BATTLEZONE | Vietnam War Documentary | 4th Infantry Division | S2E10
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- The 4th Infantry Division deployed from Fort Lewis to Camp Enari, Pleiku, Vietnam on 25 September 1966 and served more than four years, returning to Fort Carson, Colorado on 8 December 1970. Two brigades operated in the Central Highlands/II Corps Zone, but its 3rd Brigade, including the division's armor battalion, was sent to Tây Ninh Province northwest of Saigon to take part in Operation Attleboro (September to November 1966), and later Operation Junction City (February to May 1967), both in War Zone C. After nearly a year of combat, the 3rd Brigade's battalions officially became part of the 25th Infantry Division in exchange for the battalions of the 25th's 3rd Brigade, then in Quảng Ngãi Province as part of the division-sized Task Force Oregon.
I was 17 years old when I got to Vietnam-1966 through 1969 (My mom had to sign a waiver for me), I grew up fast and learned a lot, good and bad. (I am now 73 and still learning). I was stationed on the USS Providence and also stationed in Country at a place called "Monkey Mountain" close to DaNang,. I spent 3 tours of duty in and around Vietnam. 3 of my high school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. I participated in the TET Offensive in Feb 1968, that was bad. Somewhere along the way I was exposed to Agent Orange (Nasty Stuff) I am now on disability for the effects of agent orange. When I was discharged and came home to the States we arrived in San Francisco, and there were a lot of protesters spitting on us and throwing rocks and eggs and called us baby killers. That was our welcome home. I tell you this to say to you, that whatever your position is or was on the Vietnam war, it was not the veteran who got us into the war, most of us went because we were patriots and loved our country. Blame the politicians, yes, but not the veteran. To all Vietnam Vets out there, you are not forgotten. As a previous combat Vet myself, I salute you my friend.
@Denny T My father served in Vietnam as a Scout Dog Handler in the 48th IPSD. He too was exposed to Agent Orange. He has since passed. Thank You for your service!
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Americans who havent served have trouble identifying real problems.
Stolen Valor
Thank you for your service
I salute all Vietnam veterans the man and women of that area was just unbelievably strong.
I was a USAF A1 Skyraider crew chief with the 6th SOS at Pleiku in 1969. I made quite a few ARMY aircraft mechanic friends at Enari, always will remember these brave colleagues from the 4th IVY LEAF . They are on my heart .
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Thank you for your service sir. Salute!!
Hi Juan. Thank you for your service!!! You served in Pleiku around the time my Dad, Sgt. Pete Gedvilas did, he was in the 4th infantry div, 1st /8th. He was there from Jan 69'. Wouldn't it be neat it you knew him? Still brothers in service. Thank you again for your sacrifice!!!
@@Violetrn76by any chance did your dad know Dan brazee?
This Video brings back memory of my auntie's story.
My auntie has been telling us the following story hundreds of times. Each time she recounts it, she cries. It must have been liters of her tears over the years.
# The story is ....
# That was a Lunar New year in Vietnam. My aunt and her mother (my grand-aunt-mother; my mother calls her auntie) were travelling by ferry boat on a river in southern Vietnam. All of a sudden, American helicopters appeared, and shot at the boat. My aunt and her mother sat next to each other. Her mother was hit, and was dying in my aunt's arms (she was a small teenager at the time)
# My aunt recounts of her mother's last words: "Daughter, it's certain I die. Don't forget to look after your siblings and listen to your dad."
# Then she died in my aunt's arms. As said, each time my aunt recounts that story which happened 50 years ago, she cries.
I'm sorry to hear about the horrible and tragic death of your relative and I offer my deepest condolences.
When did this happen?
50 years ago was 1972. President Nixons' Vietnamization program began in 1969.
Was the crew of the helicopter part of the south Vietnamese military or the United States military?
I'm sure you have seen the famous photo of the little naked girl running after a napalm attack.
The pilot of that plane was a South Vietnamese pilot.
Grand Aunt Mother? Ok
I'm proud of every soldier that served in Vietnam
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When we weren't allowed to follow the enemy into Laos and Cambodia, we were to be defeated. If your enemy has sanctuary, the war is lost. No nation wins a politicians' war. No one. God bless all who served.
Go home G.I
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If you are evoking blessings for anybody, these should be for the Vietnamese people themselves who, if the American military had stayed away, not interfered, willfully misreading the Vietnamese North's ambition of unification after French colonisation, rather than promoting the clearly incorrect and egregiously cynical reason for war, the Domino Theory that took 65-75 thousand young American lives and the lives of two million indigini. Blood from this wickedness still drips from American hands as the country seeks war with a now powerful China. Any war America embarks on with China is likely end badly for us here in the Global South.
Most small island nations including my own: Aotearoa, are receiving many benefits from cooperation, trading relationship with China. Chinese investment is lifting the standard of living from China's funding and technical assistance so they can be truly independent and free from exploitation from the political West.
I had a friend I served with in 7th ID and in USAER. Told me he finished basic and AIT and went home on leave. After Thanksgiving dinner, they watched the evening news story about the 4th ID in heavy fighting around Pleiku. He said a week later, he was in heavy fighting with the 4th ID around Pleiku!
I was in Basic at Ft Dix around Thanksgiving 1967. We were awakened at 2 am to donate emergency blood supplies due to the fighting at Dak To. It was an epiphany for me.
My father was a 2nd Lt in the IV division when they landed on Utah Beach in France, June 1944. He lasted about a week before being wounded in the knee and sent back to the US to recover. After 51 weeks in the hospital and several operations, he was discharged and sent home. It took him a little over 40 years to get his Purple Heart.
I am glad he survived.
All the soldiers back in the day were badass's.
After the war did he become an NPC in Skyrim? All kidding aside I'm grateful for your Father's service and his sacrifice.
Why did it take so long to get his Purple Heart? Either a massive cluster f*ck of an administration error, or it was a suspected self-inflicted wound. Now I'm not saying it was intentional, but potentially an officer drawing a pistol while kneeling under combat pressure. You should see if you can obtain the records and get to the bottom of it. 40 years! That's a big drop of the ball.
@@doylebrockman8225 badass? Going home because of a bad knee? not this guy.
I used to watch The Big Picture and Victory at Sea when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. I was 16 and a sophomore in high school.during phys ed we would point the military tests climbing ropes doing push ups, timed mile runs, that kind of stuff .one of our coaches had served in Korea in the Air Force . during one of our exercises ( the fire mans carry) it's where everybody has a partner, half the group would line up on our football field on the 50 yd line, the other half would line up on say the 10 yard line. he would then say 50 yd line people run down ,pickup your partner and run him back fire mans carry to the 50 yard line ,1st five teams across gets a soda and doesn't run laps tomorrow. before the bell would ring to go to your next class, he would always tell us why / how the drills we were doing might be useful in the future. we all knew that he had been in Korea .he told us that some of us might end up in Vietnam. most of us ,myself included, had never heard of vietnam. this was spring of 1966. I was in the Marine Corps in 1969. we had set up a night ambush to get an an NVA "rice patrol" that was coming down into several villages to get rice and weapons. we had a squad and a gun team(about 10 of us. we had set up about 15 meters off the trail about 10 meters apart from each tother with the gun team up at the head of the line. about 2am we could hear them talking as if the were walking down a street in downtown Hanoi .the squad leader would give a verbal command to fire.he did, and we opened up. we were poring out fire...red tracers going out, green tracers coming in. the guy next to ,took a bullet in the shoulder.there seemed to be a lot more green coming in than red going out. the squad leader told me to grab the wounded man and bring him with me ,we were falling back to our fallback position (rice paddy) and wait for the sweep team.i put the wounded man over my shoulders and hauled ass with the rest of my squad, feet first ,right into the rice paddy.
prologue: when I got back home. I dropped back by my high school to see the coach.he was still there ,still running the military fitness tests . he told me to drop by and we would have a couple beers and tell war stories. we did.he passed away in 1988
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I served in the 4th Div. Dang proud of it too. Live free or die !
Thank you and damn right!
I remember you guys well up above plei ku. Surrounded are battery one time. Which was 6 miles around. Artillery Hill remember boys. 1966. We're all old war. dogs now. Salute.
Thank you for your service however misguided it was. The hard truth is Vietnam had nothing to do with Americans living free.
I was with the 201st AVN CO in Nha Trang just south of Tuy Hoa-- every now and then we supported the 4th----- good guys--- always happy to see us!!!
Lemont Wilson who played Lamont on Sandford and Son served with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
I served with this div in pleiku. 4th div. 10th armored calvery B co. 1st plt.. the muddest place on earth. Worked with the 1st calvery divison at ankhe/ LZ action, lz oasis. lz x-Ray.
My father was also there in Pleiku.
Thank you for sharing this video to extend my knowledge.
I was temp assigned to the 4th at Tuy Hoa in '66, as a helicopter crew chief with the 174th AHC, flying resupply and other troop support missions.
Thanks for your service. You paved the way for 4th ID guys like us in the future.
Thank you for your service. I‘d love to listen to your stories.
@@supaloc I appreciate it! 🙂
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Just missed the misery. 73-76 PROUDLY SERVED. Headquarters @ Carson with the 4th. Moved missles around Deutshland after that. Kept my mouth shut about it for 6 years. I served.
Wonderful narration. Perfect.
My nephew was a 4th Inf Div mortarman in Vietnam . he arrived in-country two weeks before Tet broke out .
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My dad was in the 4th I.D. At Utah Beach, France, June 1944. Got wounded and spent 51 weeks in the hospital.
I wore that patch for a while. I remember We used to call it, "Four lieutenants pointing North."
My dad was a sergeant in 4th infantry. In Pleiku from about june 1967 to May 1968. He sprayed agent orange on foot patrols and with trucks as well. But i think mostly on foot.
Fuck you USA, viva Ho chi minh, viva os vietcongs
He sounds like an evil man
@@leonleon2276he was
God Bless them ALL!!!
Why did you come and destroy my beautiful country. How much suffering and death has been brought to friends and family
10:44 WTF?!!? Some cherry nearly bought it by running directly into the tail rotor!
Why is it that none of the blacks where never feature in these interviews of their combat experiences doing the Vietnam war
Did 3 tours back to back late 64 to June 67 like the song says you can check out you just can’t leave
4ID, or as we called in in 3ID, "4 2LT's pointing north". To be fair, 3ID was called the "broken TV set".
Thank you for uploading
You're welcome Corey - One of my twin boys is Corey - very cool!
1:08 this footage is used for the A-team intro 🙂
Damn right!
I was in 4ID albeit much after Vietnam. I was in during OEF , OIF. Salut!
Edit - had no idea the Ivy leaves were because of the Roman numeral spelling “I-V = Ivy”…. Makes sense
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When i was awarded the CIB, i was informed while on LP . I had no idea what the CIB was!! Prior to NAM i had trained as a clerk. When I got to nam i was told that they didn't need any clerks so i became an11/b 10. Ain't war hell??
Thank your servic
My uncle Mark Sutton was in this unit and his home movies are on youtube, search Authentic Vietnam footage 4th infantry div pt. 1 & 2
Referencing the video thumbnail; Who in the hell wears their class A CIB/EIB in the jungle? Sgt Rock there must have known the cameras were going to be there.
Easy Co.
Lot of grunts did
Revisionist history.
4th Infantry 67-68.
Our stated mission was Search and Destroy.
It appears that the Army changed the description and left out the Destroy part of our mission !
The veicon kicked that ass and that's a fact so small but lethal.
That's because they're always hiding in holes like rats.
You know not what you speak. The wars on this planet are planned and fomented by Luciferians (worshipers of Lucifer the fallen angel), to bring about a one world order with Lucifer as their god. Your understanding of what’s going on in the world, like most of humanity, is programmed into your brains. Wars create great wealth for Luciferians, along with killing off the excess populations. Research; ‘The Hegelian Dialectic,’ problem/reaction/solution. The only way to make it to eternal life is through Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).
The North Vietnamese lost Two million KIA, U.S. lost 58,000 KIA, the North Vietnamese would still be fighting today if U.S. had stayed in country they didn’t care how many of their military personnel would die, the North Vietnamese soldiers had tattoos that read “Born in the North to die in the South”
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I turned this documentary off due to the terrible sound quality.
What an amature attempt was made putting it together.
Qui Nohn dec 69 - Feb 71.
I agree. Phu Hiep 66- 67.
I joined the army Bc my great grandpa, grandpa dad and as well as most of my uncles were in the army it was really destiny lol
My grandfather was in the 4th infantry division he is from Louisiana he got drafted and went to basic in Fort Polk Louisiana and I’m trying to figure out what unit he might have been in I know he was infantry and when he got there he landed in Pleiku in September 1966 and he once said that first platoon got wiped out and he was in second platoon and they had to come in and pick the bodies up no one in first platoon survived he said if that gives anyone hints to what unit he might have been in but he now has skin cancer and watching this and reading some of the comments it might have had something to with agent orange if you ask me.
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THAT IS WHEN THE RANGER GOT STUCK IN THE PUNGY PIT. BOTH LEGS. I HAVE MY CERTIFIED. LORRCON TEAM. THIS ARE OUR JUMP MASTER. OKAY JUMP MASTER. GREEN LIGHT. GO.
Thanks US Soldiers I will not forget Sharkie your fan in DC
The title says its about the 4th infantry div. But the show was about the 82 ab
Besides good training, I experienced some of the heaviest thunderstorms on Ft. Bragg of my entire 8 years of active duty.
It rained so hard sometimes the rain would be 6 inches deep, or more, on the earth. (Sand)
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If it ain't raining, it ain't training 🪖🥺💦⛈
@@declanmurphy6427 enough internet for you today.
Good times for sure, spent a lot of time aboard Ft. Bragg while stationed out in Camp LeJuene for various training exercises.
Ill tie my p.p. into a knot and gift it to you. My.little hammkinz
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Now the time we are talking about vn war
Ngeri. Banget
In the mountains millions of north Vietnam troops in mountain
The Funky Fourth
I STARTED THE STROKER FORCE.
My grand father Robert haight was a sgt In the 2nd cavalry 4th infantry division he would have been 18 in 66 he never really talked about much other then the death and stench. Watching men die quick and that he had to eat dog if ANYBODY can tell me or get me any information please let me know it would be greatly appreciated
MY UNCLE SERVED TWO TOURS HE DROVE THE TRUCKS AND SAID I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE BLOW UP BY MINES
THANKS 82ND AIRBORNE RANGER UNITS AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY AND THEN SOME.
Intrigued with Vienam since a young age, and try to learn as much as possible. I watched an interview of a pilot that was a pow. He said, the Vietcong had soviet MIGS? ( maybe I misunderstood) But, their planes would try to take our American jets . Thats what, I got out of the interview. My question is why didnt the vietcong use their planes, against us on the ground? It was already bad enough, with traps, mines, and guerrilla tactics in dense jungle. Maybe the planes(MIGS) were just to attack our jets.? That was news to me. I just assumed they were too poor to have jets. Maybe someone has more or better info regarding that.
Viva Ho chi minh , forever vietcongs , 😊
The MiG 17 and Mig 21 aircraft supported by the Soviet Union for Vietnam were designed for defense so it did not have enough fuel to fly long in the air, Vietnam also only had a small number of Mig, It flew slower and also carry fewer weapons than modern American planes. Each time confronting American aircraft, Vietnam's fleet of 2 MiGs often have to fight with 6 to 8 modern American fighters, so a direct confrontation with modern American aircraft has been a challenge. As a risk-taker, American aircraft often dominated overwhelmingly in terms of technical features, speed, weapons, and number of squadrons.
Mig has no warning radar, only 2 small missiles and no bombs to fight the ground. In addition, the US has a very strong air defense system, so Mig does not cross military boundaries but only flies to protect important targets of North Vietnam.
@@vinguyenvan6924 that makes sense and what i assumed. Also, to my surprise the Vietnamese had been fighting years before the Americans came over. Extremely resilient people. I feel for both sides of the conflict
@@oktoberwolfe2726MIGs are jets
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Is the best
How many American infantryman went crazy in jungle
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It really was the 8th, 12th, and 22nd regiments………
Steadfast and loyal. 4/4 “Lead by Love of Country’” 2009-2012 OEF RC East.
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Wow! My outfit
I was quartermaster for 4th Infantry
Samson and delilah the real story. Size and technology meant nothing here LMAO
Sampson won in the end
I DID THE SAME TRAINING IN FORT BENNING. IN THE 60TH WITH THE 82ND .BLACK HATS GAME ME HELL. GOOD TRAINING. MY BROTHER TOM GARZA WAS WITH THEM THAT YOUR. TOM GARZA 101ST AIRBORNE. HE GOT KILLED. MY BROTHER JOE GARZA WAS IN THE MARINES.THE 82ND WHAT A TEAM. TWO WEEKS AGO I STOPPED BEING THE CHAPLIN FOR THE 82ND AIRBORNE. TEXAS LONG STAR CHAPTER. ALLEN CHAPPIE AND LEO MASTER JUNIPER AND MASTER JUNIPER ALLEN CHAPPIE.
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Happy Veterans Day 11-11-23
We have many montanyards resettled here in Wisconsin. Most made better Americans than some people born here.
Seems like in general, new migrants work hard and accept jobs Americans won’t do. These new migrants haven’t developed the “entitlement “ attitude. Plus they also know that life here is usually better than what they or their parents had.
We had Mont's with us sometimes. These were fighting little people. They put the Vietnamese to shame.
MY BROTHER TOM WAS IN KOREA. HE DIED. I AM ALL AMERICAN ALL THE WAY. 100^%
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Grate spectacle it was the evacuation of the US Embassy in Saigon...
And you served when and where?
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Not sure if it the job
Lead by love country hystori inggrish eLite, devision infantry the story
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You skipped Korea why does everyone not care about the Korean war?
Mercy, that music is awful. Not necessary.
amazing america manage to survive
Trillions of dollars & millions of lives …… for what ?
Military readiness. A war every once in a while keeps you sharp.
LANDAWA
they borrowed the same horrendous blah blah blah music background as all of the ww II training films
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this video looks & sounds like a Bootleg Video taped off of somebody's TV .
I served in this Division from 1966-67. We were always along the Cambodia border, and twice went into Cambodia; the first time , a mile and a half. LTC Morley was with us that time. The second time we went a mile. This Division was the worst Division in Vietnam, poorly trained, not much leadership, bad moral. The high death rate and high casualty rate can attest to that. I have no love for that Division.
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My Dad was part of the group from Germany that went to Ft. Lewis. He shipped over on the "Pope" in September 1966. Sargeant Robert Levine. He survived his time over there only to get into a deadly car accident in the States. His friend from his first enlistment was killed impacting the steering wheel. Dad's skull was crushed between the roof and the dashboard. His operations at Harvard Medical School were filmed and used to train future doctors. He survived a lot. He said the worst thing he had to deal with was knowing 5year olds were the enemy. He infrequently talked about being over until many years later. What saved him was my stepmom Lydia.A Saint Una mujer con un corazon de Oro.Respeto. Thank You for your service.
You the reason
This fucking war was a waste of American lives and Vietnamese - North and South. I like these oldish "Big Picture" Army propaganda films for the historic content.
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NOW THIS IS VIETNAM. AND THE 4TH WERE WORRIES THAY WERE AIRBORNE. THEY WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST PART OF MY UNIT THE 25THID AND THE 27THID WOLF HOUNDS AND THE 9TH HUNTER KILLER TEAM. AND THE 3TH. AND PART OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION. THAY ARE IN ALASKA RIGHT NOW.THAY.ARE. THE SPARTANS. NO BODY CAN DEFEAT THIS TEAM. THAY TEAR ONE.
THE 4TH IS THE RAIDERS LARRPS AND VERY COULD AT WHAT THEY DO. SPICAL OPERATIONS.
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I WAS THERE WITH THEM. AND I HAVE PROVE OF THIS. THIS ARE MY BROTHERS.
THAT IS EDDIE GARRAR. FIRING THE GUN. HE WAS THE DOOR GUNNER. WITH THAM. THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS ON. LOVE. IT
SGT SHORT .WAS THERE HE WROTE THE BOOK THE TUNNELS OF CU CHI..
THE AIR FORCE WAS TAKING CARE OF US THAN AIR FORCE. THE NAVY WAS GIVING US A LOT OF SUPPORT.
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Typical propaganda film!
Exactly.
I really feel sorry for the American military, especially the 55,000+ personnel who didn’t make it home alive or just never got home, from the very outset the military were never going to defeat the V.C or N.V.A, just as the mistakes of WWI were partially repeated in the early months of WWII, the mistakes of the Korean War were completely repeated in Vietnam, the V.C and N.V.A were never going to fight a pitched battle for ground, and that’s why the American military lost the war, they won virtually every combat event but lost the war, LBJ and McNamara betrayed them and Westmorland and the joint chiefs let them. Propaganda films like this were not made to reinforce the moral and determination of the military, they were made to keep the civilian population “on side”, but unfortunately once the media with the likes of Walter Cronkite got into the homes of everyday Americans that public support was on its way down the tubes. You can make the best propaganda film ever, but, and there is always a but, if the media show the “truth” (although the “truth” is always the first casualty of war) your propaganda message is neutralised.
I am English and the Vietnam war had ended with the last American and allied forces leaving Vietnam a couple of years before I joined the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 military, and I served for 24 years, I served in two combat areas but fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your point of view, was never in combat, however, after I had to retire from work I have had plenty of time to research military history, and my comment is based upon that research, and I am sure that many many people will disagree and agree with my opinions, and that is absolutely fine and correct, but they are MY opinions and I stand by them 100%. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
The high American casualties were due to the enemy ambushes and booby traps. Therefore General Westmoreland should have ordered no more further patrols on the trails. Ambushing the enemy should have been expedited in the same manner as deployed upon US troops. The dirty bastard democrat communist politicians in Washington betrayed the troops and their shed blood as they refused to support President Ford's bill to fund South Vietnam. Everyone of these democrat traitor dogs should have been hung for their treason; for the Reds had signed the Paris Peace Accords. Sadly death ensued for the South Vietnamese people by the tune of 500,000 who refused to become a Red Communist.
As do I.
boring
Go where this fighting was you wouldn't be bored maybe dead I served 1 yr in Pleiku Vietnam with 25 Infantry Div 1965 to 1966
all these wars taken nxt people life for wat how many innocent people life been taken becauese these dark demonds ignort human beens god o deal wit u all bout uno war uno wait 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻
what on earth are you attempting to say? If thats how you type i can only imagine your verbal communication is in the form of heavy grunts.
demonds? Ignort?
Hes from a vc takeout joint.
He say: wat u wan round eye?
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Hitler himself couldn’t have made a better propaganda movie! How about talking to the actual troops on the ground.