I drove a 5 Ton for the 592nd Trans Co. Vietnam '66-'67. Great job on this video. A real tribute to all of us who trucked in Vietnam.

@ainzooalgownoverlord8913

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service sir.

@jamiemannelli7649

5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

@TinUrWay

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service! Looks like u guys were group of crazy sum bitches!!! God Bless !!!

@eltigre249

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. God Bless.

@raymondj8768

4 жыл бұрын

God Bless glad you made it home MR. Steve ! i was just being born when you were making runs in your gun truck .

Heavy metal truckers, now that is a vietnam movie I would want to watch

@swillm3ister

4 жыл бұрын

Never get out of the truck!

@markenriquez1486

3 жыл бұрын

'Nam Gun Truckers' would be my choice for the Title. Starring Brad Pitt! LOL!

@robhannam7294

3 жыл бұрын

Who wouldnt

@beckjenn5227

3 жыл бұрын

Could imagine it being Tarantinos first war film

@jerseyforhawks

3 жыл бұрын

Read my mind.

A story about these guys would make a good film.

@terriecotham1567

5 жыл бұрын

so true

@raymondj8768

4 жыл бұрын

would make a great film !!!!

@stephenspero3201

4 жыл бұрын

Hook Norton Woodcrafts Without a doubt! Thought the same thing in the first 5 minutes of the vid.

@hoytsigman6791

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda like Fury but with trucks

@anonymousbosch9265

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

I was an infantryman with the 173rd in the highlands in '68. I watched gun trucks work out on route 19 around March of '68. The ones I saw were 2 1/2 ton trucks with quad 50's. In my memory, I recall those gunners loading ammo cans about as fast as they could move and along the tree line, branches of trees flying in the air. Most of my time was spent in the mountains well away from trucks and roads but I was impressed by the power of those quad 50's and the men behind the guns.

@504CreoleCrystal

2 жыл бұрын

My daddy was 173rd Airborne infantry & 82nd Vietnam airborne (forgive me I don’t remember the years he said or which one he was in 1st) and he talks about it fondly. I watch these videos when I miss him most ❤️ Thank y’all for your service

@critterjon4061

Жыл бұрын

Did it have name

@greginthedesert

Жыл бұрын

@@critterjon4061 I don't recall a name. I was getting ready to assault the tree line they were firing into so my mind was on that task. We spent the month of March acting as a fast reaction force to attacks along the road. We operated out of An Khe and went out to the attacked locations, generally bridges, mostly by chopper but if it was close in we jumped in trucks. Did you ever see the tanks with flails and rollers out front pushing down 19 trying to set off mines? Also, 19 was defoliated back at least 100 yards so anyone driving down that road got a snoot full of Agent Orange. Take care

@ssaraccoii

Жыл бұрын

One of my supervisors was the gunner on a quad 50 deuce and a half. He said he used to light his luckys off the barrels when they were firing. He also used to check under the truck to make none of their security detachment was under it before they took off. Wild times.

Retired Convoy Commander OIF/OEF I had the pleasure of operating the Orient Express Armored 5T that made it from Vietnam to Iraq. Much of our Hill Billy armor was inspired by Gun Trucks from Vietnam.

You Vietnam vets were real badasses. Much Respect.

@edweanmwangi9474

4 жыл бұрын

Until the Story of the hunt is told by the Lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunte

@rudolphguarnacci197

3 жыл бұрын

@@edweanmwangi9474 Please, I'd like to hear your attempt at telling the tale from the lion's perspective. I would find that EXTREMELY interesting. When you're done provide us the link. Oh, you can't? You just like to talk shit? Okay. Well, have your mommy make you some warm cocoa.

I'm a US Sailor who served in Vietnam circa Aug 68 to Aug 69 on Swift Boats. I fully appreciate what you folks did with your trucks. On the Swifts, we were loaded for Bear.... twin .50 Cal forward over the pilot house and a single .50 Cal mounted over an 81 mm Mortar aft. An M-60 in the peak tank and an M-60 just behind the main cabin... along with an m-79 grenade launcher and our VN's with M-16's.... and that was just one boat... we usually traveled in pairs. To take us on... one would require some big nuts... and you'd be nuts to take us on. I'm very proud of my Marine and Army Brethren who server in that unpopular war. While some were fleeing to Canada... you and I answered the call. Even though I'm a US Navy Sailor... I'm proud to call you Brother. Mark Bell PCF-69

My uncle Jim was a gun truck guy, had a lot of problems when he came home. He used to come over to my house to talk to my mom, I'd sit on the stairs and listen to his stories, usually ending with him breaking down and crying. He eventually overcame a lot of his problems, alcohol being the biggest i suppose. In the end tho he couldn't beat the cancer that the Govmnt gave him and thousands of others. Will always be proud of my Uncle Jim. And to all of our Vietnam Veterans, thank you for your service. Sgt T.L. Parker, USMC 1986-1992.

@lewiemcneely9143

4 жыл бұрын

WE were all lab rats. Sorry about your Uncle.

@nicholasturner7931

4 жыл бұрын

zeppefan hell yeah🇺🇸🇺🇸 god bless our servicemen past and present ✌🏻

@davidmorin6667

4 жыл бұрын

GOD bless him and pther brothers from Nam my brother was there and five brother-in-laws🙏🐱🇺🇸

@luxp9310

4 жыл бұрын

So, he was 6 years old? 🤔

@zeppefan

4 жыл бұрын

@@luxp9310 no boss, thats me. Sorry for any confusion.😎👊

“Captain America” rolled into our base at Dong Ba Thin on convoy escort duty, for a refuel one day, i just so happened to be reading Stars and Stripes and they were featured in a story. I kept that magazine and gave it to a German friend who does re-enacting. He loved the story!

My father in law helped scrounge parts for and build a gun truck while he was stationed in Vietnam. He was a very good mechanic, and he told me he had a ball helping them build it. God bless the crews who manned them.

I'm an operation Iraqi freedom veteran. 630th Trans Co. I was a mk19 and 50 cal gunner. We named our truck The Beast it was a 5 ton covered in rusty armor that we had to make ourselves. I didn't know the history of the gun truck crews until watching these KZread videos. Its amazing that our story is almost identical to the Vietnam gun truckers. You would think that after Vietnam we would have went into Iraq with fully armored issued vehicles like the ones that were later issued to the troops after being over there for a couple of years. Much love and respect to all of you Vietnam gun truckers that paved the way for us modern gun Truckers.

@oraclestudios

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Mitchell this is interesting. They didn’t provide Hummers to protect convoys?

@getsoulz

4 жыл бұрын

@@oraclestudios when I deployed to Iraq in early 04 we didnt have armored vehicles. We had to make our own armored vehicles. We cut out steel plates and used old mining belt from closed mines. If wasnt until late that year that we began receiving armored vehicles. Basically what you see in this video is what my experience was in the early years of being in iraq. The one thing that we did start out with was the idea of having gun trucks albeit non armored. In Vietnam they didnt have gun trucks early on.

572nd Gypsy Bandits. Highland Animals was one of our Trucks. Dong Ha, 71-72. I was there..God Bless you all

@ethanstang9941

5 жыл бұрын

What was it like?

@ethanstang9941

4 жыл бұрын

@Yar Nunya was your job transportation via truck? Thank you for responding

I was always glad to have these gun trucks behind me on convoy. I was a wrecker driver/operator. Being the last vehicle in a convoy it was nice to have these guys watching my back. Thanks guys. Bob Bielsky 2/35 Artillery Bn. Maint.

God Bless you guys. Proud to have been part of these operations. Jim Libby, 88th TC, An Khe 1968-69.

I’m a truck driver and I’ve never seen our knew anything about gun trucks I just want to thank every man that served in Vietnam thank you for your service. So I can live free and my family can live free

Have a good friend of mine who was on the gun truck Uncle Meat. Thanks to all of you for your service.

Gun trucks weren't provided or authorized. Men had to scrounge to build them. That shows how out of touch the brass was with the situation in the field. Typical military brass.

@robertbishop5357

5 жыл бұрын

As the Germans said during ww2, you had lambs leading lions.

@terriecotham1567

5 жыл бұрын

not all but a sold point

@artmills7957

5 жыл бұрын

I am aware not all officers are incompetent and uncaring as I am a Veteran. I did however see my share of those that shouldn't have been officers.

@robertbeirne9813

4 жыл бұрын

Art Mills if they weren’t authorized, how were you able to man them? No disrespect just curious. I imagine, lots of improv and volunteering.

@artmills7957

4 жыл бұрын

I was restating what the video pointed out. "Gun trucks weren't provided or authorized. Men had to scrounge to build them." While I served four years in the military, at that time, I wasn't in Vietnam. I was stating my experience though concerning military brass. I had to do my share of scrounging, trading and even "stealing" to get the job done. I want to make clear though I never stole anything for my personal use. I did however "relocate assets" within the military to do what needed done. I would probably be court martialed in todays military for that.

Having a mini gun on a gun truck immediately tells how badass the crew is.

These guys were real men. Thank you all for your service.

In 1967/1968 I drove 5000 gallons fuel tankers from An Khe to Pleiku on QL19. Going over the Mang Yang pass us truckers were defenseless and if not for the gun trucks and truckers to protect us many tanker drivers wouldn’t have made it back home. Thank you my Brothers us drivers owe you a lot.

It’s amazing that I shared a piece of heritage of the gun truck. 2007 I too had a gun truck and I sure miss the hell out of her.... Suzie-q 7 ton truck with a ma Deuce and 240G. Al Ámbar Providence Iraq 🇮🇶

Gun trucks are simply awesome inventions. I love them. And even our, Czech SF guys...from VP SOG had two guntrucks in Afghanistan in 2007. On TATRA 815 chasis. Funny story. They originally had fully enclosed cabin for driver, but on the airfield, just before loading on a plane, they realized that they could not fit them inside with it. So they just cut it there, on a spot :D They mounted 1x DSKH 12,7, 1x 30mm AGS automatic grenade launcher and multiple 7,62 PKM´s, MK48´s and also 5,56 Minimis. www.valka.cz/topic/view/103284 - TATRA 815 SOT. One was called "TATRA NEZNÁ TALIBRATRA" - "TATRA DOES NOT KNOW TALI-BROTHER". And every time, the pair of these showed up during firefight, Talibs just withdrew from the fight. Our guys also overheard one time on talib radios - "These crazy Czechs are here. Lets pack it for the day." Gotta love the guntrucks... :-) Salute to you guys!

To all that served in Vietnam conflict or any other war THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. To those men or women that never made it home my you rest in peace.......

Good old American Ingenuity if you ain't got it make it! and I salute you all!

Thanks for posting,my PA was 2/9 motor T, 1970 U.S.M.C. .Watching this and hearing these men was like listening to my PA at the kitchen table.

My friend and brother Dennis belcastro drove a gun truck God bless you,love from an old infantry man

Thank you for your service to this country. Remember everyone deployed. God-bless America.

It took soldiers to make this country ,It take's soldiers to keep it .Never piss off a soldier. ! .My grandfather was in WW1 in artillery ,my uncle was in the Air force .in the mid 50s -70s .I had friends who didn't come home from vietnam .I still miss them and I welcome and thank those who did.

Brave men embodying the American spirit of ingenuity. We will never forget your sacrifice.

I was on a Gun Truck in 70-71. As everyone who manned one knows, we considered the Army's TOE to be a suggestion, not a Regulation. What we couldn't barter for, we stole outright from supply depots or points. I remember pulling into a base some- where around Ban Me Thout, and practically emptied an ammo bunker of 7.62, and 50 cal ammo. We got caught with some of it, but made off with the bulk. But the bases C.O. told us that, if he ever saw us again, he'd send his Cobra gunships after us and, "wax our asses, American's or not." Needless to say, we un-assed his base at "0-dark-thirty" the next morning.

@johndowe7003

4 жыл бұрын

yup, fragging was pretty common

Honestly, these things seem like they'd be pretty useful today in places like Iraq and Syria. They seem like they can engage the enemy from multiple angles, which would be good in an urban environment.

@ethanstang9941

5 жыл бұрын

They are being used

@johndowe7003

4 жыл бұрын

id think theyd be way to vulnerable to rpg fire id rather be in an mrap honestly

@thelast344

4 жыл бұрын

Until some kid drops a molotov from a rooftop.

@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah complete remote control would be awesome. Drone, gun trucks.

@motoxtim34

3 жыл бұрын

Lol no. The current MRAP's we have are wayyyyy better than these old things. Those old gun trucks have no underside armor in. Our MRAP's have a V shaped armored under belly to deflect IED blasts. Much thicker armor everywhere else. And either unmanned turrets. Or heavily armored turrets.

We owe these Vietnam vets so much . If it wasn’t for them paving the way with their blood and sacrifices , we wouldn’t have the vehicles and tactics we have today to fight the modern war . We should’ve never let politics get in between us and them. Welcome home y’all I’m sorry I have to say it 50 years later .

One thing I did learn while in the Army was how to do what ever it took to make it work and survival

You guys rock. Standing in the gap to protect your fellow soldier. Awesome.

I love the creative names soldiers always give their machines. It’s a real personal insight to the personality and cultural touchstones of the men that manned them.

@rudolphguarnacci197

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

7:03 Ho Chi's Hearse 🤣🤣🤣 1969: Yee Yee 2019: THAts raCiSt

@TheDustysix

5 жыл бұрын

LTG.

@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903

4 жыл бұрын

Ho Chi Min is a sonofabitch

@OddOtter707

3 жыл бұрын

Actually. Its smart. They WANT to be the ones with attraction. Instead of the supply trucks.

We were formed as a truck battalion stateside, and were part of the early buildup of forces as the war heated up. On convoys, our unit solely depended on spotter planes and the ROK army for protection. After the first TET offensive in early 1968, the convoys became vulnerable to the attacks shown in this video. By then, I had already rotated back to the U.S. I have tremendous respect for the truckers who built these vehicles, not only for their bravery but also their ingenuity . As the video states, these were not "Army issue", but built with the resourcefulness of the soldiers who manned them. Go Army !

I was the convoy escort/security NCOIC for the 10th FSB, 10th Mtn. Div. while deployed to Haiti in 94. The Air Force had bottled water and we (Army) had to drink the armies distilled water from the ocean and the chlorine would make you nauseous. One day while at the international airport in Port au Prince, after escorting a convoy from the sea port, I saw crates of bottled water for the Air Force, just sitting there off the tarmac, with no one around, so I told my team to park our 3 gun trucks (Humvees with mounted m60s) around the crates to block the view, while I cut the cargo straps. We took like 6-7 cases (1.5 liter bottles) of that bottled water. When we got back to our base (military airfield) we distributed the water among the whole company. Even my CO was happy that we "acquired" the water.

Now these boys are badasses. Much respect. This is the first I've ever heard of this group. My hairs are standing up their needs to be a movie or a mini series about this group of badasses.

Made ammo runs almost every day out of Cu Chi 1966-67. A Battery 13th. Artillery 25th infantry.

@dsteeltown

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was CuChi 68 69 25th S&T. His truck was the Cu Chi Express. Danny Dutton Washington PA

@travisadams4470

3 жыл бұрын

My Dad, also drove trucks on the Cu Chi Express

@dsteeltown

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisadams4470 that’s awesome, it seems like such a tight knit bunch who were on the cu chi express I wish I could ask him if he knew your dad. My dad is gone over 5 years now, but the pictures and memories live on.

wow! have/had never heard of 'gun trucks'. thanks for posting and thanks for your service!

6:48 wow, a M113 APC hull mounted on a truck. That's some Mad Max post apocalyptic engineering there.

a buddy of mine's father was on a gun truck called the Sex Machine and as kids we thought that was the coolest thing. We didn't think about the danger death and destruction, but modifying a truck into a fighting machine yourself, painting it all up, and giving it a cool name sounded like a dream come true when we were kids in 1980. this really stuck around a long time with mad max movies and stuff like that

Still didn't use lessons learned from Vietnam at the beginning of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Took the loss of many people in HUMVEEs and un-armored transport vehicle before MRAP and up-armored haulers were in the field.

@johndowe7003

4 жыл бұрын

i tihnk people bitched and moaned more than before, iraq didnt eve have that many casualties compared to nam. so i guess ieds wernt as prominent since more people were dying in combat

@kellymeggison9418

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, we made gun trucks out of Hummers, getting the civialns on the CDC to cut up hardox plate the way we wanted it so it could be mounted! Lots of vehicles had sandbag flooring and it reminded some of the Nam vets who were in Iraq of those days gone by! Some things never seem to change, and the time honored art of scrounging lives on from war to war, because you seemingly can never get issued what you need! Lol! I did 4 years in Iraq, mostly on convoy security and PSD teams, and you could watch the new vehicles come into service! The MRAP was alot of protection but unstable and not to be taken off roads, too wide for alot of alleys, too! Thankfully I was only in one of those just once!

@zacharytomes5202

3 жыл бұрын

Humvees were designed to defend Western Europe in a conventional war

I love the gun truck stories from Vietnam. They were American ingenuity at its most basic ass kicking best.

I am a marine corps truck driver. I respect you men so much. We lived by the tactics created by you

@houstonhensley9324

5 жыл бұрын

Thank U 4 your service

They did this in Korea and also WW2. Rolling THUNDER!

Well done those Men. 👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺🇺🇸🇦🇺🇺🇸 As someone commented, Yes It would make a damn good movie. And would be one I would definitely go see.

Unsung true heroes. Thank you for sharing.

Never leave valuables unsecured. Most of the time a needy soldier will put it too use. Also thanks to these brave men, valuable lessons where learned for the gun truck companies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The trucks needed to be big not just for the weight of the armor and guns, but to carry the balls of the drivers and crew! Ingenuity is the mother of invention, and the gun trucks are the perfect example. I am really glad that some of the trucks and crews are still around to tell such an incredible story!

Thank you, for your service. This is the first time I have heard about the hand crated gun trucks and how they were created.

I just lost my Dad this last December, my old man drove gun truck 69-71 in Vietnam. I'm just missing him, he's got pictures of Brutus. He said I got to drive in Brutus once. Got pictures of what happened to Brutus too. Told me a story of him driving and his partner a black Gentleman, my dad said a very young Vietnamese kid jumped on the hood of the truck with a gun in my dad's face, my dad said he had to kick at him shoving him off the front down under the big wheels and that was it.. for the kid. He still felt bad for what he had to do.

Salute to this brave men who operate this guntrucks...

"Strategic Transport of equipment to alternate locations", marines do what they need to do and thank you for it

Whoever decided to name their truck "Little 'Respect'" must've got a great sense of humor.

"I was not a hero, but I served in a company of heros"

Thanks for the history lesion and thanks to all vets for in war like a street fight there are no rules and on the front lines were ever section counts most people have open mines when it comes to ideals that save lives Thanks to all of you and thanks for letting us look in to your lives for it takes a hero to rush back in to a kill zone. If not for all your hard work and craze ideals more lives would have been lost Sounds like a good movie or book first and then the move

Something like this would make a interesting movie.

@davidschwartz5127

3 жыл бұрын

They would probably paint the trucks pink and have a badass all-female crew! Real Reallity!

HAUL ASS AND BYPASS BROTHERS ! Thank you so much for everything you did.

Unconventional weapons for an unconventional war. It's called self preservation or a defensive driving course.

LOVE THIS! I served from 1991-2015 miss the BROTHERHOOD! GET SOME

No reason to unlike this

As a modeler , "kit bashing in the field" . Thank you .

You guys are BADASS! IF ONLY I HAD A DAY I COULD SIT DOWN AND PICK ALL YOUR BRAINS AND JUST LISTEN! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE!! THE LAST OF A DIEING BREED FOR SURE!!!

Was there 70/71 cam ran bay 360 Trans 5 ton tact av and mo gas along w/jp4 diesel felt good with.can still see the many places..hard trucks were cool .

thank you Steve, your drive and determination got the job done . god bless you all. each and every one.

"How did you get the armour plating and guns?" "Well, we strategically transfered equipment to another locations"

You guys did an awesome job! Respect and thank you for your service

Movie 'Green Berets" featured a "scrounger" Sgt. Peterson.

To ALL of you Veterans of Vietnam, ....................from this old SSG /Cavalry Scout Thank you all, and Welcome Home my brothers!

I was just a child when all that mess was going on. God Bless you all for your service to our Country. Thank you!

Thank you man. My dad was there his told me stories about you man.

I was on the gun truck with the 446 in 1968

Good history, since my point of view those trucks had similiar task than destroyers protecting cargo convoys Pacific sea on WWII...Amazing¡¡

M-60's, 50cals, grenade launchers. ...the only thing missing is a 20mm cannon, that would have been an awesome addition. God bless the ingenuity of our combat troops.

@jamesbridge6408

5 жыл бұрын

It is who we are as a people. Or, is it now just how we were?

@terriecotham1567

5 жыл бұрын

M60,s keeps then hiding and the 50 cal removes there hiding place

@johndowe7003

4 жыл бұрын

@@terriecotham1567 yeah those 50s make more of a flash right? compared to 60s

@terriecotham1567

4 жыл бұрын

@@johndowe7003 don't know the M 60 has a small suppressor that screws on the 60 and when you look at the 7.62 round and a 50 Cal it's like night and day The old joke if I remember right was the M60 or other small arms would bounce off APC and the 50 Cal would pass through one side and bounced a round And the 20 MM would pass right through it All weapons have a flash suppressor one would thank it would have a bigger flash but with the right flash suppressor it's possible to reduced it to all most zero I would thank but could be wrong If a 50 Cal was use as a sniper weapon it would have one he'll of a range but the shooter would all so like to have as little muzzle as possible just in case The US like all powers have all kinds of things

@johndowe7003

4 жыл бұрын

@@terriecotham1567 yeah i think the m60E had the suppressor on em, definitely wouldnt flash as much as a 50 cal

July 25, 2020---It would be an interesting diorama showing these guys building their gun truck.

ran a m543 wrecker in country , chu chi ,Saigon, long bien, pleiku, tan son nhut , tay ninh just some of the places drove in country.

Hello A gun truck made from the lessons of tough battles with Vetkong It is cool by function! Tanks are cool but gun trucks are cool !!!

Logistics is just as important as having a soldier on the front to pull the trigger. One without the other, cannot do the job. Thank you for the freedom guys! It was great while it lasted.

@tonyclough9844

3 жыл бұрын

A tank only does about 5 to 10 miles to the gallon and then can fire all its shells in one engagement so its needs two trucks supplying it all the time

One Vietnam veteran to another I salute you sir

i was in country 70-71. i was a crew chief on F-100s. my base was on the coast, it was Tuy Hoa AB. after about five months there they decided to close the base and send the older F-100s back stateside. the Air Force was going to send me to another base to finish my tour. so they decided to assign me to the Army until my orders came thru. i ended up riding shotgun on an armored deuce and a half. running equipment from Tuy Hoa to Qui Nohn in these truck convoys. i did about three trips before my orders came down sending me to Danang to finish my tour. anybody remember an Air Force guy assigned to convoy duty? maybe about sept. 70. most army guys were blown away seeing me riding with the Army.

why is there no full-length film yet? quintessential American moxie and creativity!

Thank you to all US Veterans - great video.

This needs to be a movie and a video game.

@ethanstang9941

5 жыл бұрын

You said it.

As a younger area soldier from these guys in a war with no rules my hat is off to you gentlemen thank you for your service

Thank you men for your sacrifice and ingenuity.

We didn’t have armor in 66. We just became proficient at ducking at the right time 🤪- lol. Welcome back my brothers !

@frankcastle4715

4 жыл бұрын

Hell fuckin yeah 😂

@rudolphguarnacci197

3 жыл бұрын

Good one because it's true.

Most of the soldiers children's were like dad we don't want to hear your Vietnam story . But they have my respect.

R Lee Ermey once commented on one of his Mail Call shows, when asked about gun trucks, "that shit didn't happen." But then, he was a marine.

3:47 look at the crazy leaf spring set up. GEEEZ

sounds like a real cool bunch of blokes

Great Video. If the Factory doesn't cut it Modify it. Farmers do. I'm betting the Modified Hum V. Was done by a Vietnam Vets kid because Dad said we did it because we had to make it better to live. I've seen videos about WWII Aircraft having to do it. Necessity is the Mother of Invention. What is more Nessasary than Surviving ? I was Bourne in 1968 . My oldest sister lost Freinds in your War . We had Dutch WWII surviving parents. Thanks for your service

This would make a fantastic video game mode honestly (perhaps even in VR) , build a truck and try to get from A to B .

@XanderFields

5 жыл бұрын

Check out crossout

@bigfella2111

5 жыл бұрын

@@XanderFields ew no

@jblob5764

5 жыл бұрын

@@XanderFields not the same at all

@jblob5764

5 жыл бұрын

That'd be a hell of a sandbox game but man it'd be time consuming

@rudolphguarnacci197

3 жыл бұрын

Thinking like yours is why we're doomed.

I saw 'The Eve' at Eustis when I was getting out and was a gunner on a jeep in RVN. The EVE was rusting down in 72. Hope somebody rectified that. Welcome home!

Those bad ass, inventive men were the first born of the Boomer generation. World War Two vets are the Greatest generation, but they had the support of not only their country but the countries they were liberating. These men fought for each other, IMHO, more than the country or democratic ideals because by this time, the media was beginning to turn the public against the war and by extension, against the troops. Their spirit of comradery, and plain ol' American ingenuity, is what I admire most about them. Thank all of you veterans for your service!

Thank You

Drove 5 ton 24th CRB, 71-72- end of May 72, we only hauled documents to and from airbase in Kaiser K's - April, we were still crossing My Ca but hauling Korean troops. Welcome home brothers and sister. "don't mean nothin"

Imagine mounting a flamethrower on one of those trucks.

Muy impresionante la historia de estos Gun Trucks y de quienes fueron sus tripulaciones........un aspecto de la guerra que yo no conocia.........saludos