Reenacting the Vietnam War (Part 1/2) 

Not everyone has the same experience

@@MCWren most people had this experience

@@billnyethespy3641 Wrong

@@EspeciallyBadAtMathyes and no

@@billnyethespy3641how is that true I’ve heard so many stories from vets saying they had contact every day like we did in Afghanistan

Right! He’s even terrified of the gun shots he’s got it down, terrified look on his face even though he’s in a controlled environment he’s fresh out of Woodstock brother! Peace man yeahhh

well, when you think about it hipster styles have to come from somewhere. And hipsterism is just coopting 40s - 60s styles.

Because nothing on the back of our skin is new under the sun,it's everybody else trying to change with the future that looks funny. It's just that everything just looks *stupid* now. There's a reason that old stuff lingers, it just looked good. the 1980's through 2000's wrecked everything.

Woody Allen? Looks more like private Joker from Full Metal Jacket.

Samuel L. Jackson no

Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 haha

Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 What a great guy, at least he doesn’t take the war seriously.

Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 reminds me of my JROTC CSM. 😂 Good old CSM Nelson! 🇺🇸

Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 rotc sucks tho

Rex Cristallo Spada CT- 3981 you lost me at JROTC 🤦🏽‍♂️

muahaha thats classic

Or a bronco... the A10s smaller father(it can land in fields and on roads thankfully

Or an F5 full of napalm

my reenactment unit has a Huey, its fun af to ride in

Lol its not an airsoft battle

sreesanth Sasidharan lol not many would get that reference

American Dad lol

American Dad

“Golf carts are helicopters!!”

Not the face

except there's no hills!

the weather and all that jungle and palm trees make it somewhat real

romeo5-5 your a dumbass

your a penis.

romeo5-5 lmfao xD

Either way, inaccurate or not, this made me laugh.

*LSD

King Leonidas best comment here

...and listenin to the doors.

Sounds fun, where do I sign up?

Well said man, well said.

Exactly were doing a hamburger hill reenactment in California

I was gonna say

Holy crap you’re right.

not as likeable tho

Oh yea he does! 🤣

So private joker huh?

bufgal34 It was my memories of Vietnam (mainly con thien and the areas around Da Nang) which were reflected in my comment. I applaud your devotion and admiration to your Grandfather......but you obviously have neglected any service to your country yourself or you would have a better understanding of good natured inner service rivalry. So my recommendation is to unbunch your panties kick off the sandals and sip a little more kool aid and relax until you learn a little bit more about things you know nothing about. :)

bufgal34 No offense taken, you are a credit to your realtions and I could use a few grandkids like you in my family. Tell your Grandfather many thanks from an old jarhead....the USAF saved my bacon on many a rough time......GOD Bless !!!

MrAzrancher Na, just go to vietnam, easiest way.

Dang Axel LOL, not so sure, maybe today if you fly commercial. My govt trip was nothing but problems. San Fransisco to Japan, Japan to guam, guam to Saigon. Land in Ton Son Nhut and sit on hot plane with no air for an hour before they figure out where to unload you. Fly to DaNang but land in Pleiku instead, wait days for air trans to Da Nang, arrive in Da Nang get yelled at for being late and not arriving days earlier........wait for in country uniforms only to be told we should have gotten them in Saigon at in country processing......then some hot sleepless nights on cots napping and pulling security duty only to be flown to a rat hole on the DMZ which would make a garbage dump look like a 5 star hotel.........That's what I get when I let Uncle Sam plan by overseas vacations. :) But I wouldn't have changed a thing.....Semper Fi !!!!

+MrAzrancher So true I live in florida, Yep so correct.

They're - 'they are' Their - ownership, used in a title, etc There - place, etc C'mon dude, it's not that difficult.

hypercatjohn it's also not English class no one cares

@@Soulrollsdeep dont be a petty asshole it's not 7th grade English it's a damn youtube comment

@@kaiser6945 he should at least know the difference

hypercatjohn go f***k ur self nerd

it makes it feel way more authentic to me

I must be hard to show interest in a group of delusional retards playing soldier.

>people having fun is being retarded ok this is epic

Grubber Jt this is better than having them play fucking video games all day, hell I’d encourage teenagers to do this more than video games...

That's a Vice reporter for you.

Señor Unibrows I got Post Reinaction Stress Disorder already

@@thelogfather3587 do you mean: Post Traumatic War Reenactment Stress Disorder

Huey golf carts

@@oiuii lol 😂😂😂

Andrew Tobias he must have been thinking of korea but still, LOL !

Andrew Tobias im pretty sure he hasnt strictly reenacted only the vietnam war. He probably reenacted the world wars too

Andrew Tobias Up in the highlands during the winter.

Sam Maxwell true

Andrew Tobias He didn't say anything about vietnam.

Lol Yes!! Beat me to it!!!

Gabba Shanking He didn't say anything about being in vietnam....

My wife went to SaPa for her birthday and she saw snow

Read desc idiot

I does actually snow in Vietnam from time to time. Up in the mountains it can.

there is snow in vietnam ya know. i have been to some moantains and there is snow. ps sorry for bad english

hello brother

Majestic_Dinkle_Farts lol

Actually, historical reenactment's purpose is more educational, it's to show people how it all looked close-up. It being fun is just a nice bonus :v

In all my life I've never come across anybody that reenacts because they want to educate people who just stroll by because they like the loud explosions.

+Mr Mundy Well, now you have. When I reenact and some people that came just for the tanks/explosions come up to me and start asking questions, it's the best feeling ever. The feeling that all my hard work wasn't a waste, that I taught them something, maybe even interested them in history. It's not just for fun, you don't do it to "play war". Reenactment is a way of showing the gruesome reality of war and teaching people history and respect to the ones that sacrificed their lives on the altar of war, so we could live peacefully.

Not even a fucking war.

no hes not, i was in iraq and afgan, hes just like the ones we had with us, there not soldiers they dont know what there doing in real life either.

@@bboc920 What branch were you in?

@@hanzgotzepanzerfaust6081 he was the at the recruit office as a janitor jk it's a joke

You think this guy was bad? Don’t bother watching the Nazi re-enactment video.

i have asked my self exactly the same question. :D

I think i may answer your question when you reenact and your getting shot at you can choose if you die or not you can choose weather it be fatal or not. Unless you clearly get killed and you be a jerk and not die.

I do World War II reenacting and I will tell you, it's always a little sketchy how you "die" because, unless you are doing airsoft there are no projectile involved (thank God)...most military reenactors use blank firing firearms much like extras in a war movie...you can tell you are "hit" if you see a full-circle muzzle flash...you can also usually tell if somebody is aiming at you...of course, as in airsoft, there are always individuals who refuse to "take their hits"...as blanks are inherently dangerous due to the pressure wave created, a good rule of thumb is never to fire directly at somebody if they are within a 30-50 ft range...

WW2 here aswell There is a pretty big difference between a blank fired in your direction and your direction. You can almost always tell when you get shot, the sound of the gun firing aimed at you is way louder. There also is the strategy "when out of ammo, die". Basically when you fire your last blank, run to some other position or just expose yourself and when you hear an enemy shoot in your direction, fall

Nolan Shay I did civil war reenacting as a kid and most of the time you died when you got tired or ran outa ammo other times just when u felt like it....normally theres not to many people in the battle so to make it last longer not very many die till the end.....bigger events with alot of soldiers will tell u ahead of times when and were to die though

WE ARE LOSING DELTA! SCOUT REPORTING IN!

YUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harsh

It's Vice. He got promoted.

Par for the course for vise

LMAO I thought that was hilarious also. "Pizza's here!"

@@YellowHouseOnAHill USA EAT SPERM

agreed

Ezekiel Haugh you don’t have jungle, that’s just more swamp.

@Brandon Toad shut up

Milosz Vasily that isnt a woooosh you dumbass

@@thatonestukapilot6086 yes it is BuxBitch

TRY LIVING IN NEW MEXICO 😂

What unit are you with?

well vice also said that ww2 reenacting makes you a nazi they might just be biased

Actually combat in Vietnam wasn't as bad like World War II, Battles in that war were far more devastating due to the total scale of warfare like D Day and the Battle Of The Bulge

VC EAT SHIT XD

Hell. American Dad did a better job than these guys.

Probably because it had a 92 million dollar budget.

Masao2k Same I don't understand that either

Masao2k It'll make a huge ass *SNAP* when you're fried at. I spent a bit of time at a similar event called Milsim West. It's an honor system thing, you go down if you think you got tagged or if you need a break. I did the latter a lot.

Masao2k you know how? Fall and scream...

Masao2k I was told the people that get together discuss things before hand about who gets "shot" ect

its pretty choreographed. Theres lots of planning and discussion before the reenactment. It boils down to whichever side is supposed to win or lose, obviously on the losing side you're supposed to die. There are also officers that kinda act like referees and they can give the order when you're supposed to die.

full metal jacket

if they run they are VC, if they stand still, they are well disciplined VC

Mister OG Man fmj? i want my money

So does that mean Ann Margaret isn't coming?

I want my $20!!!!

B2091 i mean, its not like their in actual war, and they most likely arnt carrying rations with them..

He doesn't realize that they are filming it to show behind the scenes

Yeah, he thought he was doing things in character.

+Doan08 during the "brakes" they reenacting what they did in nam during battle brakes (drugs, rape, torture, etc.)

+Doan08 They had non-period food out just so they could have a break and get some chow. It wouldn't of looked good for his documentary that he tried to make look authentic.

+Doan08 Cus theyre eating fast food and reenactors should never act out of period

I enjoy how you politely expressed your opinion. Thank you

cnn is more liberal than vice let's be real here. vice also improved over the past decade.

@@sentientarugula2884 yeah I was about to say I love vice ad their documentaries

@@stansmith4599 yeah

fla gkdsa Don't you mean LRRPS? lol

lol no, i did mean LARP, as is LARP of LRRPS

I know I was making a joke.

@jon jon Brasileiro gayyy

Cody Buchanan I like the idea of blanks and airsoft being used in conjunction. I.E. milsim west.

Big question, what's the different between Milsim and re-enactment

@Nick Arnold I think reenactments...might be full of pussies...who want to play army...

Lol. Airsoft isn't good for anything, dude.

Ciaran Butterly You literally have a fuck load of veterans (former real soldiers) doing this.

it’s their job to do that. that’s what vice does. why would you watch a vice video if you don’t like vice. your comment sucks.

Jesse Lopez my granpa fought at the other side

tell your grandpa that some irelevant kid on the internet says thx for da service

How does it feel being at the winning side?

Jesse Lopez ok

same. green berets

Can’t go wrong with Hung Cuong

@Mr. Miller I don't rightly know. I just knew a guy who was in the group. Not sure if its even still going or not. I'd just say look up OR Vietnam Reenacting.

Lol.

Dave Stuehr NC is like the Canada of the south

grimm reapergaming58 What makes you say that?

assuming that just because you live in South Carolina you are a "Hillbilly Gagglefuck"

grimm reapergaming58 I don't live in South Carolina when did I say that? I said North Carolina is like the Canada of the south brcause I've been there. I was making a point about how most people there aren't country and that's just a stereotype and a majority of the population live in or around major cities and are generally very kind like the typical Canadian and the physical geography is somewhat similar and this years average winter temp was like 14 degrees which is very cold conpared to the rest of the south

yeah dosent feel like vietnam too

@@younissumaling8744 how are u blaming it on the host when the American reenactors arent even dying when they should half the time.

Caleb Seals 1812

@@absoluteomnipotent4645 1812 was a tie

Joey LaRose the good side of America won so it’s basically a win expect for the 800,000 dead.

They forgot we actually lost the White House?

Phil Swift way to be a brain dead sheep who knows nothing of the full picture of history and only spews out the vomit that you heard someone else spew out.

He's talking about how there weren't large scale "traditional" types of battles (Like the Battle of the Bulge). He's not discounting what our soldiers did in Vietnam, just explaining what went on there

+Marie Miller its called being a hipster, they judge people, it's what they do

+Jonathan chi-chi Very wrong. There was La Drang, Hue, Saigon, etc etc. There were many large scale battles in Vietnam.

+Jonathan chi-chi I guess it's not a battle but the tet offensive

He'd get PTSD from basic training

The boys in c company

@@brotherhoodofsteelman1447 brilliant! Thanks mate, going to check this out.

THANKYOU some one who actually knows their history

What you just said reminds me of the Stab-in-the-back myth propagated by Nazi Germany. The US army should not have been in Vietnam, the Vietnamese people have a right to self-determination.

Guess you haven't seen that famous Barbarossa reenactment from Africa then, huh? Man that thing is hilarious, cardboard tanks, farby uniforms and the cherry on top of the pie is that everyone is black and doesn't know Russian or German.

so, what's your point?

chiricahua apache My point is fairly evident in my post. If you're too stupid to see it then I can't help you.

It's apparent that you're trying to express some kind of disdain towards the American Vietnam Veterans, but are too simple to put into proper context. Perhaps you should give some thought to your choice of words, especially when you don't have any idea of who you are conversing with... what's the matter, that smoke getting to your little aussier head? BWAHHHHH!!

Furthermore, I didn't see any of Aussies in the wars we fought in Central America, Somalia, Grenada, Panama, PI Kuwait or otherwise, so get your facts straight before making an ass yourself. I'm sure your fellow countrymen wouldn't appreciate it. What are you 25 years old? hahah!

chiricahua apache Australian Combat Engineer, Started as a LAV crewman. 9 years service, 22 months in Afghanistan. Oh, and looking at your comment history, I'd guess your full of shit but hey.. what does it matter. I'm on the wrong side of 40, champ. Don't know who you think you're calling a " little punk" You over reacted, it's as simple as that. I started that it wasnt just the US in vietnam and you flew off the handle. I would guess that anyone with any real combat experience would be a little bit more relaxed in these kinds of situations, learn to assess a situation before reacting. But hey, that's just what I was taught. Perhaps your " special forces" training taught you differently. 7 Brigade, 6RAR d coy ( originally) FOB Tarin Kowt as force protection for MTF-1 in 2010. I suggest you use some of that " special forces" training you went through while I was swimming around in my fathers nutsack to assess the situation, understand that you've completely over reacted, made a mountain out of a molehill and basically, made a fuck-head of yourself. Thanks for the laugh, Champ. Btw, you're the only SF guy ive ever seen commenting on SF videos making a " who's the best" list. Most the SF guys I ever saw or on occasion worked with wouldnt have bothered but hey, guess you're the new SF kinda guy eh? RU-vid RGT?

Pato Plays I have been in a ww2 reenactment and also a random world war 3 one also I know world war 3 hasn't happened Yet

Look up GWA its the Great War Association they do WW1 reenacting, they own a huge plot of land in Harrisburg PA and have there own Trenches and everything.

Do you know which movie it is?

War is hell

I mean it’s still simulated gun fire. They know they can’t get hit but once all the gun fire begins you kinda get sucked into believing it.

idk buddy but I would be scared about real gun fire near me