Vietnam War One Week`s Toll: 242 Americans Killed May 28 Through June 3, 1969.
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- From 1967 through 1970 8,000 Americans were being killed and Wounded a Month. Wars are started by those who will Never Fight in Them, and Fought by those who will find little reward in the outcome but Mangled bodies, Shattered minds and Death. These young men were trained quickly, shipped to Vietnam quickly and died quickly many within a few weeks of arriving Casualties among the Infantry Units were twice as high as those suffered in World War 2.
The belief is that fighting in Vietnam was not as intense as in World War II. Fact: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 200 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. One out of every 9 Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. 58,228 were killed and 303,704 wounded out of 2.7 million who served, 240 men were awarded the Medal of Honor. One of every 3 American dead was a Draftee with 17,725 Killed.
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Several years ago, my dad and I took my Vietnam veteran grandfather to Washington D.C. for the 1st time for him to see the Vietnam War Memorial Wall. He got drafted in the late 1960s, and he got injured by shrapnel from a land mine (in addition to getting shot), so he got sent home and received a Purple Heart. However, 6 of his buddies didn't make it back home, so before the trip he made a list of all of their names and where they were located on the wall. And as he found each on the wall, he got very emotional knowing that he managed to come home (though injured), get married, have 3 sons, and live another 50 years, but 6 of his friends didn't.
From a black American. My oldest brother served in the Marine Corps and did a tour in Vietnam. His body came home. But his soul is some were in the jungles of Vietnam. These endless wars. For what. The men and women who served in Vietnam did their duty. I cannot fault them. These politicians. These old men and women. It easy to send someone's else son or daughter to die. The casualties in the Vietnam war are astounding. What a terrible waste. My respect goes out to all Vietnam Veterans and all-American veterans.
Amen brother!
I’m so sorry! I watched my father deal with PTSD from WW 2.
He died at 56 years
God bless them all.I was a medic in The 173rd.Airborne now I'm an old man .And they will forever be in my mind and heart.And they shall forever be young
thank u for your service
Thank you for your service John.
@moonbeam That will be your job. We'll leave it to you to spare a thought for the other side, you can even shed a few tears, you'll probably enjoy that. Make sure people see you do it so you get the proper recognition.
John Nicatra; thanks doc. It was men like you that got me out alive in 1968. 9th Infantry Division , 11B10
@@kaveebee Does the truthy hurt ha?
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this tribute. My father was a infantry combat field medic in the 1st Cavalry division from '66-'67. He made it home after his first tour even after being shot once, and his body full of shrapnel fragments from a grenade that blew up next to him. He was never the same man after returning from that hell on earth place. He still lives with alot of guilt for the things he had to do over there. God bless ALL of you Vietnam vets.
Give your dad a BIG Thank you from me I built a page dedicated to all fallen heroes Mostly
Vietnam 3 of my close friends died the one was aldo 1st air cav = Unit: A CO, 2ND BN, 8TH CAV RGT, 1 CAV DIV Sgt Bill Papa
There are many others listed with.stories and memories shared by loved ones - if your dad would like to add something have him contact me from the pages email links
www.angelfire.com/cruci34/art622/pap.html
Please tell your Dad Thanks. Larry Jones A Co. 1st platoon 2/12 Aircav 1968 Combat medic 91B20
Anyone who fights in war will never be the same person afterward......
I lived through Nam.....and every day I feel guilt because I did. The war just won't go away.
You shouldn't feel guilty. Johnson and Nixon and the US congress are the guilty parties.
Get some help brother. We all tried to go it alone on return, most failed and lived less of a life than they should. There are many programs to chose from. I am starting another this year. No one that I am acquainted with has any idea of the pain and guilt we can have inside all these years. We cover it up and try to move on. You can fool others, but you cannot fool yourself. This is not my first attempt, but I will not give up until I get it right. We weren't quitters, never give up.
Before my time, but I never understood any of the guilt or shame they must have felt. They bravely served, they did their job.
Your friends and fellow soldiers would want you to live so that you can tell of their sacrifices they endured to keep America a free democratic country. You are now their voices don't feel bad for surviving. Be sure to carry on for them. God bless.
But thanks my friend for all you gave & your fellow soldiers also.
I don't often comment on videos of any sort, but this one touched me deeply. I was a child during the war and had two brothers over there at the same time. Both are deceased, but not directly because of the war. We got them back and lovingly accepted the age and baggage that they came back with. I guess it is easy to get caught up in the "body count" telling of the war and the "collateral damage" still inflicted on may survivors. But this video not only put an name and a face together, but a life to a number, a real life, snuffed out before most of our children now even move out from home. What a heart rending reminder for those of us who are comfortable. Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Than don't invade or involved it. If they don't than not even one person die.
@Gues Who GFY Soon
@Gues Who You are one first classed scumbag....but at least your sorry ass is good for something. What great country are you from you miserable piece of shit? Some backwoods shithole where you have to feed your transportation twice a day and keep people like you away from the sheep no doubt. Finally, go fuck yourself.
You're very welcome. Ty for honoring all of us.
i served in the US Military from 1983 to 2017.....when I came in the Army all E-7's and above were Vietnam Vets....great Men.....wish i had talked to them about what it was like there.....as a teenager I was an airhead....when I see all of these beautiful young men that died here on this video it breaks my heart....most 18 to 21 or so...I turned 21 in 1985...you know all of the cool shit i have done since i turned 21 that these guys missed out on for a war that some question as far as us ever being there...God Bless....
My brother served, he made it home, but was never the same. I was just a kid, I remember the war very much. I remember the pain of my Mom and Dad's friends when their son, Mike Dagnon was killed over there, they never recovered from the hurt. I remember leaping into my brothers arms at 3am when he came home from Nam for good. Thank you all who served and God bless those who never came home.
I was a small child in England at this time, but I vividly remember my father, after reading a bedtime story to me and my brother, telling us to say our prayers for the American soldiers in Vietnam as he turned out the light. These men were probably in the news, and therefore among them.
I was wounded July 9 1969, two months after arriving in Vietnam. I remember that summer well.Rest in peace my brothers.
I came home in May 68. There wasn’t a dry eye on the plane when we left. I still cry.
The older I get, the more I suffer from survivor's guilt. What a waste of blood and treasure.
Thank you for posting this. I am 80 years old and was not hurt during those days of 1966-69. I was lucky. BF
Wow. My son is 18. I see him in every young soldiers face. The mothers. How did they cope. Thank you for posting.
Please take a few minutes to read about the boys who died in Vietnam and the memories of them that STILL live on with loved ones left behind - have some Kleenex read and read www.angelfire.com/cruci34/art622/pap.html
Absentee Childhood They live but they never forget.
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My mom was a gold star mother, we lost my brother Dennis in Vietnam,KIA 4-30-69 ,the pain is always there, RIP big brother
One of the things rarely talked about is just this was the effect that our being there had on the folks back home. When I was in VN, there were lulls and we thought about the folks back home. You knew they were suffering and worrying about you but there was nothing you could do to alleviate that except write when you could. My mother had a nervous breakdown and I was taken out of the field to call home to prove I was still around. I am sure there were many, many others.
As an old Air force vet who was there in 69 and 70 I can tell you the Air Force lost more than a few during that time as well. Still not recovered.
Another video that should be mandatory viewing for anyone in power considering sending troops in harms way. God bless them all.
the congress should go to war
Only problem with that is those people are psychopaths and don't have emotions like you and me. Won't work.
Very powerful. . . God bless them and God bless the United States
None of YOU SHOULD FEEL ANY GUILT. AND I AM SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO FEEL DISRESPECTED BY THE PEOPLE SENT YOU. AND THE SAME ONES WHO WANT TO RUN COUNTRY NOW.
Yeah I think every US president should watch this video, maybe it will change their ways.
Thank you for this video. I am a two tour Vietnam vet, medivaced once as a 1LT and the second tour as a CPT. I have often said this was a really dumb war where innocent young people died for the wrong reason, and for nothing. Look at Vietnam today, and ask what did they die for. I have had people tell me not to say it was for nothing, and the wrong reason, because it disrespects those who have died. President Kennedy got us into that war, and several other presidents kept it going. I was a young Sgt. E5 and applied for OCS officers candidate school. I was amazed how easy it was to get into the school and was excited when I was commissioned a 2LT, then the reality hit me when I learned I was Vietnam bound. I didn't have a clue where Vietnam was, and ended up going on the advance party with the 4th Infantry Div. I made it through 11 months and was finally wounded and medivaced out. I was shot and medivaced out on my second tour as a CPT company commander. I feel so bad for the loved ones of those killed in action. I am 82 years old now and still dwell on the past, after seeing all the dead and mangled bodies of those young men. Over 58,000 young lives lost and for nothing. Kennedy and his BS, and people thought he was the greatest. I voted for him and thought he was the greatest. As an officer I got the Honor, to visit the next of kin and inform them of their loss. Often they had already learned of the loss, and all I did was stir up the grief again. How many more stupid wars are we going to get into . As long as big business and corrupt folks are in power, they will send our your men and women into harms way, so they can profit from whatever they are selling . GOD bless the USA and all of it's beautiful people.
Sir , for what ever it is worth. Your story touched me a lot .
Thank you for your service.
I hope the Lord may Bless you in your remaining days here on earth.
I was born when you were fighting, and never had to experience war.
I grew up on a farm in the Netherlands, were my parents and grandparents went through the war with Germany.
And was reminded lots that war was hell.
The American,s liberated our area in 1944 .
I know that was a different war than yours. But i was teached to respect every soldier from every war.
You're story , reminds me of my grandfather. Talking about the politics and big business feeding the war and profiting from it.
Greetings from Canada.
Were i continue the family farm.
Technically President Eisenhower got us involved in the war.....
Sir ,As a grunt in the 1st Cav I could make no sense of it all ,still can't!! I'm 72 now and it hurts my heart still at all the death for what? So politicians could make money!! Also might not be popular to say but the Hippie war protesters were right...We should have never been there in the first place!!! Welcome Home brothers!
Very well done. Thanks for putting this together.
I served two Vietnam tours. Never scratched, but lost several Infantry OCS buddies including OCS roommate.
Glad you made it back home sir.
Welcome home!
The faces are haunting .....
The young, the beautiful, and the brave. Killed in a useless conflict, led by ignorant politicians 9000 miles away. Never forget these brave young men and women who gave their all for their friends, they shared hell with.
i served in the US Military from 1983 to 2017.....when I came in the Army all E-7's and above were Vietnam Vets....great Men.....wish i had talked to them about what it was like there.....as a teenager I was an airhead....when I see all of these beautiful young men that died here on this video it breaks my heart....most 18 to 21 or so...I turned 21 in 1985...you know all of the cool shit i have done since i turned 21 that these guys missed out on for a war that some question as far as us ever being there...God Bless....
We still listen to those politicians today and they will continue to lead us into pointless wars
Bless you all and to the families War is not fun. My heart is with sorrows. I read many great comments that I don't know where to start. Politicians start a war but if we the people don't show up. There will be no war. God will come for us that follow his teachings. I pray for peace and also for people that have differences in life. Make peace life is too short.
I think many of us Boomers feel closer to these boys here as we age...we feel they were the best of us, the humble working class draftees. When I look at the corruption, the yuppies, the banks, the drugs, the immorality, the rotten decline of integrity (and I'm somewhat liberal) I know these young men and women would have stood against this tide. They might have made the difference! Such faces!
+geo tan I assume you are paid with a paper of talking points to be so insulting and ignorant of history. The Americans who went to Vietnam were mostly drafted out of the poor working class, out of high school. Well to do boys had college deferments. ...can you not see these boys here ARE your people too?
Henry K is hardly anybody's idea of a good Jew. You have him down perfectly.
Very few went to enjoy killing and at that time knew nothing of the banks and poppies or how corrupt Washington was. The excuse given was "Domino Theory" to stop the spread of communism. That is all in hindsight.
The bombing and drones of today, killing so many over oil and poppies is a horror...and you have more in common with the young men in this video than you know. They were often sent home deliberately addicted and we in the US are still grappling with it.
You point would be well taken if you had your history better.
blathermore Maybe if you had your history better you’d know that most of us were volunteers. Volunteers before being drafted. But volunteers.
They were draftees not volunteers ,that means they didn't choose to go fight that war
blathermore: I can assure you that you would be a lot less liberal, had you ever served in combat. We returned to face liberal hatred, and rejection, which hurt us to the quick, and is something none of us will ever forget.
@@blathermore Roughly 25-33 % were drafted ; however only about 23% of draftees were sent to Vietnam...The rest enlisted on their own. Over 25% of those fighting in Vietnam came from above the mean earnings of the population. Their families were higher level , upper level management , technology, and professional backgrounds.88.4% of the men who actually served in "nam were Caucasian,( 10.6% were black ( contrary to what people are led to believe) 1% belonged to other races. Blacks suffered 12.5% of deaths in Vietnam ( 5,711 in hostile action, 1,530 blacks in non-combat related deaths; and this is at a time when blacks made up 13.5 % of the USA population); and 61% of the men killed ( all races) were 21 years old --- or younger. Amputations or crippling wounds to the lower extremities were 300% higher than in WW ll & 70% higher than korea. Multiple amputations occurred at the rate of 18.4% compared to 5.7% in WW ll. The boys of vietnam was the best-educated & most egalitarian military force in American history. And finally , ( I'm getting you bored) 97% of Vietnam vets were "Honorably Discharged"----91% of actual VietNam War veterans & 90% who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country; and 66% of VietNam veterans say they would serve Again if called upon. What a Great Generation of "kids" who went through 2 wars ; the War in vietnam , and the "war" they returned to here in the USA. MAY GOD BLESS THEM ALL !!!!!!!
The look of pride and the gleam of youth in their eyes is heartbreaking. They knew their potential fate but probably assumed "not me", "I've got plans". Every time I watch this, the song "Forever Young", plays in my mind.
God bless all who served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
You forgot to mention those who resisted the Draft/Vietnam and refused to participate in an illegal and immoral war. That's also called patriotism...as patriotism has more than one face. Maybe...the men you mentioned should NOT have served or made the ultimate sacrifice in regards to Vietnam. Until that happens...we will always get into "Vietnams"...like we do today.
@@topgeardel
No, I didn't forget the draft dodgers nor was I glorifying war. Some of those who chose to avoid the draft may have held sincere conscientious objections but they hardly qualify as being patriotic. I was simply commenting on the loss of so many young men and could care less about the politics involved.
@@mightylonesome9426 That's good. I said it for you then.
@@topgeardel
Said what?
@@topgeardel You been a narcissist all your life .... that's how I see you
I was there,came home not a scratch, I cannot help but feel guilty, I'm 70 now had,and have a wonderful life, I lost my wife to cancer.but at least I had a chance and a life.GOD BLESS ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO DID NOT COME BACK TO THE WORLD.
stanley davis Thank you Sir for your selfless services to the U.S.A. even though I am not a citizen of your Nation but still bravehearts like you are the reason why we can sleep tight in our homes at night.Thanks again.
Welcome home Stanley.
I know I'm the same age I was a nurse there I came home and made a mess out of my life but I suppose I'm where and what God wanted me to be. So sorry about your wife God Bless
@Gues Who TROLL ALERT ! TROLL ALERT!
@@terrywells7699 I had a rough few years when I came home,you know the drill,booze,weed,etc.i had 2 wonderful parents who loved me though the hurt,they have been gone many years,I still thank them every day,Joe &Mary davis
Their country made the call..they answered that call...i can respect that...
Lance Hurley* Their Country made the call. They answered the call UNWANTEDLY.
it was the capitalist elite's, not the country's call as always. They die so the fat cats in Walls Street can make their big filthy money and rule the world.
@@diehardcat Youre right
Semper Fidelis to all the good warriors of the USA.
I cant believe these numbers of killed ,wounded, missing, in one day, one week. It was bad.
Amazing piece of work. Strikes home so hard without a single word.
Excellent clip excellent commentary thank you for sharing this clip...this happened decades ago but the wounds are still fresh in my mind
I still have the faces of all the men in my platoon KIA etched into my mind. NEVER to be forgotten. Combat Infantryman, 5th Mechanized Infantry Division, Nam '68. RIP and God Bless them all.
Welcome home! Thank you for serving our country.
I'm 37. I am still growing and vital. I cannot imagine all I would have missed and what was to come if I died as young as these men. Remember yourself at 18. Imagine if that was all the time you got. More importantly remember these men.
Yeah man, you are right. I feel the same, it's sad that they were robbed of a life and of their dreams.
Thanks for reminding us of these great heros. Wolfie
As a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, there is no more gut wrenching, nauseous feeling, than seeing a fellow American dead in the dirt. The thought of the lost promise and potential. Every time I think about it, I feel like I cant breath...Forever Ever young brothers!
Thank You so much for posting this video ! It has been so many years ago I had forgotten how young we all were . It still makes me very sad to look at all the ones we lost ! I lost both friends and family there !
I served in the Marines, went to boot camp in 1977 after i graduated from High School, and to Parris Island, MCRD, and i always wonder why every building we went into for classes, there were always pic's of Marines all around the top of the class room's, then during week of Mess, i was on a Work Detail, cleaning up some of the building we had class in, so i said to myself, let me see who these guy's are, and when i started reading about them, i read the first few, but as i went from 1 to the next, that's when it hit me, all these guy's were killed in Vietnam, and were awarded Medals Of Honor, after that day, i just thought about how young they were, and as a young Black kid, just 17, all the Black Guy's look just like my buddies from the Gang, and High School, and now at 62, it's like i can still see there pic's on those wall's, and seeing this video really make you think about those guy's who died in Vietnam, i have nothing but Respect for the Vietnam Vet, Love You Guy's.
Thank you for this video. My father served in Vietnam during this time, 1968-69. He rarely speaks of the war. I always tell him that he is an American Hero as are all of the Vietnam Veterans! He just smiles. To all Vietnam Veterans...a heartfelt WELCOME HOME!
I was a paper boy from 1968 to 1972. Just about every day I folded 32 papers and read the headlines about the Vietnam War and delivered them to my customers. It didn't effect me as it did the people involved, but I remember reading all those headlines and delivering them.
Well done. As a combat vet from that war it was tough to watch. I will share it this Memorial Day.
Many of these boys were drafted. They went because they'd pledged allegiance to the United States of America and it was a duty of honor for them. They didn't start the damn war. Most never hurt innocent civilians intentionally. They were my hero's.
And how do you know that "most" were drafted? Most of the guys who fought in Vietnam enlisted. Probably a good number of guys were drafted; but NOT ALL draftees were sent to Vietnam. I know that the number of those killed , almost 70% , were volunteers. And the draft wasn't something new. I believe there are ways to google up those stats. More guys were drafted for WW ll than for Vietnam. Also , the guys who fought in Vietnam were the Highest Educated of any American men who fought in any of Americas previous wars. 1 in every 4 men in Vietnam was a draftee . Over 88% of the men who served in Vietnam were Caucasian. 10.6% were black. 1 % were of other races. 86.3 % of the men who died were Caucasian( includes Hispanics) 12.5 % were black; 1.2 % belonged to other races. 86.8% of the men killed as a result of hostile action were Caucasian; 12.1 % ( 5,711 ) were black, ......1.1% belonged to other races. Overall , blacks suffered 12.5 % of the deaths in VietNam at a time when the percentage of blacks of military age was 13.5% of the Total population of the United States . 14.6% (1,530) of non-combat deaths were among blacks . 91% of Vietnam War veterans ( not to be confused with "Vietnam-era Veterans) , and 90% of those who saw heavy combat are proud to have Served their country. 66% of Vietnam vets say they would serve again if called upon. And 2 other things, 1) 23 % of Vietnam veterans had fathers with professional, managerial , or technical occupations.. ( so it wasn't ONLY the middle-claas working families or the poor that these vets came from); and 82 % of Vietnam veterans who saw heavy combat strongly believe the war was lost because of political will. ( and I would like to note that I don't like using that word "lost"; because( us) Vietnam veterans KNOW we NEVER lost! Never! ..... and that really pisses me off when I hear that garbage. The hippies , the news media, Hollywood , the artists of various genres , the politicians .......that's who lost our war.
I’m a Marine Vietnam veteran, and this is just too hard for me to watch. I had to stop! It’s been 50 years, but the wounds are just to fresh.
Semper Fi Marine,, thank you for your service and welcome home.
what a waste of youth usa go to hell
Major Ronald Mandell.......Me too. DaNang '69. Had to stop after two minutes. Eight dead Marines by then.
surferdude44444: I was also Da Nang Area, 7th Combat Engineers, 1st Marine Division ‘67-Jan ‘69. Welcome home buddy!!
Army, Nam 69-70. Even though I was Army we are all still brothers also I couldn't watch it and probably won't.
I've watched hundreds of hours of war videos on you tube about Vietnam. This is the best of all time. You got it right to honor and respect each and everyone of these war hero's. Much love much thanks great job. Cant thank you enough.
I served Apr 67 to Apr 68, brave young men gave their lives
True American's they are. Never forget them.
Thank you for this memorial. My father served in the Army 4th infantry division at this time. His friend is in this tribute. God Bless every woman and man's soul in the service of our country and let their families find peace one day.
You have honored those w/ such respect. Thank you so much.
So sad! The young lives sacrificed. Thank you gentlemen! May The Lord Hold You In His Arms. RIP
I was about to be drafted so I enlisted straight out of High School class of 69. Served two tours. The nation I returned to was not the nation I left. (The draft situation was all in flux, everything in play, not a uniform set of practice or rules, information fragmentary, and you had to deal with it as it came not with the clear perspective hind sight provides)
My father, a veteran of the Korean War, told me later that American doubt about support for the Vietnam War changed amongst his generation when street scenes of Saigon showing fit civilian Vietnamese men of military age played on the TV news.
He noted once the working and middle class realized the burden was not equally shared, a great distrust and rift set in, and, I must relate from my perspective, has only worsened.
His generation and class felt betrayed at the waste of the sacrifice demanded from their children and families.
With prayers for all who fought, all who suffered, and those who still suffer from the Second IndoChina War, America's Vietnam War.
thank you for this..US Army 67 to 70,stationed Okinawa 67 to 69,18 months,never got orders to go to Vietnam but three guys from my high school class sadly were killed there,a war for nothing....
May you all rest in peace, you will remain young forever, God Bless each and every one of you. A marine Vietnam vet.
I'm sure God knows and has taken care of each and every one of these fine young men. I was a nurse there it broke my heart watching this. Semper Fi Bro take care
So sad. Heartbreaking. And how heartbreaking for mothers who deliver beautiful, strong, healthy boys full of potentially bright futures only to have their beloved son's killed for stupid wars and ideologies of men that know no peace.
u ass
What a stupid ass reply.
i served in the US Military from 1983 to 2017.....when I came in the Army all E-7's and above were Vietnam Vets....great Men.....wish i had talked to them about what it was like there.....as a teenager I was an airhead....when I see all of these beautiful young men that died here on this video it breaks my heart....most 18 to 21 or so...I turned 21 in 1985...you know all of the cool shit i have done since i turned 21 that these guys missed out on for a war that some question as far as us ever being there...God Bless....
The man at 1:50 was Charles Fleek. He was awarded the Medal Of Honor for throwing himself on a grenade and saving the lives of eight fellow soldiers. Forever a hero.
vietnam is what they had....instead of happy childhoods....rest in peace Angel warriors
bunch of losers
I've watched this 7 0r 8 times in the last two weeks. Guess I Just don't want to forget them.havent cryed in almost 40 years. Till now. Iam very very proud of all of them!
My dad got orders to go to Vietnam but traded with a guy last minute when he found out my mom was pregnant with me the guy he traded with was killed the first week he was there
What was the guy's name?
Why did he accept the trade?
@@bigtimepimpin666 the guy wanted to go because he got married and hated his wife nagging him or something like that I don’t know his name I’ll ask my mom if she knows it and post if she does remember
I was born in 57 so growing up with all of three network TV channels the nightly news was always watched. I remember "xxx number of troops killed"
It is so sad to watch these boys lose their life at a young age the one thing we wanted when we were there was to come home and we look forward to that day. My heart goes out to the families that lost a loved one
Thanks for this tribute to these poor boys and young men whose lives were so violently ended before their time.
What about the infants who never got to live their lives???
I served in 199th LIB. 1968-69 wounded sent home 5 months in Hosp.as a DI. push troops until my permanent profile was found and I couldnt push troops any more. Discharged went home worked and lived the good life, now Nam has caught up to me again with war injuries and now Agent orange Parkinson's Disease . I could only escape Nam for just so long I can't beat this, but i'll go down fighting like any infantry grunt Staff Sgt. US Army 69 yrs old and still fighting the battle.
I always felt sorry for all the young Americans who gave their lives in Vietnam , a totally needles war .God bless all of them
wrong my friend .
What do you know about it. You probably was not there!
@@litoneup * I WAS THERE. YOU ARE WRONG STUPID BITCH.
LAN Muir* You are correct. Most of the teenagers that i was in basic training with was killed in Vietnam. A lot of these people who are trying to be tuff CZcams war mongers are just that. These no good for nothing have no idea what war is abouth.
@@nanjemoyal-kursi3078 Say that to South Korea. You never know how a war is going to turn out. Are the people in South Korea better off. Is the world better off if North Korea took over South Korea. You say this is Vietnam, in hindsight it was a waste, maybe? What would have been invented if we won there? Would the citizens be the poorest in the world still?
I came back from Nam after serving with the 82nd during this time. I helped put Ralph Mears,who was a medic in my company, in a chopper . He was wounded at a ARVN compound as a result of a rocket attack. I didnot know he passed until I read it in Look magazine. May all who gave it all rest in peace.
I'm happy you made it out alive...
Awful, all the best to you sir
Many thanks fopr posting this tribute.
My cousin was KIA with eight other men ( all of which are featured in the video) in his squad on 29 May 1969. I once leafed through the Life Magazine with these photos. His tour began 16 May 1969 so I assume that's why his picture was not in the original publication.
God Bless Our Vets.
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Very moving,sad...taken so young, I’m 60 but almost feel a sense of guilt over these poor young men...RIP
I had my photo taken in 1970 at Parris Island in the same blue blouse and white hat as many of the dead here. We all looked the same. Semper Fi.
God bless all my brothers.....friends....comrades... I was there but came back. God bless all of you.
I’m sorry I couldn’t have done more..... you gave all. I love all of you as my own. Semper Fi brothers.
Excellent..poignant.. great video...thanks for adding all the statistics. breaks my heart to see how many of these poor kids died on their first day 'in country' or even worse, when they were 'short' on their very last day..
This is really personal. Not by just showing the faces of those who died in one week, which is truly heart breaking. But Howard S Hill was my neighbor. I did not know him personally because of our age difference. But I grew up and went to school with his three brothers...Eddie, Jimmy, and Robbie. I was 16 when he was killed and heard rumors of a Hill brother killed in Vietnam but I thought it was Eddie. I met Robbie at the funeral of a mutual friend decades later and learned the story. He was a true gentleman telling me about it. I had to know. It stayed in my head for 50 years.
Very moving. Such a waste of good men
198th Light Infantry Brigade, Nam in 68'. Came home on a stretcher . I think about my fellow soldiers every day. They are the best friends a man could ever have.
Arky Bald Knobber* I went in 1968. Most of the teenagers that took basic with me was 11B10. They never came home. May God bless you and give you peace.
Would love to meet someone who mistreated one of the Vietnam vets when they got home back then I am sure after I finished with them I would lower my blood pressure by many points
Mu uncle rarely talks about Nam and his trips into Cambodia 69-71... But he did break down once and told my Mom that when he came home after discharge to NYC by bus to the Port Authority... He was spit on a few times and called names... He went to the mens room in the bus terminal to change out to street clothes cause he felt ashamed.. He is still all screwed up from everything he went through.. Just like when my father got so mad cursing at the TV set when I was like 3 years old...I will never forget what he told me... He said to look at the person on the TV set and never forget what that commie bitch Jane Fonda did !!!!!
Please tell us what you'd do to the militaroid assholes who ordered them sent over there to meet and kill people who never did a fucking thing to them. The French got their pale white asses defeated by the Viet Namese for their colonizing effort - and jolly old USA steps in to try the same thing with the same results. Some if those returning vets would have spat in YOUR face. They knew damn well that theyd been no more than cannon fodder for Big Business.
my dad was in Vietnam in 68/69 spent his r&r in Hawaii with my mom different planes and air ports from the public she told me she felt so sorry for the men nowtishred and the smell they where picked out of the jungle and put on a plane for r&r for a week then back in harm's way he passed 5yrs ago still remember waking up to his nightmares love and miss you dad
tony you sound a little racist----thank the "pale white asses" on earth for your auto,telephone airplanes,tv computer---and on and on.@@antonioperales1512
you need to come on down to the South--we will kick yo ass fo you.@Gues Who
this video break my heart so beautiful soldiers and Marines unbilived bravery and phenomenal sacrifice god bless forever From France. Frédéric 🙏🏻😪❤️🇺🇸🇫🇷
Poor mothers.Gave birth to beautiful young men only to have them killed in battle.Thank you for your sacrifices.Brave men they where.
@Gues Who FUCK you. Me, Army 1962-65.
Do you know what the guys I knew said when shot? They cried for their mothers and water, "Mama, water" over and over. Can you imagine me hearing that for the last fucking 50 years. Can you? Sorry buddy. I'm pissed and just at my wits end.
Gues Who : FUCK YOU FOREIGN PIECE OF SHIT. Wish we had taken you out with the goddamn VC. 🖕🖕🖕
God Bless Them All. Brave Men. What a sad, heartbreaking video.
May God grant them another life in heaven or earth, may they be healthy, happy and have many good friends, families, wives and children that love them.
Carl Hoffmeister and the two million 🇻🇳 too
i served in the US Military from 1983 to 2017.....when I came in the Army all E-7's and above were Vietnam Vets....great Men.....wish i had talked to them about what it was like there.....as a teenager I was an airhead....when I see all of these beautiful young men that died here on this video it breaks my heart....most 18 to 21 or so...I turned 21 in 1985...you know all of the cool shit i have done since i turned 21 that these guys missed out on for a war that some question as far as us ever being there...God Bless....
even today im still deeply saddened.....we fought all the way...the brave and the bold.....the 198th infantry.....viet nam
Ralph... I was A Company 1/6th 198th ...come to the reunion in Oklahoma City last week of September
Greetings from the 196th.
So sad. They all died for nothing. What a Waste!
A high school friend of mine, in 1968 joined the navy as a navy dog handler, his name is William Charles Sheldon, he went to Vietnam 🇻🇳 to guard a communication building, the VC attacked the building, and William Charles Sheldon was killed, by friendly fire, he was only 3 months in country, after going to his funeral, Vietnam scared me, I was fortunate enough to join the Illinois national guard 33MP Battalion, and I served from 2- 1970 to 2- 1976.
My uncle Warren Moore was fresh out of high school in Tucson Arizona when he got drafted and sent to Vietnam with the Army. He made it home in without a scratch, one of the lucky ones. God bless him he passed away in Riverside, CA after a illness in 2017.
I am fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
George Mc Govern
I had tears in my eyes. My family, various members, fought in Vietnam. We believed in the mission. I do too. They did too. But the loss remains terrible.
Just kids. Much respect and sadness. From Australia
@Gues Who, u r a cruel, utter MORON.
This is a great tribute to some great Americans who answered their country’s call. I will never forget seeing so many names on the wall in DC.
so sad, send the politicians to the front line, the wars would end in a heartbeat...
Yeah.. Wars persist, especially in the US, because politicians, bankers and the war industries make so much money for themselves- off the blood and suffering of others.
Send Bush and Blair.
@Mark M...Nobel Peace Prize winner, Obama, never had a day of peace in his administration. Send him along with Bush Jr who lied us into Iraq.. Nothing new there.. LBJ lied about the Gulf of Tonkin incident.. FDR put a major squeeze on the Japanese with his oil and steel embargoes forcing them into the drastic decision of Pearl Harbor. The US declared war on Japan so then Hitler took the bait and declared war on the US.. This was the plan all along to help the British who were very hard pressed by the Nazis.. Notice how FDR declared a victory in Europe first.. All part of the plan to get a reluctant US citizenry into WWII.. Hitler used a false flag operation to justify his attack on Poland. They are all liars and cheats who squander the blood of their young men and the treasure of their nations with war.. Send them to war and leave our young men at home to make love with young women and make beautiful babies.
@@barsoom43 ...and make beautiful children. You are right. Wise man, í agree with you.
THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY HONORABLE !!! GREAT VID !!!!
All gave some, some gave all. These are the men who answered the call. Right or wrong the United States of America, is our Country. The American has never feared going into harms way when needed.
bamnibaum The wealthy who don't serve but send others........
bamnibaum , bs
Tim Minh:
Bullshit is what you are.Vietnam can honor their soldiers for their sacrifice to Uncle Ho,while the U.S.honors theirs in glory to nation and freedom.
are you describing sheeple?
ah of course you are.
bamnibaum* wright or Wrong? To go to War in somebody else country? KEEP ON PLAYING MORTAL COMBAT AND YOUR OTHER VEDIO GAMES BITCH .
4 April 69 - 20 May 70 just as my company went into Cambodia…67th Engr Co, 34th Engr GP, 20th Engr GP. I’ve lived in DC for 50 years and went to the Memorial once, at night, with a girl. It was so exceedingly sad that I vowed never to go back.
Welcome home! God bless!
I remember a teacher throwing a booze party to celebrate his birthday making him ineligible for the draft. Even though only 18 and loathing the war, the bad taste of that party has never left me.
My father made a lot of money selling the bases in N.C. on computerized payrolls. After this LIFE photo article came out we were all having a meal at the Country Club he was showing off to us. But towards the end he stood up and said this to all there. "Dear God, I would give all my money back to end this damn war...Johnson and Nixon should be hung as war criminals." and he sat down in tears.
God heard him...in 1974 he lost all the money, a victim of an insider scam. At 55 he began all over, starting a new business.
But I'll cherish that memory forever...my Naval officer Dad, who served all over the Pacific, in that tacky country club in Raleigh, offering God the money he made from the Vietnam war to end it.
Your Father was obviously a good man at heart.
God Bless your Father.
Nixon inherited the war from Johnson and he ended it.
Sorry to see the messages posted here by spammers below!! REST IN PEACE VIETNAM HERO'S.. IM YOUNG BUT YOU LIVE IN MY HEART EVERY TIME I LOOK AT OUR FLAG!
American polititians just wanted to show USA was the world police.
I was there however on a Helicopter ship the USS New Orleans. We would take smoke breaks on the fantail and watch flares going up followed by machine gun fire and explosions. I really felt bad for the marines from our ship that had to go ashore in that shit. We would take them on a liberty run to Taiwan, or Hong Kong, and when we returned them to battle I saw more than a few crying from fear. It was a really stupid war. Bless all the young who lost their lives at such an early age.
This is the week I was returning from a tour with the 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam. I bought this issue just to remember what some of those soldiers and Marines were like. I returned unharmed but today at age 73 I remember how no one would deal with us upon our return. We had to heal from it alone. Dale Kaisershot
Over a million, some estimates go as high as 2 million Vietnamese died in that war.
A recent estimate shows 600,000 north Vietnam soldiers dead in the war. While the us Allie’s south Vietnam lost 300,000 and USA lost 60,000. Also a lot of the dead in Vietnam were civilians.
This is a sad video. The music fits the program.. It's also sad. Johnson pushed the war in March 1965. The last American combat troops left Vietnam March 29. 1973.
Yes humanity is crazy for continuously waging wars through history, yes war is an horrendous tool to use when dialogue fails and NO, war is never glorious per se, and again NO, no one can be judge of who is right or wrong yet one can not but be HUMBLED by these men that fell and gave their lives in obedience and discipline for their country. The finest men and women. This video genuinly moved me. From Italy with respect.
These guys were fucking kids man…yet such men at the same time. Such a shame. Senseless loss.
As a vet and drafted, remember many went as ordered we did not volunteer , the military was not an all volunteer military as it is today. I did retire, but I was hurt in Vietnam and when medical boarded I was given permanent P4 profiles. I was informed by a good friend who wad a CSM that no mater what I did (got 2 years of collage) i would never get E7, I was an E6 for over 13 years I know my job and was good at it but could not get permotted due to the profiles and was harassed by peers for it and LTs . I had loss my right ear and 68% hearing in left ear, had TBI that gave me a 77 IQ and I had a Run at own pace profile. due to a knee injury in RVN. Not only were we treated like crap by civ and our gov when we came home but also by other GI to include officers Maj M and LTC V to name a few and the LTC V was an asphalt street maker in Saigon in Vietnam. Like going to was we could die but were not old eff to buy a beer nor vote on who sent us there
They dont know me these Vietnam veterans, but I am thankful for their service on behalf of my freedom. I served with some during my six yrs also. They did not die in vain, they died for me, they died for us . God bless em all .
@Craig > I spent 10 years in the USMC so don't say I never served. Don't kid yourself, these men died in vane, Vietnam had absolutely nothing to do with yours or my freedom. Vietnam was LBJs war and Nixon should have gotten us out immediately. Even back then the US Military Industrial complex was alive and well. Many got rich off the blood of our service men. If it has anything to do with our freedom, how come my freedom did not change in 1975 when the last Americans got out and S Vietnam fell? This was worthless politicians putting American soldiers where they should not have been.
@@rcairflr no one could argue with your feelings, and in fact during my service there were some that spoke this way to me even though they were still in the military. However it doesn't change my thanks or prayers for those who did go bravely serve, and families who lost Brave wonderful and beautiful souls, brothers and sisters... For me for my life. I do totally agree with you that the government leaders back then specifically talking about the Vietnam War, were a bunch of liars and idiots. They wasted good American human beings. Such a senseless loss so many of our countrymen
May our Vietnam fallen brothers and sisters rest in peace. Respect!
Staggeringly sad. Thank you for this tribute. The statistics...unbelievable.
These men are truly The Greatest Generation.
T bone Agreed.
It’s a whole different story when pictures are attached to names and numbers. They were young men with hopes and dreams just like all of us. Each of 58,220 Americans had a story with a picture and a family. They were human beings and not just a statistics. May their sacrifices be forever remembered.
Does the government have any guilt?
These pictures were first published in a Time Life magazine edition in June 1969 and caused quite a stir at the time, as it brought home the human cost of that misbegotten war in a way that hadn't been done before. So sad to think that those lives were extinguished 50 years ago when most of them were kids with their whole adult lives before them. Nor should we forget that they were all somebody's son, brother, or father who left behind families that were forever tormented by grief thereafter.
Nothing has changed i lost 2 of my best friends in Iraq war both were 21/ 23 years old the difference is less casualties but nevertheless young men continue to die for rich fuckers, I almost enlisted myself but my father was crying begging me not to join because he just escaped civil war in Yugoslavia and saw war and blood and lost lots of friends and cousins, im glad I listened and no man should fight a war for industrial military complex
Happens in all wars . War is hell. War doesn't discriminate. Man has started & lived "wars(s)" since the beginning of society... and that's how it will always be as long as this world exists. Period !