The Animals Of The Vietnam War

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Did you know that elephants were used by the enemy in the Vietnam war? I didn’t. To be honest they seem like a logistical nightmare but I’m also not an elephant tamer so who knows?
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@LozenColorado 3 месяца назад

When my husband went to the wall, he met a sobbing veteran holding a collar. He told my husband a story about how his platoon found a puppy in Vietnam, and it became part of the platoon. It saved their lives multiple times and became their mascot/good luck charm. He had made arrangements to take the dog home, but about a week out of leaving the dog got hurt by a landmine, too hurt to save, and he had to put him down. Now, all those years later, he was there to put the make shift collar at the wall so he could hopefully leave the dog's spirit there with his lost buddies. (I'm telling the story horribly, but this is third hand.) My husband and I were both sobbing as he related the story to me. I seem to recall the dog's name was either Patton or Teddy.

@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw 3 месяца назад

He should do a video on how the Taliban used goats in Afghanistan as a morale booster.

@andyd834 3 месяца назад

So they would have something to sleep with?

@cartermccool6233 3 месяца назад

Nah someone needs to come and get u g lmfao great comment!

@lorenzonajarro2183 3 месяца назад

Poor mountain goats. That's not what NVG were meant to see.

@LastEarBender 3 месяца назад

they say that camels are the ships of the desert, because they're full of semen, but we all know that goats take the load

@matthewjaniss4103 3 месяца назад

Yeah, most if that was bullshit to dehumanize the Taliban, kinda redundant as all you need to do is look up what they actually do to hate them.

@steviestarfire 3 месяца назад

My Pops German Shepherd was named Brutus. Beautiful, loyal, an absolute beast; saved his life more than once. I still leave a flower for him on Pop’s grave.

@KnawedOne 3 месяца назад

Being a Tunnel Rat was a traumatic job for soldiers. Necessary, but extremely dangerous. Can’t even imagine. Tiger attacks were never even considered! What a nightmare. Male elephants in musth (unsure of spelling) would be like juggling with nitroglycerin.

@LMVG2233 3 месяца назад

Your spelling of musth is correct! Male elephants annually experience the musth period, which typically lasts between two and three months. Such elephants are highly aggressive and should be avoided.

@AudriaOdom-fr2zs 3 месяца назад

I got caught up in work 😂💀at work and missed the premiere, damn😡it. I really enjoyed watching it later though, thank you.💙💯🔥

@mandatoryfunday 3 месяца назад

No worries! Thank you!

@cartermccool6233 3 месяца назад

3:59 I’ve had a real f**king day dude having a real strong drink and a good laugh with u thanks!

@StefanManjakov 3 месяца назад

Tactical squirrels.😮

@Guntank214 3 месяца назад

During the US Civil War "seeing the elephant" was a common euphemism for experiencing or going into battle. I guess the Vietnamese took that a little more literally.

@PaleoVirus 3 месяца назад

I wondered about the etymology of the saying. Our Battalion Commander said we had seen the elephant. Had forgotten it until your comment.

@SophiaAstatine 3 месяца назад

I do wonder what's worse. I've tried being charged by a grumpy African elephant mister in musting season, but I've not been in any military exchanges of fire in the Vietnamese countryside. What I can say for sure though, I get why elephants make fucking terrifying war beasts.

@PaleoVirus 3 месяца назад

@@SophiaAstatine I've been nervous about water buffalo. Combat was far worse.

@beatmasterbossy 3 месяца назад

"Even when it's purpose-built, it's still a piece of garbage" Which cannot be said about the elephants. They might get a little difficult to work with, but they are highly effective animals

@patriciaadams4171 22 дня назад

In Milwaukee at huge VA grounds i volunteered many years for "Reclaiming Our Heritage" and part of the pre-event was Parade which always included uniformed WAR DOGS marched with owners, SO MOVING that part always teared me up, flags and information sbout animals who served, LOYALTY UNQUESTIONED. MILWAUKEE VA GROUNDS AS GOOD TO SEE AS ARLINGTON my gramma was post WW1 Nurse there for gas victims 🇺🇲🪖🎖️

@urielgrey 3 месяца назад

Awesome vid! Learned interesting stuff and I appreciate that! I have to enjoy the happiness of all the dogs shown. They are amazing loving happy creatures and just make life better!

@sunny-sq6ci 3 месяца назад

theres also a little known fact, that a green beret squad conducting an op in Cambodia during the war, encountered what they described as a 'giant ape' like person in a tree throwing rocks at them. apparently they fired on the creature and it kept throwing rocks at them. supposedly they submitted a formal after action report about it

@boringdude1626 3 месяца назад

This was very common both in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. They are called rock apes and at FOB-4 teams could go hunting them at monkey mountain if the yards were hungry. Sometimes rock apes would stalk teams in the field.

@AmInkD19 3 месяца назад

One of the squad leaders in my old platoon was former Marine and trained with the Thai soldiers. He had few good stories that always ended with F$&k the jungle😂😂

@davidgoodnow269 3 месяца назад

My CSM in AIT was a Vietnam draftee who stayed in, so was my 1SG in Iraq. Stories about both . . . they really were men I looked up to.

@raw1465 3 месяца назад

love to see more of this type of content!

@jonathanmcnamara2051 3 месяца назад

This feels like a list video without the numbers or a briefing with “are you listening” jokes. Keep up the good work though sir looking forward to the next video.

@Grimmyke7 3 месяца назад

I love your longer form videos too! Cool

@potato-zf9ng 3 месяца назад

Great video. I don't see anything about animals of war all that often. I'm looking forward to any more videos you do on this subject

@DeliahAyala.2.14.91. 3 месяца назад

The editing is great! Fantastic quality, lots of information. Youre doing great man

@qminke4256 3 месяца назад

Love the long form content this was a great video keep It up bro love the channel

@cooksmcgee8344 3 месяца назад

love your humor, keep up the good work brother!!!

@Defiantbluefire 3 месяца назад

I want more like this I absolutely loved this video

@oldtop4682 3 месяца назад

Nice work LT! A bit off topic. Find an old 5th Group or SOG veteran and ask about the monkey and the chickens. NSFW or I might Google around for it. Fair warning, pictures exist.

@boringdude1626 3 месяца назад

Please include all the sources you run in the description. I love reading about the war but cataloguing them is important.

@scvmbag 3 месяца назад

This is the type of military content I'm interested in

@mandatoryfunday 3 месяца назад

Thanks dude! I think I’m going to dive into weird history going forward.

@scvmbag 3 месяца назад

@@mandatoryfunday that's awesome I'm here for it

@plotholedetective4166 3 месяца назад

They had Bigfoot stories about "rock apes" which may have been a psy op... We certainly spread the stories alot.

@Bojangles6 3 месяца назад

"Never get off the boat!"- Chef.

@cooksmcgee8344 3 месяца назад

love for the furry warriors and the handlers.

@ClockworkOuroborous 3 месяца назад

Back in WWII there was a critical personnel shortage in the US military; and that was mule skinners.

@Grimmyke7 3 месяца назад

Woah cool the wardog memorial is awesome

@Dwendele 3 месяца назад

I'd rather run into an elephant than the tigers they'd have to deal with.

@Handle.youtube.001 3 месяца назад

Do you know why elephants paint their toenails? So they can hide in trees. Never seen one? It’s because it’s highly effective.

@LozenColorado 3 месяца назад

I thought he was going to be talking about Marines.

@rockylewis5218 3 месяца назад

I know that I have heard stories (rumors/legends) and the credits DO STATE that the movie, 'Operation Dumbo-drop' is based entirely on factual evidence.

@ricksanchez3176 3 месяца назад

Hey brother, I don't know if you'd want to open this box of foil publicly......😂 Check out some of the spec ops encounters with "orangutans", that "don't" live in Vietnam.... There are some very humble men, who if they told me the sky was going to fall, I'd buy a Kevlar umbrella, that gave some good accounts of orangutans...or whatever.