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No wonder this 'documentary' sucked. It's nothing more than USN propaganda.

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great vid thanks has any one seen any vids posted on the the Navy advisors in the junk force? Maybe the most forgotten aspect of the navy

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What was his story ?

Most combat vets don't talk about their time in war. Always be skeptical of someone who volunteers to tell you their 'war stories'

Does Charlie boogie board?

Powerful film.

​@@Jeremyramone *"..but sir it's Charlie's point.."* *'..Charlie don't SURF.."*

@@susiejones3634 well a great story done by Joseph Conrad's heart of Darkness. My Great Grandparents were missionaries out in the Congo during the rule of King Leopold II and stuff I read in their diaries was like reading something from a horror novel. But Apocalypse Now is great adaptation. Including the scene with the French family dinner scene.

Even now, the United States continues with its wicked ambitions of world hegemony at the on-going cost of millions of lives - two million, since WW2. Great numbers killed and lives destroyed will be the legacy left by the American Empire.

God bless you Sir

yet the US are bred for war and love it.

Amen to that.

Unfit for command! I remember him quite well when the two of us served aboard Gridley DLG-21 in '67 and '68. This was when he was just an ensign. He was still planning to take his movie camera and volunteer to serve in country, so he could document his heroic exploits on film. This was supposed to make him the second JFK Navy hero future President. Unbelievable.

Did you know my brother Pete Frazier Snoopys nose

Did you know my brother Pete Frazier Snoopys nose

Way more injuries than 20k

and NEVER turn your back on a Vietnamese with a weapon! Vietnam Vet 1968-69.

They both make sense. I quess when the Vietnamese took over it was actually the Vietnamese cong taking over. And I questioned we trained them 😮‍💨

Apocalypse now!

Kurtz got off the boat...

@@Captain_Willard and he split from the whole f-ckin program.

You've got to ask was that war sll in vain ,rip to all this brave men

those Vietnam vets will always make sure that you're straight. Stand up guys who got the worse of it.

In Ramadi?

Respect!! ❤

As a working man myself i have noticed (usually too late) that i have cuts and bruises (Some cuts that drew blood) and did not even notice until much later. I am not trying to even compare what i go through in a factory with soldiers that go through combat but just trying to say (maybe it's a male thing) that i can understand being scraped or wounded without noticing or even just dismissing it as a "i got cut...whatever" For what it's worth. Respect to your HERO uncle as i also had an uncle who fought in Vietnam......funnily enough he served the very year that i was born. 1970.

To your uncle and all the military veterans from USA and Allies having participated in Korean War and Vietnam War, thank you for your service for trying to contain the spread of the deadly and toxic Communism which remains an existential threat to individual freedom, human dignity, and basic decency worldwide even to these days. Commies are a stain on humanity!

What do you dogs come to our country for?

@@thethaovatoquoc312 You couldn't be more brainwashed. So pathetic.

you lucky man,have unique experience, i wish i would be you.

If you know about Ken Burns` Civil War series (I have the 5 disk DVD collection) you will hear the diary entries of Pvt Elijah Hunt Rhoads U.S.A. and Pvt Sam Watkins C.S.A. Both are mere kids with not much School, yet they write more beautifully and skillfully than a college grad. of today. Their words and thoughts paint pictures in your mind as well and even better than famous authors of today. Their writings are comical at times, dreadful sometimes but always poignantly, bringing everything into clear focus. I am pretty sure you know about Burns` series on the C.W., but I highly recommend it to you if not. I have watched those DVD`s 100 times and well keep watching them. A masterpiece in every way.

Thats "good" stuff. Amazing and heart breaking ​@gib59er56

Man wow holy cow, I had no idea that IDF was even there or in any way involved in the war back then! Thanks for sharing & thank you for your service, Shalom!!

THE US NAVY WAS IN NAM IN 1954 , IN 1955 OTHER MILITARY FORCES ENTERED, THEN THE WAR GREW ,,, THANK FRANCE FOR NAM

THANK YOU ,, I AM PROUD THAT I WAS NOT A DRAFT CARD BURNER

You're thanking them for poisoning people and disfiguring kids.

How awful for that young boy. He was living in a war zone, so everything in his life was probably in such upheaval, but you’d think that would still deeply affect him and influence his perception of himself and of life.

Vung Tau was in the Australian Sector. They took over the area and separated from the US because they thought our (USA) strategy was stupid and dangerous. Obviously they were correct, regretfully. Whole area was covered with VC, who were from this area. Australians had a huge battle killing over 1K and losing just under 100. The Vietnamese now have allowed the Australians to put up a memorial to honor their fallen. To my understanding this is the only memorial VN has allowed to an enemy. None for US, French or S Korea. There is a Buddhist run orphanage in this area, but several miles from the ocean so not sure it’s the one where this boy would have been from. What I think few Americans understand is that there was never a front line. There were millions of VC who live all over S Vietnam.

its a shame.

LBJ and his wife took financial control of Bell helicopter and made large investments in Genral dynamics just before he sent troops to Vietnam You are rhe one that was tricked Yall shove that war down thier throat for money and raw materials like rubber and opium There was never a South Vietnam

Apocalypse Now. Please rent it. Its one of the 100 best films of all time. One of the top 10 vietnam films of all time. And the best PBR film of all time.

That was a good episode

I know a Vietnam vet who fought in Da Nang. He built a sailboat in CA, a 26 footer. Sailed it around the world, traded it for a 36 footer, named Sunshine, and sailed that one halfway round the world, stopping here in The Philippines where he lives a peaceful life today. Terrific guy with horrific stories of one of the more violent parts of the Vietnam war.

My heart goes out to him

The end of the world will start with the Russians and Chinese TRYING to destroy Israel. I served in Combat in Vietnam 1968-69...I pray my death is quick and painless in the next war.

Kerry spent 2 years in Vietnam, no one has ever proven what he said to be false. Where were you hero? I was there in 69 but we had the pleasure of walking every where we went. Up north, very few rivers, no roads. Respect to those who were in those boats.

Kerry should have easily avoided the military and Vietnam but he didn't. What's your story?

@@dbeaus I found an old book on naval history and it turns out that the navy named a river boat tactical maneuver for John Kerry.

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Funny how it was repeated 50 years later.

Twin 50s most of the time.

Did you notice Bill Graham, the famous Rock Promoter on both coasts, was the front man for USO bunnies in that film? What a riot!

Very important fighting construction workers. They built most of everything in ever theaters of war since WW2.

movie "apocalips today" showing much of how it was!

@@barryrammer7906 is it like auxillary?

@al.march.7457 No, we have full-time construction battalions. About 700 men per battalion. We work with every branch of the service. We build forward bases even for the army special forces. In WW2, SEABEES hit the beaches in Iwo Jima in the 2nd wave. Took a lot of killed and injured. 40% casualties, I believe. In the Second World War, we were islands hoping with Marines units. We were the first on the Normandy beaches and destroyed mine fields. This was before navy SEALS. We and full-time frog men, one of the inspirations to make that unit. Then, they built the causeway and bridges. In Alaska, they built the bases air strips. General Patton requested use of us to build his bridges and roads. But he made us wear army uniforms, lol. We are construction specialists of all the tades. We get combat training with the Marines. We carry weapons and use them. Then go back to work. We also have 2 amphibious battalions, 100 construction divers, and men each. To build underwater wires, fuel line docks even help ships if needed once in a while to fix battle damage. We were in every war since the second WW2. We can build anything and defend ourselves or even help Marines or army special forces if needed. We have been in the most theater's of war than anyone other units in the Navy. We even stole a train from the North Koreans on the Inchon landings to move supplies to advancing Marines. We have quit a good bit of history you never heard of. We always get mistaken for Marines or the Army, but we are proud branch of the Navy you have never heard of. Our motto is "can do" and "We built and fight." Hope this helps not bragging just proud to be one. We have much much more history than this brief summary.

@@barryrammer7906 wow I had no idea about all that especially being the first on the beaches in Normandy! Thank you for sharing and thank you for your service 🙏🏼❤️🇺🇸

Would have easily won if it weren’t for politics

The friggen democrats didn't want to win. Fact.

you lucky man,have a unique experience, i wish i would be you.

Unjust war

@@al.march.7457 y'all are so w/{e] ir(d. ]

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Iraq and Afghanistan has left us with another generation of brave young men missing limbs.

Yes it was the Marines had it, then turn it over back to the Navy Expeditionary Warfare Command.

Did you know my brother Pete Frazier battle of Snoopys nose? 20 mm cannoner bronze star purple heart

Did you know Pete Frazier Snoopys nose

@@RandyFrazier-oz2gf I’m sorry sir , I did not know him

Not too bad on a UH1 either!😃

There were also barges rigged with sleeping quarters, a kitchen, showers etc. that served as a floating home base for several PBRs.

T T T T Tiger!!

I’m going to rewatch it again now you said 👍

I was a DK2.I VOLUNTEERED MY BROTHER WAS WITH THE 1ST BATTALION 3RD MARINE DIVISION RIP

Did you know my brother Pete Frazier Snoopys nose

No one cares

@@brickcitybeatdown lol I know

I care. Maybe I knew him. I was with the 9th Infantry Division RiverRats as an interrogator in charge of the POW boat.

@@RobertEckert-g4j My dad spent most of his time on a swift boat. 1970

My boat was T-cup SSBN 628. I also rode the Bluefish and Stoney-J

Exactly.

Right on top of Charlie sounds like a pretty safe distance to me.😉

Wow! Were there other factories, aside the Telegraph Road location?

It is Vietnam not Nam. What are you a redneck? In relation to Vietnam was the US under attack? And it seems the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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They sacrificed for the government pockets you klown. These wars are not for us.

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@@larryb982 was my comment too intellectual for you? probably, yes.

Sometimes yes. How long is "long gone"? As a Seawolf door gunner we were usually on station in 5 or 10 minutes after being scrambled. Tell me, can you be "long gone" on foot in that period of time???

Good move on their part.