VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - PFC Paul Battaglia, VIETNAM 1968

VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - PFC Paul Battaglia, VIETNAM 1968 - 1st Field Forces, 2nd BN, A Battery

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@pauljohnson5570 24 күн бұрын

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@MSDGAMEZ 6 күн бұрын

Im 27yo. Im on a binge of content like this. These men are so strong and one of a kind. I think its a disgrace how people like this are torn down nowadays and its not right. I love and thank every veteran that has served my country. May God bless us with a ounce of patriotism they had

@digitaldogs233 5 күн бұрын

I'm 54 and same, binge watching these because the British fought in the first Vietnam war in 1944 to 1945 so wasn't a war as such, more an operation with the French and Indian force's. This i think was due to the surrender of the Japanese. So we went out to drive out Viet minh for the control of the southern part of Vietnam. Also the French had their own little war with Vietnam that didn't end well for the French. Not many know that there was 2 Vietnam wars first was an 8 year war between Vietnam and the French 1946-1954. We the UK only went to finalise the surrender of the Japanese forces. There was many wars fought in Vietnam over control from Japan. Its a whole confusing mess. So after all the USA entered the war to stop communism and economics etc, it wasn't a war over one country taking over another like the 1st and 2nd world war's. Thus Americans who was wise to this hated the war because it was a war over politics and the economic venture of taking land. When the nva finally rolled in and took saigon Palace that ended the war because Vietnam was then "unified" so the Americans had no one too fight. To this day the war is decreed as an unjust war, and its a terrible example of how humanity deals with what they see as a threat, I.e communism.

@digitaldogs233 5 күн бұрын

And obviously Russia China funded the VC, as they to was communist countries.

@TheGainfather 21 сағат бұрын

30 here and I listen to these all day.

@jeffreywhitaker5154 Ай бұрын

You are very supportive person Larry. We love you.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you Jeffrey. So glad to hear from you. This was quite an amazing story. Yes, I love all my Veterans. Not ashamed to say so. This is a ministry for me and a labor of love. Could I interest you in sponsoring one of my stories? You can reach me through my website. God bless you!! WEBSITE: larrycappetto.com

@glendaharris7219 Ай бұрын

Yes Larry... thank you so much for this much needed work.. God bless our veterans....God bless America...Vietnam veterans, welcome home. 🇺🇸 This is a great testimony! Thank you sir for your service.

@ddaannoommnniittee Ай бұрын

Started watching and had to hear the entire story - couldn’t put ut down . Paul you are very talented in relating your experiences in Nam. You obviously have a terrific memory being able to recall events in such detail. Thank you for serving and also for educating me with one man's story of life in Vietnam. Thanks & take care sir.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Danny. I will send your comment to Paul. I plan to do a second interview with him at some point in time.

@TheGainfather 21 сағат бұрын

You know a artilleryman when you have to ask them what they did multiple times! Just a jab at those queens. Thank you for your service! Amazing and vivid recollection of your time in service. God bless!

@remyweim3 6 күн бұрын

A heartfelt thank you for your service and sacrifice you made for US🇺🇸 My brother was Vietnam from 1967-1969. When he stepped off the plane we could see the shock in his face. My dad who was a SeaBee in the South Pacific said that my brother was in shell shock The first night my mom asked me to go wake him up for dinner. I was 10 years old at the time and had no idea not to nudge him by the shoulder. He had his hands tightly on my neck in milliseconds. He warned me to never try to wake him like that again. After that I would motion him by the foot. He still won’t talk about being there. I do know that the TET offense affected him

@VoicesofHistory 5 күн бұрын

I understand why your brother doesn't talk about Vietnam but he should record his story for history sake.

@reginaldsmallhausen8871 Ай бұрын

Dear Paul. May you be blessed with many more years on this planet. Larry, yet again I am in tears!

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Blessings Barry. God bless you my friend. Paul's story is very gripping and raw.

@user-ho5jz8el9d Ай бұрын

Thanks again for honoring us as you honor all of our veterans. It enriches us beyond measure and helps fulfill a void in our past. You are blessed and a hero like the rest.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Michael and Darlene, thank you for your kind words and helping make this all possible. I skimmed the surface with Paul. He has much more to share. I'm hoping to go back and interview him again. He's almost 80 years old. Most Vietnam Veterans today are about the same age as the World War II Veterans were when I started my work 21 years ago.

@marcclement7396 Ай бұрын

That was a different one. May God Bless You Paul. Thank you for your service. Thank you Larry for keeping this important history going for younger generations. It is so important!

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you Marc. Always good hearing from you.

@edwardh1591 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. God bless you.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Much appreciated brother Ed. Paul's story is different from the others but very much a part of the history of Vietnam.

@charlesbosse9669 Ай бұрын

Thanks Paul for serving our country. God bless you my friend. I think youre a wonderful man. Thank you Larry for bringing us Paul. You're still a celebrity to me Larry. God bless you sir.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Many thanks brother Charles. Thank you for your gracious words. I am indeed humbled.

@user-nv8xi7pj2j Ай бұрын

Wow May the peace of GOD fill his life and soul. Thank You 🙏 PAUL for your sacrifice ❤️🇺🇸

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Alvin, this was totally meant to be, meeting Paul at this time in his life. He has so much more to share. I hope to capture it again soon. So glad you got to watch this. Please share it. Wow!!!

@Stax-ht9md Ай бұрын

Welcome home SP4 Battaglia - thank you so much for sharing your story and know that we salute you and your service. Larry, Paul - that was a great closing shot!

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Chet, you have a good eye my friend. When I was editing the ending of the story yesterday I sat there in awe and wept. It was such a moving shot. I did a very slow fade to black as the the music was coming up. It is a very lonely job that I do but I gain great satisfaction reading comments like yours.

@Stax-ht9md Ай бұрын

@@VoicesofHistory It was the perfect end.

@8520204 Ай бұрын

I'm 78 and a veteran of the USN regular navy. I was always fascinated with warships so after my high school graduation in 1963, I spent the summer working as a firefighter with California Division of Forestry with the plan of joining he USN after Christmas. Kennedy had been murdered for, at that time, some unknown reason, for me that is. I joined early January 1964 and went to San Diego for Boot Camp. At that time, information had been coming in about Vietnam. Most of us had no idea where it was. To many of us it was still French Indochina. I went to MM School (ship's Engineering) in Great Lakes. After graduating went home for a couple weeks and then flew from Travis AF Base to the Philippines (Subic Bay) to await my assignment aboard the USS Valley Forge LPH-8. After a few weeks, with other sailors, I boarded an LST and went out to my ship that was already stationed with a full complement of Marines, BLT. (Battalion Landing Team) off the coast of Vietnam. This was about October 1964. From that point on, our ship would see action in five major operations: Blue Marlin, Harvest Moon, Dagger Thrust and Double Eagle I & 2. Double Eagle was the largest amphibious landing of the entire war. It was right out of WW2 except our shipboard Marines were inserted into the battle area with helicopters. There really isn't much to say about my personal contribution. I, a part of the crew, kept the ship running and in good repair. Other than that, we slept in sweat, ate in sweat, worked in sweat and everything else in sweat.

@user-fi2ix7mr6i 5 күн бұрын

Disappointed,,,I thought BLT was a Bacon Lettuce Tomato Sammich!🫤

@jimandmia Ай бұрын

Thank you Larry for all you provide to us. You are an amazing person for all you do for us.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Jim I appreciate your kind words.

@12knots Ай бұрын

Thank you Paul, a jarhead here, I got trained at APG, seems like a lifetime ago!

@joseywales6658 Ай бұрын

Thank you Paul for your sacrifice and service. Thank you Larry for sharing these experiences. 🇺🇲

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

My pleasure Josey Wales. This is a very intense and gripping story and yet I think I just skimmed the surface with Paul. He's got much more inside of him.

@kennethprice5628 Ай бұрын

Welcome home brother, you served with honor, I salute you Sir...72 yo Navy Veteran, never in country

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Blessings my friend!!

@stevewalker4638 22 күн бұрын

Thanks for your service,good health to you.

@davelane4055 Ай бұрын

As we say deep in the heart of the republic of Texas and throughout the deep south things are fixing to get real good. Something about this interview has an amazing sound like the whop whop whop of a huey helicopter

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Are you a Veteran? One of the best and most unique comments I've ever received about one of my stories. I will share this one for sure. I hope to do a second interview with Paul soon. Thank you for watching and subscribing to the channel. God bless you!! Salute!!!

@davelane4055 Ай бұрын

@@VoicesofHistory I'm just an old rodeo man and former light infantry soldier

@jessejames7757 Ай бұрын

Bless your little heart❤

@j.haywire5841 20 күн бұрын

Was there, Dong Ha, 70-71. You guys are the real hero’s. Welcome home.✌️

@glockerbob Ай бұрын

Very different and thrill ride of a story. Very entertaining.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Bob, as I continue to reply to these comments from Paul's story, I knew there would be something different about Paul and it was an intense gripping story he told. Although there's much more that he will tell me the next time around.

@VerifiedVIPMember Ай бұрын

He downplayed his role of an artilleryman. It's a combat MOS and he was in combat, even if he didn't see the enemy directly. Maybe not "Tip of the Spear", but still combat.

@jeanf8998 13 күн бұрын

Same age and time as me. Also I was first year in college 1963. During the years of assassinations. Difference was my family weren’t from the immigrant families. We were rooted in the southwest U.S. A different country 😊I really appreciate the way you told your experience 😊

@michaelscordo256 Ай бұрын

God Bless You Paul!!! Semper fi!

@richardanderson7091 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@jeanf8998 13 күн бұрын

Thank you

@fretworkpeddler 9 күн бұрын

Excellent interview. Thank you, Larry and Mr. Battaglia.

@VoicesofHistory 7 күн бұрын

Blessings my friend.

@richardelias2674 Ай бұрын

I enlisted in the Marine Corps, in 1967, my dad was a WWII veteran he was in Korea in 1946-47 and in Vietnam in 1961-62. He retired out of the Army in August of 1967. I was in Vietnam 68-69. I collected several Purple Hearts and was ultimately medically retired in 1970. Semper Fi

@handsomeman-pm9vy 23 күн бұрын

Korea 1946-47? In what capacity?

@garyluck8502 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your service! Everyone please remember the ones that didn’t make it back home!

@spudnikca 17 күн бұрын

I thought this would be not-so-interesting of an interview. I was glued to EVERY word he said. Good interview.

@Traikovich Ай бұрын

Always excellent!

@James-fs4rn Ай бұрын

👍 much respect and gratitude for your service! Welcome home my friend! Larry, thank you for capturing another amazing story. My eyes are soggy and heart is heavy as with many of these accounts.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you kindly James. I'm there with you with the tears and the emotion. As the producer of these interviews I'm deeply moved at the end when they salute and especially with Paul's salute and send off and afterthought reflection on his face. It just does something deep inside of me. So unrehearsed, so unscripted, so raw!! I like what one of my KZfaq viewers said about Paul's story: "As we say deep in the heart of the republic of Texas and throughout the deep south things are fixing to get real good. Something about this interview has an amazing sound like the whop whop whop of a huey helicopter."

@bruceauterson8631 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service Sir and my freedom.

@wadethompson8472 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service HOOAH!!

@royhammett3572 Ай бұрын

Larry: what an awesome interview. Paul - Welcome home and thank you for your service. May GOD bless you! Roy

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you Roy. Always great hearing from you.

@chrishensley6745 Ай бұрын

God bless you Paul and Thank you for your service and your story...your friend Chris from East Tn.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thanks for listening Chris.

@kenkelley1223 Ай бұрын

Paul the analyzer...that is a feature in a person of intelligence. Because of that he was there to tell us his story of what he went thru an did. Very touching in the way he shared those experiences. The man in between the lines.. Thankyou Paul for your service to our great nation an I personally appreciate all that you have done. @ Larry you find the best interviews an the people that share their stories Thankyou again for that. I really wish I could donate to help fund your stories an your trip that us coming up but I'm broke, so all I can do is like an share your stories an comment my appreciation for your service. Thankyou..God Bless

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you Ken for being there and sharing these stories. God bless you!!

@RANDY4410 25 күн бұрын

God bless you Paul you are a great man thank you for all that you have done for this country, my late brother was drafted and served in Vietnam from 1966-1968, he died years later from complications from Aids in 1987, may he continue to RIP.

@leonjennings4632 Ай бұрын

Welcome Home And Thank You For Your Service Blessings And Please Be Safe ✌️

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Much appreciated.

@worship945 Ай бұрын

Another interview about life after Vietnam would be great.

@henrybucki7813 Ай бұрын

I THINK THE guns have damaged his hearing . i was in the rear with the gear long binh vn 1970

@soundacresstudio Ай бұрын

When he recounts his flashbacks, that was scary.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you Sound Acres Studio. As a musician, songwriter and composer, I would like to learn more about your studio. Regarding this interview it is stunning and very gripping. Very raw and real. The ending is especially moving.

@soundacresstudio Ай бұрын

@@VoicesofHistory Much appreciated, I have a background in mental health/ disability support and run my studio which is based in Australia. I have ambitions to open its doors to older individuals with challenges particularly with PTSD as I struggle with it myself. I recorded an album recently, a fictional story about a soldier. The album is called Layaways by Joshua Swann It was a way for me to externalize and mirror my own suffering even though I was not in any war. But it was also a way for me to acknowledge the suffering of war veterans in the realm of post traumatic stress disorder in an abstract way. Sorry for the long winded response. Thank you for asking. I’d like to hear your music. I’ve always admired Voices Of History and the good work you do here. The lives and stories and history you’ve preserved here is immeasurable. Thank you so much.

@user-wx1gs3cm9r Ай бұрын

big guns destroyed his hearing. VA probably can find his records to verify that he was boots on the ground so he can get hearing aids. that was my experience.

@theduke168 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸 Rough to see how differently it affects each veteran, Thank you Paul for our freedoms!

@arcitejack 25 күн бұрын

damn good interviewer. thanks for your service Paul

@DrTWG Ай бұрын

Great stuff . Those young men shouldn't have been any where near that place .

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Paul's story epitomizes what it's like for a young man to go to war, live through it, and come back home. He's 78 years old now. Most Vietnam Veterans today are about the same age as the World War II Veterans were when I started my work 21 years ago.

@user-nd8cs3qx1v Ай бұрын

@@VoicesofHistoryWe ain't getting no younger, somebody needs to pick up the torch

@handsomeman-pm9vy 23 күн бұрын

The only thing worse than not going for total victory is deploying for some Bullshyt "Peace Keeping" mission.

@kennethprice5628 Ай бұрын

He is hard of hearing because he was artillery

@chrishensley6745 Ай бұрын

Another good one Larry......Like where we get to see you ask the question now....makes it better to watch at least for me. c ya Buddy...Chris from East Tn.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Blessings Chris. I will be in Nashville the 2nd week of August.

@roberts2099 29 күн бұрын

Looks like he might have the 1,000 mile stare in his eyes.

@VoicesofHistory 28 күн бұрын

They all do...

@georgefetchko3127 Ай бұрын

the hell they he went thru over there and when they came home

@JB6Lights Ай бұрын

Thank you sir for my freedom 🙏

@kathleenmoore4019 28 күн бұрын

Brave handsome man I'm glad to meet you ❤

@VoicesofHistory 28 күн бұрын

Thank you Kathleen.

@user-wx1gs3cm9r Ай бұрын

1000 yard stare. PTSD

@user-hx1ks2kq7c Ай бұрын

With all due respect of course, this one seems a little disjointed. Seems to be all over the place. A little hard to follow for me. That being said, may God continue to bless him. Be safe and well.

@timp3035 Ай бұрын

Gods speed good man.........

@Americal1970 Ай бұрын

Paul I wish I had aged as graceful as you. Color your hair and mustache you look exactly the same. Amazing.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@devanishant Ай бұрын

I watched a snail crawling...along the edge...of a straight...razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling along the edge...of a straight...razor...and surviving. It struck me like a diamond bullet between my eyes. They were stronger than us. These were not monsters. These were men, trained cadres, with families, filled with love...and yet they had the strength to do that! Give me ten battalions of men like that and all of our problems over here would soon be over. I do hate them...those...napalms.

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

John, such a great comment. I wish others would read it. Thank you for taking the time to write. God bless you!! I am going to share this now with Paul.

@FalconMoose 29 күн бұрын

A bed, sheets and a functioning shower and toilet is what I looked forward to......Oh and a hamburger.

@phillamoore157 Ай бұрын

I salute this man's service to our country, as I do with all veterans, regardless of war, no matter what they were doing. But, I have no idea what's this guy was talking about for the first 45min of this video. And, I feel really bad for this guy, as it sounds like he's got a hearing problem to some degree... But, I'm not sure he knows what he's talking about either. I just hope "Mafia Jack" had his day of atonement.

@seller559 Ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@richardgiel5980 29 күн бұрын

Welcome home

@charleywalker2982 Ай бұрын

👍 ❤

@tarrnell17 Ай бұрын

When I looked for " Voices of History Radio " the only app was " Battle harbour voices" is this the right app?

@billpimentel-vm6cu Ай бұрын

Great American Great Man

@markjfox866 Ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖

@VoicesofHistory Ай бұрын

Thank you Mark!!

@fasteddie8782 13 күн бұрын

I am 63 and I just missed nam... But my heart goes out to all my friends that I met in the later years they had to go through that war.. and all the people that fought in it in all the wars.. your sacrifice gives me my freedom thank you so much.. so much is owed to so few by so many!!!!!!!!

@soldtobediers Ай бұрын

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.” - Aeschylus, said that. How much more then; when the patient's' words continue to fall upon the ears of their listener's understandings? - U.S. Paratrooper Sgt. 82md Abn. Div.1/504 half a century ago back in '74, just said that. Currently: Just another one of those many one's of... ''We His Believer's'' Who's patiently waiting & watching for '.' His✝Just⚖Return🪃'.' , just said that too !!!

@AB-yx4tr 28 күн бұрын

If you Ask 4 Times "were you in Artilery ".Bro you Know he shute was😂

@warwarneverchanges4937 9 күн бұрын

38:30 Sir were you in the Artillery? Sorry. Sir were you in the artillery? Im sorry. Just golden😁. I bet those boys who were saved from an ambush by your cover fire think you were top of the spear paul.

@digitaldogs233 5 күн бұрын

Not alot know that france to had an 8 year war with Vietnam. Even the English stepped on Vietnam soil at the end of ww2 to finalise the surrender of the Japanese. Vietnam had alot of wars and conflicts, and allies from the russians and japan. All in the name of communists idealistics. And what did it change? Absolutely nothing. When the nva took over saigon that was the end, because then it left the usa with no one too fight as the country was then "united".