I can’t imagine being miles deep into enemy territory then getting injured by a booby trap and having to trek tens of miles back to your evac point while in agony. Those were brave men.
@@richardbowers3647 Probably true, i mean a fire base is a large compound with trees cleared all around it. A Ranger is supposed to be trained in hiding, and can probably do so. So id wager he has better chances of surviving in the trees than in a fire base.
I was with a Line Company for about two months. They were careless, noisy and didn't seem to care. Then I was lucky enough to join the LRRP as a Pointman. Later graduating from a school my identifier was T2. Six man teams, three nights and four day missions normally but not always.. We traveled light, ate mostly LRRP's, freeze dried meals. I always cut my own trail. Never traveled the Ho Chi Min trail. That was a superhighway. Up mountains and down valleys. Our missions were sometimes in Laos, Cambodia and the last one was in North Viet Nam. You don't ask questions. These units were strictly voluntary. You could leave anytime. One saying was, "If you quit they will just send you back to Vietnam."
SOMETIMES THIS BROTHERS WERE GONE FOR A LONG TIME BY THEM SELFS. THIS WERE CALLED HUNTER KILLER TEAMS THE 9TH MANSHOUSS. AND THE 4TH AIRBORNE RANGER. MACKENZIE RAIDERS. ALSO LONG RANGE RECON. LRRPS .THE 173TH PICKED UP THE NICKNAME THE HEARD. THE VC CALLED THAM. PINK. SKY SOLDIERS. THIS MAN. ARE TO BE RESPECTED ALWAYS. AND I WILL STAND UP FOR THEM. YES. THE 173TH AIRBORNE RANGER AND LIARP AND RECON PILOTS. AND THE LITTLE BEARS. AND THE AIRFORCE. AND THE 9TH HUNTER KILLER TEAM. AND THE 4TH AIRBORNE RANGER LARRP.TEAMS THE SPICAL FORCES THE 5TH AND THE 27THID WOLF HOUNDS EASY .THAT WALKED POINT FOR THE WOLF HOUNDS THAT HAS JUST PASSED AWAY. AND MY FRIEND MICK.SLIVER STAR THAT IS STILL WITH THE 25THID GOLDEN DRAGONS DELTA FORCE AND OUR TEAMS WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER IN HAWAII ON SEPTEMBER COME I INVITE EVERYONE OF YOU. WARRIOR'S. THE 25THID GOLDEN DRAGONS DELTA FORCE AND AIRBORNE RANGER UNITS WILL BE THERE MACKENZIE RAIDERS AND THE 27THID WOLF HOUNDS AND THE 9TH AND THE 4TH. AND MAYBE LOTS OF RESECTED BROTHERS LIKE YOU WILL COME. THANKS AIRBORNE RANGERS AND MARINES AND THE NAVY FROM THE MICON DELTA RIVER RATS. IF YOU WERE IN COMBAT AND SHADE BLOOD. YOU TRUTHFULLY MY BROTHER. CARLOS GARZAJR THE AMERICAN TUNNEL RAT. I AM PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I was a 173rd LRRP. Our missions consisted primarily of hunter-killer operations involving night ambushes, night artillery engagements, day time patrolling/ambush. I was an oifficer certified artillery observer, meaning that I completed the Artillery Officer's Course at IFFV An Khe, and the Naval Artillery Course. I( we) operated out of LZ English and English North in the An Lao, Tiger Mountains, two missions to AN Khe above the Mang Yang Pass. I preferred to shell their encampments rather than
My Uncle was a LRRP in Vietnam during the early 70's. He was the greatest man and the best soldier I ever knew. It was a privilege to learn all I have from him. RIP
My real name is Al Barnes I was in recon training at fort knox, .most all went to Vietnam l got pulled out of. Training to work on the m114s that we trained with don't know if the lrrp s was the same as recon , a buddy of mine did go to nam his name was butch Winkle from texas I checked the wall in dc did not see his name hope he is alive and doing well thank all for your service . Ps I got sent to Thomas not as a mechanic but worked with the stevedores at a deep water port in support of the thi
you guys did a great job over there, and i thank you for your service. thanks to gary linderer for his unblinking retelling of the missions he and the teams went on. we need these storys told so the heros and they're sacrifice's are never forgotten.... you guys rock !!!!
this note posted in memory of Lt John Henry Lattin, Class of 1966 Virginia Military Institute, graduated June 1966 killed in action 15 Dec 1967 while on long range recon patrol Republic of South Vietnam. Rest in Peace.
Sorry gentleman , I am a little late to the conversation. I would just like to add , THE SIX SILENT MEN by Reynel Martinez( sorry I don’t know how to do italics on iPhone ) is a must read .
My real name is Al Barnes I was in recon trading at fort knox in 67. All was going to Vietnam . I got pulled out of training they needed a mechanic to work on the armor p c w e had M114 s we were a training company . Don't know if the lrrps was the same, My Buddy did go to nam his name is Butch Winkle from texas I checked the wall in dc did not find his name ,so I hope he is still alive and well. Thank all for their service, I was sent to thialand not as a mechanic but I was with the stevedores at a deep water Port and was a truck driver we were a few miles from utapal air base where the b_52 took of on their bombing runs , again thank all for you service
Do any of you LRRP’s know or remember my uncle Bill “Wilkie” Wilkinson? He was in Charlie Co. He is my best friend, role model, Dad figure, and most of all my Hero! He past away last year from Covid complications. I miss him every second of every day. He followed the Ranger creed until the day he died, and taught me my life lessons growing up. Thank you to all of you for keeping him alive over there so I was able to have someone to look up to!
Have you reached out to the VA or does he have any records of the people he served with? Even if for some reason he cut everyone out of his life from his time in the service, I feel like you could probably start with your local VA. If you have his name, rank, birthdate, dog tags, and other information I can’t imagine it would be too difficult to find out if you put in the effort - unless of course they don’t want to be contacted.
"Six Silent Men" its a 3 book series the best I have ever read!!!! The first is writtin by Reynel Martinez The second is written by Ken Miller the third is written by Gary Linderer!!!
My Uncle Larry,was MY inspiration to join the United States Army.He was based out of Phu Bai.101st Lima Rangers.And he always told me,about his BUDDY.TROTTER.They served in I Corps.The northern highlands.I believe I met that man in Marietta,Ga.One evening,he told me:"yes,I remember your uncle,tell him ALL THE BATTALIONS are getting a get together down at BENNING.------
Man I just realized how quietly you'd have to move in that type of environment. Even deer make noise at night. Humans are kind of clumsy by comparison.
Had a Navy friend in the early 80s told me after he went to electronics school in late 60's as a E-4 was sent to Nam and was assigned to place monitoring devices with a squad of Marines. They painted KBC on his jacket. Kill Before Capture. Made him really nervous. No combat training and only a 45.
later in the war the lrrp's were used more and more for ambush and they were good hunter killer teams when they had to be. but the main job for a lrrp was recon. the generals wanted a body count and they would use the lrrps to seek out the enemy make contact and try build on that by sending more troops in. they were used as bait. sad but true..
Knew a guy in LRRPS who worked at Anheuser Busch in Southern California. When he came to training classes, for electrical products at my company he always brought two cases of beer. He told me that at night in the “bush” they would string wire between trees and stand watch behind it so if they fell asleep they would fall onto the wire causing them to wake up.
My best man at my wedding was chinook crew chief, medivac Marine corps. He worked with me 8 yrs on an advanced life support ambulance. He said many times he dropped off a man and a dog. Many he never saw again and some he evac out a 100 miles away months later. 🍺👍🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸
It was a real mission in a real hostile environment in the conduct of real patrol and day/night ambush, hunter/killer operations. If you snored, spoke loudly even once, farted loudly, made noise, could not secure your gear, read a map, could not follow orders, instructions, or directions and after a post-mission peer critique, you were either in or out. Most were not selected for the reasons above.
A good friend was one. They all deserve tremendous respect. And their missions were of the highest value. Intel gathering. My friend, long after the war went camping/ hiking with his family. It almost drove him nuts how much noise they made, and evidence they left while going through some trail. lol.
I have to say LURP books are some of the best war reads. (And I have a lot of war books from WW2, Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan.) Charlie Rangers for example. Six Silent men series, Blood on the raisers. By far the best is the story of SOG, which is similar in nature. Not that I like the war or advertise it, but I was a paratrooper myself (trained similar to LURPs) the only volunteer unit in my country and could always relate to camaraderie, managing adverse conditions. Being different from legs (dusters we called them in my language :)). There was nothing I wouldn't have done for those badges, wings, and berets, when I was a kid and my God, was I dirty, cold, tired. But I was damned If I bitched and whined in front of buddies who were feeling just the same. Training made as a proud bunch.
Wow these guys were great wat balls specially point man my god doesn,t even bare thinkin about wat these men done an went through special breed altogether an nobody gave a shit about dem wen they came home an it wasn,t fair at all wat men wat courage thanks for yer service to all vietnam vets who served over there specially the lrrps great job.
ac130 was known as spooky. puff was a C47.we had both used in our support very frequently. i loved lrrps rations.much better than Cs.not lookin for a confrontation.
Well gotta say first time ive ever heard of LRRRP's unit bein a brit and all but they seem like bad ass mo fo's.Much respect for any man that can do a job like that.
Older now.brave six and more god bless you, some don't understand....free world is not free....sacrifice is courage........Jim,carry on brave ones that got it done. Amen.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! My best friend, Royce Clark (Co H, 75th Reg, 101st Air Calvary), was badly wounded when his team was ambushed during the Cambodian invasion in 1970. You can read about his miraculous rescue in "LRRPS IN CAMBODIA: MIA Rescue" by Kregg P. Jorgenson (available on Amazon) … not promoting the book … just giving credit to where credit is due! Thank you all servicemen for going in my place!!
Read about him in a few books! Your dad was a bad ass! I hope he's still around, and would love it if you passed him a thank you for serving from a big supporter
my uncle was a LRRP and told me of this relatively secret helicopter that was HEAVILY armed and even had a cannon on the side of it. he said they would radio in and say bring this helicopter in(forgot the name) and "make it rain". i thought that was cool and was wondering if anyone heard a similar story.
dont know who my dad was with he was there in 66-67 was a LRRP i know he was a grunt his name is roger burdette he dont talk much about that time of his life but has told me some things about LRRP i thank god for men like him and all the others who fought for my country he and all the others ae my heros
I was born in 1965 but by the time it was 1975 I always wanted to go to Vietnam with my uncles and Cousin. I guess it’s a family thing. May they Rest In Peace
Correction; We were an Infantry Platoon consisting of 4 6 man teams. We conducted missions with just six, whereas Rangers would routinely operate in teams of at least 12, plus maybe an E-6, or an officer. I was an AFO, and was part of E/2/503RD Infantry Wildcats. When there was a team out, I was part of the six man team, not 6+me. LRRPs were volunteers with at least 7 months in a line company. We used a 3 day training mission in Indian country to see if they could operate in a LRRP environment.
Not so. We followed orders. There was no complaining except that we had paved the way in blood, and felt we were being cheated out of closing ceremonies. We operated in 6 man teams, Rangers did too sometimes, but they were a company. We were a platoon consisting 2-6 man teams, a platoon Sargent( Pappy Roy Baumgartner), and an AFO each time a team hit the woods. The Rangers had too many men, and we felt they were a little puffed up especially since we had done the worst parts in earlier years.
I WAS WITH THE 25THID GOLDEN DRAGONS DELTA. AND I WAS THE POINT MAN. I CUT TRAILS. EVERY THING THAT THIS BROTHER IS SAYING IS TRUTH. I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS THERE. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT SO WAS SAMMY FROM CHICAGO AND TUCSONELO WITH THE 60TH. WE WERE SPICAL OPERATIONS TEAM. I WENT INTO THE TUNNELS.
Father LRRP'd for the 1st I.D. A Team 2nd Squad Trp D (air) 1/4 Cav 10/65-7/67. graduated 3 week course at Nha Trang 11/65 (before it was called recondo... It was still just Project Delta at that time) with 20 others from the unit.
All I can say is God Bless and much respect. I do have a question for the individual who posted this video. Were any of the LRRP team made up of Cav Scouts or were they strictly Rangers?
It must be like talking about a past life experience, what they were doing in vietnam and how long ago they did it, must seem so strange for them now. Probably better off that way.
Ive read all the LRRP books there are to read some three or four times . Ive tried to put names with the pictures that don't have names . I couldn't find a name for the man on the cover of "The Eyes of The Eagle" by Gary Linderer His eyes tell a story in there own. He looks like the man John Kiefel in this video. I think its the receding hairline. Anyway the LRRPS are all heros in my book. Thanks for making these videos and may God Bless you.
E Co LRRP 52nd / H Co Rangers 75th III Corps 70' & 71.. now I'm just a handicapped combat Veteran (100%'er-combat wounds) lost my only Son in Iraq 08-2004
THANK YOU FOR GOING IN MY PLACE! My best friend, Royce Clark (Co H, 75th Reg, 101st Air Calvary), was badly wounded when his team was ambushed during the Cambodian invasion in 1970. You can read about his miraculous rescue in "LRRPS IN CAMBODIA: MIA Rescue" by Kregg P. Jorgenson (available on Amazon) … not promoting the book … just giving credit to where credit is due!
@@stevebenson3024 Don't know about LZ Ross, but I was on Baldy (196th headquarters) on mothers day May 12th 1969 when a NVA sapper company tried to over run us. Turned out bad. We lost Sgt. Scott, I was wounded by a frag, but there were lots of dead NVA in our company area the next morning.
I was a LRRP TL in the highlands in 69-70. There were differences in how things were done with other units, but K Company 75th Inf Ranger, did pull teams if any one was hurt bad enough to endanger the man or the rest of the team. We operated in 4 man teams for the most part, so any injury was potentially a threat to the mission. It was not uncommon for guys to stay in if the injury was more minor or if extraction involved greater danger. The determining factors for us at least was 1: how long would it take to get to the extraction LZ and 2: how long would it take for the Choppers to get there , once the decision to extract was made.
