Return to Vietnam

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7 жыл бұрын

FOX31's Jeremy Hubbard travels to the old war zone in Vietnam and walks with veterans as they return to the battlefield for the first time in decades. It's a remarkable and powerful trip through the eyes of those whose lives were forever changed.

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@davidbaker9976 4 жыл бұрын

I returned for the first time in 1995 , by myself,,not easy but worth it. I continue to return every year and support 2 day care's.good feeling to give back

@HuynhGiang 2 ай бұрын

“When you are feeling down, come to Ha Noi and have a bowl of Phở. You’ll be happy again,” said a Japanese who has been living in Vietnam for six years. It seems to be true to many people. That’s what my country is like, always warm and happy like home.

@michaellee5610 Жыл бұрын

Vietnam is a beautiful country, My brother was K.I.A Phuoc Thuy Province April 1971. He would write and tell me how lovely the country was and the locals. He worked alongside the American Task Forces and said what a fantastic bunch of men they were. They would swap stories about the U.S and Australia. It was one of his American friends that placed him on the Huey, just as he passed away. Respect to all!!

@ericunderwood6728 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me feel so good to see that Soldier's wife giving him so much support.... especially nowadays when you hear of so much divorce over stupid shit... what a great woman.... blessings

@tompham637 3 күн бұрын

I am Vietnamese and I cried when I watched this video. I am glad we are friends now.

@hanhnguyen 5 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting. Love you All men and women sacrifice their lives for my beloved country of South Vietnam.

@ATaskProductions 7 жыл бұрын

i loved the thing at the end where the guy said you dont just remember them on veterans day or memorial day you remember them every day

@tedrobinson5743 6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100%.AND PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T WISH OUR VET'S ANY VETERAN'S "A HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY" PLEASE THINK PEOPLE! AND THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE!

@tuyenpham1884 5 жыл бұрын

Brings so much tears to my eyes watching this, but I must face the truth! May The Heavenly Father bring the hearts and compassion to the hearts of these vets, their families and to the millions who were lost to that damn war...GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

@robrak3569 10 ай бұрын

And God Bless Vietnam as well

@keyvnfanclub 3 жыл бұрын

3:22 I live near that place, just 7km away from my house. Its Military barracks of 9th Division from 4th Corps. I had seen everything inside, also the airfield had been removed. Sorry for my bad English.

@MJHHanni 6 жыл бұрын

I went back for two months last year was treated with such love and respect I am going back this year if I could I would stay I have such good friends I love and miss them I am blessed.

@trangpham-pu8dp 6 жыл бұрын

Hello. Where are you from ?

@bundeswehr1131 6 жыл бұрын

I am a S.Korean. Many of our fathers and uncles came back S.Korea in body bags. But, American Vietnam vetrant's attitude is so impressive. They actually rebuilt diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Wrong decisions were made in U.S. policy level. U.S. soldiers who fought there were not to be blamed.

@CaptchaNeon 5 жыл бұрын

It is literally no ones right to tell these vets that they cannot return, shouldn’t return or are stupid for returning. People have to do what they need to for their sanity.

@rudolphferdinand3634 5 жыл бұрын

CanTho, Vietnam, it was my last duty station in Vietnam leaving it on 11-12-71 with 720th MP Bn. Co. B.

@rudolphferdinand3634 4 жыл бұрын

Vinh Long company Headquarter B Co. 720 I went to DongTam then we moved to Tan An up the road from Doing Tam because of moving too far from Saigon the battalion decided to break the platoon up were 8 guys moved to Can Tho my last four months.

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 4 жыл бұрын

It’s my home city. I went to Denver Co for education for 5 something years and recently got back to Vietnam. The city has changed rapidly, and you would barely recognize it when you visited. Let’s visit Nam one day, Charlie.

@to-tt7fc 5 жыл бұрын

Many Americans living in Vietnam today. I know Bill in the early 70s, retired, married to a younger Vietnamese woman, and is living in a town on the perimeter of former Saigon. He can cope with hot weather and the foods there much better than I can.

@navy4735 5 жыл бұрын

the Vietnamese people are truly wonderful people ...I have friends who are Vietnamese , my dentist my dr .....just incredible friendly people.

@gustavo320 Жыл бұрын

Been living here for 1 year and 2 months now. Great country, great people. In Danang now

@on2wheels378 5 жыл бұрын

Your left ear will love this upload...

@cocotaveras8975 4 жыл бұрын

On 2Wheels xD 😂😂

@itsdavidlo 5 жыл бұрын

These men and women are heroes, every one of them! Thank you for your service...

@drakedrake1123 5 жыл бұрын

I agree but come on the women? they didnt do shit they didnt even fight or shoot at anyone

@road_king_dude 4 жыл бұрын

@@drakedrake1123 💯💯💯

@road_king_dude 4 жыл бұрын

What women?? 🤣🤣

@thoengbiekheng949 3 жыл бұрын

Women?

@RoseLower-qk6yr Ай бұрын

I was in Vietnam 69 70 in a marine cap unit and i would love to go back

@richardmckelvey4343 3 күн бұрын

Thank you Joyce

@HienVu-bh9ke 5 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for the soldiers on both sides and the people whose not involved it’s the government put it on the people .

@1004twin2 4 жыл бұрын

May God bless him and all of our other veterans.

@lincreed-nickerson7949 4 жыл бұрын

I came back to 2016, 50 years after my deployment here. I spent my time in Pleiku, so I came back, and kept coming back until I came back to Dong Hoi to live. Dong Hoi is the first city north of the former DMZ, in the former North Vietnam

@hanhnguyen 5 күн бұрын

South Vietnam you meant?

@rogermcwilliams6786 3 жыл бұрын

I was drafted, graduated may ‘66, started basic at ft Knox aug.’66,AIT ft Knox.I was sent to Permasans Germany and came back home.I remember guys getting orders for ‘nam shoot a toe off a finger,keep from going to Vietnam,! One boy ,this was in the Stars and Stripes newspaper worked in a hospital not far from us ,took a surgical knife and cut his penis off,but they saved his life! Some took off to Sweden.I took what they gave me and I’m proud I served.

@kimberlyjohnson7961 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story.

@thienbui9337 5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather is South Vietnam Soldier and live in Kien Giang :3

@hoangnguyen3424 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Wonderful story.

@theartistformerlyknownaslu3871 4 жыл бұрын

I wish i coulda done this with my gpa... fought in country 68-71. He died from agent orange in 2010 but woulda been so cool

@sandydremmel2769 4 жыл бұрын

You all are my heroes.

@darwinstamper5219 4 жыл бұрын

I served at Phan Thiet in 69/70, as a grunt, seen a lot of action in this area. Have checked it out on KZfaq since then, can't believe the changes.

@stoneblue1795 7 жыл бұрын

Well done.

@grantt.9546 4 жыл бұрын

Superb, cinematic drone imagery Jeremy Hubbard - great story...well done. -Grant

@2006canna 4 жыл бұрын

Respect

@larrycrawford7240 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to go back and find the love of the woman that I left behind. Her mother would not let her leave, because she was her youngest baby girl. That was over 50 years now.

@lazarevaksenia2761 5 жыл бұрын

I'll hope you will find her! Good luck!

@VNExperience Жыл бұрын

I hope you find her. I've been living in Saigon for 8 years and may be able to assist you. Just let me know if you'd like that. A lot has changed here since the war ended.

@darwinstamper5219 4 жыл бұрын

Stationed at Phan Thiet airfield, LZ Betty, my third tour.

@grahampagden305 4 күн бұрын

I love Phan Thiet and the Mui ne area

@More-than-ladyboys 3 жыл бұрын

The War Remnants museum in Ho Chi Minh City is far from 'a dusty old museum' as Troy McClure suggests in this film. It's an amazing physical catalogue of the hardware used during the American War with many brilliant photo's also. Vietnam rocks!

@Thunderchild-gz4gc Жыл бұрын

It's a communist propaganda museum

@kimberlyjohnson7961 4 жыл бұрын

Very friendly people and much cleaners than the Philippines

@chrisking3849 6 жыл бұрын

not the Vietnam I was at, just mountains, and jungle, pretty but a lot of work and so many buddies.

@svetlanaserova7738 5 жыл бұрын

sorry, because we are growing

@AeroBigDick 4 жыл бұрын

@@svetlanaserova7738 he isnt saying it's a bad thing. Just not how they remember it

@ricardomendes4777 3 жыл бұрын

Why do Americans call the Vietnamese the enemy. Its their country. The Americans were the enemy.

@simonheaney8721 3 жыл бұрын

Narcos are the enemy

@ergot57 6 жыл бұрын

Henry Clay Cauthen. Dust Off Pilot. Left behind my friends his wife Gail and children Janet, Clay jr, Barbara, and James Quinton. We are not sure what was sent home. Thirty five pounds it weighed. Henry was a big man.

@PhantomKnight37 5 жыл бұрын

I understand Vietnamese and what the kids are saying is so funny 😂

@rudolphferdinand3634 5 жыл бұрын

I landed in Da Nang, then on to Ben Hoa then to Long Binh Post. I was assigned to an Army unit at DongTam there was, Army and Navy people, the Navy ran the PBR boats, the Army ran the support helicopter company, two 135/335 and a Military Police unit (720 MP Bn. Co. B) and an Army Engineer company. 18 then, 19, 6 days later on 11/18/1951. When I left, I don't want to never return to Vietnam, no good memories. PTSD!

@to-tt7fc 5 жыл бұрын

Going back there may help as happened to many veterans. Vietnam is a very different country, at least on the surface, bustling and filled with young people who know nothing about Vietnam war.

@rudolphferdinand3634 5 жыл бұрын

Vietnam was the furthest place I would fly to. Today because of Agent Orange and other physical problems from it and other injuries from my 13 years of Army duty’s, I have plans to travel to the east coast and visit PA and DC; DC to see the real Vietnam Memorial Wall and some monuments seen in a picture or viewed on TV.

@bamboo9666 4 жыл бұрын

@@to-tt7fc everyone know about Vietnam war.. But they just dont take it too seriously now.

@airpods4 2 ай бұрын

i cried

@MichaelBenninger 4 жыл бұрын

I have never been back no need to revisit the pain.

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 3 жыл бұрын

Hiding from the pain doesn’t make you feel better. These vets chose to face it, defeat the war ghost, make peace with their former enemies and themselves. Forgiveness may cure the pain.

@michellepeters6622 4 жыл бұрын

Father was 16 when he joined, 101st airborne....tunnel rat. Came home but never the same.

@chadhines5804 Жыл бұрын

Time Heals all wounds

@kellyfoster7054 6 жыл бұрын

My wife has traveled down the long dong bridge many times

@slit4659 4 жыл бұрын

And I thank her for that.

@carltonking4196 5 жыл бұрын

Is the old French fort in Dao Loc still there ?

@mufuliramark 4 жыл бұрын

Good video but make sure you wear both earbuds or else you will miss some of the audio as different sounds come out of different buds

@SEAVet69 5 жыл бұрын

Forty YEARS AGO? Not there in 76. I was there 69-70.

@to-tt7fc 4 жыл бұрын

Half a century already, isn't it.

@grahampagden305 4 күн бұрын

Vietnam is a amazing country with such lovely people, I thing the host of this show has miss understood so much about Vietnam and it's people, saying its a very communist country whilst capitalism is thriving in Vietnam with it being the fastest growing economy in Asia! Also unfortunately , as always a war museum of course is not going to talk about the good the US vets did in Vietnam, as is always the way, the victor will always tell the story they want it told. But the most beautiful thing about the people of Vietnam, even with the VC combat vets is there is no ill will, as they said the US vets weren't the ones that got them into the war it was government polices. I recommend every one to go to Vietnam to enjoy the amazing country and such loving people

@arnoessler3549 2 жыл бұрын

Soldiers are always used for crazy ideas of their leaders. But it was not possible to destroy Vietnam with its gentle people.

@sabinlong1602 4 жыл бұрын

American numbers one. In god we trust. In ❤️💒🇺🇸👍💯

@Nyarlathotep637 6 жыл бұрын

10:50 holy hell this man looks and kinda sounds like Hunter S Thompson

@darrelmesteth969 5 жыл бұрын

Not one veteran on this tour apologized for their aggression against the people of Vietnam.

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 5 жыл бұрын

We don’t demand any oral apologies, but the two countries are doing well to heal the aftermath. I have several uncles who got killed during the war because they were VC. Now, we welcome American homestay students to our home, and that’s so cool!

@to-tt7fc 5 жыл бұрын

Lefist hanoi jane 's mental disease or dictatorial syndrome ?

@nickpatoka7096 5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t get an apology from the American protesters

@2006canna 4 жыл бұрын

Darrel Mesteth why????? they followed orders given by politicians. they deserve the deepest respect.

@rayjohn9798 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t apologize. And the NVA soldiers I fought against would not expect it. We did what we had to. I didn’t spray defoliants. So if any apologies are owed it’s for what was done to the countryside. And none of you got drafted unlike some?

@wolfer8300 2 жыл бұрын

THE BEST THERAPY FOR THOSE WHO STRUGGLE or GOING AWOL TO THE MOUNTAINS V.A CANT HEAL MENTAL WOUNDS vs SUICIDE

@wokinmale4184 6 жыл бұрын

It’ll be interesting to see if VC and NVA have PTSD like US vets. Very curious about that

@Willoz269 5 жыл бұрын

Wokin Male read the book "Bare feet, Iron Will" written by ret Col James Zumwalt

@FesterPussbucket 5 жыл бұрын

They are human too. Kind of self explanatory. Probably worse. They used many terrifying tactics and weapons, but they would say the same of us. We didn't play fair either. The healing is what counts.

@algonquin7187 5 жыл бұрын

No they dont they just have balls of steel

@algonquin7187 5 жыл бұрын

Ptsd is made up by us govt to make them feel like heroes

@HienVu-bh9ke 5 жыл бұрын

Wokin Male we’re all humans being nothing different except for our skin .

@camap9235 4 жыл бұрын

my earphone i dont know which left or right

@General6699 10 ай бұрын

Fox31 callsign?

@grebo236 4 жыл бұрын

I can't go back, to many horrible things I remember. 68-69

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 3 жыл бұрын

That war ghost has been haunting you for ages. That’s why these vets returned to find forgiveness and peace. Sometimes you can find peace at the place where nightmares and horrors began. I believe the locals may welcome you with open arms

@boondocker7964 Жыл бұрын

No reason to go back, you can't forget the heat, bugs, 3rd world lack of amenities, damned if I will ever go back.

@kimberlyjohnson7961 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for visiting Beautiful Vietnam. Will be back.Once the Communist no longer control the county

@trantrongnghia4091 3 жыл бұрын

I've really enjoyed the video but I couldnt deal with the sounds, it's been hitting my left ear.

@richardowens6843 4 жыл бұрын

Poor baby is having flashbacks about running out of milk.

@allenstallion3794 3 жыл бұрын

American war!! Not Vietnam war!!

@sangpham9871 3 жыл бұрын

Vietnam war seems like a better term to me.

@tonywuanwilliam8476 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to your second home ,Viet nam.

@carltonking4196 5 жыл бұрын

DAI LOC

@vule5617 2 жыл бұрын

There's no south China Beach in Vietnam...

@jessieblanton9875 4 жыл бұрын

AMERICAN P.O.W. YOU ARE NOT FOR GOT ABOUT.

@wwlee5 4 жыл бұрын

"American P.O.W.: 'You are not forgotten'" is the right English.

@tvdo9345 3 жыл бұрын

Now many of these children are going to have cavities.

@richardlong8014 Жыл бұрын

There's nothing there that I want to see. I'm happy for the people who found capitalism and peace.

@S62bhas 4 жыл бұрын

I Praises God Vietnam is Changing But we Must Put Churches & God First in this Country

@seanwhite1853 4 жыл бұрын

O 0ob

@skipsassy1 6 жыл бұрын

I went to law school with veterans that cannot go into a Vietnamese Restaurant without his fair go up on the back of his head 1985? Will they show that? No. Ken Burns will never show that either - that's why he waited until they die

@robertmartinez4174 10 ай бұрын

That country wasn't worth fighting & dying for.

@davidhuynh5600 4 жыл бұрын

Won't return until they are free.

@wwlee5 4 жыл бұрын

Free from what? You mean being able to say bad things against the government? It's no different from Singapore where you will get arrested for saying bad things about the government.

@MinhNguyen-ff6xf 3 жыл бұрын

You mean being free from communist party? It must be awesome but who will do the job? You?

@votuanphu6299 3 жыл бұрын

@@MinhNguyen-ff6xf he is a refugee from RVN ,dude look at his name David "HUYNH"

@Fiannoigisland 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder do the French do the same thing, remind the Vietnamese of the days they invaded their country and destroyed it for some bullshit reason given , As Noam Chomsky said, your understanding is based on " whether you hold the wipe or are under the wipe" , Sure lots of Americian went there , not unwilling though, they were young fired up men looking for adventure, the timeless source of soldiers. Bottom line is that it was another country in the mix, not aligning correctly so it had to be attacked. G F Y Mr Hubbard.....weak report

@wwlee5 4 жыл бұрын

I think the French who would remember Vietnam are dead.

@nikasamwkusvili9345 Жыл бұрын

thank you viet cong for defending your contry and im sory americans for your ptsd from agent orange poisining ther contry

@jafo766 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if NORTH AMERICAN NATIVES ROSE UP LIKE CHARLIE...no price to high , keep killing them , they'll $TOP COMING INDEED !

@FRANKGETSUM-jy7hx 3 жыл бұрын

AND NOW A FEW WORDS FROM OUR DUMBOCRAT "VIETNAM WAR HEROES" JOHN KERRY AND " MISTAKENLY" LYING DICK BLUMENTHOL OF CONN. SEMPER FI

@topgeardel 3 жыл бұрын

All this 'boo-hoo" over the Vietnam vets. They should have figured out for themselves the war was BAD and that Americans didn't belong there. As the saying goes..."You made your bed....you sleep in it"

@boondocker7964 Жыл бұрын

Bend over twit.

@philw8704 Жыл бұрын

Top gear deal: Probably what you don’t know, or seemingly care, is almost all of the veterans of Vietnam were drafted meaning they had no choice...go to war or go to jail. It wasn’t their war, but they had to fight it and it took it’s toll on many. If you were a Veteran, you would know this and have some feelings of respect for what the Vets go through for your FREEDOM. Next time you see a Vet, shake their hand and than them for their service and your freedom, this is my suggestion as a Veteran, Regain some self respect.

@topgeardel Жыл бұрын

@@philw8704 OMG...when will you Kool Aid drinkers ever stop with your brainwashed propaganda?? I am a proud Vietnam/Draft resistor. WTF are you going to tell me that I don't know??? Younger generations read your crap and feel sorry for you guys. Real men are ultimately their own conscience....not a government. It was YOU guys that didn't have the courage and smarts to avoid something bad when your life was on the alter of sacrifice. You guys didn't do shit for your country. What you did do was act like sheep and enable a 10 year war going that did nothing but bring pain, conflict, division and loss to the American people. Pull your head out of your own ass as a Veteran and think about that. Don't talk to me about "self respect". You are still talking the same BS 50 years later. Absolutely pathetic.

@Luca77ita Жыл бұрын

Beautiful land ❤️

@donburnett8594 8 күн бұрын

I spent 1967-1968 getting shot at … I walked thru one town … down the center of the town of Bong Song pre TET … one ambush after another … I still see too many dead faces on that wall in Washington DC… You will never get me back into Vietnam for the fear of taking a knife in the back … I guess if you spent your tour of duty having a good time then return and enjoy yourself with the local women folk …

@danielbuzinski6473 Жыл бұрын

You go! I'll stay right here we're I belong! didn't want to go the first time dam sure I don't need to go back. Like I said before I didn't loose anything here and I'm not staying to find it! Let them gooks give back our mia then l'll talk differently.