Vietnam Voices: 'We were targeted right regular. Right regular.'
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2016
- Vietnam War veteran Tom Schumacher talks about his experiences. Schumacher served in the U.S. Marines from 1968 to 1970. He was born and raised in Minnesota.
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To the Billings Gazette I just want you guys to know that I go through phases of binge watching these interviews with war heroes and every cycle I end up back at the Billings Gazette your videos are the best
Same!
Same here....
Same here
Do you have any recom
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What other channels are good to binge on
Enjoying this hero. He doesn't think he's a hero, but he is
Love the Vietnam Voices series. I would like to see more of these. The men and women who served in Vietnam, their voices need to be heard.
Tom seems like such a gentle soul....
He was so shocked to be injured while driving, and still has trouble speaking out....
as do so many vets...
its taken so long for them to talk about a war where their own countrymen turned feral on return home...
Thank You Tom for Your Service....
Im hoping your son came home safely and your grandsons never had to serve....
I also hope you have some inner peace...xxxx
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Thank you for sharing your story. You are right to be upset that your son had to follow in your footsteps as a war affected soldier. Thank you for your service. And Welcome Home Soldier.
No its Marine not soldier.
Thank You SIR for your Service and Dedication to our Country during a very fucked up time !!.....Utmost RESPECT for ALL you Vietnam Veterans and may God Bless ALL of you !!........WELCOME HOME SIR !!
Welcome home brother, glad you made it. You mentioned “chopper blades” bringing you right back so I’ll share something to at least let you know it’s not only normal but also ok. I went to a Christmas party with my wife (girlfriend at the time, the day after getting home from my last deployment in 2010) to her office party in downtown Boston at the Hyatt and was outside smoking a cigarette. I was chatting with Eddie Money the singer/musician who was staying there, when a chopper broke silence from behind a building and the next thing I knew I had a couple of body guards pulling me off of my girl AND Eddie because I had swept them both down and was laying over them on the sidewalk. After my lady explained I had just gotten home, Mr Money got us a room because he didn’t want me driving anywhere that night after seeing my nerves in action. He was a good man, he got it and I’ll always cherish that memory even though I probably looked like a fool. He said “thank you for your service,” and he’ll get us “one ticket to paradise,” by booking us that room. It was heavenly😉
Anyway, It is what it is, I still do the “turtle” when hearing the “whop whop whop” for the first few seconds of those blades today and the same with loud noises.
Thanks for sharing your story. Just an FYI, trans hasn’t changed much since you paved the way for us there in nam. I went army in 79, at 17 and did 27+ years off and on finally getting out in 2019. It’s still a shooting gallery when in convoy, but thankfully we’ve upped our armor from the old sandbags on the floor days! Stay healthy, stay safe and enjoy each day forward. They’re all a gift✌🏼
Great story. RIP Eddie Money...
💪🏼❤🔥🙏🏼💯🇺🇸 thank you for your service and for sharing your experience!
"Love the rainy nights" Eddy Money
God bless you 🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing...
the combat zones might be different but the hypervigilance is still the same....
Thank You For Your Service....
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I'm new to this series, Billings Gazette, but now I'm hooked on these stories. We were a Navy family, and we saw my dad off to combat three times during Vietnam. Even now as I type this, I can see his face every time he left. God bless them all, and thank you for your wanting to preserve some of this history.
Great interview....Dad had a `68 Charger with the 383 Magnum cannon stored neatly under the hood,Charger blue,vinyl top...fastest car in the county,here on the coast of Maine....Dad was in the sub service from `65-`69,and I had an"uncle" Billy,who was a medic in Nam,keeps dreaming about the soldier he tried to patch up over there,trying to talk to Billy without his jaw..Billy became a funeral director after he got home.
Did your uncle do one of these interviews?
Ive listened to many just recently...
Im sure one was from a Medic who went into the funeral business post tours...?
Life care,:
from birth to care "after life"...
most important for families....a decent fineral director makes such a difference...im sure your uncle is amazing with families...
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These deserve way more views
yep.
Yes they do ! ! That is what is wrong with America still today . The disgusting left minded pukes that control our media have been controlling what people see . None of these regular guys voices were ever heard . Only the radical hell raising mobs were heard .
I agree, however that said, when these video interviews are posted, they sometimes get flagged, by the PC culture, and the views and Likes are not indicated..therefore you get low numbers, even tho the views and likes are way higher than are shown here.
Way more likes. Look at the percentage of views to likes. Geez
Mr Schumacher..Thank you for your service. You are appreciated more than you will ever know. Please know, you have touched 1 soul.. Thank you..
Thank you Billings Gazette. What a great thing that you’re doing supporting our great American veterans. The History Channel could take some lessons from you.
Thank you for your service Tom and the courage it took to tell your story. You are a good and caring man. I hope you and your family are doing well and may God bless you and your family. Peace on your journey.
Great interview, very powerful.Thank you for your service Tom and welcome home.
Firstly many thanks to those that served in Vietnam and also grateful to the guy that makes these very important videos. Much love from down here in Oz.
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Been watching loads of these interviews. This is one of the most powerful one's I've watched. Thanks for your honesty!
👍 much respect and admiration!
So enjoyed Jose's story. God Bless Jose and thank you for all that you did for us.
Thank you for your service and welcome home. These interviews you conduct are the very best on CZcams. Your style is genuine and you seem to connect with the veterans but also your audience. At least in my case. Thank you for your programs.
This is a really great series. The questions are fair and on point. Respect to everyone involved
Great way to preserve history of the Vietnam war, with firsthand accounts from those that fought it and lived it. Welcome home and may your accounts of the war live on for future generations to hear.
Amazing interviews, these man are heroes. Thank you will never be enough.
A real joy listening to your story, every story is something new! Thank you brother.
I binge listen during my 12 hour shifts . Thank you BG and all the the vet's.
GREAT INTERVIEW, MUCH HISTORY
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thank you.
Thank you, Tom. Semper Fi !!!
I love this man. he said a mouth full - when he said we did not go to war for stupidity between vietnam and the 1st gulf war. you are a hero of mine brother / father. I got a lot of questions................
Thank you both
602 Brother.Thanks for your service
Thank you for your service
+1 Tom. Thanks. I'm also from Minnesota.
Bemidji mn.
I think his answers (I don’t know) he probably blocked all that out. A great living American!! Thanks for your service sir
It is the most powerful one I have watched.
Thank you Tom.
Your story really grabbed my attention.
I love this channel. Love from the UK
' Time of the Season' by The Zombies
reid092353 - That was clearly mentioned by the interviewer and affirmed by Tom. Many of us knew it right away. I guess you commented without listening to the entire story.
Who's your daddy?
If you never were a grunt,or a civilian that worked for the USMC.
Why comment? You have not a clue what their life was .
Vietnam was hell!
I like this guy for saying he never listened to the beatles.. I thought I was alone
Watched most of the interviews. Enjoyed them. Good work. B/c I’ve seen so many, a few things stand out st times. This time I think the interviewer couldn’t let moments of silence be and let the interviewee be.
Thanks for serving. Tough interview as they say in media.
Whenever I hear Fortunate Son by Petula Clark it takes me right back.
The interviewer kept interrupting him by thinking and feeling on Tom’s behalf. He was “feeding” him answers and seemed very irritated at times.
Thank you for your service brother
"I don't know......... yeah, I don't know..... .... yeah...."
I agree that Billings Gazette does the best interviews! Much better person asking the questions.
Thank you sir for your service! Welcome home!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Welcome Home Sir.God bless you ALL. This story, the part about peaches on top of his food reminds me of a WW2 vet talking about a hot roast beef dinner they were being served, and at the end of the line they put a big scoop of chocolate pudding on top of his roast beef. At first he couldn't believe it, but he said it was delicious, chocolate roast beef lol. I totally get it....
Watched most of the interviews. Enjoyed them. Good work. B/c I’ve seen so many, a few things stand out at times. This time I think the interviewer too many times couldn’t let moments of silence be. The potential of quiet resonance after an answer, or further interviewee words following poignant reflection, was lost. Felt skittish. Felt awkward. But still, this wouldn’t have been noticed if so many fantastic interviews (including this one) hadn’t been produced.
bless this guy
Fuck these are awesome! Strong fuckin people!
Do you still interview veterans? Great interview skills...✌
the only thing missing from these videos is pictures of the interviewee at the time. They must have a bunch of pictures.
I keep leaving that same message. It really adds to the story to see how they looked then, so very young.
That would be really interesting
The host is as his last name means (Erlich), he is earnest and sincere.
Don't understand why there are not CC
Don’t interrupt those heroes
36:43 The MILK story. Vet says "I never drank it at home" cuz he hated powdered milk. Mom had a recipe for making drinkable milk. Back then all there was was Carnation and *FOREMOST powdered milk.* Mom mixed *FOREMOST with whole (red lid) milk & we drank that and I LOVED IT.* I even drank Foremost powdered milk *STRAIGHT* and I found it *tolerable.* Had 2 b COLD. Stores now have lavender/purple lid milk. It's like coconut milk and tastes like shit. Won't drink that neither. I hate liver but I WILL cleanup the gravy & onions no sweat. Kool-Aid jug 4 milk too.
Would of thought they would have had the condensed milk.
I love milk, seems I am addicted to it, in 1967 at NAS Cubi Pt. PI, the milk at the mess hall was some kind of god awful undrinkable powdered crap....I was so disappointed. Six months later, a green Braniff cargo jet pulled up next to crash fire and I ran up the steps and asked them if they had any milk...they had one very cold pint and gave it to me...I was in heaven. Then I went to Vietnam in 1968 and I was expecting the same stuff and I dreaded it...but to my surprise, Carnation had built a milk processing plant in Danang and it was perfection.
This poor guy seemed really nervous, anxious or something, bless his heart. You can tell he's not used to talking about his vietnam days. His answers were short and his memory wasn't the greatest. I wish he would've explained what his vietnamese co worker meant by "you fight, we run". I don't really get why he got so pissed about that. It would've been nice if he could've been a little more articulate.
He was injured over there, and many have effects from agent orange, so his memory sure may be affected?
His full statements are great...
And regardless of working alongside a Vietnamese person, when he brought up the war, his coworker triggered him...
the Viet Cong spent time hiding in tunnels and did some atrocious killings...
then ran back to the tunnels...
Those 5 ton trucks Capricorns are the man’s man
Nam, what a gap year
Time of the Season by the Zombies 1967
I'm a ua 170 member
i saw like 999 and clicked it and became like # 1000!
I don't know, I don't remember, I guess
Sitttin by the dock of the bay...
is it better to be dusty or muddy, hmm let me think
Time of the season , The Zombies.
What do you do on a ship? Wait 'till late at night; sneak into the head and take things in hand.
SHIP...DAMNIT...68 YO NAVY VETERAN
I can't take the two paragraph questions .......just want to hear the man's tour of duty
My father had the same MOS!!!!!! But my father had to drive to Washington DC the ass why is he not getting promoted........And that top man of the military said !there’s always somebody a little bit better........And then it was four up and three down Paris Island he’s on the wall
They knew this guy had a issue
...the hidden terrible words, "the needs of the service."
From what I understand the Vietnamese was just saying & admitting that he fled or ran from communist Vietnam. Not sure why Tom was mad at him.
I think the Hmong guy was being cynical, as if to say you think you did all the fighting and we ran away, which sounds like our contribution to their war didn't mean anything.
Don't the Marines issue mess kits?
The blooper rds were 60mm. The over and under m16 was the under was a 60mm mortar. The blooper
The M-79 grenade launcher, "Blooper"/"Thumper" fired a 40 mike-mike. And the M203 was also a 40mm grenade launcher that was fitted under the handguard of the M-16. I was a Marksmanship instructor/coach at Edson Range at Camp Pendleton.
They where 40 mm
I’ll. Glad I did my time I think should be 2 year minimum
This guy got lucky
Nothing but seems he wasn’t in the heated ares
You missed some big opportunities to talk to this guy about smoking weed. Marijuana ingestion has a huge impact on memory formation. I suspect he was faded out some of the time. I know I would've been
@@Weewoo12 Thought the same thing, he probably seen things he rather not mention. Sometimes you can see him looking back in time then says I can't remember. And for that brief moment he is reliving it again.
Mortar attacks evened the playing field in Vietnam. Anybody could get hammered. Welcome home.
He doesn’t remember
And they’re keeping the secrets and that’s why I’m giving up to secrets for freeee.......GODDo you know that really stands for government of defense
That was a dangerous job driving those big old trucks into the middle of the battlefield full of soldiers and then had to drive out of there by yourself fast......... and I’ve done the research and you’re a Capricorn my father is a Capricorn and all the rest of them that was driving those vehicles with Capricorn no fear and they all drive fast like Elvis Presley.........I don’t know how the military knew that or do they really believe in astrology
Most important thing he said "if we had a draft today wars wouldn't last as long".... perpetual war has become the norm....maybe when we start sending young pretty girls to a bloody violant pointless death we can grow up and stop supporting this insanity.
Something wrong
He don’t remember much
His geography is way off.Da Nang is nearer Laos than Cambodia.
In 1969 you had to have a high school diploma to join the Marines. I know because I tried. Had to settle with the US ARMY.
The greatest war hero for me were the likes of the World Heavy Weight champ Muhammed Ali, who told the draft board to go to hell, he had no grudge against the Vietnamese people, and didn’t want to kill them. So, he refused to join the army, and he was stripped of his heavy weight title. But, he got it back. He died a real hero. Not a murderous lunatic.
So, someone who was drafted or even signed up voluntarily to help their prospective nation, in your words are murderous lunatics?
Strange how someone can consider a sports figure a war hero. That’s the unfortunate disfunction of people today, where pampered, overpaid, over drugged, over sexed, and near alcoholic celebrities are held in higher regard than our sons and daughters in the military, and in first response positions.
Clay was a hero what planet are you from pull your head out of your ass he was a sorry draft Dodger
That's right he was a heavyweight piece of shit
Deluded clown.........
I'm in Vietnam right now,,
It's awesome,
Free of all the politics in the failing USA 🇺🇸 no cv19
Cool don’t come to the US ever rice sucker
Great watch but never understood why people thank them for their service ?
Because our Military is sworn to protect our
Constitution . It is thought to be there to protect our Nation from threats to our freedom & security . So many people refuse to do the job , but want the benefits we have in America . That's why . Yes we all know our Military has been mis-used a lot & politicians have caused most all of that .
@@stevendeitrich6933 still doesn't make much sense though 😕
@Ricky Sanchez I volunteered for the draft then .Because it was 2 yrs active 4 yrs
inactive reserve . My draft # was 320 . I would not have been drafted . We were trying to stop the spread of Communism. It's arguable . If the West had listened to Ho in 1946 all of it would have been avoided . SAD
@Ricky Sanchez Your correct , it did not work out very well & I blame that on the politicians . It breaks my heart that I know what I know today . All those people wanted was their own independence . France treated them badly . Japan starved millions of them & enslaved them . The West should have LISTENED to Ho after WWII . Yes the commies are running DC now ! Also our media ! Also our University's . Most of guys I served with were drafted . I understand you . I get you .
@Ricky Sanchez TET was horrific !
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Why no black guys interviewed?
Was wondering the same thing!!
There are not a lot of black people in Montana.
@@Bearlover722 but there are some right? I'm pretty sure some of those men served also. But you are right not alot of blacks in Montana.
@@rebelbase3006 maybe not. Back when I was flying for the USAF, I never saw a black person in Montana or Wyoming. There are plenty of black troops interviewed in other areas doing oral histories. Also blacks represented just 14 percent of the troops sent to Vietnam.
These interviews were also done by those folks who wanted to be interviewed and responded to an advertisement or general solicitation by the Billings Gazette.
There is nothing nefarious or racists here. Quit trying to stir up shit when there is no shit to stir up.
There might be 5 black people in Bullings and I doubt they are old enough to be vietnam vets
Zzzzz. You oughta interview a real hero. Look me up and hop aboard my shit.
Serious bullshit right here folks.
One of the few people you guys interviewed that actually sounded believeable. The rest not so much.
David Teasley the rest are mostly lying 🤥, often I shout at my screen “you were never in nam you jive turquoise tortoises!”
@@Smason432 how do you know whether someone is lying or not? Tbh i've listened to a lot of these and never felt that way. Ive enjoyed all of them too. Only one i didnt really care for was a guy that seemed like was a hippie back then...
mostly. reminds me o Danny Wiley, another fake
You suck
This guy is lying
I guess you were there to make a comment like that
@@peterhowarth5136 yep
@@peterhowarth5136 my buddy William Moore was a USMC PFC in country for 5 days when some dumb fuck, like this guy, put him walking point and he was taken out by a bouncing betty (5 days in country). William Moore from Waverly, TN, KIA, Purple Heart. look him up on the Wall in DC.
Billy Moore, he was a good guy and a good Marine, Joined, not drafted
@@jeffcollins9995 he is very uneducated and can't think for himself. Not surprised he was digging potatoes. I've watched a lot of these interviews and this is the only one that I did not I couldn't get into. I think his chuckling thru the whole interview is what turned me off.
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