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  @andrewbridgen7151Ай бұрын

  just to let you know that jeep offloading somebody is a Australian army land rover jeep. i can't see the unit's emblem below the left tail night blue/red badge clearly definately a Australian unit badge. i though all Australian units had left Vietnam by 72.

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  @JohnHillCountryАй бұрын

  I've always wondered about that 4X4 - I never knew what it was. Thanks so much for the clarification, much appreciated. There's a bunch of secrets that never see the light of day in a war. Cheers Andrew!

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  @CarolinaCoopsVideosАй бұрын

  Awesome! Looks Great!

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  @JohnHillCountryАй бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @jamestatum7986Ай бұрын

  had orders for vietnam tan son nhut when kissinger signed the paris peace accord. my orders were cancelled the next day. i was teletype maint.

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  @JohnHillCountryАй бұрын

  Wow, you were lucky James. When I worked for SW Bell one of my jobs before promotion to management was a TTY tech, did that for 7 years. Models 28, 33, 35 and 40s. Thank goodness we didn't have any Model 15s.

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  @kenwenzel90402 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the memories. Was there 1970-1971 MACV Joint Command Group under General Abrams THN. Was an interesting time.

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  @JohnHillCountry2 ай бұрын

  Hi Ken, you are very welcome and welcome home brother. Such a long time ago.

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  @FirstnameLastname-vy2dg4 ай бұрын

  Very nice

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  @JohnHillCountry4 ай бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @allenashley48525 ай бұрын

  welcome home brother I was there same time ariel port Sq 😎

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  @JohnHillCountry5 ай бұрын

  Thank you very much Allen, and the very same welcome home to you as well. - John

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  @dennislurvey32357 ай бұрын

  QUESTION: what year did veterans affairs begin requiring us to file a claim within on year? It wasn't the law in 1972, what year did it begin?

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  @JohnHillCountry7 ай бұрын

  Sorry Dennis, don't know. Contact your Veteran's Service Officer.

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  @drillrock8 ай бұрын

  These personal films of Vietnam are really interesting history. Thank you for sharing! Just I side note, Navy and Marines used the smaller CH-46 Sea Knight. Army the big CH-47 Chinook.

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  @JohnHillCountry8 ай бұрын

  Thank you for watching! Initially I had no idea there were two versions of the Chinook but I was corrected a few years ago so I mentioned that in my comments. You have a sharp eye!

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  @tranhung24699 ай бұрын

  nice to see it, pls upload more video of Saigon at that time if you still have, thank you.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Hi and thanks for watching the video. Sorry but that's all of the film I took at the time. Super8 movie film was very expensive for me as was developing.

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  @kevinsenior81559 ай бұрын

  Spot the Landrover at 6.17...... must have been some Australians there?

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  I think there were Aussies there.

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  @deano69129 ай бұрын

  Great video. Thanks for posting. Best wishes from Australia.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thanks very much mate!

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  @mrdynamic86789 ай бұрын

  6:15 is that a Land Rover, Aussie?

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  @byronmcdaniel95569 ай бұрын

  My Dad Thomas Lorenzo McDaniel 614th lucky devil's TFS from Lynchburg VA was here when Tet broke out

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thankfully I avoided Tet. Tan Son Nhut had a rocket attack either then or Little Tet, some of the Air Police (base security) were KIAs. Thank you for watching the video and your comment Bryon.

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  @marcblank30369 ай бұрын

  They call the airport Tan Son Nhat these days. Large areas around the airport are now full of civilian buildings with the Vietnamese military still occupying some areas. A lot of the old hangars are now slowely disappearing

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Interesting they still call it TSN. Not surprised the old buildings are disappearing, they are getting really old. Thanks for watching the video (assuming you did that) and the comment.

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  @marcblank30369 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry yes I enjoyed watching the video and better understand the surroundings of the airport. The buildings were strong but the airport is just too small for all these planes. The military still hold on to certain off limit areas. I have seen a c119 and c123 parked around there. Cam Ranh airport is very big and changing fast. Da Nang still has many old buildings. The old American school near TSN is now a museum for the SE Asian military forces. Funny enough the code for TSN is still SGN.

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  @frankkie38499 ай бұрын

  If you’re still around you should take a trip to Vietnam, you won’t believe how modern it is and still cheap to visit…

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Never had a desire to visit anything in Asia, we traveled extensively in and around Europe and some in South America. In any case, I'm done with commercial air travel - never want to set foot in an airport unless it's to pick up or drop off someone 🙂.

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  @frankkie38499 ай бұрын

  Thanks for sharing, yes we were all young in those days..take care brother…

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Yes sir, so young. Those were the best days of our lives. No aches, pains, sharp memory, etc., etc. Welcome home!

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  @HimanshuShekhar19 ай бұрын

  Not sure about back then but modern CH47s definitely do auto rotate and don't just drop like a rock. Thanks for your video.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  That's good to know. One of my buddies (now sadly deceased) was a Cobra and LOACH pilot in Vietnam (Purple heart, etc then an airline pilot). He did not ever want to set foot in a CH46/47 - too many 'go-around' parts that could fail.

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  @tonyrowland92169 ай бұрын

  landed on mon. left Sat. Never saw anything but mess hall. They found out I and 10 other medics were only 17. Summer 71.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Wow! I thought 17 would have been the minimum age with parent's approval. In any case, you saw something I never saw while I was there - the inside of the mess hall 🙂.

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  @SurfCityVideo9 ай бұрын

  In regards to helicopters, lose a rotor blade on any type of helicopter you are toast. Not to be confused with an engine failure. Re Agent Orange, ALL of my friends who were in Viet Nam have died from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure. One passed as early as 65 years. Another made it to 85.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Roger on the engine failure vs rotor failure (I flew fixed wing.) I'm actually surprised my prostate cancer hasn't reappeared - I'm cancer free for 8 years now which puts me as an outlier on the charts for cancer-free. The good Lord isn't finished with me as yet so I'm still hanging around.

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  @lucnguyenvan30019 ай бұрын

  Chính người Mỹ các ông đã gieo đau khổ cho dân tộc tôi hơn 4 triệu dân thường đã chết các ông gieo chất độc hóa học xuống dân tộc chúng tôi nhiều thế hệ sau này phải gánh chịu.các ông là kẻ thua cuộc. Hận kẻ ác ôn gieo đau khổ cho dân tộc tôi.chúng tôi có thể tha thứ nhưng không bao giờ quên. Nói cho ông và kẻ thù được biết con người Việt Nam chúng tôi gặp bất cứ kẻ thù lớn mạnh cỡ nào thì chúng tôi cũng đánh Đến thắng lợi cuối cùng!

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  @frankkie38499 ай бұрын

  You are correct between your government and ours they decided war was necessary to stay away from the communist regime..but they lost due to stupidity and ignorance and here we are..all suffering from the same problems..But I am glad Vietnam is now very prosperous and peaceful…take care and stay strong..

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  @billmorley21019 ай бұрын

  May 68, I spent one night there before being transferred to the IIff armor. Nasty barracks for incoming and outgoing troops. Slept on the springs as the mattress was nasty.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Hi Bill, thanks for the comments and welcome home. I don't remember my mattress pad being one way or another but since we weren't transient maybe we had better accommodations. I do remember sleeping under mosquito netting and being on the first floor. I'm thinking since I was an E5 maybe that gave me first shot at the ground floor.

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  @billmorley21019 ай бұрын

  @JohnHillCountry Welcome home, brother . Thanks for the video

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  @gunner6789 ай бұрын

  Really interesting stuff. I understand kit isnt the subject of this excellent video, but the 'navy chinook' is a Sea Stallion or Sea Knight I think. Chinook was an Army asset.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Yes, the heli in my video is a CH-46 Sea Knight, I made the correction in my video description. Thank you for watching the video and your comment gunner 👍

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  @jimsharp50449 ай бұрын

  I’m not a Vietnam vet but a Veteran of the Marine Corps. I served 81-88. I did serve with a Lot Vietnam vets. My brother served in the USAF 66-70. Never left Texas. I thought the Video was really nice. Of course I like stuff like this

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  @CEngineering-pv8uw9 ай бұрын

  Great to see old videos like this, especially for the now old cars, trucks, planes, helicopters, and of course bikes.

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  @hesimplywillnotdie9 ай бұрын

  Thank you for sharing this history!

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  You are very welcome, I appreciate the kind remarks.

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  @tommytwogloves169 ай бұрын

  The Chinook has a very good Auto rotation capacity with either single or twin engine LOP. Just a correction to your request for comments. Thanks.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thank you for that correction, I had no idea that was possible on engine loss. However I was thinking about damage to one blade to where it was shut down (assuming that's possible with the drive shafts, gearing, etc.)

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  @LafayetteCCurtis9 ай бұрын

  Not a Vietnam vet (wasn't even born back then) but I'm Indonesian and much of the video feels eerily similar to shots of Indonesia in the early Soeharto era. Probably because we had our own red scare and a right-wing military government around that time too.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  that's quite interesting, thanks for the comments. I don't associate "right-wing" with our involvement in Vietnam back then rather the objective was to stop the spread of Communism - the so called domino theory. Keeping Vietnam as a market driven economy with elected leaders was critical for preserving democracy in SE Asia. Ironically Vietnam is sort of market driven now since lots of manufacturing have moved from China to Vietnam. As a side remark Communism and its sibling Socialism are failures which has been demonstrated over and over again for over 100 years.

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  @LafayetteCCurtis9 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry I don't really care that much about the domestic politics that drove US support for the associated governments in Indonesia or South Vietnam -- either way the US-supported governments in both countries ended up being right-wing, ultraconservative ones that muzzled personal liberties and political expression roughly as much as their Communist rivals did. Would Communist rule have been better? No. But in the Indonesian case at least, I can't help wondering whether the political environment down here wouldn't have been so dysfunctional if the US-supported regime hadn't so completely suppressed the left-wing opposition for over a generation.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  @@LafayetteCCurtis Oh my goodness. Your premise is exactly backward. There is no freedom under Communism, the state controls the economy, the educational system, any news broadcast is propaganda, prices and wages are fixed, and on and on and on. Everyone is equal except for the ruling class. Conservative or ultra conservative (I have no idea what the ultra tag signifies, you're either conservative or not) stands for personal freedom and all which that encompasses. As far as Indonesia, I know nothing about your society or the country's politics. As far as Vietnam, I was there during the war and have first person knowledge of that situation. As far as conservative vs liberal, I'm there with first person knowledge and I know how destructive liberalism is to the very fabric of the American way of life and our Constitution..

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  @mikerousey10389 ай бұрын

  I was a 362xx..(afsc talk) in the usaf in 1988...we were known as "wire dawgs".

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Very good. I was a 362x4, Telephone Equipment Installer Repairman, not sure if I mentioned that in the video. 18 week school at Sheppard AFB. I noticed that AFSC has disappeared. I completed the training for the 5 level and my boss wanted me to get started on the 7 level. No thanks as I wasn't going to stay in. There wasn't any re-up bonus either to boot.

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  @stevewilliams11979 ай бұрын

  I believe that was called "Rocket City" when I was in VN

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  You mean TSN was called Rocket City?

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  @stevewilliams11979 ай бұрын

  @JohnHillCountry John my memory is fuzzy on that. So I might have gotten that wrong.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  @@stevewilliams1197 No worries Steve, know what you mean about a fuzzy memory!

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  @mikemurray10479 ай бұрын

  I was attached to the 377th SPS 1972. We came down from Cam Ranh Bay and I work security and in Saigon then ended up going to monkey mountain outside of DaNang

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thanks for your comment Mike, I appreciated the 377th keeping the VC at bay. Welcome home.

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  @dennismorgan23039 ай бұрын

  sorry about your cancer i was army 69-70 phan rang

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thanks Dennis, much appreciated. Cancer free so far - been 8 years.

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  @bensonbui2419 ай бұрын

  Thank Thank you so much for sharing this information with us ……………

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  You are so welcome!

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  @larrybaker53169 ай бұрын

  thanks for sharing, I spent 3 days at TSN (late March early April 1971) out processing from the 6924th security Squadron at Da Nang on my way to Udorn, Thailand. Stayed with my buddy from Alaska at the 6994th at Tan son Nhut, an airborne unit, we were 292x1 AFSC's "ditty bops" Morse Intercept Operators.

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  @raygale41989 ай бұрын

  The airport in Saigon is still called Tan Son Nhut, the concrete revetments and bunkers are still out on the field. The only difference now is the main international civilian terminal is a super modern glass and stainless steel fully airconditioned building. Customs and immigration are now almost a pleasure stepping off into a covered air bridge straight into A/C. SO much better than the stand up bus ride with rifle totting guards into a tin shed immigration area that was still in use in the early 2000's.

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  @adriaanboogaard85719 ай бұрын

  I was borne in California 1968. Us kids of that time mostly learn about what went on over there from what we saw on T.V. during that time but get a glimpse of day to day life from you guys that were there from videos like this be base life or out in the shooting. I was borne when my Dad was 50 he survived WWII in the Netherlands. I know I had buddies in school who's Dad's went over to that war but like my Parents and Grandparents they don't talk about it. My Nefew is 44 and doesn't talk about the shooting part of going to Afghanistan. Mostly because he was Army intelligence and it's uncomfortable. I recently introduced him to a Vet from the Korean war who was originally what them was a Frog Man now the Navey calls the Seals . Herb is 89. I left them to talk and went to get us lunch. It was good for both of them. Experience jumps generation gaps.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the comments. Unfortunately war and spilling blood are inherent to the human race - ever since the biblical Cain and Abel (sp?) Front line combat troops (we called them "grunts') are only 10 or 15% of the overall force but they get most of the publicity. There's a huge cadre of rear echelon military supporting the grunts, rarely is that publicized. I worked 72 hours a week so that kept me busy and out of trouble.

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  @arniearnett10429 ай бұрын

  Thanks John for sharing old memories of Tans Son Nhut. 1969-1970 8th APS OLAP TSM and Phouc Vinh.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Welcome home brother! 👋

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  @bretthoffman21289 ай бұрын

  I’d seen that, in later comments

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  @wilsonrice82269 ай бұрын

  Did you ever have an issue with the hoist torquing the anchors to 85 ft lbs?

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Yes I did as a matter of fact! I needed a torque wrench with a much longer handle - problem is the wrench is so close to the slab it's very difficult to operate. I think a pneumatic or electric impact gun with a swivel attachment would work well.

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  @wilsonrice82269 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry I have the same hoist, just installed 3/4 x 6 1/4 wedge anchors and torqued them to 85 ft lbs like the stated in the manual "60-85" ft lbs, was just curious if you left yours at 85 or did you torque them at a higher setting? Reason I'm asking is because Im seeing alot of talk online that they should be 150ft lbs

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  @@wilsonrice8226 I probably stopped at the lower ft lb setting - I doubt if I could get to 150! The lift has been used a bunch over the years from a ZTR mower to my F250 diesel truck with zero problems. I used epoxy specific for anchors in concrete so there's no way they could be pulled out.

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  @bretthoffman21289 ай бұрын

  That first helicopter on your joy ride was a CH-46 sea knight Both 46 &47 helicopters had a drive shaft connected with both engines

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Right you are, I made that correction in the description. I had no idea the Navy had a version of the Chinook.

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  @ttrivett20009 ай бұрын

  Thanks for you service.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Thank you very much.

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  @paulbolger90759 ай бұрын

  Did you ever encounter a Colonel Bolger?

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  I do not remember that name but as an enlisted troop we didn't socialize with the officers at TSN. At my previous base, in our squadron we all partied together.

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  @CockpitScenes9 ай бұрын

  Worked at that base 71-72. Army Aviation.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Welcome home!

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  @CockpitScenes9 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry Thanks, and likewise to you...

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  @tftrainman9 ай бұрын

  This is so cool to see. My papaw was personnel there. I've only seen photos of his barracks with the mosquito netting around their beds.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  Yes, we all slept under mosquito netting. When I went to the latrine at night (separate building) I had to fight the giant cockroach’s 🤨

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  @tftrainman9 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry sounds like a heapin good time. I remember some of the stuff my papaw would tell me about the flight line and heliport. I know he lost most of his hearing sice his office was right next to the helibase

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  @@tftrainman My barracks was close to one of the parking aprons but as an E5 (Staff Sgt) I got a bunk on the first floor. There were concrete blast barriers between barrack buildings so that helped keep the noise down. I was probably so tired noise didn't matter since we worked six 12 hour shifts.

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  @tftrainman9 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry that would definitely make sense. Idk what kind of aircraft y'all had but when I was stationed at kadena Air base in Okinawa my dorms were just across the boulevard from the upper fighter ramp for the F15s. We had 52 of them. Every morning that I was off shift that was my wake up call.

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  @JohnHillCountry9 ай бұрын

  @@tftrainman There were C54's, C-123, C-130, Pilatus STOL ("Air America" or the CIA), C47s (gunships) and probably a bunch more I don't remember. When I was stationed at Kindly AFB (Bermuda) we only had rescue helicopters as I recall. There were a bunch of transient aircraft coming and going.

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  @stevec294010 ай бұрын

  Interesting

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  @JohnHillCountry10 ай бұрын

  You should have been there 😊

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  @stevec294010 ай бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry too young

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  @JoseFernandez-qt8hm10 ай бұрын

  friction... fog... politicians' stupidity

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  @JohnHillCountry10 ай бұрын

  Yes indeed

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  @djwarner714410 ай бұрын

  I was at Ton Son Nhut during the Tet offensive. Didn't realize the Agent Orange operations were centered there. I was diagnosed with an incurable form of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 2 years ago. Got a letter from the VA in early August saying I might have a claim under the PACT act. Filed my paperwork and I am currently awaiting to get through the backlog. Reading through the documentation, one of the diseases listed for Viet Nam service was Pulmonary Fibrosis, a disease where your lungs slowly turn into cement blocks. My brother-in-law just passed from it two years ago. He served at an Army helicopter base where they had burn pits. After watching him deteriorate, if I developed it, I would be looking for my gun.

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  @JohnHillCountry10 ай бұрын

  So sorry about your health situation, my wonderful father-in-law passed away from a lung disease several years ago. Sort of ironic you survived the Tet offensive only to have a disease related to AO.

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  @tommytwogloves169 ай бұрын

  The AO drums were clearly color marked and identified. Fault your CO for not properly briefing you. We were given adequate briefing on AO It got into the water supply so many cancers developed 30-50 years later. The VA was dragged kicking and screaming to acknowledge ant connection and to finally pay disability pensions.

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  @williamgates439910 ай бұрын

  I was stationed at Tan Son Nhut AB from 1971 - 1972. I was and E4 at that time. I worked in the DSTE Van out at the end of the runway. We typed up all the sorties in north Vietnam. My NCOIC was SSgt Robert Everett. AFSC 29150. Assigned to the 2003 CNM SQ.

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  @JohnHillCountry10 ай бұрын

  Hi William, thanks for taking the time to comment. Your work ‘office’ sounds awful - working out of a van. Welcome home brother!

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  @nonenone30310 ай бұрын

  I was stationed there 1966-67 as a crew chief on a RF-4C with the 12th TRS. My barracks was across the street from the C-119s you had a good shot of the axcet location.Thanks for the memories

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  @JohnHillCountry10 ай бұрын

  You are so welcome and thank you for your comment. Happy you and I missed the Tet offensive in '68.

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  @motsetao Жыл бұрын

  I was stationed at TSN AFB, 72/73, Naval Support Group, as a 1st Class Yeoman with Tri Service ATCO. We had a window in the civilian terminal and our office was located next door. I collated movement information for SE Asia.

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  @JohnHillCountry Жыл бұрын

  Very good, thanks for watching and welcome home! My barracks was near the parking aprons, Bldg 890

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  @kevinnix5495 Жыл бұрын

  My dad was their at rhe same time, he was a crew chief on the f4 phantom and f111

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  @JohnHillCountry Жыл бұрын

  Now you are making me feel old LOL. Was he at TSN or based somewhere else?

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  @kevinnix5495 Жыл бұрын

  @@JohnHillCountry tsn two tours, and Thailand but I'm not sure he doesn't talk about it too much