts in US society for even hinting that the US couldn't beat a third world country half way around the world in South East Asia. Yes later in the war the hearts and minds approach started to work but the damage was done by then. But in Vietnam's defence, even to this day we are not 100% on how to fight insurgency wars , just look at Afghanistan, its similarities with Vietnam and how it is going.
Uhuh, gave up their lives for what? They died in a fucking jungle on the other side of the world, for nothing. All for a country that doesn't give a fuck about a single one of them. And none of you patriotic freaks can change that
My pop was in Vietnam 64-67 ..wasn’t till I got older I started paying attention and respecting the whole situation..them men went through allot respect to all of them.rip pop pop
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Yesterday I learned that my grandfather not only served in Vietnam but also rose to the rank of SFC. His brother was a FLO in WWII. I truly wish I could've met him. But I'm honored to carry on his bloodline. THANK YOU TO ALL THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM.
It's crazy how communism was hated so much back then. I dont like communism, but how hated it was and how feared communism made people is truly engrossing.
You're right about 'Nam. The terms of engagement were severely limited to the point of making victory practically unobtainable. For example: during WW2, imagine if Germany was limited to fighting France only up to the French border or something like that. 'Nam was a "war"/armed conflict by definition, but a very limited 1. In Gulf War 1, the coalition wasn't allowed to take Baghdad. In Gulf War 2, they were. If allowed, the USA could have taken Hanoi & or every major city in in N. Vietnam
This war wasn’t about North Vietnam vs USA. But rather China/USSR vs USA. The weapons that the NVA/VC were using were giving by the 2 communist powerhouse. without their aid North Vietnam would be gone or maybe South Vietnam is still exist today.
My cousin was a Captain in the Air Force flew 153 recon missions and came home and his wife my cousin died of a blood disease and felt like it was his Karma and when my Father asked him what was going on in Vietnam he said and I quote there wasn't enough booze in the world for him to talk about what he saw . RIP to my Cousins.
Oh how have the gear changed, now $17 000 worth of gear on each professionally trained soldier with night vision goggles and humvees and APC's instead of jeeps... M16 and M2 still remains, just slightly improved.
10:20 he cannot tell if the unspeakable nightmares he experienced from the hands for the United States..I’m pretty sure that’s truly what he said and I’m an American and I love to be an American
Pretty much was the reason why the war lasted so long. When massive air campaigns were destroying the trail of which i forgot the name of, presidents during this conflict, presidents would intently accept cease fires so they could save public face and be reelected for future terms . during this period of cease fire, the vietcong would rebuild their defensives and build upon it further more. Then you got to take in account that the Tet offesive was a massive failure for the north , most of their battle hardeded and well trained troops and officers and propaganda officers were killed off, it was supposed to be the killing blow of the war for north which was the main reason why they placed in all of their best units.
You guys only sees the good deeds, have you ever heard the war crimes of the US soldiers in Vietnam, where they raped and killed an entire village including women and children?
3:32 this gave me goosebumps. I knew the enemy was for sure fleeing at that point and they had the fire superiority. But just crazy how they slowly advance 1m from eachother and shoot like that In the open. Its cool and scary at the same time.
This is scripted for the camera/documentary. One of the soldiers wrote a book abt his experiences. That "General" that was leading up front was also scripted. The soldiers were told to do this long after the enemy had left.
All I can say is I'm very proud of all our military that served past, present, and those who will in the future. They dont ask a bunch of political questions. They just GO and obey the orders they are given. Leave that for the folks back home while their gone. War is a terrible, terrible, thing.In a perfect world there would be no wars. But the world we live in is Far from perfect. Honored & privileged to have served as did my 2 brothers. A hand salute to all those who served & still are.
I swear to god y’all soldier then and today are underrated ,unappreciated,and dealt wrong I swear if I could I’d put everyone of y’all in mantion I love y’all and it’s sad how y’all are treated today
My grandfather was drafted in 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee. Anyone knows what boot camp he would have went to? Trying to find as much information as I can about him, he passed away in 2009 and didn’t talk about the war with me much. I do recall stories of him telling us about being behind the “big guns with huge shells” I am assuming some form of Howitzer? What was the life of a Howitzer gunner like? His grave states he was an SP4. I recall him telling me stories of living on base in Seattle, I can’t remember if it was before or after the war. I wish I had tried to speak to him about this more before he passed
