Secret Stimulants of the Vietnam War: How Drugs Forged an Unstoppable Soldier...
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- August 1964. US President Lyndon B. Johnson has inherited an ongoing crisis in the south-east Asian nation of Vietnam from his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. The crisis involves the spreading of communism from North Vietnam into the south and potentially beyond, threatening the US position in the region against the Soviet Union in the Cold War. At first, he adopts the policy of training and equipping the South Vietnamese Army to fight the war themselves but when a US warship is attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, he and his government feel the fight now requires more direct involvement.
The US military complex was unlike any other on the planet in 1964. Large and highly sophisticated, it was believed that it could achieve any objective put before it and yet in Vietnam, this technical marvel was forced to get down in the mud to fight its enemy. This led US leaders to look back at improving the most valuable piece of equipment at their disposal - the US soldier. Science offered the possibility of giving the US trooper greater endurance, strength, aggression against the enemy and protection from the stresses of war. This was the era of the drug-enhanced super soldier but as history would prove it would come at a cost. This is the story of how the Vietnam War would become the Pharmacological War.
00:00 Introduction
01:56 A Need for Improved Soldiers
06:36 Endurance
13:19 Boosting Morale
18:40 Fallout
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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
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0:36 dude get your facts right , there NEVER was an attack in the Gulf of Tonkin
Not in the manner, or by whom they tried to portray it to be anyways.
Totally dude
Yes there was an attack read up a little buddy
@networkinc.6825 United States always looking for a good War! Cause our politicians and their families don't have to fight and die! Be a lot less wars if they had to go to the front lines first!!!
LBJ personally ordered an American destroyer to sail close enough to the coast of north Vietnam to ensure they would draw fire from gun emplacements. Scumbag!
The enemy found it that you didn’t want to get American soldiers high because they had a high tolerance and liked drugs and would fight better if they can’t feel the pain
...I was in a Helicopter Ambulance Section (USAR)...in the mid-70s...most of the pilots and crew chiefs were Vietnam Vets...as one of the flight medics, we were issued a flight vest with a taped up "box" in one of the pockets...contained, among other things, dextroamphetamine, as a survival aid in case of a crash in a remote area...
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Welcome home sir. Thank you for ur service
Bomber crew were issued dextroamphetamine as well. 24 hour + missions were the norm. The medication was in the first aid kits.
What was the dosage?
@@rapman5791took that from the Germans in WW2 amphetamines, adrenaline and comraderie 🤟
Admittedly its not the main point of this excellent video, but you may want to review your description of the Gulf of Tonkin as the reason for the war’s outbreak. Its generally accepted that much of the incident was fabricated and the rest exaggerated, to provide the US with a pretext for escalating the war they were already engaged in …..presenting it as an act of defence whereas the opposite was the case, as proven through access to declassified official documents and rigorous examination by accredited historians.
Yeah this is pro-American BS. Classic pseudo-history channel on CZcams.
Yeah and that clearly not cia-rendered pic of the “torpedo boat” stop the mythology
Stopping communism from overthrowing the south was the main reason. Tonkin was a legal excuse to proceed. Vietnam did NOT happen in a vacuum. At that time, Russia was assisting the USA's foes and vice versa. Capitalism is better than communism.
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There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
I've always thought it strange how Jim Morrison's father was the admiral in charge of the ships in the Gulf of Tonkin incident.. his Father basically started the war and then Jim sang protest songs against it! Hmmm 🤔
US was sending Army advisors to Vietnam in the 50's.
The OSS was working with Ho Chi Min during WW11.
My uncle was with the first special forces when he went there as an advisor in 1961.He was a master sargent and had seen action in WW2 and Korea. He retired in 62.
Just like they have had “advisors” in Ukraine for near a decade.
When USAF Colonel L Fletcher Prouty ( who served as Chief of Special Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy. also Mr. X in the movie) was a Junior Officer and was at the Harbor during Japan's surrender, which was a sight we will never see in ourt life time , thousands of ships , planes and over a million men , the largest force in history, he asked the Harbor Master "what are you guys going to do with all this stuff " the Harbor Master replied, "half to Korea, half to Vietnam"
@@Evocati-Augusti Now that is interesting. I had never read or heard of such a remark.
1939 the Wehrmacht used Pervitin/ metamphetamin to keep theire Soldiers awake and able to go on for over 48 hours without sleep....
Um, so did the US and Soviets etc.
All bomber crews and fighter pilots, all tank crews. And many commandos on the US side were using amphetamine.
The US still uses amphetamine for jet and helicopter pilots as well as tank crews.
The pilot of the black hawk helicopter who shot a bunch of journalists in Iraq in the "collateral murder" video that was leaked was very high on amphetamines when he massacred a bunch of innocent people
Yes, it was very powerful stuff.
@@ForageGardener. I agree, but the stuff the G.I.s were given in the 2nd World War was just your basic amphetamine compared to the super strong stuff the Nazis were gobbling!
I didn't know anything about the Black Hawk Gunner being on anything...I just know that his actions really didn't help the cause, so to speak. He was extremely trigger-happy, way over the top. "Collateral Damage", indeed! Total slaughter.
Nazis made meth and all the rest followed when they found out. Send some poor soul to war just feed him cocaine and meth and you have the perfect one man army and have him fed the whole time. Guarantee within 6 months of civilian life they magically forget the trauma and barely remember it anyway.
Well Nazis created it but us and Soviets only knew of speed.
Typically, if euphoria inducing drugs are taken to improve performance, the focus of the user quickly shifts from the performance, to maintaining euphoria, and over time less and less work gets done, and more and more drugs are taken.
a summary of the addiction origin 👍
Yup.
No matter how many drugs a human consumes, the body NEEDS sleep.
The longer we go without it, the more our capabilities diminish, until we literally cannot fight it any longer.
Then u get to point when do work with out it , u are sick n useless
Bullshit. When I was abusing oxycodone i worked like a banshee. My co workers would be begging me to not take any. I worked so hard you couldn't keep your cigarettes dry. And Meth?? Shiiittt..... people stay busy for MONTHS on that shit. I don't think you know about drugs except what you've read. No offense so try and shame me for using drugs. I don't give a rat's ass lol.
this!! i've been taking adderall for three years and my brain is absolutely fried to the point where study pills actually make me way less productive.
Steinbeck was 65 when he went to Vietnam to report on it. He was not a veteran of that war.
A lot of dextro pills to sgt Barnes in platoon movie😂
"I am reality."
...one of my colleagues at work during Vietnam War told me during a break...one of the soldiers had taken weed and starting singing during a patrol...the squad leader shot him...he became a casualty of war...no questions asked...
Because he was singing ?! Or high?
@@Dominicn123singing lol
Thats absurd, a gunshot would be faaaar louder than any singing. I'm assuming the shooting was to protect their position from the enemy hearing the singing? Or are you saying the squad lead was such a psychopath thay he killed one of his supposed brothers because his stoned singing annoyed him
meanwhile the NVA and Vietcong are singing and fighting, some even do poetry
lmao why lie to strangers 😂
WW2 was covered in meth.
That's right. The nazis invented meth they called it Pervitin.
@@Orbit_Corona Methadone also.
no it wasn't . this is fake news and so was the meth ww2. all soldier had a small amount of stimulant
@@Orbit_Coronaever 👂 the story of that Finnish soldier 🎿? Shits wild lol
Hitler’s “Vitamin shots” were actually found to be straight Meth…
US, Germany and Japan all had a version of meth in WWII.
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LBJ is one of the worst presidents
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Lyndon B. Johnson. @@austincole6356
I’ll be surprised if a real and decent person ever gets that job again.
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Unfortunately not entirely reliable since he starts with a proven lie , The Gulf of Tonkin incident
@@djolivierastro Agreed. I commented separately on that. Mentions it twice in the same discredited way.
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Just like in Tour de France.
Context: the Gulf of Tonkin FALSE FLAG operation
Every war America has been in started with false flag operations
Great Review
Not first war Americans doped up the soldiers...prolly not last sadly. Much love positivity.. happiness...good health and peace to ALL
Dad said he never took dexies but he smoked a crapload of weed in Nam.
For context, my dad was a Rifleman/RTO in the Americal Division, in a company nicknamed the Jungle Warriors, and they were a front line combat unit that saw significant action, which includes the ambush in which Pfc David F Winder was killed while giving aid to wounded comrades, rallying the rest of the unit to recover and win the battle. Pfc Winder was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Heron .
Nice
Each soldier (on average) consumed 21 pills annually? That sounds wrong- you meant daily. No addiction takes 344 days off a year, nor has any addict ever taken ONE pill/ hit/ shot & called it a day 🤣 That's just a prescription
Allied soldiers received amphetamines in WWII, and German soldiers received methamphetamines.
The Germans or Japanese actually created it not America
Never sleep felt no pain extreme feeling of being bullet proof or shaking .At times of fear with extreme anger. How many malaria tablets do you need and they all look different WTF Vietnam Vet grunt 66 67. I have lost all faith in this country. Then the VA medicated were I cant remember years of my life.
And yet our government wonders why so many vets are drug addicts.
When you are forced to go to war and offer your life if needed no wonder there was a drug problem. Our troops today are all volunteers and many are not only proud to serve, they are proud when they come home. I’m very proud of all our men and women who have served and/or are serving now. It’s unfortunate that they are sent to places that ‘hate our country’. But that’s politics today.
Lsd was freely sent in .Sunshine orange high quality lsd for their days off
what happened to those soldiers who refused to take any type of drug?
I don’t think refusal was an option.
they got promoted, went home and had good lives. Druggies are loser. 100% of the time.
I dunno? They were mkre tired than the others?
@@phoenixfox3379*DID YOU KNOW* you only need to hit the space bar one time to produce an adequate amount of space between sentences?
@@phoenixfox3379 Fool.
Clearly they weren't unstoppable
It all started with Panzer Chocolate....
Imagine being in a jungle it’s hot, muggy and danger could be any step you take….crazy boobytraps, poisonous spiders, poisonous snakes, diseases, bitting ants, then have to worry about the enemy about to attack you. Not to mention make a path threw the jungle sometimes. That’s got to be the worst war conditions. I think about
Ukraine and how many have died but i rather fight on that terrain than in the jungle.
As someone with borderline and bipolar i am dangerous on amphetamines. I become paranoid and would no doubt of taken out some of my own Friendly's.
The next war is called zombie war
4:33 why repeat the same lie of the Vietnamese attack in Gulf of Tonkin???
I heard of this..the U.S actually staged all of this to justify starting the war....
Drive on with Darvon.
When doctors treat hyperactivity they don't use methamphetamine , to my knowledge in Germany and other countries too another amphetamine is used like Ritalin.
This guy is lying his ass off. Do your own research.
I don't know why they didn't just give them speedballs.
Coke for detail-orientation, hyper-focus, endurance
Heroin for pain and to smother the horrors of war.
Plus you could tell each soldier, "If you kill X many enemies, you'll get a bonus ration!" or "Take that hill, men! It's a massive opium plantation!"
Instant victory.
This is the same tactic Boko Haram uses to brainwash child soldiers so probably not good. Also psychosis, withdrawal, thievery, and delusion on a battlefield not good
withdrawl is acute with those drugs. if a supply is destroyed, you have a bunch of worthless men.
Defeated by the farmers
This is such a niche topic, btw there is a video somewhere of GI's smoking pot outta a shotgun, in the firebase, Dexedrine was given by the army though to what extent is unclear, I am sure there were officers that stamped down on that stuff especially while "in the bush", actually one story was told of a GI who almost got his ass kicked because he lit up a doob while on the trail, heroin was apparently very cheap around 5$G and was no. 4 China which meant it could be snorted instead of smoked or shot making it no different that a hit of cocaine to some which was less harmful than a cup of coffee and made you feel instantly better, thats one thing I'm unclear on is how much coca soldiers went through, if any, I always sort of thought some would have it shipped from home but I could be wrong.
I took dexedrine when I was a kid, my school couldn't handle my ADHD apparently.
One day my mom took one and she threw my bottle away
She told you she threw it away
Snorting heroin no different than snorting cocaine? Not really.
The mortuary services were shipping heroin back smuggled in body bags & coffins containing the bodies of dead soldiers.
This was a huge smuggling route that went on for years right under the noses of certain officials.
The dead were shipped to Dover,Delaware and the smuggled drugs was shipped from there to major hubs and distribution networks to be sold throughout the continental United States. 💉
@@alexsetterington3142 K there mister know it all enlighten us
GI's were also known to ' stick up ' villagers for their opium and city dealers for their H.
Unstoppable soldier? Yeah the Vietnam guys maybe. US got smokmed
Thats alot of millagrams lol
OMG WHY?😢
4:26 Allegedly 😉
No mention of Kung Sha opium empire. What it was really all about.
We lost soldiers etc to a lie
WELL I DONT THINK HEROIN WAS MAKING THEM MORE AGRO PMSL oh n also pot wouldnt have et5her lol n there the two main drugs they were taking apart from the speed the army would have maybe gave them like most other wars my child. #peaceBlowsSouth.
Wished "they", had given the pep pills to "us", we of the 2Bn 1st Marines, we never got any!!!! WTF!!! Walked all day, stayed awake on watch, or went out on an ambush at night, being tired was part of the territory, I never saw any pep pills, nobody I knew ever did. RVN E/2/1 1st Mar Div. '66-'67.
11th Light Infantry Brigade 1968-1969 and never heard of any of this sxht being issued or used. Some did weed or booze when in the rear area but nothing while beating the bush. I think this story is BS.
@@MonGoalian Agreed.
I'm just shocked that they tell you. You are an obvious narc .
GoT, As everyone else in this comment section has stated; Was a False.Flag.Operation.
Ever heard of the glass tubes, tiny little tubes full of liquid meth,stay awake juice,,
Before Biden
Now do bone spurs Donnie.
Our gov't has done a great job demonizing drugs...but the reality is, some people legitimately need certain drugs seen by the majority as "taboo..." because they work. The Sumerians referred to the poppy as "the flower of joy," not the "flower of pain relief." There's a reason for that. Opioids actually work for treatment-resistant depression, even long-term...but our gov't / the DEA has decided that any drug that causes you to "feel good" is inherently bad. The great irony is that the one legal drug - alcohol - is considered the most dangerous drug in the world by WHO and other orgs, and has been for years. We're still losing more ppl annually to alcohol-related health issues (not even counting alcohol-related crashes / killings) than to fentanyl. In 2024, we're on track to see over 130k deaths from alcohol-related health issues like cirrhosis. But funny how they keep highlighting the drug epidemic while we televise ads for alcohol, presenting it as a substance that brings people together for care-free fun. Alcohol is the worst drug and for some reason, we chose to make that the acceptable substance of use / abuse. Prohibition doesn't work - didn't work for alcohol and we've effectively lost the "war on drugs..." drugs won. People have been using drugs since the dawn of man - that will never change. Bodily autonomy includes far more than female reproductive rights. I'm certain our founders would've included something concerning the right to decide what we put in our own bodies if they'd have thought the gov't would criminalize such rights in the future. We need to legalize 95% of drugs (with very few exceptions) and tax them at 30%. The taxes alone would pay for detox, rehabs and outpatient treatment / social services for those wanting sobriety. Plus, legalization would bring in quality controls, thus saving countless lives from accidentally taking counterfeit drugs. It would also cripple and bankrupt the cartels in less than a year. No one would buy their drugs when you could go down the street and buy whatever your heart desires - and it'd be high purity as it would be pharmaceutical-grade. It's just that our gov't makes far more off drugs being illegal - from everything to civil asset forfeiture for drug-related cases to the tens of thousands of jobs lost once the DEA is shuttered and all the police depts that would need to downsize from lost revenue and lowered crime. It'd also open up ~85% of the prison space for actual criminals. I guess actual, full legalization just makes too much sense for our gov't to employ. It's worked in other countries...the data is there for anyone interested in reviewing it. Legalization with a ~30% tax to support treatment / recovery / social services on a national level would 100% work, and it'd be far more effective than criminalization has ever been. Legislating morality has never worked - it's just another form of governmental control and overreach.
says the loser stoner.
I’m not going to read all that.
Pretty sure this is ai
Meth had been used by the Nazi's and North Koreans; probably others. I thought you might actually get to what this entire war was about - you totally missed that suggesting the USA worried about communist bases in SEA... wrong. They were worried about the most profitable product in SEA - figure that out you will start to figure out the world.
More like the Gulf of Tankin’ . . Amirite?
… it was allllllll bullsh!t .
It was a waste of American lives
The US ahip wasn't attacked false flag bye the USA
Israel was involved too
We were already committed During the Gulf of Tonkin incident but they were worried about China helping NVA remember they jumped into our Korean conflict 400'000 Movie Pork Chop Hill best shows it Chosin Resivour
actually, it was 100% attacked by several commie boats on first night. read a book tyrone.
Lad this is not true. Your talking bollox 😮
The Americans are doing the same to Ukraine today, first they send weapons and equipment and then they will send troops. I'd normally say you couldn't write this sh#t but America is so predictable you can write it.
They also jumped out of windows thinking they could fly.
Crying Shame
There were way more G.I.s that didn't do ANY drugs over there, so don't try and paint with so broad a brush. You dishonor all of them.
Tonkin was B.S. !!
The ship in the Gulf of Tonkin was never attacked. It was another u>S Fascist Imperial Lie as my father was on that ship. Years later the commander said he had lied
Soldiers high on drugs is one of the reasons they lost.
What? 😂😂😂
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