I spent 8 years in the 82nd 1st/504th. We did a decent amount of air assault type insertions with Chinooks but never any jumps. I don’t believe any conventional units did any airborne insertions during OIF or OEF. It’s fascinating to see where my forebears came from. Those guys didn’t get the respect and homecoming they deserved and although it’s a bit late I’m glad they’re getting the recognition they deserve. By no means do you have to support a war or it’s reasons, but you better damn well support your fellow countrymen. Otherwise, the world is a massive place; go somewhere else.

The sound of the Huey is the Vietnam war, as the sound of artillery and machine-guns are to WW1 and the banshee scream of a diving Ju87 is to WW2.

To all who served...THANK YOU

I think the most powerful/deadliest piece of military equipment is and will always be the tele-radio - with a radio, you can call in an airstrike, artillery strike, dust off, or more reinforcements.

There's no excuse for not cutting off the trail. If Laos and Cambodia were going to allow the NVA to use their land to transport death and destruction to the south then they had no grounds to protest the US if they operated to prevent this

In any war, the only one who make the most profits were the weapons manufacturer

I have the honor of listening to first hand accounts from Vietnam Veterans. Just like in a court of law first hand accounts carries more weight than hearsay. They were THERE!!! . Yes I admire the Vietnamese people very much. I like them more than the war protesters like our brave soldiers that laid it all down for us. As many agree that we should not have been there , they also have the right to tell the story because they were there. God Bless our Veterans and God bless America.

Thank you for sharing 🎖️🇺🇲❤️💪

Great video. Thank you for your service. Had no idea of the navy blue Hueys in support of the army.

This is an amazing channel. I love war stories I love history. Thank you. You are appreciated sincerely.

Ugh…North Vietnam didn’t “defeat” the US Military. The US didn’t lose the war. They abandoned it. Just like Iraq and Afghanistan.

God Bless these men

interesting documentary

As a Combat Marine in 67-68 in I Corps Quang Nam Province one profound fact that we knew about was that the Army command was over the Marine command. Two, we actually had to fight battles with one hand tied behind our backs. 3, compared to combat in WW2 and Korea the çombat of Vietnam was inferior. 4, Air combat in North Vietnam should have been directed towards the Ho Chi Minh trail 24-7.

I know this isn't strictly on topic, but we became acquainted, and talked a a while, as I was reading McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom," which he'd already finished. Here's Col. Jack Jacobs' (Ret.) MOH citation for his actions that day. What I didn't know is that they were interdicting the Ho Chi Minh Trail. I learned something new today. "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Jacobs (then 1st Lt.), Infantry, distinguished himself while serving as assistant battalion advisor, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam. The 2d Battalion was advancing to contact when it came under intense heavy machine gun and mortar fire from a Viet Cong battalion positioned in well fortified bunkers. As the 2d Battalion deployed into attack formation its advance was halted by devastating fire. Capt. Jacobs, with the command element of the lead company, called for and directed air strikes on the enemy positions to facilitate a renewed attack. Due to the intensity of the enemy fire and heavy casualties to the command group, including the company commander, the attack stopped and the friendly troops became disorganized. Although wounded by mortar fragments, Capt. Jacobs assumed command of the allied company, ordered a withdrawal from the exposed position and established a defensive perimeter. Despite profuse bleeding from head wounds which impaired his vision, Capt. Jacobs, with complete disregard for his safety, returned under intense fire to evacuate a seriously wounded advisor to the safety of a wooded area where he administered lifesaving first aid. He then returned through heavy automatic weapons fire to evacuate the wounded company commander. Capt. Jacobs made repeated trips across the fire-swept open rice paddies evacuating wounded and their weapons. On 3 separate occasions, Capt. Jacobs contacted and drove off Viet Cong squads who were searching for allied wounded and weapons, single-handedly killing 3 and wounding several others. His gallant actions and extraordinary heroism saved the lives of 1 U.S. advisor and 13 allied soldiers. Through his effort the allied company was restored to an effective fighting unit and prevented defeat of the friendly forces by a strong and determined enemy. Capt. Jacobs, by his gallantry and bravery in action in the highest traditions of the military service, has reflected great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army."

19:11 it takes a special breed of man to rescue your friends under fire 🔥 selfless man, these are brave men

Perhaps not as dramatic, but Navy LSMR's were there in support of river operations also. There were only 3 of us (plus the Carronade) but we had an incredible amount of firepower. I served on the USS St Francis River, LSM(R)-525 from Phu Quac to Cam Rahn '67-'69. Landing Ship Medium (Rocket). We could flatten a large area in a matter of minutes.

Forget about using the USN for combat assaults that isn't what they do. The Army pilots were the experts in putting troops on the ground - I know I did it for two tours

Yooo New documentary!

can't even begin to imagine the moral boost that you would get from hearing the hui coming in to save you

If you limit yourself the way we did in vietnam no technology helps enough. If we combined our operations the way they should have been, with an intention to win, they would stand no chance. The hammering of targets would serve effective enough until we claimed that realestate and the risks of identifying targets wouldn't be what it was since we would be overtaking those areas and becoming familiar with where to paint a focus for our F105s. The B52s could focus on other things like destroying the airfields we refused to touch through that sad mess.

M-C UH1 Attack...my...fav.

What about Ac130

I would have chosen to be on a pbr back than, that was such a cool boat,

Not just a trail, miles of tunnels big enough for tanks and trucks.

They need this pbr tech in cars already u know how cool that would be in south Florida turn a car 2 a jet ski

I miss the Huey with our RNZAF and I miss the distinctive sound 👍🇳🇿

Huey was the helicopter with the most losses in the Vietnam War with nearly 3,000 helicopters. The sound of the helicopter was so loud that the Viet Cong could prepare to ambush American troops.

My grandpa was in the Vietnam war he worked on ov10 planes and the hu1 helicopters

My dad was a mechanic. He also did 2 tours 68-72 what years were you there?

Hoping you mentioned opting for twin mini guns in slicks, for crew chief and door gunner, in lieu of standard M60

My 100% direct deposit and SSD was stopped for months. The big American bank did not like my P.O. box. The lady in charge said "thank you for your service". My four hundred door gunner hours is finally shone respect LMAO.

18:40 Jack: wooooo

Patrol Boat RiverINE

Absolutely NOT ALLOWED to go into Cambodia or Laos with military tools carried through Hoa Chi Ming trail , heroin and drugs was a mainstay of handled merchandise

Hated it when they jammed.

I was told that the United States originally was performing Coastal Patrols, but then one of our ships was attacked by radicals... So then, the US sent "boots on the ground" to physically assist the South Vietnamese.

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The Americans deployed the best materiel at that time,during the vietnam war but the nva/viet Cong simply suppressed the American firepower at that time,for that,I can say that in what the u.s. had compared to the north Vietnamese,ho chi Minh's army is the greatest army ever, using the greatest ever rifle the russian designed ak47

First cav all troops moved in hueys and chinooks made over combat 4:02. Assualts over 30. As grunt. Medic

Uh, Excuse me....Were the French not there before the Americans.

I was with delta 227th air assault 1st Cavalry div going in to hot LZ to cover Medivacs and to pick up wounded or support those on the ground saved lives

So who did start respecting the neutrality of Laos

Skip skipped right past all that kicking the French out of their country

the #MIC made huge profit - not enough are in the mideast now.

Bicycle vs helicopter, bike wins.....

A bicycle carries 900lbs through the jungle? BS ~Blessings~

He frequently uses the term Viet Cong. The old definition of VC are southerners who opposed the southern government - implying civil war. But southerners, centers, and northerners have different accents. So, the source of the soldier is clear, during investigations. Most "VC" were actually northerners, meaning an invasion from the north to the south. Some moved down before 1954, and took up deep cover positions. So, VC is not the right term. They should be called northern communist invaders. My source - my wife who is Vietnamese, born in the north, moved to the south with her parents and siblings in 1954, attended a school for northerners in Saigon. After she came to USA in 1975, she learned that some of her classmates were deep under cover communists.

I thought they might talk about the microphones and speakers the US planted along the Ho Chi Min trail . I guess not!!

No mention whatsoever of what the Vietnamese call the Dien Bien Phu of the Air, when they downed such a high percentage of B52 bombers in a short span of time that the US would run out of B52's for the entire hemisphere at that rate, forcing them to accept North Vietnam's terms of total US troop withdrawal.

Will our govt. EVER show us treaty between US of A & Ho Chi Ming ( Harvard educated) that we would help them become a free & sovereign nation ( from France ) if they helped us fight Japan during WW 2. WE didn't honor treaty cause ( France was our friend) Russia was ready , willing & able to help them ! That gave our military industry excuse for us to " FIGHT COMMUNISM!!"

If your country was invaded because of your beliefs what would you do?

How do you find targets as a FAC while traveling at the speed of sound??? Or even 630mph, when compared to 200mph or less? Very poorly. Real history shows the targets went down in numbers, because the slower flying fixed wing planes made it easier to see the target. The Huey Cobra was also a big step backwards. A fully armed Huey Iroquois, with two door gunners had twice the number of KIAs. Facts. And in the Air Cav Scout division??? The hunter-killer teams? Those old Mash style, bubble helicopters found more enemy targets than their amazing Loach replacements did. Switching over to the Cobra/Loach teams actually took production measured in KIA down, not up. Facts In a more open space war than a jungle, the Cobra/Loach teams would vastly outclass the Huey/Mash style helicopters, tbh.

Ho chi mign was not a Communist he was a nationalist just wanted to reunite his country ask us for help in 40 and 50s but france was an allie so Eisenhower said no so he went to china and russia its fact so that war was totally avoidable

Would it be safe to say as much as Americans inflicted damage they got whooped and abandoned the war

So the government of South Vietnam but the Communist government of North Vietnam was not? Anyone that had much combat experience knows you were as likely to be fighting Chinese as you were Vietnamese.

We should never pulled out of Nam, we could have been there 50 more years to the South. Atomic bomb was the answer when Gen. Westmoreland requested. We need to stay in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban until they do not exist.

All that to still lose. Smh

What do they keep showing a slick for huey hog sea wolf annoying

130 gun ships out of ubon rtaf took out up 15000

The announcer got it wrong saying the US declared the trail was important early on. What he didn't say was that Barry Goldwater who ran for president against LBJ the crook, wanted to bomb the trail much earlier and was called a war monger for his view which were later carried out with the left as in LBJ. Bombing the trail early would have been decisive in stopping munitions and supplies from getting to the troops attacking the south. LBJ escalated the war making his large investment in the huey helicopter pay him big dividends. LBJ was also a major player in the assassination of JFK whom he hated. He cheated his way into politics from day one and was a real crime thug from the get go. The politicians on the left that followed his crooked policies for the last couple of decades, by lying to the public, something they are very good at doing has never stopped !!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay hinh anh ban do DAO hai Nam lae diem chinh tane Cong hong sA SE DUOC AVE VAN @ MEN

Show's how stupid US political leadership was. Only needed a couple large ground attacks to capture and destroy that network

Had the 'Marines known "about how cleverly those bicycles were being used" . . MIGHT well have been the difference! Oh well intel, intel, intel . . . . . . . . Right on [Navy seals] 🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾💜🥾💪🐾🐾🐾🥪🐕‍🦺

I was born in Saigon in 1969. Life was good until the commies took over, then everyone became poor. People lost their homes & live in the street. Had a family live outside my grandparents' house at 10 Bui Chu. As a kid, I would climb the slant wall of the cathedral across the street.

Dont give a damn, nuhnuhnuh Viet Naam

Ok China

But usa loose in vietnam..🤣

I have a hand full of Vietnam Vet friends and the stories are unreal we get together every other weekend in one of of backyards drinking beers 🍻 bbq,music and having a good time life is short.😀👍✌️

America is always number one even when they lose is what I got from this.

"US airforce developed countermeasures so the SA-2 wasn't successful! It was more a political than tactical weapon, when the American public see a downed plane" Ha ha ha, yeah right, if there weren't any downed US aircraft otherwise! But there were 10.000 which means that the countermeasures to the SA-2 and AA artillery were very ineffective!

american was lose in veatnam....all amercans army die for nothing....only for the brutal leader...not for the own country....think...!!!!!

america lost in vietnamese war

68-70 phoniex program

베트남 전을 통해서 무장 헬기가 등장했다 지금의 코부라 헬기 전쟁을 통해서 전쟁무기가 발전한다는것...

The way the politician clowns ran the war was stupid.

I heard that Mrs. Johnson, President Johnson’s wife, had a steak or ownership in tiger airways that transported the troops to Vietnam. She made a fortune.😊

music overlays ruin every damn one of these... smfh

Machine doesn't work in Korean & Vietnam war !