VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - Vic Meisinger, 1st Air Cavalry, Cobra Gunship Pilot, VIETNAM!! 

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I have two Cobra stories. I was at a party in Grand Rapids, MI in the winter of 1967. One of the guys there was a Cobra pilot who was on medical leave. He was being treated for burns and was swathed in bandages. Looking at him made me very apprehensive as I was prime meat for the draft. I was on the Reaction Force at Long Binh in late Feb 69 and had been called out to the bunker line to fend off an attack. One of the many awe-inspiring sights I saw was a Cobra flying along the road in front of us. He was nose down with his mini gun rounds bouncing off that road and into the ditch on the other side. That image is burned into my brain. Along with Puff it was the most awesome sight I had ever seen.

Well done Mr. Cappetto Thanks for your service Mr. Meisinger. God Bless you guys.

Vic , thank you for your service & sacrifice. I'm very proud of all the men & women that had to go through Veitnam. Bless you all that gave so much . ❤❤❤❤😢😢

Thanks Vic , Thanks Larry , it's always an hour well spent hearing these stories.

The wounds you get in battle most of them go away but the wounds you keep inside most of them stay we're losing soldiers to depression and PTSD in Afghanistan and Iraq please keep them in your prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏

This guy is the real deal, salute to these pilots.

EXCELLENT!!!! Thank you 😊 both VERY MUCH

Thanks for your service.. everyone please remember the ones that didn’t make it back home!,!! Thanks

Love all of your videos.

Thank you Mr. Meisinger for doing a job that I pray no American is ever needed to do in the future, and it is this prayer I have said to honor our Combat Vets for the sacrifice that they and their families have made.

A brilliant recollection of a time passed... A true patriotic guy... Really enjoyed this.. Thanks 🙏.

Awesome interview, God Bless Vietnam Vet's and Allof our veterans. My Dad was a WWll vet in the South Pacific, he was a great guy, miss him. He never talked about it.

A message for you Larry before I watch beyond the six and a half minutes I'm into the video. Congrats on the 48.9K subscribers. I've been watching your subscriber count over the last few months grow and, with the momentum that continues, 100K is not too far off. Good luck, and thank you so much for the pictures you've included at the start here. Some personal photos, and some pictures that have every appearance of our troops on patrol or in action. It's a reminder that the military has always been very good with documenting what they do, and at no small risk to those who have taken up the job. You are a part of this group, and we thank you for your service.

Vic is right on with everything. I spent 24 straight mouths in Vietnam with the 1St Cav. BLUE MAX BRAVO an all cobra unit. (Love you brother)

thank you Vic, Larry......well done...and also Micheal for sponsoring this Story......Paul in Orlando, Florida

Thank you for your service. God bless you and keep you safe!😊

I look forward to these videos everyday

Thank you Vic for your timeless service to us that you do not know. We know you.

Thanks to you also Larry for offering me a way to express my love for this country and its veterans through sponsorship.

What a nice guy Mr Meisinger is - as straight and down to earth as they come.... an awesome series of talks Mr Cappetto.

There stories are always inspiring to me. When I lose faith in the current situation, my spirit is renewed after watching your interviews, Larry. Thank you for that.

Thanks for saying nice things about our brothers and sisters of the highway ❤

Thankful to hear Vics story. Glad you made it home and you are an American hero to many of us. Another wonderful interview Larry. Truly, you are both doing Gods work. 🇺🇲 Shared on X

Thank you Vic for your service & Welcome Home

Thank you for your service and sacrifice Vic. Many of us really appreciate what you were asked to do,and what you had to do. God bless you and your family. Thank you Larry for another wonderful interview, with another fine American Veteran. God bless you and your family as well,Larry.

Larry,you have such a unique style. I'm glad I found you here on RU-vid .

Awesome ! 🇺🇸🇨🇱👍

Just a wonderful man, An American Hero! Thank You!

Thank you Vic for sharing your story, your details and courage. So many of us really understand and it really helps with a program like this, to get deeply involved in interview. Gotta be one of the best to sit down and listen to. Thank you as well Larry for bringing out this reality of truth and courage of our heros.

Thank You Sir for Your Awesome Service to our Great Country and for all you have done in your lifetime for our Nation. Your interview was amazing and so informative. I could listen to you tell about your Vietnam Tour all day long. Also, I Thank You for your time in making and sharing this Wonderful Video for our younger generation to be able to watch and learn more about what all you guys had to experience while serving in Vietnam. Great Man! 🤗🤗👍👏🙋‍♂️🌹🥇❤️🇺🇸🫡🙏🙏

Thank you for your service Vic. I appreciate you. 🙏 😅

Thank you for your service Vic and for sharing your interesting and detailed Vietnam experience. I had never heard details and experiences from a Cobra pilot. Wow! It really made me feel good when you said how personal it was and much you cared for us down below. I was a grunt with the 1st Cav (1969) out of Quan Loi and Tay Ninh and it was always a good sight and sound to hear the Cobra come in. A couple of times I witnessed the green tracers go up at the gunship and the orange tracers go down and the roar of the mini-gun following the sight of the tracers as you were diving into the location of where the firing was coming from. You guys were the best! Thank You.

Thank You SIR......for everything.

Thanks John!!

There have been quite a few videos that I really couldn't take my eyes and ears off of, this is one of them. I've not seen combat, but I did survive a brutal time with cancer. I've lost friends and still feel guilt as to why I made it and they didn't. Lately I can find no better comfort than listening to these men. I know it's odd but I feel like so many of the thoughts I couldn't put into words just appear in these videos and I feel understood for the first time in a while. When Vic said it was the greatest yet worst most thriling thing he's been through - I couldn't have said it better myself. There's an amazing high when you're so close to death and I haven't been able to feel that rush of myself in a while, since the cancer. It takes a lot of adjusting, especially when the world expects you to act normal and like it never happened. Of course it changed me. I was angry when I first started going through it, mellowed out, and then angry to be back to normal, then mellowed out again. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. I've got a sick sense of humor now and am missing some pieces of me but living just feels sweeter since then, sometimes. I've been listening to these for a while but haven't had the courage to comment, anyway, thank you for this interview and the many others.

You have my vote if you ever decide to run

Wonderful story. Welcome Home. 🇺🇸

Welcome home brother I was in Tay Ninh when you guys to over for the 25th most likely built a pad you landed on.

Than you. LD, I was sent back to Kindergarten.

IM CATCHIN UP Larry! Yeah, I always thought the Cobra's didnt come along till 72-73? Strange bird aint it? (I thought of the JETSONS when I saw MY 1st one?...lol) That crazy thing goes too fast for "WOP WOP"?..☺His overall attitude about why He was there, and reasoning for doing what HAD ta be done reminds me so much of another Vet, bout 6 mo. ago ,who was the picture of GREAT mental health.😎 Ive seen 150+ of these interviews and the overall consensus (95%) for being there was justified and a noble cause. OF COURSE there were PROTESTS? Hell... Americans were killin their BELOVED COMMIE BRETHEREN?..They PROUDLY displayed the NVA flag , along with the good ole hammer/sickle, in support for KHRUSHCHEV during their marches? They ALL woulda PROUDLY posed with HJ on the triple A battery with her?...Hope things are goin well for ya Vic, and your still up in the wild blue yonder! Thanks MUCH for your sacrifice !😎

There I go again with the tears when they salute :(

Welcome home sir.. 🇺🇸❤️🫡

I wish these were of longer duration

Larry your the best man

Your time in the military really serves as a reality check forever ! All you have to do is remember the extremes you were put through and say this is not S**t compared to those days.

My dad served 2 tours..67-69

These helicopter pilots must be the bravest of the brave. I try to imagine being one flying through a lead storm with only plexiglass and sheet metal for protection. Heroes, every one.

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Did Vic ever work the area around FSB Buttons??

@49:17 - I am to young to give an answer on why America wasn’t behind Vietnam,like WWII BUT I think we felt the war here at homein ww2 !! we suffered and sacrificed in every family;daily,in many aspects of life in general and collectively! We witnessed hardships at home and abroad, we associated the war with a cowardly attack and it all brought us to unity; in the Nam media, technology misinformation disinformation and political and personal agendas both intentionally and unintentionally sewed discord in our lives and Society wasn’t mature or responsible enough to handle it and our Heroes are the ones that suffered. And it’s a crying shame. I hope we as a nation doesn’t allow this to happen again and I believe we have matured as a nation and learned! Thank you 🙏 soldier’s for providing and protecting FREEDOM at home and abroad and we will stand with you from now on weather we feel like it or understand it and we will hold your commander in chief and congress responsible for their part and each person for his; and we shall hold ourselves accountable for how we respond,react to the situations that life thrust us into so help us GOD

Awesome interview, wish he would’ve gone into an actual mission

I really like Mr Meisinger and I appreciate the sacrifice that our veterans made but it’s come out that we got into Vietnam under a lie - we started the war - see the facts on the Gulf of Tonkin scrape. Second thing, LBJ, the president during most of the Vietnam war, it’s come out that although he did some good things for America, he became filthy rich giving kickbacks to the munitions industry and other industry supplying our military - he prolonged the war so that he and his cronies could become rich. He may have been the prime mover behind the Kennedy assignation, also. Do your homework, folks. The Vietnam war, under the guise of fighting Communism was mostly a money making scheme by a select few and that’s a very sad situation.

What an amazing story and an amazing man. Thank you for your service and sacrifice for our country. ❤

Give this guy a drink of water for god sakes....annoying smacking of lips.

Welcome home sir