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@clancytalbert6707

Жыл бұрын

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@hmf2186

Жыл бұрын

@@clancytalbert6707 m Op.äo8

@mikemccollum6822

Жыл бұрын

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@user-xx4tx9gl1u

Жыл бұрын

Bravo🎉🎉🎉

@adamevenotmyancestors7555

Жыл бұрын

Hey "door gunner"! How man children & women you shot & killed so cowardly?

My brother was at the door with his 60. From 67 - 71. Was shot down, pilot and co badly wounded but able to hard land before dying. Brother and other gunner survived and fought their way out to safety. Purple hearts for all. Brother made it home but a big part of him is still there, and will be always. Thank you all for your sacrifice. God bless our warriors .

@thankfullyredeemedmaderigh7436

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻❤️🤗

Жыл бұрын

Chúng mày đi sâm lược nước khác Đem cái gọi là nhân quyền ban phát đến Việt Nam Đáng khinh bỉ

@abk006

Жыл бұрын

My brother was also a door gunner, 69-72, at Bien Hoa

@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied

Жыл бұрын

The most profound experience, a person can live through, experienced within such a short time span, so young, is such a shock to the psyche. Life changes so quickly, and so profoundly, I think it is so tough, to return home, when every interaction, every memory, is a reminder of the gap between you and your lost innocence. This is the grief, that is so hard to process, and live with, and to try to explain, I think, for so many frontline combat veterans. It isn’t the memories of the gore, as much as it is the loss of the innocence, you never knew you had to lose. It never leaves you. You can live life, be productive, but the background, or “wallpaper” is always there. It becomes part of everything that comes after. You learn to live with it, and do the best you can, when you realize, it can never be as it was, for you again. Acceptance, is so tough when you are so young.

@BENNY9460

Жыл бұрын

@ Lu Quy Xam Luot Nay Da Phai Ton Thuong, Den Mang Va Den Toi Truoc Toan Dan Vietnam

It took big balls to set there in that death trap knowing you were the first target to get shot. God bless every veteran!

@paulmidd5523

Жыл бұрын

young brainwashed kids nothing more.

@desertodavid

Жыл бұрын

Sit, not set. But your reply is noted. Yeah, big ones indeed. When George Washington got in the boat to cross the Delaware to attack the Hessian Mercenaries, he said "Don't shift, your big balls will swamp the boat!"

@nepnepguythegreatestofall6032

Жыл бұрын

@@desertodavid I don't think many people realize how badass Washington was, even before he was a president

My dad served in Chu Lai in '70 & '71 with the AmeriCal Division as a door gunner in Hueys. He didn't talk much about his experiences, but he came home with a stack of medals and some internal demons. He's no longer with us, but I think about him every day, and videos like this remind me of how incredible of a human being he was. I miss you, Dad.

@joelitos2000

Жыл бұрын

It is sad Goverment goes and do war instead of peace. Forcing this people to go and kill.

@dave0351

Жыл бұрын

@joelitos2000 Neither my Dad nor I were forced to serve. We both stepped up and volunteered when our great country needed us.

@joelitos2000

Жыл бұрын

@@dave0351 countries are a way to manipulate us. We as human can make a better world in the mean time we are called to be divided.

@robertsullivan4646

Жыл бұрын

Frank, pass this all along to your kids. We can never forget.

@Brunzy1970

8 ай бұрын

I never met my paternal father. He was KIA in 71, I was born Nov.1970. I've always held a special place in my heart for Vietnam War Veterans and always will.

My husband is a Vietnam vet, was a seargent in the big Red 1. Served 1968 to 1969. He does not say much about his time there, but he has a bronze star and other medals. He is my hero and now almost totally disabled. We owe all our veterans so much respect and thanks.

@bradr2142

20 күн бұрын

What an incredible wife. He's lucky to have you in his life. 😊I'm so impressed by your comment in here. We don't see enough wives support there husband. And your proud of him which you should be he's a war hero. Thanks for posting you a great American wife and a great woman.

Had a teacher in High school that had been a door gunner, fantastic teacher and just all around great man. Taught military history, tactics and often took classes on “field trips “ that consisted of firing weapons and a small black powder cannon. Had two uncles that were also there my uncle was a medic with the 1st Cav, my wife’s uncle was a casualty, he just didn’t know until years later. I’m a Cold War vet, never saw a weapon fired in anger, bless you gentlemen for all you did. We can never pay you back for what you all went through 🙏🏻

@sleeve8651

Жыл бұрын

Cold War vets ! The Few, The Forgotten ! What'a Country ! 🇺🇸🙃🇺🇸

@user-rl5ug5mh3d

8 ай бұрын

I was never there but those guys are real heroes. Tough And Bad To Bone , God Bless Them Each and Every One! Amen !

@user-ep3ck5re4o

7 ай бұрын

Cold War vets - hold your heads high - you wore the uniform and I salute you all

My brother volunteered for Vietnam. He was a medic. He was there for two tours. When he came back he wasn't the same. Now he plays guitar anywhere he can. Thanks Irv for keeping me safe when our boys were dying every day. Play your guitar and be happy

@coyleigh

Ай бұрын

Amen. God bless you and you're brother.

@fredakurzbard4316

Ай бұрын

@@coyleigh what a nice thing to say but I haven't seen him in years because he lives to far away from me. If I could I would jump a plane and go see him before I die. I always loved him like he was my father

My hats off to all pilots and door gunners in Vietnam.They plucked me off a mountain top bordering Cambodia & Nam on Christmas morn 1969. Semper Fi. Brothers.

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear that incoming bird! No doubt... I was too young...I was in jail 12 years ago and met an Asian inmate...he was my age..we became friends.. anyway he had lots of time 5 years... Salvation Army rehab came and got me out ..I had told him to get ahold of them before I left... anyway at my next court date The main lady of Salvation Army that worked with the court...I approached her and ask her if she had heard from him...she said...yeah but he's got to much time I really can't help him ... I Said... Linda... remember when we carpet bombed Cambodia and basically denied it ..she say yes...yes I do .. I said ..Linda ...he was running from them bombs.... She went dead silent stared for a few then walked away.... That week he got pulled out by the Salvation Army and has turned his life around! Just thought I'd share that.✌️❤️🇺🇸🗽

Combat Door Gunner with the 174 th AHC (23rd Infantry Division ), Vietnam 1970 -1971

@pacificstatesofamerica

7 жыл бұрын

Wow! Respect to you David! Thank you for your service:)

@razorburns8651

7 жыл бұрын

see any tigers?

@VadimkaMr

7 жыл бұрын

xDDDDDDD i saw what u did there ... xD

@LosBerkos

7 жыл бұрын

What exactly were your targets? How did you confirm you engaged targets within your ROE? How many rounds per ten thousand fired do you think hit an enemy combatant?

@IntelligentHorseworldofrandom

7 жыл бұрын

Was it fun?

My uncle when right in after high school graduation, 1969. He had 2 different duties. One was a gunner. I watched closely to see if I could spot him on here. 2nd job was a truck driver, taking men in and carrying others out. He said he liked being a gunner better. He made it back home but passed a few years ago. Thank you Veterans for your service.🇺🇲

I will Never forget you, Vietnam Vets.

My best friends, older brother was a door gunner who never made it home. Thank you for showing this. RIP Little John

Life expectancy as a door gunner on a Huey wasn't very high. It took plenty of courage to do it. My respect to all Vietnam veterans. I served in that region of Asia in 1970.

@donaldkgarman296

5 ай бұрын

DI DI MAU MOST RICKY-TICK

@jeffreypinder9398

4 ай бұрын

48 seconds

@Leon-bc8hm

Ай бұрын

@546cowboy6 Suuuure...

Thanks to all our vets. No matter when or where you served. You served.

@chevy-is-a-good-boy

2 жыл бұрын

Served? and thanks for what? An ignorant kid used as a worthless pawn has nothing to be proud of. They suffered (& caused suffering) for a big nothing. Vets that are honest with themselves know the truth of it. It was a dirty war & there was nothing to be proud of for anyone, except the arms manufactures that made a mint. This BS about our vets "that served" is what perpetuates future wars.

@nikishin2012

Жыл бұрын

No matter where you serve you go to hell. All innocent victims remember what you did all over the world

@ericdalbo9270

10 ай бұрын

Every one of you is a HERO in my mind. I salute you all

@susanlilley6918

10 ай бұрын

We treated our boys like shit when they got home. My husband was spit on by some young people. Very sad.

To all that served ~ Thank you. Welcome home. You all are so very Loved

You never forget that percussive "chop"of the blades. It takes Veterans right back.

@ddmau7995

2 жыл бұрын

Your right, every time a chopper flies over head . I'm back in NAM ,even when I'm cutting the grass!

@justme_gb

2 жыл бұрын

The UN was still using 2-bladed UH-1s in Bosnia in 1999. The distinctive "whop" is hard to mistake.

@ddmau7995

2 жыл бұрын

@@justme_gb all our trucks and C rations in 1968 were left overstock from WWII . I ate C rations that were dated 1947-48 ! They should've called them MRT's .Meals Ready to Toss !

@jesscast5122

2 жыл бұрын

The Sound of the Blades was INTENTIONAL. Psyche WARFARE for the enemy. Just like the STUKAS had a SIREN when DIVING w BOMBS.......TERROR.....

@johnmcinnes6644

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that strange?! I'm pretty well adjusted, but more than gun shots, explosions or anything else that "bop, bop,bop" will do it every time. I only flew occasionally, but they were around us all the time and the sounds just became a part of the all day, every day experience for me. Fortunately I've no ill effects but that sound will often make that weird thing happen on the back of my neck.

Everything that the generation in this vid (my dad’s) and the generation before (WWII and Korea) fought for is getting a slap in the face today. These men fought for our Red White and Blue...and everything we have today is because of what these men did. God Bless all who served yester-year and today. 🙏 Thank you 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@7millwall7

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we have a lot to thank regards WW2 plus all the 23 other countries that fought as well.

@rootloggins3951

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@jimmyhoffa310

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, now it's a political tool to sabotage everything that was done in the past. It makes me sick what this country has become. Just because one political party doesn't like a president, they use the media to brainwash anyone they can. Make everything about racism that doesn't really exist to destroy everything in the pasy

@joecorrero6763

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyhoffa310 I agree 💯%! But I also truly believe when shit finally hits the top of the fan, the other side is in a lot of trouble and they know that. We’re not stupid...actually the farthest from it. It shows us how stupid the ones are in control now. The Main Man upstairs has a plan and he’s not going to let us down. Stay safe and God Bless.

@jaredjones7632

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyhoffa310 Totally agree- the media at Fox and OANN brainwashed followers into thinking democracy in America is dead. What a slap in the face to our veterans. And how many of those same veterans were among the 500,000 dead from a pandemic the GOP insists isn't that bad? Shameful. Thank goodness true, patriotic Americans are back in control of the whitehouse and congress so this country can leave behind the era of celebrity rule and conspiracy theory policy.

I was an infantry advisor to the Vietnamese at Cu Chi District just outside the 25th Division Base Camp. These guys saved my bacon many times. They were very professional and very good. Thanks "Playboys". I liked aviation so much I went to flight school when I got back to the states. Returned to Viet Nam as a Huey pilot.

@inthegarage342

Жыл бұрын

My dad was there in Cu Chi. 25th mechanized '67 then his 2nd tour in Saigon in '68

@joshuas4593

Жыл бұрын

Love me some Cu Chi. God bless our vets!

@mcdiversx2

Жыл бұрын

@@inthegarage342 of

@benr7002

Жыл бұрын

I logged under a Huey that was piloted by two alternating Vietnam vets. Those men were bad ass! They could put the 150ft long line in your hand. My life depended more on the mechanic than the pilots because they were so solid. The older guy was less reckless though. I wonder which one of them got better cycle weights. I absolutely fell in love with the Huey and had so much respect for the pilots. Thank you for your service!

I have a friend, Harold David "Dave" Harelson of Washington state born about 1949, who was a door gunner on the last of his three tours in Viet Nam during the late 1960's. What is so easy to remember about him and that duty is the oversized color photograph that was in his and his mother's living rooms that showed him standing in front of his duty station, that open door on a Huey. But what was so unforgettable about this picture was the large sized bullet hole that went into the chopper's engine right above that door where he would have been "working". It was no AK-47 round either and left about a thumb sized hole. He said "they were shooting at ME but missed and shot us down anyway"... He said as he was leaning out that door with his weapon, what caught his eye was all that black smoke that was now coming out of a sputtering engine from a helicopter losing altitude quickly. Not to mention the shear excitement and confusion that was coming over his headset from the pilots trying to figure out what just happened to setting that thing down, probably in a spot that's not the best location either, all in a combat zone. Another thing he said, what he wanted and he was trying to do was get out from underneath the helicopter's transmission "that killed many door gunners as it fell from above crushing them during a crash" and the first contact with Terra Firma. He said at the very last second as the chopper was going down, the pilot "threw all the pitch into the blades and they sat down only slightly rougher then normal"!! But he added THEY WERE VERY LUCKY TOO as "it happened so fast he didn't have time to be scared"!! Spec 5 Harelson did 3 tours to Viet Nam and survived them all, even the door gunner tour, without a scratch. But what finally got him back to the states and out of the Army was a "heroin problem". Anyway, he survived and thrived and is now retired from working as a floor guy helping build homes in this area of western Washington...

@2990rick

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the story !!

@richardlewin9282

Жыл бұрын

👍

@jamesworthy8916

Жыл бұрын

May have met him at one point during my tour of duty. I was on a loach( OH 6A helicopter, pregnant egg with a tailrotor) 101st airborne 2/17 aircav.

@mrnigh

Жыл бұрын

what a awesome story

@michelmoss7559

Жыл бұрын

Great story, I went down in a HH-53 I know the excitement he spoke of! Now I swim with sharks not nearly as butt-puckering! lol

My uncle Lance was one of the first Volcan operators/ trigger man/ gunner/ whatever...He talked to me as a little 6 year old about life not the war....Later in my life I learned of what he did in Vietnam... I haven't seen or heard about him in 35 years ..He was a good humble man..........peace....

RIP to all my brothers that didn't come home

Thank you to all who served in Nam ☺️😊

I had the privilege to meet and talk to Gary Wetzel, he was awarded the medal of honor for his actions as a door gunner in Vietnam. I was wearing my 82nd Airborne hat, that was what caught his attention in a grocery store. I recognized him right away. He talked to me for about 15 minutes. Google is story....you will see why I was honored to be able to talk to him. A true American hero. He gave me his challenge coin. I will treasure it as long as I live!!!!

@jimgiles5741

Жыл бұрын

Is that so

I’m a Marine Nam Vet, stationed at Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12. I remember seeing the Hueys go by and I ALWAYS waved at the gunners to let them know, there was others that supported them and wished them a safe flight and a safe return. I never knew any of them but I would have liked to have.

@thankfullyredeemedmaderigh7436

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻❤️

@dustycamshaft7

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service Mr Brown I have 2 uncles that served in Nam one was a door gunner in the comadcheros and the other a ground pounder the ol"riables im sure they would love to talk to you

@philbrown9764

Жыл бұрын

@@cz_ww2117 That's cool that we were there at the same time. I was a cook while I was there, so you probably ate at our mess hall at MAG 12, if you were going between MAG 12 and 13.

@zacharnold683

Жыл бұрын

Semper Fidelis

@brookelofton2832

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for your service 😊

My dad was Crew chief/ shotgun rider. Part of the Roadrunners. He used to tell me the stories of it all. I miss you dad

In memory of Cpl. Rodney C. Rubisoff, 101st Airborne, 1969-70. He made it home. RIP Rube. 💜

@phmoe3313

Ай бұрын

I served with the 101st in 69-70. was with B troop 17th cav.

My brother, Felton Lynn Long was a door Gunner in the 1ST Air Calvary from 68-69. Purple Heart, etc. Carried the M-60 in the field. Honor our Veterans! Some gave some and some gave All!

Everybody's gangsta until entering the jungle in Vietnam. I was ever so glad to see my older brother make it back.

@keetahbrough

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad he made it home too xo

@theworkshopmechanicchannel3296

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@nerblebun

3 жыл бұрын

@Bernie Jackson: My older brother was KIA in May, 1970. Panel 10W Row 30, the Wall. I enlisted 7 months later when I turned 18 & seeking revenge. Got some.

@Counselor77

3 жыл бұрын

@@nerblebun Thank You for your service.

@bobburger9152

3 жыл бұрын

@@Counselor77 Amen! you are a brave and much loved patriot!

I have nothing but the utmost respect for you guys!. Always. Without you guys, it would've been a lot worse. I'm a veteran and I'm proud! United.

@hoke0818

5 ай бұрын

AMEN. I'm A USAF VET , I served in VIETNAM (1968). May God continue blessing us.

My oldest brother did this job, God bless him he's passed away now and my father too he was a WWII Veteran and POW and in the infantry he marched across Europe and got captured in Germany and spent 14 months in a Nazi prison camp, he raised me to be a survivor and a man 👍😊

I taught electronics at a Voc Tech school in Seattle in 1982, it was interesting that 30% of my class were a mix of Vietnam Veterans and some Vietnamese boat people. I learned about the war from the combination of these people. I enlisted in the US Army out of High School in 1974 but I was teaching computer repair then. One of my students in Voc Tech (Washington Technical Institute) in 1982 was a door gunner (Norm) in the Hueys in the Nam. He was a pretty stressed guy even then (1000 yd. stare) and he described the Max sphincter effect of watching tracer rounds coming up from the jungle canopy when orbiting in or out... God bless my brothers then and now!

My Uncle was 18 when he was drafted .He went to A base in Georgia. he was a crew chief and a door gunner He let me know the only had a mock up of a huey and never was on a real one until incountry. He was in the 1st Cav which were attached to the 82nd artillery and infantry. He He told me that one of the first things they told him was the life expectancy of a door gunner was 86 days . He said he thought he was going to choke. He has shared with me many stories about his time there. I am very proud of my uncle . i cant possible imagine how it really was. All those lives lost both sides . Thanks for the film .

@kittydavis1873

8 жыл бұрын

+David McClelland , I am very interested in the time your uncle served in Vietnam. I have a family friend who I am trying to help search for evidence he was in Vietnam. He was drafted May 19, 1966. Sent to Ft. Jackson, Alabama. Then to Ft. Rucker, for Aviation, then to Holloman, AFB, duty station before shipping out of California. He entered Vietnam spring of 67, also as a door gunner on a Huey. Landed in Quin Non, where his duty station was. He was also 1st. Cav Air Assault. He spent 365 days there before coming home. The VA repeated tells him "there is no record of him being in Vietnam". I was wondering if your uncle has proof he was there. And how did he get it. Another important piece of info, when friend left Holloman, he was going there TDY. Where he was listed TDY for 6 months. any help would be appreciated. If this finds you well here is my email address (take spaces out) k i t t y s 3 8 0 0 @ g m a i l . c o m

@baysideauto

7 жыл бұрын

Bobby B your wrong what was your MOS. there were 1 or 2 pilots which were a commissioned officer. .a crew chief which also was the door gunner..the 2nd gun was usually a grunt that would man that gun..

@baysideauto

7 жыл бұрын

Bobby B now they had a tech which were speck 5 or speck 6..they didn't fly...they would have to check what the crew chief may have done to the chopper. a crew chief could not sign off

@baysideauto

7 жыл бұрын

my uncles MOS was 67N20...

@keithcofield4961

7 жыл бұрын

Whether a pilot, or Peter Pilot, was commissioned,or not, didn't matter. There was no rule back then that required one of the pilots to be commissioned. In fact, it was very seldom in those days to have commissioned officers at all. West Point was behind on training cadets to become pilots, as at that time it wasn't looked on as a very good assignment by ring knockers to become an aviator.

I worked for a man who served as a .50 cal Mach gun operator in the 101st. R. F. Thank You!

To all of the Vietnam Veterans from a Desert Storm Era Veteran, Welcome Home and Thank you for your sacrifice and service

A friend of mine, with a new bride was proud to become a shotgun rider "door gunner'". His new bride was terror stricken when her friends related to her his chance of coming home . He wrote her and explained that he was not a door gunner,he was a Crew Chief. He got home OK. 55 years later,she doesn`t believe a word he says.....................

@brianstabile165

2 жыл бұрын

Either which same crew chiefs were well crew chiefs

@guarddog318

Жыл бұрын

My oldest uncle was a crew chief and door gunner, '67 and '68. He was shot down 5 times, once being the only survivor. He said the only thing he could remember that time, after hitting the ground, was a Marine bellowing "You sonovabitch, if you're still alive, get off your ass and follow me!" Said he couldn't see a damn thing, so he just followed the sound. He survived Vietnam, but not cancer, a dozen years back. He was 71.

@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw

Жыл бұрын

Lots of crew chiefs subbed as door gunners.

@earlhester825

Жыл бұрын

On my second tour due to circumstances beyond my control I was very privileged to be assigned to the 173 abn brigade aviation plt. as a door gunner. I flew with casper for 6 months of 197. Best 6 months of my life. The ship I was assigned to was casper 478. Mr. Carter and Mr. Durring were the two pilots assigned to 478 at that time. Those two men knew how to fly a huey. Im alive today because of their flying skills. all due to a screw up on my part. My time with Casper was a very rewarding experience. To this day the sound of a helicopter will cause me to stop what im doing and search the sky for it. How I miss the sound of a huey. I salute all the air crews and especially the pilots who could do the impossible with a huey.

@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw

Жыл бұрын

@@earlhester825 I was a shotgun rider, the man in the doorway, on a Huey in Vietnam. Me, the crew chief, & the peter pilot used to see “Fortunate Son” by CCR when we lifted off for a mission. You were alert all the time, if you were not alert, you were going to die. Sometimes the deck was slick with blood or worse, we would land in a shallow river to wash it out; this freaked out the FNG/Cherries we were transporting to their LZs, my crew chief said he saw one cherry pissing his brand new starched fatigues. lol. I know we all started out as cherries, but it’s fun when you’re not one anymore. I too stop when I hear the wop,wop, of a chopper overhead & think of ‘Nam. SGT. M.S. “Archangel” Smith, M-60 Door Gunner, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) An Khe, Vietnam, Republic of 1969, “Get Some” 🎖♠️💜🪖🇺🇸

I was going to send this to my uncle who was a door gunner but there are some many ignorant and mean people commenting I won't. Soldiers have to do things they don't want to do in wars. My uncle is the best man I know and I am ashamed people would say such things.

@JubileeValence

3 жыл бұрын

@mkimmick61 Send it immediately. Ignore the haters. Your uncle will appreciate your thoughts and concerns. This is about you and him not the wannabes. Cheers! ps I was USMC door gunner

@everydayhero5076

3 жыл бұрын

Some people are unhappy with their lives so they put that out to the world, some don't understand what really went on so they make uneducated comments, and some are just assholes. Thank you to your uncle.

@mechcavandy986

3 жыл бұрын

Tell your uncle I’m proud of him too. 💜🇺🇸💜🇺🇸

@berenicebauer72

3 жыл бұрын

My brother was a door gunner for 18 months. He was in his thirties at the time. You should be proud of you uncle. God bless him.

@j.walker3498

3 жыл бұрын

Please don't let peoples ignorance dictate what you do or say. Makes them ignorant and you weak.

Your heart is pumping when you pop smoke to guide in a chopper to pick up the wounded at a hot lz, they come fast and sit there taking fire, the gunner firing like crazy, hot shells flying everywhere . I remember watching the pilot counting , maybe praying but they always looked calm. Our death toll would have been doubled if not for the brave men.

At 2:34 my late grandad is the doctor!!! Dr. Kelly G. Gregory at the time he was a captain. He was a flight surgeon in the 25th infantry division (1966-1967), he retired as a colonel.

@codyantrim8700

3 жыл бұрын

Thats is super cool ! Thanks for sharing 😊

@stephenn1056

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome

Vietnam Veterans were the toughest of all Veterans!

My roommate was the DG in Nam, we were in the 55th ARRS. I was lucky to be too young to be there. May my dear friend rest in peace.

I have two customers that were Huey pilots in VIetnam. Both of them seem to be the friendliest and most docile people you’d ever meet. It’s so hard to imagine the grit these guys would have had during those times and it just baffles me that I never in a million years would have guessed what they did back in the day.

@Janellabelle

10 ай бұрын

I feel exactly that way about my uncle who was one of the most benevolent men I've ever met...so to know he volunteered at 17 and was there by a few months later, it's crazy. He forged his "permission to go to war" letter, singed his mother's name, and set off. Hard to believe you could have a social security number but the usa government did not know how many children signed up on their own and wouldnt say the truth about how many children were actually signed up. I don't think it should've even been legal if the child's parent wanted to allow them to go, either, but thats just me. The youngest recorded casualty was a 14 year old that forged his waiver to go. He was 15 when he died a few weeks into his deployment. My uncle never went into any detail. Unfortunately, he could no longer breathe well and had to have an air tank his whole life. He was never a smoker so he assumed it was from dioxin exposure.

Remember, everyone who runs is a VC, everyone who stands still is a well disciplined VC.

@brucegao5353

6 жыл бұрын

* ride of the valkyrie*

@edwardglen3377

6 жыл бұрын

how much cowardice did it take to commit mass murder in this manner ????

@williamrobinson5859

6 жыл бұрын

Full metal jacket 😌

@daveygivens735

6 жыл бұрын

How can you shoot women.....children?

@M_Alistair

6 жыл бұрын

+Davey Givens "Easy, ya just don't lead 'em so much! Ain't war hell?!"

I'm a Navy vet who patrolled the coast of south Vietnam in the mid-1960s and watched the escalation from advisor forces to full brigade strength formations. We boarded suspect vessels and had a S. Vietnamese officer onboard as a liaison. In the late 1980s I worked with a former door gunner. We had good conversations about our service in Vietnam. I sensed he was affected by PTS, maybe felt some guilt about his role in the war.

@dustinpomeroy8817

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle was also in the Navy in Vietnam.He was always big on video taping things.Hes got 8mm footage that just is unreal,some off the back of aircraft carriers,As a kid I thought it was the coolest thing ever,as an adult not so much.

@jesscast5122

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Well, mowing down Women, Children and entire villages.......eventually gets to them. My Uncle also was a Door Gunner But as a MINORITY in the States, We know what is to be abused and Subjugated. So my Uncle only engaged enemy troops. Unfortunately was killed(All of them) in a Rescue mission at the LZ. Myself, I was in High School at the time in the ROTC and getting ready to enlist upon Graduation. Lucky for me the war ended before I graduated. ONLY later I found out, this War was BULLSHIT! and was Started by a FALSE FLAG by US to Justify going to war w VN. (recently and formally ADMITTED by the US. The Attack at the Bay of TONKIN was just a FALSE FLAG HORSESHIT. So many young people wasted FOR NOTHING! (lucky me! not one of them).......

I'm watching this to learn more about what my dad did in Nam, he never told me much about it other than he was a doorgunner, he was over there in 69 and 70, and that he went down in 3 different choppers...

@NoQuestions4sked

6 жыл бұрын

Why don't you follow in his footsteps instead of watching pony shows

@codyantrim8700

3 жыл бұрын

Thats really cool. Thank you for sharing 😊. Same with my gpa . He was there.

@paulsuprono7225

3 жыл бұрын

@@codyantrim8700 yes . . . seems the norm that vietnam era veterans will, in essence, be Grandparents ! 😎🇺🇸

@cortexexpansion1248

10 ай бұрын

What an ignorant ass comment.

@jnew417

10 ай бұрын

My Father was in Nam 68-69. Doorgunner as well. And he never mentioned it much either.

Seems like just yesterday, God Bless all our Veteran brothers and sisters, may we never forget that Freedom is not Free. Honorable Discharge 1972, Navy.

I almost feel sorry for the kids in this documentary. They have no idea what they are about to experience and the worst will happen when they return home after their tour. Every person who ever mistreated, criticized and disrespected a Vietnam veteran should be ashamed of their self. These men and women didn't have the privilege being exempted from military service because they were in college smoking weed and going to Woodstock or participating in so called Peace Marches. Blaming individual soldiers for the flawed foreign policies of LBJ and McNamara is completely unfair and undermines the personal sacrifices that these veterans made. To those who served in Vietnam, I thank you for your sacrifice.

My step dad served in the Vietnam war and he was a helicopter gunner and mechanic during the mid 1960s

This was my Dad's experience too. He was a door gunner, and helped medics in Vietnam, and did this training also in Hawaii.

My moms first cousin was a door gunner and you shouldn’t ask him about it, if he wants to discuss it he will but don’t force it on him. My mom says he was never the same when he got back and it’s been like that since 1970

My uncle was a crew chief and door gunner 67-70. He was a gunner in 69-70. He was in a crash in '69. Broke his back, and dislocated vertebra near his neck. Also had shrapnel in his back he caught in Laos in '68 and '69.

Thanks to all of the men and women who served in that war❤

@sanghoang9641

Күн бұрын

Người Việt Nam căm thù tất cả những người đàn ông và phụ nữ phục vụ trong cuộc chiến đó

My father Sergeant First Class Turney Allen Doody Jr. was a shotgun rider through 2 tours of Nam... it really messed with him. I never knew what he endured door went through until he died and I got older. I sure wish we could have had a good relationship. Vietnam did its damage too many, still to this day!

@Rebecca-1111

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. Same with my dad RIP. Agent orange took him. Call sign Dracula 69-71. He was 19 when he went. I never knew he was a door gunner until his funeral. He didn't speak much about it. Carried guilt terribly. We would go for walks and talk, he broke down. I held him crying.I told him I was so proud of him. I miss him daily. Best man I never knew. Gentle,kind,loved animals. Nickname Birdie. PTSD was bad. Heard my dad scream at night was terrifying I had to wake him up with a broom and state who I was until he came around. He told me to do that. I miss him so much.

@OwneyMadden430

Жыл бұрын

@@Rebecca-1111 god rest your dads soul , he loves you so much but the Pain cut sooo deep , it just couldn’t explained to people who weren’t there . He needed his battle brothers , they cut those guys all off from each other far far to quickly after returning to the states , they needed to give them at least twice as much much time decompressing from wat then they did training for war & we all know they got zero post war mental health care !! The government just threw them away like garbage! War is hell and never the answer bottom line , I fear for this world future with all this high tech drive stuff and the Chinese stockpiling nukes , One of these days weather by accident I a psychopath or by fear those humanity ending weapons will get launched one day . It’s sad

My uncle was a door gunner in Vietnam. He was shot 5 separate times and shot down twice. My father was a transportation driver, he delivered ammunition and supplies to the forward bases.

@CatDaddySteve

3 жыл бұрын

Was he Jim McEntire ?

@tonytrumble

3 жыл бұрын

@@CatDaddySteve Ralph Trumble and father Henry w Trumble Sr.

@thomastulupan1599

2 жыл бұрын

Your uncle sounds like a great man, I have to say that he is something like that of a Angel .Thanks for your comments.

@NATALIEKING1976

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a door gunner, got shot down behind enemy lines and into a river. He served 4 tours. He received a Purple Heart and is still a badass marine.

@tonytrumble

2 жыл бұрын

@@NATALIEKING1976 he served for this great country, that right there makes him a bad ass in my eyes! 👍

"Easy, just don't lead them as much." "GET SOME ... GET SOME!!

My fathers company in 60's did metal fabrication , mostly military contracts. Thry made everything from jeep trailers to bomb loaders. Later in the war , lots of hueys came daily to be retrofitted with 6" boiler plate steel plates they made to go under and back of pilots seat, just before deployment . They were very popular.

Gee, this video makes Shotgun Rider sound like a sweet deal. I am old enough to know better. I tip my hat to all of the brave ones that served, and appreciate all they have done for me. Thank you, all veterans!😊

"Stiff medical exam for all crew members." Depends what year. Tried to enlist in 1966 for flight school and got rejected for heart problem. 1969 I get a draft notice and I brought my med records from my rejection. One look and the doc at induction center threw them on the floor and said, "That's not so bad. You're in." Being a grunt was my path but at a holding company before starting Basic, they asked for volunteers for flight school. Figuring it was a typical ruse for some dirty work, I volunteered as anything was better than working KP for 14 hours a day. The few of us who volunteered were marched off for testing. Next day I was flown to Ft Puke for basic than on to flight school. Then to Vietnam. My first mission was in an OH-6, a new model for me. I flew left seat with an M60 hanging off a bungee cord and right seat pilot told me to load it up and prepare it for firing. In basic we had M-14's and at end we shot .38 pistols. In Cobra school in Savannah, we had mini-guns in the turret and rockets in the winglets but we never learned how to load the ammo bays. As a FNG, had to endure a lot of harassment. Pilot yelled at me as he told me how to load it and we took off on a single ship perimeter patrol. We flew nape of earth and he was trying to get me to vomit but I loved that kind of flying. Crewchiefs on the Oh-6 "Loach" were taught how to fly as their missions were to fly literal treetop level or lower with another loach with a high and a low Cobra for protection. No one assigned to the scouts ever finished a tour in one piece and some pilots are alive today as their crewchiefs flew them back to safety after they were shot.

One of the first offers I got from my Marine recruiter, was Door Gunner ! After hearing stories from Nam of having to set on your Helmet, I thought it wise to turn down that opportunity ! Which I lived to regret, humping 81mm mortars ! Live and learn ? Semper Fi ! 1/7 81's Division Champs !

My uncle Eul did three tours as a door gunner in Nam. He was on a few birds that were shot down. Came in as an E-1 and 5 years later left as an E-1. He liked to drink. He died from heat stoke on a construction site in Kansas City in 1976.

My dad was in the Navy during Vietnam. I remember him describing the "tie your pants legs to make a life jacket" on multiple occasions. First time I have heard that anywhere else.

My boss 35 years ago would always have a grin on his face when he used to tell me of his experiences in Vietnam, some were horrible. I’m 55 and am fortunate that I will never have to be Drafted, because of my age and health. But I will stand my ground here in America at any age or condition.

The narrative of this film is a lot more enthusiastic than what I’ve heard from combat vets. The rush of spraying M-60 from a Huey tends to diminish when you’re taking fire &/or got bleeding wounded slicking up the floor. McNamara coming clean on this mess in “The Fog Of War” is requisite viewing.

@justforever96

2 жыл бұрын

Because a grim and honest look at the job would really encourage the new recruits they are showing it too to prepare them for the job, right?

My dad was a gunner. Served 2 tours and ended up retiring as a staff Sgt.

A sight I will never forget in spring of 67.Imagine being a twelve year old student in class,and looking out the classroom window to see a line of Hueys in the sky ,coming out of the northwest /heading southeast, for an entire hour.

Respect and Honor to all those Brave Men. We have a Huey mounted on a Pole in front of our VFW 4142 Neosho, Mo. I myself am a 100pct disabled Vet fm agent orange. Served on Destroyers giving our troops Ashore Gunfire support.

Anyone who runs, is a VC. Anyone who stands still, is a well-disciplined VC!

Watching the water training survival was awesome. We had learned the very same techniques in our helicopter survival for flying to offshore rigs in Louisiana.

@dex2591

Жыл бұрын

You mean the part where the had the chicks on their shoulders and rubbing lotion on them ??? 😜 Important survival skill for sure. But seriously, Ive always thought the 60's hair styles for women were pretty cool. I wasn't born till '73 but I've always wished I could have experienced the sixties

@marleyboy7732

Жыл бұрын

@@dex2591 🤣

My recruiter was a clerk assigned to an aviation unit in Vietnam. His one and only time he flew as a door gunner in a huey he got most of his left hand pinky finger shot off. Said that was the very last time he ever volunteered for anything in the Army.

THANK YOU TO ALL THAT SERVED. I am so livid that communism is more alive and festering here at home than it ever was in Vietnam.

@kraigstengrim2072

3 жыл бұрын

Need to clean our own house

@johnnywstrayhorn7839

3 жыл бұрын

@@kraigstengrim2072 Yes we do and I think we are, Arizona is going to be doing a full forensic audit in Maricopa County, Michigan just subpoenaed 9 more counties on top of Antrim where they found 6,000 votes shifted to byedung, Windham County in New Hampshire is doing a full forensic audit and I just heard today that we can add Fulton County GA to that list. We have to stand up as Americans and push back, I don't give a shit really if the Supreme Court refuses to hear cases, We the People are the Court that judges them!!! We live in magnificent times really, the corruption overplayed their hand and now they are getting called and exposed, Justice will prevail.

@hatbpto5180

3 жыл бұрын

How many of you commenters served?

@mauriceboykin4422

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnywstrayhorn7839 charlie model door gunner big red one. Keep believing that we're living under communism trump is using the same tactics that hitler use to rule a country with lies and mistrust and that's what trump tried to do and you knuckleheads are buying into his bullshit. Unbelievable lord help these poor souls.but I bet you dont care that trump dodge the draft numerous times but he's a hero and Patriots the same man that said that john McCain wasn't a hero for bein a pow

@johnnywstrayhorn7839

2 жыл бұрын

@@mauriceboykin4422 I am sorry you are so confused Maurice, I truly am, I wish yo well none the less.

My friend flew medivac hueys two tours in Vietnam. He has some wild stories , including being taken out by a mine attached to a tree with trip wire he hit going in to get wounded, he has a steel plate in his head from it. He took wounded to hospital ships and behind lines field hospitals, said when he got near pickup areas he strafed with all guns/ cannons blazing and could see path they made in the jungle. .

Guy I knew had a father who was a Crew Chief/Door Gunner for the 281st Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam 1965-1966. He said his father originally planned to do 20 years, but changed his mind and got out. He would occasionally talk about his life in the Army, but he never talked about his time in Vietnam to anyone. His son only knew he saw in combat from looking at his DD214 and saw the combat decorations listed.

Love these government films. The standard narrator voice and pleasant background music. Telling stories. 🙂

My husband loved these guys,he was a LRRP, dropped in by bird and picked by bird. The gunners were rough, tough along with those pilots. Thank god for them❤

Great video! I love this channel and those like it! Gives us a legit, non-hollywood glimpse of how it was back then and how our armed forces were trained

I grew up on Schofield Barracks from 1963 to 1970. Watched my Dad dye all his white underwear OD green before deploying in '65. Army soon went with all subdued uniforms shortly after. The island was beautiful and low populated then. Maybe 40,000? This film brings back memories. Thank you

i did some work for an Aussie Vietnam vet years ago, He was a door gunner, and one thing he told me that tore him up most was flying a mission waving and laughing with his mate, Door gunner in another chopper. He said it was all fun until he didn't see his mate anymore, all he saw was a ball of flame going down.

I'm KC135 jet engine mechanic (2A651C). its crazy to see them all the way back then with the old TF33's and shiny polished aluminum fuselage @14:00

Door Gunners were the crazy ones. Thank you for your Service, boys.

The entire helicopter crew was courageous. Give the skilled pilots their due. Without the helocopter pilots there could be no door gunners.

@barstad-9591

Жыл бұрын

Pilots deserve their due; however, this is a video on door gunners, so that’s the focus of the comments. I’m sure there are lots of videos on pilots.

I was a Vietnam helicopter door gunner before it became popular. Gunslinger, 1st Cav,An Khe,Vietnam 1969 🎖💜♠️🪖🇺🇸

Man, Schofield Barracks Hawaii hasn't changed much since I was there in Quad B in 2009-12. I recognized the barracks and Squadron formation area.

@ericguntrum9741

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was there in 1941 Dec. 7th. He was communication officer, he and two of his buddies was coming out of breakfast and heard all the noise. A zero was shooting at them and the guy in the middle got shot in the leg, and dad had a dog standing between dad's leg and the dog's foot was shoot off. He never knew what every happened to the dog. Dad served in the South Pacific Guadalcanal and all through the island. He lacked two months of seeing the beginning and the end, cause he joined in 1940. Passed away June 21, 2014 age 98. Still miss him!

Julie Andrews - surrounded by Officers so the enlisted couldn't come within 50 meters lol. Great video

@robertcombs55

3 жыл бұрын

Vietnam Vet 1968-60 The Officers got the "special Favors" from Visiting American women; As NCOs we couldnt touch them or the Nurses.

I had nothing but respect for our door gunners. Life expectancy was about 27 day. JMW 1Cav Vietnam 1970-71....

@jesscast5122

2 жыл бұрын

Yup! My Uncle bought the farm over there during a rescue mission. They were all killed. the Rescued and Rescuers..............

In Rhodesia we called the gunner a K car gunner very effective with the 20 mm cannon

It's rapidly becoming A Long Time Ago.

To fly is heavenly to hover divine. Rotary wing aviation there is simply no substitute. A big BZ to all these guys who did this in nam. Best rotary wing combat book I have ever read was "Chickenhawk by Robert Mason". Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!

Fascinating to see these machines and support equipment in top shape back in their prime.

God bless America and all Vietnam veterans. ❤

My Brother was a door gunner. 1st Aviation Brigade 65-66 Golden Hawks Brigade Headquarters-Long Binh and Saigon. Outstanding Army Aviation Unit of the Year-1966

My dad did that but he never talked about it so this was cool to watch ty

Too young by about 15 years, my friend was the youngest child. Like me, 6 years old in 1970. The oldest child was 18 in 1970. Drafted and off to Vietnam in early 1971 or late 1970. Door gunner in Lam Son 719. Hauling ARVN and downed US personnel. He told us he had about an hour of sleep every day for 4 days. It was a disaster. He waz suffering sever PTSD when he got out. Drunk all the time. He moved away in 1979 My friend's family in our junior year, 80-81.

@tombankwel4822

3 жыл бұрын

I admire the drafted ones i Was, 20 years old and a mecahnic and just went in the air force

I worked with 2 nam vets that was door gunners they actually told me alot of stories great guys one had a purple heart a hand gernade exopled near him at a hot LZ

Now this is the way we should learn how to.... love it

I had a teacher in high school whose brother was a Huey door gunner in Vietnam. He didn’t make it back. Sad.

We shouldn't have been in Vietnam anyways BUT, for those who went, I salute you.

@andyboog2010

3 жыл бұрын

Any chance to smoke commies. My old man smoked many.

@slabbusterrtr7690

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with u 100%

@timngim583

3 жыл бұрын

@@andyboog2010 But they are still commie now. Can't they smoke them too? Instead of only wanting to smoke China now

@andyboog2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@timngim583 can't argue with that. Even though I hate communism. I give Vietnam a lot of respect. The people got what they wanted and they fought like hell to get foreigners out of their land. Just hate the idea of communist running the place. If the roles where reversed and the United States where occupied. We'd do exactly the same. No doubt. We lost from the start as occupiers not liberators. To pick up where the French failed . Militarily we where un matched.

@u2mister17

3 жыл бұрын

@@andyboog2010 There is no power higher than government: The individual has no rights: That is the American elected left.

I knew a guy years ago that said he did 3 tours as a door gunner, crazy as a loon the guy. Always seem to have a far away look in his eyes

They finally did write a story about him because he was so darn good.

UH-1 door gunner for about 2 weeks , happy to get back the M-48 tank, the only thing to hold real estate. 4th inf. div. 1969

@johnostaszweski2189

3 жыл бұрын

I heard someplace that the 4th had the most casualties of any other division in Nam but lm not sure.

The helicopter gunner school might have been? The guy talking ain't no gunner! I was a crew chief, OH 6A, in the Republic of Vietnam. And trained as a crew chief by the U.S. Army for hueys. We were trained as infantry first. We never got that gunner air training. Mine was all hands direct. What a hoot. I had 8 weeks of basic training. I went to UH school from Nov. to Jan and OH school Feb. KP duty for 6 weeks, leave in April and Vietnam May 6. I was even given merit promotion to E-5 Specialist in 5 months. Still KP. I was glad to get out alive! Disabled for life. Even drafted. God Bless the United States. It's the politicians and their stupid decisions that create a nightmare.

@keithcofield4961

7 жыл бұрын

When I made Spec 5 I was treated as a buck Sgt. No kp, guard duty or anything like that. Only difference in Sgt. and Spec 5 was we had no troops we were in charge o, no CQ, or command responsibility. Sort of like Warrants.

@keithcofield4961

7 жыл бұрын

Zacatecas's. Who're you talking to? Serious charge you're throwing around.

@edwardglen3377

6 жыл бұрын

how much cowardice e did it take to commit mass murder in this manner ???

@Eurotrash4367

6 жыл бұрын

Nobody is falling for your troll attempt Ed. Try again later after your parents go to bed but make sure the volume is turned down or you will loose your computer privileges again.

@edwardglen3377

6 жыл бұрын

Lu Cifer....come on down clown...

My HighSchool Teacher Mr.Hoffman was a Door Gunner back in Nam for the USMC he was a good Teacher I was in the last class he taught he retired later that year.