Shane Reads Texts From His Uncle About Vietnam; What It Was Really Like

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Жыл бұрын

Taken from JRE #1946 - Protect Our Parks 7:
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@placebo5466 Жыл бұрын

I don't think people realize how crazy it is that Shane's uncle was a main forward oberserver during the Battle of Khe Sanh. It's one of the most famous battles of the war the history is absolutely insane. Shane's uncle is a real one.

@rustincole_w1339 Жыл бұрын

I wonder what he thought of Shane dropping out of West Point 2 weeks into boot camp.

@CantTellYou Жыл бұрын

ohh............. calf n half

@franfranfrancis Жыл бұрын

You are such a hero for helping us all realize

@kelvinbel8910 Жыл бұрын

You underestimate people

@JamesBond-uz2dm Жыл бұрын

The battle lasted for days.

@ruinz7983 Жыл бұрын

My fathers father was a marine in the battle of Khe Sanh. My mothers father was an airforce pilot. Khe Sanh was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. One day while being overran by vietcong the airforce gave support. A few Thanksgivings ago as they talked in the corner of the room amongst themselves they realized my grandfather flew the exact plane that saved the other… That remains to be the only time in my life where I’ve seen both those honorable men cry. Knowing these men were both spit on when they got back home makes me shake. Thank you to all Vietnam Vets.

@snickle1980 Жыл бұрын

I love reading these stories. I was reading another account above you and from a civ standpoint, running the numbers, It seems to be a small world during wartime. You have what amounts to just a few million soldiers overseas total, and so naturally, they'll be involved in similar actions across the region. Particularly the major ones which make the headlines and movie reels. Khe Sanh. The fall of Saigon. The re-capture of Hue. The Romans had their legendary losses at the battle of the Teutoburg Forest, and victories in the Punic wars...Events like Khe Sanh and Normandy seem to be passing into legend with the younger folks now. They find it all very hard to believe. 😁 It was a different time.

@dssh1970 Жыл бұрын

I dont think Thank you is appropriate for a stupid ass fucking war that never should have been fought. The stories are of courageous men made to fight a political war. My heart pains me for the loss of all the innocent men and women who died during that war, My prayers are for those who survived and were never the same, my gratitude is for those who fought and overcame the pain and tragedy they endured. I Respect and Honor them all for their sacrifice and for teaching me that our Country can be wicked to the core, not only against its enemies but its own.

@four_20hitman___97 Жыл бұрын

My father came home to Boston with a business degree and couldn’t get a job. Imagine being a vietnam vet was a blemish on your life. He worked at stop and shop (grocery store in Massachusetts) for 40 years after he returned because it’s the only place that would hire him.

@jadepaulsen8456 Жыл бұрын

@@four_20hitman___97 that is heartbreaking. He sounds like a strong man. Didn't just give up because life was unfair. I hope he had many pockets of happiness.

@Mrdestiny17 Жыл бұрын

My Uncle died in vietnam and my grandfather was a tunnel rat. Just recently he started opening up to me about what he experienced and I cant even begin to imagine crawling in a hole knowing theres a 3/10 chance I wouldnt crawl out. He refuses to go anywhere near the cave system they live by and wont go into basements

@croaleu8820 Жыл бұрын

The gunship he was talking about is legendary, Spooky was a customed AC-47 with three mini guns and only flew at night to avoid small arms fire, used flares to light enemy positions up and bring down the fist of god. This thing was a monster and helped to defend countless outposts and areas during nighttime NVA raids. You can find videos online of it in action and its incredible to see one of the predecessor to the infamous AC-130 everyone knows.

@dibdabdub64 Жыл бұрын

Spooky was the call sign for all ac-47s. The original test frame was call signed "puff" Puff the magic dragon Spooky wasn't some custom ac47 flying around on its own as you give the impression

@croaleu8820 Жыл бұрын

@@dibdabdub64 i think you just misunderstood me, there were obviously multiple i believe the actual number is somewhere around 50 at the peak

@f0wnd 7 ай бұрын

"bring down the fist of god" 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

@croaleu8820 7 ай бұрын

@@f0wnd you have a LGBTQ flag as your PFP, you probably roleplay as a furry.

@Oregon727 6 ай бұрын

@@croaleu8820you sound like you attend those role plays

@AlecCollins-br4hu 5 ай бұрын

You can tell Shane takes history seriously. Very cool to see a great comedian who is also interested in knowledge

@basket1099 5 ай бұрын

That’s called Autism

@gizmothag5015 5 ай бұрын

I like the fact he knows actually ALOT about it and even teaches me shit I didn’t even learn in school

@sbfsteven5008 5 ай бұрын

@@gizmothag5015hell yeah gizmo learning real shit rules

@Blacbat189 5 ай бұрын

He has a history degree AFAIK

@Z4G. 4 ай бұрын

He has a small series with Louis CK. called The Presidents, where they talk about EVERY US president starting. Pretty cool.

@LetsReadPodcast Жыл бұрын

*gets done telling an emotional, heart breaking war story* Joe: “woooo, can you imagine smoking a joint on a porch with that guy?” 😂

@madisonlane1 Жыл бұрын

oh my god i love your channel!

@Bruceskyy Жыл бұрын

Joe Rogan telling me it would be cool to smoke a joint with my dad would be one of the greatest honors of my life

@benygames7399 11 ай бұрын

@@Bruceskyy you have practically nothing to live for then and might as well end her bud

@JohnDoe69986 11 ай бұрын

The best war story I ever read was the book We Few. Absolutely insane stories come out of the Vietnam War, despite the scale of WWII.

@johnnygoddamn1456 11 ай бұрын

Norman had me more dead the whole time he has such a silly voice

@WilliamBTCWallace Жыл бұрын

Mark is literally incapable of going 5 seconds without saying an awkward comment 😂

@MohamedMohamed-tr2rz Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@pistachiodisguisey911 Жыл бұрын

Fr idk why he’s so popular lol it’s like middle schooler grade bits interrupting people

@jude2579 Жыл бұрын

@@pistachiodisguisey911 he's like autistic man

@cameronphenix2096 Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen the rest of the episode, but it sounds like he's extremely uncomfortable about the subject and is trying to joke out of it.

@jerryblainii1208 Жыл бұрын

They keep talking over each other about dumb shit these dudes are lame

@ectolle54 Жыл бұрын

My uncle was a medic in Vietnam and doesn’t talk about it much. Shane’s uncle being a forward observer in that battle is crazy. That’s probably one of most widely known battles in Vietnam there’s songs wrote about it.

@luciusvorenus9445 11 ай бұрын

Thank God for Vietnam Medics & Corpsmen. They help create the modern EMS system in the US.

@scottg9159 9 ай бұрын

My father was a corpsman there as well in 69 with the first marines first division charlie company and he rarely talked about. And when he did I realized I'll never truly know everything about him

@ohio72213 9 ай бұрын

“I had a brother at Khe Sahn, fighting off the viet cong. They’re still there, he’s all gone” -born in the USA

@joecorr1853 5 ай бұрын

Cold Chisel named a song after that battle. Aussie classic.

@skavenqblight 3 ай бұрын

I don’t know a single Vietnam veteran who isn’t also an alcoholic. Not a single one. War changes you, killing people changes you, and Vietnam with the lack of home support, the jungle and being outnumbered takes it to another level.

@rustyshackelford4730 Жыл бұрын

Shane's uncle needs to be on a podcast he's apart of history.

@patrickl8943 6 ай бұрын

L m f a o

@chuckn4851 Жыл бұрын

I admire Shane's uncle. The fact he's open enough to talk about it and be so articulate likely means he's at least garnered some measure of peace with all the shit that happened over there.

@Cwc98. Жыл бұрын

He's constantly in the battlefield of his mind , a soldier is always a soldier

@badazzmaro Жыл бұрын

Yeah, true

@Olsenator Жыл бұрын

Joe should invite him on. If he wants to tell his story. And he may not.

@John-sr2hr Жыл бұрын

@Carson Creer that's some shit that only a non vet would say lol. Some Hollywood bs

@CriticalSurvival0 Жыл бұрын

"Retarted" loool

@kouleeofficial Жыл бұрын

I am Hmong. We are hill tribes that lives in the hills of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, etc. when the war started, the hmong’s sided with the Americans and fought alongside them. After the war many of the Hmongs were left to deal with the genocide from the Vietnamese because we sided with the Americans. My family had to flee to Thailand and was captured then put into refugee camps. We were eventually sponsored by churches in the US and came to the US. Even my parents don’t really like to talk about the war and fear they had to go through.

@UnityAgainstJewishEvil Жыл бұрын

That’s interesting, I learned about your people from the Clint Eastwood movie Gran Torino. God bless you my friend.

@JonathanErwin Жыл бұрын

I've heard stories from a veteran of Hmong soldiers blowing the minds of the U.S. Army and Marines of what they were capable of. Fierce

@sdfswords Жыл бұрын

My friend was an E-5 with MACVSOG Special Forces, stationed in the highlands of Laos, setting ambush on the Ho Chi Minh trail with the Hmong forces, he loved serving alongside your people.

@fathersonfilm7421 Жыл бұрын

I’m also Hmong and my grandfather was killed in action during the war. The battalion before his was sent out for a recon mission but weeks later they couldn’t reach or get a hold of them so my grandfather was assigned to go look for them. He and several of his soldiers never made it back alive. My dad was 12 years old at the time and he was always around the camp. I know for a fact he’s got ptsd himself

@10milBill Жыл бұрын

Minnesota?

@sbakernyc5761 9 ай бұрын

My Uncle was in Khe Sahn. He was Marines Recon...almost like the Navy SEALS are today. And he was the middleweight boxing champ for the Marines in the Pacific Region. Absolute savage. When i was 15 or so, I was at his house in the Rockaways in NYC. He said to me "you're old enough now kid", and let me read his reports of his experience he had to send into the VA so he could get 100% disability. It was absolutely insane. So similar to Shane though. Because my one uncle seems like he never got over it. Never stops talking about it. My uncle on the other side was 7th Air Cavalry. He was also one of the guys the cleared out the tunnels. He never talked about it. Was a bad alcoholic, was sober since i was born more or less. Never seen him drink anything other than an ODouls. Was one of the top guys in Local 3 Electrical Union in NYC. Helped dozens naybe hundreds of guys get sober. Great man. My other Uncle that couldn't get over it is an alcoholic and ruined most of the personal relationships hes ever had...War is so fucked up

@KinoRunner_ 5 ай бұрын

These are great stories. Thanks for sharing with us! I assume the first uncle you talk about was the one who's an alcoholic now? Just making sure

@droe1021 4 ай бұрын

None of that is true.

@sbakernyc5761 4 ай бұрын

@@KinoRunner_ yeah. Unfortunately the other Uncle who got sober passed away in a Scuba Diving accident right after he retired from the Union...his wife, my Aunt had passed away a few years earlier. She needed a liver transplant and he gave her half his liver. A lot of times the medicine they give you so your body doesn't reject the donor liver ends up giving you cancer... that's what haooened to my Aunt. It was really sad because he'd just started doing all the things he dreamed about.... thankfully he got to check a few things off his bucket list before he passed away. One of the greatest men I've ever known

@sbakernyc5761 4 ай бұрын

@@droe1021 lol...ok...and you'd know that how?

@droe1021 4 ай бұрын

@@sbakernyc5761 delete your account

@KingTuck94 Жыл бұрын

When I joined the Army I was given the choice between an Engineer or being a Forward Observer. I went the Engineering route bc I assumed it would teach me skills that would take me further in the civilian world (after the military) more than the skills obtained from being a Forward Observer would. I have so much respect for those guys. The amount of soldiers that rely on you to be on your shit to get those coordinates right while being shot at, rushed, adrenaline pumping, etc. is beyond comprehension.

@MandenTV 10 ай бұрын

If you didn’t go far in your civilian career, you wasted your time. I’ll never regret mine. Don’t have any skills that transfer to the civilian world besides leadership skills because running and gunning doesn’t transfer well.

@RQFumbles 8 ай бұрын

@@MandenTV You have leadership skills, start there. Running and gunning has some transferable skills. You know how to take apart and clean a weapon. Those are basic repetitive skills that you master and can teach others. Apply that concept to other things like trades or professions. Take it up a level and you are teaching someone to fix a car/build a computer/perform a minor surgery. Take it up another level and you are in charge of mechanics/technicians/surgeons that you trained yourself and know they can get the job done.

@sunnydaysahead9108 Жыл бұрын

lovely to see Shane shine in the crowd. He is funny and a history nerd.

@ramonbriones4487 Жыл бұрын

Its not a difficult task when ur around these knuckleheads

@hippiecheezburger5457 9 ай бұрын

Shane is generally a funny guy lol seems fun to hangout with

@_munkykok_ 8 ай бұрын

#ShaneShine

@fleetcomm1 Жыл бұрын

My brother was in Vietnam in 1968. He came home and never spoke about his time over there until a few years ago. Even now he can’t talk about certain events without becoming emotional. My big brother has never shown sadness and grief ever to me so it was hard for me to watch him tear up. To give you an idea of how it affected him I will sum it up in this one general statement. My brother loves movies so I asked him why he never talks about the gory horror films and he said “I saw enough blood, gore and guts for one lifetime”. I have the utmost respect for him more now than I ever did before. He came out of the army like nothing ever happened. He has had a great life.

@Bootyyy Жыл бұрын

If they don’t talk about, it’s likely they went through some crazy shit. My grandpa never talked me to much about his time there, only the somewhat good times around camp. But described it as hell. Every time he thinks about Vietnam his PSTD gets bad so we typically don’t bring it up. From what I heard he was a badass, and did some badass shit.

@MoejiiOsmanTV Жыл бұрын

Probably killed lots of civilians

@daxnova4528 Жыл бұрын

My brother burned villages while in Vietnam. Sometimes he’d wake up screaming while having an erection. It was one of the most unsettling things I think I’ll ever see.

@SpaceHippo420 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how many innocent people he murdered and how many helpless women he assaulted.

@OleMisss Жыл бұрын

@@SpaceHippo420 if you have to add “420” to all of your usernames online then we definitely value your opinion and statements.

@daves6821 Жыл бұрын

This story may put things into a small context regarding Shane’s uncle’s story. An elderly buddy of mine told me this about his father who was a Canadian machine gunner in the trenches of WW1. Being a gunner using the water-cooled Vickers, he and his mates became a target for the Germans who focused their charges more toward his and other gunners. His father never talked about it much but connecting the dots, he must have taken out hundreds or more of attackers a mere 20 yards or so from his position. Just imagine hearing the moans etc… of the wounded left in the mud right in front of you and you were the cause of it, helping was out the question as you can understand. He survived, mustered home and was a very quiet passive man. What we figured helped him cope with what we now call PTSD he joined a beer league of hockey players and became a very good goaler. The irony of this is pretty evident but it worked for him, we figured out it was the I must protect his mates and the visual of being a goaler of the opposing team skating toward you to score (over run) it falls on him to not allow that to happen. In a way heal through changing the context yet the premise is the same.

@user-he9fg8jr6g 10 ай бұрын

This is incredible. I was physically assaulted and developed PTSD as a result. I ended up getting into MMA and found a lot of peace, and after reading your comment I can't help but think it was a similar type of exposure therapy for me. I love psychology and your observation is astounding.

@MandenTV 10 ай бұрын

Just imagine hearing the moans 😩

@gianttoothpick5478 8 ай бұрын

Did he tell you about the Canadian war crimes too

@twentysecondnomad8177 7 ай бұрын

Blocker in both lives

@markheymans9029 4 ай бұрын

That's an amazing approach. I'm glad it worked for him.

@Scrapla1 Жыл бұрын

I remember an old boss of my mine was a Vietnam vet he flew helicopters and was shot down once. I only knew what he did because I overheard him talking with another vet at work. We had to take a business trip once and we both flew and sat together. I flew all my life and never felt turbulence like we had that day. Stuff flew up and his the ceiling and crashed back down, some people screamed and I was white knuckling the arm rest and without skipping a beat he turned the page on his newspaper and casually said that was probably a a few hundred feet lol I've never been able to relax on a flight since.

@dukkha7237 Жыл бұрын

“The Vietnamese hate the Chinese way more “ Mark - “who doesn’t “ 😂😂😂 guy is the best

@seannguyen201 Жыл бұрын

We really do.

@673AWSF Жыл бұрын

He right though

@bipolarspock6145 Жыл бұрын

Only the dead have seen the end of war joe.

@mastercheeks3017 Жыл бұрын

I read this as he said it bro

@CantTellYou Жыл бұрын

Ayyyyy calf n half

@whitenoise4428 Жыл бұрын

I was drinking in a little rural town in South Australia in about 2001. This old dude sat next to me and ordered a schooner. It took me a while to see, but this dude looked like the inspiration to Two-Face. I got his attention and asked if he would share his story if I bought him a beer. He agreed. Long story short he was in WW II. He was chasing tanks with a crew. He saw a tank top hatch wasn't secured and got on the tank, threw a grenade, and sat on the lid till it popped. He ran off for cover behind a tree under heavy fire. He put his back against the tree as a burst of fire ripped up the side of the tree. In his words "damn thing wasn't quite wide enough". The bullets tore off the side of his face but nothing hit the brain or the major parts of the skull. He was left for dead and woke up some time after and managed to stumble his way to help. One hell of a story.

@Benucci_music Жыл бұрын

I remember my first beer

@snickle1980 Жыл бұрын

@@Benucci_music If i think real hard, i can remember my first beer. It was a Budweiser tall boy on south padre island at the age of 15. Never puked with whiskey, but that first 16 oz beer? oof. That was an acquired taste. It's helpful to have a teenage friend standing nearby to say "don't be a bitch". 😂

@orthodox6805 Жыл бұрын

That is one hell of a story fuck man imagine being lit up behind a tree and being like well this is it… then waking up hours later 😂

@JB-ef7ks Жыл бұрын

Bet there's not a day that goes by that he wishes he had just left that damn tank alone lol

@ereHeuqibmazoM Жыл бұрын

My first beer was sitting around a fire telling these old geezers how I made it to Oregon by myself at such a young age I think I was 15 at that time they were upper 40’s probably. It was a ‘starburst IPA’ I believe it’s called.

@cgkennedy17 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather (my hero) was wounded and recieved his purple heart in the battle of khe san. He returned to Washington DC after that and stayed in the msrines and joined the marine corp silent drill team. Every memorial day we eat s steak and baked potato because his best friend that died in the battle always said when he got out he wanted a steak and baked potato. The stories he tells are bone chilling.

@JR113FTW Жыл бұрын

This is like a yin and yang setting. 2 guys with great passion of real stories and 2 comedians trying to claw for attention and acceptance. Shane and Joe talking about wars for a podcast would be sweet.

@globesurfer122 11 ай бұрын

It's a crime to group Normand and Ari in the same category.

@GrugginNClubbin 11 ай бұрын

Normand was super respectful. “Are you sure hed want you reading these”. Ari looks like a fuck, is a fuck.

@NotAfraid280 10 ай бұрын

“Claw for attention” more like being funny and entertaining

@timothyroome-traut8324 10 ай бұрын

@@NotAfraid280the attempt at entertainment was pretty desperate imo

@NotAfraid280 10 ай бұрын

@@timothyroome-traut8324 not really lol they’re friends making jokes what’s desperate about it lol

@loichansduskic6545 Жыл бұрын

His uncle is pretty articulate, great to have people like this tell the world their stories.

@harold_Shitmum Жыл бұрын

Get him on the podcast if he's willing. I would be good for people to know what our vets go through

@mumphry Жыл бұрын

They won’t do it

@rediusneckius1 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@griz5422 11 ай бұрын

@@mumphryjoe 100% would

@chakowe 11 ай бұрын

Ken Burns’ Vietnam is the best documentary I’ve ever seen. Genuinely haunting, and SO informative

@elslick Жыл бұрын

One of my rotc instructors was an artillery NCO during Vietnam. I will never forget the wild stories he had and I am so grateful he was willing to share those experiences.

@rubenpagan3983 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was 17 when he was sent off to Vietnam from Manatí, Puerto Rico. I couldn’t imagine being that young and having to fight in that grueling war! He was part of the lost platoon and was one of the 11ish survivors in his platoon of originally 28 I believe. If you haven’t read the book or watched the movie on the lost platoon, it’s certainly worth looking into. Their platoon was separated from the rest of the US troops because they chased some Vietcongs into the jungle where they were then trapped and surrounded by Vietnamese combatants while taking fire and fighting for survival for the next day or so while waiting for rescue. My grandfather was only shot a few times which is crazy considering how long they were stuck and surrounded out there for. After being rescued, he was sent out to a base to recover where he stayed for weeks on end until he was healthy enough to return to the fight. After a little over a year, he returned and received a purple heart. It’s a shame that his name is only mentioned on one page of the book and he isn’t portrayed in the movie, but I want to tell his story on film someday. His upbringing in small town Puerto Rico with 16 siblings working on the land, pretty poor, returning home and marrying his childhood sweetheart which he remains married to till this day❣️ He survived, went to college with the GI-bill he was granted, and grinded his whole life to put all 3 of his kids through school and own a business is unreal to me. He was able to surpass the odds that were against him his whole life, for me to be thankful that I’m even here…if one of those bullets hit him in a worse spot, the following 60+ years of his life would’ve never unfolded💯

@j2times2006 Жыл бұрын

Boricua! 🇵🇷

@ArkoNJ Жыл бұрын

This is amazing, your grandfather is a hero!

@bagelthug Жыл бұрын

Lies

@jakeedwards1668 Жыл бұрын

What a man your grandfather is Ruben

@snickle1980 Жыл бұрын

Wild to think about handling all that as a teen...Particularly as we approach World Kerfuffle 3. In another time, this could have been any one of us. I don't want to see our zoomers sent off to war in this century. Still, I don't want to cede the buffer states and eastern Europe to Russian influence. It would cause issues here at home over the long term. I wanted the 2020's to have flappers and swing music. I was hoping we could skip the aspects related to pandemics and great wars. Where do you think we're headed in this decade? Perhaps all this ...global unrest will settle down and we can continue to live normal lives.

@Justin_Wolford Жыл бұрын

My great-uncle was a mortar man in Vietnam, he was killed by friendly fire. Apparently, they would overheat so as they were pouring water on them it accidentally went off and went right through him. Never got to meet his son. I'll never forget the story of my grandmother telling me about the day they came to present the family with the flag. Hate that his name is on the Vietnam wall but makes me proud as well. Daniel R. Meadow, Served with HHC, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Division

@emilianosintarias7337 Жыл бұрын

Why are you proud. The guy got killed by his govt and roped into invading another country unprovoked, like Japan hitting Pearl Harbor. RIP to him but he's a crime victim not a hero

@noah7008 Жыл бұрын

@@emilianosintarias7337 he should definitely be proud… dude probably didn’t have a choice if he wanted to go and when he got there he was fighting that’s brave just because a great accident happened doesn’t mean the man deserves any less credit all soldiers deserve your pity regardless of where they’re from and what they think because it’s either they had no choice or they were indoctrinated either way they need to seen as the brave men they’re fighting for something they might truly think could make the world better or literally just trying to survive something they had no choice in crime victim doesnt mean he’s any less brave he couldve went AWOL but no he was fighting

@philthyrich007 11 ай бұрын

@@noah7008brainwashed bs

@benevolent2077 10 ай бұрын

@@emilianosintarias7337rip to all our veterans. Most were drafted

@hbyt2477 10 ай бұрын

@@emilianosintarias7337Jesus christ show some empathy dude.

@byrdfeathers3552 8 ай бұрын

Always interesting to see mark Normand so dedicated to comedy at all times but I imagine it would be incredibly taxing to be around all the time

@joshuahettinger9287 5 ай бұрын

well said

@docd2295 2 күн бұрын

Well said. Hess. True genius and extremely hardworking at his craft but can’t turn it off. His remarks (hilarious) would be totally out of line if he wasn’t with other comics who “get” his obsession. But you can tell Gillis a little annoyed with the interruptions, although offended by the jokes.

@ThinkTank541 Жыл бұрын

When I was 25 I use to spend alot of my days off work hanging out with 2 Vietnam Vets, a Scout leader and a Medic... We'd play Chess drink cheap whiskey and they'd tell me a few stories. Much respect for Vietnam Vets, RIP to my buddys.

@KelleyBroussardMackaig Жыл бұрын

My Dad was in that documentary! (He was apart of Ambassador Graham Martin's personal security unit during the Fall of Saigon. You can see him walking with Ambassador Martin a couple of times throughout that documentary.) He was a great man, a hell of a Marine and one of the best fathers anyone could ever hope to have. Some people dream of getting to meet their hero's. I was raised by mine. RIP Msgt Colin D. Broussard

@chris092183 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome. RIP to your pops

@lucid6067 Жыл бұрын

What a legend. Vietnam vets and all vets have my full respect. I love Americans because they keep my home safe I want to visit one day. Hollywood!

@lucid6067 Жыл бұрын

What a legend. Vietnam vets and all vets have my full respect. I love Americans because they keep my home safe I want to visit one day. Hollywood!

@ericgrenda2450 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a paratrooper in Vietnam. Had some wild stories… but that’s another level. What a legend.

@FienX_ Жыл бұрын

i would genuinly love nothing more than to have shanes uncle on the podcast with shane at the same time, and pick his brain about whatever he is willing to talk about. he seems extremely articulate, i would LOVE to hear his side of the story of "war" and im sure he would probably love to have a platform to speak out on about it considering how articulate he is, it seems hes had plenty of time to think and try to come to terms with it, hes likely spent over 10 years trying to understand and make sense of it all, and it seems like hes come to a common ground. i would pay to see that podcast

@austinminnick2764 Жыл бұрын

Shane and Mark are like 2 guys who grew up together 😂constantly busting each others chops

@brownjatt21 Жыл бұрын

@@louiecampers1767 i think we're past that already. Can't get any worse than the whole N word scandal from Joe last year. That was the worst it got

@heroblok6 Жыл бұрын

@@brownjatt21 Joe will never get cancelled. Great clip when Izzy adaesana at a fight presser grabs the mic and said fuck the bullshit Joe Rogan my boy he isn't racist so shut the fuck up 🙌🏻

@kingskid0312 Жыл бұрын

My husband was point man and refused to go into the tunnel. The guy above him went and tripped a wire and my husband was seriously injured, 18 months in the hospital and a lifetime of nightmares. 😢😢

@WPwillsavetheworld Жыл бұрын

Coward

@that1guy246 Жыл бұрын

@pojo 10 tunnel rats movie on KZfaq is crazy

@philobetto5106 Жыл бұрын

Always keep the flamethrower topped off and the pilot flame lit wwWWhHHHHOUUUURRRRLLLISSSSHHH!!!! pop crackle tick ffispuit! pop!! tic!

@joeyvanostrand3655 Жыл бұрын

Please tell your husband that I am grateful for his service, his courage, and I refuse to take the sacrifices he and many others like him made for granted. Every day we have in this once great nation is solely the responsibility of folks like your husband. We owe them everything. One last thing if I may. Please give your husband a great big bear hug. Tight as you can and tell him I said "Welcome Home". ♥️

@nickwagner6692 Жыл бұрын

The fact that he was in a battle with one of the first gun ships ever made that is now evolved into something bigger then it’s self being all over games and movies is legendary

@ectocool 4 ай бұрын

my uncle was in Vietnam never talked about it the whole 34 years I knew him, he passed away New Year’s Eve this year and a bunch of his pictures letters journals were put into a book and displayed at his funeral, really puts into perspective why some of these guys never talk about what happened to them. We are blessed to hear the stories that people actually share what a wild time thank everyone who served and rip to the ones we lost 🇺🇸❤️

@fearthehoneybadger Жыл бұрын

Met a hell of a lot of Vietnam vets. None of them described it as a holiday vacation.

@brians7901 Жыл бұрын

Most describe ww2 as traumatic and my grandfather said the hardest part was keeping the beer cold in the desert. Somehow he got stationed in iran during ww2 and saw zero action. Then my other grandfather got sent to the pacific islands and came back shell shocked

@ralphholiman7401 Жыл бұрын

I knew one guy who did. He was in the Air Force and his job was working on jets on one of the large air bases in Vietnam. He said, he really did't have it that bad. Especially, he said he felt that way, when he would be repairing jets that were shot full of holes, often cleaning blood out of the cockpit, or even worse, being told that an aircraft wasn't even coming back and could be taken off the maintenance roster. He said the only times he like he might be in danger, was some of the places they went to for R and R in Saigon.

@johnn.2017 Жыл бұрын

My step dad was a Forward Observer in the Marines. He loved the outdoors. He loved sneaking around in the jungle. He said he had total freedom. "Well, I mean, I had my orders and I had to do that but otherwise, I could do anything I wanted." You'd think that sounds like a psycho, but he was funny and happy and well-liked. A really good, kind man. He said it was easy to quit heroin when he got back because the H in the states was garbage! He had a boyish charm that lent an air of levity to even his darkest stories. Some folks have superhuman coping skills, I guess!

@ralphholiman7401 Жыл бұрын

@Not Suspicious Human , I guess Vietnam was really the luck of the draw.

@perunlowtuned Жыл бұрын

Which war can be described as a holiday vacation?

@thelikebutton3176 Жыл бұрын

I was one of those guys that signed up for the army after 9/11. I wanted to hurt the people responsible but I didn’t know who they were. Turns out none of the people I killed had nothing to do with it. They likely couldn’t find America on a map. I regret it everyday

@QuanahParker17 Жыл бұрын

Bless you sir. None of it was your fault.

@steventhome9396 Жыл бұрын

God bless you. Thank you for your service.

@willcortez5 Жыл бұрын

Damn I've never heard it put quite like that. God bless you sir

@vincentvega5686 Жыл бұрын

lots of americans can't find america on the map. you should go hurt those idiots. lol

@jenni0278 Жыл бұрын

You couldn't have known and the fact that you were willing to risk your life for this country and the people in it says a hell of a lot about you and your character and I thank you for your service.

@coreyrobinson582 Жыл бұрын

I love these dudes together chopping it up, chillin'.

@stillwilllb222 8 ай бұрын

I really enjoy hearing Shane and Ari talk about History. They’re both very knowledgeable.

@hubrisnaut Жыл бұрын

I didn't really understand what was going on in Vietnam because I was young, 8-10 yrs old or so. My cousin, Jackie, stepped on a mine in Vietnam. I remember going to visit him at my aunt and uncle's house. He seemed 'cool as a cucumber', probably disassociated from what happened, sitting in a recliner telling us about how he stepped on the mine while he was on patrol with his squad, on a trail between rice fields going into some woods. I remember he said they looked out for traps but he stepped where there was some grass on the side of the trail. A couple of other people got hurt too. I remember, his right leg below his knee was black, his toes were gone, his foot a stump. He committed suicide a year later... I remember wondering why he would kill himself and being so very sad he was gone because I looked up to him. I know now he was in tremendous physical and emotional pain and he wanted to leave this world. War needs to be stopped. God, make it stop...

@cazamoda528 Жыл бұрын

@@puckered6036 Completely untrue. You should read the book, which is called the Bible, before you speak on God, namely the God of the Jews and anyone else who accepts Jesus Christ as their personal savior. And how I know you've never once read the Bible, let alone a single book of the Bible thru and thru, is because if you did you would know that war, murder and any and all atrocities are the results of us humans living in sin and turning our back or refusing to believe in God. This along with the fact the the actual God of this earth and ruler of all things of this earth is not my God, but the God of those who've been deceived, duped, or are outright evil themselves by choice. And have full knowledge and are well aware of the master they serve. And the God of this earth and world name is Lucifer (Satan, Horus, Baal, Devil, Cupid, Tammuz, and the list goes on and on). So it is actually a curse that we humans have allowed to live and grow, as every sin makes for greater sin. When we could instead make right with God as a race and people, and war or any other atrocities would cease to exist. But to many of us humans are either to stupid to have .faith and belief in God. Or we are far to prideful and think we ourselves are God's. And to go even deeper, the Goddess Ishtar or Nanaya or NaNa or the IllNana is the actual Goddess of War. So for her to be worshipped and exalted, this Goddesses blood thirst must be quench by the very act of War. So in actuality it is her that loves war and allows and demands it's monger. And this Goddesses other fruits and attributes are being the Goddess of love, but moreso the lovers that have been scorned. As well as the twisted love of duality. And lastly, being the Goddess of Pride. So to sum her faiths up you have, War, Love, Homosexuality and the act of a man becoming woman and woman becoming man, and Pride. And if you can't read the Bible, I'm sure you can read up on Ishtar, as you will see that since the very act of prayer has been ripped out of schools, a long with the spirit of prayer no longer being honored in this country, something has to fill that spiritual void. And Ishtar has clearly, and happily filled that void. This is why we see War and rumors of War at such an astounding rate. And the influx of gays, and now even stronger the growth of the trans, and their very symbol, flag, name and overall nature of their faith and belief being that of, you guessed it, Pride. So if anyone does just a hint of research or reading you will see that homosexuality and the Pride movement is simply a curse for ones past generations sin. And or ones family having no faith in God, so ones offspring is easily put under the spell of Pride. Or how we say being involved and believing in the Pride Movement. You're welcome

@sonandmoon2958 Жыл бұрын

@puckered6036 great life lessons are

@DirtNastyCivilian Жыл бұрын

Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.

@Zedhedd Жыл бұрын

RIP to him. Only the dead have seen the end of war.

@hubrisnaut Жыл бұрын

@@Zedhedd Thank you. Succinctly said. I didn't ask us to stop it. I asked God to do it for us. (I am agnostic but say prayers sometimes). I commented remembering as I felt as a boy, looking back as an old man. Jackie didn't have a choice because he was drafted. This may be disquieting to some but, In some way, I wish he had died fighting and didn't take his own life because of despair. I chose to go into the military and was ready to kill people and give up my life 'for my country,' which seems like an ephemeral reason now. We are such loving yet terrible creatures. Perhaps this is why we are remarkable in our thoughts and feelings. best wishes

@FitforFortune Жыл бұрын

"Calf in half" lmao I can't with Mark. Love his dark humor so much 🤣🤣🤣

@bayareaomg Жыл бұрын

its calf n half but close enough

@sewellparanormal6351 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather died last year. He was in Vietnam too. Crazy what those guys went through.

@justinglass8949 Жыл бұрын

Here's to Shane's uncle. What a warrior!

@wethepeople1981 Жыл бұрын

My father was a viet nam vet. He was a marine. He enlisted. He was carried out of the bush twice, shrapnel and bullets. One of his ears blown off, sewn back on right there where the fighting was happening. He didn't talk about it much. Did a lot of drugs. Died very sad. God save our vets.

@-Will. Жыл бұрын

I really hope his uncle finds peace. There's still so many old men who blame themselves for their friends' demise.

@alexjames2264 Жыл бұрын

Survivors remorse

@christymckee8133 Жыл бұрын

My dad is a Viet Nam Vet. Viet Nam was over the control of opium in South East Asia. I was present the moment my dad learned the actually truth about the war. We watched a documentary. I was probably 10 or 11 years old and I remember clearly feeling the emotiins of my dad who sat there calm like a bomb. I hate the system. I live our Soldiers. To any Soldiers who struggle with some of their experiences, you served out of heart. Out of love of your family and home. And thats what speaks volumes! THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart! My dad was athiest when he joined the USMC and came back a believer of God. I hope he forgives hiself for the guilt he carries doing what he had to do to survive while protecting his home and country ❤❤❤ I wish I could hug you all and take away all the burden you carry

@phoenixmodellingphotography 8 ай бұрын

RIP your dad 🙏 at least he's at peace now

@NickCurrin 6 ай бұрын

My Dad served In Country, 68-69 with 3rd Battallion 26th Marines, 3 purple hearts. Thank you to all who served, and welcome home.

@005connect9 Жыл бұрын

My uncle was a navy diver in Vietnam and the war changed him forever. He was addicted to opiates and booze and would have night terrors and tear my grandmothers house apart looking for Charlie on a weekly basis. Cops knew him by name in the area because of these episodes. For some the fog of war never clears.

@unclebubbaknowseverything9143 Жыл бұрын

My Dad enlisted three times in the Army and was denied because of his knees. The third time he tried to use a different name and got all the way through to the final face to face interview with the officer in the MEPS station. The officer looked at him and his enlistment jacket and remembered his face and said "this ain't You!! Get the Fuck outta here!!" He finally gave up and proposed to his girlfriend and got a job as a butcher.... Then the Army drafted him... He went to fight and received a Dear John letter six months later while in Vietnam... Howdy from Texas 🤠

@billymartinaswell1779 Жыл бұрын

Good Lord.

@Hijodeverga Жыл бұрын

God damn… make it a movie

@simpleman3674 Жыл бұрын

Dude I fuckin hate woman and life in that order

@omarwright9581 Жыл бұрын

Howdy back!

@wills242 Жыл бұрын

That’s the machine, don’t want you till they want to phuhk you

@Masaichi-ux5lf 4 ай бұрын

The little guy reminds me of the saying " wise people speak when they have something to say. A fool speaks because he has got to say something. God bless

@smellsnoice3648 10 ай бұрын

Bro as soon as he said his uncle was a forward observer, my heart sank. Rest his uncles heart and may his days be lived not in torment.

@torytaylor693 Жыл бұрын

My Dad, Charley aka "Badger" Taylor, was the radioman for his Green Beret platoon (5th Special Forces). He did three Vietnam tours and received a purple heart. He was always with the Captain, as radioman he carried two Mossberg 12 ga. pump shotguns loaded with illegal 00 buckshot. When the fighting got close, he would go thru hundreds of rounds that really made a mess of anyone in front of them. Badger was not a big talker of War stories but I did pull some really nasty stories out of him. After his last tour , when he took a B-40 rocket hit nearby, that gave him shrapnel wounds and blew him into a tree, which fractured his pelvis he was flown to Washington State and hospitalized for 9 months. He was medically discharged and given many prescriptions, which he could not take, so he used Jack Daniels to medicate. He died in 2013 at 72 years old with small cell carcinoma, lung, liver, and other lesions... Agent Orange definitely took some of his health. Badger was a smooth talking Cowboy, who rarely used "nasty words". I miss him. His service in Vietnam ended my parents marriage early because he was obsessed with being a War hero and gain the respect of my Grandfather, Howell, who was a 30 year U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer. Howell, was wounded in WWII in Italy while riding a WLA Harley carrying urgent dispatches. BLESS both of their Spirits! I Love the Republic of these United States. I am a USAF veteran, 1979 - 1983, and my little brother, Chris, is a U.S.M.C. veteran. Salute

@kidscode3702 Жыл бұрын

My great great uncle was one of the youngest ANZACs to die in the battle of Long Tan, Private Francis Brett Topp. "I was only 19" captures the feelings of those young Anzacs so perfectly, give it a listen if you get the chance Joe. Great vid.

@jamienorris007 Жыл бұрын

Lest we forget.

@eugenemurray2708 Жыл бұрын

My great great great uncle was one of the space marines that landed on Klendathu, he took down 3 bugs before taking an injury to his back. It was spinal.

@aaronstokley185 Жыл бұрын

That song is the perfect depiction of what those brave young men went through, still puts a lump in my throat. Lest we forget

@quinnyellstrom719 5 ай бұрын

Holy hell. Shane reading those texts gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. Respect.

@brianrollison244 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video bro. Always appreciate all the information you bring to the table. thanks bro!

@UnityAgainstJewishEvil Жыл бұрын

Shane and Mark are essential to making these group-pods so damn good man.

@kfiscal01 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a Ranger in Vietnam, 75th Ranger regiment. He was a lrrp, thats long range recon and patrol. The stories he has are crazy! He was in a few classified areas and received a bronze star and a purple heart with Valor. The tiger stories are insane!!

@bluepunk182 Жыл бұрын

Same with my dad. He was there in 70-71. He was also a Ranger and lrrp. What year(s) was your dad there? His last name is Sumner...

@kfiscal01 Жыл бұрын

@@bluepunk182 68-69.

@snickle1980 Жыл бұрын

lrrp's...Those guys are legendary. All of these folks are approaching their 80s now. Talk to them while you have the chance. 🥰

@kfiscal01 Жыл бұрын

@@snickle1980 Absolutely! My old man just built a Factory Five Cobra! He's 78 and keeps on ticking!

@wavyheat305 Жыл бұрын

Nah. You can’t leave us hangin. TIGER STORIES?! I need to hear them please 🙏🏾

@Mcjesus97 Жыл бұрын

Both uncles were in there, toughest men I’ve ever met. One came back as a marine , fucked up from the agent orange.. family hated him. Other one was a chopper gunner, got shot down , survived an ambush after getting shot down and came back and was the best uncle I could ever ask for. Always got us the best gifts, never talked about the war.

@jones_on_the_roof 8 ай бұрын

My grandfather was a forward observer (scout) for a tank unit. He never talked about the war, but we found out after his passing. He kept a few spoils of war, and his bayonet. I have those now. I wish we could have talked about the heroes He served with.

@sanderson9338 Жыл бұрын

I was born in 78 and my 2 grandfathers fought in WW1 one talked about the war always but was a base cook the other never mentioned it. When we buried the quiet one we seen he had less medals than the cook grandfather and thought nothing of it. Turns out the 3 medals he kept Victoria cross the highest awarded medal in the UK still, UKO the second highest till this day and an operational service medal he served in the Guards division and when asked what he did in the war would just chuckle and say i served my country lad no more no less. I never met my Granda John but the stories are legend in our family he was a humble man who died at home aged 67.

@Man_fay_the_Bru Жыл бұрын

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@lifeonmars03 Жыл бұрын

I was just reading about the Victoria cross. He was a badass, wow

@JohnnyLandscape Жыл бұрын

What's his name? John ________?

@sanderson9338 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyLandscape McAuley from Fife you can find him under VC winners or DCO winners either if you are looking to troll

@marnat5961 Жыл бұрын

My husband ‘s three brothers were in Vietnam - they came back alive however we’re never the same . One was Army, one USMC, and one Air Force. According to their wives they didn’t speak about it and were changed forever. A miracle they came back

@eugenemurray2708 Жыл бұрын

My cousins were in Namek, they served in the Ginyu force they were never the same once they fought Goku.

@wavyheat305 Жыл бұрын

@@eugenemurray2708 yo STFU 🗣️🤣🤣🤣🤣 I really sat here an read that omfg lmaooo

@joshburns6674 9 ай бұрын

My favorite quote is when we were fishing on beechfork lake in WV and the fog areas over the lake near sunset inspired my Dad to say, " times like these remind me of the Mekong delta.."

@DILLONOSH037 Жыл бұрын

“Calfway house..” Normand can’t help himself 😂

@JahEerie Жыл бұрын

Normand is relentless. Never misses a punchline 🤣🤣🤣

@Brimannn1 Жыл бұрын

So true😂

@VisenyaAtoms Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a Vietnam vet. He woke up crying from nightmares all the way up until he died.

@pacopeso8474 5 ай бұрын

I had a neighbor who was in Vietnam 68-69. He would come over and drink beer and talk about his time there. He had some crazy stories.

@DannySnipes22 Жыл бұрын

My fav group to just sit back listen to high or not ❤

@IronMoose95 Жыл бұрын

The way Mark delivers "Thank God for Spooky" 🤣

@Martyisruling Жыл бұрын

A good friend of mine, his Father was a Navy Seal in Vietnam. As he got older, he started to talk about his experiences more. I've always been a good listener. If you don't judge the person talking to you, and you don't celebrate them either, they will tell you a lot.

@RS-nc2fs 4 ай бұрын

Man the stories my father told me about vietnam... they are some of the wildest things i've heard. he flew a huey for recondo. "pull pitch and haul ass!" words from my dad i'll always remember :)

@seanmcnally4818 4 ай бұрын

Same. My father was in the Marines, and did 3 tours. He was in the 1/9 on his 1st tour, and the 5th Marine Division on the other 2 tours. He chose to go. Only 1% were drafted into the Marines. He's almost 75 now, alive, kicking, rides his bike 13 miles, and windsurfs. 🫡

@DylanMcCracken Жыл бұрын

Salute to all Vietnam vet's out there and thank you for all your services and all yall sacrificed for us.

@TheAdiFans 11 ай бұрын

WTF? They were LIED to by the government to invade this country, killing innocent people.. Ain't no sacrificial in this case.

@hahaseab 11 ай бұрын

vietnam undefeated smokin on that vet pack

@rogerkirkham3735 Жыл бұрын

Mark completely being underrated for his one liners

@braedon1986 Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather to the day he died; which was 2 years ago, he would scream in his sleep and talk to his platoon. It was wild.

@jacobsacres6038 Жыл бұрын

Found an article online written by his uncle about his experience. It was a fascinating read!

@hanzflackshnack1158 10 ай бұрын

My uncle was an air traffic controller during the Tet Offensive. Other than a few attacks where he had to man the 60 on the control tower he didn’t see much combat. What he did see was what soldiers looked like when they boarded the helicopters… and what they looked like when they came back… He said it was like walking past herds of ghosts. They’re not speaking they’re not even acknowledging you’re there… Just staring into nothing like wtf just happened….

@jopo7996 Жыл бұрын

Shane looks like the world's oldest make a wish kid.

@ldIezz Жыл бұрын

spot on

@geraltoffuckingrivia1157 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@genore1993 Жыл бұрын

Cool of you to take his own joke. Loser

@jefflabbecomedy Жыл бұрын

That's called a success story, the first one who wished to live, and got it granted. "You sure you don't want to meet Spiderman?" "I mean, I do. But I'd rather live to be older than 7. Can we make that happen?" "...How about an athlete?" "Who's making the wish here, lady?"

@charlieboi6370 Жыл бұрын

,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Coach.carnivore Жыл бұрын

I would love an episode with Joe, shane and shanes uncle if he would be comfortable with going into depth of his whole experience from the training in the usa to being deployed and flying over then him explaining his step by step experience while being in Vietnam. would be an awesome episode!

@brettgallegos7317 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah stewy you won a prize

@DSVN23 Жыл бұрын

It would be amazing!

@aoandd Жыл бұрын

My dad was in Vietnam. I didn't know him well but I know about him a little bit. My sister knows him better. Apparently he had to see and do some outlandish stuff. I just remember him kindof apologizing saying he "was in the war". He was good at math and my mom said he was a charmer. His favorite movies were Platoon and MCV. He really liked the idea of children too. I guess because of how innocent they are. He saw some stuff over there.

@JohnElliott-rb3pi 5 ай бұрын

Thank you to his uncle...

@shawnstover5207 Жыл бұрын

I spent 4 years in the army as a Forward Observer (13F). They changed the name to Fire Support Specialist in 2004 when the realigned the Army, and his recount of our job is spot on. The first thing they taught us in school about our job was that, on a battlefield, we would be the first person targeted by enemy fire. It is a bit of a shock to your system when your drill sergeant tells you that an infantryman in a battle has a 4-minute life expectancy and you only have a 33 second life expectancy. Nothing like going into a war thinking if a fight breaks out, you're more likely to die in less than a minute than survive the battle because you are the guy with the radio raining down artillery on the enemy. I couldn't even imagine being a forward observer in Vietnam, much respect to Shane's uncle and glad he made it back.

@rexringtail471 4 ай бұрын

I think during Vietnam it wasn't a separate specialty yet, a lot of that differentiation came later. Just whatever guy showed aptitude got the job. Vietnam was weird-- if you commissioned as an artillery officer there was like a 60% chance you would end up as a helicopter pilot. Later in the 70s the Army got a more formalized MOS system with a lot more resolution than they had in Indochina. Although if it was Khe Sanh they are talking about Shane's uncle would have been USMC not Army. Had to be a system shock for the USMC since they rarely fought the NVA before that, mostly being VC hunters.

@Gutter_Garden Жыл бұрын

My uncle was a flame tropper and his comanding officer had him set fire to a village of 134 people and then after they were burnt to ash the comanding officer was made aware that the village they burned to ash was friendly so they had to go to the correct base and then my uncle lit the correct village on fire and left with a 247 body count. I moved in with my uncle and while he was sleeping he used to scream charlies approaching while I would be scared as shit hoping he wouldn't sleep walk and fuck us up

@TexasGreed Жыл бұрын

My step father had a similar story but he sat on a big 50 cal on the front of a river patrol boat. Boss man said get everyone in that village or be considered a traitor. So he did.

@kavalogue Жыл бұрын

I use stories like this to showcase the fog of war and how it's always and only everyday normal people who commit atrocities, and not some crazy special person from a mythical story. Shows what we're capable of

@ytsucksmnkyballz Жыл бұрын

Made more Vietcong than we killed. Just like the Taliban.

@dougieladd Жыл бұрын

Man that is sad... If I had basically killed 134 innocent people, I wouldn't sleep either... in fact I probably would have shot myself.

@TracyWerner4Prez Жыл бұрын

@@dougieladd They expected to be welcomed home as heros after that. Its despicable.

@evansmootracing.81 3 ай бұрын

The only story I’ve been told by my grandpa about Vietnam was horrific. The only time I’ve seen that man cry. Told me a story where his group was ordered to burn a village of mainly women and children, and saw a girl with her hair on fire running towards him. Went to go shoot her so she didn’t suffer and his commander told him no. My grandpa and his brother who was with him walked away to a line of trees and waited for everything to be over. I never dared to ask about anything else afterwards. I know he’s got more stories, I know he knows alot of information on why they really went over there, but I’ll never ask that man to relive that shit again.

@hoggutt9945 Жыл бұрын

Grandfather was part of the 101st Airborne "The Screaming Eagles" between 1968-1971 in Vietnam, he didn't talk about it too much but he did talk about the time his buddy's head got split right in front of him from a enemy sniper.

@jexy_marshall Жыл бұрын

Back in the 70's my Dad used to buy a lot of cedar wood for his mill. He had a helicopter to fly the blocks out of the woods and found this amazing pilot. His name was Tun and he had flown his family out of Vietnam with a helicopter so they could escape the war, that man was an incredible pilot, once he landed in our backyard and took me and my dad on a helicopter ride. I miss my dad.

@valiantthurston8918 Жыл бұрын

My father passed away last year from cancer. He was a Vietnam vet. His best mate died in his arms. He never spoke much about anything from over there as we were too young to comprehend how heavy it was. I knew I had to pay a certain amount of respect in not asking to much about such a traumatic experience. It clearly left its scars but regardless I inherited his infectious sarcasm, comedic expressions and love for all no matter what your background was. A man cemented in old school morals and manners. We’d get clipped with a slap if we forgot to use our manners or say grace or go to church. I am who is am cos of him. If not for his mentorship and life lessons , I’d be on the wrong path now. In him raising me , it helps me to stay humble and great full for the little things, to always pull your weight and work hard and treat others with respect but to also be treated with respect. Always taught to think about the consequences and repercussions of any good or bad decision I made in a calm or chaotic state of mind. It’s whats kept me from ever going to jail even though I’ve come pretty close. I learnt a lot more than he thought from him. I am eternally blessed and thankful and honoured that I had the privilege of calling him Dad …❤ love him always n I still prey to him for help cos I know I need it. R.I.P Love ya Dad. Miss you everyday ❤️

@WLVSTV Жыл бұрын

liar

@plugmanjohnson7456 Жыл бұрын

@@WLVSTVYou in every thread saying this shit go take a shower and step outside for a sec bruh i can tell nobody fw you in real life the way u spend a whole shift in this mf

@Man_fay_the_Bru Жыл бұрын

Why did you nearly go to jail holy joe

@unlockablebossmfer Жыл бұрын

Was his name Patrick, from CT?

@tommydaniels1805 Жыл бұрын

What was his name? Only if you don’t mind of course

@SuspiciousGanymede Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a military postman in Vietnam. He shot someone with his sidearm who was trying to steal packages from his vehicle. The local people were starving but if the soldiers didn't get their packages the morale would drop and he was responsible for every piece of mail. He also saved someone who stepped on a mine and lost their leg. My mom would tell about me serious injuries that happened to her family as a kid and how grandpa didn't even flinch when her brother got his toes cut off by a lawnmower because, "I've seen much worse."

@danielboase Жыл бұрын

that's pretty fucked up dude 😕

@Connection-Lost Жыл бұрын

This is the comments section to comment about this video, not a therapy session

@martinberns7542 Жыл бұрын

wow, he sounds like a complete POS. i'm really sorry for you

@jayroc3337 Жыл бұрын

My dad recently retired as a USPS carrier. The only ptsd he has is from small rat crazy dogs. He told me those are the ones not to trust. I didn’t believe him, years later, I turned my back on a little shit dog and it got me just like they use to get him. Anyway. Your grandfather was a real one. Absolute badass

@CHIMERA259 Жыл бұрын

killed someone who is starving because boys would be mad on you if they did not get their food and cigarettes is kinda disgusting, not gonna lie

@e.t.calledme Жыл бұрын

A family friend was in the battle of Ia Drang....his description of hand to hand fighting ( when you could get him to talk about it ) and the desperation to simply stay alive always brought tears to my eyes...

@samvincentcash Жыл бұрын

I get so excited when I hear your Protect our Parks because it's always such a good time between you guys and helps me feel like am hanging out with my childhood friends again :)

@Twenty-Seven Жыл бұрын

Listening to this stuff makes me feel so soft.

@tracemiller1519 Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing what his uncle has been through. My great grandpa who passed back in 2001 was on the beach of Normandy on D-day and was injured by a grenade. He said everyone or his friends/comrades were killed infront of him he had wild stories.

@brendanearly6481 Жыл бұрын

Yeah my great grandpa drove one of the unload ships onto the beach. Haven’t really known much about the guy except for that. Couldn’t imagine what they saw

@tracemiller1519 Жыл бұрын

@@brendanearly6481 same didn’t get to the age where my grandpa would talk to me about it before he died. I’ve heard some extraordinary stories for sure tho!

@TheModerateExtremist448 Жыл бұрын

“They hit him with an RPG.” Mark: “A role-playing game?” Lmao

@dannyangove9804 6 ай бұрын

My favourite 12m15 seconds of the internet........ever, wow greatest pod chat ever

@TheBent139 3 ай бұрын

He was describing a Vietnamese Shotgun. When you stood all the way up inhaling all the way, you got a mad rush. I saw people have all sorts of reactions, from passing out to flopping around like a fish out of water. Haven't heard of this since the 70's though.

@strangleholdoutdoors Жыл бұрын

I've talked to a lot of vets and a lot of my neighbors are vets from different wars. Pretty crazy some of the stuff they hold in for years that they won't even tell their wives. Was cutting my lawn last summer and my neighbor a vietnam vet was trimming his hedges stopped me and just started going into a 40 minute conversation when he was with the 7th armored calvary in the mid to late 60s of the conflict

@mcpuffenstuff6213 Жыл бұрын

I traveled around Vietnam a few years ago when I was 36, American, had the best time of my life. Met a beautiful local girl and traveled around with her and will never forget it. The sights, the food, the people...all top notch

@murkartik Жыл бұрын

hahaha brilliant "I had my fun" comment in admidst all this carnage

@revengewrld999 9 ай бұрын

absolutely incredible man . speechless .

@johnysnoww3831 Жыл бұрын

It dont all have to be funny stuff, i really enjoyed this one.

@AtibaVV Жыл бұрын

glad his uncle lived to tekk his story. We need these stories

@ralphholiman7401 Жыл бұрын

A really good friend of mine was in the 101st Airborne at Firebase Ripcord. His description of what he went through, back around 1978 when he first told me about it, sounded too crazy to be true. Years later, a book came out on Firebase Ripcord, and I realized he had been low balling how bad it was.

@lorihanlon5389 Жыл бұрын

Is Your Friend still with Us?

@JohnDoe69986 Жыл бұрын

Just read a book called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Lynne Black. He was a 19 y/o green beret. He joined a recon unit that ran suicide missions into Laos. On his first mission into Laos his 9 man recon team landed in the middle of an NVA division(about 10,000).

@averagelibertyenjoyer3217 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe69986 I've read a ton about Lynne black and other MACV-SOG guys. Some absolutely insane situations that I can't believe they survived and many did not. For anyone who doesn't know, they were a top secret group of green berets and indigenous recruits that went "over the wire" into Laos and Cambodia. All their missions were top secret and they weren't allowed to carry anything that would identify them as Americans. If they were captured they were instructed to speak a language other than English. This was all to provide plausible deniability for the US government because our military was not supposed to be in those countries. I highly recommend the books by John "Tilt" Stryker Meyer. Those men were the epitome of courageous badass motherfuckers and their stories are just mind blowing.

@mikek5958 Жыл бұрын

"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien is another book I highly recommend.

@ralphholiman7401 Жыл бұрын

@@lorihanlon5389 John Wayne Spruill. There is a KZfaq interview of him talking about his time there.