Vietnam War veteran Carl Wolf talks about his experiences. Wolf served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 through 1964.
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@richardcourtenay81147 ай бұрын
Darrell, I have listened to various interviewers speaking to vetrans and you are by far the best at helping them to tell their story. I believe that the act of telling their story actually assists them to overcome some of the trauma.
@llamont23362 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service Mr. Wolf. Thank you for opening up and sharing your experience. God bless.
@gene1011014 жыл бұрын
What a remarkable man. Thank you for your service Mr. Wolf. You inspire all who hear your stories.
@intrepidtomato2 жыл бұрын
These interviews are extremely valuable. I hope Carl Wolf is safe and well. I admire people who find ways to help others at every point in their life.
@robertaturner70213 жыл бұрын
This was an extraordinary interview by a very intelligent, thoughtful gentlemen. I’m enjoying this series, thank you for letting our Vets share their experiences.
@mattderby38533 жыл бұрын
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@neemtreebark2 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@renelopez22443 жыл бұрын
Great interview. So thankful for those that served & continue to serve this nation.. Thank you
@willsblackmore87513 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched a lot of these and this man stands out amongst all. Very interesting intelligent and someone who knows what he’s talking about. I for one highly respect this mans opinions. Glad I watched this.
@dr.barrycohn5461 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like old Carl buddy is suffering from PTS.D. Seems he could use the help there.
@markmcmillan10753 жыл бұрын
Beautiful human being. Humility, service, and clearly an amazing mind.
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
**with conscience enough,,, to acknowledge,, the million VIETNAMESE PEOPLE who WERE KILLED,,, in our dirty little war!!!!! Real Patriots,, don't kill innocent people! (**
@kevinmcdonald3685 Жыл бұрын
😊
@nikreikalas68863 жыл бұрын
A good human being, thank you.
@colemcclain73193 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service and enlightenment
@FASFSCMCB2 жыл бұрын
Great Interview. Thank you. (I have lived in Hanoi for 5 years.)
@dswigerАй бұрын
Brother, I didn't go to the VA til I was 69. I felt very much the same. I didn't "know" that I was a veteran & had to be told by my father-in-law that I was. Don't know why I thought that other than to me, a veteran is some guy who low-crawled in a battlefield, taking fire. It's taken me several years to figure out what I was. I have a very patient wife. My FIL gave me my 1st Nam hat. Now it's my turn to say "WELCOME HOME BROTHER" to those I meet. To you Carl, I would say "WELCOME HOME"
@chasstone50483 жыл бұрын
What a great man. Thank you.
@ocam988able2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service sir. Great interview. All the best to you.
@stephenpoe20372 жыл бұрын
Listening to this Wonderful Man Brought back many Memories ! Some good. Some Bad ! USN 1968/72 USS Woshoe County LST 1165 / USS Okinawa LPH 3 . Thanks for your Servite Sir !
@Azlatoth3 жыл бұрын
May God bless you and your family. We appreciate your service!
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
**yeah right... Thanks for killing a million Vietnamese people,,, men women and children... Most of them innocent!!!! WHAT A STUPID SENSELESS WAR THAT COST US A TRILLION DOLLARS,,, AND ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING!!! THANKS.....**
@Stibsan2 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward3404 It was the main stream leftist media who were telling us the lie that we were fighting communism. It was years later that we realized it was so the big corporations and multi-billionaires could make big bucks off the backs of our brave young men and women who went thinking it was for good.
@centralbears30103 жыл бұрын
Another Hero! This guy is really special. Thanks again for the interview. Please do wear your hat with pride. Stars and Stripes had lines hummmm.
@johns.76097 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service and for sharing your experience.
@banditnip03452 жыл бұрын
That rule of having to pay back social security for time not paying while enlisted is terrible. They shouldn't have to pay anything. If anything they should get the social security the whole time they're on active duty for defending the country.
@seller5595 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr Wolf
@MrBlaser513 жыл бұрын
I love U Carl !!!!! Thank you from my heart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@samalw Жыл бұрын
Great story, Carl! From a USAF Vietnam veteran with ~660 combat sorties in C-130s.. Thank you!!!
@goatram13 жыл бұрын
God Bless You Sir!
@johanemersongrobler24 күн бұрын
God bless you, Mr Wolf.
@joecaddenhead18172 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for this guy. When he breaks down Hes talking about helping load ordinance on his squadron's aircraft and says, " I killed a lot of people ". Individually he didn't kill anyone. I was an aviation ordinance man during the Vietnam mess, loaded tons of weapons on aircraft over a nine-month period. I never thought of myself as killing anyone, I might have been part of the process but that's how the Navy works it's a team effort. The ships barbers and cooks are part of this same process. I think he should realize this. The military has a singular mission, it requires teams of people to facilitate the elimination of the enemy! All that being said Vietnam was a big mistake! I feel bad for everyone involved but especially members of the Army and Marine's.
@madeleinesuzette2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carl for sharing
@paulrettig15073 жыл бұрын
Amazing how he used his forestry knowledge in a time of war.
@chrisblue463 жыл бұрын
The degree would have helped, lol.
@wil7228 Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for your service.
@stevebutler8123 жыл бұрын
He mentions audiologist, and it's critical for people who have difficulty hearing to not just amplify sound by putting a loudspeaker in their ear in the form of some cheap so-called hearing aid. Consonants help us know the difference between the words: rat, sat, fat, chat, that, splat. An audiologist can identify exactly which sounds are difficult to hear and modify the hearing aid channels to target only those frequencies (letter-sounds) the person needs to increase their ability to comprehend sound vs just "hear." Unfortunately, most hearing aids are just loudspeakers in the ear - which eventually cause more damage to the hearing mechanism and increases the risk of total deafness. For this guy and anyone else who is having difficulty hearing, a trained audiologist can screen for every letter-sound frequency (pitch) that correlates to a particular letter sound of our language, and also the decibel (loudness) level, to dial in the hearing aid channels. A high quality audiologist will make the difference between programming the hearing aid to increase understanding the noise vs just hearing sound. His hearing damage seems to be mostly in the high frequencies because of the jet sounds. In other words, the sounds that make high frequencies are associated with the letters S, CH, F. Whereas, people who were around the bombs might have low frequency or low pitch damage for the letter sounds such as R, L, M, D, etc. It's important to know exactly what frequencies the person cannot hear well, and to increase only those frequencies versus just blasting sound into the ear. A person may be perfectly capable of hearing certain sounds but not interpreting speech because they're missing the capacity to comprehend the noise. Good luck with this because it's obvious that he pulled back completely from his valuable and irreplaceable social contributions simply because he was having difficulty with hearing. Or more specifically, difficulty with interpreting speech sounds correctly. He did what he was hired to do, and he did it to the best of his ability, and it obviously has traumatized him very much to know that he contributed to the killing of many innocent people, and the deaths of many people that he was in combat with. What a very sensitive gentleman and a model for how to conduct oneself.
@phoenixw23 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating interview. Many thanks to Carl Wolf and the host. By God we should hear more from 'these men our politicians send away in our name'.
@jacobjorgenson92853 жыл бұрын
Signing up is signing away your life, people seam to ignore this fact
@davidwatson23992 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carl 👍
@skipmooney57325 жыл бұрын
Your a good man Carl
@wm31383 ай бұрын
You helped Raytheon, McDonald-Douglas, and other arms manufacturers millions in profits. You should be proud.
@lpete27662 жыл бұрын
the one thing he clearly brought to the table . is all veterans should have a connection to heath care and follow up as part of their release from active service . to make sure they are doing ok . no one should be allowed to slip thru the cracks . homeless veterans are a crime of the government .
@johnnyringo84643 жыл бұрын
Men likes this do the politicians dirty work and get nothing in return! Absolute B.S. I'm proud to say there are many people like me who appreciate your service!
@jacobjorgenson92853 жыл бұрын
When you sign up you sign your life over to those politicians, people seam to not fully understand that. Courage and service is not enough if your orders are imoral
@margaretbauer41264 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting him talk! Kennedy avoided war, Johnson wanted it! Guess who won the battle in Texas? My father a Korean war veteran told me that WWII stimulated the economy bigtime and thus this is why Johnson and his gang wanted the war. Back fired bigtime! I am so baffled why the US continues to interfer with a country whose people would fight to save their culture, communist or not! Nobody wins. Mothers cry on both sides.
@CABINDAD3 жыл бұрын
Margaret Kennedy wanted war don’t kid yourself
@topgeardel3 жыл бұрын
President Eisenhower...a 5 star WW2 general...warned America before he left office...."Beware of the military/industrial complex". It's a machine that oils itself.
@cyclone89743 жыл бұрын
No, if you think Kennedy gave a shit about anyone Kennedy to the journalist Charles Bartlett in 1963: "We don't have a prayer of staying in Vietnam. We don't have a prayer of prevailing there. But I can't give up a piece of territory like that to the Communists and then get the people to reelect me." Kennedy to the journalist Charles Bartlett in 1963: "We don't have a prayer of staying in Vietnam. We don't have a prayer of prevailing there. But I can't give up a piece of territory like that to the Communists and then get the people to reelect me." In other words all he cared about was getting reelected.
@orderofthedragon31092 жыл бұрын
Any fight against communism is a good fight
@NoLefTurnUnStoned.2 жыл бұрын
@@cyclone8974 Did he say it twice!!?
@brandtbecker1810 Жыл бұрын
Geez, if the Army had offered me OCS, I'd have asked "When do I report???". I hated every minute of being an enlisted man; it seemed like you mopped floors and cleaned latrines more than you did your actual job. I also put off going to the VA for a long time too. I always felt that there were guys who were far worse off than I was. Finally went because the job I had didn't have medical insurance. I was depressed, had a nervous collapse, and I finally had to admit to myself that I needed help. I've gotten better care there than my folks have in the private health care system.
@MoeSlislack4 жыл бұрын
we need young people like carl wolf was when he joined. communism has taken control of our education, entertainment, media and pop culture and we are losing the culture war against communism.
@rokzupan82694 жыл бұрын
Are you awake? What kind of threat are you faced by te communism??? I would like to hear the answer please. First you fond a reason in communism, then in terrorism in betwen was a lot of trave ekonomist excuses, not to mention an oil... What is next? You nealed in Somalija (not enotah profit), you don't care about Siria since you are afraid of Russian's, anf that is the radij why you didn't act nider in Čečnija, nisem now in Ucraine. Čas you gibe me please a proper, adoult answer?
@jacobjorgenson92853 жыл бұрын
And what, have more young men fly across to other countries and murder away coming home all broken?
@peterlyons87933 жыл бұрын
@@rokzupan8269 Your lack of correct English spelling and grammar is obvious.
@Bdog00043 жыл бұрын
@@rokzupan8269 research the actual reasons for the war. Look at the stories of the south Vietnamese. Look at the millions who were murdered by the communist take over of Vietnam. They set up communist re-education camps that were similar to concentration camps (obviously not to the same degree but very terrible nonetheless) listen to the media’s take on the how our POW’s were treated compared to the reality of what they actually went through. Yes we committed atrocities but we were the only thing defending Vietnam from being completely taken over. It’s sad when you read into the personal accounts from southern Vietnamese and American soldiers from that time period. Communism is not about freedom, it’s about control so that the “rulers” do not lose control. Millions upon millions of people have been killed by communist regimes more than the U.S. and other nations have ever killed. If I was in southern Vietnam I would have begged for any country to come in and protect me and my family and country from a hostile take over especially by communist regimes.
@peterlyons87933 жыл бұрын
@@rokzupan8269 I agree with your point of view but misunderstood your poor use of English spelling and grammar.
@williamreeder36602 жыл бұрын
This man is a true genuine American
@electricblue87074 жыл бұрын
Wondering about that capture story
@corbytester95033 жыл бұрын
Your not the only one he was extremely vague
@trenthogan42122 жыл бұрын
There's so many damn commercials this is almost unwatchable. I thought this was sponsored? Absolutely ridiculous.
@gryphus643 жыл бұрын
PTSD affecting many veterans. Seems even worse in insurgencies. Your service is recognized.
@NoLefTurnUnStoned.2 жыл бұрын
@Jim Bianco No such thing as what?
@rebelwithoutaclue8164 Жыл бұрын
Hey Daryl stick the commercials
@cmichaelanthonyimages2197 Жыл бұрын
I have to agree with him about some of the superiors, and who I was involved with. There were some really nice guys, but we seemed to have more assholes than you could imagine. My first divison officer was a LTjg, nice guy. Our Division chief PO, biggest horses ass you could meet. We had more slackers who drank coffee and talked all day. They transferred our jg and we got this real hard ass Lt cmdr, who had a Napoleon complex...about 5 foot nothing. He brought his own chair. Could not believe that. What does that say. We had more drug addiction and alcoholics. I joined to serve, but it was strange times. A lot of people being pulled out of Vietnam, they needed to put them someplace. My ship was a dumping ground. I remember reading General Swarzkopfs book and he mentioned that after Vietnam, the military needed to be stripped down and rebuilt, based on what Vietnam did to the military and the attitude that many had afterwards. Did it make me grow up, yes, but you don't know it till you get discharged. Many people would ask me if I served over the years, based on my approach to things. That get it done attitude. Would I do it again, yes but my approach would be different.
@layneboh60392 жыл бұрын
This is so crazy, I live 60 miles from arcata ca. small world
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
**what a stupid senseless war..... What a waste of human life..... We,, killed a lot of innocent people.... And it's no wonder,,, 50000 servicemen committed suicide,,, after Vietnam!!!! Damn that stupid war....** ..
@ras85143 жыл бұрын
during war typically half the people that die are civilians.
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
**in the Vietnam war,,, there were many more Innocents killed,,, because we napalmed villages,,, and carpet Bonbed huge areas!!(((we,, were war criminals..... Vietnam cost us status in the world.... And that's why 50,000 soldiers committed suicide!!!!! They had consciences!!!**
@NoLefTurnUnStoned.2 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward3404 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@mikga453 жыл бұрын
Lumpia has pork and carrots inside, not sea food
@b143jones2 жыл бұрын
Wow....
@lordhytro2 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear a fellow Green Lizard tell his story.
@ras851423 күн бұрын
Yeah over 2 million civilians
@thereforeayam2 жыл бұрын
"he was not missed"
@johnnybates75803 жыл бұрын
1:16.00. So true!
@tunafish87692 жыл бұрын
0k he was aboard a carrier safe, with three hots and a cot probably even air conditioned. Why in the hell would he have PTSD? Did I miss something?
@WD-41469 Жыл бұрын
A conscience.
@ardendorney31743 жыл бұрын
So, see, not all heroes are dead....
@tomhughes96395 жыл бұрын
There must be a lot he is not telling. Serving on one of the largest ships in service, do not understand the ptsd references.
@lewiswereb89945 жыл бұрын
Me neither..........I served 4 years on a heavy guided missile cruiser, same time period, and we used to refer to the carrier sailors (airdales) as candy asses, because they were. PTSD my ass.
@kechumgreen88934 жыл бұрын
@@lewiswereb8994 I've watched several of these interviews and a couple of them sound so fishy to me. this guy, as he explained, was such an asset to his squadron and he gets out after 21 months. back in the early '80's when I was in the navy, they extended a guy for a few months when we went into the yards because he was very knowledgeable of some repairs that was going to happen. he was an HT1 and I worked with him in the pipe shop. I just can't buy a guy getting out early who was such an asset...as he has told us???
@Bredaxe4 жыл бұрын
I'm not going to call him a liar, but I never heard of PTSD from admin... on a ship. Also, was the air campaign even ramped up that hard in 63?
@funstuff20063 жыл бұрын
@@kechumgreen8893 Yeah, I dunno what to make of someone who gets so emotional about the events he recounted. Other vets they've interviewed were in front-line combat units and had less trouble recounting more traumatizing events than standing helplessly in a ops room listening to frantic chatter on the radio as a strike mission goes sideways.
@peterlyons87933 жыл бұрын
@@funstuff2006 You shouldn't minimize his experience. He was being honest.
@banditnip03452 жыл бұрын
Like he says. Behind every successful man is a good woman.
@RWSCOTT3 жыл бұрын
1:04:13- yes :(
@mikga453 жыл бұрын
Normally when they find unexploded explosives they blow them in place. If the explosive is to big to blow in place they will take it somewhere else to blow it up, not reuse it. Spent 8 years in 2 wars in combat zones. Some of the stuff the guy says is not credible at all.
@ignignxkt2 жыл бұрын
Key word: normally. The military is nothing but the sum of its parts. Individuals can do things wrong even of there are rules in place.
@stevebutler8123 жыл бұрын
Very common that once he retired & had no day-to-day work to distract him, the unprocessed trauma overwhelmed his capacity to deal with it. Workaholic, maybe? Thanks to the interviewer for not digging bcuz he is clearly not wanting to talk about certain things that everyone wants him to.
@jessegibbons3562 Жыл бұрын
I’m confused
@ndsmudlogger40614 жыл бұрын
Jesus, subtitles please!
@mebeasensei4 жыл бұрын
I guess he came back 73 not 63, so they are talking at cross purposes. The interviewer is asking about how it feels to come back and watch the for war ten years and he replies that he got spat on etc., the spitting didn’t happen in 63.
@jimmyandkathyharrell3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carl. Overly dramatic! I don't understand the deeply emotional behavior over his memories. He had it made being aboard a carrier off the coast of Vietnam, one of the safest places to be other than a hospital ship. I doubt seriously that he got his boss transferred to Guam. I speak from personal experience having spent 37 years in the Navy
@garyvanrheenen1812 жыл бұрын
Several things he says do not make sense to me.
@pcarroll11002 жыл бұрын
This bloke is all over the place.
@WD-41469 Жыл бұрын
At least he’s not an insensitive douche
@SCOTTSBLUFFSKER3 жыл бұрын
Protesters in 63? I don't think so. Lot of urban legend bullshit here.
@joefoley14803 жыл бұрын
ha ha I turned 17 in 1963 I remember the big protests in London that year . I didn't know where Vietnam was at the time but I remember the riot outside the American Embassy. I went to Vietnam in the early 90s and again 11 years later the country had come on about 40 years in that time . They are making great progress that was a completely unnecessary and cruel war
@johnedward34042 жыл бұрын
@@joefoley1480 **THE VIETNAM WAR WAS A HUGE TRAVESTY !!!!! SOMETHING LIKE A MILLION VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS WERE KILLED!!!(. FOR WHAT?? )....CIA, had assassinated the Vietnamese president,, AND WE HAD INSTALLED A PUPPET PRESIDENT...THAT'S WHY THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DIDN'T SUPPORT THEIR GOVERNMENT... BECAUSE IT WASN'T THEIR GOVERNMENT!!!!! IT JUST KILLS ME THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM!!!! WE'VE GOT A BRAINWASHED PUBLIC! (+ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY)**
@jamieo0o0o083 жыл бұрын
He had forest and bubba gump
@devlin7575 Жыл бұрын
Japanese soldier’s head rolls out of a sack …. 15+ years … Hukbalahap “Huks” guerillas
@Korey473 жыл бұрын
What the hell this guy just had fun the whole time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@patriciamasci61723 жыл бұрын
He's a POSITIVE Guy who can find fun anywhere & did the best He could in the worse of times. I'm sure going deaf from war noise is NOT fun, but He didn't dwell on it.
@tunafish87692 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to figure that out to. He was on board an aircraft carrier! 3 hots and a cot. Where did the tearful stories of PTSD come from. I could understand if he were in the infantry. Hell if he were on a patrol boat in the riverine I could get it but a carrier?
@kokosz335 жыл бұрын
What is he talking about in the end about finging another human race? Could someone help me here? Thank you
@tomhughes96395 жыл бұрын
some lost tribe in the Amazon
@dks138274 жыл бұрын
finging ? means what ?
@peterlyons87933 жыл бұрын
He was referring to the universal origins of mankind regardless of race, geography, language or culture. We all originated from hunter/gathers peoples in East Africa.
@kokosz333 жыл бұрын
@@peterlyons8793 Hi Peter. At 1:46:40 he says there was another human just discovered but I cant understand what he says exacly. Im very interested in that subject
@kokosz333 жыл бұрын
@@dks13827 well did you manage to figure it out by now?
@dickensdickens30254 жыл бұрын
Myopic preamble
@mongolike5134 жыл бұрын
Guts? Dropping bombs and napalm on foreign tribespeople!? Just who are the real victims here?
@dapper_gent3 жыл бұрын
34th
@christopherrabaldo33773 жыл бұрын
What about the damn capture story? Drugs came from Vietnam? This guy is ignorant, but also pretty sharp in some ways.
@peterlyons87933 жыл бұрын
While serving as US Naval officer he was visiting Hong Kong and did something risky, foolish and/or illegal. He was arrested and held captive. A British officer intervened to get him released. He was then verbally reprimanded by the officer. Hong Kong was a member of the British Commonwealth in the mid 1960's.
@jerryklaas5683 жыл бұрын
How do these veterans that fought to contain communism feel about events lately that the latest election seems to be aiming towards socialism wich usually turns into communism.
@CABINDAD3 жыл бұрын
You must be very young to form that line of thought. Socialism indeed. You don’t have a clue what socialism is. Trump has almost destroyed this country not by his doings but by his supporters. I never thought I’d see it from this country.
@jeanlignereux2753 жыл бұрын
@@CABINDAD socialism is commie bshit!!!shut the f..up,you assh...!!!
@kellysmyth23373 жыл бұрын
Can you provide an example where communism results from socialism?
@kellysmyth23373 жыл бұрын
@@jeanlignereux275 you ‘re brainwashed
@tomstulc91433 жыл бұрын
@@CABINDAD who let you out of the lunatic bin???
@markschifferle7321 Жыл бұрын
Commercial
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@Texan7474 жыл бұрын
This guy is goofy!
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