Survivors of Vietnam’s deadly battles on the life-changing toll of war

Long after the battles are over, survivors of the Vietnam War recount how the experience stays still with them, and how it changed their lives.
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  • @TheGeonam
    @TheGeonam13 күн бұрын

    I lost both my legs there in 1968. I had some trouble adjusting with both a new lifestyle and Vietnam. Some how a met a nurse who took me even though I smoked weed drank and took pills to try and find that high that would make it ok. I think it lasted about 13 years before I slowly found some sense in life. God has been with me all along even when I thought he wasn’t. My wife and I have 50 yrs together this Nov. A son former Naval officer and today a top notch ER doctor and a daughter high school teacher. I’m 80 yrs old and Vietnam is still with me everyday. Most young folks today hardly ever heart of Vietnam.

  • @paleo704

    @paleo704

    8 күн бұрын

    Wow ! Inspiring

  • @mrjohn71398

    @mrjohn71398

    7 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service, you are a true hero and deserve to be honored. I’m sorry for the way a lot of Vietnam veterans were treated after the war, you all deserve so much better. You are appreciated. Because of you vets, we are able to enjoy our everyday freedoms that we take for granted.

  • @vf12497439

    @vf12497439

    6 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service. I wish I had some amazing thing I could say to you that would make you feel better or at least smile. I’m not a literary genius. So just know that there’s many of us who never served in the military that do appreciate you and those who are no longer with us.

  • @IronSikh44

    @IronSikh44

    2 күн бұрын

    Great story brother❤

  • @ottoso7044

    @ottoso7044

    Күн бұрын

    @@TheGeonam wow welcome home & thank you so much for your service sir! I’m glad you made it home. Seems you ended up doing great seeing how well your kids did in life 🙏🏻 I just had a baby in Feb & I just want to give them everything they need to succeed in this world! My grandpa was drafted at 18 in 68/69 with the 173rd, glad he made it home 🇺🇸

  • @randomhouse708
    @randomhouse70820 күн бұрын

    Wars are never over for those who fought them.

  • @user-cf1ir8rj2u
    @user-cf1ir8rj2u22 күн бұрын

    The politics of that war are for another time,but all these men (and women) answered their Nations call and did their duty.They deserve our respect...forever.

  • @greggsnyder8586

    @greggsnyder8586

    8 сағат бұрын

    Yes sir that is a correct statement.

  • @davidfrehlini5430
    @davidfrehlini543024 күн бұрын

    USMC 64--68. Vietnam 65--66. Like our Drill Instructors at Parris Island. You never forget them. And as for Vietnam. Well, no matter how hard we try, we will never forget. And to all my Fellow Veterans. God Bless you all. Proud to have been a Marine, and always proud to have served.

  • @rickhayhoe

    @rickhayhoe

    19 күн бұрын

    @@richardnixon4345 What's it like living under a bridge, troll?

  • @mrjohn71398

    @mrjohn71398

    7 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service

  • @ernestomontemayor5855

    @ernestomontemayor5855

    2 сағат бұрын

    First and Foremost. Semper Fi Marine. Ooooooooooorah. Many went to Nam. Many never came home. It's an honor and a privilege to listen to all these testimonies. No one will ever know the sacrifice this warriors went through to include what they had to give up for our freedom. My utmost respect for all those who fought in Nam. Thank you for Honor, courage and commitment. A special salute from GySgt Montemayor USMC Retired 77-97 Santa Rosa, Texas ( Eagle, Globe, and Anchor )

  • @ottoso7044
    @ottoso704423 күн бұрын

    My grandpa was drafted at 18 in 68/69 with 173rd …. Glad he made it home 🇺🇸 Vietnam vets are the greatest & got treated the worst when they just answered the call

  • @tomcat58rtc

    @tomcat58rtc

    21 күн бұрын

    My brother also 173 th airborne. Doc Spanky.

  • @ottoso7044

    @ottoso7044

    21 күн бұрын

    @@tomcat58rtc I hope your brother is doing well. Thank you & him for his service, I’m proud asf to have family in paratroopers. That’s badass.

  • @KillrMillr7

    @KillrMillr7

    17 күн бұрын

    Yes, they were treated horribly by a govt who didn’t want to take care of them afterwards. So they concocted the hate and discontent thru the media and gullible people. Same thing is happening today.

  • @IronSikh44

    @IronSikh44

    2 күн бұрын

    Well said. Take lots of pics and video of your Gramps. Memorize anything he shares to ensure your future generations know where they come from.

  • @ottoso7044

    @ottoso7044

    Күн бұрын

    @@IronSikh44 unfortunately he’s retired in the Philippines with his wife . But I video chat him every chance I get! I just had a baby in February so I made him a great grand father! I can’t wait to tell my son about him & how we are related to a paratrooper ‼️🇺🇸

  • @fendermarshallbluesbox3407
    @fendermarshallbluesbox340719 күн бұрын

    saddest thing is, all these wars are based on lies, to make a few people more rich , not being disrespectful towards the people who were send there

  • @AKAKiddo

    @AKAKiddo

    15 күн бұрын

    So true.

  • @MoreLifePlease

    @MoreLifePlease

    14 күн бұрын

    Reminds me of a book by an early 20th century, two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Marine named Smedley D. Butler called "War Is a Racket". So often true.

  • @boondocker7964

    @boondocker7964

    5 күн бұрын

    Very true. RVN '66-'67, 1st Mar Div.

  • @lifeinlimbo2186
    @lifeinlimbo218615 күн бұрын

    To any war veteran whom I have had the privilege of listening to open up to any degree and express their feelings, please,please,never apologize for showing tears. It is an honor and privilege for those of us to hear your personal stories you share with us and to see your emotions. I personally hold it sacred and extremely special. Thank you

  • @tomcat58rtc
    @tomcat58rtc21 күн бұрын

    My brother did 3 tours never was right again. 173th airborne He was medic he talked about hill 875 lost 300 guys in that battle. God bless he and all✌🏻

  • @CraigerAce

    @CraigerAce

    18 күн бұрын

    I’m personal friends with a now retired 173rd Airborne Sergeant Major. He did 2 tours in Nam. He’s 91 now and the toughest man I’ve ever met.

  • @ottoso7044

    @ottoso7044

    Күн бұрын

    @@CraigerAce wow I’d love to be that guys friend

  • @bartjoy5179
    @bartjoy51797 күн бұрын

    These people deserve more respect

  • @nicknam8478
    @nicknam847821 күн бұрын

    Vietnam vet here, l was lucky to see close up what LLRPs went through because of where l was when l transferred to the 4th Div. in ‘67. These guys were unbelievably brave.

  • @thechrisandphaedrusshow

    @thechrisandphaedrusshow

    20 күн бұрын

    Welcome home! My father was a medic with the 82nd 67-69

  • @DensityMatrix1
    @DensityMatrix121 күн бұрын

    My Dad was a LRRP. 1/327 101st airborne. RIP. He never left Vietnam as well. Spent the rest of his life chasing the dragon.

  • @infitada

    @infitada

    19 күн бұрын

    Your father/dad is a bad ass mofo

  • @southwestoklahomaairsoftcl9889

    @southwestoklahomaairsoftcl9889

    5 күн бұрын

    My buddies and I use the term chasing the dragon to describe "combat addiction". It's a condition where you become addicted to the chemicals that are produced in your brain during combat.

  • @DensityMatrix1

    @DensityMatrix1

    4 күн бұрын

    @@southwestoklahomaairsoftcl9889 Yep. If Valhalla is real he is there now with his CAR-15 in a firefight. He had an airborne tattoo, jump wings with words “death from above” . Thought that was so cool as a kid, still do.

  • @RedHorseCebu
    @RedHorseCebu8 күн бұрын

    Gentlemen you will never ever be forgotten. My wife and I have a 5-month-old son. When he is older he will understand and respect the sacrifice from all of you who served.

  • @speedracer2336
    @speedracer233620 күн бұрын

    I left there over 55 years ago, I still think about it every day, especially the smell!

  • @armyvet8279

    @armyvet8279

    14 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service!

  • @speedracer2336

    @speedracer2336

    14 күн бұрын

    @@armyvet8279 back at you fellow vet!

  • @armyvet8279

    @armyvet8279

    13 күн бұрын

    @@speedracer2336 thank you

  • @motoprofessor3546

    @motoprofessor3546

    9 күн бұрын

    Welcome hone brother.

  • @mrjohn71398

    @mrjohn71398

    7 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service

  • @emmetband4931
    @emmetband493124 күн бұрын

    Welcome home brothers.

  • @IronSikh44
    @IronSikh442 күн бұрын

    I was a cop for 30 years. I have been diagnosed with PTSD. I’ve done the work. I’ve realized I’m very proud of my condition because it reminds me I did something meaningful and profound with my life. It will always be a part of me. I want to tell these old soldiers how much I love and respect them. I don’t judge them. I wasn’t there. I can’t even imagine. All I can say is you guys and all of our Veterans are the greatest and I thank you for your sacrifice. Keep fighting every day to make yourself right any way you can. You are LRRPS and that’s a big deal. Respect!!

  • @user-ok3qp7jl3b
    @user-ok3qp7jl3b24 күн бұрын

    These boys/men are 100% American heroes for giving soo much to keep us free.

  • @sadocx

    @sadocx

    24 күн бұрын

    keep you free?😂 i agree they are brave for the things they did and experienced , but it was not done to keep you free , it was supposed to be a quick war just to show the USSR that America is "a lethal military force" but yeah it did not go that way . WW1 and WW2 were the only wars where America had to fight to keep you free and safe , every other war you guys were in had alternative motives and propaganda influenced a lot of you to think it was to keep you free . America could have never sent anyone to Vietnam and it would have had the same result or well sort of , if they didn't send anyone your economy would be much better due to the billions spent , but i do agree they were brave and strong for the things they did

  • @topgeardel

    @topgeardel

    24 күн бұрын

    @@sadocx I agree with your comment. But I will go a step further. If they were "heroes" they were ignorant "heroes". It wasn't rocket science to figure out Vietnam was BAD in so many ways. That is why I resisted the Draft.

  • @topgeardel

    @topgeardel

    24 күн бұрын

    I'm a proud Vietnam/Draft resistor. 2 things. There was nothing brave about what they did. They all should have stood up for themselves and avoid their dysfunctional Government sending them to a war they had no right or legitimate reason to be. If they agreed with going to Vietnam they were ignorant. If they went against their own conscience they were both ignorant and cowards. The second thing. They did NOT do a damn thing to keep you,, me and themselves free as Americans....win or lose. You are a Kool Aid drinker....and that's why this country keeps getting into other "Vietnams" since then. There is NO way you can connect the "dots" of fighting in Vietnam with American freedom, security and way of life. It's called propaganda.

  • @travisbakeriii3053

    @travisbakeriii3053

    22 күн бұрын

    ​@@sadocxexacting right and what I believe also. The last just wars if you will were WWI and WWII.

  • @jackhunsucker3220

    @jackhunsucker3220

    22 күн бұрын

    ​​@@topgeardel the men in this video and the hundred thousands of the young Americans like them went because their country called and they answered the call, my father and uncles included. Whether it was right or wrong they went. You say you resisted the draft in my eyes and everybody else that's just cowardly.

  • @shawntailor5485
    @shawntailor548524 күн бұрын

    Thank you gentlemen with the deepest sincerity!

  • @jeffjones6221
    @jeffjones62212 күн бұрын

    I want to express my thanks and respect for every Vietnam veteran. I know many personally. Some have shared stories with me, some not. I respect each and every one of you.

  • @markjfox866
    @markjfox86623 күн бұрын

    Heros 🙏🏼👏🏻🙏🏼👏🏻🙏🏼👏🏻🎖🎖🎖 Some still fighting the war

  • @TheEricBoughner
    @TheEricBoughner8 күн бұрын

    Welcome home Vietnam Veterans. Thank you for your service 🙏

  • @clydecantrell9975
    @clydecantrell997524 күн бұрын

    Videos like this have given me so much more Respect(not that it wasn't there already) for these Heroes trying to understand how a year in Vietnam, sometimes more, impacted the rest of their lives. I lost my oldest Brother in that war. Steve apologized at the end of the video, Sir you have nothing to apologize for you have earned your emotions. God Bless all men and women that did return.

  • @ejsocci2630
    @ejsocci263023 күн бұрын

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

  • @raymondking1793
    @raymondking1793Сағат бұрын

    Thank you for your service you are all Heroes to Me AND Never do you ever need to apologize. I Love You All 😊

  • @user-ti3fe6gg4s
    @user-ti3fe6gg4s24 күн бұрын

    Vietnam soldiers were heroes in my neighborhood .

  • @cl595mp2

    @cl595mp2

    23 күн бұрын

    Still are!

  • @lawrencedobesh776

    @lawrencedobesh776

    21 күн бұрын

    In my mind the term hero is reserved for the people on the wall. The rest of us just did our jobs! To try to explain it all is near impossible! What is most insulting is those who don’t even want to know even though they asked the questions first.lts like your being baited!

  • @johnlarsen3425
    @johnlarsen34252 күн бұрын

    Thank you for being you guys. Their are people here that love you for being you. Love from America

  • @jaimevalencia6271
    @jaimevalencia627115 күн бұрын

    Never be sorry for who you are or gone through. I’m just glad you’re still here with us

  • @daviddempsey9726
    @daviddempsey972622 күн бұрын

    A very smart person once said, "you touch war it touches back." RVN Recon 68/69. Stay strong Brothers.

  • @user-si1ov4ug3t
    @user-si1ov4ug3t21 күн бұрын

    I'm sorry you guys and ladies had to go there. Im 55 and have lost more than one person who who served there and have since passed. I can't begin to thank you enough for trying to do right, in a world seeming on self-destruction. I've made plenty of different va hospitals for my friends. Thank you Vet's

  • @Mad_Hazardous
    @Mad_Hazardous11 күн бұрын

    I truly hope these Men find the peace that has eluded them over these many years, before they leave this earth.

  • @dominichamel4685
    @dominichamel468519 күн бұрын

    I can never feel the things that you brave people have experienced and are living with every day. All I can say is thank you

  • @danthemeatman9883
    @danthemeatman988324 күн бұрын

    God Bless all you Boys .🙏♥️

  • @markdebity2032
    @markdebity203217 күн бұрын

    Men like this is one of the reasons why I join the military and retired after 24years. I’ve always studied Vietnam war and the hell these guys went through not only in Vietnam but back home as well. Every time I meet Vietnam veterans, I always show him respectby just a handshake and telling him I have the upmost respect for him. It’s just a nation of mine to say that to every Vietnam veteran.

  • @rad7965
    @rad796519 күн бұрын

    Vietnam 1967 - 1968. Retired US Army (23 years total). Welcome home brothers, it's been a long hard road we had to travel together with no help from America. I was not one of you, but I was there with you. Some talk about going back to Vietnam to visit old places of the past and their youth. I have no need to do this as Vietnam comes and revisits me on nights when the moon is in its darkest moments.

  • @mds1171

    @mds1171

    16 күн бұрын

    These dudes were always welcome home, the only ones who didnt welcome them home were liberals.

  • @Wheelgauge-bt7ox
    @Wheelgauge-bt7ox13 күн бұрын

    THANK YOU and WELCOME HOME from the son’s and daughters of the Vietnam war❤

  • @owenjinxy
    @owenjinxy7 күн бұрын

    Thanks guys for being you. For being normal. The levels of violence and mental stress of war..is too much for normal people to bear. Finding peace best way you can. 🤗....thanks for your service 🌹

  • @davidquinn6702
    @davidquinn670219 күн бұрын

    Their eyes tell the story that most of us will never comphrehend. Viewing this was humbling.

  • @joebennett7531
    @joebennett7531Күн бұрын

    God Bless Our Vietnam Veterans!!!! They didn’t get the welcome home they deserved!!!! Or the help they needed!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @rondodson5736
    @rondodson57366 күн бұрын

    I finished a career in the military but i was also the first person on active duty to become a bounty hunter. I realized i chose this career for the Adrenalin thrill. Being a vet i enjoyed getting that thrill over and over.

  • @williamfeldner9356
    @williamfeldner935622 күн бұрын

    I was a resident at the VA Hospital and the Oregon Health Science University in Portland Oregon. The public will never understand that the Wars these men fought will never end for them……. One of my cousins was drafted into the Army during Vietnam. He got stationed on a Fire Base in the remote mountains. Every night the VC would climb the mountain and try and kill the soldiers. When Leslie came home my Aunt told me he could not sleep unless a rifle was on his chest, this went on for years…..Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome at its worst…. RIP Leslie, you were one of the Hero’s.

  • @rondodson5736
    @rondodson57366 күн бұрын

    You are right, someone who wasn't there could never understand what we went thru. However i have went back twice since the war. Had many people tell me i needed to go back for the closure it would give me. I scoffed at it for years but when i did go back it gave me closure i could never have imagined. The people of Vietnam had no hard feelings and that alone amazed me. I had never had hard feelings towards them but never expected it in return. For the bad acts committed in war for either side is unforgivable.I now looking forward to trips back to Vietnam.

  • @anthonytascione3684
    @anthonytascione36847 күн бұрын

    6/67-6/68, medic 25th Inf. Div. I guess I will never reconcile the uselessness of it all and the futility of war. So many who never came home and certainly those that did were never the same. May they never be forgotten.

  • @SirPinchaloaf
    @SirPinchaloaf23 күн бұрын

    I met these Frenchman that fought in the Indo-China war, and they were from there but the thing was they were terrified of Vietnam. They told me it was cruel, and unbelievable.

  • @randyelsbury321
    @randyelsbury32121 күн бұрын

    I wasn't a lrrp , I was combat engineer , but it still just never goes away .

  • @BenLewis-zi8wg

    @BenLewis-zi8wg

    20 күн бұрын

    I was a combat engineer 25th Infantry Div 1965 to 1966 Pleiku Vietnam

  • @hanhnguyen
    @hanhnguyen8 күн бұрын

    Thanks you all for your service in my country against nva or vc. Love you

  • @kennethsloboda2170
    @kennethsloboda21702 күн бұрын

    MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING SO MUCH, GOD BLESS AND BE WITH YOU’S ALWAYS 🙏✝️🙏🇺🇸

  • @robertdoss7272
    @robertdoss7272Күн бұрын

    Thank you to our vets..im so proud of you all and we love you so much. America wouldnt be America without you heroes..God bless you all...

  • @michaelwills3311
    @michaelwills33117 күн бұрын

    Has anyone heard the song 19 by Paul Hardcastle it really rips your guts out. Thank every Vietnam Veteran for your Service. You deserved better. ❤✌️

  • @mikemurray1047
    @mikemurray104717 күн бұрын

    I was attached to the 23rd Inf. Div., Americal out of Chu Lai, Vietnam. Served 18 months in country until a mortar round ended my tour of duty. After I was discharged from the 41st Evac. Hospital the Army sent me to Ft. Roots Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas for combat fatigue, my mental state was still fighting out in the bush. I am 75 now and for years I have harbored no anger, no nightmares, no sobbing with another Vet. I simple just forgot the war and got along just fine. In fact I have considered going back to Vietnam as a tourist to revisit areas where my brigade fought. In other words the war never shattered my life. Upon discharge I simply unshouldered my rifle, took off my uniform and led a normal healthy life with no regrets.

  • @waynerogers6621

    @waynerogers6621

    4 күн бұрын

    I was in Chu Lai with the Marines in 69-70 . Just recently I found out the Americal division was the 23rd infantry division. Don't remember it called anything but americal.

  • @guyh.4553
    @guyh.455322 күн бұрын

    I am a member of The American Legion. I have the privilege to know many Vietnam vets. When I am at the club house, many of these men are able to share their stories with each other. I know that you gentlemen have struggles. And I know what those struggles can be like. For me it was Desert Storm. And yes, I too have a bit of survivor's guilt. I will always respect you & your service in probably the most hellish places that one had to fight a war. The only other ones would be those that served in the Pacific Theater and were part of the Island Campaign. But they were never on each island such as you in Vietnam. My greatest respect for you! Hoo Rah!

  • @user-ny3wh2jv9g
    @user-ny3wh2jv9g2 күн бұрын

    Men like these are a national treasure. Anytime I see a Vietnam hat or WWII hat on someone’s head I make it a habit to talk to them. Years ago I worked with a Korean War veteran who was a naval pilot. He got shot down and captured. He told me of the torture. They broke both of his hands, got strapped to a table and had children pull his teeth out with pliers amongst many other forms of torture. That really opened my eyes as to what our brave service members had to endure.

  • @kylewood8327
    @kylewood832723 күн бұрын

    This seems to be a running theme with all veterans of wars!

  • @SamStringfield
    @SamStringfield14 күн бұрын

    So sorry brother. I'm a Desert Storm veteran and we had a heros welcome home. I hope you are getting better a little each day.

  • @snuggles7498
    @snuggles749823 күн бұрын

    Thank you brothers. After a 10 year break in service, im in the process of getting back in the army. There is no purpose, direction, or motivation in civilian life. civilian life is garbage.

  • @user-bl6to5eq8m

    @user-bl6to5eq8m

    23 сағат бұрын

    We know.... good move though and good luck. Thank You.

  • @dbsnyder4503
    @dbsnyder450324 күн бұрын

    This is a great series. About the best of the best in Vietnam.

  • @josephschuster7181
    @josephschuster718119 күн бұрын

    God bless these men! They gave their souls for a cause that some questioned if it was worth it. Others are convinced it was a worthy cause, but these men still suffer the consequences. “You can take the man out of the war, but you can’t take the war out of the man.” They’re still fighting in that war. Lord give them peace of mind, and ease the pain in their hearts.

  • @persimmontea6383
    @persimmontea638324 күн бұрын

    One day while hitch hiking I met a guy who was one of the "Chosin few" ... a Marine attacked by Mao Tse Tung's troops at the Chosin reservoir in North Korea during the Korean war. He was friendly, intense, and always on the Korean war. He said you don't forget about it when you go to bed at night and it is there for you all the next day. He was proud, and he was trapped.

  • @Jgriffin0808081
    @Jgriffin080808122 күн бұрын

    The ones that didn't come back are forever young, damn thats heavy AF 😢

  • @tomflynn8007
    @tomflynn800718 күн бұрын

    My wife's father and mother both fought against the Americans in Vietnam. In Vetnam its called the American war. Her dad was a difficult man. I'm guessing it was a horrible time for everyone.

  • @tonyjones1560

    @tonyjones1560

    18 күн бұрын

    I watched a documentary that still stands out, because of the account of a now-elderly woman who had served as an officer in the North Vietnamese army. She said her husband and all five of her brothers had gone to war. None of them came back. She had been seriously wounded (you could see the rippled skin of healed burns, napalm or white phosphorus, on the side of her neck) but the decimation of her family was the worst of it. When asked how she felt about Americans, she said, paraphrasing, “That’s all in the past. But if we can remember it, we can prevent such tragedy from happening again. I hope Americans will visit my country as friends. We will be friends.” I was amazed. Still am.

  • @Thunderchild-gz4gc

    @Thunderchild-gz4gc

    12 күн бұрын

    The communists in Hanoi called it the American War. They won with Chinese and Soviet aid.

  • @ChrisCarmody-co9nn
    @ChrisCarmody-co9nn8 күн бұрын

    My hereos thank u for youre service and welcome home sir....

  • @txfa2u1
    @txfa2u119 күн бұрын

    Thank you gentlemen! May the good Lord bless all of you.

  • @markjfox866
    @markjfox86623 күн бұрын

    These guy r such heros. EVERYONE SHOULD LEARN LISTEN AN MOST OF ALL RESPECT THEM ALL

  • @jeff3638
    @jeff363820 күн бұрын

    "Where's your Leg Bobby?" " Up There in That Tree " 😮

  • @tnreprasentog7769
    @tnreprasentog776924 күн бұрын

    My brother is a marine force recon vet with multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq and he told me he's a family man living in TN but his mind and soul is still in Afghanistan smh shit kills me

  • @cindytran5595
    @cindytran559521 күн бұрын

    Thank you for all your services sir

  • @sgtzsquad
    @sgtzsquad24 күн бұрын

    Thank you sirs!

  • @johnmoyer2255
    @johnmoyer225517 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service, .!! My dad was there . I'm glad you made this video, THANK YOU !! Welcome home !

  • @haroldadkins770
    @haroldadkins77023 күн бұрын

    God bless our veterans

  • @reylopez3247
    @reylopez324722 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this story!

  • @johnaugsburger6192
    @johnaugsburger619221 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @emilyhorak5651
    @emilyhorak5651Күн бұрын

    I cannot phantom what you went through, God Bless All Veterans for your Service. j

  • @user-xu8ki2kn5x
    @user-xu8ki2kn5x12 күн бұрын

    God bless these men. I have the privilege to talk with vets like these on a regular basis. The statement, "They never came home," is the core soul feeling most of them share...imagine trying to live life as two separate souls...pray for, don't disgrace them with your pity, these fellas. Again, bless these honorable men.

  • @bluesdriver1142
    @bluesdriver11423 күн бұрын

    God Bless these men who sacrificed there all for our government. Pain and memories never go away. Their worst event in there life is just a memory away. I have family members who have severe ptsd after Vietnam. Hard to truly relate without ever experienced such tragedy of war.

  • @user-mr4yu5rd8f
    @user-mr4yu5rd8f21 күн бұрын

    The words of “The Song” state the feeling prophetically, except we will “ Get out of this place…” and it will be the last thing we ever do, when we pass. 😊

  • @cw7422
    @cw742223 күн бұрын

    Thanks guys. CWO4, USN 73-95.

  • @davidschmidt270
    @davidschmidt27020 күн бұрын

    I went to an Air conditioning School in Phoenix...had a teacher by the name of Marv Fipher ....on the first day of class he told us how he was in Nam ...he also said his initials were M F ...and he said that wasn't by accident! I'll never forget how he said one time they dropped them into this bamboo grass??...and their out calling around and he said he split this patch of grass apart to see ahead covertly and there was a HUGE cobra...ready to strike right in front of him!.... He said the only thing he could think to do was put his head down...also he said he went number 3... I hope Marv's okay.... God bless our boys for enduring such a nightmare... Also R.I.P. Ralph Corrasco 👉 your family is proud of you 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @bch5513

    @bch5513

    4 күн бұрын

    Your number 3 must be different than common slang now.. which means ejaculated.. I have to assume you meant a combo of 1 and 2 let go?

  • @leemiller-ep3qj
    @leemiller-ep3qj3 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your service.

  • @chrislipp5000
    @chrislipp500023 күн бұрын

    I wish these were longer

  • @davidburgess6128
    @davidburgess612820 күн бұрын

    Glad you made it.

  • @NDB469
    @NDB46920 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing these stories.

  • @dp0004
    @dp00043 күн бұрын

    PTSD goes beyond human understanding. I had a psychologist who dragged me through. I had to let myself go through the experiences again. Half asleep my room would be turning over and over again, etc, etc. There is another side to this. The sooner you go through it the less it lasts. Leave it too long and you are stuck with it. The sooner the better. Good luck.

  • @ottoso7044
    @ottoso704423 күн бұрын

    Can we have longer videos of these men talking please !!!! 8 mins is just not enough

  • @sandyhanson6082
    @sandyhanson608218 күн бұрын

    Thank you. My father fought in the Battle Of The Bulge.

  • @odameclement2325
    @odameclement232524 күн бұрын

    Please the whole documentary

  • @haroldswick9962
    @haroldswick996223 күн бұрын

    God Bless these men and women.

  • @johnmancuso9077
    @johnmancuso907716 күн бұрын

    I have three uncles that were over there, my dad was drafted but got turned down when he had his physical taken. My mom's oldest brother got wounded over there and when he got out of the VA and healthy enough went and lived in the woods in north Eastern Minnesota for a year. I'm a member of an American Legion post, and the main guy of the Honor Guard was with the Marines on the DMZ. He was on library in Ka Son when Tet happened and tells stories about it. Thank you all and welcome home.

  • @kevinjorgensen1046
    @kevinjorgensen104610 күн бұрын

    You need to come back to Vietnam. I was here in 71/72 and have lived here for the past 22 years, 5 at village level, just south of Cam Ranh Bay. The Vietnam in your mind has long gone. Its time to lay down your load and live out the rest of your life in relative peace. And you'll only do that if you learn to forgive. Especially yourself.

  • @Walter-j9e
    @Walter-j9e17 күн бұрын

    I wasn't there but i understand what it means to be hated from childhood and that hatred has given me strength like you wont believe .

  • @luizclaudio9044
    @luizclaudio904419 күн бұрын

    Respect, absolutelly

  • @jharris0341
    @jharris034119 күн бұрын

    Respect.

  • @johndyson4109
    @johndyson410918 күн бұрын

    God Bless our Vets! Thank you for risking your lives. So we can live free...

  • @paulcarlson4230
    @paulcarlson423021 күн бұрын

    Yes but some never went to Nam, like most of the air force , some were in laos or Thailand, but you know when you see death especially in the jungle warfare, but losing friends even it you are stateside it still hurts alot

  • @speedracer2336

    @speedracer2336

    20 күн бұрын

    I was Army, but there were a lot of Air Force there in I and II corps. What I did not see was Navy, they were mostly off shore and never saw the country,

  • @alfredpaquin3563
    @alfredpaquin35634 күн бұрын

    Knew a fellow who was the sole survivor of an ambush. The NVA had shot him twice and then stuck him 3 times with a bayonet. When I met him while assigned to Schofield Barracks, he was 40, but he was still there and 17 years old. 100% disabled. 😢

  • @halcreel2173
    @halcreel217319 күн бұрын

    First Force Recon USMC 68-69. I’m still there everyday

  • @garyrood3466
    @garyrood346619 күн бұрын

    Yes it's with me every day

  • @shawntailor5485
    @shawntailor548524 күн бұрын

    STILL IN SAIGON

  • @jodigalloway6818

    @jodigalloway6818

    19 күн бұрын

    I hate that song

  • @billcowan6070
    @billcowan607016 күн бұрын

    There is a saying "you may have left Vietnam but Vietnam doesn't leave you" n it's so F'n true I live it every day just like all my Vietnam brothers. Welcome Home Brothers

  • @marcsandias2758
    @marcsandias27588 күн бұрын

    As a civilian I can just listen. I can never know. That is all I know. My boy came back. A Marine that did his thing for a 15 month deployment. Came back and tried to be "normal". After a little over a year became an officer in a really tough city needing to danger and chaos. He has been happy since. Well if not happy then functioning.

  • @KillrMillr7
    @KillrMillr717 күн бұрын

    Idk about not understanding, maybe most civilians with no military experience. All of my NCO’s especially staff NCO’s were Nam vets. They taught us many things that weren’t on the standard period of instructions, along with many harrowing stories relating to their teachings. My senior drill instructor had the Navy Cross, force recon four tours. He would tell us stories at lights out walking up and down the squad bay, you were there in your mind the way he told it. Later in the fleet my 1st Sgt who was in 1/9 in Nam would do the same, my Gunny was at Khe Sahn, they didn’t harass us as long as we did our jobs. They didn’t have to prove anything to anyone and treated us sternly but fair. I consider myself fortunate to have had them especially in Beirut. Always amazed me that they’d stayed in to train the next generation while most went home.

  • @kewdo1137
    @kewdo113716 күн бұрын

    No one can understand it without going through it

  • @Jimbo-og6ei
    @Jimbo-og6ei3 күн бұрын

    True warriors!!! God bless yous 🫡🇺🇸

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