The Most Terrifying Man of the Vietnam War

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2 ай бұрын

Vietnam, late 1960s. Hostile North Vietnamese troops pin down a Hatchet Force of elite American MACV-SOG operators. They have the numbers and the high ground.
Nevertheless, the Americans and their loyal indigenous Montagnards do not back down. Staff Sergeant Jerry M. Shriver, also known as Mad Dog, dashes from cover to cover, pummeling the enemy with his unconventional arsenal of several pistols, revolvers, and a lethal sawed-off shotgun.
Some men are wounded and are slowly hoisted up through the thick jungle canopy to a chopper. The enemy presses on, but Mad Dog does not flinch. He retaliates with all the ammunition at his disposal.
The friendlies are lifted one by one until Mad Dog is left alone. He calls in for Close Air Support several times. The enemy fire intensified to the point the radio offered Mad Dog Shriver assistance with a fresh unit of ground troops.
He rejects the offers and replies: [QUOTE] “No, no…I’ve got them right where I want them: surrounded from the inside.”
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@jacobbrannon4196 2 ай бұрын

They asked if he wanted help and he basically said, "I'm not trapped in the jungle with them, they're trapped in here with me" what a fucking legend

@villiersman951 2 ай бұрын

hell yes👍👍

@tedr4526 2 ай бұрын

It’s too bad that our country put him in the position to fight these people, because we invaded them who were protecting your own country

@Jestin612 2 ай бұрын

True 'Merican badass 😎

@patwxdaddy 2 ай бұрын

@erictroxell715 2 ай бұрын

Oh yes, he DEFINITELY WAS RORSCHACH!!!!😮😮

@robertcombs55 2 ай бұрын

I knew Jerry Shriver; I served with the 20th Special Operations Squadron Green Hornets; he was the most vicious; Brutal man I ever met; he was the Greatest Special Forces troop I ever met...who ever lived; he bought me a Beer once; God Bless you Jerry..

@DJGra-jy711 2 ай бұрын

What nationality was he ? Irish ? Cause that's how Irish roll

@astralplainer 2 ай бұрын

There are not enough words of thanks in the English language that can be heaped on men like Shriver and you. 💪🇺🇸

@alucardsucks123 2 ай бұрын

You sir, are as much of a legend as Jerry, thank you.

@jimwilson9371 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@mikesperko3921 2 ай бұрын

@@DJGra-jy711he obviously ain't gonna answer because he's lying

@GarlingtonTX 2 ай бұрын

"I've got them surrounded from the inside" hit deeper than it should have

@p4h10oso Ай бұрын

My uncle was a fullblood Indian and did 3 tours. When he died a few years after the war (murdered), the Commandant of the Marines attended his funeral because my uncle was the most decorated Vietnam vet of his state. RIP

@joeirvine1033 Ай бұрын

The most loyal of all are Marines

@SBU292 Ай бұрын

What was his name? Or is this just Another BS KZfaq comment?

@Truthmusttriumph Ай бұрын

It's almost as if you are proud of this. Maybe the 'civilising' influence the settlers had on your people was a good thing after all.

@kimmogensen4888 29 күн бұрын

Probably also because of the reason that Mad Dog spent all of his money on the tribe members that had fought alongside him, don’t know if the Commandant had himself been fighting with your uncle but he did know what all blood brothers new and almost always respected when your life has been seriously threatened and you have to rely upon your fellow soldiers something happens in most soldiers brain and they often bond like they where blood brothers even though they clearly are not, bonds that I have heard several veterans claim felt stronger than their real family bond, unfortunately it is only from soldiers self reporting and behavior no serious studies have been made, my guess is that it is a human survival instinct, your Uncle probably secured a large number of “the tribe of the marines” came home from harms way and loyalty had to be shown, if what the soldiers say is really as powerful as they claim.

@MrKvp1 29 күн бұрын

@@Truthmusttriumph Well, you win today's Internet for "Dumb Ass Comment of the Day." Why should he not be proud of and honor his uncle's service? What have you ever done in the service of others, for your country? Either in the military or as a civilian, I'll wait. I'm confident the answer is, "not a fucking thing."

@SB-qm5wg 2 ай бұрын

Any time a story starts with a guy named "Mad Dog" you know it's gonna be good.

@richjohnson7362 2 ай бұрын

Dunno it's when they said he was from Florida it all made sense.

@SCAR16L 2 ай бұрын

@@richjohnson7362 The Grand-daddy of all Florida Men.

@donlarocque5157 2 ай бұрын

The NVA called him that. They had a bounty on him. All of the SOG were hunted.

@vphls 2 ай бұрын

Florida Man. Mad Dog Matis turned out to be a POS.

@dave_ryan 2 ай бұрын

"Mad dog Joe Biden" has many a story of his days as a tunnel rat. 😂

@johnfritz7222 2 ай бұрын

"Got 'em right where I want em, surrounded from the inside", is one of the most OG things I've EVER heard. R.I.P. Mad Dog

@rodneyadderton1077 2 ай бұрын

Legend.

@damintten 2 ай бұрын

Ya glad he was in another country and not here lmao. O and why where we 2000 miles away butchering a society that didn't even know how to fire simple guns??? Lmao death and destructions going to be America's only memory by future society's.

@daveblyth8872 2 ай бұрын

I was born on the day he died

@MMkayUltra 2 ай бұрын

Main character thoughts.

@willymassey8273 2 ай бұрын

I've heard this story attributed to people in the Korean war, and world war 2.

@toben42 2 ай бұрын

That was a grenade launcher, not a sawed off shotgun. My dad was in Vietnam and told me one time 30 guys went out on patrol and only 4 returned. He's seen some awful things that still haunt him.

@kdbghost23 2 ай бұрын

My DaD went to Vietnam He passed last year in Oct. I miss hiM 🙏🏽

@72marshflower15 2 ай бұрын

They must have clipped in the incorrect footage.

@em..657ifusayso 2 ай бұрын

so fun. yw85 dad's an asshole also. who won. not Marion morrison (John wayne) What idiot would call your male son Marion. ha ha ha😅

@MrAndrewAllen 2 ай бұрын

Most of the weapons they showed were not what the narration said.

@dougkal8706 2 ай бұрын

They got clips of different scenes from different movies and not applicable to what the narrator is babbling about lol

@MsGarcia79 2 ай бұрын

My father is a vietnam vet and is now home on hospice dying from a cancer they said was probably from agent orange exposure. Love you dad so much. Vietnam didn't get you then but caught up now.....😢

@zettal2316 2 ай бұрын

My Uncle died when he got stateside from it- cancer. He didn't make it out of his 20's. I still remember his smiling face. He was my hero.

@bobbyrea5194 Ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your Dad. I served in Nam 1966-1967 and asked to have a A O test years later. The idiot at V. A. just looked at me (no test) and told me I didn't have it. I've been trying to get counseling for past year and they claim there is nobody in my area. So much about me, hope your Dad not suffering.

@MsGarcia79 Ай бұрын

@bobbyrea5194 He passed on Monday April 8th. He will be greatly missed. He would tell a few stories but kept most of it to himself.

@bobbyrea5194 Ай бұрын

@@MsGarcia79 sorry for your loss but just know he's at peace now.

@jordanark9784 Ай бұрын

@@MsGarcia79 No great loss.

@NCG_EatMyPlasma 2 ай бұрын

This is my dad's cousin. His own Co was afraid of his boldness. I grew up with stories of his exploits and still have the article declaring his death after being listed as MIA for years. He asked his chopper pilot to take care of the dog and his bounty was actually $25,000. Highest bounty on an American soldier at the time. I'm proud that this hero is part of our family's history. We have a great line of military men and women in our family history.

@puckerfactor-lw5fi 2 ай бұрын

interesting

@JacekJurus-pg7mc 2 ай бұрын

Why did Vietnam attack the USA . A different continent and some " hero " killing Vietnamese people

@BushmansAdventures 2 ай бұрын

👍

@TStLou1 2 ай бұрын

Mental toughness is 100x more valuable than physical

@joeydepalmer4457 2 ай бұрын

was he ever recovered?

@tvaneaton2466 2 ай бұрын

My step mother-in-law was Mad Dog's sister and my Father-in-law was a friend and fellow SOG member Harvey "Hippy" Saal. Harvey told me he was on the clean up team to recover Mad Dog's body. He told me that he believed that found the location where Mad Dog had fought to the death and his body was captured as a trophy, but as stated no proof was ever provided by the North. Mad Dog is a true hero.

@valdivia1234567 2 ай бұрын

I don't suppose you know what happened to Klaus?

@HWG-wm8ld 2 ай бұрын

Sure buddy.

@filippocorti6760 2 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@sandblast5636 2 ай бұрын

Pass the bowl this way.

@theRhinsRanger 2 ай бұрын

@@valdivia1234567 shwaub?

@dfrasu Ай бұрын

My father was a charter member of the 101 airborne screaming eagles. He went in before ww2. He was a master Sargent at 18 and was in Bastogne, and D day and so much more. He was tough as nails. He was a great man and i was with him till his last breath at 84. Warriors are born. We are lucky to have such great men in our history.

@janiehopkins5584 20 күн бұрын

Baby Screaming Eagles shout to ya! 101st Airborne Division #1!!!! I hear they built some sort of walk you can purchase a Memorial Brick n put a Name on it up at Ft. Campbell. I took my Son n Nephew up there to Hopkinsville area a few yrs. ago. They had a very nice new park n I think it was called Patriot Park. Funny thing is we were headed up to do some JeepN at Turkey Bay and the Jeep Wrangler we were driving was the PATRIOT Blue edition Wrangler TJ!

@jillthompson1248 2 ай бұрын

When my mom got back from desert storm they gave them a parade she was expected to be there afterwards going to her car she was met by a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair he saluted her and gave her a sweatshirt with American flag on it and proud to be an American she said she was never so honored in her career

@greenhammer3263 2 ай бұрын

The military destroyed that guys life. Not my sons

@bobbyrea5194 26 күн бұрын

As a Vietnam veteran, when I see anyone with a veteran hat on, I try to always make a point of going up to them and saying "Welcome home ". I don't always wear my veteran hat.

@greenhammer3263 26 күн бұрын

@@bobbyrea5194 i say why did you go? Why didnt you say no

@janiehopkins5584 20 күн бұрын

Fantastic! Please say Thanks to your Momma from an Ole Screaming Eagle and Vietnam War Vets baby girl! John 15:13 Greater LOVE hath no Man/Woman than that they lay down their life for their friend!

@greenhammer3263 20 күн бұрын

@@janiehopkins5584 thats nice dear

@jonpopelka 2 ай бұрын

Not so much the killing, but the kindness and charity he showed to his mountain allies is what makes him a true hero.

@bigbongo1736 2 ай бұрын

NO, IT WAS THE KILLING.

@user-dg7df3sv7r 2 ай бұрын

@@bigbongo1736 *Gross.*

@thomasblock1164 2 ай бұрын

@@user-dg7df3sv7rbig bongo is correct. War is different and if we just pretend it is all about kindness and charity then we will end up in 20 year endeavors like Afganistan where you lose it the day before you leave. Plus, people have to know the realities of war otherwise we will continue to allow the warhogs to pull into wars at the alarming rate of the recent past. If he was just a "nice guy" no one would know his name.

@user-dg7df3sv7r 2 ай бұрын

@@thomasblock1164 I still don't know his name. Nor do I believe "it is all about kindness and charity". I do, however, believe there are other ways to handle conflicts, besides *murder*

@thomasblock1164 2 ай бұрын

@@user-dg7df3sv7r Me too! I hate war. But we don't send soldiers over to fight and then refer to them as murderers either. We both know what the problem is and it's not the soldiers.

@patrickallen5781 2 ай бұрын

As bad as it sounds a man that committed was better off not seeing the US pull out of Vietnam.

@willisscott3107 2 ай бұрын

Or the commie Obiden cartel in office.

@johntaylorson7769 2 ай бұрын

It sounds like he was better off not seeing civilian life, to be honest.

@JohnLocke1776 2 ай бұрын

He died doing what he loved, that's how I see it. Something tells me he would've been a self destructive person in civilian life stateside. RIP

@rokurota3311 2 ай бұрын

@johntaylorson7769 He didn't care if he died and knew he would die there.

@tommysonnier9848 2 ай бұрын

So true! I was told by a researcher that we won the Vietnam conflict but, as decided by politicians, we left completely, not maintaining a presence to preserve what we won. After we left, North Vietnam just walked in and took over. It would have been better if we had never gone to Vietnam. So sad those f...... politicians! I'd love to hear your thought on that.

@aaronmadden6751 2 ай бұрын

My dad was in Dakto and Pleiku Vietnam in 68-69. He was a LRRP in K. Company 4th Inf/ 75th Ranger Rgt. Those Special Forces guys such as Maddog and my father and many more were definitely a very special breed of soldiers and men.

@janiehopkins5584 20 күн бұрын

THANKS TO YOUR PAPPY FOR ME PLZ!

@aaronmadden6751 9 күн бұрын

@@janiehopkins5584 Thank you and really wish I could do so. He was unfortunately killed in a roofing accident in 2016 and was burned over 80 percent of his body with 580 degree asphalt. I witnessed it and I couldn’t save him

@raven556 Ай бұрын

My father is a vietnam green beret veteran. There is a lot he cannot and does not tell me. He had a lot of friends around him where they would talk about flying to and from certain areas. I love him dearly. He has written an account of his tours in a diary for his therapy. I'm still amazed at the ferocity of these people.

@superblue1971 2 ай бұрын

My boss was in Vietnam and told me about a guy nicknamed “Crazy Chuck” who was on his 4th tour and in the field even the LT listened to him. He used an AK-47 because that’s what the “bad guys” used and didn’t want to be tracked down. He would go out on his own scouting and come back days later. Scariest man he said he even knew.

@PersonalityMalfunction 2 ай бұрын

Dual edge sword that. If you carry and fire the same weapon as the enemy, and the AK47 has a very distinctive audio and visual signature, there's a better than even chance you'll be on the receiving end of a blue-on-blue.

@johndough1703 2 ай бұрын

@@PersonalityMalfunction Guy, lol. You’re so pedantic that you’re missing the obvious. @superblue1971 said he was “out on his own”, which makes your statement not even on topic.

@larrym2434 2 ай бұрын

@@johndough1703 The enemy is still talking about the toughness and virility of your youtube comments.

@brianbeach9472 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 that is freaking hilarious @@larrym2434

@richardmorris7063 2 ай бұрын

I wonder how he got ammo for the AK?

@WickedScott 2 ай бұрын

Men like that don't die of old age

@stekarknugen9258 2 ай бұрын

Indeed, even though he was close to being done with his third tour, you just know he'd sign up for another one and keep doing it until the enemy got him some day

@FoulPet 2 ай бұрын

Probably suffered for years in a prison

@DavidKeithWilliams-hg5nm 2 ай бұрын

As an Army veteran of 25 years, I was wondering what would SFC Shriver be like in peace time, or even leading Soldiers during periods of time he was not in combat. I am not sure what type of leader he would be in those situations, even though he might have been one of the bravest, most fearless, and toughest warriors in the Army during the Vietnam War.

@johnkidd1226 2 ай бұрын

Nor do his enemies.

@user-wx9vc3yy1c 2 ай бұрын

😂@@DavidKeithWilliams-hg5nm

@fredrikjaensson7350 2 ай бұрын

Someone need to do a movie about this legend👍

@charlestown8997 Ай бұрын

My old man is in there somewhere. He quit counting at 50 kills. I love him so much, glad he made it out.

@xObscureMars Ай бұрын

50 kills hiuh, and quit counting

@maseratimitch531 2 күн бұрын

That’s not something to be proud of

@stevefranklin9920 2 ай бұрын

“…surrounded from the inside!” What a heroic statement!!

@christianellegaard7120 2 ай бұрын

"I'm not trapped in the jungle with them, they're trapped in here with me"

@ENIGMAXII2112 2 ай бұрын

@@christianellegaard7120 Oh Yes..

@dont.ripfuller6587 2 ай бұрын

I believe it's an homage to Patton, maybe.

@neillynch_ecocidologist 2 ай бұрын

The kind of stuff you just know a KZfaq content creator dreamt up.

@cmpremlap 2 ай бұрын

The balls on that guy, dang

@TheBarrett1971 2 ай бұрын

Dad served with him, spoke of him often. Was amazing to hear and see stories of the man, myth, and legend. Thank you for making this.

@terryenyart5838 2 ай бұрын

100% respect. I still believe America has men capable of similar heroic acts & patriotism. There may be a few less, but I still believe in Americans & am proud to be one.

@publicuser2534 9 күн бұрын

Kyle Carpenter, Marine. Dakota Meyer, Marine. Edward Beyers, USN. Etc My generation of warrior.

@user-km4lx9gr4f 9 күн бұрын

Me too! We are PATRIOTS AND Relatives and Descendants of PATRIOTS Jack from Iowa USA

@tommywingate7186 6 күн бұрын

There maybe more than any of us know. Only when tested do we find out about ourselves. Only then do we find out who we really are and our capabilities. Eventually everyone is tested.

@jillthompson1248 2 ай бұрын

Never met a Vietnam vet that would tell stories about their time there. Maybe with other vets but not civilians

@clintfauth9830 2 ай бұрын

My Dad served 2 tours in Vietnam, he was also in the 101st airborne, he was very proud to have been a screaming eagle, he served 20 years,retired and became a police officer for 18 more,very proud of my dad

@richardpagel6959 2 ай бұрын

So your dad is the perfect example of an eager system slave, murderer and fanatical imperialist - nothing to be proud of at all.

@Phearsum 2 ай бұрын

101st Screaming Eagles were some bad ass mfers.

@GT-sc5sk 2 ай бұрын

Proud on what? Not having critical own opinion and killing inocent ppl?

@stevenchurch8901 2 ай бұрын

@@GT-sc5skI'd pay to see you talking shit to one

@Fishing4fun76 2 ай бұрын

@GT-sc5sk these men paved the way for your freedom. Don't disrespect behind a keyboard.

@BladesRKing 2 ай бұрын

He didn’t die…he snuck away to become Colonel Kurtz.

@MrGroganmeister 2 ай бұрын

Good one

@stanleydolan5609 2 ай бұрын

Most likely fell and buried by his comrades in the field as not to be trophy. Same thing that happened to the pirate black Bart , speaks volumes.

@TheHungryTrollRawr 20 күн бұрын

shhhh

@MrJhonbaker 4 күн бұрын

I thought similarly - he said goodbye - may have been prophetic or knew he was either leaving vietnam to go home to the US, dying, or vanishing into the mountains with his beloved mountain friends - He was done fighting they said, but not done being there. May be wishful thinking, but I bet he lived for many more years.

@gunsup0331 3 күн бұрын

hussshhh

@paulstanford7535 Ай бұрын

I’ve heard most of the stories about mad dog shriver, but anytime I see a video about him or SOG in general, I have to watch it even if I have seen it before

@DogGuy19 Ай бұрын

"He convinced me that for the rest of my life, I'd never go into a bar and cross someone I didn't know." Whoa😮

@publicuser2534 9 күн бұрын

That is what is said about the men that earned a MOH.

@thomasgumersell9607 2 ай бұрын

Great video about this Brave and courageous Mad Dog Warrior. Sadden to learn his remains wee never recovered. At 27 yrs of age and 3 tours almost complete in Vietnam. Mad Dog truly left his mark. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 2 ай бұрын

Mad Dog contributed so much to the World

@mariop8576 2 ай бұрын

He should have also been awarded the congressional medal of honor. A true American hero.

@13BadassMetal 2 ай бұрын

Should be, but likely won't be unless his missions get declassified. 😢

@ssdd5708 2 ай бұрын

They don’t have to declassify to award. It’s the politics getting it all the way up.

@rickshaw3397 2 ай бұрын

They only give awards to they/thems now

@richardpagel6959 2 ай бұрын

A true american killer - so sad that US pro military fools always mix up their murderers as being heroes.

@tamagotchirightsactivist4184 13 күн бұрын

General: Get me a man from Florida.

@HappyMealBieber 2 ай бұрын

Rambo: "_*Im Your Worst Nightmare_* Mad Dog : *_Hold My Beer_*

@christopherlewis1847 2 ай бұрын

Good point. Rambo would quake in fear at the sight of Jerry Shriver. After he was done soiling his pants.

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 ай бұрын

@@christopherlewis1847 you see you have just proven how stupid you are. You do know Rambo is a fictional Hollywood character, right? Oh I forgot, the rest of the world saw that movie as just that. You saw it as reality.

@MattRockwell1 2 ай бұрын

Big difference between a fictional character and a real soldier bud

@punctuationpatrolman1615 2 ай бұрын

@@MattRockwell1 🚨 Mouth breather alert 🚨

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 ай бұрын

@@MattRockwell1 don't destroy his dream of HIS! reality.

@LOZUPONEJ Ай бұрын

When a psychopaths mind is put to good use

@jamessandoval5843 12 күн бұрын

Not necessarily psychopathic. He cared for his people, just loved war. It’s not as strange as you think

@GggGgg-ek3dw 12 күн бұрын

Loving war ia psychopatic itself, only those who never been there can like it

@moth_MCMXCIII 11 күн бұрын

a low blow to a great man who loved his tribe, his fellow soldiers and his dog!! maybe you should go read up on psychology before you make a statement like that!!

@GggGgg-ek3dw 11 күн бұрын

@@moth_MCMXCIII all features of dear adolf i just mentioned

@mathewp3416 5 күн бұрын

@@moth_MCMXCIII Google Tiger force the book.

@andrewthompson9811 12 күн бұрын

Able to just listen. Thank you for that. Dark Skies is perhaps the best channel I've come across. Thank you for all your hard work

@eugeneblum5686 2 ай бұрын

They got Klaus' stomach upset and he crapped on the floor. The jokers rubbed his nose in it and threw him out. Later Mad Dog shows up in his smoking jacket, puts a .38 on the table, craps on the floor and dares anyone to rub his nose in it. This is from John Plaster's book SOG. Mad Dog was definitely one bad man and a legend. Lost a cousin of my Mom over there in Dec '67. Was in the 101st ABN. KIA in a province NW of Saigon by a booby trap with 2 others on a med call to a village. Was on his 2nd tour of duty. Have a history of family serving in the Armed Forces back to the Civil War. All branches except Coast Guard. Army veteran myself, along with my Dad, 2 brothers, 3 uncles and 2 nephews. One nephew did 5 tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Had a MOS very much in demand by deploying units. I saw where 2 idiots wrote a book on white rural folks are a "danger to democracy". Yeah, go stand in Arlington or any other military and civilian cemetary, look at all the headstones of those veterans and spout that BS. But then, I wouldn't want them desecrating that hallowed ground with their presence. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@chad1682 2 ай бұрын

@eugeneblum5686 "democracy" is their code word for communism. The enemy is within our borders and they are far more demented than the Viet Cong.

@GBOB68 2 ай бұрын

Saudi Arabia? 😮

@arminiusdergrosse 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service brother. There's a lot of "idiots" out there that want to see all White people dead, most are in "our" government, universities, media/Hollywood, the ADL and leaders of the UN.

@eugeneblum5686 2 ай бұрын

@@GBOB68 build up to the offensive. Staged some units in Saudi Arabia. They unloaded and assembled Apaches I believe. He did so many I can't remember where he was for sure. I know he said one time they guarded an Iraqi town. They might have been a sect that weren't Sunni. So when they were turning things over to the Iraqis, these people were on their "shit list" so to speak. They actually had to sit and watch them beat people to death. Think he did convoy duty once. I worked with a guy who did that in Afghanistan. Machine gunner on a gun truck. He suffered from TBI from running over an IED. Worked with the Afghan army a lot on convoys.

@guerillabeats2404 2 ай бұрын

A threat to liberal "democracy" is what they should say.

@tonyjetton8352 2 ай бұрын

6:35 That is no sawed off shotgun. That is a M79 Grenade Launcher.

@vSwampFox 2 ай бұрын

Coincidental timing.

@kurtthewicked9009 2 ай бұрын

They used to call them "Thumpers"; my dad carried one in Vietnam.

@vSwampFox 2 ай бұрын

@@kurtthewicked9009 we used them in Fallujah

@DrDale16 2 ай бұрын

@@kurtthewicked9009 So did I for my first two months in-country as a grunt.

@PetraDarklander 2 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking.

@matson8008 Ай бұрын

Why do you keep calling that M79 grenade launcher a sawed off shot gun. It's clearly not a shot gun.

@bobbyrea5194 Ай бұрын

Unknown to a lot of people, there were some shotgun shells made to fit the M79 grenade launcher.

@stillnessbetween5103 Ай бұрын

They probably used the grenade launcher pics since the sawed off shotgun/ scattergun was considered a cruel and unusual weapon by the Geneva Convention and the Armed Forces Command didn't want it to be known they were being used. I was issued a long barrel shotgun, and my SGT. cut down the barrel and told me don't let the photogs take a picture of it.

@Tsamokie 26 күн бұрын

@@bobbyrea5194 Shotgun "style" rounds in 40mm caliber.

@ericcox9205 2 ай бұрын

I worked with one of these guys, best stories ever. Only second to a guy who I knew who was on the beaches at Normandy. But he was a Navy radio guy, he stormed the beach but then he got back on the ship so his stories while awesome we mostly Normandy. Third would be my grandfather but he was an airplane mechanic and never saw combat his stories are all work all day party all night, lol. Other grandfather did see combat, Battle of the Bulge, only heard stories about him, drank, drugged and fought his way to an early grave. Got a good friend who earned a Bronze Star for Valor in Combat in Iraq, but he doesn't like to talk about it. Somethings sound better when it's not reality.

@JPriz416 2 ай бұрын

Mad Dog would never adjust to life in America.

@robertdereski9156 2 ай бұрын

No he wouldn't he was a warrior made for war

@rickvia8435 2 ай бұрын

No - he was wound way too tight for civilian life.

@peterclemmet 2 ай бұрын

He would if he joined the local police

@BeardedGuy_Tawhid 2 ай бұрын

some say he defected to north vietnam, he finally saw that capitalism was an infection like a cancer spreading into the world. maybe he married a pretty north viet cong girl and settled down

@ibeatyoutubecircumventingy6344 2 ай бұрын

when he was passing through a local sheriff took a disliking to the man!

@patwxdaddy 2 ай бұрын

As John Plaster's book described it. Most over the boarder missions a SOG Team was facing 100-600 to 1 odds per team member. One particular mission Shriver's team was facing the high end of that scale. Surrounded on a hill top in a ocean of enemy. SOG had a team guy flying on the Foreword Air Control spotter planes (as in the movie BAT-21) to ensure they got the fire missions exactly as they asked for called flying 'Covey'. Because SOG teams would often be surrounded so badly they would give their own position for their air strike and it would freak the pilots out. Shriver's team was back to back on the hill top shooting the enemy in every direction at arms reach with one hand! Each time they dropped an enemy they would grab them and pile their dead bodies in front of them for cover as human sand bags with the other hand. 'Covey' looking down at the team surrounded by thousands of enemy, told Jerry he was not trying to be a downer but was not sure what he could do to help his situation. The commanders listening to the radio in the rear HQ all gasped hearing the situation. Jerry said something like "Thats OK man, I got them right where I want them, Surrounded from the inside! Just give it to me [ the airstrikes] like I tell ya."" Covey replied "Ahhh...Roger?" Everyone listening was stunned at the reply to a team facing a certain death??? With the aircraft stacked in the sky above, Shriver ordered a swath of Napalm to cut a strip through the enemy on one side of the hill. As soon as soon as Jerry seen the jets come over the horizon he told his team to get down pulling the stack of dead bodies down on top of them. The bombs scorched a bowling ally through the enemy. The team then busted out of the pile of dead bodies and ran down the path of burnt human remains it made. Once the team was clear of the hill, Jerry wail running radioed Covey "Now hit them with the B-52s!" B-52s then carpet bombed the entire hill turning the tightly packed enemy into red goo. Jerry intentionally got thousands of enemy against him tightly packed together in order to blast them all at once. This became one of Shriver's signature moves and famously became known as the "Surrounded from the Inside" maneuver. It was said that even when an experienced Green Beret came into SOG, they had to have five cross boarder missions before anyone wanted to hear what you had to say. If you had 10 cross boarder missions you were then a trusted team member. If you had 15 missions you were probability a Team Leader. with the 100%+ casualty rate of SOG, if you had 20 missions it was hard to explain how you were still alive. Jerry Shriver had 52 missions when he went missing after going back to get one of his downed Montanyard team mates. 100%+ casualties meant; Killed, Wounded or Missing in Action, men in SOG had to have been wounded several times in order to hold that statistic. To back-fill their losses they took volunteers from other Special Forces Groups as temporary fill in's, Called 'Operation Snake Bite- One and Two'. My friend 20 year old 'Gonzi' came from 1st Group in Okinawa. Gonzi said Billy Waugh had eight tours in Nam and never finished one, got shot out every time. A SOG Recon team was Two Americans and 6-8 native Montanyard Tribesmen. These guys were not told where they were going, only given a small map sheet of 4x4 kilometers to patrol. When the helicopter dropped them in, Gonzi's more senior Team Leader who had been to Vietnam a couple of tours looked at the Map and looked around in a panic recognizing the terrain . "HOLY SHIT, WE ARE IN THE G-DAMN A Sầu Valley!!!" The most dangerous place on Earth at the time, "They gave us their shit missions!" Shortly after they were in an Ambush and Gonzi was shot in the knee and his TL shot through the chest. The only reason they survived was because their experienced Montanyards were so fast on the M-79 Grenade Launcher that they had three 40mm rounds aloft in a continuous stream of return fire. Allowed him to tape a plastic chest seal on his Team Leader and heave him on his back and run with a bullet in his knee. Unfortunately the tape slipped off and his Team Leader died on his back as they were running to the extraction point.

@bradsanders407 2 ай бұрын

And if you believe that you believe in the tooth fairy

@christopherdrzik6784 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad you took the time to explain what really happened in Vietnam and how brave some of my brothers were. I'm saddened every day by the way the Veterans are treated inthis Republic we call home. The cost was high and today's youth doesn't have a clue.

@eazyridin7283 2 ай бұрын

You ever thought of writing a book?

@eazyridin7283 2 ай бұрын

@@christopherdrzik6784 thank you for your service 🫡

@toddianuzzi9296 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this

@sanborns 2 ай бұрын

"Got 'em right where I want em, surrounded from the inside." A true fearless hero ...

@armybeef68 26 күн бұрын

1:08 "Born Jerry Michael Tate, he was a military brat. His biological father, Henry A Tate, Jr., was in the Air Corps and Air Force. His parents married in 1941 and his father served during WW II in Italy. After the war, the family spends time in Germany and Bermuda. By the time he was 12, Jerry had three younger siblings and his parents had split up. Soon afterwards his mom "Doll" marries another career Air Force man, Dale L Shriver. Jerry and his siblings all take the Shriver surname. Three more siblings were added to his family" "In Dec 1958 - 17 year old Jerry Shriver drops out of South Fork High School (Miranda, CA) to join the Army. He is listed as living in Weott, Humboldt County, California. His mom and step-father live in Sacramento" If you need help with the big words let me know.

@user-mk7fw9en6f 2 ай бұрын

I met Jerry while jogging around the airstrip at Quan Loi. I was a Cobra pilot there with the 11th ACR. We waited until late afternoon to launch, too late to help. Screwed up mission.

@BlahMcJones 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service, sir. We are in your debt.

@bthorn5035 2 ай бұрын

What years were you there? My dad flew with the 11ACR on Huey gunships. 67-69.

@Semperf11 2 ай бұрын

🇺🇸🤙🏾

@aarondecelle9532 2 ай бұрын

My dad was in 3/17 CAV at Quan Loi in 70-71. He was an OH-58 pilot. He was KIA in 71. I got to meet several men he served with to include the gunship pilot who flew top cover for him that day. He is a director at a museum called Cactus Air in Nevada, and when I met him, he brought the museum’s cobra and flew it. There is an annual relay race named in honor of my father and he flew it over the starting line on the 50th anniversary of the race. The race is run around Lake Tahoe. Thanks for your service! I did 22 years in the army myself as an Armor Officer serving mostly in the CAV.

@batzzz2044 2 ай бұрын

Wish you would have stayed home. Sorry for your murders

@winter7946 2 ай бұрын

My best friend was in the Special Forces in Viet Nam in 1966. He told me a lot of stories of what happened there. As he got older, he blocked out many of those memories because they were so gruesome and painful for him. He died 4 years ago. I was 11 years old when we met, and we had been friends for 62 years when he died. I got drafted in 1967, and I served as well, but I didn't have to go to Nam. It's possible that my friend knew Jerry since there were not that many men in that elite group of soldiers. RIP to all of the brave men who have fought in our wars.

@jasonm949 2 ай бұрын

Everybody's best friend was Special Forces in Vietnam.

@willymassey8273 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonm949 or dad, or uncle cousin grandpa. Like the guy claiming a Gurka gave his dad (Who was Special Forces) his Kukri, and that the Gurka could hit a target the size of a playing card 40 to 50 yards away when throwing those knives. LOL everyone loves historical military fiction.

@ThomasComiskey-uz4ie 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonm949troll, get a life or education

@ThomasComiskey-uz4ie 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonm949why

@ThomasComiskey-uz4ie 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonm949 you shouldn't comment by reading your comic books

@gotchagoing4905 Ай бұрын

I carried a brand new M3 grease gun on my second tour up on the dmz. I was also in the 101st. Flying at tree top level, low and slow,our mission as Air Cav Scouts was to locate the enemy either visually or by smell, they quickly fired at us, and sometimes bring us down in their mists. The M3 was perfect being a short range cannon for when we were brought down. At the end of my second tour, I miriculed it a new guy that I trained up to be a aero scout. I hope he made it home, as I often wonder about that.

@janiehopkins5584 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for your Service n Salute to You Screaming Eagle!!!

@AuthenticChronicVision 10 күн бұрын

He knew who he was and he knew he could never be able to go back. That is courage. I met a lot of people who claim they were born warriors, but not one of them could envision what SSgt. Shriver went through. I loved the fear inducing exit wounds. One of my new tactics, if I should ever be in combat.

@dougdillon1271 2 ай бұрын

I have a POW/MIA bracelet with his name and info on it. I have worn it everyday, 24 hrs a day. He will not be forgotten.

@nadjasunflower1387 2 ай бұрын

I picked one of those up of a PFC William D. McGonagill USMC. Never took it off, even after the ends broke off, just filed the sharp points down. eventually it did break, then I found out in the early 00's they'd found his remains, through an outreach that was started between US and Vietnam governments. Essentially it allowed doctors and military people to go into places where these ' out of the way ' battles took place and see if there were remains there of people that were listed as MIA. They had plenty of DNA on sample from his surviving family members so ID'd him pretty easily.

@christopherlewis1847 2 ай бұрын

Rest in peace, Jerry. You are respected and definitely not forgotten.

@moappleseider1699 2 ай бұрын

@@nadjasunflower1387 Yeah I have a buddy, Army paratrooper/sapper who went to Vietnam to recover remains of fallen US military.

@68air 2 ай бұрын

I had a girlfriend who wore a MIA bracelet. I didn't see her for years until about 10 years ago. She was still wearing it!

@nadjasunflower1387 2 ай бұрын

@@68air welp, the lore is once you get one, your not supposed to take them off until they are found. Or credible evidence is shown removing them from the MIA list.

@xjr1618x 2 ай бұрын

The best part, he was only 27 yrs old. What a beast! RIP Mad Dog

@julianr.7186 2 ай бұрын

He joined The 27 Club.

@kalleklp7291 Ай бұрын

"I don't need help...I've surrounded them from the inside." This guy means business.

@user-ml3dp9hq7o 2 ай бұрын

Thks for ur awesome stories and videos 👍😎

@williamhealey1223 2 ай бұрын

My Uncle was Force Recon in Vietnam and told me many tales of his brothers in arms. He told me about this guy. I didn't know it was him until you said "Mad Dog". He told me about how he came to his platoon with their interpreter as an "Special Auxiliary" and during their mission volunteered to go with their tunnel rat into a partially cleared tunnel to clear it. Said that he was "enthusiastically vicious" and lived up to his handle. My Uncle didn't remember his real name but described him perfectly. After the mission the guy vanished and my Uncle never met him again in 3 tours. He liked him. Said he was quiet and reliable.

@pete98146 2 ай бұрын

My high school tennis coach was a Captain in the Vietnam war. He said the war "was the best time of his life." But again, he was the most competitive person I've ever met in my life. He was definitely wired differently than most of us!

@georgestrutzel 7 күн бұрын

RIP ALWAYS Sir Thank You

@Dusty888 2 ай бұрын

Salute that statement Sir.

@jamesbaine580 2 ай бұрын

Kids today have no idea how many brave men gave their lives to save their freedom to act like idiots

@davethompson3252 2 ай бұрын

Kids are supposed to act like idiots, just like you did as a kid. That’s because they are kids. Nobody has to die for kids to do what nature intended.

@furthereast6775 2 ай бұрын

This guy was a great warrior but face the 20-20 hindsight facts: Vietnam was no threat to the US, we had no interest there, the entire war was a complete waste, even if we had won. But we lost, with the result that Vietnam is now a peaceful capitalist country, safer to visit than many parts of the US. Facts.

@gtpflug2987 2 ай бұрын

Yea, if the US did not go to vietnam they would still be free! Cmon now, lets not be foolish.

@SinOjosWeb 2 ай бұрын

@@gtpflug2987 Bullshit

@SinOjosWeb 2 ай бұрын

@@gtpflug2987 The US was asked by the South Vietnamese Democratic Government to assist with stopping the Communist attack. I suggest you research & learn the real history. Rather than the BS you have been fed. You are either an unwittingly player or either a whitting player. Either way. Against freedom of choice.

@chrisb-rx9wk 2 ай бұрын

I recognized the photo right away. Thats cool you made a video on mad dog. The stories of macvsog are absolutely insane and very worth the listen. Great choice. A true warrior.

@StanleyDoyle-eo7ts 2 ай бұрын

These are “Real Heroes” ! Not “suckers” like are being called by someone in the news.

@pulido6974 27 күн бұрын

A true American hero. God-bless all who have served this great country. ❤🇺🇲

@paul4249 Ай бұрын

That was excellent! Great presentation!

@MyTube4Utoo 2 ай бұрын

When Shriver wasn't training, he spent his spare time training.

@EnergyCenterTV 2 ай бұрын

RIP Mad Dog. Thank you for your relentless bravery.

@chandunglichsu 2 ай бұрын

Vietnam - people who are not afraid of foreign invasion 💪 Vietnam is a hospitable country, if possible we invite you to visit our country! ❤️❤️❤️

@allanzylbert1306 2 ай бұрын

Actually thats what I heard from people who visted, people are nice and thats how you said it

@thethaovatoquoc312 2 ай бұрын

Death tolls by butchers of 20th century: Lenin 8 million Stalin 20 million Mao 80 million Hu Kwang aka Ho Quang aka Ho Chi Minh 2 million Pol-Pot 2 million What did these mass murdering lowlifes have in common?

@mikew3194 29 күн бұрын

We as descendants are grateful for the forgiveness Vietnamese people are able to give. The normalization of the relations between our countries is a really incredible act of forgiveness, considering.

@thethaovatoquoc312 28 күн бұрын

As long as Vietnam is still ruled by the oppressive and exploitive Communist regime, her potential remains greatly diminished. For any 1% that wants to stay, 99% of the population wants to get out, and many have risked their lives doing just that (for example, 39 doomed lives found in UK container truck recently on the news, and that's only what's been reported), unfortunately. Yet another shocking and also recent example is that during the Covid pandemic when almost all countries assisted their citizens with financial aids in one form or another, the corrupt and murderous Vietnamese Commie regime saw it just as another opportunity not to help but to exploit its ruled citizens even more, essentially making money over the corpses of its citizens by presumably killing at least 30-50K of them, due to grossly misdiagnoses and being thrown into barbwired unhygenic living quarters for isolation, so that they had to sleep on concrete floor, even next to filled trashcans, with inadequate toilet, food, water, or medicine, like animals (searching hard enough, one is able to see shocking video clips on Facebook though the regime tried hard to crack down the leaks by Vietnamese citizen journalists), with the fake nostril Covid test kits, mislabeled as approved by World Health Organization (WHO) in Việt Á scandal, colluded by at least 4 different government agencies (Y Tế , Khoa Học, Công Nghệ, Quân y) and the top Politburo members, including Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Phạm Minh Chính, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. Murderous Vietnamese Commie regime even had a thug murdered Christian pastor Giuse Trần Ngọc Thanh, like it has done with many other pastors across the nation. There is a reason why the current Commie Vietnam ranks at the bottom of the world in freedom of speech, (true) freedom of religion, and freedom of the press, barely above Commie China and Commie North Korea. There is no true freedom of religion in Commie Vietnam, as this corrupt Vietnamese Commie regime only authorized the fake organizations headed by Commie monks, many of whom were Commie Party officials, and those religious organizations not approved to be infiltrated by them or headed by their Commie agents are accused of malicious and nonexistent crimes and banned, with innocent religious leaders arrested and jailed, as in the recent case with Thiền Am Bên Bờ Vũ Trụ, a harmless Buddhist meditation monastery, for simply having many followers (hence, more influences that the regime fears it can't control) than the Commie Party's officially approved ones. Similarly, its passport ranks at the bottom, 89th out of 111 countries for a reason, barely above North Korea 104th rank. even below many African nations. For comparison, South Korea is at 2nd rank. That's what Republic of South Vietnam would have likely been ranked among at least the top 10 had it not been invaded and occupied by the North Vietnamese Commie terrorists, aided by Commie Soviet and Commie China. Search "cuop dat dan" (meaning "land-robbing of citizens") to see millions of footages across the country from North to South, spanning for decades, dated back to Ho Chi Minh's bloody land reform 1953-1956 that killed nearly 1 million North Vietnamese in only 4 years, or 250K people brutally slaughtered in torturous painful deaths (like being shot, stabbed, mutilated while being alive, or heads being plowed over by water buffaloes while bodies being buried underground) each year on average to rob their lands and homes. Even today, if the rightful owners refuse to have their homes or lands robbed, the ruthless Vietnamese Commie terrorist regime simply jail or massacre them, have tractors run over their bodies or openly assassinate them in their own homes. When it comes to robbing, these barbarian Vietnamese Commie bandits even prey on each other, just as the recent case with then 84-year-old Mr. Lê Đình Kình, a 55-year-Commie Party veteran from Dong Tam, near Hanoi, that got shot dead at 3am in his own home by the Vietnamese Commie terrorist regime. When his wife Mrs. Dư Thị Thành refused to lie about the incident as ordered, the Vietnamese Commie terrorist police brutally tortured her (see more details from "dandongtam" on Facebook). The corrupt Vietnamese Commie government officials routinely dine on lavish gold-plated Salt Bae steak $100K per meal with blood money not just from taxpayers but also from robbed-lands and robbed homes recently drew international condemnations, while many Vietnamese citizens, including elderlies in their 60's and 70's as well as kids as young as 6's to 16's selling lottery tickets on the streets to survive on $2-3 per day. Even Phạm Nhật Vượng the richest man in Vietnam (via his VinGroup) made the bulk of his wealth mainly by colluding with the barbarian Vietnamese Commie regime in selling their robbed-lands from Vietnamese citizens. Travelers to Vietnam in her current form (not at all like this before the Communists took over) should keep this in mind. Behind the beauty of the land and smiling faces at popular tourist destinations, there are a lot of darkness and tears, bloods, sweats, sorrow, horror, and sufferings all over the country.

@thethaovatoquoc312 28 күн бұрын

@joannegarhart2942 2 ай бұрын

The only man i ever loved was a two tour of duty Vietnam Veteran who died of cancer from agent orange. He told me some things about that war but not all. It has been forty years every day I miss him and have been alone because any one else would be making do. After his first tour he went into a bar in NY where they heckled him he threw the heckler against the wall dropped him and went and reupped he said "they didn't want us here". till we meet again Vic.

@dajo2824 2 ай бұрын

Any guy that protects his dog like this, he is good people.

@raygon8 2 ай бұрын

there is a good Marcus Littrell and his dog story

@alaricgoldkuhl155 2 ай бұрын

Upheld the dog covenant. "I got your back, you've got mine."

@joshashe2087 2 ай бұрын

Dog never judges you by your appearance and more you love them, the more they love you back. It only makes sense.

@Leo-ng6bo 2 ай бұрын

Hitler loved his dog too.

@BrrrtReynolds 2 ай бұрын

The whole story of Mad Dog threatening the people who mistreated Klaus goes as such: Jerry had given Klaus a whole bunch of beer which gave the dog the shits in the clubhouse, so they rubbed his nose in it and roughed him up before kicking the dog out. Upon hearing of this abuse, Jerry walked into the clubhouse with a .38 and his infamous smoking jacket. He put the pistol down and dropped his pants. Shit on the floor and dared anyone to do anything about it. 💀 No one did.

@jakefo449 2 ай бұрын

My father officially served 3 tours of duty in Vietnam. But he was gone for over ten years. He told me few stories here and there but I didn’t care. I was a little kid. I miss him very much.

@ThisIsNotYourFriend 2 ай бұрын

I miss my father very much as well. Your dad was a good man. Hope you're doing OK.

@chrisolson1900 2 ай бұрын

He probably told you those stories so you truly knew what war was like. He knew that sons will often join if males in their family have, especially fathers. Based on how you responded to his stories with boredom and being less than interested, he knew you weren’t going to join. He most likely blew a sigh of relief and was proud of you in all your decisions. God bless your father, and all his service.

@MarquisDeSang 2 ай бұрын

We all did the same when we were kids.

@sandguyman 2 ай бұрын

its so sad to grow up and realise how valuable the stories you were told are, and you just didnt know.

@user-vq8vr3uw6n 2 ай бұрын

Thanks to men like your dad we live how we live, we thank your dad for his service

@jaywalker0112 9 күн бұрын

Thank you So Much! That was cool. John Basilone comes to mind though. Cool video though. Former Army 11 Break Things here.

@michaelc9313 Ай бұрын

This narrator reminds me of that one kid in English class, that has to try and read too fast. Their tongue gets all gnarled and their lips don't move fast enough. So I just muted it and read the CC. Good vid.

@marmalade6681 2 ай бұрын

Often quoted, but so true.. "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times." the circle continues.. Stronger people are just around the corner.

@waynehajek6346 2 ай бұрын

@marmalade6681 Excellent quotation!

@gregdowd939 2 ай бұрын

And now we have men that wanna be girls and blue haired freaks that wanna be called "they"them"......boy are we in trouble

@malcomwalters9439 2 ай бұрын

Yes yes! I like that quotation!

@jrr7031 2 ай бұрын

Well were definitely in the weak men create hard times.

@hairydogstail 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing attention to this amazing soldier who served his nation..The German Shepherd story was a little wrong..The German Shepard went to the bathroom in the bar and they rubbed the dog's nose in it..After hearing this, Mad Dog went into the bar, pulled his pants down and left a big one. He pulled up his pants and asked if anyone wanted to rub his nose in it?? No one dared to even give him a look..It is time to remind the young generation the caliber of people who made this nation, instead of propping up criminals like George floyed..Thanks again..This and many other true stories are in John L Plaster's book SOG..If you can find it, it is worth the read, amazing..

@robertdereski9156 2 ай бұрын

John plaster book is the best book about sog I read it so many times already a movie or series needs to be done not alot of people know about sog

@22espec 2 ай бұрын

I prefer Hugh Thompson Jr, one of the few that tried to do the right thing in one of the darkest days of that war.

@georgeisboard 2 ай бұрын

Mad dog was upset they got his German shepherd drunk

@maxpayne2574 2 ай бұрын

Criminals like the 2 time draft dodger Trump

@hairydogstail 2 ай бұрын

Robert Howard and Larry Thorne were some of the other many members of SOG, that never received the recognition or honors they so richly deserved..Hugh Thompson was not part of SOG, which is what the focus of this vidio is..@@22espec

@barahng 21 күн бұрын

0:50 Certified "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" moment

@3wolvesrunning 2 ай бұрын

RIP Brother! We need many more like you today.

@OMGItsJimmyNash 2 ай бұрын

THAT is how you title a video! I was all in at first glance, and it didn't let me down either. This is the kind of stuff people need to know about... Kudos!

@thomasseitz5477 2 ай бұрын

Love that you made a video on this badass. It’s about time someone did one dedicated to this warrior. Out of all you channels and episodes this is my favorite episode yet.

@nmatthew7469 2 ай бұрын

Between this guy and Lauri Torni, epic legends.

@Albatross88 3 күн бұрын

You know that mofo disappeared into the bush and lived happily ever after

@jasondyer811 2 ай бұрын

If there has not already been a film about this man ,they should really make one . A fascinating story .

@kenlandon7803 2 ай бұрын

A man among men. God Bless you Jerry Shriver.

@xephael3485 2 ай бұрын

Nothing about the Vietnam war should be classified anymore.

@scvandy3129 2 ай бұрын

"xephael3485," Yes; exactly. BUT, "don't hold your breath" if the President Kennedy assassination investigation studies are an example. A few years ago these classified, official papers were due to be released to the public, following the predetermined half-century plus embargo. Millions of Americans -- scholars, authors, pundits and the general public -- waited with baited breath to FINALLY see what was covered up all along. And THEN, relatively shortly before their highly anticipated release the CIA, Secret Service (ed. - you know, 'the usual suspects') swooped in and added a few more decades of the papers being locked from view. This measure ensures that EVERYBODY connected in any way, shape or form and their descendants PLUS Americans of that era still alive at the time would be LONG DEAD. A total outrage. SHAME on them. For those who've read the few declassified reports "made available," they come away with the irrefutable edict: "One doesn't trust or believe your / this government NO MATTER WHAT." "'Dark Docs,' thank you for posting this clearly enunciated narrated video on Shriver -- a warrior and outstanding credit to his training, dedication and determination. Truly, a fine example of America's best.

@artemusp.folgelmeyer4821 2 ай бұрын

Breaking the Ultra Code of WWII was kept secret until the 1970's as I recall.

@xephael3485 2 ай бұрын

@@artemusp.folgelmeyer4821 and?

@Durzo1259 2 ай бұрын

I'm sure only the parts with war crimes are staying classified permanently.

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 ай бұрын

@@Durzo1259 Only by the US government, not those who were there.

@imochiexe5056 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service ❤🤘🙏💯💪🫡🇺🇸

@SamMartinez-rf2is Ай бұрын

I joined the Army in 76, and I believe and have seen photos even, and the Vietnam Vet has my utmost respect

@radwanderer6165 2 ай бұрын

I think he couldn't fit into a "normal" live back home anyway...

@hairydogstail 2 ай бұрын

I don't know, this society has become anything but normal..

@slappy8941 2 ай бұрын

A live? Are you don't good the English?

@radwanderer6165 2 ай бұрын

@@slappy8941 Pardon me, could you repeat that in English, please? Since I don't understand your request 🤷‍♂

@reven-docta79 2 ай бұрын

As a combat vet and researcher, I can confirm your assessment. Your assertion has validated by the psychiatric community inside and outside of the military. For some people, combat suits their personality more than anything in civilian life could. Whereas it’s the exact opposite opposite for the majority of the civilian population.

@92camarodragcar73 2 ай бұрын

@reven-docta79 my cousin came back and was never the same

@joeswampdawghenry 2 ай бұрын

R.i.p. mad dog.. Glad u stood up for claus

@pkt1213 2 ай бұрын

Reading accounts of the SOG operators and missions are just incredible.

@KnawedOne 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for shining a light on guys who need to be remembered.

@the_hwyman 2 ай бұрын

Much like a claymore mine, you pointed Mad Dog Shriver towards the enemy.

@youtubeguestuser4603 3 күн бұрын

These are the type of man who sometimes become what we consider psychopaths in the society. But their unhinged nature is one of the greatest asset a soldier can have.

@theairevolution2430 2 ай бұрын

I love these stories. They talk like we won the war in Vietnam. It’s really astounding to me.

@indraotsutsuki7681 2 ай бұрын

That my friend is a 40MM grenade launcher known as the China Lake, not a “sawed off shotgun”

@rickojames 2 ай бұрын

We Marine grunts called the M79 a "Blooper" because of the sound it made when it launched a grenade.

@user-qm9bz6zd7v 2 ай бұрын

Good show, what a bloke , I recently lost my uncle, who fought in Vietnam, I know more of what our army was doing there, but you be hard up to equal mad dog. Best wishes all, Newcastle Australia 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘

@uriahbahl1878 2 ай бұрын

My dad was 173rd airborne and he fought with some Aussie soldiers and said they were some crazy dudes.

@ahmadfarrall2097 2 ай бұрын

A novocastrian hey, best place in Australia I was in the RAAF there, anyway young folk can’t compare to the likes of this hero

@AhmadAhmad-bd6bk 14 күн бұрын

Mad dog was the nickname given to him not by his friends. But by his enemies. That in itself is scary to think about.

@lyonanddebanderson4418 2 ай бұрын

As a veteran involved in 3 combat tours from Panama to Iraq, I have so much respect for our heroes of Vietnam. I would do anything for anyone of them.

@whiplash8277 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Lyon.

@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 2 ай бұрын

Would you let one share your wife?

@billgonzales8978 2 ай бұрын

god bless you.

@davidrussell631 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your sacrifices, Lyon. God bless. 🙏

@johnbravemusic 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your war crimes, you're no better than what the IDF are doing now.

@user-wu9sz7or4x 2 ай бұрын

I remember clear as day my dad's buddie growing up. He volunteered to go to Vietnam and he volunteered for a 2nd tour of duty. What I remember clear as day was he was asked by someone why did he go back. He said he had to mow the grass. Obviously as a kid it meant nothing.. but he was chopper gunner

@JamesKonzek-xr5zy 2 ай бұрын

'His ideas, his methods, became unsound'

@duncanwood6095 Ай бұрын

Taking NOTHING away from this fella 🫡… I reckon Every fighting force, in Every conflict, has a “ Mad Dog “ ✊🏻✌🏻

@culalquangasultaurthaliond1203 26 күн бұрын

Thank you

@StevenTupu 2 ай бұрын

Here i thought i was not normal because i never wanted to leave Iraq or Afghanistan untill everything was done because it made no sense to keep going back to a area over and over again..Then you finally get out of the military and end up struggling to adjust back to life here in America after doing multiple deployments...Excellent video and Thankyou to all that served before me..11B

@greywolf2270 2 ай бұрын

God bless you fellow Warrior. Presently on retirement/transition leave. I wasn’t combat arms, but rather on medical side.

@FreeAmerica4Ever 2 ай бұрын

Thank you too for your sacrifice and bravery, the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars both were fought by the most dedicated and duty bound soldiers in the armed forces. Love and respect to you and yours!

@porkerpete7722 2 ай бұрын

If only your talents were used for a war that did good. Not the soldiers fault though.

@DrPhillipMcCracken 2 ай бұрын

Find peace, brother

@greywolf2270 2 ай бұрын

@@FreeAmerica4Ever Spent 6 months in Helmand Province, RC SW.

@alsmith6470 2 ай бұрын

Thank you who ever took the time to put this on youtube...

@shadrachlane5555 8 күн бұрын

Bro went back to the states on a mandatory rest period to buy even better guns than what they already had 😂

@user-hh3fh2xx3l 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for your service. Do we know what happened to him this day?

@AndresGarcia-lz9gg 2 ай бұрын

I was in operation phenix. I met him once and he was very serious and dangerous.

@chillwill9254 2 ай бұрын

Jocko Willink has interviewed a few guys from MACV-SOG, they have the absolute craziest stories about their deployments I would highly recommend listening to them.

@micksmith-vt5yi 2 ай бұрын

No Aussie SASR member of MACV GROM will do a interview of any of their time there. I asked a few who do if could do some on them. Aussie SASR taught MACV GROM and probably why is one in few of these videos wearing the Aussie slouch hat and taught seals, even British SAS came and studied their tactics during the war.. The stories of SASR missions tell why were most feared in Vietnam. JOKOWILINK has good interview with navy seal Rodger Hayden who is known as most badass murdering seal of Vietnam and his story of never seeing another special forces have the trade craft the Aussies did in his whole career in to mid 1980's..