Vietnam Special : Con Thien Battle 

1/9........walking dead

Thank you for all that you did.. Respect.. Semper Fi

I was with 2/9 when you guys got hit at the marketplace. Glad you made it back. We went up to the banks of the Ben hai river a few weeks later. Got hit on the way back the next morning on the same dirt road we went up.

God bless you

Thank you for your service

Was there with 3Bn 9th Marines sept/oct 67. Incoming was nasty. Ran every where and especially to the shitter. I never shit so fast in my life! Choppers come in and mortars were hitting everywhere! If the wind was favorable you had a head start to a hole. Big guns in the north were bad too.

@@kenkal1829 i was there in Sept 67 with I 3/9 con thien (hill of angels) one day we received 1000 artillery & rocket lost buddies sad

@@carmeloburgaretta3209 Thanks for the reply, I was with 106's. Will never forget that stretch and how it wounded and killed a lot of brothers. Semper Fi forever!! When I got back stateside I ended up at Quantico, then an early out!! Be healthy and stay safe always!

🎉I stayed on artillery base n they All nite

Thank you

g God bless you, Marine. Will see you soon.

Hey from 🇨🇦. Did you meet any Canadians there ? Apparently about 20,000 volunteerd. Hope you're doing good bud.

Much respect to you sir!!!

Much respect..

Strong words welcome home.

@ I was at Con Thien after Jan. 1968 and the motor fire was accurate hitting around our under ground bunker, one was a front direct hit, lucky I was on my knees crawling, I hear underground picking at night. The enemy was digging under the ground. I heard movement at night, while I was on watch duty at night. I shot up a fare, and three shots from my left front. I stay cover, and there was no movement. I told some season Marine what was happening or things I noticed. We were on the line the next night, but the enemy did not attack. I gave a call, the motor fire was directed, in the northern side, next morning and all was discover was some blood, and no dead bodies. I went out on a listen post outside of Con Thien, some Marines went to sleep, and we were in large bomb hole. I heard Vietnamese voices on the other side of a large bomb hole. We only had a 45 caliber.The senior Marine had the 45 caliber, and did not pass the 45 around and when he learn the watch was compromise, he led us by the area where we left Con Thien. He forgot where the return entrance was momently, but made the right choice. If I had the 45 caliber I could have shot the 2 Vietnamese or they would have surprised us, and shot us, looking over the rim of the large bomb hole. I went out with sniper in the night. We were supposed to protect his flank, nothing happen that night. Later we went outside on our first patrol company size. I was assigned to the 3rd platoon. I was was told to watch on the the left flank, where the attack would take place. I saw a black wire cord in a area. I stop and got Lt. Burgess to review what I had noted. It did not fit, and strange in the ground area. He told me to go back to my left flank. I do not know why Lt. Burgess pulled the black wire cable. It blew up, and knock him down. Then the motor fire started in the striking or killing zone. I was hit with metal in my arm. cheek face, and chest. I notice the ground opening from a distant, and a rife muzzle showing up, but no firing. Then some command was giving to move up forward as to get out of the killing zone. I was removed to Phi Bui thereafter. I was in Hotel 2/1. I did later learned that the bunker I was in, the ground open up, and a fire fight started, the Marine got shot in one of his lungs, but lived, and later he was awarded the silver star, he did not hear the order to withdraw from the bunker where I heard the underground picking. Before that 2 marines and myself was by the trench line talking or bunching up. I heard a shot fired, all you could do is duck, I even saw dust break up or raise up dirt from the ground from the ground, and the bullet hit. The NVA were monitoring us all the time. Just like on patrol, outside Con Thien they knew our exact location. There was a number of Marines wounded, that I did not know, but Lt. Burgess had a lot of wounds in his chest. That could have been me . If I had pulled that black wire cord device. When other Marines came to aid of Lt. Burgess, the motor rounds were hitting the area, and I heard zinging in the air of the area, and then moaning, and crying..

Thank you for your service

What unit? I was 3/9 3rd Bn.

@@kenkal1829 LCPL Ray LaPointe was in the Weapons Platoon of Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marine Regiment.

@@johnperry1863 Thanks! Con Thien was the worst especially sept/oct 67. We were kids. So sorry but you can be proud of your cousin!

Was with 3/9 106's beginning in September 67! On the line behind the HQ bunker. Our CO Major Cook went on RR just before we got there! Semper Fi!!!

@@kenkal1829 I remember you guys. Do you remember two guys being killed crossing over too close behind one of your guns? It was two lieutenants, I think. Anyway, one of them was Jerry Bennett a good friend of mine. Glad you made it back, hope life has treated you kindly. Semper Fi!!

@@michaelryerson1315 I was at Con Thien late September 67 to late October. Rotation was a great idea on the hill. Can't imagine staying longer! I remember they had a Chaplin come around one day to tell us he was praying for us! We wondered why. Then we found out intelligence people expected a big assault in a couple of days!! Thank God it never happened but it sure made your nerves jumpy! I think we slept about five hours in 3 days!! Don't remember any accidents like you mentioned. We had a kid get a little shook up from the back blast one nite, don't remember Lts though! Were you there at that time? We left there and went to the Rockpile then LZ Stud, Calu etc. Then a few operations! I did all right comparing to some guys. Little shrapnel and malaria but otherwise I was very lucky!! Was a long time ago! But some memories I'll never forget!! I Retired as a detective in NJ. How about you? Make it all right?

@@kenkal1829 Yeah, one piece, mostly. Shrapnel feet and legs, delta med for a few weeks and then back to the field. Bullet wound right thigh but luckily was a ricochet, missed my knee by about three inches. Little limp. I think Lt. Bennett was killed around the middle of Sept. Captain Browne was KIA in July also at Con Thien. Rotated back to Charlie 2. Came home in February of '68. Tet was going on when I came out. Screwed around for a couple years, did some drinking. Just generally fucked around. Got married in '76. We're still together. One son, one grandson and another grandchild on the way. Life is good. Welcome home. I wrote and read this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qH2vbYs6ebc.html

@@michaelryerson1315 I got married while stationed at Quantico Dec.68. Then discharged thru the early out system in June. They let us out early but still tried to get us to reenlist! No way baby, I'm outta here! My first child was born a couple of months after I got out! BUT I had to pay for our baby!! Con Tien was the worst month of the whole tour! Can't fight an artillery shell, you just hit the deck and hope! I watched your video, it was very well done! Now I have 5 grand kids one is married and trying to make me a great grandfather! I watched your video it was very well done. I always scan these videos hoping I see someone I served with! So far no help. Thanks for the comeback Mike, Godspeed and Semper Fi forever!!!

Thx for trying Soldier , it all looked pretty exciting when I was a kid watching from Rocket Ship 7's broadcasting region just north of Buffalo N.Y...CANADA , no I was NOT A DRAFT DODGER , butt fcUK , one ran over my friend in Hamilton.. KIA...I REMEMBER JOEY BALANEY , that WAR reached a long ways , DESTROYED HIS MOM.

Did you know PFC Walter Babbitt, Jr?

I was with L 3/4 Jan66-Jul67 extended 6 months to stay with Lima Co

THANKS AMERICAN PATRIOT!!!!!

You couldn't pay me to go back, E/2/1 1st Mar Div. '66-'67.

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That was a stupid idea, build a wall while under artillery,mortar and rocket fire.

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Thank you for serving (everyone one here). My Father was a Grunt in India Company 3/4 Marines in 66/67. Then My Uncle was with B BTRY, MACG-18, 1ST MAW, 2ND LAAM BN, III MAF When he was killed in Chu Lai in February of 1968. Eglin, Chuck/Chuckie

@@thomaseglin7103 The Marines set up Chu Lai in 1965 when they put a in a short takeoff and landing runway where A-4 Skyhawks had to use JATO packs to take off because they weren't equipted with afterburners. During that same time they had the battle of Chu Lai cleaning out NVA and Viet Cong units that were all over the place.Pretty brutal battle like Con Thien. Sorry about your uncle but he was killed during the Tet Offense when the whole country was lit up..Things were realitivly quite when I first got there in Nov. 69 a few rockets and motars now and then but when we invaded Cambodia in May 1970 the NVA started attacking bases all over the country and Chu Lai got hit hard with 122mm rockets.Had some KIAs and quite a few wounded. A good friend of mine was stationed in Da Nang and he told me years later that they spotted a NVA rocket battation in the hills outside Da Nang sent out aircraft to destroy them but they think they a went into a cave then popped up 50 km south at Chu Lai.,Hard to belive that was 52 years ago but that experience stays with you until the day you die.

Dnt make sense it's war if a enemy is n a church fire at me and the church is in Geneva convention protection. Sorry I'm knock that church out or what ever I have to do to kill that VC-NVA troop that's trying to kill me. So Gov wanna send my wifey telegram saying your huaband was KIA frm a VC/NVA troop that was firing at him frm inside a church but your huaband couldnt react due to Geneva Convention act 123: 4 They out they mine court marshal my ass but atleast I would b alive to talk about it. I agree with your comment

Yeah and what did that do for American freedom, security and safety. Vietnam was no threat to us. They did nothing to us. They were just sick and tired of foreigners running their county and they were fighting to be rid of them.

This is just a cope to deflect from the fact that America was beaten by a bunch of rice farmers who fought against invaders.

What ever. We lost!

@@DN-nf9pc Remember the NVA didn't occupy Washington DC.

You never see the assholes who sent them there in the first place.

The same type assholes ruining the country today, sleeping with the CCP. Now the fight is here on American soil, supported by traitors, US born commies….to all enjoy!

Nail on head…….all the big boys scared of the ooks, forgot how too attack, screw the politicals! Plus the chi-coms at home, all them bastards running the country……take a big breath and look at it now, it’s just great isn’t it!

The political this ,, the political betrayed everyone

If that's how you want to word it. Meanwhile, the NVA won in real life.😊

They RAN away.

@@1aaace Not hardly. The public turned against the war. The military trained the ARVN to take over and slowly the US soldiers were to come back home. There was a treaty that if N Vietnam broke Nixon would begin bombing them again. Nixon got tangled with the Watergate scandal and couldn't do nothing. Congress wrote off S. Vietnam and sent minimal supplies. Try learning some history.

@@Ryan-vg4wn Really? What battle did the NVA win against the US?

I'm related to Gen George McClellan and I couldn't agree more!

This is how ppl of power have ZFUCKED US ALL IN SOMEWAY,,,,FUCKEM ALL ,,,I'm starting,,yeah just now,to HATE MOTHERFUCKIN POWERS THAT BE,,another black man killed by PIGS whom murdered the man,,,,knee on his neck,,,.leaning to put more weight on him,,,sorry went off track,,,GOD BLESS ALL VIETNAM VETERANS

they did bomb the north. Alot. The problem was the nva could put long artillary in caves which could reach bases near the dmz but could not be hit by airstrikes or captured by troops

VERY BAD...POOR USE OF AMERICAN PATRIOTS!11111 america is in TROUBLE.......CALL THEY LYING SHIT.OBUMMER...CCP DUCK!!!!!! OBUMMER FYOU!!!

35,000 NVA congregated near the DMZ? Fly over and carpet bomb

That's you?

Thanks for your service.

I'm a Vietnam Draft resistor. I talked to an Air Force F4 Phantom pilot who did a video on RU-vid. He had 180 missions throughout Indochina. He said, "Who said we were supposed to win the war". He knew as a pilot he wasn't there to win b/c of all the insane regulations he had to observe in warfare. He said he knew the war was being lengthened for "someone" and "something".