VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - Brian "Doc" Bartlett, Combat Medic Vietnam 198th Inf. Brigade, Americal 

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After 53 years “Doc” still has the 1000 yard stare. Thank you for your service Doc!

This poor man. “Thank you” isn’t enough. I hope you find peace.

Salute Sir. One of the most moving accounts of war I've ever heard.

May God grant this amazing man peace, as well as all vets who deserve our undying gratitude

Prayed for Doc Bartlett today for him to find inner peace God bless him for his service to our country.

Thank you for your service Doc. You did incredible interview and recalling your Vietnam tour history. Thank you "Doc" for all you did for those who were wounded and you cared for. Welcome home.

For those who have served and bear the scars of battle and all it entails in its horror... may you know your sacrifices and pain which you bear, have made those who never made it home remembered in dignity, respect and cared about. May their memories of those who loved and knew them stay in their hearts. Thank you "Doc" for still being here and for all you did for those you cared for. Welcome home!! Thank you, VOH for this interview of a great man! Namaste. From a Vietnam Era Marine Corps veteran.

I hope the rest of his life is peaceful and he enjoys the pride he deserves

I was a Ops medic in the Angolan / South African war. I know a lot of things you talked about. Respect and I salute you. They do not know what medics go through !

At moments his stare, you can see him thinking and reliving these events .

I was at Cam Ranh Bay the same time Doc was serving. It is amazing to me that we Air Force guys were in barracks every night with hot meals every day and a shower whenever we wanted. We needed to get supplies to these men, and I am honored to have served them, but their level of sacrifice and suffering makes me feel like I was a tourist. Thank God for such brave men.

This is the best Vietnam vet interview I have ever seen. Period! Thanks for your service, Doc!

Someone hug this man.

Thank you Brian, God bless you. I hope you find peace.

Doc you have my love and respect.

I know Doc personally. He is a outstanding man. It's a honor to know him. Take care my friend.

I am 74 and living in my 1993 F-250 by choice 100% Service Connected. I have, am, going, been, through the same feeling's. I thought I was going insane, it was PTSD. I have been going to the combat Veterans group since 1997. I think it saved my life. AMERICAL

I've watched many of these stories, this is the saddest one ever. My heart hurts for this Man. Thank you Doc.

Thank you, Doc Bartlett, for your service to so many who needed you. You are a good man! God bless you!

Thank you Sir from the bottom of my heart and Soul for your service!! May God Bless you and Shine his everlasting love upon you forever.

What an amazing man, had tears in my eyes at the end of that! I cant comprehend what he has gone through and how that chaged his life. I love the chance the vets get to say how proud they are of their service, that would never have been the case a few years ago. Thank you for giving them the chance to be heard.

My God bless you Doc.

I just lost 2 friends that were in Vietnam and now I better understand their issues. This great man's eyes tell me the story more than I ever understood. What a GREAT AMERICAN!!! God bless you Sir!!

The most frightening voice on the battlefield is the loud yell .....MEDIC!!!!!. These guys, DOCs, were very respected and treasured in Nam. They were so trusted that they could have done open heart surgery with 100% support and trust on the battlefield.

WW2 Vets are called, " the Greatest Generation", appropriate", but, Doc Bartlett represents a pretty Great generation also. Thank you for this phenominal video.

Larry, You're a gentle and brilliant interviewer.

As hes talking you can see in his eyes hes living those memories very vividly. Almost lost in his trauma. Greetings from the UK.

GOD Bless You Doc, You paid a heavy price for your service and THANK YOU for allowing us to hear your story. I was a Grunt in the Americal 196th 3rd of the 21st 3rd herd 1968/69 That brought back lots of memories!! To ALL My Brothers who served in Nam......THANKS for your Service!!!

I was a medic in the 3/8th 4 infantry division 1967-69 came home 10 days short of 21.

This is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time ❤

What an incredible interview. To think Doc Bartlett only went through 10 weeks of training to prepare as a Medic in Vietnam is mind boggling. Not only did he see such death & destruction during his tour, he also has a very sad family story as well. I thank this man & will pray for him. Sending blessings from Australia 🇦🇺

Ken Wolf, I grew up with in Mt. Angel, Oregon - 1,800 pop. farming town. Drafted in 65 and said he would NOT carry a gun, made him a medic and shipped to Da Nang. They were running out of a village that was being shelled with mortars, he heard a scream of "m-----f------" and knew it was a soldier. Two black guys dove into a 15' well without the rope to avoid the shelling. Kenny ran back 50' and thru the rope down the well and took off. Guy's got out, got to the copter and told the story when they got back. "Stars and Stripes" needed a story and wrote up a much more detailed account of Ken's heroism. He got the "Medal of Honor", I think. He told us it was a slow week for awards. Told us 20 yrs later he was no hero, scared and running as fast as he could go. They had to run, under fire, a long long way to get to the copter, one of the Black guys took shrapnel in a leg. Ken died of Alcohol Addiction at about 51. Good guy, saved those two brothers from becoming captives or shot. Kenny Wolf's buried in Molalla, Oregon

The man is an American Patriot.........Thank You SIR.......for everything .

Brian "Doc" Bartlett 🤠👍

I'm speaking here too much, but I look into this man's eyes and see how his Vietnam experience has affected him. I am humbled

Im proud of you "Doc" Bartlett.

Your Bravery is unmeasured Doc Bartlett. Thank you for your service 🇺🇲🏁

I Just want to HUG this Man. 💙

Understand brother. Navy corpsman, Vietnam, 1967, operating room, USS SANCTUARY. Can’t thank you enough brother.

Thank you Mr. Bartlett. Thank you for agreeing to do this interview, for your service, for what you did for so many people in Vietnam. I wish you peace, serenity, happiness.

Thank you. Doc welcome home ❤️

Got bless you Doc. Thank you Larry!

I was in Vietnam, we did daily morning road mine sweeps and i was the demo man and our squad carried our own medic . We would at times be assigned to accompany combat missions and not to bore you with stories but just want to say-there is no soldier I admire and respect more than a COMBAT MEDIC!!!! I think Doc Bartlett just explained why! Thanks Doc!!!

Thank You Doc!

As a 18 yr kid that deployed to fallujah and abu ghraib Iraq in 03 and 04 and deal w my issues i cant imagine the things he's seen and done. Guys like this give their entire lives for freedom sake.. bless him and this channel. Incredible interview. ❤❤

Fantastic interview! I served in the 1st Battalion/52nd Infantry during the same time frame in 1970 as Doc Bartlett. I was an Infantryman in Company B and Doc Bartlett was in Company D. As such, we traversed the same areas and faced the same situations on a daily basis. Over the years I have transcribed upwards of 10,000 pages of radio transcripts from our Battalion and from the Americal Division. These records were recorded in the Daily Staff Journals and provide situation reports from the field. I have never met Doc Bartlett, but many of the incidents he described were familiar and described in the Journals. I couldn’t stop watching this interview. He was describing what we all saw to one degree or another. This interview should be viewed by the spouses of Vietnam combat veterans since most spouses have no idea of what we endured because we don’t discuss our time in Vietnam. Thank you for providing a very powerful interview and I salute Doc Bartlett!

To all the men and women who served their country, saving lives in long shifts... God bless them

This left me in tears. I can't imagine what this poor man has gone through his entire life. I just have no words except, Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

thank you sir. welcome home.i hope you find the peace you earned and deserve.

Thank you Doc Bartlett.

I was a Navy Corpsman during Viet Nam but was sent to the carrier Midway CVA-41, I was very lucky to have not gone with the marines. I can’t imagine what this went through. God bless him.

This guy is beyond hard. What an amazing interview.

This guy is a real hero. Thank you for your service. Well done! Our government needs to do more to repay these guys for what they went through for us. When they came back they were for the most part treated like shit. I remember, U.S. Army 1966-1969.

That poor guy!! I'll pray for him that God grants him peace. Gb

Immediately apon seeing this man's eyes you can see the horrors he's lived through smh. I'm a little way through the interview as I write this but you can just tell he's a good man with a pure heart that's been broken so many times. I genuinely hope that he somehow finds his peace as he lives out the rest of his life. Thank you so much Doc for your service and although you boys didn't get a welcome home at the time I'm saying that now and one day when you cross the gates into heaven I know the good lord will say it as well. Much respect sir.

Thank you Doc,Welcomed Home Most powerful Veteran interview I have ever listened to EVER. GOD BLESS THIS MAN;may you Doc finally find peace.

I am so touched by Mr. Bartlett’s interview. Glad that the VA is caring for him, financially and medically. That’s the least this country owes him. a mighty good human being.

Thank you, great interview

Speechless....I want so much to hug this man.. God has a very special place for you brother.

Thank you both, God Bless you both. America is not America without "Doc"

Doc thank you so much for your sacrifices. I was a combat medic in the 80’s and 90’s and so much of what you said resonated inside me made me remember all those times I was put into that chaos and fog of war that only a medic would understand like sleeping in blood dried uniforms or just seeing violence in such a way that it affects you in every way even into civilian life to this day. God bless you Doc! And I hope that somehow you’ll find love and peace in your life…🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🫡

I’m feel so honored to hear your story. 🇺🇸

God bless you Doc.

LARRY FOR GOODNESS SAKE, IF THAT WAS NOT ONE OF YOUR BETTER INTERVIEWS I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS. BRIAN, I STOPPED THE INTERVIEW BEFORE BECAUSE I WAS SO OVERWHELMED WITH YOU EXPERIENCES; YOU HAVE SPOKEN BEAUTIFULLY. LARRY, I CAN SEE HOW AFFECTED YOU WERE TOO. PLEASE DO A FOLLOW-UP WITH BRIAN; WHAT A REMARKABLE PERSON HE IS

Doc takes you into deep water.

Thank you for your service !🙏🇺🇸🎉

Love to all, God bless!

Very powerful ❤❤❤I feel for this man..HERO!!!!!

I have watched many of you videos Mr. Cappetto. I watch them after work. I work nights. This interview is probably one of the most powerful I have watched! I work for a nationwide auto parts company. We give veterans a discount on there purchase. We also have a reserved parking spot for them and we also have the American flag hanging in our storefront window. I always thank them for there service. I think about your interviews when I thank them. God bless you and our Service Men and Women. God bless the United States of America. 🇺🇲

Thank you doc for the courage and fortitude, thank you for sharing, Deeply Touched,

God bless you Doc

Thanks Doc………………………………

Thank you Doc for your service. ❤🙏🙏🙏

This video is just beginning & already I have tears in my eyes. I was an Air Force Nurse in Japan during that horrendous war. The Medics, Corpmen, & helicopter crews were truly unbelievable. I saw & cared for the men they saved, within 24 - 48 after being hit in the field. They were heroes to a man. My greatest respect is for them. No humans were ever better.

Totally amazing, fellows. God bless you, Doc. Every tear in my eyes is for you, You are God's sweet baby,

Welcome home Doc!! God bless you 🙏

Thanks doc barnett

Doc’s got the 1,000 yard stare God Bless him ❤

Thanks brian for sharing the stories. Hope it did you some good too.

Wonderful man God bless you Sir from England.

Thank you for your service

God bless.

No emotions…this guy is numb. Thank you for your service. I can’t imagine what he has seen. The best interview I have ever seen.

Can you see how much pain is is still in him

I wish to thank you, for doing what I was not capable able to do….for all those very young men my heart cries…

I recognize the haunted look in his eyes. Doc Bartlett had 10 weeks training to be a combat medic. I had 5 months to be an Aviation Odnanceman in the Marines. Shows the priorities.

Thank you Doc.

Doc, First of all, allow me to extend my gratitude for your sacrifice to this country. I'd like to thank you too for sharing some of your life with Larry and us. Yours is a very compelling and thoughtful story, which leaves so much for a person to say. I'll do that in my letter that I will be send. God bless you, Sir.

Peace to you and yours Doc.

God bless Mr. Bartlett. I couldn't help but salute him back at the end. Bless you both, and everyone else coming together to watch and listen to this man's incredible story. Thank you so much for providing this for us.

I don't care what people think of me when i say... I cried my eyes out. Welcome home Mr Bartlett. Thank you for your service to this country. You and so many more deserve the respect and honor of the sacrifices you made and hardships you endured. I never served but the ones who did and do are my inspiration to a country that has lost it's way.

He has seen so nuch ; he is permanently traumatized ! It's amazing that he can still competently talk about it....

All the best Doc from down under!

WOW!! What a story!! Thank you sir (“Doc” Bartlett) for your service to America. You have a great depth of soul and I consider it a honor to have witnessed your Voice of History - also thank you Larry!

I can totally relate. I was also a medic in the Americal Division from '70-71. I was in the 3rd platoon(Third Herd) Alpha Company, 4/31st Battalion, 196th LIB. Our base camp was in Chu Lai. We worked the Tam KY area around LZ West and LZ Siberia. My experience was not as horrendous as Doc Bartlett's I came in country in September of '70. Doc Bartlett was there six months earlier and I believe things were more intense then. Hey I'm not saying my tour was a piece of cake. I was in the bush for 8 months. Finally got a rear job in the dipensary with about a month left in my tour there. I was never wounded. We only had about 3 killed and a hand full wounded while I was there, not counting two helicopter pilots and three others who were on a chinook helicopter that almost hit me when it crahed on LZ Siberia. I do not have severe PT SD but the sound of a helicopter always takes me back to Vietnam. I enjoyed your interview. Doc Clark

Excellent interview! WOW

The absolute best interview I've ever seen....Doc if you see this I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service. I'm honored to have heard your story. Thanks again Doc

This is what heroes are made of. I hope I am half the man he is when I pass away

God bless you Doc! Retired Air Force E7 here.