Thank you for letting us know...may he rest in eternal peace...please offer a blessing to his family on my behalf... 💞✌️🙏

Thanks for coming back to tell everyone. Ernie really seemed like a good guy

That’s heartbreaking God bless his soul ❤️❤️❤️

That man was a great American.

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THANK YOU I GOT WRONG YEAR IT WAS SEPTEMBER 8 1967 RIP BILLY LOVE YOU

RIP Billy

God bless his soul .

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Sympathy 2 U.

Rest in peace

one of my pals was a door gunner and got killed on his last mission before he returned to the States. RIP Danny Dye. I got drafted but was stateside thank God.

@@TheVatonaught god damn 😫 so close to coming home too

Lol that is so bad its funny. My grandfather in law also made so many jokes about his ww2 service! He was also from Tennessee and very missed among us as well. He actually died recently...the last of ww2 vets lived so long.

Except young people now a days.

@@davidjohnson-fo7ze bruh what have you got against young people? That's all you comment about its a little weird.

@@Cruzad What are you talking about? I was being sarcastic to rob because the vet was talking bad about young people. The other comment was sarcasm also so let me put it so you can understand. I don't like the fkn baby killer in the video talking down about young people.

what

@@davidjohnson-fo7ze got kill a couple babies to make an omelet ...wait is that how that saying goes

i lost my hearing & my mind

I never served draft ended and I went to the oil field thank GOD all the time i didn't have to go ..thank all You vets for my freedom

Me too

@@lemuelyoungblood5756 I’m curious how America invading a nation 9000 miles from America and losing the war made you free?

@@jacobjorgenson9285 so you were one of those at the airport to “greet” our service members coming home? Bless your heart

Yep. Me too.

My stepfather was like that until I started recounting some of the stories I heard on this channel. It made him feel like I knew enough to hear his story I guess. It was great to finally here some more details than a comment here and there.

Tell him Jeremy reed says thank you for his service

Tell every vietnam vet heartfelt thanks and we apologize for corrupt, if not, greatly misguided leaders

@@bboygmoney Either they won't talk or we are too young and stupid to listen, thus dooming us to repeat history.

For sure. I had no idea he was blind and wouldnt have had he not said it........

@Darren Obrien There were more civilians killed by the enemy than by the U.S.!

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@Jim Bianco What's to lie about. Everything he says checks out, knows the lingo, the installations, the processing. When you actually see carnage, it's something you don't wanna talk about. You just wanna forget it ever happened, but you don't.

@Jim Bianco "how do you know he's telling the truth?" Because nothing he said came from a movie. He had dates, locations, and details that the stolen valor people will never have.

War is always bad, no matter what side you are on.

I can’t imagine the life experiences he has been through. It is sad knowing all of the casualties we suffered, couldn’t imagine what it was like being on the NVA side.

its definitely worse being on the losing side.....

@@charleshardy6835 The individuals that are subjected to unimaginable suffering are always on the losing side, regardless of the outcome.

@@charleshardy6835 technically didn’t they win because the us withdrew forces without fully crushing the nva?

Thank You For Your Service... 💞✌️🙏

Check out Al White if you like this one

From NC❤️

I love this guy.

What would the interview inspire you to do? The interview doesn't make people aware, unless part of it was censored. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9KlobZ_vpumZGw.html

No kidding, amazing man.

@@realChewky visit the video link above, that is truly amazing. People threw their lives away, heroically, thinking they were fighting for a worthwhile cause, they were not.

@@ethand3577 visit the video link in my comment above, that is truly amazing. Send it to everyone you know.

Agreed

Definitely! I'm not great with bugs and that's one of the things I didn't consider moving out to S/E Asia (next door to Vietnam). We've got a couple of spoiled little princess cats, so I am very wary of scorpions. The biggest I've seen are about 5 inches long and maybe 2 or more inches wide. Whilst they won't kill an adult human, they will give a very nasty sting. The other night as the wife slept, Mr. Insomnia (yours truly) was watching something on the internet whilst sprawled on the bed. One of the cats jumped down from her perch and stared intently at the floor. In the dim light I thought I saw a rat skittling across the tiles from under the bed, but when I turned on the light it was the biggest scorpion I'd ever seen. I put on my sandals, and grabbed the cat who had now hopped down onto the floor to get a closer look at the not so little beasty. I stomped on the terrifying monster, which had completely no effect; the thing was still alive and walking about! In all the kerfuffle, my wife woke up: "What you do!?" "Look!" I pointed to the indestructible little black tank. "Just _kill_ it!" "I tried!" at which she gave me the kind of withering look only a wife can summon. "Give me your shoe" she said, so I gave her one of the sandals off my feet. She smacked the scorpion. It didn't die. She smacked it again - it didn't die. Finally she killed it with the back of a sweeping brush, and threw it outside. Shooting me another withering glance, she turned out the light and returned to bed. I now sleep with a hammer under my pillow...

@@jamesportrais3946 Nobody cares

@@sidebite2533 Why - think I wrote it for you?

@@jamesportrais3946 I care and liked the tale, thanks for telling it

I damn near fell out of my chair laughing when he said that. I can remember when I was a kid, my dad would tell the story about the poisonous snakes over there. The Asp would just lay there and you better not step on one or it was all over. The old 3 step vipers.

What does the country owe him for ? Vietnam is 9000 miles from america and posed no threat to America ?

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The tribe? As in the small hat tribe? Gods chosen lunatics? Then yes. We lost hundreds of thousands of men fighting wars for the tribe of the God of this world 6⁶⁶

@@nativemanateeroughskins774 I'm not sure what this means but I agree lol.

Hail Satan !

@@nativemanateeroughskins774 cant argue with that

Went to Vietnam October 71 as an E6 to Binh Thuy AB in the Delta. Living conditions were excellent AC quarters, great chow, never had to eat C rations. Server my year. AM 85 Now, suffering from Agent Orange. Living in Ireland, I was born in Ireland. Served for 30 years in the USAF.

He's no hero for helping to invade Vietnam and murder people that didn't do shit to us. Are you high?

Good men don't go to war and murder people that didn't do shit to us.

@@ebogar42 Hey Eric...your statement was and is false....If Americans didn't go to WWII...we'd all be walking around under a Swastika flag... muttering Hile Hitler... Thanks to good men ...we fly the Stars and Stripes... don't wipe your ass with it...

@@ericunderwood8080 I never said anything about WW2, but that is also false. We only got involved in that because of Pearl Harbor, but Hitler wasn't going to win. We just ended it sooner. I am talking about wars like Vietnam, Iraq, and when we invaded Hawaii and overthrew them. Other countries too in the past that we've invaded and they never did shit to us. Any other time you right wing fucks will be saying leave the middle east and Europe alone, don't give them aid, blah blah blah, but then justify being over there starting shit and getting our civilians killed over our governments agenda that doesn't do shit for any of us. They aren't protecting our rights being there. Nobody has invaded us in centuries and would be stupid if they even tried. It's a suicide mission for anyone who tries because of how we're located and all our toys we have to defend ourselves before they even step foot on our soil.

@@ebogar42 I pretty much agree that we should of stayed out of every war since WW2... Food for thought...when Charlie Wilson helped Afghanistan in the 80s...( I was a furnace operator worked on the Stinger missiles) anyway due to conflict of our two party system after the Russians left we should of stayed and built schools and hospitals because we had won Afghanistan's hearts...but due to conflicts between Republican and Democrats we just up and left... It's my belief we should of stayed and built schools and hospitals... But then again who are we to try to explain anything at all to a country that has been around centuries before us.... complicated issue for sure... just saying...

@@ericunderwood8080 I agree. You can't make people change their way of life and thinking when they've been doing it for centuries. That's like them coming here and trying to change our way of life and pointing out all our flaws we have. We're not going to change. The way we live is brainwashed into all of us pretty much. Even if they had valid points we would never get it, or at least most of us wouldn't. I'm sure there are things they could figure out themselves to improve their government. They have to fight for it themselves like we did. If their motives are good and they need help, then maybe Nato can help, but the US should stay out of that shit. That's what Nato is for. I feel bad for all these soldiers that get caught up in serving their country when all we do today is things that don't really serve our country or have anything to do with us losing our rights or fighting for them. They're dying for nothing to me. It's like they're all pawns to the military. Even give them suicide missions. Have experimented on them before and still might without their knowledge. My cousin made a good career out of it and did a few tours during wars. Lucky for him he never saw combat and was out of harms way for the most part. I'm proud of him because he went in and only had to do what he really wanted, and that was to learn and get school paid for. He retired at 38 as a master sergeant in the Airforce. I was almost going to go, but his brother was overweight and we had planned to go in together. Kind of glad I didn't. I don't really like how the military is ran, but it is beneficial to young people if you don't have a ton of money for college and like the type of work they do in there.

agree this guy is awesome!

Should of started with George W Bush and Dick Cheney who all avoided situations like this man had to face and would later go on to start not 1, but 2 useless wars like Vietnam.

@@justthefacts4216 Or Trump, a 5-time draft dodger.

@@stewartmackay except trump didn’t start any wars.

@@damonwicketts1638 So what?

Old men bad. Young men victims (until they reach a certain age, then they are also classed as "old men").

Not going into combat is nothing to feel shame about.

I bet you're not sorry that he helped kill tons of innocent people though.

@@ebogar42 when you are older you will realize that life..war.. everything really isn't black and white.. hopefully in the future we can create a world with no war.. just Peace.. and maybe no bickering on Social Media too ?

@@tonyhussey3610 When I'm older? I'm 41, and I know that. That's why I don't agree with everyone elses views that it's just us "the good guys" against "the bad guys" We were the bad guys more than they were if you don't look at it as black and white. There is way more to it than that and always is. We aren't always the good guys or doing noble things around the world. We've all been brainwashed to think so though. Just like everyone thinks most cops are good when 95% of cops won't even make it if they were good and turning in other cops for doing bad or illegal shit. I've had my cops violated by one cop and several others stand around doing nothing, or a few cops slamming me once and then huddling up to figure out what to say as a defense. In court they said I tried to kick them. BULLSHIT. They aren't good. They don't protect the constitution either. They trample all over it and hate we have rights.

@@ebogar42 If you're 41 why do you sound like a teenage student trying to be edgy? Grow up dickhead.

Kendo75 ...I seen your comment and I had to respond. That is awesome of you and much respect. My Son seen me do that so many times he does it now. He's young but he knows what they went through. 1/20 people will shake a vets hand and say thank you. It's sad...

kursed parasite another guy say in these interviews said don’t thank him because he didn’t have a choice. I think he said he preferred “welcome home, which is also why I think a lot of the comments are welcome home”

My Channel My Choice - Another faultless way to speak to a veteran of ANY military branch is: I appreciate your service for our country. If they served in Vietnam, add the "welcome home" part.

It seems some guys get a bit embarrassed. Don't be cliche and obnoxious about it, though I obviously can't speak for them that seems pretty reasonable.

Not my biological grandpa he went to boot camp, played up an old football injury and got out, but now he gets veterans discounts and claims he went to Vietnam, the mans delusional. He even goes to a ptsd group.

Al White has an interesting story to tell also check it out.

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What was it like?

@@Dave-jj3fk they said you knew you weren't in America, it stunk and the pictures I saw looked like a yellow fog hanging over the countryside.

The war on drugs destroyed it from the inside out, started by old timers lol.

@@akex8870 Legalization of marijuana is NEW! The labor force getting high several times during the workday is NEW! Three of the four units in my apartment building have been occupied by tenants involved in habitual use and or illegal sales of narcotics for the last twenty two years, that is NEW! (Relatively speaking, as I have lived there going on thirty four years) If you are young, good luck to you and continued blessings sincerely, because if you actually have a man's job working in heavy or medium industry and you or your coworkers are imbibing by getting lit up throughout the day...you going to need all the help you can get.

​@@kidmack1121 I've never seen a heavy industry that let's you get high 24/7 and doesn't piss test, 99% of employers fire anyone high or smoking on the job. On top of that every other drug that is still highly illegal as ever is still a thing and still being used to fund organized crime.

@Akex A couple of things; "get high 24/7" It used to be in the Ol times, NOT at all or no job. "Highly illegal" in the Ol times, there weren't test to determine potencies in regards to narcotic use on the job. I have to laugh because as I am typing this reply I can hear at least one young man on the clock addicted to cannabis coughing his guts out right outside. I come from a family of jazz musicians, so my exposure to people (Ol' Timers) long gone now, getting lit is something I have been around from an early age. The difference is that they were restricted in several ways from being constantly buzzed. I am agreeing with Ernie in that without any restrictions we (Americans) would all, or most of us, do whatever makes us feel good all the time. They were called the Epicurians in the Bible, and knew their fate but decided to let it all hang out.

@@kidmack1121 Hows a pothead employee any different from a slacker? It reflects on the boss that he's still around or maybe him being high isn't an issue, so let em. Also the guy probably isn't addicted to pot if hes coughing his guts out, a sign he doesn't smoke much. If the restrictions were effective there wouldn't be an opioid epidemic happening right now. However thanks to the war on drugs the drugs have become the greatest ally and source of funding of organized crime. Why is Fentanyl a thing? Not because it's a better street drug than heroin but because prohibition creates an environment where it's ideal. Drug abuse is a public health issue not a law enforcement issue. Siccing law enforcement on homeless druggies and denying people employment prospects only causes social damage and far more than the drugs ever did.

Hope you are doing ok...nothing worse than burying a child...its horrific pain All the best....

Nobody gives AF that you're from Socialist canada bud

Memories of murdering innocent people? That's cool.

@@ebogar42 bro what??? shut the fuck up you idiot

@@dannymullentroll6701 I'm the idiot? What did Vietnam do to us again??????

@@ebogar42 what do you mean what it did to you?

@@dannymullentroll6701 When they invaded Vietnam what had Vietnam done to us to deserve us going in there and murdering them? They did nothing. That's why people were against the war. It was wrong just like going in and murdering Iraqis were wrong when they had nothing to do with 9/11, but keep justifying the shit all you want. There is no blood on my hands so I don't care.

What ive learned about social media is the youth, and even most of the people my age, do not have the attention span nor genuine curiosity, to learn from history, consider advice, open their minds and listen to these peoples stories. Especially if theyre not being compensated in someway to listen for more than 5 seconds. Result of a safetybubble, undisciplined, capitalist consumer corrupt & superficial society :(

@@flynnlivescmd yup all these kids here that mumbling rap music

@@flynnlivescmd, we are being TRAINED to: "be in a bubble, selfish and corrupt" by the example and legislation of Democrats who are now open Communists in collusion with China...while this great servant of our Christian Capitist Country is proud to have served so that he and his family can CONSUME everything he listed as a FREE MAN: Chevy SS 454, life and health insurance and a house on a mountain, etc. Don't be programmed by the covert Communists that this man gave the best of himself to fight. We are being told to feel guilty for these things by the godless among us who also call our values and worldview "Capitalist," when our Declaration of Independence gives all the rights and credit for our values to GOD (NOT capital)...and inalienable. The stiff political contention we see today is the ancient Psalms82 war between the "Sons of God"/B'nai Elohim and our mutual Creator and Heavenly Father...and politics by any name is nothing more or less than these forces of evil fighting all that is good, as defined by our Creator in His instructions/Torah! The influence of Satan through the deception of men has even turned many of the Chosen people away from Torah through Talmudic Communist ideology which rejects the personal responsibility and property rights commanded in Torah...not "Capitalism!" Do you see how The Adversary tries to control the narrative so that God isn't even mentioned, and less than 3% could even tell you what the Hegelian Dialectic is? As in his discourse in which Eve was deceived, Satan and men like Hegel, Nietzsche, etc. asks questions that assume impossibly simplified parameters of reality which are false. Without a deep love for Truth found almost exclusively in Torah, and the revelation it gives regarding The Adversary and his deceptive ways, even very intelligent people can be easily led into rebellion against our Creator and the Truth of His instructions.

I wish you well for going when called upon.thank you!

Same, in Nelson.

HB...Nth Island

How did losing a war 9000 miles from America help you?

that and they have a n agenda every time, and usually its a bunch of lies that fit their self serving program what ever it was.

Most forms of American Commercial and Social MEDIA are controlled by a single entity. All of the social sites are owned by a foreign state. Israel and Rothschild. You won't hear the nasty secrets.

TAXCOLLECTOR2017 most people ain’t ready for the truth

@@TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg if it's such a secret, then how do you idiots claim to know the truth? Y'all think the idiots that run the media and government are god and that's why you're too weak to ever truly be free.

Mitford nomadic where did he say it was a secret...Commons sense and when they all say the same thing you know they are owned

Thank you for your service. Couldn't imagine serving in a time and place like that! US Navy 2016-2020

The little people just wanted peace so what the fuck were you doing there ?

@@adbogo Ad Bobo, Two reasons: 1) Young and 2) Dumb... ✌

My father was at fort Polk. He didn’t talk about much about the war but he talked a lot about how much he hated fort Polk

ATTITUDE. RESPONSIBILITIES, MORE ATTITUDE. AND LOVE. AND GRATITUDE IN SUFFERING. GOD BLESS, ERNIE. WHAT A GREAT INTERVIEW. GREAT MAN.

AMEN to all of the many that got interviewed and a Big Shoutout to the Billing’s Gazette!!!!! I can’t stop watching this great interview endeavor!!!!!!!

Thanks for signing in and filling in that gap. I imagined something like you described. So then did the air smell sweet when you landed back in the US? I spent a week in a polluted part of China, and when we landed at LAX, the "fresh" air (as fresh as LA can be.) still smelled like candy.

That’s a smell that is in most weapons containers that were in Vietnam containers still TODAY! More like a stench that brings back bad memories to me yet today! Old surplus Ammo cans are the worst because of the rubber seal on them.

Yep

@@Geno2846 my goodness. That really brings it home. I can actually get a good idea of the smell now. Thanks