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.

Thank you for your service Mr. Wolf. Thank you for opening up and sharing your experience. God bless.

What a remarkable man. Thank you for your service Mr. Wolf. You inspire all who hear your stories.

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.

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.

Great interview. So thankful for those that served & continue to serve this nation.. Thank you

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.

Beautiful human being. Humility, service, and clearly an amazing mind.

A good human being, thank you.

Thank you for your service and enlightenment

Great Interview. Thank you. (I have lived in Hanoi for 5 years.)

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"

What a great man. Thank you.

Thank you for your service sir. Great interview. All the best to you.

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 !

May God bless you and your family. We appreciate your service!

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.

Thank you for your service and for sharing your experience.

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.

Thank you Mr Wolf

I love U Carl !!!!! Thank you from my heart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great story, Carl! From a USAF Vietnam veteran with ~660 combat sorties in C-130s.. Thank you!!!

God Bless You Sir!

God bless you, Mr Wolf.

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.

Thank you Carl for sharing

Amazing how he used his forestry knowledge in a time of war.

Thank you sir for your service.

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.

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'.

Thank you Carl 👍

Your a good man Carl

You helped Raytheon, McDonald-Douglas, and other arms manufacturers millions in profits. You should be proud.

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 .

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!

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.

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.

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.

This man is a true genuine American

Wondering about that capture story

There's so many damn commercials this is almost unwatchable. I thought this was sponsored? Absolutely ridiculous.

PTSD affecting many veterans. Seems even worse in insurgencies. Your service is recognized.

Hey Daryl stick the commercials

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.

This is so crazy, I live 60 miles from arcata ca. small world

**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....** ..

during war typically half the people that die are civilians.

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Wow....

Nice to hear a fellow Green Lizard tell his story.

Yeah over 2 million civilians

"he was not missed"

1:16.00. So true!

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?

So, see, not all heroes are dead....

There must be a lot he is not telling. Serving on one of the largest ships in service, do not understand the ptsd references.

Like he says. Behind every successful man is a good woman.

1:04:13- yes :(

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.

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.

I’m confused

Jesus, subtitles please!

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.

This bloke is all over the place.

Protesters in 63? I don't think so. Lot of urban legend bullshit here.

He had forest and bubba gump

Japanese soldier’s head rolls out of a sack …. 15+ years … Hukbalahap “Huks” guerillas

What the hell this guy just had fun the whole time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What is he talking about in the end about finging another human race? Could someone help me here? Thank you

Myopic preamble

Guts? Dropping bombs and napalm on foreign tribespeople!? Just who are the real victims here?

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What about the damn capture story? Drugs came from Vietnam? This guy is ignorant, but also pretty sharp in some ways.

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.

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This guy is goofy!

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