“ THE RETURN OF PRIVATE YOUNGBLOOD ” 1968 REPATRIATION & BURIAL OF A VIETNAM WAR SOLDIER 89634
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This 1968 documentary "The Return of Private Youngblood" was made during the Vietnam War. It examines the return of the body of PFC Boyd James Youngblood, who served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army Vietnam. This heartfelt film covers different stages including the return of the body to the USA, the funeral ceremony, and the burial. The film also shows monologues and footage of relatives of Youngblood, including his wife and his mother. It was produced and written by Hal Suit, who worked as a news director at radio and television Station WSB, Atlanta, Georgia and was a relative of Youngblood. Youngblood is honored on Panel 55W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
0:14 text and statistics on the dead in the Vietnam War including Private Boyd James Youngblood, who died on June 21, 1968 as a result of small arms fire in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam 0:50 a group of graves diggers, older men digging a grave with shovels, 2:06 “The Return of Private Youngblood” titles, 2:18 a DC-8 landing, 2:34 ground crew unloading coffins from the aircraft, 3:04 men continue digging grave, 4:04 a man sits on his porch with his dog, 4:55 friends and family at the funeral procession in a small church with an American flag draped over the coffin, 5:52 friends and family sit down, 6:24 funeral orator begins his speech, 7:08 Youngblood’s wife walking through a green field, 7:37 the wife speaks to the camera, 8:29 a man sings a song while playing guitar, 10:37 the pastor gives a speech while overlooking the coffin, 14:30 Youngblood’s mother in the kitchen, 15:05 the flag is lifted off the coffin and folded, 15:27 coffin is opened, 15:40 people pay their respects at the coffin, 17:08 wife goes up to the coffin to pay her respects, 17:53 coffin bearers move the coffin as the people in attendance follow, 18:27 a procession of cars going up a winding road, 18:54 coffin bearers carrying the coffin to the grave, 20:18 soldiers hold up flag over coffin as a speech is being made, 21:02 soldiers begin 21 gun salute, 21:25 soldier playing the trumpet, 22:10 soldiers begin folding American flag, 23:03 his wife watching the folding of the flag, 23:48 soldiers leave, 24:23 his wife leaves with the flag, 24:32 coffin is lowered into the ground, 25:00 the coffin is buried which is shown from different angles, 25:25 different shots of his, 26:40 a poem on the screen by Burma Sexton Youngblood, 27:47 Director of Photography Patrick O’Dell, Photographed by Ray Young, Roger Conner, John Pruitt, Dennis Suit, 28:10 Written and produced by Hal Suit, 28:18 a Production fo CBC WSB Television News, Atlanta. Georgia
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This young man, was my husbands mother Sandra Rameys first cousin, on her father's side. Thank you for the kind words, he is a hero and always will be. In memory of Private B. J. Youngblood and all that gave the ultimate sacrifice.
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America's best God bless.
So very sorry for his families loss.
His mom seems like a nice lady, this tragedy , there is nothing to heal such a loss.
He was killed 4 months before I was born almost to the day , thank you private youngblood for your service and ultimate sacrifice , rest in peace.
@@drinkthekoolaidkids He wasn’t even in Vietnam for a month and he died the day right after his birthday June 21, 1968 At the age of 22
One thing our modern society should be proud is the way returning soldiers are honoured and respected. In 1968, Vietnam Veterans were jeered, derided, abused and spat on, or generally ignored.
Another thing about this film is the deep respect and love displayed by the community of Rabun County who mourned his loss and took care of Boyd in death. Digging the grave is one of the final things that friends can do.
There is such pride in the south .so many gave all God Bless you Sir
US Army 1965-67. Stationed in Fort Polk, Louisiana and took part in several of this type of rituals in small towns in Mississippi and Louisiana. Too bad the protesters of the time didn't take part and see the pain and strength of the country. RIP Private Youngblood. You are not forgotten.
THIS REALLY BRINGS IT HOME TO A COMMUNITY WHEN A BUNCH OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS DIG THE GRAVE BY HAND, NOT A STRANGER ON A BACKHOE!!
IN THE SUMMER OF 1964 I WAS STATIONED AT FT SHERIDAN ILLINOIS.
I VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO SEVERAL BURIALS AS THE BURIAL HONOR GUARD DETAIL.
THE VERY FIRST ONE I DID WAS FOR A GUY THAT GOT IT IN VIETNAM!
I WAS ON THE RIFLE GROUP FOR THE 21 GUN SALUTE.
AFTER THE FLAG WAS FOLDED,
THE HEAD OFFICER HANDED THE FLAG TO THE WIDOW OF THE GUY, AND SHE TOOK THE FLAG AND THEN THREW IT IN THE OFFICERS FACE, TURNED AROUND AND STOMPED OFF!!
IT SORTA SHOCKED EVERYONE THERE BUT NOTHING WAS SAID!!
THIS WAS THE FIRST PROTEST
OF THE WAR I SAW!
I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED HOW OFTEN THIS HAPPENED EVER SINCE!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOUNBLOOD!R.I.P🕊️
This brought tears to this old Sergeant's eyes and sad memories of 50 years ago in a far off land call Viet Nam. S/sgt. United States Marine Corps.
Semper fi and thanks for your service to our great nation.
Me two sarge me to.
This Marine SSgt followed suit.
I'm a Vietnam Veteran and this touched my heart.
Thanks for your service to our great nation James. We respect and honor you.
My great grandmothers name is Estelle Youngblood, she married Harry brown jr. while I don’t know much about Boyd my grandma always told me about him and my great grandmother has a picture in her living room of Boyd. This video facinates me as this is a distant relative of mine.
I'm a Youngblood also I've been looking into Youngbloods that was in the wars
His father Vaughn committed suicide and he was raised by my great grand parents from the time he was eleven. He volunteered to take somebody else’s patrol because he knew the route he was killed In Quang tri result of small arms fire a single bullet threw the throat he was in Vietnam for hardly a month and he died the day after his birthday. My great grandfather Harry Brown Junior taught him to work the lands And I’m sure his influence from the time Paw spent in World War II was the reason boyd took such courageous acts in which resulted in his demise.
This should be a must see film for anyone in power considering asking our youth to fight in combat in a far away land. Thanks to the families for letting the public see the reality beyond the numbers. And this scene was repeated over 58,000 times. My heart goes out to all of them.
A wonderful video, one that would not be made today. Hal Suit was a WW2 Veteran and amputee who for many years was an anchorman on WSB-TV in Atlanta. He also ran for Governor of Georgia in 1970 against Jimmy Carter.
John Pruitt, is a now retired Atlanta TV anchorman and veteran.
All wars have a cost, and for some a very high, unbearable cost.
Those who start the wars never seem to have to pay a thing.
Thank you for this information.
Much respect. RIP, sir.
I am thankful that this film and PFC Boyd James Youngblood are not forgotten. I hate the Internet, but this film points out how it can be used for good.
Thanks to LBJ...& Robert McNamara & the Military Industrial Complex to the present...😳
Ur right nothing has changed
36 Days in Country and is killed what a waste........A lot of men never made it through their 12 months tour, and a lot did. I remember 1968 one of my older brothers was In Vietnam. We all worried till he came home. Little did I know that in 2 years I would be In Country and the worry would start all over again till I came home. My 3 older Brothers and myself served this Country, we never questioned our service then nor do we now. My Brother who was in Vietnam in 1968 died in 2000 of prostate Cancer, the War killed him 32 years later ( Agent Orange ). Most who served were drafted and a lot were volunteers, we were all drafted. This young man was taken away from his wife and family in service to his country......................but back then no one cared they didn't want to talk about the war.......just protest it.......if you didn't serve or wouldn't serve then in my mind you got nothing to protest about.....this young man and the rest of us is the only ones who should have a reason to protest. But he along with 58,000 + more can't and the rest of us have gone on with our lives. So your opinions of that war are insignificant ......
Thanks to you and your family for your dedicated service to our great nation.
Thank you for your family's service. My uncle was there for about a month and was killed Sept 67.
armymastersgt Well THAT'S WERE YOU'RE WRONG SIR. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO PROTEST WHEN THEY BELIEVE SOMETHING IS WRONG ESPECIALLY IF INVOLVES KILLING ON ANY SIDE. The protesters turned out to be EXACTLY CORRECT AND RIGHT ABOUT THIER REASONS FOR IT AS WE NOW KNOW THROUGH FINALLY RELEASED DOCUMENTATION THAT TONKIN GULF... NEVER EVEN HAPPENED. I'm just sorry you feel that way. After all this is a Democratic Republic not a Communist country without the freedom to disagree or protest.
My Dad served in the US Navy starting in late 1963. He served in the Mekong Delta for 2 years and came back after his 2nd and final tour in late 1965. It's strange where he was born and raised (Southern New Mexico between Las Cruces NM and El Paso,TX) Vietnam was not very much regarded as a war like Korea. All they asked was, "How were the girls?" It was after 1966 it became to be like Korea. It changed quick. His friends did too. No one talked to him as he came back from El Paso with his Navy uniform. 1 was killed that he didn't know joined and he had to help get the sanity back to one buddy after being wounded and losing a forearm after an ambush as a Marine in Danang. He fortunately had the support of a traditional Hispanic family. He died of agent orange related cancer around 1993 or 94. He left 2 young sons and a wife. There are so many different accounts of veterans. We can never generalize it.
Agree with you . In 1968 I was too young to serve , but watched the hueys fly over our house & area doing training here in the states. When I was older these memories inspired me to serve . I served under the leadership of Vietnam veterans while in Lebanon. I went through 38 years of people being decent back home. Then last week a guy I had known most of my life confronted me like a typical liberal, and ran us veterans all into the ground. I had finally gotten a taste of how many fellow servicemen had been treated during the Vietnam era . I don't regret my service. Not one bit. Thank God I served with Vietnam veterans. I now feel more a part of their ranks than ever . What a world we live in though, where our own countrymen are unthankful for their freedom. . .
I was there and by Gods Grace I made it back but the whole thing makes no more sense to me now than it did then. I'll always ask myself 'For WHAT'? Then the answer pops up. $$$$$ The song 'WAR' by Edwin Starr rings true. And 'For What It's Worth' by Buffalo Springfield, after all these years.
Absolutely heartbreaking.
My heart goes out to PFC Youngblood's Widow. I know it's close to 50 years after the PFC's Youngblood's death but I hope she's ok.
+LAMOE2012 Thank you for this comment. We feel precisely the same way.
David Rynne ALL soldiers no matter what side should be buried with the dignity that is due to them. Even if you don't agree with the reasons any soldier fought for. They were, are, and will always be someone's cherished loved one. It's about respecting the person and the life they saw as fit to give the absolute ultimate sacrifice. I say again... ALL soldiers.
So you know her personally? Any idea if she has seen this film? Curious to know more.
No, just internet research
Alek Hidell please remove her Facebook from this! I am her daughter and you do not need to post her information on this forum!
My grandfather Hal Suit conceived of, wrote and narrated this documentary. My father Dennis Suit filmed it. I’m glad that people are getting a chance to see it again. It was important story to tell.
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I almost did not want to blink so as not to miss a frame of this. Moved me so much.
RIP Private Youngblood. Thank you for your service and brave sacrifice. I know you're home with God. The people in this video remind me of way back in the early 70s, before we had so much technology, and life was a little more simple.
This is beyond sad. Being a war widow at such a young age, often wondering as she got older, probably, what might have been.
A lifetime ahead of her carrying the bereavement, It never goes away it simply finds its place and tags along. I hope she found someone who understands and cares .
An Exceptional Documentary.
I was just a boy I remember those times. They were very sad
PFC Youngblood, will now be FOREVER YOUNG. May he Rest In Peace.
More than a name on a wall or a number on a piece of paper.
He had a life, a wife, family. Cut so short. No matter the war, god bless those who put their lives on the line so that maybe that the fight may not be in vain.
I did a search on the internet and this poor lad was killed the day after his 22nd birthday and he had only been in Vietnam just a little over a month.
Bless the family for their courage and trust in allowing this to be filmed. This sad return was repeated thousands of times in that era throughout the nation but rarely documented.
You will be forever remembered.
1:30 The custom of neighbours digging a grave is very common in the country areas of Ireland
and this is no doubt where the custom originated from.
Very Touching, I watched this video a few years ago and it really gets me, to see such a young man cut down with so much to live for!
This struck a cord in me right from the start..digging grave for your own..a show of deep love n respect! My, how things have changed..the funeral business is a billion $ industry..thankfully some folk are waking up and are choosing to have natural burials now..very inexpensive and in tune w nature! The Vietnam war always upset me..a senseless war as usual! And on it continues! Very sad! RIP soldier!
Oh how sad and so young I know his wife in later years moved on and remarried and had children but I wonder if she ever went back to visit his grave this is such a moving video thank you for sharing
I will never forget. Vietnam 69 70 71
I think this is one of the sadist thing I've ever seen.
+whos1st It is a deeply moving film. Unfortunately at the time it was produced, the American public was not receptive to its message. It is too bad because it clearly should have been widely shown.
It got me as well. Very powerful and moving.
I can understand why so people protested that war and why they thought it was wrong. But I never understood why those same protesters would disrespect the troops when they came back home..I grew up in an army town, Ft Benning and grew up with a lot of kids who's fathers were Vietnam Vets. Whenever I would ask them about their experiences during those years (late 60's early 70's), I could see the pain in their faces when they would try to explain. It saddens me.
This made me cry ..n think of my DAD...
RIP YOUNG AMERICAN VETERAN HERO. REST IN GOD'S HOUSE.
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I looked up Burma Youngblood the girl in the video was only 17 when she was a widow she would re marry and have three daughters and grandkids and then made a widow again in 2009
R.I.P BROTHER YOUNGBLOOD.
3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66
Too many young men die in foreign wars. Having been raised in a US military family, we would be well served to question our service to this government.
Be at Peace Brother
All gave some. Some gave all. So sad
This vid only shows the process of a burial of a US soldiar but you cant feel the emotion. When a good friend of mine died in Ramadi Iraq in 2004 i was left feeling confused and kept asking what exacly happen and the military although they tried explaining friend and family never really get the answers their looking for
I don't know who this kid Youngblood was, but I will say this. This poor soul was made a fool of. He was lied to, disrespected, made a fool of and finally killed in Vietnam. He should not have even been in Vietnam to begin with. Even the Vietnamese soldiers and civilian population wanted nothing to do with the American people or its soldiers. The very Day American forces pulled out of Vietnam, the war ended. Now, is that supposed to be some kind of coincidence?
This poor soul died of Lies, greed, and whatever else is wrong with human beings. Poor soul.
I just hope he's in a better place, and I do hope that he was the kind of person that deserved to be in a better place. I hope there is heaven to look forward to.
You pathetic ass.
@@bobrandall1620 , Read his last two sentences and maybe you might change your mind. I was in Chu Lai Vietnam in 1968. Why do we have wars, think about that ,. Its called MONEY LBJ filled his promise to the
the elite .As David said the war ended the day we left. I truly hope we can learn from this war and have peace.
The young people need to take care of the elite and elect a President that will do the right for the people.
always again so glad you've arrived xoxoxo to you xoxox to you hi mis Youngblood xoxoxo to you course xoxoxo to you 6:20 6:50
Sad, just sad.
does anyone know the ukulele or guitar song used?
10:55 the guy sounds like foghorn leghorn
😢
What a waste... America lost a lot of fine young men in a war that didn't belong to them.. may god bless them all... I'm a malaysian but i trully respect the us especially for what they did in ww2..
Thank You friend.
RIP
Thats soo alwful to think over 16,500 young men were sent to die some forced to by the draft. How can that be humanity how can that be humane
question: does selective service mean he was drafted or did he go on his own?
Drafted
@@02cantrell Wish I had kept my notice and draft card.
When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands; people were joyful,among them Admiral Anaya who had a son that was a helicopter pilot in the navy.This admiral said to gral.Alexander Haig that he'd be proud if his son got killed in combat.To this, gral.Haig responded: You know admiral that no one says the same when the casket arrives home with the corpse.
selective service means you have to register your name in case there is a draft as i had to in ‘78
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What a waste of good lives what pain for the families, what a pointless useless war.
In the case of the NVA soldiers,practically there were no funerals because they were obliterated by the B-52s or they got buried in common graves.