"Vietnam: The Soldier's Story" Doc. Vol. 4

"Vietnam: The Soldier's Story" Doc. Vol. 4 - "War in the Skies"

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A superb set of documentaries, with each episode providing a different segment of the Vietnam war, as seen through the eyes of the veterans of the war. With excellent interviews and rare footage. Hosted by reporter and veteran Jack Smith.
This is the episode: “War in the Skies.” The air power in the Vietnam War was greater than in any war in U.S. history. Flying "low and slow," evading rifle fire, SAMs and MIGs, the F-105 and the A-1 Skyraider "jocks" learn that "win equals live." To be shot down over North Vietnam is sometimes a trip to the "Hanoi Hilton." Two American Air Force "Aces" make aviation history--shooting down two MIGs in 90 seconds. This is the dramatic story of a daily routine punctuated by terror under constant fire, uncommon courage and unspoken heroism. This program includes historical footage and interviews with the people who know this story the best, the soldiers who fought it.
This series first aired in October 1998 in six parts. Apologies for any technical issues with the picture or audio - this transfer was taken from an original VHS copy of the program.
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@jimcaufman2328 7 ай бұрын

Vietnam Army Huey pilot 11-67 to 1-70. Never had a Huey let me down and was fortunate to pick up 54 people who had been shot down. Most dangerous missions were over North Vietnam and Laos with MACV-SOG. Most rewarding was flying troops in from the field who were going home at the end of their tour. 19 when I got there and just turned 22 when I came home and got out. Most rewarding flight as a civilian was my first flight in the B-777. Flew to Frankfurt, Germany and the Check Airman was also an Army Warrant Officer helicopter pilot in Vietnam. We did have a Cold Beer.

@danielpepe6223 3 ай бұрын

V olunteered to be a chopper pilot, 101st Airborne.

@ccaring1 2 жыл бұрын

Jack Smith, born in Paris, was a highly decorated U.S. combat veteran of the Vietnam War. As a private in an Army rifle company, he was wounded in the battle of the Ia Drang Valley, one of the key American engagements with North Vietnamese regular forces. Smith was awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Years later, he returned to the Vietnam battlefield for special reports for ABC’s “Nightline” and “DAY ONE.” A number of years later now, I remember that story (DAY ONE) on TV. A friend of mine who was in the Army and dealt with combat in Vietnam, was interested to watch "DAY ONE" as he didn't see it. I recorded it, so he did get to see it later. He liked the program, but the sad thing is, later he died from a motorcycle accident in Minnesota. I was lucky enough to be on 2 aircraft carriers during Vietnam, the USS Hancock CVA-19 and the USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31, 1965-1967 on Yankee/Dixie station during that time. I worked in the ready room where the pilots gathered before their flight. The sad thing is some pilots never returned to the ship! Lost 8 pilots on the Hancock and 16 pilots on the Bon Homme Richard. What did Vietnam get anything positive for the United States...ZERO! Now Vietnam makes junk for the U.S., just like China does! JFK planned on ending the Vietnam war when the Special Forces were only in Vietnam. He knew Vietnam wasn't worth killing 1 American for no reason, and that's what it turned out to be! A few people I know from my home town have died from Agent Orange! After JFK was assassinated, LBJ escalated the Vietnam war and that's when I was transferred from NAS Oceana, Va. to the USS Hancock in Alameda, California. Every American should be allowed to watch President Eisenhower as he warned us about the MIC, the Military Industrial Complex. On January 17, 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his presidential term by warning the nation about the increasing power of the military-industrial complex. His remarks, issued during a televised farewell address to the American people, were particularly significant since Ike had famously served the nation as military commander of the Allied forces during WWII. Eisenhower urged his successors to strike a balance between a strong national defense and diplomacy in dealing with the Soviet Union. He did not suggest arms reduction and in fact acknowledged that the bomb was an effective deterrent to nuclear war. However, cognizant that America’s peacetime defense policy had changed drastically since his military career, Eisenhower expressed concerns about the growing influence of what he termed the military-industrial complex.

@jasoncarskadon6809 4 жыл бұрын

These men were some of the best fighting men since world war 2. These men fought just as hard and well as there fathers did. It's absolutely a shame that they were treated so poorly when they came home from fighting a war their country called upon them to do. God bless these men, and welcome home. Thank you for your service.

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

Why were they invading a country that had done NOTHING to the U.S.????

@flyinryan1986 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertroselle3341 the government sent them. That is not the veterans fault!! If anyone should have been disrespected would have been the government leaders not the soldiers!! And were there to help. Why does the us have to get into most war/ conflicts they do

@jean-paulmorin913 Жыл бұрын

Big difference! Us A was attacked in ww2, but chose Vietnam nam, making the war machine industry big profits, using the boys for canon fodder

@jamiejones6994 9 күн бұрын

@flyinryan1986 I've heard alot of people say they could've ran to Canada & hid out..... I think maybe they didn't think that through thoroughly before they spoke 🤔 now I know a few people did just that but I can't imagine.....& ALOT COULDNT do that they were KIDS & POOR NO$!!!!!!

@pablopeter4821 4 жыл бұрын

Thank your for your service Vietnam Veterans. Greetings from Mexico City

@fuyu5979 4 жыл бұрын

The unrestricted bombing would not only would have SAVED more American soldiers' lives, but significantly affected the outcome of the war. An Army Vietnam vet once told me "you can't be in a war with one hand "tied behind your back, while the enemy is fighting "all-out." Good video. Thanks.

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

The war has been over for over 40 years...and the NLF won! What have they done since their victory that would have justified the racist war against them??

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

There is NOTHING that the U.S. military could have done to defeat the NLF! Even "bombing them back to the stone age" would not have helped! The Vietnamese people were determined to be FREE...to govern as THEY saw fit!!!

@eucliduschaumeau8813 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertroselle3341 You have a mighty perverted sense of "freedom". Seek help immediately. Communism is a terminal cancer that can only be eradicated to cure.

@packrat76 2 жыл бұрын

@@robertroselle3341 free to overthrow the duly elected government of the Republic of South Vietnam, huh? All South Vietnam wanted was to be left alone by the North. What about their freedom, or the Hmong people in the hills that were slaughtered by the North?

@packrat76 2 жыл бұрын

@mikethemechanic7395 3 жыл бұрын

I respect the Vietnam veterans more then any other conflict. My first year in the Army was in 1993. I served under the last of the 20-25 year men and women Vietnam vets. I got to hear some really good stories that never made it to any book or videos. The Vietnam war was the reason why I joined the Army. I used to idolize it as a child. All of the Rambo movies I watched. It was not till years later did I realized what a waste the war was on both sides. I hate the climate of the later 60s and the protestors. The Vietnam veterans for the most part joined to serve their country. The WW2 and Vietnam vets were the last to join for these reasons till 9/11.

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

You need help!

@hydrotech1460 2 жыл бұрын

US never won that war... They pulled out... They tested whether they were going to test and.. by!!!... I was never up to the ground forces 😂.. It was to get USAF better!!!

@357-swagnumultramagax9 2 жыл бұрын

The 60s is the begging of the downfall of USA

@badguy5554 Жыл бұрын

@@hydrotech1460 The military WON the War in 1973. The Communists in the US Congress LOST the War in 1975

@PanSearedRibeye68 10 ай бұрын

We were the opposite. Every neighborhood had some Vietnam veteran messed up, Unshaven, Disheveled and living in their parents basement. The parents saw this and pushed us all to attend college rather than the military. I wish I would have now, but back then it was too soon after Vietnam to be gung ho about the military.

@SNP-1999 3 жыл бұрын

Anybody wanting to read a truly excellent authentic book about Huey pilots and missions in Vietnam should read 'Chickenhawk' by Robert Mason ! You definitely will not regret it.

@patrickkickham3393 3 жыл бұрын

What a book!! Totally amazes me everytime I read it

@doraenwright4076 3 жыл бұрын

Great book Before The Dawn was a great book about the riverine forces

@devildog1073 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best books on Vietnam I read. The book NAM was one of the best.

@richardpentelow655 2 жыл бұрын

I will try it. Dispatches by Michael Herr is interesting.

@doraenwright4076 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome book read before the dawn it's about the river rats on the Mekong

@ron311 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. A welcomed surprise to see my uncle Col. F. Cherry, F105 POW.

@pauls.3400 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Ron, God bless your brave Uncle🇺🇸

@andymaciver1760 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine how scary that would be. You're screaming through the air in a multimillion dollar plane and all of a sudden you are getting beaten by peasants.

@ryarbrough1195 4 жыл бұрын

24:55 "Later, Agent Orange would be linked to health problems... ..." Ahh... That seems a little understated. ...

@nacolewagner211 3 жыл бұрын

My dad, Donald Leroy Welch RIP 12/30/2017, agent orange, service related death. 191st MI company, team 3, Airmobile detachment, 1st Calvary.

@tfs203 3 жыл бұрын

Look how many ppl are leaping at the chance to have an untested vaccine shot into their body, just because their Government tells them to. So I can see how ppl believed Agent Orange was safe in the 60s, because their Government just lied. And No, Im not one of the weirdo conspiracy theorists, that think Covid doesnt exist.

@mikemhoon 3 жыл бұрын

@@tfs203 I agree! Vaccine happened too fast ! Too much panic about the virus,etc....

@nikiwagner6879 2 жыл бұрын

@@tfs203 due to my research into my dads "service related death"..agent orange..I now know about the tactics of our (many) world governments..I will NOT ever take this trial medication (jab).

@tfs203 2 жыл бұрын

@@nikiwagner6879 Sorry about your Father, thats just sad. But you are right, and 10s of millions think the same! The fastest that anyother medication/vaccine, has gotten approved for public distribution, was 7yrs! The average it takes any drug to go from discovery to public consumption, is 12yrs! They had this in 6mths? I dont think so comrade! Even my Lawyer was hospitalized for 10 days(4 in the ICU) after his first shot. He told me he will NEVER take that shit again, because it was the worst he felt in decades. My Doctor, who is also the county coroner here, said he does not recommend it, for healthy adults! Old ppl, and ppl with compromised immune systems, are a different story he said. I tested positive for Covid, and never knew I had it, never had a symptom, yet my Father got sick as a dog, and developed Pneumonia.

@tommyawton8931 3 жыл бұрын

I respect a soldier who has came to respect their enemy

@lyubomirfilipov2801 3 жыл бұрын

So Christmas bombing kill civilians ! What a glory!

@thejudge-kv2jk 4 жыл бұрын

Englishman here. Just goes to show if you haven't got competent politicians and senior military leaders then more people will die. The amount of time armies are hamstrung by politics and budgetary cuts is astounding.

@randygrant6081 4 жыл бұрын

God bless all our Viet Nam vets. You are all heroes to me. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

@davidca96 3 жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same, these guys went through Hell on Earth.

@deedle6785 3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@dadyrocks49 3 жыл бұрын

Let’s remember that women were in uniform and in country too.

@patrickhausding7540 3 жыл бұрын

Heroes or arrogant and clueless?

@anfrankogezamartincic1161 3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickhausding7540 you might be right. F... all wars

@mauricerogerson5825 4 жыл бұрын

The key to winning wars is "overwhelming force". If you're not willing to use that, then you're better served to stay out of the conflict - if you can.

@josedoe7332 4 жыл бұрын

Much respect to pilot Fred cherry.

@ixlr8677 3 жыл бұрын

to all.

@thefullmoongamer 3 жыл бұрын

Men with pride, making the ultimate sacrifice...i have so much respect for the Veterans🙏🏻

@ninaappelt9001 3 жыл бұрын

Patriotism at it's finest when they don't agree with the war.

@quya990 3 жыл бұрын

@@ninaappelt9001 aaaaat

@clemclemson9259 2 жыл бұрын

you must respect politicians then too- they are responsible for sending them over to die

@kentarostones4724 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@jean-paulmorin913 Жыл бұрын

I feel bad for the troops and disgust for lbj and rbrt mc Namara

@Patricia-un6kv 4 жыл бұрын

As quoted in an earlier episode of this story..... "If anybody thinks it's a good idea to go to war, they're crazy!!" "If anybody has never walked a battlefield with 2 or 3 hundred torn, bloating American and North Vietnamese bodies, then they shouldn't feel qualified to talk about the glory of war, because there is none. War sucks!!!"

@clemclemson9259 2 жыл бұрын

that is an understatement -politicians that propagate all this need to be killed

@josephinetoulassi5681 2 жыл бұрын

@kathyvorasane7469 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,,,,,GOD BLESS YOU ALL ,,

@darkknight1340 2 жыл бұрын

Johnson and Macnamara should have been indicted for war crimes against their own forces. A special salute to the Thunderchief pilots and bears who incurred so many needless casualties.

@Iconhulk 2 жыл бұрын

@The Richest Man In Babylon Nah.. Now you have the Military Industrial Complex in your ear... Kennedy was gonna stop the war.. That's one reason why he was ASSASSINATED. Plus.. Communist, Marxism, Facism Cannot be allowed.. Cause they don't work. Born to fail ideologies..

@57silverwings Жыл бұрын

Johnson’s was a evil man

@mistergreen7657 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard said , those brave young soldiers , dedicated soldiers , proud of my soldiers , country who dont love their soldier or defend them deserve very little in life in other words deserve nothing .

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

Those "brave young soldiers" should NOT have been involved in a war against the Vietnamese people who were fighting for their right to determine their own future! No...I was not proud of friends, relatives, and other people of color who were fighting to prevent the Vietnamese people from determining their OWN destiny!

@mistergreen7657 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertroselle3341 no answer for you

@hobo5782 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertroselle3341 you do realize not all Vietnamese people wanted to live under ho chi minhs communism, thats why the arvn existed, to fight the pavn. Vietnam was much more complex than a simple American anti communist crusade.

@planetmchanic6299 4 жыл бұрын

Ya, I was carpetbombed by B52's near firebase nine when we almost got over run by 2,000 NVA during TET. Also almost got naped at Jackson's Hole too. Thank God for flyboys. They saved my butt a coupla times.

@jdisdetermined 4 жыл бұрын

For some reason I read naped as raped.. I was like wtf? lol 😁👍👌

@badguy1481 3 жыл бұрын

I was carpetbombed by B-52's while flying a C-47. They missed!

@rickp46 3 жыл бұрын

@@jdisdetermined better raped than naped.

@Mpren43 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear your story sir! Much respect to you and everyone who fought for our country. THANK YOU!!!!

@richardmartin2646 2 жыл бұрын

@@jdisdetermined u need help man

@robertnocerajr3985 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah great message here and recounts are tremendous and support from the people who have rescued soldiers from captivity and assault... my father is a Vietnam War veteran but I’m sorry for the truth about the people who have lost their lives for nothing

@michaelmoon6675 Жыл бұрын

Some give some and some give All.💪☝️☝️💪🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺💯🎸🦵👍👍

@BBsr007 Жыл бұрын

As a father that served in Vietnam I would not wish the same on any son of mine; I have three. However I don't regret 1 minute of my time served . I volunteered when you did not have to. I had wanted to be a soldier since I could remember. My friends wanted to be Firemen or Law Enforcement, I wanted to be a soldier. In 1967 at 17 yr. after talking my mom into signing permission ; I ENLISTED. At 17 yrs old I was too young to go to Vietnam but after 4 yrs in Europe MY MOS became a shortage in Vietnam. I volunteered again and after 30 days at home I Finally got to Vietnam 1971 Army Engineers. Hwy 1 building Bridges and Roads. Loved my service there.

@williammcmahan9477 Жыл бұрын

@@BBsr007 2:19

@hml3672 8 ай бұрын

I was in Vietnam as a USMC door gunner. We were there to assure democracy for the South Vietnamese. We weren't playing games for no reason. It was more than two years after we left that the South Vietnamese Army was defeated.

@ericm8732 4 жыл бұрын

I'm 54, born Oct 65, youngest of 5 children. I have 2 older brothers, the oldest, and 2 sisters. They are right much older than me. The oldest had a low draft Lotto # 36. He Enlisted before being drafted. He was told he would be going to Germany to hold the line against the Soviet Union! Well he got an all expense paid free trip to the South East Asian Paradise called Vietnam! U.S.Army Infantry! Changed him forever! Dr Jekyll & Mr.Hyde, Bipolar and won't take Med's for it. Self medicate's with alcohol, few month's on, then a few month's off! I love him to death and alway's will! He will give a stranger the shirt off his back, or his last peace of bread, even if he was starving! He's really a SUPER guy at heart, but that switch can go off in a second! Temper from Hell! My oldest sister's husband, was Class of 68! He enlisted also, U.S.Army! His dad was drafted early and spent all of WWII in the Pacific, Island hopping till after the end.His dad told him if he enlisted ,he may not have to go.Well he went there also. My Dad's sister got these copper P.O.W. M.I.A. bracelets for most of my extended family. My other older brother and sister's got one. It had the name and rank and some number's of one of our P.O.W.'s or M.I.A's on them. You were supposed to wear them until there name was on list's of them coming home. Some guy's made it back. My brother and sister still have their's and they were M.I.A.'s. May they forever R.I.P! I begged for one also,but was told I was too young to have one! I lived near, and road the School Bus with a girl who was few years older than me, and our family's knew each other. She had an older sister also.Her Dad was an Air Force Pilot, shot down over North Vietnam, and is still M.I.A. She didn't even remember her Dad, and her older sister can a little. Their mother never remarried and has past away now. Total waste of Precious Human Life for nothing! Never start a fight unless you finish it! SEMPER FI ....................................

@cameronansley7950 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you and your family sir.

@eucliduschaumeau8813 2 жыл бұрын

McNamara was weak out of the barrel. They should have combined "Rolling Thunder", "Linebacker I" and "Linebacker II" into the first year of the war and it would have ended before it really ever got started. Hindsight is always 20/20 though.

@chloeew4627 Жыл бұрын

Having spent a few weeks in Vietnam in the early 2000 I was amazed how peaceful the towns and country folk were . The civilians showed me some of the raw damage the bombing caused , they had local memorials , shrines and photos , amazing. The country has recovered and evolved into a beautiful land . As usual $$$$ makes the difference between the have and have nots the same as the western world. RIP all civilians and soldiers of this terrible conflict.

@joehernande-721 3 жыл бұрын

The slick,was always a reliable transport for the grunt in Vietnam taking you to a mission. and most importantly taking you out when things were to hot

@ATFPuppyPopper 4 жыл бұрын

All of these are amazing!, i love how much footage you guys show, thank you!

@adamfrazer5150 3 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine being an airman during this war, and basically being forced to play by the Moneyball rulebook.

@dragonquestbarrios1092 4 жыл бұрын

It's a comforting feeling to know there brave people out there that believe in there country to defend it with there lives.

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

Defend it against what??? The Vietnamese people DID NOT ATTACK the U.S.!!! the U.S. sent soldiers thousands of miles to attack people who had done NOTHING to the U.S....!!!

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

Yes...the Vietnamese people REALLY stepped up ...Didn't they!!

@kurtericmunroe9358 4 жыл бұрын

Politicians screwed everyone over.

@jenzeglis113 4 жыл бұрын

Always have and they always will.

@tuanphamduc7206 4 жыл бұрын

@@jenzeglis113 Nguoi lam chinh tri mom noi la nong sung AR15

@ninaappelt9001 3 жыл бұрын

Still doing it.

@mistergreen7657 3 жыл бұрын

Honor for those soldiers...gratitude for their sacrifice.

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

Why?Why were they there in the first place?? What had the Vietnamese people done to deserve being attacked in such a vicious manner??

@petepal55 2 жыл бұрын

No matter what anyone's politics are, John McCain deserves their respect! He was a key man in their tapping network.

@Pazuzu4219 Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@speddytaghetti7905 4 ай бұрын

He was a liar, and a fraud. Do some real research buddy.

@petepal55 4 ай бұрын

@@speddytaghetti7905 I stopped paying attention to comments from people who don't supply their own sources. The only possible sources would be the people he was there with, which is my source, how about yours?

@speddytaghetti7905 4 ай бұрын

@@petepal55 well, all of the military guys he served with have gone on record saying the exact same thing that I said in my earlier comment, so maybe you actually should do some real research buddy. Best of luck. Truth hurts sometimes, be a big boy and learn how to deal with disappointment.

@speddytaghetti7905 4 ай бұрын

@@petepal55 he instantly gave up all of his info, classified intelligence, and everything else the VC demanded of him. Cried and squealed like a baby. Furthernore, it’s been discussed at great length that the ONLY reason he was held as a “prisoner” for so long was because he chose to be, as the higher ups in command including his own father, decided that the longer he remained a POW and the “more amazing” his fake “hero story” was, the easier and faster he would be able to climb the ranks of the US government/Congress/etc. Seriously bud, wake up and do research before you comment on something and sound like a total turd.

@galesams4205 3 жыл бұрын

was at pleiku when VC /NVA breached the premiature , one sunday morning ARVN ( friendly troops) were said to be ON guard. 14 aircraft lost 12 americans. were drove out with apc and armor. 4th inf div. 10th armored B co.

@manfredseidler1531 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Vietnam Vet and undoubtedly our hands-off policy and treating them with kids' gloves had no effect or impact on prolonging the war. They could do whatever they had to and we couldn't... isn't that how every military engages the enimy?

@johnzec1389 3 ай бұрын

Read a door gunner's memoir of those days. "One February Morning". February. '68 to May '69.

@kjames8299 3 жыл бұрын

Haunting yes.You had the ability to deal and your hands were tied

@leslielenahan2619 3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@darthsk8ter480 2 жыл бұрын

Fred Cherry is a legend

@jamesrichie5082 3 жыл бұрын

The chopper pilots and crew along with our medic,s were the bravest of all in nam.I salute you all.semper fi.

@garymoore2535 4 ай бұрын

Those few minutes waiting in the LZ for casualties or troops to be loaded .......literally a sitting duck waiting for the bullet or RPG to arrive and ruin your day .....balls of steel !!!!!! 😬😬😬

@robertnocerajr3985 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah we remember.... never forget

@joseo.5721 Жыл бұрын

God bless all VIETNAM VETERANS !!!!!!!!!!!

@edwinlipton 4 жыл бұрын

With all do respect to the service of all those who fought survived died in battle or came home or never came back at all, I thank you. This war was about munitions and armaments too the benefit of senators Congress men and women on both party members heavily invested in stocks in the INDUSTRIAL MILITARY INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES. No big deal you think? Your GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WILL STILL BE STUFFIING THE POCKETS OF THOSE INVESTORS and their heirs for many more decades too come in the form of employment taxes. For that war and the ones since, or too come. Put an end to any Gov leadership position profiting from anything crossing their desk for signature.

@jerrymarshall2095 4 жыл бұрын

Shouldve got johnson ,mcnamara,andwestmoreland and dropped them on a bridge from a B52

@apocyldoomer 4 жыл бұрын

The F-105, AKA " The lead sled"!!

@schoc13 Жыл бұрын

Some of These are guys are in good shape! I’m proud of them as a retired Marine Master Sergeant!

@gregorymoore5864 3 жыл бұрын

Soon as I saw McCain's face, that was it, couldn't watch....

@neilgroom8804 9 ай бұрын

We hy because he called out Trump for what he is. ?

@neilgroom8804 9 ай бұрын

You try to disgrace a Veteran who served his country and worship a man who had a doctor make up a reason why he couldn't serve. Amazing.

@billpugh58 11 ай бұрын

Project ranchhand killed and disabled babies that still suffer today. Brave men indeed. Flying over the jungle in the day, drinking beers in the evening.

@brucewindell5885 4 жыл бұрын

Love the series hate the adds

@Kylemathews1 4 жыл бұрын

If you're on a computer download an ad blocker addon for your web browser

@kleggett2460 4 жыл бұрын

Pay the $12 per month like I did. No ads.

@Patricia-un6kv 4 жыл бұрын

bruce windell I never see any ads, wherever I go on the internet, because I use *uBlock Origin* which is free..... github.com/gorhill/uBlock chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm It's the best, so don't try using anything else with similar names, because they're not as safe or reliable. Stay well...;-)

@kcjcusbc5004 3 жыл бұрын

20:07 does anyone have or know a video with audio of a fax communicating with ground troops?

@killak8693 4 жыл бұрын

CHERRY! IF YOU STILL LIVING, PEACE N BLESSINGS TO ALL....PILOTS!!!

@haroldcale4767 2 жыл бұрын

It has been 54 yrs since my Vietnam war begun. I remember all to well the cost of war. God help us to stay free.

@VNExperience Жыл бұрын

I sure am glad you made it home, Mr. Cale. If I were American myself, I'd say "welcome home". You guys deserved a warm welcome back home, not the kind you got back then.

@hml3672 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your service. I joined the Marines in 1969 and was in Vietnam in 1972. Welcome home.

@willoutlaw4971 2 жыл бұрын

Robert McNamara, best Secretary of Defense Hanoi ever had.

@danishsailing4630 4 жыл бұрын

Songbird McCain sang like a canary. What a joke he's in this documentary talking about being a strong POW.

@alliearscott3978 4 жыл бұрын

It's never a good thing to speak ill of the dead, but lmaooo "sang like a Canary" LOL that's hilarious 😂😂😂😂

@jacobsladder6715 4 жыл бұрын

Really? Where is the information on him singing? I would like to see that... you got that information?

@danishsailing4630 4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobsladder6715 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e652Y9yJ193WXWQ.html

@stanm9396 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Jo

@neilgroom8804 9 ай бұрын

@@jacobsladder6715 Yeah you can tell by his broken arms. Another worthless Trump supporter.

@hoanghai2k 3 жыл бұрын

If you come to Hanoi today, there are still some B52 body everywhere...:)

@cincoy3679 4 жыл бұрын

How people is changing and are with are solders now. My dad would have hung me if l ever cut down a man fighting for us. Thank you dad. Miss you

@tfs203 3 жыл бұрын

Because being emotionally fragile, and a weak victim, is the "In Thing" with alot of todays Society. Thats why we have so many unemployed, 30yr old virgins, living at home still, playing video games all night. My Grandfather wouldve disowned me on the spot! So I joined in 1997. But thankfully, I dont live in an area full of self loathing liberals, and delusional progressive cowards.

@theculturedthug6609 3 жыл бұрын

@@tfs203 Spot on.

@robertroselle3341 3 жыл бұрын

@@tfs203 You need to stay away from alcohol and drugs! They are affecting your judgement!

@tfs203 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertroselle3341 Awwww! Adorable! Another basement dweller, trying to start a useless argument while remaining anonymous! I guess not having a job, remaining celibate, as Mommy continues to tell your still her big man, builds some sense of false self confidence? KZfaq is a great place for ppl like yourself! We both know you have never seen any conflict, besides yelling at your Parents!🤣

@WindWalker1961 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Wet Start aka the beast

@redzone012 4 жыл бұрын

I don't get it, the announcement prior to the mission ! Why would the politician announce it prior to the mission ? !

@gardenrevelation9603 4 жыл бұрын

Obama constantly did the same thing 🤮

@reermiye1geeljire41 3 жыл бұрын

American and there aliase done everything in there power and lost the war well done to Vietnam

@ronbonham3415 4 жыл бұрын

Comments are interesting....but if you were never there, you will never really understand. We learned nothing. Think... Afghanistan.

@jacobsladder6715 4 жыл бұрын

If one was in the military one can understand

@Patricia-un6kv 4 жыл бұрын

As quoted by an army member in one of the earlier videos..... "If anybody thinks it's a good idea to go to war, they're crazy!!" "If anybody has never walked a battlefield with 2 or 3 hundred torn, bloating American and North Vietnamese bodies, then they shouldn't feel qualified to talk about the glory of war, because there is none. War sucks!!!"

@allenhelderman1134 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you LBJ and McNamera for getting some many airman killed

@dinosaur1029 4 жыл бұрын

Not just the airmen, which I was, but all 58,000+ of our soldiers from all branches and jobs that lost their lives when we could have done such a better job if we would have had leaders like we have now. I thank all current servicemen and veterans for their service to our country.

@jonathangraham4092 4 жыл бұрын

55,000 plus

@dieuhuyenhothi9677 2 жыл бұрын

Viêtnam 🇻🇳 🤝👏🤝🤝👌👍🇺🇸

@patrickgannon1677 4 жыл бұрын

Does the guy at 19:07 look a little bit like Brett Hart?

@alainvosselman9960 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta say i have a lot of respect for Amercian POW's... tough as nails. If a Belgian soldier would become a captive.. he'd be spilling his guts about anything he knows after probably.... 5 minutes

@robertnocerajr3985 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah great message here and it’s a great miracle that they let some of the pows free

@patrickdelrosso6032 Жыл бұрын

One of the best Vietnamese nam book written..

@darthsk8ter480 2 жыл бұрын

The Mccain experience

@peternorthrup6274 4 жыл бұрын

I would spend the rest of my life hunting down the guards. One by one.

@nickn6223 4 жыл бұрын

You didn t belong there.So what stops you now RAMBO? Go get em.

@tungtran602 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody is Rambo till the trees start talking

@edstyer2566 3 жыл бұрын

We were manipulated and forgotten

@edstyer2566 3 жыл бұрын

W by ?

@frankmains5698 6 ай бұрын

I heard you use the term war. Early today I started watching Chuck Norris's MIA part 2 the beginning. It stuck out to me when the Prison of POLICEaction camp komadant Stated to Braddock that the Geneva convention only applied to prisoners of war.

@nguyenthangtx 2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P to all who never come back home

@juliusdream2683 3 жыл бұрын

My dad was in Guam as an electronic warfare officer to bad his plane didn’t get shot down and he was the only one whose chute didn’t open that would have been great.

@irvinreeves1825 4 жыл бұрын

McCain talking about dignity?

@vovoghurejhor8784 3 жыл бұрын

best comment I have ever read in last 8 years.

@doccarew9103 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love those shifty eyes on McNamara.

@gardenrevelation9603 4 жыл бұрын

The devil reserved a special place in hell for McCain and McNamara

@ryanehlis426 4 жыл бұрын

They where never trying to win, it was just a big money game that lined people’s pockets $

@dropzonewarzone5251 4 жыл бұрын

secondary the primary reason the vatican wanted to set up a roman catholic base in S Vietnam. the monks totching themselves in the streets of saigon? yeah, the catholic controlled south were persecuting and torturing them. the genocidal inquesitions never ceased after the dark age.

@robertfandel9442 3 жыл бұрын

Funky you Jane

@josephcarrico9091 4 жыл бұрын

It is now the accepted truth that the Gulf of Tompkin incident was a FF and did not occur. This should not have been misstated at the beginning of the video.

@flagmichael 4 жыл бұрын

It was only recently that enough information was available to say that with any confidence. There were questions from the beginning but the irregularities took decades to filter out.

@larrysune2659 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I see these videos of McCain speaking I am reminded what a true Patriot looks like. RIP Sir

@davidaltreche4910 2 жыл бұрын

John was a true Patriot, we fight for the United States of America.

@speddytaghetti7905 4 ай бұрын

You’re so blind and delusional. He was a traitor, liar, and conman. Period. Do some actual research pal.

@remote44 4 ай бұрын

@LionHear FilmWorks Not sure where you found this gem but more like this would be perfect.

@jackriley5974 2 күн бұрын

You left out a very important player in this game played by our presidents. The RF-101 Voodoo responsible for photographing the results of the bombing. Save for the pilot's sidearm they were unarmed and to make matters worse they were expected. I saw what can happen to their aircraft and was privileged to drink with them occasionally.

@ffdv7458 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine murica was invaded in the same way....

@nobrenobre1 3 жыл бұрын

Rather than glorifying their soldiers, they better ask forgiveness!

@stevemoren286 4 жыл бұрын

" It was a limited war". We were limited and they were unlimited. Enough said.

@stevemoren286 4 жыл бұрын

@Colin Cleveland What is meant by that?

@stevemoren286 4 жыл бұрын

@Colin Cleveland We should have kept Linebacker 2 going for about 1 more week. Maybe not. Nixon didn't want to fight the Russians and the Chinese. Cold war turns into hot war. Both sides lost.

@johnwauters8576 2 жыл бұрын

My Father 3 tours of Duty, Danang air base

@thomaspick4123 Жыл бұрын

Johnny Wetstart. Did you start the fire on that aircraft carrier?

@JackBQuick79 2 жыл бұрын

My Uncle served 2 tours in Vietnam and made it home to die 40 years later from cancer due to agent orange, and i know he is not the only one so to all of you who watched agent orange eat your family member into bones......my heart is with you.

@sunahangrai9115 3 жыл бұрын

it's mentioned here in a vdo that Ho chi minh died before unification of vietnam completed is it true ??

@NguyenThien-gr9mv Жыл бұрын

Đúng

@kurtzembower9297 Жыл бұрын

Wow what the hell were thinking on the hill😢😢😢

@anhdang2713 5 ай бұрын

So sad because of war

@dankippert2677 25 күн бұрын

Our 2nd great generation korea and vietnam vets

@tyronejennings7703 4 жыл бұрын

all that bomb dropping from the sky and still got ran out!!!!

@badguy1481 4 жыл бұрын

When the B-52's dropped the bombs...the North Vietnamese "got run out"! lol!

@tyronejennings7703 4 жыл бұрын

@@badguy1481 north vietnamese got run out??? if my history serves me correct, USA were the one that packed that bag and got the fuck outta there! lmao! truth hurts.

@Paulywauly1969 4 жыл бұрын

@@tyronejennings7703 it wasn't the military that lost the war , it was the politicians .

@tyronejennings7703 4 жыл бұрын

@@Paulywauly1969 bro... think about it!!! all that bomb dropping. air plane strikes, tanks, etc. USA had all the advantage! they were fighting against the vietnamese who only had rusty ass ak-47s! lol. they lost the war. it shouldnt have drag on for that long considering all the advantages they have. the politicians stepped in because this was going on longer than expected.

@Paulywauly1969 4 жыл бұрын

@@tyronejennings7703 have you ever been to war? ... there is no advantage when you are fighting a war 8000 miles away when the enemy are in their own back yard. General Giap famously said if the US had invaded the north the outcome would've been a different story. The fact is there were many restraints put on the military despite all the bombing etc by politicians that were dictating military strategy as a opposed to the top brass. The allies won every major battle but were let down by the policies.

@robashton8606 3 жыл бұрын

_Really_ wouldn't fancy stooging about over a bunch of DShK and PKMs in a bloody Cessna. Balls of tungsten doing that.

@stevenclair5002 Жыл бұрын

God bless and Thank you to all Vietnam vets !

@terrencemilton5088 3 жыл бұрын

This how I think. Showed with missiles.

@imapaine-diaz4451 4 жыл бұрын

MacNamara....... Should have stuck to the Edsel!

@claudiomatosdasilvamatos5837 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a fan of the Vietnam war wanted to fight in this war, I'm Claudio do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 🇧🇷

@gcf7175 4 жыл бұрын

Claudio, I am GCF from Daytona Beach, FL. I am a fan of war and of weightlifting. I look pretty good without a shirt, shaven or natural.

@marcosaurelio9497 4 жыл бұрын

You are Crazy Brazilian WAR is Hell

@flagmichael 4 жыл бұрын

It was a lot more of a mess than any series could possibly show. There was no top level plan, just react and let the soldiers kill and die. It was a stupid war from the beginning. with no clear objective and no hope at all of victory... whatever victory could possibly look like.

@claudiomatosdasilvamatos5837 4 жыл бұрын

Hello All right, good night. Yes You said it all was a cruel MT war I feel MT by the death of your soldiers in your country more was a war that got out of control the Maricans had everything to win this war more I think it was lack of extrategica in the jungle N was well prepared as You spoke or kills or dies and A survival as gave soldier of darkness i'm MT fan of the vietnam war was a great praze talks to you

@Patricia-un6kv 4 жыл бұрын

@@claudiomatosdasilvamatos5837 As quoted in one of the earlier episodes of this story..... "If anybody thinks it's a good idea to go to war, they're crazy!!" "If anybody has never walked a battlefield with 2 or 3 hundred torn, bloating American and North Vietnamese bodies, then they shouldn't feel qualified to talk about the glory of war, because there is none. War sucks!!!"

@pierredecine1936 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the 354,000 men and women brought into military service through Project 100,000 went to Vietnam, and about half of those who went to Vietnam were assigned to combat units. All told, 5,478 of them died while in the military, most of them in combat.

@patrickgannon1677 4 жыл бұрын

I hear a lot how loyal and tenacious the Vietnamese were, if another country attacked the U.S., I am sure we would be just as tenacious. Maybe it's American ego that we thought they would just give up and surrender to us.

@flagmichael 4 жыл бұрын

In theory, we were only acting in support of South Vietnam. If that government had not been so incredibly corrupt, and Ho Chi Minh had not been so much better, it might have worked.

@taymonkhan5574 Жыл бұрын

Bạn phải tìm hiểu nhiều về lịch sử.. Hồ Chí Minh đã viết 12 lá thư nhờ sự giúp đỡ của tổng thống Mỹ.. nhưng tổng thống Mỹ bỏ ngoài tai và vài tháng sau còn đem quân xâm lược VN ...

@TonyL-gw4qx 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I see this type of video I see how incompetent our leaders are. War is war, you declare war and hit everything and everyone. There are no restrictions is war period. It makes me sick we lost all of our men because of freaking rules in a war? We are reliving this with Afghanistan right now. Complete failure with our leaders. ,Our military can win if you let our Generals do what they are trained to do.

@02wrxRally 2 жыл бұрын

Win what? Battles? Then what? None of these wars benefited the life of the average working person in the US. The leaders aren't incompetent. Their agenda is different than yours and mine. All the presidents and politicians who brought us into these conflicts are doing just fine and so are the leaders of industry that paid for their campaigns. Ask a vet how they are. Ask a Mcdonalds employee if Vietnam made the burgers better. The soldiers were the best among us and we sent them on a fools errand...time and time again. Sad that we can't separate the amazing stories of soldiers in battle from the terrible and illegitimate agendas of the politicians that sent them there in the first place. We relived it with Afghanistan 20 years ago when we decided to go in there with no clear objective and no plan to leave. If you think the mistake is happening now, you're 20 years and a lot of wasted death and destruction, aka what they're trained to do, too late.

@HienPham-zc7pk 3 жыл бұрын

Paris 1973 Nha Trang - Sai gon

@dr32803 2 жыл бұрын

NVA & VC’s best defense was tunnels. No amount of bombing could truly affect them underground and they knew it.

@trevorlambert5803 Жыл бұрын

I read Robert Masons Chicken Hawk book. The book was a good read,however I could not understand why he had such a tough life after his service in Vietnam. He fully admits most of his time in Vietnam was spent hauling supplies. The U.S. Army doesn’t let any old dummy fly Hueys so why after the War couldn’t he write is own ticket and fly civilian helos. He also admits that life for him and his wife only really got better because the book was a best seller! I never got the sense PTSD was a real issue for him!

@dienovandale4299 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love' m them airtaxi boys.

@Anthony-yn9dg 3 жыл бұрын

Not if they drop you in wrong location and you gotta walk to the right one. A few km isn't much to them but through shitty bush and over hills it sucks D