Return to Vietnam

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  • čas přidán 8. 11. 2016
  • FOX31's Jeremy Hubbard travels to the old war zone in Vietnam and walks with veterans as they return to the battlefield for the first time in decades. It's a remarkable and powerful trip through the eyes of those whose lives were forever changed.
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  • @davidbaker9976
    @davidbaker9976 Před 4 lety +36

    I returned for the first time in 1995 , by myself,,not easy but worth it. I continue to return every year and support 2 day care's.good feeling to give back

  • @HuynhGiang
    @HuynhGiang Před měsícem +1

    “When you are feeling down, come to Ha Noi and have a bowl of Phở. You’ll be happy again,” said a Japanese who has been living in Vietnam for six years. It seems to be true to many people. That’s what my country is like, always warm and happy like home.

  • @michaellee5610
    @michaellee5610 Před rokem +4

    Vietnam is a beautiful country, My brother was K.I.A Phuoc Thuy Province April 1971. He would write and tell me how lovely the country was and the locals. He worked alongside the American Task Forces and said what a fantastic bunch of men they were. They would swap stories about the U.S and Australia. It was one of his American friends that placed him on the Huey, just as he passed away. Respect to all!!

  • @ericunderwood6728
    @ericunderwood6728 Před 5 lety +33

    Makes me feel so good to see that Soldier's wife giving him so much support.... especially nowadays when you hear of so much divorce over stupid shit... what a great woman.... blessings

  • @tuyenpham1884
    @tuyenpham1884 Před 5 lety +18

    Brings so much tears to my eyes watching this, but I must face the truth! May The Heavenly Father bring the hearts and compassion to the hearts of these vets, their families and to the millions who were lost to that damn war...GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

    • @robrak3569
      @robrak3569 Před 9 měsíci

      And God Bless Vietnam as well

  • @keyvnfanclub
    @keyvnfanclub Před 3 lety +4

    3:22 I live near that place, just 7km away from my house. Its Military barracks of 9th Division from 4th Corps. I had seen everything inside, also the airfield had been removed. Sorry for my bad English.

  • @MJHHanni
    @MJHHanni Před 6 lety +26

    I went back for two months last year was treated with such love and respect I am going back this year if I could I would stay I have such good friends I love and miss them I am blessed.

    • @trangpham-pu8dp
      @trangpham-pu8dp Před 6 lety

      Hello. Where are you from ?

    • @bundeswehr1131
      @bundeswehr1131 Před 6 lety +1

      I am a S.Korean. Many of our fathers and uncles came back S.Korea in body bags. But, American Vietnam vetrant's attitude is so impressive. They actually rebuilt diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Wrong decisions were made in U.S. policy level. U.S. soldiers who fought there were not to be blamed.

  • @rudolphferdinand3634
    @rudolphferdinand3634 Před 5 lety +12

    CanTho, Vietnam, it was my last duty station in Vietnam leaving it on 11-12-71 with 720th MP Bn. Co. B.

    • @rudolphferdinand3634
      @rudolphferdinand3634 Před 4 lety

      Vinh Long company Headquarter B Co. 720 I went to DongTam then we moved to Tan An up the road from Doing Tam because of moving too far from Saigon the battalion decided to break the platoon up were 8 guys moved to Can Tho my last four months.

    • @MinhNguyen-ff6xf
      @MinhNguyen-ff6xf Před 4 lety +3

      It’s my home city. I went to Denver Co for education for 5 something years and recently got back to Vietnam. The city has changed rapidly, and you would barely recognize it when you visited. Let’s visit Nam one day, Charlie.

  • @itsdavidlo
    @itsdavidlo Před 5 lety +16

    These men and women are heroes, every one of them! Thank you for your service...

  • @ATaskProductions
    @ATaskProductions Před 7 lety +38

    i loved the thing at the end where the guy said you dont just remember them on veterans day or memorial day you remember them every day

    • @tedrobinson5743
      @tedrobinson5743 Před 6 lety +2

      I agree with you 100%.AND PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T WISH OUR VET'S ANY VETERAN'S "A HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY" PLEASE THINK PEOPLE! AND THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE!

  • @to-tt7fc
    @to-tt7fc Před 5 lety +5

    Many Americans living in Vietnam today. I know Bill in the early 70s, retired, married to a younger Vietnamese woman, and is living in a town on the perimeter of former Saigon. He can cope with hot weather and the foods there much better than I can.

  • @CaptchaNeon
    @CaptchaNeon Před 5 lety +22

    It is literally no ones right to tell these vets that they cannot return, shouldn’t return or are stupid for returning. People have to do what they need to for their sanity.

  • @lincreed-nickerson7949
    @lincreed-nickerson7949 Před 4 lety +5

    I came back to 2016, 50 years after my deployment here. I spent my time in Pleiku, so I came back, and kept coming back until I came back to Dong Hoi to live. Dong Hoi is the first city north of the former DMZ, in the former North Vietnam

  • @on2wheels378
    @on2wheels378 Před 5 lety +11

    Your left ear will love this upload...

  • @navy4735
    @navy4735 Před 5 lety +10

    the Vietnamese people are truly wonderful people ...I have friends who are Vietnamese , my dentist my dr .....just incredible friendly people.

    • @gustavo320
      @gustavo320 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Been living here for 1 year and 2 months now. Great country, great people. In Danang now

  • @1004twin2
    @1004twin2 Před 4 lety +4

    May God bless him and all of our other veterans.

  • @kimberlyjohnson7961
    @kimberlyjohnson7961 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @rogermcwilliams6786
    @rogermcwilliams6786 Před 3 lety +1

    I was drafted, graduated may ‘66, started basic at ft Knox aug.’66,AIT ft Knox.I was sent to Permasans Germany and came back home.I remember guys getting orders for ‘nam shoot a toe off a finger,keep from going to Vietnam,! One boy ,this was in the Stars and Stripes newspaper worked in a hospital not far from us ,took a surgical knife and cut his penis off,but they saved his life! Some took off to Sweden.I took what they gave me and I’m proud I served.

  • @hoangnguyen3424
    @hoangnguyen3424 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you. Wonderful story.

  • @HienVu-bh9ke
    @HienVu-bh9ke Před 5 lety +25

    I feel sorry for the soldiers on both sides and the people whose not involved it’s the government put it on the people .

  • @grantt.9546
    @grantt.9546 Před 3 lety +1

    Superb, cinematic drone imagery Jeremy Hubbard - great story...well done. -Grant

  • @thienbui9337
    @thienbui9337 Před 5 lety +3

    My grandfather is South Vietnam Soldier and live in Kien Giang :3

  • @darwinstamper5219
    @darwinstamper5219 Před 4 lety +4

    Stationed at Phan Thiet airfield, LZ Betty, my third tour.

  • @sandydremmel2769
    @sandydremmel2769 Před 4 lety +2

    You all are my heroes.

  • @stoneblue1795
    @stoneblue1795 Před 7 lety +6

    Well done.

  • @2006canna
    @2006canna Před 4 lety +3

    Respect

  • @theartistformerlyknownaslu3871

    I wish i coulda done this with my gpa... fought in country 68-71. He died from agent orange in 2010 but woulda been so cool

  • @darwinstamper5219
    @darwinstamper5219 Před 4 lety +1

    I served at Phan Thiet in 69/70, as a grunt, seen a lot of action in this area. Have checked it out on CZcams since then, can't believe the changes.

  • @larrycrawford7240
    @larrycrawford7240 Před 5 lety +27

    I would love to go back and find the love of the woman that I left behind. Her mother would not let her leave, because she was her youngest baby girl. That was over 50 years now.

    • @lazarevaksenia2761
      @lazarevaksenia2761 Před 5 lety +5

      I'll hope you will find her! Good luck!

    • @VNExperience
      @VNExperience Před rokem +2

      I hope you find her. I've been living in Saigon for 8 years and may be able to assist you. Just let me know if you'd like that. A lot has changed here since the war ended.

  • @More-than-ladyboys
    @More-than-ladyboys Před 3 lety +3

    The War Remnants museum in Ho Chi Minh City is far from 'a dusty old museum' as Troy McClure suggests in this film. It's an amazing physical catalogue of the hardware used during the American War with many brilliant photo's also. Vietnam rocks!

  • @airpods4
    @airpods4 Před 22 dny

    i cried

  • @rudolphferdinand3634
    @rudolphferdinand3634 Před 5 lety +3

    I landed in Da Nang, then on to Ben Hoa then to Long Binh Post. I was assigned to an Army unit at DongTam there was, Army and Navy people, the Navy ran the PBR boats, the Army ran the support helicopter company, two 135/335 and a Military Police unit (720 MP Bn. Co. B) and an Army Engineer company. 18 then, 19, 6 days later on 11/18/1951. When I left, I don't want to never return to Vietnam, no good memories. PTSD!

    • @to-tt7fc
      @to-tt7fc Před 5 lety +1

      Going back there may help as happened to many veterans. Vietnam is a very different country, at least on the surface, bustling and filled with young people who know nothing about Vietnam war.

    • @rudolphferdinand3634
      @rudolphferdinand3634 Před 5 lety +1

      Vietnam was the furthest place I would fly to. Today because of Agent Orange and other physical problems from it and other injuries from my 13 years of Army duty’s, I have plans to travel to the east coast and visit PA and DC; DC to see the real Vietnam Memorial Wall and some monuments seen in a picture or viewed on TV.

    • @bamboo9666
      @bamboo9666 Před 4 lety

      @@to-tt7fc everyone know about Vietnam war.. But they just dont take it too seriously now.

  • @chrisking3849
    @chrisking3849 Před 6 lety +10

    not the Vietnam I was at, just mountains, and jungle, pretty but a lot of work and so many buddies.

    • @svetlanaserova7738
      @svetlanaserova7738 Před 5 lety +1

      sorry, because we are growing

    • @AeroBigDick
      @AeroBigDick Před 4 lety

      @@svetlanaserova7738 he isnt saying it's a bad thing. Just not how they remember it

  • @kimberlyjohnson7961
    @kimberlyjohnson7961 Před 4 lety +2

    Very friendly people and much cleaners than the Philippines

  • @ergot57
    @ergot57 Před 6 lety +6

    Henry Clay Cauthen. Dust Off Pilot. Left behind my friends his wife Gail and children Janet, Clay jr, Barbara, and James Quinton. We are not sure what was sent home. Thirty five pounds it weighed. Henry was a big man.

  • @PhantomKnight37
    @PhantomKnight37 Před 5 lety +8

    I understand Vietnamese and what the kids are saying is so funny 😂

  • @MichaelBenninger
    @MichaelBenninger Před 4 lety +3

    I have never been back no need to revisit the pain.

    • @MinhNguyen-ff6xf
      @MinhNguyen-ff6xf Před 3 lety

      Hiding from the pain doesn’t make you feel better. These vets chose to face it, defeat the war ghost, make peace with their former enemies and themselves. Forgiveness may cure the pain.

  • @mufuliramark
    @mufuliramark Před 4 lety

    Good video but make sure you wear both earbuds or else you will miss some of the audio as different sounds come out of different buds

  • @carltonking4196
    @carltonking4196 Před 5 lety +1

    Is the old French fort in Dao Loc still there ?

  • @kellyfoster7054
    @kellyfoster7054 Před 5 lety +4

    My wife has traveled down the long dong bridge many times

    • @slit4659
      @slit4659 Před 4 lety

      And I thank her for that.

  • @chadhines5804
    @chadhines5804 Před rokem

    Time Heals all wounds

  • @michellepeters6622
    @michellepeters6622 Před 4 lety

    Father was 16 when he joined, 101st airborne....tunnel rat. Came home but never the same.

  • @ricardomendes4777
    @ricardomendes4777 Před 3 lety +9

    Why do Americans call the Vietnamese the enemy. Its their country. The Americans were the enemy.

  • @SEAVet69
    @SEAVet69 Před 5 lety +2

    Forty YEARS AGO? Not there in 76. I was there 69-70.

    • @to-tt7fc
      @to-tt7fc Před 4 lety +1

      Half a century already, isn't it.

  • @Nyarlathotep637
    @Nyarlathotep637 Před 5 lety +2

    10:50 holy hell this man looks and kinda sounds like Hunter S Thompson

  • @camap9235
    @camap9235 Před 4 lety

    my earphone i dont know which left or right

  • @General6699
    @General6699 Před 8 měsíci

    Fox31 callsign?

  • @wolfer8300
    @wolfer8300 Před rokem

    THE BEST THERAPY FOR THOSE WHO STRUGGLE or GOING AWOL TO THE MOUNTAINS V.A CANT HEAL MENTAL WOUNDS vs SUICIDE

  • @wokinmale4184
    @wokinmale4184 Před 6 lety +12

    It’ll be interesting to see if VC and NVA have PTSD like US vets. Very curious about that

    • @Willoz269
      @Willoz269 Před 5 lety +4

      Wokin Male read the book "Bare feet, Iron Will" written by ret Col James Zumwalt

    • @FesterPussbucket
      @FesterPussbucket Před 5 lety +5

      They are human too. Kind of self explanatory. Probably worse. They used many terrifying tactics and weapons, but they would say the same of us. We didn't play fair either. The healing is what counts.

    • @algonquin7187
      @algonquin7187 Před 5 lety +3

      No they dont they just have balls of steel

    • @algonquin7187
      @algonquin7187 Před 5 lety

      Ptsd is made up by us govt to make them feel like heroes

    • @HienVu-bh9ke
      @HienVu-bh9ke Před 5 lety +2

      Wokin Male we’re all humans being nothing different except for our skin .

  • @trantrongnghia4091
    @trantrongnghia4091 Před 3 lety

    I've really enjoyed the video but I couldnt deal with the sounds, it's been hitting my left ear.

  • @arnoessler3549
    @arnoessler3549 Před 2 lety +1

    Soldiers are always used for crazy ideas of their leaders. But it was not possible to destroy Vietnam with its gentle people.

  • @grebo236
    @grebo236 Před 4 lety +1

    I can't go back, to many horrible things I remember. 68-69

    • @MinhNguyen-ff6xf
      @MinhNguyen-ff6xf Před 3 lety +1

      That war ghost has been haunting you for ages. That’s why these vets returned to find forgiveness and peace. Sometimes you can find peace at the place where nightmares and horrors began. I believe the locals may welcome you with open arms

    • @boondocker7964
      @boondocker7964 Před rokem

      No reason to go back, you can't forget the heat, bugs, 3rd world lack of amenities, damned if I will ever go back.

  • @kimberlyjohnson7961
    @kimberlyjohnson7961 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you so much for visiting Beautiful Vietnam. Will be back.Once the Communist no longer control the county

  • @sabinlong1602
    @sabinlong1602 Před 4 lety +5

    American numbers one. In god we trust. In ❤️💒🇺🇸👍💯

  • @darrelmesteth969
    @darrelmesteth969 Před 5 lety +7

    Not one veteran on this tour apologized for their aggression against the people of Vietnam.

    • @MinhNguyen-ff6xf
      @MinhNguyen-ff6xf Před 5 lety +6

      We don’t demand any oral apologies, but the two countries are doing well to heal the aftermath. I have several uncles who got killed during the war because they were VC. Now, we welcome American homestay students to our home, and that’s so cool!

    • @to-tt7fc
      @to-tt7fc Před 5 lety +1

      Lefist hanoi jane 's mental disease or dictatorial syndrome ?

    • @nickpatoka7096
      @nickpatoka7096 Před 4 lety +4

      I didn’t get an apology from the American protesters

    • @2006canna
      @2006canna Před 4 lety +3

      Darrel Mesteth why????? they followed orders given by politicians. they deserve the deepest respect.

    • @rayjohn9798
      @rayjohn9798 Před 3 lety +1

      I don’t apologize. And the NVA soldiers I fought against would not expect it. We did what we had to. I didn’t spray defoliants. So if any apologies are owed it’s for what was done to the countryside. And none of you got drafted unlike some?

  • @tonywuanwilliam8476
    @tonywuanwilliam8476 Před 2 lety

    Welcome to your second home ,Viet nam.

  • @vule5617
    @vule5617 Před rokem

    There's no south China Beach in Vietnam...

  • @richardowens6843
    @richardowens6843 Před 4 lety +4

    Poor baby is having flashbacks about running out of milk.

  • @carltonking4196
    @carltonking4196 Před 5 lety +2

    DAI LOC

  • @allenstallion3794
    @allenstallion3794 Před 3 lety +3

    American war!! Not Vietnam war!!

    • @sangpham9871
      @sangpham9871 Před 3 lety

      Vietnam war seems like a better term to me.

  • @richardlong8014
    @richardlong8014 Před rokem

    There's nothing there that I want to see. I'm happy for the people who found capitalism and peace.

  • @robertmartinez4174
    @robertmartinez4174 Před 8 měsíci

    That country wasn't worth fighting & dying for.

  • @skipsassy1
    @skipsassy1 Před 6 lety +3

    I went to law school with veterans that cannot go into a Vietnamese Restaurant without his fair go up on the back of his head 1985? Will they show that? No. Ken Burns will never show that either - that's why he waited until they die

  • @Luca77ita
    @Luca77ita Před rokem

    Beautiful land ❤️

  • @tvdo9345
    @tvdo9345 Před 3 lety

    Now many of these children are going to have cavities.

  • @seanwhite1853
    @seanwhite1853 Před 3 lety +1

    O
    0ob

  • @jessieblanton9875
    @jessieblanton9875 Před 4 lety +3

    AMERICAN P.O.W. YOU ARE NOT FOR GOT ABOUT.

    • @wwlee5
      @wwlee5 Před 4 lety +1

      "American P.O.W.: 'You are not forgotten'" is the right English.

  • @S62bhas
    @S62bhas Před 4 lety

    I Praises God Vietnam is Changing But we Must Put Churches & God First in this Country

  • @davidhuynh5600
    @davidhuynh5600 Před 4 lety +1

    Won't return until they are free.

    • @wwlee5
      @wwlee5 Před 4 lety +4

      Free from what? You mean being able to say bad things against the government? It's no different from Singapore where you will get arrested for saying bad things about the government.

    • @MinhNguyen-ff6xf
      @MinhNguyen-ff6xf Před 3 lety

      You mean being free from communist party? It must be awesome but who will do the job? You?

    • @votuanphu6299
      @votuanphu6299 Před 3 lety +3

      @@MinhNguyen-ff6xf he is a refugee from RVN ,dude look at his name David "HUYNH"

  • @jafo766
    @jafo766 Před 4 lety

    Imagine if NORTH AMERICAN NATIVES ROSE UP LIKE CHARLIE...no price to high , keep killing them , they'll $TOP COMING INDEED !

  • @nikasamwkusvili9345
    @nikasamwkusvili9345 Před rokem

    thank you viet cong for defending your contry and im sory americans for your ptsd from agent orange poisining ther contry

  • @Fiannoigisland
    @Fiannoigisland Před 5 lety +2

    I wonder do the French do the same thing, remind the Vietnamese of the days they invaded their country and destroyed it for some bullshit reason given , As Noam Chomsky said, your understanding is based on " whether you hold the wipe or are under the wipe" , Sure lots of Americian went there , not unwilling though, they were young fired up men looking for adventure, the timeless source of soldiers. Bottom line is that it was another country in the mix, not aligning correctly so it had to be attacked. G F Y Mr Hubbard.....weak report

    • @wwlee5
      @wwlee5 Před 4 lety

      I think the French who would remember Vietnam are dead.

  • @FRANKGETSUM-jy7hx
    @FRANKGETSUM-jy7hx Před 3 lety

    AND NOW A FEW WORDS FROM OUR DUMBOCRAT "VIETNAM WAR HEROES" JOHN KERRY AND " MISTAKENLY" LYING DICK BLUMENTHOL OF CONN. SEMPER FI

  • @topgeardel
    @topgeardel Před 3 lety +2

    All this 'boo-hoo" over the Vietnam vets. They should have figured out for themselves the war was BAD and that Americans didn't belong there. As the saying goes..."You made your bed....you sleep in it"

    • @boondocker7964
      @boondocker7964 Před rokem

      Bend over twit.

    • @philw8704
      @philw8704 Před 11 měsíci

      Top gear deal: Probably what you don’t know, or seemingly care, is almost all of the veterans of Vietnam were drafted meaning they had no choice...go to war or go to jail. It wasn’t their war, but they had to fight it and it took it’s toll on many. If you were a Veteran, you would know this and have some feelings of respect for what the Vets go through for your FREEDOM. Next time you see a Vet, shake their hand and than them for their service and your freedom, this is my suggestion as a Veteran, Regain some self respect.

    • @topgeardel
      @topgeardel Před 11 měsíci

      @@philw8704 OMG...when will you Kool Aid drinkers ever stop with your brainwashed propaganda?? I am a proud Vietnam/Draft resistor. WTF are you going to tell me that I don't know??? Younger generations read your crap and feel sorry for you guys. Real men are ultimately their own conscience....not a government. It was YOU guys that didn't have the courage and smarts to avoid something bad when your life was on the alter of sacrifice. You guys didn't do shit for your country. What you did do was act like sheep and enable a 10 year war going that did nothing but bring pain, conflict, division and loss to the American people. Pull your head out of your own ass as a Veteran and think about that.
      Don't talk to me about "self respect". You are still talking the same BS 50 years later. Absolutely pathetic.

  • @danielbuzinski6473
    @danielbuzinski6473 Před rokem

    You go! I'll stay right here we're I belong! didn't want to go the first time dam sure I don't need to go back. Like I said before I didn't loose anything here and I'm not staying to find it! Let them gooks give back our mia then l'll talk differently.