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You can feel the stress that this Marine is experiencing as he recounts his time in Vietnam and his return stateside. I pray that he knows that he is respected by more people than he will ever know. I pray that you will find the peace that you deserve.

I was drafted in Marines 18 January 1966. Drafted Marines in 1966 and 1967. 20 were drafted on 18 January 1966 in Detroit Fort Wayne . 4 KIA of the 20 . One of the four awarded Silver Star Posthumously, Sargent Benjamin Richardson.

This one was intense. You could picture everything he said. Its very courageous of him to describe his close combat experience like this. Tough Marine, indeed. What a Soldier! Thank you, Sir!

You’re a good man Lupe. Thank you for your sacrifice sir.

You can see and hear the pain that this Marine has been carrying around. God bless you sir and I pray that God gives you clarity.

Welcome home Lupe, and thank you sincerely, for your service and sacrifice, and putting yourself in peril for out beautiful country. God bless you and your family sir.

Mr. Rentaria-you are the man! Thanks for your service sir- you are the guy I would have been buds with- cheers sir🙏 Thank you Larry🙏

Another Righteous Brother. Godspeed.

Great man and Warrior. Very honest emotions. God bless you sir.

My Father is a Vietnam Veteran, Welcome home sir!

I've seen this Interview a couple times and it still touches my soul. WELCOME HOME SIR. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏🏼

Welcome home Marine, you done good, I salute you Sir...72 yo Navy Veteran

This guy is real no BS. Burning shit, truncated payrolls, fear , smelling the enemy .

A true Hero!Thank you for your service.welcome Home

WELCOME HOME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE, GOD BLESS YOU ALL.. 🙏

Cpl Renteria is a real one. What a man. God bless him and every other American warrior. So proud & grateful. 🇺🇸

Thank you for a very human and touching story Lupe.

Awesome story teller, TX 4 your service.

Great story! Semper Fi Marine! My daddy was a Marine Master Sargent when he retired. We spent 2 and a half year's on Okinawa from 1968 to 1971. Best tour of duty I experienced. When we flew home in May of 1971. The plane was full of Marines going home from Vietnam. Welcome home!

Larry, thank you for doing these interviews. Semper Fi brother

Thank for your service Lupe. Great story

Thank you, Cpl Guadalupe Renteria, U.S.M.C. Vietnam! Thank you, Mr Larry Cappetto!!

Mr. Renteria! You Summon a PROFUND Spiritual-Psychological-Emotional Effect on me! I Reverence Your Sacred Life and Eternal Contribution to Our Nation! The Grace of Jesus Christ Be Thoroughly with You and Your Heroic Comrades!

Thank you and God bless, Sir.

Thank you sir. Welcome home.

Semper Fi Marine. Thank You 🙏

I was a boot 1967 Nov: plt 1117 or series I don't remember, finish I T R in April 1968. Rotate back from Vietnam june 1969.

Great and honest interview from a thoughtful insightful young combat Marine 🇺🇸🏆🍺

Thank you for your service

One of your best, God bless you.

We are lucky to have you . Thanks for everything. God bless.☺

It is such a wonderful thing you are doing. Keep it up... Don't let us veterans die without remembrance and understanding...normal people do not seem to understand what we veterans truly do, or where we truly stand....... You do such a great job..... I thank you for it...

Provide a pitcher of water to refill their glasses

Salute. God bless you sir, and thank you!

Welcome home Lupe...God bless and keep you, Sir...71 yo Navy Veteran

Welcome home brother, SEMPER FI !

Thank you Sir, thank you!

Wow!!! WHAT A RANGE OF EMOTIONS IN THIS INTERVIEW.

Wow! Thank you!

God bless him and the USMC.

Wow what honestly my father was stationed at Camp Pendleton in 1969 and I lived on the base

Warren Heeter in Vancouver Wa. He had 3 or 4 battle promotions. His unit was in a triangle area, his guys rescued a special forces base, overrun. He has the survivor problem today. Please try and find him, he deserves a recording, thank you.

Another Great Interview, With another great American Hero , Semper fi P.S. it's easyer list my 4 siblimgs that were not Marines, than the 8 that were.

Fabulous interview! Semper Fi, Marine! Andy McKane, Maunaloa, Hawaii

Best interview that I have seen Larry!

God bless you marine!

Amazing story

Never mess with a Marine...Semper Fi, Marine

That was very good

1st Marine Division lets go, Semper Fi

What Company, Battalion, Reg. were you in?

Semper Fidelis Marines

Semper Fi!

Mr. Renteria burning the shitters everyday. Lol, sucks being the new guy. God Bless him and all our veterans.

Lupe, would love to talk and see you..im on fb

This is just a personal observation I'm making here and not a political one. And I hope I'm not being disrespectful. Watching these videos is hard because I can't imagine what it must be to be a good and decent person, as I believe most people at heart are, and yet at a very young age (often just out of high school or college) to have to do, as your job/ your patriotic duty (or so you're told), unimaginably brutal, dangerous and violent things and have the same done to you and your comrades, including leading to their deaths or permanent injuries in some cases in front of your eyes, and yet afterwards if you survive return to your ordinary decent civilian life. To have to bury the horror deep inside you and go back to a world where people are expected to honour the fifth commandment, rather than to breach it and where no one who hasn't been there can comprehend what you've had to do or experience. I'm not talking only about Vietnam here. This applies to any war no matter what side, no matter how morally or politically justified or how much you may believe in it. I was luckily a little too young to go to Vietnam (although a couple of my teachers at school back then were recent vets) and they haven't had the draft for a war since so I never had to make the ultimate terrible personal sacrifice and service all these young men had to make.

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Get the man some water