Vietnam Veteran Lyle Bowes Extended Interview

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  • Lyle Bowes, a South Dakota resident, dropped out of college and signed up for the war. Upon meeting Gene Murphy, the two became fast friends and were able to stick together from induction through their tour in Vietnam until Murphy was wounded just 30 days before he was scheduled to return to the United States. On patrol in the jungles of Vietnam in 1969, their unit came under fire from NVA forces, wounding Murphy and five others. Lyle, moving in to help the wounded, found Murphy and stayed with him overnight until the wounded could be extracted by helicopter 14 hours later.
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  • @brandonbennett7337
    @brandonbennett7337 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I was damn near in tears at the end. The veterans should be treated like kings, and queens, after serving a country and government that doesn’t have them at best interest. There is no reason why these men and women should be denied the help that they need. Our veterans deserve the best medical and other amenities. If they are homeless they need to be housed for free!!! This government sitting here giving Billions and Billions of dollars to other countries but can’t help our own, shame on this government.

    • @imnotavingthat6813
      @imnotavingthat6813 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2 remarkable men, so lucky they had and still have each other, its unbelievable what these young men went through, for a Govt that didnt and doesnt give a shit. Much Love 2 both these LEGENDS

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are incorrect, that makes what we have today, many entitled liars. I don’t want anything more than what the constitution offers. The ones asking for discounts, parking in handicap spots, trying to get out of tickets…make me sick.

    • @miophx8283
      @miophx8283 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree but our country is still funding the military industrial complex to the tune of hundreds of billions and looking for new wars to start while not having taken care of our veterans from previous wars.

  • @dougyoung221
    @dougyoung221 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Man, didn't realize how good I had it in Vietnam till listening to this guy's stories. I was in a mechanized unit. I haven't wasted a days time talking to anybody about any of it so when I watch videos I learn something. Carry on brother, it all comes to an end someday and peace presides.

    • @floydbaker2240
      @floydbaker2240 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Afternoon, Mr. Young, you still doin alright?

    • @dougyoung221
      @dougyoung221 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@floydbaker2240 👌✌️

  • @emmetband4931
    @emmetband4931 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Welcome home Lyle, thanks for sharing your story. I was with FIrst Recon, Chu Lai, 1966-1967, glad you made it home and retain a sense of humor.

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You would have been to more places if you were recon.

  • @robertmileyjr442
    @robertmileyjr442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Welcome Home Sir. My Uncle Sergeant Joseph Wayne Miley. KIA Laos. Feb 8 1971. My Father CWO4 served 2 tours in Vietnam. Welcome Home Sir.

  • @thomashibben3247
    @thomashibben3247 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Mr. Bowes- Welcome home, sir.
    I'm so sorry for all of the pain and loss that you and your brother soldiers suffered.
    Each and every one of you will hold a special place in my heart for as long as I draw breath.
    I love you all.
    Carry on, sir.

  • @patalexander3702
    @patalexander3702 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Soldier, you are a calm sweet loving human being. Thank you for serving your country with dignity and compassion for your brothers. Brothers are forever; Vietnam 67/68 1/7 Air Mobile Cavalry. Love you brother.

  • @donnaryan7598
    @donnaryan7598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    These interviews are priceless. Every child, teenager and non combat person needs to see every interview of these courageous men. Thank you for your bravery and courage. There is a difference between a war and a warrior. Many people do not understand the price of freedom, even today. Thank you and welcome home.

    • @sgtcrab2569
      @sgtcrab2569 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Price of freedom? For whom? The US had no earthly business being in Nam. The whole business was a lie from Tonkin onwards. The powers that be knew the war was lost ages before the end. As a result an additional 30,000 or so died. Sgt E 5 US Army 65-68.

  • @vwalsh63
    @vwalsh63 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Watching this was time well spent. You can tell a lot about a guy by the way he talks about himself. The things you know he must've done but he doesn't mention. This gentleman is what we used to call a 'stand up guy'. There are fewer of them every day.

  • @WillardWilliams-ln5lo
    @WillardWilliams-ln5lo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Lyle, thank you for your service. You are a genuine American hero in my book. I like the way you handled your life after the war. God bless you and Gene!

  • @thomashibben3247
    @thomashibben3247 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    If you wrote a book, sir, I would read it without question, and would ask that all of my friends do the same. You seem an incredibly genuine person, and one helluva great orator. You have my undying respect, Mr. Bowes. And I would say that you and Mr. Murphy have a wonderful friend in each other, and that is not something that you just get everyday.
    I salute you

  • @lindajones8895
    @lindajones8895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Welcome Home. Thank you for your service. My honor and privilege to hear your story. I'm a Navy Veteran myself 86-91. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲⚓️⚓️⚓️

  • @tomhowe1510
    @tomhowe1510 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've seen hundreds of these videos, this is the best I've ever heard. Guys voice is perfect for this.

  • @Budmetro
    @Budmetro 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Welcome home. Thank you for your service, dedication and humanity. You’re a good man. May the fallen heroes RIP and all the vets be blessed. The nation owes you a great deal of gratitude.

  • @olehippy13
    @olehippy13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    welcome home my friend. i was a medic at 3rd Field Hospital OR in Saigon in 1972.

    • @NAT-turners-Revenge
      @NAT-turners-Revenge 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you end up working in the medical field?

    • @olehippy13
      @olehippy13 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no sir... I more or less just did my own thing over the years, ... tried to find less stressful jobs... and managed to do so. I worked for JCPenney for 17 years delivering furniture in Tampa Florida, and 11 1/2 years at Academy Sports and Outdoors here in alabama.@@NAT-turners-Revenge

  • @frankhinkle5772
    @frankhinkle5772 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Welcome home Lyle and Gene, welcome home. Thank you for sharing your stories with us.

  • @richardlong8014
    @richardlong8014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Everybody doesn't remember every last detail, especially at 75 years old. We might remember the Division or company or we might not. The close calls you never forget. Welcome home.

    • @fyou2327
      @fyou2327 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Amen.

    • @dougyoung221
      @dougyoung221 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richardlong8014 exactly. At 18 it was all about me and thinking about the girl I left behind. I didn't like the army at all and don't look back on my memories fondly and with nostalgia. PS, the girl didn't like me well enough to wait. Now that I remember.🤣

  • @dennisevans4739
    @dennisevans4739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thank you for sharing.....Vietnam 67-68

  • @samalw
    @samalw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    One of the most moving stories of service in Vietnam in this series. Thank you sir!!! Vietnam vet’70-‘71.

  • @Johnny53kgb-nsa
    @Johnny53kgb-nsa ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lyle and Gene thank you guy's for my family's freedom. Thank's guy's. God bless America. John

  • @aidanburfield2670
    @aidanburfield2670 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you Mr. Bowes for sharing your experiences in Vietnam, and thank you for serving our great nation. I must say the last few minutes of your interview really struck me, about the treatment of veterans in this country.. just a few weeks ago my best friend who fought in Afghanistan posted an obituary of a fellow soldier who had taken his own life. In my opinion I feel like anyone who has served our nation should be a top priority and receive whatever they need.. this day and age people stand up for a cause or movement, but what about those who fought to defend those freedom's? They deserve nothing but the best! Again I thank you Mr. Bowes for answering the call and serving our great nation, and the very patriotism you've shown in doing so!

  • @KO-wh6yw
    @KO-wh6yw ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The most moving account I have ever heard. You are a credit to society and your nation.

  • @joesphmurphy4013
    @joesphmurphy4013 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lyle: Thank you, you brought back memories; Joe Murphy, RVN, 68-69

  • @codysden1
    @codysden1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you sir.... I greatly appreciate you

  • @BeefCake1012
    @BeefCake1012 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Vietnam Vets were treated like dirt when they got home and they deserved nothing but the exact opposite.
    They weren’t given great homecoming parades line their grandfathers and great grandfathers from WWI/WWII were.
    I almost teared up at the end of his interview when talks about the alcoholism, suicides and mental health issues vets suffer from. How rich, fat-cat politicians have zero problems 99% of the time sending young working class sons/daughters off to war while they sit tight in air conditioned/heated offices making $180k a year not thinking twice about the repercussions of what their decision to make war will bring to millions who fight in them.
    Every time I see a Vietnam Vet I make it known somehow whether verbally or spiritually that I appreciate them for their service and that they are not forgetting, they’re praised for their courage. 💙🇺🇸
    “I would like to see every single soldier on every single side, just take off your helmet, unbuckle your kit, lay down your rifle, and set down at the side of some shady lane, and say, nope, I ain’t a gonna kill nobody. Plenty of rich folks wants to fight. Give them the guns.” -Woodie Guthrie

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sound like a Boston liberal

  • @martinbruce6651
    @martinbruce6651 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing. Went through basic, Ait and permanent party with my high school brother. We both ended up in Germany. 3 years together. Salute.

  • @cobbler40
    @cobbler40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Incredible what they went through as young men. So pleased he told his amazing story

  • @michaelangileo2760
    @michaelangileo2760 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Mr. Bowes, thank you so much for your brave service. Your story touched my heart deeply. My mom's cousin was a Marine who won the bronze star and 2 purple hearts in Korea. We have great respect for our veterans, THANK YOU and God bless you, sir.

  • @rubycollins3492
    @rubycollins3492 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Welcome home Thank you for your service

  • @jameslamm9315
    @jameslamm9315 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the best interviews I’ve seen

  • @robertmileyjr442
    @robertmileyjr442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love you Brother. From Private Robert Miley Jr. 😎

  • @marciamatteini7604
    @marciamatteini7604 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God bless you Sir. I appreciate everyone whoever served our country. My Dad was. WW11 vet and I’m proud to say he was a great man, husband and father. He lived to be 91 and them went to be with our Lord Jesus. I miss you and love you dad✝️☮️

    • @rubyzhang6
      @rubyzhang6 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am honored to admire the military family and the heroes of the country. I pay tribute to them.

  • @nelsonmachineshop2032
    @nelsonmachineshop2032 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is such a great interview . Hes so right about why wouldnt the politicians take care of the Veterans.

  • @Brough1111
    @Brough1111 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for you your service God Bless you

  • @elliotdowling4077
    @elliotdowling4077 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was drafted in the Vietnam Era was lucky my orders was canceled but was sent to Korea instead, which was still not safe l salute you sir

  • @davecalvo6418
    @davecalvo6418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Lyle, your a good guy and I thank you for your service. I would fight along side you any day bud. God bless!

  • @thesnapperlapper2559
    @thesnapperlapper2559 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing Man. This is the true definition of friendship

  • @troyberry3123
    @troyberry3123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    GOD BLESS YOU WELCOME HOME

  • @millwright303
    @millwright303 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Welcome home. Thank you for your service.

  • @erin19030
    @erin19030 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In 1966 , My unit the 34Arty , 3rd . Battalion served on towed barges firing the towed 105mm Howitzers. Shoot, Move and Communicate, up and down the Mekong River and tributaries. I just turned 80 this week and clearly remember that duty. The Mekong was a hot , sweltering swampy area filled with mosquitoes and malaria. It was so hot and unbearable that we wore no T shirt. Our T-shirts were originally made of white cotton fabric and as we swear the hours away our arm pits littered with jungle Rot. Going shirtless was necessary. Later on the Army issued Oive Drab color shirts. The Wet OD towels around our necks were dampened in river water to help cool us.

  • @PlayerToBeNamedLater1973
    @PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I took a job building a golf course when I was about 21 years old. I got to know this one guy who was much older than myself but friendly. One morning he took off his shirt and I saw his abdomen was scarred up . He told me that he was walking on a trail in Vietnam and some kind of device buried in the ground exploded and killed the guy next to him . He got several pieces of shrapnel in his legs and abdomen and got sent home. He was in Vietnam for a grand total of 12 days he told me. He said he wasn't there long enough to even get a handle on what was going on. But it was long enough

  • @danphilbeck2633
    @danphilbeck2633 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you sir for everything you and Gene did for this country.

  • @rubyzhang6
    @rubyzhang6 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am honored to admire the military family and the heroes of the country. I pay tribute to them.

  • @tammybettiga6263
    @tammybettiga6263 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its so bad that you were given the needs ...like water..food..clothes..how sad...Thank you for your service...❤

  • @6582rg
    @6582rg ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As far as I’m concerned, you’re all hero’s. I can’t, for the life of me, understand how our government can send money and weapons/supplies to any other country before ensuring our own veterans are cared for for the rest of their lives.

    • @stitchlilo01
      @stitchlilo01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I ask myself that question. We owe our veterans everything. Veterans before all others!

  • @Allen-m5k
    @Allen-m5k 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    God Bless You SOLDIER!

  • @sandeewood2948
    @sandeewood2948 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lyle….would like to welcome you and gene home brother and thank you for your service…I can relate to everything you are talking about was drafted in 1968 fort ord basic fort Lewis AIT infantry Vietnam August 68/69 25th infantry division wounded twice many close calls in fire fights ground attacks mortar and rocket attacks and of course booty traps all over the place nobody knows what we all went through unless you were there…thank you for telling your story and welcome home we our nam brothers for life….Lorne…

  • @jannotasleep9551
    @jannotasleep9551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    That was awful , they treated you guys that way when you got home. Thank you for your service Lyle Bowes for your service. May God Bless you with Peace and Joy all of your days.

    • @topgeardel
      @topgeardel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You didn't live during the Vietnam era, did you? The truth is the US had a huge anti-Vietnam war sentiment. The US was doing a lot of harm and destruction in Vietnam...beside killing the so-called enemy. Those that show disrespect to the returning veterans were also a small minority or fringe group of people. Most Americans simply minded their own business and didn't want to hear the veterans stories...which they had every right to. The only thing these guys should have cared about is getting a 2nd chance at life. All they do is whine about how they were treated. The bigger issue is why did they expect anything else from what they received.

    • @dbeaus
      @dbeaus ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@topgeardel I am a purple heart Vietnam vet. And I wonder if you were even alive then. I, and almost all the VN vets that I know, never once whined about the way we were treated. Sure, there were those who expected a parade and banners when they got home, but they weren't dealing with reality. There was a lot of myths about VN and the one about being spit on is the worst. Do you seriously think that some person would be crazy enough to spit on a guy who was returned form that? That wouldn't have ended good. Never happened and I was in the Army for 2 years and wore my uniform a lot. Never got a second glance. Also, we didn't bore people with stories. i went to college and worked many jobs over the years and I believe all my friends never knew I was in VN. No.1, there is no way in hell they would understand, and 2 most wouldn't care. VN vets talked to each other only. My wife didn't know I was in VN for a year and a half after we were together and then only because my bother told her. Were we ashamed? Hell no. And we cared a great deal about a lot of things, not just about our own survival. I Joined the Vieteram Veterans Against the War in Texas and did recruiting for them for 2 years until the war winded down. We were deeply concerned about the Vietnamese but were pretty much powerless to do anything about it. Some men died trying to protect them but that doesn't make the news. A group of VN vets from Wisconsin returned to Vietnam and spent years clearing mine fields on their own. it would have been interesting to see you go thru Vietnam and how you felt when you got home. Expect? We didn't expect anything and that's pretty much what we got.

    • @topgeardel
      @topgeardel ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dbeaus Sorry buddy, I didn't bother reading your whole comment b/c I've read it all before. You don't get to marginalize me and build yourself up at my expense.. I very much lived those days without being a dumb F and be sent to a Vietnamese jungle to throw my life away for NOTHING. That's actually un-American and un-patriotic to me. The "best" Vietnam veteran is the one who keeps his mouth shut and quietly lives his life without videos, documentaries and trips to Vietnam to cleanse their souls. I guess you don't qualify.
      I respect people enough to read all of their comments to me...when I'm ready. I simply get tired of responding to bullshit.

    • @billywylie3288
      @billywylie3288 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those orders to deploy to Vietnam were unlawful and should have been challenged in court every one who followed them is a war crimanl
      LBJ and his wife took financial control of Bell helicopter and made large investments in Genral dynamics just before he sent troops The whole thing was unnecessary and for money and raw materials like rubber and opium There never was a South Vietnam and the only Vietnamese to ask us for help was ho chi min
      It was all manufactured bull shit

    • @jannotasleep9551
      @jannotasleep9551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@billywylie3288 TRUE

  • @rom5382
    @rom5382 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank-you for your service, sir! WELCOME HOME!!!

  • @ryleeryan3738
    @ryleeryan3738 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lyle, a great story! I was born in Brookings SD. in 1950. My parents moved to the DC area when I was 2. I was drafted in 1969 and spent a year in VN w the 173RD AIRBORNE INFANTRY in the Central Highlands. I lived in a lower middle class area so a ton of men my age were in VN. I never experienced any overt attacks by anyone. A benign neglect would be how I would put it. It was easy and helpful to have so many life long pals to talk to about our experiences, I feel sorry for anyone who didn't have that support and a good family life to make the transition easier. Your pal Gene sounds like a great man. We were strong then ! we still are now. VN WAS the central experience of my life. I am proud of my service and like you would change nothing. The 173rd has a large Alumnae Ass w 3500 members. we have national reunions all over the country every year. My Company gets together more often as a separate group. Nobody would have thought about dodging a duty. Surely not all feels the war was right and most think the politicians screwed it up. Your ending about the govt abandoning Veterans is spot on. I can only imagine how ashamed and embarrassed anyone must feel who threw eggs and cursed a 20 year old boy on his return. I think they carry a much bigger guilt trip than the vast majority of men who served honorably . JOE RYAN A/3/503 173RD AIRBORNE INFANTRY BRIGADE

  • @mortondavisproductions7578
    @mortondavisproductions7578 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lyle Bowes, you have the most beautiful attitude about life. Thank you for sharing your story. You have truly been to hell and back! I served with the 2nd of 506th 101st Airborne at FSB Bastogne 69' but was medevac'd out after almost being killed by 'friendly fire' and spent 3 months in a stateside military hospital recuperating and received an honorable medical discharge. I often wonder about my best friend who was with me. Can't seem to find any record of him. Again, thank you Lyle. I am curious where you specifically were located. Sounds like it may have been in I Corp.

  • @michaelamanek8908
    @michaelamanek8908 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Incredible

  • @HsingSun
    @HsingSun ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am salute you Sir! College is not easy for me, but I graduated with BSEE.

  • @davidcairns4076
    @davidcairns4076 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    British government is no different. It's left to charities to raise money to help veterans. Politicians give no thought to those who served .when veterans need help the government turns its back. 😢

  • @arfshesaid4325
    @arfshesaid4325 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you sir

  • @sanityone649
    @sanityone649 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much. People need to hear your story.

  • @larrydgilpin7040
    @larrydgilpin7040 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best interviews I’ve seen! I always see all these commercials on tv. Call the VA,,go to the VA ! They won’t hardly let you in the building unless you have an appointment ! I was twenty eight years old and running seven miles a day and still came down with diabetes ! I’m seventy eight now ! I’m on insulin now ! I control it the best I can ! I was given a twenty percent rating when the VA agreed to accept diabetes as a result of agent orange ! To this day the Cincinnati VA doctors don’t know what AO is ! And really don’t care! All they look at is your AIC ! They want you to take this pill and that pill ! It will lower your AIC ! Yes, but doesn’t that pill cause cancer and this pill destroys your liver and pancreas?? Well if you won’t take this medicine I can’t help you!! So I don’t go down there! I too wondered about The Wounded Warrior Project! Now I see the reason for their existence ! The VA sure won’t help you ! Welcome home to you and your brother friend Gene !

  • @julie2673
    @julie2673 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He brings up a very important point. WHY is it up to charity groups to help our vets? Everything a Disabled vet needs should be 100% coverage. I guess our government is to busy worrying about Ukraine.

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never depend on the government. You also have many guys lying about their issues for meds, that ruins it for those that need it.

  • @andrewwalter6738
    @andrewwalter6738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Humbling simply humbling

  • @josephdirvin401
    @josephdirvin401 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Difficult to recall or remember every detail..sometimes. The other day I was answering questions from a fellow teacher, who was much younger than I. The stream of consciousness awakened by the request from him to elaborate about the scene, event and what happened so long ago started playing a movie in my memory that recalled the day in surprisingly clear details. I was oblivious to the listener ask relived the mine field incidents that happened that day so many years ago.

  • @AllAroundAtlanta
    @AllAroundAtlanta ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your service.

  • @josephdirvin401
    @josephdirvin401 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We were always made aware in due time what happened to our wounded.
    Always. A former point man was now a company clerk. He would send word in varied ways. Always.

  • @chrishensley6745
    @chrishensley6745 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great interview.

  • @juz1jose
    @juz1jose 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most vivid and Best Interview about Viet Nam I have seen so far, it's like being there and Feeling What E6 Lyle Bowes was feeling. God Bless and All Who Have Served. Those who threw tomato's and Egg, You are the Worse of the Worse these Men and Women were mostly drafted into service and were 14 to 19 years old, average age if I guess 19 years old, just think about that. Again God Bless them all, and God Bless America.
    Just Joe

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      14? No

  • @henrybucki7813
    @henrybucki7813 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    we got shots in basic not at the induction center. food was not bad in the induction center atl ga 1969

  • @tertessa
    @tertessa ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Sir...

  • @DanielleSunflower-ef1yy
    @DanielleSunflower-ef1yy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WELCOME HOME! ♡WITH ALL OF MY HEART♡
    WELCOME HOME TO OUR VIETN 11:11 AM VETERANS ♡☆ OUR HEROS ☆◇ 8:01
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! 8:36 8:49
    THANK YOU 9:51
    10:20
    11:04
    My father was there! This is so comforting. It is awesome knowing more about the awesome soldiers that were there with my dad!!
    Welcome home❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
    My father 68-74 Army
    He passed 9 years ago, he had agent orange
    I am so grateful to be an American.
    Thank you US Veterans and Soldiers for protecting our beautiful country
    ❤Danielle

  • @burtthebeast4239
    @burtthebeast4239 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WELCOME HOME, THANK YOU SIR, GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏 GOD BLESS YOU GENE MURPHY...

  • @Bondecieo
    @Bondecieo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to go to the V.A. in Main once a month to vist a friend. My god what drugs were going around in that place. Wew.

  • @richardknott2021
    @richardknott2021 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can remember when I lived in Sacramento the returning vet's were treated real bad..most of the politicians kids never went to war and it made us sick..that was a war for the rich pepole to get richer..the year I am talking about was 1969..

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s every war

  • @laurence1643
    @laurence1643 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    100% truth spoken here !

  • @gordo46
    @gordo46 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How soon we forget.

  • @richardsierra9884
    @richardsierra9884 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome home hombre 🙏 ❤️

  • @RJ-nh9hw
    @RJ-nh9hw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your final thoughts on the VA heathcare system were in step with reality...reminded me of a conversation with Hack some years back here in New Mexico. Politics and how politicians might see the VA's primary role to "distribute medicals goods, supplies, etc." where the veteran becomes at some level expendable...like being cannon fodder or walking up those hill "cut out steps" where some new wanna be friends were waiting to say hello! You just got to love Grunts, and the 4th Div.!

  • @richardsmith2684
    @richardsmith2684 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    im glad we made it out,,to hell with the bad times since

  • @880cutter
    @880cutter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Sir . We owe you and the rest of the Viet Nam Vets and all vets our Debt of Gratitude… Thank you again .

    • @880cutter
      @880cutter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We will Never Forget .

  • @flybouy11
    @flybouy11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What year were you there?

  • @jameshermes5576
    @jameshermes5576 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro makes it sound like so much fun....

  • @tbone9603
    @tbone9603 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Feel sorry for the Veterans Blame the Government who sent them.

  • @PaulGuhin
    @PaulGuhin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hear That! My lone survivor Larry is my Fact Checker. He and I arrived in September 66 and DIDi Mowed in September 67. My memory is corrupted form STUFF!

  • @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
    @MichaelSSmith-hs5pw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am a Vietnam Veteran. I said that to a high school kid once, he just looked at me and said “I’ve never heard of Vietnam” are you shifting me!!
    “It’s said that you die twice, the first is on the day that you actually die; and the second is on the day that everyone forgets about you” death is so final.
    🎖💜♠️🪖🇺🇸

  • @walterellman3246
    @walterellman3246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You Sir For Defending Our Country! You Are A Hero! You Are America’s Best! God Bless You Always Sir! Thank You! John 3:16

  • @soxbearshwks8988
    @soxbearshwks8988 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3rd Batt. 7th Marines Chulai,RVN 10/65-11/66

  • @MyScotty7
    @MyScotty7 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Jungle is the harshest environment to operate in this is why the SAS spend a month there on selection and all of them say its the hardest part.

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here we go, the tool that brings up the sas. The jungle isn’t the hardest environment, plenty of water and food. The desert has little edible food and good luck with water. Even a boyscout knows that

  • @user-MRG1130
    @user-MRG1130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What an incredible man, sounds like somebody you want to be with when the SHTF.
    @10:40,
    My grandfather served in the army, and they must’ve ate a lot of sausage and gravy on a biscuit/bread, we call it gravy bread, but my grandfather always called it sh$t on a shingle. Lol
    But anyway, you couldn’t pay my grandfather to eat it after he got out, and my grandmother said he use to love it.
    It’s kind of crazy how much food alone can trigger emotions, the smell alone can bring back great memories.

  • @Johnny-fh2fr
    @Johnny-fh2fr 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How wide is porch jeff

  • @GNML6836
    @GNML6836 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    👍🏻🇨🇦👍🏻

  • @MichaelLabriola-f8s
    @MichaelLabriola-f8s 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    May God grant you peace. Welcome home. Cold warrior. Army 89-93.

  • @turtle19dad
    @turtle19dad 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Welcome home guys. Your country owes you an apology.

  • @tonysigsby870
    @tonysigsby870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What does Saigon for some reason I can't remember what but sleeping in the barracks and there were they were rats his biggest cats No Lie

    • @erin19030
      @erin19030 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rats were a food supply. That Vietnamese street food was spicy for a reason.

    • @MichaelLabriola-f8s
      @MichaelLabriola-f8s 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A Navy vet told me that they called Rat " Shanghai beef!" 😮

  • @carlharris5047
    @carlharris5047 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🫡 Welcome home 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

  • @jbman413
    @jbman413 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cause the VA only cares so much. I have little to no respect for the VA. DAV I know two people personally they have helped GOD Bless the DAV,

  • @bennybongosbigolebonanza894
    @bennybongosbigolebonanza894 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can’t understand how and why we need private entities to take care of our veterans. It looks to me like they’re being abandoned by our government.

  • @universeworld1782
    @universeworld1782 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Politicians do not do more because radical politicians amomg them want to cut their benefits! One them the hell out of office! We all know who thoze Congress members are!

  • @bigalon3wheels
    @bigalon3wheels ปีที่แล้ว

    American politicians have never cared for the veterans since revolutionary war. Nothing new there only slight improvements here and there, but since the history of warfare in all of America's wars the vets, especially the seriously wounded or physiologically wounded, seldom got the promises made to them by the political system. Were it not for the civilian guys and surviving un wounded or wounded vets starting up these help programs how bad do you think our vets would be treated by the same people that send them to war far too often.

  • @artrunningbear3599
    @artrunningbear3599 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    you had it easy, it was so wet fungus would grow on our clothes and even on our skin, we were always moving and looking for the Viets our job was to find and eliminate, the snakes we ate, the rats were good but ya could not stay in one place long, We never had sleeping grear we just moved

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sure ya did

  • @iamgabriel5823
    @iamgabriel5823 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The VA is a total waste of taxpayer money. It is a huge out-of-control bureaucracy. There are some workers who really care about the Vets, but there are so many worthless employees who are unaccountable. I know because I used to work for the VA. It was a daily experience of beating my head against a wall in order to get the needs met for the Veterans. I spent years trying to figure out workarounds and who to contact that would actually do something. In my opinion, the VA should be dismantled. The Veterans need to be able to get their medical care thru the private sector in the areas where they live and not have to travel to a clinic or hospital.

  • @jimmieestes2838
    @jimmieestes2838 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I listened to this old trooper with amazement. I too served with the U.S. army for 28 years and retired as a Sergeant Major. I served in Viet Nam in 1967-68 as a SSG E6. His story is certainly somewhat fabricated in parts especially C-rations I think he is referring to MRE’s meals ready to eat. The story regarding his time in the bush for 10 months is also to long for any soldier even in 😅Viet nam. The saga of a old soldier story will live on in his mind and continue to escalate as times goes on.

    • @dbeaus
      @dbeaus ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We had C rations only. I don't know when MRE's started, but we never saw any.. Not only did we get only C rations, we got the ones not taken by the folks in the rear. I am a Vietnam infantry vet, 69, and this is one of the most accurate and honest portrayals I have ever seen. No fabrications here. Some things I could find fault with, I don't believe we ever carried 100 pounds. Statistics, we have 22 vets a day commiting suicide. The daily grind and boredom are accurate. Mission? I be damned if I ever saw one. It seemed as if every day some one in the rear was deciding on a map what to do today. We did the same thing over and over again, with little change.

    • @jimmieestes2838
      @jimmieestes2838 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I used a word fabricated wrong. I sincerely apologize to Mr Bowes. I know time does fade all our memories of difficult times that are gone in time.I did a little research regarding C-rations and Mre’s. They were both in country and fed to our troops. I again applaud all the military that served in this terrible war. God’s speed to each of you!

    • @billnlpaw
      @billnlpaw ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame on you. Your a Disgrace to our heroes.

    • @billnlpaw
      @billnlpaw ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s shame on you Sergeant Major you’re a disgrace to our heroes.

    • @dbeaus
      @dbeaus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the update on the MRE's. In my year there I never saw or even heard of, MRE's. They would have been a refreshing upgrade. They were probably there, but, as you know, the guys in the field got what was left. One of my M16's had a handle held together by tape. The year was 69 and the MRE's could have been introduced after that. Anyway, if you have one a day, which we sometimes did, the C's tasted pretty good. God speed to you sir.

  • @ronbubb-ly1ns
    @ronbubb-ly1ns 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damm shame how they were treated in the country. I wonder how they feel about the illegals coming in with a hero’s welcome after what they went through.

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      About 30% vote Democrat, so they approve of it.

  • @ceeshell6890
    @ceeshell6890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish I could apologize for the nation of liberals that treated you this way. Stay with the conservatives that love you. But also ask the leadership why the hell they keep going into wars!!

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wars make lots of money, that’s why they go as long as possible.

  • @timhas103
    @timhas103 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How an American can throw eggs at a Veteran is fucking insane to me.

    • @That90sShow
      @That90sShow 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Democrats bud

    • @richardravenclaw318
      @richardravenclaw318 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it never happened.

    • @edwardstauffer2096
      @edwardstauffer2096 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richardravenclaw318

    • @edwardstauffer2096
      @edwardstauffer2096 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@richardravenclaw318you got a be a democrat kkklown!!!!

    • @HWG-wm8ld
      @HWG-wm8ld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same liberals we have today.