I like his honesty people who were not alive do not understand exactly what he's saying most people knew the Vietnam War was a quagmire especially after the Tet Offensive in 1968. God bless all who served especially those who didn't come home.
Great video - I'm a non-combat veteran. In general, the people asking the questions treat people who are or have been in the US military as someone from another planet. Please don't forget that we are your friends and neighbors.
Thank you for the interview and sharing. My dad was in Lai Khe 1/28th recon from 1969-1970. Two members from the 82nd airborne ended up joining their unit (Lee Harper and Larry Lowe). I made a few videos of my dad sharing his experiences and I noticed quite a few similarities between this interview and what he said.
(May 10, 1953 - April 29, 1975) and (February 16, 1956 - April 29, 1975) were the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The two men, both U.S. Marines, were killed in a rocket attack one day before the Fall of Saigon.
It's the first time I've heard a story that allows me to understand how I could also have been "gotten" at the same age, because of a difficult path as a young person in society and a speech well-rehearsed state. A kind of gear that would have sent me into the field without my ever really saying yes or no. Thank God, this man came back alive.
Vietnam US Army vet draftee here. 68/69. I joined a Reserve unit a few years after coming home and served there with an 82nd Airborne vet. After getting to know him he told me of being in Cambodia and loading his best friend's body on a chopper. The bird had brought in a mail sack and there was a dear John letter for my friend. He said that he anxiously opened the letter and got his buddy's blood on the letter. "Drive on, doesn't mean a thing". Yeah right. This was many years later and the event still haunts him.
2 years after 10 months to get commission. I was 2 years, 10 months, 10 days. I was XO of the Transient Company at Oakland Army Base 01 Jan 69 to 30 June 69. I remember my good friend getting his assignment to the 82nd when we arrived in Vietnam, exclaiming, “I’m not Airborne qualified!” LOL
In December 1970 on my 18th birthday I registered for the draft. When my lottery number came up in 1971, it was #19. I was cannon fodder for Nam. Luckily I was already enrolled in my freshman year at the university, giving me a 2S classification (student deferment). My counselor told me if my grades dropped below a C average, the university had to report me to the draft board, and it’s off to the jungles of Vietnam. So I studied hard, even took two years of ROTC. By the time I was graduating, Nixon was pulling the troops out and the war was winding down. Those were the days my friend…
If you want a better take on these perspectives? Please look at a similar project from Grand Valley State University. The interviewers are a lot more knowledgable and less leading. The depth of their pre-work makes for a 1000x better, in-depth outcome.
U r all heros. It was a real war. That some people are still living to this day.Some took their own lives an couldnt handle it. U all never got the praise the help or the recognition u alllll deserved.im from uk. But thank u all for your service and heroism. Men ladys dogs domnut dollys. Welcome hme 🎖👍🎖👍🎖👍🎖👍🎉🎊
I mean no disrespect to Mr Roney, I honestly dont, but, you can tell the difference between a Airborne Soldier and a 'Leg',every time. It comes down to attitude and outlook. Even now, with non-Airborne soldiers serving in the division, there is a marked difference between them, and the Airborne qualified soldiers in the division. AATW! Cpl Craig- HHC 1/505th P.I.R [Scout Plt]
Legs didn't vgo to jump school , some but not all of the legs went to repel assault school ,but in the war didn't mean anything because 101 wasn't jumping we were air assaulting so mostly it was just the Airmobile but the didn't matter a bit and I hope you watch more of these videos because it's not a person crying for attention telling them , hope you understand it .
You can bet your ass that the Bush’s, the Clinton’s, Obama, Graham, McConnell, Romney, and Cheney got plenty. The Clintons are known gun runners, the Libya gold heist, human trafficking, the Bush/CIA drug running, Cheney and the Senators got theirs through the contractors. There ought to be tribunals…..
I was in-country from 66-67. Back then being in the army was like a prison sentence. I hatred the army and still do. In-country doesn't mean there wasn't any of the typical army chicken-sh*t, just less than elsewhere. FTA all the way!!!
