Black Vietnam Vet Comes Home & Confronts Black Power In 1968. Confusion!
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- This is a clip from a program that aired on television in early 1969. The black Vietnam soldier returning to his home it Chicago is Louis Jenkins. Sadly I do not know what happened to him. I did not film this scene but it profoundly affected me and I have kept it in my archives..
As young American adults at that time, we all knew men went to fight and veterans who came home. So if you would talk about their experiences. But in this extraordinary clip, the filmmakers followed one Vietnam veteran who returned to his community after the Chicago riots of 1968, and the death of Martin Luther King, and the rise of the black power movement. It was a very tense time and is this shows, so difficult for Louis Jenkins trying to understand what he had done and witnessed and what it meant to his country.
The experience of black veterans returning from the Vietnam War was marked by a complex intersection of race, military service and societal dynamics of the era.
The Civil Rights movement was rising in intensity during the Vietnam War era. Many black soldiers returned home to find that the country for which they had risked their lives was still deeply segregated and characterized by systemic racism. Black veterans were often subjected to the same discrimination and social inequality they had faced before their service. This was a less prevalent issue for white veterans.
The anti-war movement was often racially charged. Some black veterans felt alienated or misrepresented by the anti-war movement, which was predominantly white and middle class. While many white veterans also felt alienated by the anti-war movement, they did not face the same racial dynamics.
Both black and white veterans faced challenges in finding jobs and adjusting to civilian life after the war. However black veterans often had fewer economic opportunities and faced higher rates of unemployment than their white counterparts.
Veterans benefits including health care and education subsidies were crucial for most returning veterans. However discriminatory practices both explicit and implicit, made it more difficult for black veterans to access these benefits. This issue affected veterans of all races but was more pronounced for black veterans due to the intersection of race and class.
Veterans organizations played a key role in advocating for veterans' rights and benefits. However many of these organizations were predominantly white and did not always go out of their way to represent the interests of black veterans.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was common among veterans returning from Vietnam. However the societal stresses and racial trauma experienced by many black veterans exacerbated these issues. There was less understanding, support, and resources available for black veterans dealing with these mental health challenges.
The Chicago Riots of 1968, also known as the Chicago Uprising, were a series of violent protests and demonstrations that occurred primarily from April 5 to April 7, after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The rioting erupted in the West Side neighborhood and then spread to parts of the South Side and various other neighborhoods.
The riots resulted in 11 deaths, hundreds of injuries, and thousands of arrests, with property damage estimated in the tens of millions of dollars. The unrest reflected a deep-seated frustration among Chicago's African-American community, which had endured longstanding racial segregation, discrimination, and social and economic inequality.
Reverend James Bevel (seen in this video riding with Louis Jenkins in a car played a key role in the Chicago Civil Rights Movement. His work aimed to challenge housing discrimination and segregation in the city. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and Al Raby led this movement and James Bevel was one of the key contributors.
While Bevel's movement did not achieve all of its aims it highlighted the racism and segregation in northern U.S. cities. Bevel's contributions to this movement were an important part of his overall legacy in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Louis Jenkins like so many returning Vietnam vets were heroes in battle yet found themselves lost among society once they got back home. I tried to research Louis Jenkins but came up empty. I hope the years since this was filmed has been kind to him. Thanks David Hoffman.
Not a hero at all.
@@yalbad5160and what have you done?
Have you posted on vet forums
"I freed hundreds of slaves I could've freed thousands more, problem was they didn't even know they were slaves" - Harriet Tubman.
They were content
Its so sad watching a man come to terms with the government using them like a damn tool and tossing them aside. When he said "youd rather go became a killer than go to jail?" And he just stares. Man these men found themselves at one hell of a historical crossroads.
That kill whitey fella is just as manipulative.
I wonder where the man they interviewed is today if he's even still alive
ask your self which US president sent him there.
...and the American Christian is confused about what happened to their religion? Honesty is destroying the religion you are forcing on your children? How could this be?
@@markstewart4501ho hurt you lol
Left field
"A lot of people give up to easy." A great quote that fits the spiritual and cultural war taking place around the globe today. I wonder what this young man is doing today. Thank you for presenting this. A reminder of personal responsibility that can be applied to culture and beat the lies of those who did not experience what others did.
The point made to him repeatedly was that he had already given up when he decided to go kill for the government.
@@chesterproudfoot9864 God, I am so sick of this anti-country horseshit. Men of obviously exceptional strength and mental fortitude are being called weak by those that are weak willed themselves.
@@The_Haruspex Nice gaslighting. Nobody said anything remotely "anti-country". If you think being willing to go and die for lies and empire is "exceptional strength and mental fortitude" then I suggest that your values are out of whack. Those who showed strength were those who resisted the invading US empire - the Vietnamese, Laoatian, and Cambodian. There is NO nobility in being on the wrong side of history.
I feel for that guy, came back from a war to be treated like that by his own community. Damned if you do and damned if you dont.
You can’t win.
He killed for the opps ! Wtf u talking about.
@@spencerahrendts7778 you're an idiot. You seem to think that the man had a choice to either go to war or not. There was a draft, it was either join and go willingly or be jailed and forced to go and still find himself in the same circumstance, kill or be killed but to top it off, he gets condemned by cowards when he gets home.
@@Black_Jesus3005 yes sir, and it's a shame.
As a black man thats how we speak and a lot of people don’t understand. He wasn’t being treated in any type of bad way, They wanted to educate him that clearly they wanted “stupid young kids” and he needed a strong confident person telling him he was wrong. At the end of the day every man needs to feed his family but they tricked you into fighting their war when you have a BIG one here was the message they wanted to put in his head.
God bless you brother if your still alive
I hope he had kids and grand kids.
My heart is broken for Mr. Jenkins 💔
The young man had an incredible spirit and work ethic. He knew he could accomplish many things that seemed impossible. He never felt sorry for himself and he knew he would have to fight to earn a life worth living. Hard to see him talked down to by other men even though they were speaking truths, they did so with no humility.
I agree wholeheartedly on your comment, I believe that the soldier did have a good worth ethic, and I’m going to tell you one thing, the guy that was against the war, it’s probably a person that helped a lot of people feel sorry about themselves, get on welfare, Instead of helping people, he was a person that led to probably a lot of people not going to school, like he was preaching, that’s what I believe.
@@moisesperez4605 Yes, I agree that the other man while speaking some truths was leading men to behave in a degenerative manner. It’s as though he way saying because our society has flaws, we should in no way seek to improve ourselves or society.
I felt the same, It's ok to reveal the realities of a difficult society, but none of them saw and experienced the hardships that Jenkins did. I really felt Jenkins when he talked about his unit.
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So the civil rights movement was blk people feeling sorry for themselves or was it necessary for blk people to fight for their rights?
I wasn’t raised to dislike someone because of their race. In elementary school, a best friend of mine was Hispanic. In my last year of High School, we were integrated and I had several Black friends. In 68-69, I was in Nam and had friends of all races there…Black and Puerto Rican…because I liked how they treated me like a brother. One day, one Black friend said he couldn’t be a “brother” to me anymore because his friends didn’t like it. But I understood and we were still friends, just not brothers. Whether or not I see someone as a friend, depends on how they act toward me. It’s always been that way and I won’t change.
valuable piece of history
"But are you a first class citizen?" That one got him. That was a great question. His patriotism is absolutely noble, because it shows he considers himself to be like anyone else: reality is rarely noble. What a shame. Confronting something like that may be on the same level as a crisis of faith. Or worse.
I don't know who the gentleman talking with him is (I'm guessing he's a member of the Brotherhood of Islam), and he sounds like he's being harsh, but really, he just has a very clear moral filter. Five people is a lot. You can't be a typical person, do that, and not be affected.
The buildup of anxiety, within that man, after each encounter, with the edit at the end making it all palpable.
Excellent work.
Thank you Louis Jenkins.
Billy Connolly once said. Don’t ever judge a man.. until you take a walk in his shoes.
@Bob Whyte... singer/songwriter Joe South, also had a hit song in 1970 with "Walk a Mile in My Shoes"
@@drewpall2598 this could go on forever.
Like a rolling stone Bob Dylan Recorded: June 15-16, 1965
Positively 54th street Bob Dylan Recorded: July 29, 1965
That's back when, because there was no Internet and no readily available Independent news, Americans actually trusted what their government told them. A lot of innocent people died because of that.
people still do
A lot of people got duped back in those days, no way the government would get away with it today with all the social media that people now have. Very different times.
I agree with you to a point, there’s stuff in the Internet that lives down the rabbit hole as well, so you might have to be vigilant, what you read on the Internet, and go beyond the online stuff, look at what’s happening around the world too many people spitting lies, even on Twitter, on the on line as well.
@@moisesperez4605 Oh no for sure, that goes without saying brother
@@fred5nyc Social media makes it easier to decieve. It's simply a different tactic than was used when there was one newspaper in the morning and one evening TV news.
The new tactic is over-saturation with so many differing points and non-stop updates, people burn out and fall in line.
What a monumental load of confusion piled on a young man just returned from seeing and doing things he will never forget. The way the government and the community failed to support these young men is nothing short of criminal. People around him, many with just concerns about the issues the Black community was (and is) striving for, could have been more supportive of his re-entry instead of seeking to capitalize on his confusion. Everyone he encountered in this footage failed him.
It’s funny how people see the same video but have different perspectives on it. The government failed him and many soldiers returning from war. But his community didn’t fail or abandon him at all. His community is talking to him and supporting him and trying to get him to see how he and his people are treated by the very government that he fought for, in a war mind you that wasn’t necessary in the slightest. If his community were to fail him they wouldn’t be engaging with him at all
@@darnell9806 good point .. i liked both comments / perspectives ... my heart has always and continues to go out to all vietnam vets because of how they were treated upon reentry/ returning home. born on the 4th of july and jacobs ladder are 2 harsh vietnam war movies to watch that really captured the horrors of the vets return home , while ww1 and 2 vets and others were treated entirely different. in reality, we had no business in any of the wars and only found ways to enter them on our own accord. pearl harbor and 9/11 are dispicable examples of this evil govt... and im a vet myself ..smh
A bayonet is a weapon with a worker at each end. They're a little hard on the guy who just got home from trying to finish his tour & survive. The loyalty to this nation from the working class was of every race was amazing.
Great video. History is complex and layered. Let us not be hasty in our judgements of either side when we look back. We too will be judged one day for what we did, but more importantly, did NOT do during our days. God speed 🙏
Perfect response. Best one thusfar
That's a really remarkable piece of film, thank you!
This is one of those things that I dont get and some other people dont understand you came home after seeing all the bad things humans can do to each other you put your life on the line for the country and come home and all some people see you as is trash this is down right disgusting a human is a human and they deserve respect
We need more men like this in our country today... God Bless Louis Jenkins and America 🇺🇸
Too bad his country didn't even treat him like a human being when he came back from his service
Soldiers standing side by side literally become brothers. I like this young man, great respect for him..
Wow. I like this cat. It’s strange how everyone that didn’t go tried to guilt him but he really never wavered on how he felt. He did what he had to do when he had to do it. I respect his lack of hindsight retrospection. What’s done is done. Roll on.
Not guilt but reality. Perspective is huge
*When a sincere individual realizes that he was wrong about a matter, he freely* *admits it, and then makes a concerted effort to change his ways of thinking and* *actions.*
You respect him being a mindless drone?
@@yalbad5160 stupid question. You’re reality must suck
The moment, he realized he's been lied to by Society, You can tell that it shook him to his very core. Another Powerful Video , Thank you Mr Hoffman .
To be drafted into a war you didnt want to be in,and then to come home to an angry country who gave you hell for even being in it,and then to have to suit up for another war,myst be incredibly confusing. African American youth were told to be patriotic and fight for their country,but when they returned home to their country which they fought for,their country would do nothing for them,so it was time to fight and go to war again, with their own country. It's so hipicritical that an African American man was told to go to another country and fight for someone else's rights,when their own country doesn't care or provide those same rights, absolutely insane and disgusting.
Memorial Day a day to remember and honor those who died serving this great country of ours. Thanks you for your service and sacrifice. 🙏 Have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day David Hoffman.😊
Killing millions of innocent people is something to be celebrated?
Black, White, Red or Yellow, these same people ridiculed their fellow citizens who fought in America's wars. It's the same around the world in other countries too. War Is Hell.
not according to MERICAN! ideology.
It's because the war in Vietnam was an unjust crime. They are right.
For a man to come back from war , fighting for his country and have to
question if he is a first class citizen , knowing the painful truth that he is still in a struggle for certain unalienable rights is a true showing of just how low of a moral state our country was in . Yet, this quality young man still would fight for his country stating its his duty. A true patriot , a warrior ... More deserving of respect, rights and privileges that come with than each of those lowlife at college who stayed back pretested then cried because of those college students who were shot and killed by national guards. The country cried more for those college students than for our warriors who actually fought and died for their country . Our country is a shame and disgrace ... I wouldn't shed a tear for those college students who were killed protesting against the Vietnam war . My heart will always ache for so many , over 58,000 who never returned and the men such as this who deserve all the respect and honor owed to those who fought . Words can't really express the honor this man holds , it's just a shame and heartbreaking . Such a shame
Mr Hoffman i hope you are feeling better, and you and your family are doing well. An Uncle i never met served and died over there. Crazy to me, that the ones who made it home were treated the way they were 😢
Great share big ups 💯💯💯
David's films never stop giving
Stories on this channel are something else.
Thanks for sharing this David
I appreciate the synopsis that you included with this film clip.
Thank you for this upload. It is individual stories like this that is vital in creating awareness amongst the populace on battles fought abroad, at home, and crucially, within. 🙏
All though I am also anti-war, I feel so deeply for this man. That kind of situation could make the strongest man crack, bless his soul.
I find these videos that you post fascinating. These are things I would never see if you didn’t post them.
God bless the brother. I hope they found some peace after the war
That was such an informative video, thank you so much for taking the time to make it and put it out for us to watch! I look forward to the next upload!
*This video reminds us that while we go about our daily lives, there are heroes out there protecting our freedom. Truly humbling.*
As a veteran I know for a fact they're not protecting your freedom! They're protecting white supremacy resources major corporations and the ability of the rich to get richer forever! So you can miss me with all of the freedom my country childish patriotism indoctrination BS!
Hi David Hoffman hope your doing ok, tomorrow is memorial day. My dads brother was in the army during this area of the Vietnam, his brother faought in the war and he finally came home in the mid 70s like 1975. I don't know much bout him as my dad probably would, it's just what ever he told me in the past. During the layer years my dad would wounder what ever happened to his brother. Like i said before he died in prison 5 years ago he had a long beard when we visited him in prison. He sent us letters in the mail about 4 different times with his prison numbers on the top right of the paper. That is hout they do it in prison so when you want to write back you'll need to put his prison number on the envelope top corner. Thanks for sharing this video David Film maker, you take care.🙏📸🎥🎞️✌️
Much respect to Mr.Jenkins for serving his country and risking his life. I hope that he was able to tune out everyone trying to make him see things their way. I hope that he eventually found his own way to navigate life based on his own beliefs and experiences. Seems he at least deserved a happy life after what he had endured both overseas and at home.
AMEN!
@Wayland Jennings... well said!
I think he propably did just that. His knowing smirk at times when the ideologues were driving their crap into him says to me he knows none of them have a clue about anything.
“His country” the same country that referred to him as cattle, 3/5ths a human being, your just as lost as Jenkins is this isn’t a black man’s country anyone with eyes and a brain can see that.
@@slartybarfastb3648 Jenkins cant even read or write 😂😂😂 wtf u talking about.
powerful video thank you for sharing.
Thank you
Thanks Mr Hoffman.
Thanks!
I thank you once again Porcupine.
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These guys are warriors on the highest level.
This video is amazing. It’s also heart wrenching. I am in agreement with the things that these men are saying - yet I am not in agreement with what they mistakenly believe is “their enemy”. It’s not flesh and blood we war against -
These men are right - war - any war - is bullshit. We have not fought any war for the reasons we’ve been TOLD to believe.
This is absolutely enraging what these people had to come home to. It’s just insane, ignorant and straight disrespectful.
Thank you, David for this documentary. ❤️
Really fascinating - glimpse of reality of that Time. In what city was that filmed?
Read the description please Chris.
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🇺🇸 Thank you David.
Everybody had their agenda. He had his which was be a man and do the best I know to do which he did better than anybody trying to play with his life. I hope he rolled on and found peace.
What a thoughtful, informed, honest and genuine perspective on the complicated, emotionally-charged issues generated and experienced by a black man who is an, heretofore at least to me, American hero reuniting with his community & culture after service in the armed forces. Thank you, David. I always feel I've learned something, and have a better understanding of how my perspective should be informed after watching one of your videos.
Technical question: Is the original film 4x3 ratio or 16x9? If it was broadcast on TV originally then was it cropped on the left and right? (since TV was 4x3)
The American soldier went through hell in that war. To disrespect anyone was bad, but what they did to the Black soldier upon return was a permanent scar on the country. We were supposed to have thrown off the ideas of Imperialism in Japan and Nazi Fascism in Europe. There was supposed to be no existing racism from this day forward, but it didn't stop. It was necessary for the Black religious figure to plead with reason for they knew what was at stake. While this dialogue was going on the underworld corruption with police. Our society was selling heroin exclusively in Black American neighborhoods. They denied people jobs as the Vietnam Veteran was stigmatized generally.
Can you imagine that? They, the political leaders, American Corporations, French Corporations (Colonialism) and all the branches of the American government who had poor judgment, decisionmaking and quite frankly illegal actions, from beginning to end. They had the nerve to take it out on the soldier. They put the American soldier in an environment where heroin was being sold to the American soldier and then reamed him when he got addicted. Vets came back sick from heroin use, but you would have thought the factory was in Harlem because you couldn't find it in a white neighborhood. Military personnel got jailed for smuggling heroin. An Air Force Colonel was caught with a fighter jet loaded with heroin.
It was Truman and Eisenhower who were shoved into it by the French. French diplomats were jumping out of their ears. French soldiers were already in our CIA and part of American Military society. The French were partners with the WASP corporations. We are still with them today and that is why they won't release information about this or that history. They're afraid of guys like me who will add that to a big historical research project and possibly draw a few nasty conclusions (that I already know, but can't prove). Making this into a movie, informing everyone of some government secret is what they fear. I won't do this because I have recently learned of how nasty it all gets and I'm not interested in proselytizing this. I know this. The Black man was supposed to be seen as 100% equal after WWII and they were taken down by corporations and then drugs had a social Darwinism type effect on the populous. They took on a defeated and victimized attitude.
They started wrecking Black neighborhoods in the early 1950's. WASP's would not let it happen in their neighborhoods. After Vietnam everything negative fell on the image of Black Americans and White Liberal Americans. They became political pariahs in some communities. It was as outrageous as McCarthyism. JFK was going to enforce equality. RFK was serious out there. He was with the DOJ forcing people to open the door to Black Americans. JFK was going to end Vietnam and was about to do the Bill of Rights when they killed him. LBJ walked away from the Presidency because of his embarrassment of the CIA's Phoenix Program and the My Lai Massacre (500+ women and children murdered). LBJ seeks to end the war with a Peace Accord. Nixon's aide interferes.
The story goes, RFK begins to take an immediate lead in the polls after My Lai and LBJ's withdrawal from the race. RFK had been talking about racial equality and ending Vietnam. Ending Vietnam offended everyone in the opium trade, liberalism bothered the American WASP because of their racial beliefs. They kill RFK and afterwards they compromise Nixon and original member of the Warren Commission is sworn in as 38th President of the United States of America. Gerald Ford sat on the JFK Assassination study run by Allen Dulles.
The American WASP is still powerful to this day. I don't know much about the current state, my research ends in 1981. The Kennedy's were going to liberalize America "all the way" making racial equality a major issue. What we got was the "Bill of Rights" and the dark state put "paid" to the idea of full liberalism and equality by killing JFK and RFK.
I get a kick at how people don't really understand our current conflict because the history of this conflict spans hundreds of years. It starts with the Opium Wars and the American soldier got dragged into Vietnam, an absolute nightmare. Since the Magna Carta there have been groups of people seeking refuge and reasonable treatment under the powerful oligarchy present. This is universal and that is why they found poppy fields in Afghanistan because this train never stopped. They grabbed Obama and he started running them because he was an adept leader, but he got dragged in. It is a one-way door.
What they did to LBJ can never be forgotten or forgiven. He was a good guy, and he was sick to his stomach by 1967. He knew too much, and it poisoned his soul. He was always afraid they would kill him, and he decided to make an exit from Vietnam. This is like leaving the mafia. They could have killed him over that because the blurred walls between French and American underworld and militaries were at an absolute height. He was outgoing and they were able to stop LBJ without murdering him. RFK was going to beat Nixon and he was planning on ending the war. They had just set up the industrial production of heroin in Vietnam. Nothing was going to stop this trade. France was trying to regain their losses from colonialism and never were they fiercer than in 1968. The invention of synthetic rubber destroyed the business, and they started subsidizing those losses with opium in 1948. The Viet's kicked the French out. American CIA enters the war in 57'. The French drug traffickers were killing American CIA when they first got there. They had to make a deal with the French drug traffickers that they would not touch this trade. Gen. Landsdale to Corsican Mafia Leadership, "We're not here for you". They put a bullet through Gen. Landsdale's limo.
We love our people in uniform. They sacrifice so much for our society. Even though our history is dark in some places, we are still a light on a hill and America is a great country. My loyalties are with our folks in uniform. We lost a lot of good people in Vietnam. These were the best Americans. ❤
So long ago has anything change?
Nope
What was the name of this program? Did they have others like it at the time?
I see a brother who wasn’t aware of the actual cause until it was told to him by people who looked like him.
I’m saddened to hear those men talk to the returning vet like that. Degraded him so much that I hope he still went on to do great things and not get into that stuff those guys were spewing.
They weren’t degrading him they were educating him. He and many young men like him were used and abused by the government. You can tell by the way he spoke that he hadn’t thought deeply about some of the things they were speaking about.
This is my 1 of my favorite videos on this channel. Because hearing my uncles speak about when they came home from serving; they faced the same. Ppl not understanding what they did over there or why they went. What to do now that they were home? 1 even came home & had to deal with addiction. Never did drugs before he left but came back an addict!
Wow.
This was some hard-core deprogramming, very intense session.
I’m assuming you did not shoot this David?
I did not film this. You are correct.
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For the record, this is some absolutely stunning footage, some of the most socially hard-hitting and relevant issues in modern times.
I can’t thank you enough for hosting it.
I’ve spent a good deal of time collecting books and researching footage about the black panthers, I love this era and these issues.
Remember these men weren't given access to the GI bill
Vietnam vets did have access to the GI bill. It was only certain AA soldiers in WWII who didnt have access to it, and my grandfather was included in that group.
The Tragedy of War AT THE Imperial War Museum in London, England, visitors are intrigued by a unique clock and digital counter. This clock does not keep time. Its purpose is to help people grasp the magnitude of a central feature of this century-war. As the hand of the clock rotates, the counter adds another number to its tally every 3.31 seconds. Each number represents a man, woman, or child who has died as a result of war during the 20th century. This report was made back in 1999.
I don’t the person talking to him like this. He’s just been through hell.
8:40 painful to watch. Those poor young men. So much abuse and trauma brought onto them by their own country
Said to say, this is why so many turned to drugs and alcohol to self medicate. Add to that the Horrors they survived in the war! To cope, the military "gave" them cigarettes and heroine. (History note: Hitler /Nazis gave their soldiers "Meth")
Everyone was drafted back then. If it wasn't for those that served, America would not be a free country.
Repressed by his own kind
Read a book
same soul
0:05 That’s Jackson Beck the Voice of G.I. Joe 😮.
Almost like the movie Dead Presidents was based on this.
I appreciate our brave warriors of color.
My God
11:48 ⭐️ It is and was a Constitutional issue! ⭐️
Article I, Section 8, Clause 12:
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
“To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;”
Global elites using war to destabilize populations, create divisions and so on and so forth!
I love this man . He knows there is another world where hate is not against your brothers andvsisters, he knows we have it good in America even if we have a few issues. Separate propane is for dumb ppl
“Closed on account of fear” damn
And all he wanted was a steady life without too much issue, at least for a while.
To mr Hoffman himself: How do you stand on people using your footage? Do I notify you beforehand? And do I need to do more than to put you in the credits?
Anyone wanting to use any of my footage must contact my office at allinaday@aol.com.
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If we ever go to war again, they will draft. My grandfather was drafted for WW2, and my step-father for Vietnam as black men.
David, you always come through with the most poignant content. This dude was a real patriot who would not be swayed by any propaganda, left or right. I hope he is living his best life today. 🤟🏻
The dude really had no choice because those were the times, but in his mind he knows he got duped
@@fred5nyc What I saw was a soldier who knew the people shoving their propaganda down his throat were no better than the other side.
You see someone who got duped. I see a man with more wisdom, strength and commitment to a cause than anyone else in this video.
@@slartybarfastb3648 I didn't say the guy didn't have commitment and a will to do things, that's why he was looking for answers, cause he felt duped. Got it?
Never forget returning back on the freedom bird I was served cake covered with mold
My opinion is that the American people were wrong with they were against our military, if you have a gripe about something, or about what’s going on at the time in Vietnam, you do that, your politicians, the ones that had us in that war, the president, but not the soldiers, not the actual fighters, they got drafted into a war that they probably did not want, so why people spit on soldiers when they came back from Vietnam, it’s difficult to me to understand because my uncle died in Vietnam, and I could see with this soldier that said that if anything push to shove, he would go cell bananas out in the port, or in the docs, that is some of that Sees the situation and puts it in a positive way. Of course, a lot of these African-Americans at the time, we’re probably looked at second citizens, but again the point of this situation was about the war in Vietnam, And the people that were protesting and giving soldiers a hard time when they came back, those are the people that I have a problem with. And our politicians PS as well the president at the time. Johnson.
God bless this man soul in Jesus Name Amen🙏
Eh, this is unique! He must have had hard time opposing his own colour!👍👍I think I have been even in similar situations myself
Having watched a few of these niw it's pretty clear that nothing really changes. We just keep using different words to make it look like it does.
And if we don't remember our history we're doomed to repeat it,as they use to say. I've noticed the exact same thing you've stated here, Well Said.
This proves ppl was privilege in power not equality
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Dude just wanted to make money for his family.
@Emmanuel Boakye Exactly. That's what these profane immoral devils don't get.
@@YasharelYahawadah well if the government that sent him there looked after him then perhaps he would not feel the need to do it to feed his family.
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Black or white we were all treated like dirt , spit on cussed still hated by many
I asked my father if he experienced that when he came home. He told me he didn’t because his hometown was so small he was treated like a hero.
@George Zink We're not the same. Neither are we treated the same.
@@YasharelYahawadah 😂
If you served, thank you for your service. I absolutely hate how returning soldiers, like my 19 year-old father, were treated.
@@YasharelYahawadahare you so certain you're so different? there are far more similarities than there are differences. that goes for all men.
I hate how they all barked at him and never listened to him once, at least not in this footage. He did things they could never do just for them to tell him what the world is like based off their experience staying in SF doing nothing. It's like they just wanted to break him and make him into a victim rather than moving forward with what he learned. Maybe it was wrong of him to trust his gvmt but I don't think any of the people barking at him were presenting anything that would make him into a better man. It's too common, a somewhat stable person gets sucked into becoming unhappy and confused by radicals who present a narrative where no one ever wins, and scream at anyone who questions it.
He did what he did, if it was wrong then he should be encouraged to reflect on that, but those other people seemed like predatory losers, just trying to make everyone else as angry as they are. People like that don't even notice when their cage is unlocked because their chains form the basis of their personalities, so they try luring everyone else in through the open door.
BS
Those people are opening his eyes were as b4 he was sold a dream, how the hell do you think they are going to tell you this? these are the same people who live his same kind of nightmare and they are just letting him know of the real situation, so of course they are going to be angry. I supposed you preferred that he stayed uniformed because you prefer the young man stayed asleep. it's a harsh world out there and nothing is pretty.
They may have "done nothing" in SF, but conversely, what did this guy accomplish in Vientnam? The others probably acted toward him out of spite for risking his life for the same government that had treated them as less than equal for hundreds of years.
They were angry as well. Imagine you live in a country that has killed your people unfairly for 400 years and then on top of it has also done it recently and you are starting to stand up to it. You don’t want people who you think are on your side to be supporting the government when it comes to things like killing others and you don’t trust the government when they say killing others is for the countries God. And to top it off your fathers killed others in ww2 just to be treated lines second class citizens when they returned to the USA. Idk about you but it’s common sense that this would make someone really angry and frustrated.
What absolute rubbish! They were opening his eyes to reality which would "make him a better man" vs murdering other people just like him. Willingly participating in an immoral and illegal war to murder people for greed and power, is being the ultimate loser.
Mr.Jenkins, a hero, bullied by a fake reverend who went on to r@pe his childen and went to prison for it. They should build a monument for Mr.Jenkins who stood on an island for what he believed was right instead of being a coward. Thank you Mr.Jenkins and may God bless you eternally.
Lol i cannot believe theyre talking to him like that.
He wasnt confused. He knew that first man was a zealot. The second man he asked why. The third he said our forefathers wrote the constitution. He's the only one in that vid who had his own thoughts behind his eyes.
@MikAnimal I guess being a zealot for corrupted a Babylonian State is much better right??
@@cheezedoodlenygguh6229 or not being a zealot at all
Geese, that guy talking at 8:42 is being a despicable person to that veteran
The truth isn't all flowers and sunshine, sometimes the Truth is brutal
@@anonymousdude5550 don’t get preachy with me about that brother. I’ve seen some effed up things and I’m more aware than you know. That still doesn’t excuse that guy being a jerk to a man that just returned from a combat zone.
It's sad that they made this about race, when he was home he still had to fight with his friends and neighbors because he did what he had to do. My Uncle was drafted in and spent 67 in VietNam. He didn't want to go either but he did what he had to do. He was a white farmboy from Iowa. I know he struggled when he got home too, we talked about it after I joined the Army in 82
What's sad is the powers that be are still being controlled by the same people!!
The black power guy keeps asking "Why would you go kill Vietnamese for white people?" When in reality, the more realistic question would be "why would you go kill Vietnamese for rich people" Americans of all races fought in Vietnam. The only people who were exempt from the draft were the "fortunate sons" Granted, most of the rich kids were white. But it is an oversimplification to say, "whites are sending blacks to Vietnam." Blaming an entire race for your struggles is called "identity politics" and if history has taught us anything, identity politics only results in more suffering for everyone. Men and women like MLK and Rosa Parks are the ones we must idolize and remember, not men who engage in this type of harmful rhetoric. I only make this comment because to this day, it is still an issue.
Sadly, this still exists with African Americans. I voted for Donald Trump and my family members look at me totally different. They where very upset with me for going against the Democratic Party. I feel sorry for him.
They should be mad at you for voting for some guy who sided with white supremacy. Don't you think?
They weren't upset with you for going against the Democratic Party. They upset with you for voting for Trump. If you didn't vote at all they probably wouldn't have cared.
@@dvvfcg4755 My friend who votes did the same thing, a life long Democrat voted Republican for the 1st time, my answer to him was" so this is the guy who made you change? I'm glad I never voted.
The orange menace is a racist~garbage human.
@@fred5nycalways vote. My ww2 veteran dad told me to be glad I live in a place where I can cast a vote, words never left me. Peace to you.