It pisses me off how disrespected Vietnam vets are. It wasn't their choice. The government tells them what to do they go do it no questions asked. If any vets are reading this thank you for your service and sacrifice and I have the utmost respect for you no matter which war you served in.
Josh Varuso I was an anti war protester In early 70’s. I went as far north as Boston and south to Austin, Texas and places in between .i never saw that. We had Vietnam veterans protesting with us. Still a hippie, 68 years you! Shelley from Arkansas!
I was an active soldier during Operation Linebacker in '67 there were thirteen of us we move up one last time we were captured after we got out and I was discharged because I could no longer walk I went home where I wanted to go during the war
From boths sides of this war no matter they were the North Vietnamese forces or the US army/South Vietnamese troops, I still think many of the troops fought in the long and hard battle deserve the outmost respect as for what they have struggled in the harsh conditions in Vietnam
@dbworld54 @dbworld54 My fascination with history began before I was in my teens and my favourite book was a large volume entitled "Nam: The Vietnam experience from 1965 to 1975", compiled by Tim Page, a war correspondent there. I got it for my 13th birthday. I vividly recall reading about the Pleiku and Quang Ngai engagements, and still recall the images of the red dust/clay sand that seemed to be everwhere in the images. I couldn't even begin to imagine what you must remember. Much respect.
The Vietnam was terrible and caused too much death, pain and suffering but it produced some of the best songs and movies ever(Fortunate son, goodnight saigon, Apocalypse now etc), almost makes it worth it.
@bleushift If you read the book. I am not sure what you mean by story, and I know you are not an English speaker so maybe you meant Book instead of story. The movie DVD has deleted scenes when the Producer/Director decided to leave out the scene that was political in that it made Johnson look like a manipulated fool, and showed McNamara & Gen Westmoreland planning how to persuade him to give them more troops which obviously meant a draft. This is in the book, and was filmed but cut from movie.
No...Sympathy for the Devil was written by The Rolling Stones--one of the most antiwar bands out there. That song is about how there's evil everywhere and they personify it with Jagger singing the song as the Devil; claiming responsibility for all of the killings and wars mentioned in the song by stating that he was physically (or spiritually) at each event.
@geneward101 I'm sure it wasn't and this montage does only brush the surface. Perhaps we can look at this video as a showing of American might and willpower during the time. "Fortunate Son," the song being played was CCR's way of contributing to the morale of the troops and what a great job it did!
@methylene5 We said NVA to the guys in olive gray not Charlie in the black pajamas. After Tet 68, Charlie was done; The Vet Cong was finished as a fighting force; so the North sent NVA troops to pick up the slack. And pick it up they did
@irishriot303 Are you the guy who thought up the "Mission Accomplished" banner for "W' ?? LOL !! Changing the objective after you start, and declaring a victory doesn't change the fact we failed to accomplish our objective of protecting the government and people of S. Vietnam. The mission was doomed from the beginning because the upper management didn't listen to the guys on the ground, and this was the Pentagon & President Johnson not the Congress. This war will forever be a scar to our image.
@methylene5 I fought "Nathaniel Victor" from Nov 68 till Jan 70 in the Pleiku and Quang Ngai Provinces 14 months of pure hell. I remember the ambush night some were quiet as church; others we ran for our lives. The only constant was Nathaniel Victor's determination. In the open we kicked their asses, but in the jungle he had the advantage! I still have nightmares.
@guitaristvai why did you leave vietnam then and when you left saigon fell? u didnt care about the deal you had with south vietnam. dont post stuff if you dont know anything about it -.-
@STOOPIDTIME I don't think the song is protesting the war itself, but the fact that not everyone had an equal chance of being called on to fight. Every average Joe, Tom, Dick, and Harry whose number came up had to fight. However, if Alex's parents were rich or if George's dad was a senator, there was a good chance they'd get a college deferment denied to so many others or they might get one of those spots in the National Guard that was impossible to come by for your average 19-year-old.
I've said once I'll say it again these guys and women are true American badassess!!!! And from my ❤thank you for your service!!!👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@humanquest32 I understand how one comes to this conclusion, since the song is always linked to almost every Vietnam war movie, but its actually an anti-warsong :D
Actually he is right in that we did lose over 50,000 as we actually lost 56,000 and another 400,00 were wounded severely. The place where Glen is wrong is the Politician's (notice I spelled it correctly) being the cause. The USA people in general felt it wasn't worth it anymore, and many of them were Veterans themselves who personally knew just how little reason the US had for fighting the South's War for them.
What if I got stabbed twice in school, cracked my skull open in preschool, drowned at the age of 5, recovered from a coma, got glass shards jammed into my foot during a car accident, got a horrible scar on my arm from a dog bite, dislocated a hand, dodged like 30 fireworks that shot directly at me, and survived an explosion?
Okay, I guess it was unfair to assume you hated us. If you put this much effort into learning about this war, then I'll admit, you know more than I do. What is this assignment for? College?
@irishriot303 We did lose vietnam because the USA wasn't use to an unconventional war thats why we lost but give every soldier, marine, sailor, airmen all the respect because they fought hard.
I think many of the Vets (and I am one as well) are missing the point of the song. The point is not who won or lost the war. The point is most people who end up fighting the wars are not the ones who start them, and wave the flag the hardest. The unfortunate poor souls who end up fighting in these wars are the ones who can't afford a college deferment or have a daddy who can get them out of it like George H.W. Bush did for George W. Bush using his influence to get him into TX Air Nat. Guard.
Hahahaha its the title song of a very popular game called Battlefield Vietnam. I aggree it has nothing to do with the war but US soldiers during that war where listening to these songs even in their helmets sometimes. I guess thats why songs of that period of time will always be associated with the war....
@bleushift If you think anything you had to say was the reason the USA lost the war then obviously you know very little about what happened. I suggest you read the book the movie "We Were Soldiers" the actual title of the book is much longer and I believe is "We were soldiers once..and young" which it is clearly documented from this very early perspective that this was a conflict we could not win, and it was simply put forth to Mr. McNamara and Gen. Westmoreland by this then Col. who coauthored.
