No don’t know ALL the history but AMAZING men to do what they did!!!!!

American soul by aaron watson

Thank you for that. It means a lot.

It does. Thanks.

@@BourbonCountryReacts My father was Army during WWII. Brother & many nephews Army. I married a Marine, a true asshole. My fiance was a Navy Veteran. I lost him. My new boyfriend is an Air Force Veteran. Growing up, our house was Home Away from Home for the Military. There were Holidays when we had over 200 Military men & women, because my parents couldn't see them hanging out Downtown. I think it was because I had more sisters then anyone. My parents had 13 children. 10 of us were girls.

I agree. It is the best as far as I am concerned. A good second is this version of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNh6i9Saz5y5fYk.html

Yes, good song!!

The only song I like by him.

Added 4 votes for that tune, thank you for the suggestion. -Dustin

Blessed Veteran's Day! Hope your bartender made it through November 10th ( it's a battle of its own keeping up with Marines on that day, in my experience 😊) "Until the Last Shots Fired" Trace Adkins or "Riding with Private Malone" by David Ball are good

I hope the guy your dad knocked out talked with a speech impediment for the rest of his life. I hope he hit him that hard. - Keith

I am sorry for your losses. I thank you and your families for your sacrifices! Families serve too…

Thank you. And realize that there's no one-size-fits-all in terms of the way we feel about it. - Keith

Added that to the list -Dustin

Definitely a great song

Glad you guys were able to help each other. It's good to have someone that knows. - Keith

I've added that one to our list, thanks for the suggestion -Dustin

Semper Fi. - Keith

My dad met the man in this video and became friends with him. They actually wrote the song about him after they met him in Deadwood, SD. My dad had him sign his motorcycle, and still sees him when he goes out there. God Bless Niles Harris, and all the veterans of foreign wars. We love you.

We agree. Both with the song and the video. - Keith

We'll add those to our list.

Vote added, warning noted -Dustin

Thank you.

My dad was a Nam vet, too. Grandad was WWII and Korea. Cousins and uncles and friends were all Iraq, Afghanistan etc. It's horrible.

yeah, really glad american sentiment has changed since then.

Oohrah!

Thanks, Carolyn. - Keith

We checked that out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5iSlpmrsbSafHk.html

I'm not sure about that. Folks like Gordon Lightfoot sure could do it well. I'd submit as evidence, "Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald." - Keith

We will, but off channel. - Keith

None of my DIs had VN campaign ribbons. But, when I got to my unit, that was a different story. - Keith

My dad and stepfather were both multiple tour's in Vietnam and in military 🪖 intelligence and knew each other, I spent 14yrs as a Army Bratt who traveled the world 🌎 on the Uncle Sam travel plan until 1986ish. It's funny my parents marriage license says his position is a interrogator! My stepfathers last station was in Belgium at a place called SUPAC or SUPACT I can't remember which or specific spelling. He was a currier and with your background you know what that is/means. I'm curious if you have ever met them, it is a fairly small community. Both retired E8, my father kept working with the military as a civilian contractor in South America, and Fort Polk was his last duty location. If anything sounds familiar type me back. God bless you and yours this holiday season...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🙏 🤠

@@billallen4793 No, as a courier he was likely in the COMINT or HUMINT areas of intelligence. We, dad and I were in the SIGINT branch. Sometimes we would see a few people get embassy duty. I don't know of a base we would have seen in Belgium during those years unless it was an individual embassy assignment. We had couriers but they were direct line from duty station to Fort Meade. I know thousands in that field and I've never heard of one in Belgium. The ones that were at Ft. Polk took basic there.

@@rhiahlMT we were at Ft Meade, and Fort Dix, also. SUPACT was part of Nato, in Brussels, I remember that much..lol I'm only 50, but I've had lot's of concussions, and take a bunch of medication 💊. Yeah at Ft Meade we lived through hurricane David, we were in a culdisac with military housing in 2 story appts., and at Dix we lived in a trailer park where my mom got into some altercation with another spouse and there was a contest for best/nicest yard. So mom won it a bunch. I attended a pre school in Ft Meade called the little red schoolhouse, and my mom busted some pervert who was lurking in the woods between the school and our housing, I can't remember what rank the perv was but the M.P.'s roughed him up, because when we saw him, in the back of a black Ford LTD, or a jeep with a soft top, can't remember which! Weird how the brain works. My stepfather was Glen A.Morton, the A stood for Alton, always thought that was a strange name but he was from Memphis originally, I've heard it's a southern name. My dad was William Eugene Allen the 1st, but answered to Gene...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠

@@billallen4793 The only time you would see any of us SIGINT types at Fort Dix was to outprocess when we came back from overseas. Most of us flew through McGuire, AFB. My mother was from Baltimore. Dad retired in Glen Burnie. Alton is a southern name. There is Alton Brown the chef from Georgia on Food Network... living in Montana USA 🐄

@@rhiahlMT I'm asking all of this because my stepfather died 5ish year's ago, and my dad passed 3ish year's ago, and my mother passed on November 25 of last year. So no more information from them anymore. Plus I figured you sigint boy's were monitoring the east German's and ruskies, we were able to travel all over Europe and was only able to get within 2 blocks of checkpoint Charlie, and couldn't get out of the vehicle for security reasons. We attended D.O.D. schools, and couldn't speak English outside of our yard. Our school busses weren't regular type school busses, but were tour bus types. With armed guards front and back of the bus, and on top off the school, andhad a maze to drive into the school for car bombs to be stopped. When we were over there it was kidnappings and car bombs that was the biggest issues that us dependants had to worry about. So we had to speak German, and Flemish outside of our property. It was a wild time over there for us kid's, and having to fist fight the local kid's who targeted us for unwanted discipline...lol but sightseeing was great. The fights with local kid's only happened on field trips, or around town when we walked around town. It only happened 5 or six time's, but was memorable for me. So yeah everybody's passed on, and I was just curious. Thank you for my freedom, and have a safe Christmas and new year....from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠

We've reacted to at least one Highwaymen song. Stay tuned for another one. - Keith

Me either. As I said on the vid, had that happened to me, I may have done truly terrible things. - Keith

@@BourbonCountryReacts Yes. It was an internal battle for them and lasted many years. They carried anger and their strength made them control it. I think you would've too.

Oohrah!

Thank you.

We reacted to Arlington. Check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5iSlpmrsbSafHk.html

So many Vietnam vets still live with being stigmatized not only by war but by the reaction when they got home. Vietnam lost my father his first wife, and my 2 older sisters. Beyond that agent orange destroyed his health, and perhaps some of his childrens (which we're not suppose to talk about) he had his first stoke at 36. Untill documentation became declassified in the '90s he barely qualified for VA benefits. I thank Big and Rich for this song that speaks to the soldiers and their families and not the numerous political issues that normally accompany it.

Oh yeah. I am definitely aware of their treatment. - Keith

Semper Fi!

Added that vote

I was unaware of that. - Keith

And this Army Veteran, raises a salute to our Marines! Semper Fi! P.S. doesn't mean we can't make fun of the Air Force. 😁 But, I love them too.

I read that after reacting to this song. - Keith

Have two questions for ya Grandy! First - Have you tried any Starward Products? 2nd - Did you happen to send somethin to the box?

@@BourbonCountryReacts in answer to the 1st question... not sure... in answer to the 2nd, yup...it might have DSA - Ambition Fashion (?) plastered on it... just a little something for the "pool room", mate... ;) I sent msgs thru what I thought was the social media for the channel, but I could be wrong...it wouldn't be the first, and it defo won't be the last time I fubar...

Grandy, pick a country song. - Keith

@@BourbonCountryReacts sorry it took a while to figure out whether to go with one of our og's or one of the "new breed", so in the end I've gone with Slim Dusty "The Lights on The Hill"... this was written by his wife Joy McKean, who also sang with Slim...it was released in 1972 and won the first ever Golden Guitar award at the inaugural Tamworth Country Music Awards in 1973... the awards will be celebrating the 50th anniversary this year, although slightly delayed *cough cough* from January, when they're usually held... hopefully you can pull up a live performance with Joy and their daughter Anne Kirkpatrick singing backup... ;))

That sounds right, now that you mention it. - Keith

Marines are definitely a hard-headed bunch. We do what we do. :)

The experience I talked about with the VN vet/friend sure changed how I receive those comments.

I had no idea. That was a dangerous profession. - Keith

Yeah, I saw similar with WWII, Korea, and VN vets.

My grandfather and great uncles all served in WWII. Those dudes were hard as nails. - Keith

Yep. Totally get it. - Keith

Kings County has really surprised us. - Keith

We'll add that to our list.

Thanks for watching.