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@guyguyver7552

Жыл бұрын

Pictures or it never happened...😊

@emmanuelawosusi2365

Жыл бұрын

Great video

@emmanuelawosusi2365

Жыл бұрын

Love the channel

@quentinleezavala

Жыл бұрын

Priceless

@bradleysmith2021

Жыл бұрын

The bird on his hat told me.

Tony Nadal was my company commander in the ia Drang. He is a friend to this day. The real deal.

@bradr2142

Жыл бұрын

Wow welcome home Steve. Just to be in your presence or any other warrior of this battle would be a honor. So thank you for your service.

@tommyblackwell3760

Жыл бұрын

He seems like the kind of CO I'd follow to hell and back. Welcome home, big brother, it's guys like you that trained me.

@phillamoore157

Жыл бұрын

I always wondered what the other perspectives were of this battle. I read the book first, which in my opinion, gives a VASTLY superior account than the movie (as usual). But, a lot of soldiers fought in this battle, but they give the impression that it was just a handful. I would love to hear a different perspective of this battle from the other soldiers….even if they were in the same spot. Everyone’s experience is different. The book (especially the Albany LZ) raised the hairs on the back of my neck. The bravery, and sheer will to survive is just astonishing. I hope you get to tell your story some day soon. And….welcome home!

@brianathern9154

Жыл бұрын

And welcome home Steve. Wondering if any of the guys you served with crossed paths with my uncle..the late Col Henry G "Hank" Anthony. Having visited his family more than once in Ft Benning the movie scenes of the officer's streets brought back memories. I remember the Airborne assembly field. Hal Moore, Tony Nadal and Sgt Major Plumley (forgive me if I spelled his name wrong) were the real deal.

@mariomartinez8723

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to the both of you for your service!

I had the fortune to meet a man who was there. I was at a local tire shop and this gentleman had a Vietnam era fatigue blouse on. His unit patches startled me. It was clear who he was and where he had been. I walked right up and shook his hand. “You were with Hal Moore, right?” He was dumbfounded someone knew this. It was amazing to chat with this man. He was so happy that his history was appreciated. God Bless them all.

First guy out and last guy back. This man is an absolute legend and an example of a true leader.

@cavscout62

Жыл бұрын

It was the Policy of his C.O., Hal Moore and Tony adopted it as his own. These Men are truly “The Greatest Generation”.

@bradleysmith2021

Жыл бұрын

Think about this…was there a unit in Vietnam that had more balls in one group than this one?

@angussog

Жыл бұрын

@@bradleysmith2021 MACV SOG bunch of crazy buggers

@icalloutthenerds

9 ай бұрын

​@@bradleysmith2021Yea probably just the SOG guys. They had to ride king bee's because the Huey's couldn't hold the weight of their stones.

@32a34a

4 ай бұрын

@@angussog Some of those units from what I understand had over 100 percent casualties.

In fixing bayonets, it now becomes personal. You were a hero to all of us. Thank you for your service.

Despite the chaos in our nation, it's still the greatest on Earth because of patriots like Tony. Godspeed Tony and to all of our fallen 🇺🇸

@AwakenedAvocado

Жыл бұрын

Can't say the same for your damned politicians right now they forgot all of this.

Absolutely amazing. What balls. Tony Nadal is definitely the real deal. Thank God he’s on our side.

@bertplank8011

9 ай бұрын

No he ain't.....

A lot of Puerto Ricans of legendary status that served in Nam. 🇵🇷

@JohnRodriguez-zn4gf

8 ай бұрын

Excellent Comment. Since WWI, the USA learned that Puerto Ricans make the BEST soldiers.

@JoJoRogain

8 ай бұрын

​@@JohnRodriguez-zn4gf don't forget our Japanese too

@CsuarezFla

3 ай бұрын

In the Army when you get to basic training your Drill instructor will say there are no races in the Army, your either green or dark green.

@Artillery2012

3 ай бұрын

@@CsuarezFla great analogy!

I was a cav scout in the United States army I had a platoon Sergeant who was Puerto Rican not gonna name no names but he was a master tactician a great leader knew what the enemy was going to do before the enemy did it a majority of the time did it the exact same way that he said that they would I felt invincible around that guy felt as if he was there I would be able to get through anything

He deserved the DSC. True American hero.

@turtle19dad

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s crap some damn pencil pusher denied his well earned award.😡😡😡😡

What an amazing "real man". Hard to believe he is 86 years old when this video was made.

Besides the legendary Hal Moore..there's the legendary Tony Nadal..'I'm 86yrs old so when I go to my grave in a coupla' years or whenever..it ain't gonna make a rat's ass.. tha' Lord ain't gonna ask me what medals I had'.....this is what being a man is..Bravo!

@scotttyson8661

Жыл бұрын

Yep

@Timbolic

Жыл бұрын

A real man doesn't need validation. My late step father told me that when I was 10 years old and I never forget that in the occasional moments of doubt in life. We lost him a year later from complications from Agent Orange. I'll never forget that man. He was CPL.Samuel A. Blinn U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry Division

@max420thc

10 ай бұрын

Col Hackworth was nominated for a CMO three times and turned down because of politics

Vietnam Veterans are very precious to me. I was married to 2 combat vets that served in the 60’s. Let us never forget our Veterans sacrifices. Much respect Sir🇺🇸 God Bless you🙏🏼

I was in Graff also it was cold and muddy as hell. I went to Germany after Vietnam , it was a huge change and challenge after Nam got into a few scrapes with the locals and other GI's . Busted & cuffed a couple times . My Nam record got me out of jail time . De ranked and fines. My Platoon Sgt & Co stood by me ! They restricted me to barracks and the Co told the " sorry cant remember their title " duty Sargent or something , but the Co said to let me alone , I am crazy . Straight to Germany from Nam , no debriefing nothing. Nam Vet , Tom

@overzone666

Жыл бұрын

welcome home, Tom.

@georgemcadoo8546

10 ай бұрын

26:13 26:13

@georgemcadoo8546

10 ай бұрын

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@georgemcadoo8546

10 ай бұрын

26:13 26:13

@georgemcadoo8546

10 ай бұрын

26:13 26:13

Incredible interview, Col Nadal was described in the book as an exemplary leader...in the lineage of guys like Major Dick Winters...leaders lead from the front and by example. Thank you for your service.

I forgot the name of the author and the book but there is a theory put forth that, the main cause of PTSD for service members is actually the sense of losing one’s tribe or team. Being a part of a brotherhood and then feeling like that is gone. Rather than just traumatizing experiences. So what he said about his unit at the end makes sense.

Thank you for your service from across the pond. - Manchester UK 🇬🇧

@fastyaveit

Жыл бұрын

From Leeds, UK, I'll agree with the Manc 🤣🤣

Men like this are exactly why I became a Cavalry Trooper. Scout's Out, Sir!

@max420thc

10 ай бұрын

SCOUTS OUT! Gary Owen! Scouts lead the way!

Much respect, sir...THANK YOU for your service.🙏✊

Thank God we have men like this.

My father was in the Army during Vietnam , and I grew up with Vietnam on the news and went into the Air Force in 1978 as a Security Police Airman and spent three years in Germany 😊😊😊 1978 to 1983 .

Loved the movie We where Soldiers. Now I can put a face with the courage. What a man .

I’m 5 minutes into this and this guy sounds super intelligent and it’s easy to see why he is a colonel

Gracias por sus servicios. A proud Boricua

@RamonNadal-Tony

8 ай бұрын

De nada

Colonel Nadal You may not have gotten your metal, but you have my total respect.

Thanks to all our Veterans who served.

@frankrizzo4460

10 ай бұрын

Yes indeed 🙏🇺🇸

You, Sir, are a wise and brave man. I salute you.

Basic leadership skills in a real war zone. Outstanding.

The one and only Tony Nadal. Peace and Well Being to you Sir!

Well done, good and faithful soldier. God bless our veterans.

Thank you, Sir. You are a shining example of how a leader should be

Iron Ballz McGinty!! Dude is tough as nails!! Thank You for your service Sir, welcome home!! 💜💯

Sergeant Savage was played by the same man who played Opie in the show Sons of Anarchy, and he nailed it. These men are badasses.

@garyrobertson5629

Жыл бұрын

My desk at DOTD was next to Earnie's -- great real estate agent to... LOL

You’re a great man for going into that creek bed and getting your soldiers back takes some balls sirGod bless you and thank you for your sacrifice sir🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Hero’s that deserve so much more

@guyguyver7552

Жыл бұрын

I deserve much more....not him...I pay their paychecks..😊

@dypzyhosely

Жыл бұрын

@@guyguyver7552 you may pay his paycheck’s but without people like him, People like you wouldn’t be able to say whatever you want too they fight so you don’t have to if you don’t want too it’s not a matter of oh you pay his paychecks the guy you replied too just said they deserve more for what they sacrificed their lives for

@guyguyver7552

Жыл бұрын

@@dypzyhosely ....anyone in the military is just a dime a dozen cannon fodder....😊

@georgepeterson3332

Жыл бұрын

@@guyguyver7552 sighing a paycheck is much different than risking everything for people back home and the men and women next to them who they could have just met

@guyguyver7552

Жыл бұрын

@@georgepeterson3332 ...women in the military are just for show, and to service the servicemen because they all get pregnant when the bullets are gonna start flying....🤣😂🤣😂

Hearing about a PR who grew up with nothing really inspires me It’s like seeing your dad or grandpa in uniform Semper fi!

@JohnRodriguez-zn4gf

8 ай бұрын

Beautiful Statement. Puerto Ricans make the BEST soldiers. Elite Fighters.

Love this attention to our vets this is the best channel on KZread ❤

So fitting that Fort Benning will become Fort Moore on the 11th of May. I served in VietNam, in Pleiku at Camp Holloway in a Cav Unit. Much later, but we learned the history of IaDrang Valley and the 1st Cav. Garry Owen Colonel!

@adamr6794

11 ай бұрын

Who was the bartender at the officers club at Camp Holloway that refused to serve Hal Moore after the battle at X-Ray?

Welcome, thank you all so much for your service 👊🏻🇺🇸

Thank you for your service to our Republic, we are forever grateful for your sacrifice. God bless all those who gave everything for us.🙏🇺🇸

What a great man. Respect from Liverpool England 🇬🇧

When the command to "Fix bayonets!" is given, then things are desperate. Now the battle comes face to face and personal.

@Thomas-uw1gq

Жыл бұрын

Your adrenaline hits a new high! Nam Vet , Tom

@jafo766

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm , if the enemy is NOT out of ammo , you are going to die with a fixed bayonet doing the HAND JIVE.

@shaunkirby273

Жыл бұрын

@@jafo766what would you do?

@jafo766

Жыл бұрын

@@shaunkirby273 Like Grandpa Simpson I would black out and when I came to I'd realize I must have beaten all the enemy to death with the butt of my rifle. Then swim with 2 wounded comrade's for 6 hours to safety like Michael Thornton ( M of H )see Mike's story , something like that ?

@jafo766

Жыл бұрын

@@shaunkirby273 Bayonets are useless when the TREE'S START TALKING , it would be what I stripped from your gear and gave you an extra mag.

Thank you for your service ❤

Sounds like an excellent officer.

God bless our Warfighters past ,present ,and future.

@djmech3871

Жыл бұрын

It’s to bad our soldiers are waisted on useless wars. Wars spawned by the military industrial complex.

What a badass ! A true American Hero 🇺🇸

As an Australian im very glad we have men like him and the us millitary on our side.

@gnarkillgnarkill7725

Ай бұрын

We were happy to have you in the Pacific.❤❤❤

Thank you for sharing this experience, including your sacrifice, service and courage ❤🇺🇸

This man is not a Lieutenant Colonel. He's a full bird.

@imurgodsgod

Жыл бұрын

That's the least crazy thing you have ever said

Thanks.very.much.❤ a.canadian.patriot.

Colonel Nadal is a soldier's soldier!

Awesome share. Thank you 🙏🏾.

This man doesn’t look a day older than 70!

I was raised to respect our vets and thank them for all they have done! Had I not went into law enforcement the military would have been my destination. My father was drafted in the Vietnam era and everyone I meet that is a vet I always tell them "Thank you for your service" but one day i was told when you see a Vietnam veteran tell them "Welcome Home" because many never heard that so one day while walking through Walmart I observed a gentleman with a Vietnam War cap on and walked up and said "Excuse me sir but I see your a Vietnam veteran and just wanted to tell you Welcome Home!" He stopped looked down for a second then turned looked at me with tears in his eyes hugged me and said "That was the first time I have been welcomed home since I got back from hell!" We had a long talk cried together hugged and I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT MAN OR THAT DAY! "THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DID AND....... WELCOME HOME!!!!"

@sherryblanton2029

Ай бұрын

How Beautiful! Also, Very True! Very few ever heard those words.

I completely respect all those who served in Vietnam! RIP for all those who never came back and those who have passed since. To those who are still with us thank you for everything you gave and god bless you! From a South Australian bloke - thankyou!!!

All war is horrific, but there was something about Vietnam that made it next level scary. I think mainly due to the fact that you were basically dropped in the jungle and didn't know where the enemy was and could be ambushed at any time, I couldn't imagine! not to mention the miserable conditions. Much respect for these Vets from 🇨🇦

Thank you sincerely for your service and sacrifice, Colonel.

Absolutely awesome!!!

Wow he gave me cold chills a true hero the sacrifice of his sole should never go unnoticed thank you sir

he sure doesn't look 86. more like 56.

Love these interviews by AVC. The best of the best info that will live in infamy.

Thank you, sir, for your service.

🎇🇺🇲"God Bless Our, Veterans and Active Warrior's!"🇺🇲🎇 🫡

My father was a Scrub Tech in the Operating Rooms at 93rd Evac Hospital in Long Binh during the battle of Ia Drang. He was only in Country just under 2 Months when it happened. He said it was a crazy few days and he saw a LOT of the wounds our young kids received! He was 24 at the time.

RESPECT TO VETERANS AND THOSE IN SERVICE

Sir I have the movie and watch it all the time. Salute. Thank you for putting it in to context from a E4 army dog.

HOORAH! Army 65 to 67.

I love these stories so much.

My grandfather was a WW2 U.S. marine. He had a similar story. His whole division was wiped out fighting the japanese. Only him 3 guys survived. Everybody around him killed plus his best friend next next to him. He grew up with. He felt guilty about it his whole life.

WOW, hearing about this battle from someone that was actually there is something else.

A true hero God bless him.

Wonderful presentation. Thank you Lt.Col. God. Bless you. Kurt Bullington Ltc, USAR (ret)

What he said in the beginning about the training. I was doing the same thing exactly to the tee in 08 in hoenfels Germany and we did that every October. Bravo company 1/4 inf.

Really enjoy this stories. I'm a Marine Vietnam veteran. I'd love to hear some about the Marine Corps Combined Action Program. I started out in Hue Duc by Hill 10

Interesting and informative. Special thanks to the veteran guest speaker. Sharing personal information/combat experiences making this interview more authentic and possible. That's true grit style of determination to succeed!!!

A soldiers soldier! Much Respect and Thanks

Tony Nadal! Legend…

The medic in the Lost Platoon was SP5 Charles Lose.

Respect

Thank you for your service.

I became a soldier in 1990. I am not worthy of my past brothers but i will always strive to be.

this what AMERICA SOLDIERS WHICH DEFINED THIS COUNTRY . GOD BLESS .

Loved the movie but to hear it directly from one of the officers leading those men really tells the story. God Bless you Sir.

I was an Artillery Officer, was absolutely forced to volunteer for Ranger & Airborne school and was scared to death about it but my ‘request’ was denied because my Arty Bn was heavy mech M-109A4s. Today in the Army, if you want to have a career you ‘must’ go to airborne school & ranger school. We practiced patrolling & op orders and all that stuff, and I hated every day of it. Artillery fire support & fire direction & gun line, all easy if you know what you’re doing and none of that ridiculous ranger tab bs.

@garyrobertson5629

Жыл бұрын

*800-WAA-WAAA... " call the chaplain he's paid to listen to legs snivel".

@johnm249

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. I was 17 in 1980 and planned to join Army and go infantry as I wanted to be macho. But the Army recruiting command was stupid as 1 day my mom pissed me off and I called saying "When can I go to bootcamp?" The reply was :Your recruiter is on leave you gotta wait until he gets back. Navy recruiter was at my high school the next day and asked me "When you want to leave?" I was in bootcamp 3 weeks later. Signed up 5 September 1980 active duty 26 September 1980 my mom signed the paper work no problem.

Great video, thanks for sharing!

When I think how these brave men were exploited by greedy politicians it makes me sick.

@cavscout62

Жыл бұрын

It’s nothing new Jon Boy, it’s actually the Rule rather than the exception. Nothing however diminishes the Exceptional Performances of our Troops and nobody can take it away. We Veterans must Unite and become the Strongest Voting Bloc in this Nation so that we can prevent Scumbag politicians from wasting the lives of our “Little Brothers” ever again.

With men like this leading they could have conquered the world

I’m don kpa Montagnards use to leave 15 mile to plei me camp , I fled from my village near plei me to Cambodia 2001 then came to North Carolina 2003. Love see this scene I miss it

I was in Basic in 73. To my surprise, we did not have any bayonet training.

I read the book before seeing the movie. God bless you Sir.

Wow, amazing..... interesting to hear what he said at the end about keeping the Annual Reunions going. Developing and maintaining those relationships and friendships

"A soldier's duty is to move to the sounds of the guns". A police officer's as well.

@YugoM92

Жыл бұрын

No they sit in the parking lot and call for backup...

@beauxgaloo9621

9 ай бұрын

Uvalde proves that is a lie.

@jimmyj2354

9 ай бұрын

I would have never guessed your 86 yrs old.I salute you sir.

@croatiancroissant28776

9 ай бұрын

You can’t compare the two. Not even close.

Tony Nadal was the last person I interviewed for the autographed book. Very nice man in a 15min talk.

My uncle David Christian was a navy pilot in Vietnam. He flew an A-4E Skyhawk off of the USS midway. He never returned. Mia for many years. My family says the body the navy later said was his was not him. But the case is closed. We still don't know the truth about what happened to him.

@georgemcadoo8546

10 ай бұрын

26:13 I was the last man on Earth to communicate with an A-4 pilot, in Spring, 1967. He contacted me on the UHF channel at call sign Landshark Alpha, in Chu Lai. He informed me that he was dead stick on a bomb run at an NVA machine gun bunker that was firing on Marines near Tam Ky. He stated he was going to crash into the bunker, instead of possibly crashing into and injuring or killing Marines. His bird was armed with a full load of 500 pound bombs. When he hit the bunker, everything exploded. There would have been very little, if any, recoverable human remains. I hope this wasn't your uncle. And I hope his family was informed of his heroism.

God bless the A1 Skyraider and the guys that flewem

The goosebumps when he gave the order to fix bayonets

A real man. A Hero and the finest example of a warrior on Gods green earth.

To all Vietnam veterans: Thank you for your service, and welcome home.

Great video! Thank you. Doc 1/5Cav RVN 69-70

MURICA 🦅🇺🇸