Do you live near this place? Also, do a lot of people sneak in to this place?

Chuc ban ngay mot turoi dep! Im learning Vietnamese. I wish I had a Vietnamese teacher though so I could pick it up faster. Anyway Have a nice day!

I hear the same said of Antietam here in the US. FWAFS brothers of both sides

@@TumblingDicE8 Get the Duolingo app and learn Vietnamese like that.

What was once called the "Valley of Death" is now called the "Forrest of Screaming Souls"

Thank You.

Wow I'd love to know more....im a Vietnam conflict enthusiasts. I'm 47 , my interest began when I was around 10 years old. I'm not even sure how it began but I somehow feel deeply connected. Love to hear about your experience! 🙏

Please feel free to reach out im on facebook ,same name.

Thank you brother and welcome home…wish I coulda been there with you boys…such admiration and the heart you fellers have is where the term heart of a lion came from…I always wish I was in company of such brave Americans

Dry stream bed featured prominently in book and movie.

@@prestoncassise4813 Theres nothing about Vietnam to be Enthusiastic for

there is no resting when you are dead. you are just dead. Science class.

And to those that didn’t, congratulations and thank for your service

I saw Elvis

Amen

@Walter Dumbrowski sometimes at night you can hear Mel Gibson yelling broken arrow

I could only imagine. Hearing the stories from the vets of that era, hats off to all you guys man. I wish they would tell more of this in history to kids in school these days. I was talking to a younger family member (she’s 18) the other day. She had no idea about any of the Vietnam war, had never even heard of it. Then asking about WW2, she had no idea what a concentration camp was, who hitler was, or even about Pearl Harbor. I was honesty ashamed and shocked. No wonder the younger generation who doesn’t serve has no respect for the flag or the freedoms they have. It’s so sad that it’s all taken for granted. Anyways, I’m happy you guys are Able to speak about the experiences there as horrible as they were. They are a major part of our history.

I understand completely, I was a door gunner. For more than 50 years I never had a good nights sleep. I had to go back to Vietnam to quiet the ghosts in my head.

William Gill_Esq. thank you WIlliam!

The Vietnamese call that place the "Forest of Screaming Souls." They believe at night ghosts haunt the battlefields.

Demonic spirits.

I’ve looked up this spot on google maps , google earth and Apple Maps.It doesn’t look like a remote part anymore.there is a huge “main road” and some sort of farms (tree farms?)

Johnny, yes there are farms on LZ Albany which is only about 5 clicks south of xray. This is definitely lz xray. The kid got it right.

@@TumblingDicE8 i believe him ;) it’s just crazy how it went from nothing but jungle to a farm .there are even roads and everything , time changes

@@TumblingDicE8 LZ Albany is north east of LZ Xray.

@Sick buffalo, yes my mistake. You're absolutely right. I think Americans are allowed to visit there now with permission no?

Did you see the dry Creek bed? That was where a lot of the fighting took place!

That's not true Mike. Hal even went back to this area. There's films on it. Search a little better. You'll find em. Sometimes you have to watch others to get into it, also.

I'm not dening that this isnt Lz x ray but I would think that you would have to get permission and have a guide to go to a place like that. Very dangerous. Hal Moore and some of his men went back, and they had people with them . It's very restrictive.

@@mikewhite6288 i meeean... to me, this guy def seems to be there illegally, soooo... shhhh🤫🤫🤫. Thank him for his service and mums the word. But you didn't see NOTHIn, capeesh?!

Well said.

michael dineen YUP, it matches.

yes. How did you figure that out.

@@mikehartwig5319 I knew what X-Ray looked like. They did a lot of logging in the area so much of the jungle surrounding it is gone. Going to be getting fresh pictures of the Albany area soon.

Garry Owen!!!

EDIT: I looked into it. It looks like the restriction is mainly because The Vietnamese believe ghosts pass through the area at night. Makes since. I remember the psychological ops we did exploiting their belief that your soul wanders the battlefield in agony and pain if killed away from home. Looks like their culture and beliefs are still as strong as ever today. Remarkable.

David Pfost You're right in referencing "ghosts", the Vietnamese fear/respect "The Dead American Spirits". Both of my older cousins fought in Vietnam, but not at La Drang Valley. They (Vietnam) are our ally in Southeast Asia, and that's hard for me and maybe others to accept.

David Pfost That is correct. Also Khamer Rouge still do raids across the border and there are bandits. General Moore almost got ambushed when he went back with ABC news and the NVA officers who fought against them.

joe Schlotthauer. it is ia drang

its more likely the hill/ mountain is still a military outpost, and they dont want peeps snooping around.

@MysteryFan He's not worshipping dirt. He's paying respects to the men who layed they're lives down those days. Your comment is irrelevant.

@@TumblingDicE8 Your comment is irrelevant. That ground is soaked with the blood of hundreds of brave men from both sides.

They're no more. May WE rest in peace.

Yes read the book "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" the movie doesn't make it.

@@davisworth5114 Yeah, the book was much better.

@MysteryFan That is dirt where three guys in my squad died. It will always be sacred “dirt” to me!

@MysteryFan agree to disagree. I thi k your the asshole for shitting on other people's opinion of the sacrifices that were made here and on other battlefields by all who gave their lives.

The quiet space has no problems with stupid games humans play. It was this still and quiet watching all the through the battle

Very well said.

ok

That is a profound statement, whether you care about it or not.

Thank you for your comment, every death in war is tragic, especially so in a war that we never should have been involved in, your great uncle is smiling down from Heaven because you remember him.

From both sides.

I don't understand why the military's haven't went looking for them to, clear. It's just a bad deal all the way around, isn't it.

King Snowman they have. Couldnt get them all. Too many. They need to do a bigger effort

The amount of jungle it's nearly impossible

@@snowman374th Because I want them for breakfast.

when the experiences are unspeakable you may find the words.

I've always thought that there must be loads of bombs, bullets & guns buried all around Vietnam

its a shame the world still has not learned from its lessons

It never will.

@@Boris_Chang Sad but True

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore was the battalion commander at the time, not sure if that is correct, though!

The NVA had no tunnels on the Mountain. Col. An laughed at the idea. After the battle at X-Ray he stood watching B-52 runs because there was nowhere to hide. Lost his hearing for a few days.

Yes for sure. So many perished in Albany. Hell of a story

@@prestoncassise4813 yeah. We were soldiers once and young - the book, covers the March to albany. Brutal.

...Why don't you cruuuush him godzilla?

+Frank Kelly Pfffft hahahha Good One!

waynester71 Yea LZ means Landing Zone.

Yup. It was a deadly battle. I read the book We Were Soldiers Once and Young

how did Australians get sent but not British?

In the Vietnam war I should add

@@AspieTrips To briefly answer your question: After the Second World War, Britain agreed to administer some French colonies until such time as France was able to take them over again. One such colony was French Indochina (Vietnam). However, when the Brits arrived, they soon discovered the colony was in a chaotic state with a near total breakdown of law and order after the Japanese had surrendered. Therefore, with so few administrators and only a handful of troops available, the British were compelled to not only release large numbers of Japanese POWs and use them as a police force, but also arm them in an effort to re-establish some semblance of civil order. Obviously, this did not go down too well with the locals who the Japanese had ruled over with an iron fist during the occupation of their land. Indeed, they weren't too impressed with the Brits either when it was realised they were preparing the country to be re-possessed by the French. This resulted in the Vietnamese launching a bloody guerilla campaign against the British. Eventually, when the French took over again, the Brits were naturally very anxious to leave. Not only that, they strongly advised the French to do the same which, of course, was promptly and completely ignored with customary Gallic arrogance. Therefore, the Brits knew perfectly well what would await them when, in early 1965, Prime Minister Harold Wilson politely but firmly rejected US President Lyndon B. Johnson's request for British troops to be sent to Vietnam. Additionally, it should be noted that although the UK was in the middle of winding down the British Empire at the time, it still retained enough international influence to independantly determine its own foreign policy. Moreover, given the United States's high-handed treatment of the UK over the Suez Crisis in 1956 and lack of US support during the Malayan Emergency (1948-60), it should have come as no surprise to anyone that the British government was loathe to commit itself to what was perceived to be -- rightly as it turned out -- America's reckless adventure in Vietnam.

me too

We were soldiers brings everyone to Vietnam, me thinks.

Same

@TJ Wap I think movies are a great way of spreading significant and interesting events of history to the public.

So you're a fuckin movie critic now? :D

Colonel, not Colonial!

You are correct!

Howard?

It seriously does man... And the sure as hell didn't film that movie there whoever was in charge of location scouting and set dressing for that movie did a fucking HELL of a job!! It looks just like the actual area!

@@tankmaster1018 Close enough anyway....Fort Hunter Liggett in CA

Any chance you would consider donating some pics to the LZ X-Ray website?

Well said

Galaxy s4 You're very welcomed

Alot was filmed at what is now called ft. Moore in Georgia.

Why

Col. Moore made several trips back to Vietnam and it took him years to get permission to get back to LZ Xray.