I Was Only 19 LIVE B52 x 2 Flyover Long Tan 50th Anniversary

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  • čas přidán 17. 08. 2016
  • Australian War Memorial CANBERRA ACT Battle of Long Tan 50th Anniversary

Komentáře • 73

  • @davidwilliamson4937
    @davidwilliamson4937 Před 10 měsíci +59

    I’m an American Vietnam Veteran..I was only 19 Also…327th Infantry 101st Airborne…Hooah to my Aussie Brothers. SALUTE…

    • @Chris-vq5vr
      @Chris-vq5vr Před 8 měsíci +4

      Australians salute you my friend .

    • @Ranganation
      @Ranganation Před 5 měsíci +3

      Thank you for your service brother, from one young Aussie across the ocean.

    • @deerslayer4204
      @deerslayer4204 Před 2 měsíci

      God bless, thank you for your service

  • @manningjackson2723
    @manningjackson2723 Před 5 měsíci +28

    Probably the best song ever recorded by an Australian band 🇦🇺👍🇦🇺

  • @andrewlaco1776
    @andrewlaco1776 Před 11 měsíci +38

    Thank you Ozzies and Kiwis for being our greatest and closest allies.

  • @jg2072
    @jg2072 Před 15 dny +1

    This song still makes me cry. As a father of young men I think of them at 19 year olds if they went to war.

  • @VulcanDriver1
    @VulcanDriver1 Před 3 měsíci +7

    This song brings back so many memories. Still makes me cry. What a waste of lives.

  • @sequoiah_tree5510
    @sequoiah_tree5510 Před 9 měsíci +15

    Thank you ozzies and kiwis from America. We will not forget.

    • @timalder8940
      @timalder8940 Před 14 dny

      You can ALWAYS trust the Aussies and Kiwis to have your back!

  • @rusko123
    @rusko123 Před 6 měsíci +10

    God bless my Aussie brothers and sisters. 1 flag , 1 Commonwealth.x

  • @Brianhugetool.
    @Brianhugetool. Před 7 měsíci +14

    Bush hats look so amazingly smart , god bless Australia, men who fight like lions .

    • @InkedAussie1
      @InkedAussie1 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hey mate, the hats worn here by the Australian Army aren’t bush hats. They are slouch hats or as their official name goes khaki fur felt (KFF). You’re issued two one of which is worn with your every day uniform and another for ceremonial dress. Bush hats are camouflaged and worn on field exercises and deployment. I hope that helps! 👍🏻

  • @glynrichards7863
    @glynrichards7863 Před 16 dny +1

    Imagine being the guy who writes a song about a mate in Vietnam and has to sing it for years afterwards...

  • @1skyofrog
    @1skyofrog Před rokem +24

    I went to war @ 19. This is powerful.
    B Co. 3/75

  • @timalder8940
    @timalder8940 Před rokem +34

    As a pom, I can say that the ceremony was done bloody well! Thank you for you service and suffering.

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk  Před 2 lety +72

    The AMERICANS sent two B52 from GUAM and delivered to the second, Americans, you cant not love them.

    • @poizunman75
      @poizunman75 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Aussies are bros, mate.

    • @sgtbrown4273
      @sgtbrown4273 Před 9 měsíci +6

      We are all brothers in freedom. Army 20 years 11Bravo

    • @stevenb.8554
      @stevenb.8554 Před 2 měsíci

      We are all comrades with the Leninists NOW!

    • @Boatperson
      @Boatperson Před 2 měsíci +2

      And it was awesome to see the old girls flying…….right on queue🇦🇺👍🏽🇺🇸

  • @stephenflanagan8518
    @stephenflanagan8518 Před 9 měsíci +12

    Thank you who survived. May your mates R.I.P

  • @KINGHERBALGAMING
    @KINGHERBALGAMING Před rokem +17

    Thank you to all Aussies who fight to make Australia a better place for we are one but we are many

  • @fenrisulfur842
    @fenrisulfur842 Před 4 měsíci +6

    I´m no Aussie, but I Salute

  • @dallaslane1355
    @dallaslane1355 Před rokem +17

    Chilling but still significant, A fitting tribute to all that have and still serve

  • @blinkybill4062
    @blinkybill4062 Před rokem +23

    A Pity that ALL politicians give F***k all about our veterans!!!!

    • @SovietSpud85
      @SovietSpud85 Před rokem +1

      They don't give a damn about anyone but themselves and their bank accounts

    • @peta8219
      @peta8219 Před rokem +1

      What? You're angry that politicians care about war veterans?

    • @SovietSpud85
      @SovietSpud85 Před rokem +1

      @@peta8219 are you dumb?

    • @indietyv2228
      @indietyv2228 Před rokem +3

      @@peta8219 I read it weird too, but it's "give f**k all about", ergo that they don't care at all

    • @troyclayton9981
      @troyclayton9981 Před 4 měsíci

      Exactly true , our government has a lot to answer for, they don't care about the men and women who serve and have served for our country

  • @Brandon-bh7pj
    @Brandon-bh7pj Před rokem +16

    Beautiful song and well performed. Beautiful tribute. Lest we forget.

  • @lloydberger9471
    @lloydberger9471 Před 9 měsíci +3

    you are all legends thx for your service and sacrifice.

  • @Mikedadof2
    @Mikedadof2 Před 3 lety +12

    Thank you for ur service

  • @amady4
    @amady4 Před rokem +12

    ANZAC are Heroes.....Danger close

  • @XPL1010
    @XPL1010 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Si vis pacem, para bellum!

  • @ahw002
    @ahw002 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Love this song

  • @iainlindsay5687
    @iainlindsay5687 Před rokem +8

    God bless you all.

  • @jaredbesant7236
    @jaredbesant7236 Před 3 lety +10

    at lest we forget we will remember

  • @georgewashington3393
    @georgewashington3393 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Us yanks love you diggers 🇦🇺 🦘🍻🦅🇺🇸

  • @stuarthickson6103
    @stuarthickson6103 Před rokem +21

    From a left wing / social justice band this song has endured and touched people all across the world. I have an original vinyl 45 ...

    • @darrellray8763
      @darrellray8763 Před rokem +4

      Believing in justice, trying to make things better, not liking the way Veterans have been treated, and believing war harms people is not being left wing or if it is it says bad things about the right wing.

  • @1mmickk
    @1mmickk  Před 8 lety +15

    Note GG Cosgrove MC hear the B52, deaf as he is, wouldnt miss that sound.

    • @1mmickk
      @1mmickk  Před rokem

      @@dynevor6327 I know about Coral and Balmoral, I dont understand what you are saying Dig.

    • @1mmickk
      @1mmickk  Před rokem

      @@dynevor6327 Ok I get you now. Bloody typos and sadly theres no one who is qualified to check such things. Ive contacted DVA about several errors in service records, these things happen. With regards to Cosgroves MC,. I do not think that was warranted. I feel he thinks the same as he glosses over it in his Biography and doesnt want to add any more to the story. All he really says about it was that Junior Officers were not supposed to fight. I think it was given as a result of the respect held for his Father. For what its worth, thanks for serving.

  • @stevenmckean138
    @stevenmckean138 Před měsícem +1

    If this doesn't make you feel proud to be an Australian nothing will.

  • @dudcats
    @dudcats Před měsícem

    What are they yelling in the beginning? I can't understand it, unfortunately.

    • @1mmickk
      @1mmickk  Před 14 dny

      I think what is hard to understand is his way of saying "catafalque party" but its common in the Australian Army for Officers to shout gibberish kinda a tradition. Left is Eft Right is Ight and so on.

  • @JSR80
    @JSR80 Před 10 měsíci +6

    In case no one else realises; this is an anti war song

  • @sg51psd04
    @sg51psd04 Před rokem +12

    This AU would be ashamed of todays AU

    • @seanbayley7452
      @seanbayley7452 Před 11 měsíci

      For sure,the bs woke commie pinko crap that’s so much a part of the younger generation’s makeup not to mention the fellas wearing said makeup would make our old veterans wonder what the hell happened,they wouldn’t be against national service again either I bet but alas the army have bowed to the weak ass lefty woke brigade and have implemented some of the most ridiculous policies and assorted crap that has no place in any armed services.

  • @stevenb.8554
    @stevenb.8554 Před 2 měsíci

    Frankie can not have hit a mine the day mankind kicked the moon, because he was going home in June. The moon landing was in July???
    Anyhoo, I l'm just here to give the other version
    ....And don't get me wrong. This song cuts me deep. I bought it as a 7" when I was young & know it verbatim.
    I just wanted to give you this, Vietnamese, truth...
    And someone yelled out "what's that?" And the bright white flash was long. Next I was running down the road & all my skin had gone. And can you tell me Ho Chi, what it means to be free? God help me, I was only 13.

    • @1mmickk
      @1mmickk  Před 14 dny

      I have thought his Tour was extended so instead of going home in June he was still there in July.

  • @maddog12971
    @maddog12971 Před rokem +6

    The Aussies held off more enemies than the entire group of soldiers the Aussies had. Respect. The yanks were the ones who bloody started the war cause of money.

    • @tantawan6
      @tantawan6 Před rokem +7

      Fair go mate! most of the Yanks didn't want to be there either, I used to party with them in B.K. and they were just kids that shouldn't have been there, like us they had conscription.

    • @maddog12971
      @maddog12971 Před rokem

      @@tantawan6 yeh, you are right . politicians did start that shitfight.

    • @dr.wallacebreen3859
      @dr.wallacebreen3859 Před rokem +3

      The North Vietnamese were the ones who started the war because they wanted to take over South Vietnam, and the South Vietnamese opposed the communist north as requested help to stop the North supported by the Soviets.

    • @maddog12971
      @maddog12971 Před rokem

      @@dr.wallacebreen3859 mate, all I can speak of is wot I saw . 386 sqn, 2002, Afghan offensive.
      some blokes never came back to the lunch table......that was NOT our war, yet once again politics dragged us into it. look at the shit corp. ROBERTS is going through, in court, for just doin as he was told ! fair dinkum mate .

    • @zambonibob2026
      @zambonibob2026 Před 11 měsíci +2

      My great uncle was drafted, didnt want to be there, saw two of his best friends die in front of him, got wounded, and came home. Sometimes at family reunions he still just stares off into space, and it hurts to see a man so ruined without choice. Believe me friend, many Americans didnt want to fight that war either.

  • @mediapartners9950
    @mediapartners9950 Před rokem +11

    I Was a only 19 has to be one of the most evocative and emotional songs ever written, brings tears to the eyes. ANZAC’s have always been bloody hard knocks and some of the toughest squaddies I ever served with. 🫡