Action In Vietnam
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- Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1966. Directed by John Abbott. In making this film about the Vietnam War, the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit did not look for battles and heroes. This was to be the story of the young Australians who were carrying on the standards of service begun by their grandfathers during the First World War. The emphasis was on people, both Australian and Vietnamese. The intention was to show what war really feels like.
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As a veteran, I visited back to Vietnam 2 times 2017 and 2019, the war is truly gone, this country now is so beautiful and peaceful, people are so kind , I love Pho Bo
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The Americans made the mistake of invading Vietnam. USA 1 stupid country
Me too
Long Time no see dude
The war isn't gone. The country is still full of booby traps and US bombs in the ground still killing civilians to this day. This isn't meant to be an anti US rant but please don't say the country fully recovered from the war.
In VietNam, in the spring of '69, my U.S. Army infantry unit briefly worked alongside Australian soldiers. Extracting whatever ironic humor and amusement could be found in dreary and dire situations is an honored Australian art form. For a while, digging holes and filling sandbags was almost fun....Wonderful people.
This Video with the helicopters brings back memory of my auntie's story.
My auntie has been telling us the following story hundreds of times. Each time she recounts it, she cries. It must have been liters of her tears over the years.
# The story is ....
# That was a Lunar New year in Vietnam. My aunt and her mother (my grand-aunt-mother; my mother calls her auntie) were travelling by ferry boat on a river in southern Vietnam. All of a sudden, American helicopters appeared, and shot at the boat. My aunt and her mother sat next to each other. Her mother was hit, and was dying in my aunt's arms (she was a small teenager at the time)
# My aunt recounts of her mother's last words: "Daughter, it's certain I die. Don't forget to look after your siblings and listen to your dad."
# Then she died in my aunt's arms. As said, each time my aunt recounts that story which happened 50 years ago, she cries.
I was in Vietnam '69-'70. Really appreciate you aussies!
My Dad: USAF 37TH/38TH ARRSQ. Sikorsky CH-3 Helicopter Flight mechanic and Gunner 1966-1967 Vietnam/Laos. Tan Son Nhut, Da Nang, Mugia Pass. I miss his stories and history lessons.
Worked with the Aussies many times providing artillery support around Dong Ha Mountain, Northernmost I Corps. I can still remember his call sign, Blues Poppa. A brave soldier and an honor to have served with him. Welcome home!
Was that placed nicknamed "Wolverton Mountain"? The NZSAS used to patrol there. "They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain..."
First time seeing the Aussie's in the Nam, in combat, Thx to all the lads who served! Cheers!!!
We don't have modern weapons, we don't have the # 1 army in the world. But we have the Vietnamese heart and our aspiration for peace, that has helped us win against the invaders.
Much respect to the fighting spirit of your people. Absolutely insane levels of courage against such formidable foes. You guys go down in history as pure bred badasses. So much honor. So much heart. I know many aging Viet Vets that are shameful and carry much pain and sorrow to this day.
Complete respect from England 🇬🇧
Thankyou for posting this is awesome. Im an Aussie living in the USA. Have been for 10 years..Whenever i speak to a Vietnam Vet (american) they always give praise about the Australian soldiers in Vietnam. I feel proud as an Australian for the courage the showed. My Grandfather fought in World War 2 and My great grandfather fought in the first world War.
Thank you to the Australians who fought on our side (ARVN) during the war. Your great courage and bravery will never be forgotten. Especially at the battle of Long Tan. Anzacs and Arvn forever!
Thank you for your comment mate. I was one of those Anzacs in 1970 and have respect for the ARVN and all the Vietnamese I met there.
And thank you too to those beautiful bar girls in Vung Tau.
I remember seeing this on television as a child in Sydney in the late 1960s . I just can't remember which channel it was on. Anyway, the good old Commonwealth Film Unit did a bang-up job making this little doco on the Australian Army's role in South Vietnam in 1965, though the actual release date was 1966. Here's to you, John Abbott and all the crew members of the C.F.U., for directing and producing this worthy and historically valuable short documentary. Ah, 1965/66! The mid-sixties! Those were the days!
"The Gear and GoGo generation". Thanks for the positive feedback Redflier.
My dad was 1RAR Fully decorated,awarded the Military 🏅 Medal. Also had Agent Orange dumped on him...My heart almost explodes from my chest at the pride and love I feel for him. Will always miss him. I’m lost without him 👨👧😥 God bless all veterans 🙏
Thank you Aussies for always serving proudly and distinctively beside US veterans during all conflicts past and present. All have my deepest respect from a US vet. Thanks again brothers!
What I want you to know is that you're vet of an unjust war. Vets like that are called murderers. Deep inside you know you are one, no matter what your mouth says.
@@ivan-pr1co What I love about shitbags like you is that you would never say that to any vets face. Any time you were or have been in a vet or soldiers presence you would and have coward like the beta you are.
Another fucking loser hiding behind a computer screen
You couldn’t light a candle next to these courageous vets
Go back and crawl in your hole loser
@@ivan-pr1co Why would you say something so terrible? Does that make you feel better about yourself?
@@dondressel452 don't be angry with me. Deep inside you agree with me.
The feeling of the Americans on September 11th is the feeling of my people during the 20 years of war. I don't hate Americans, but I absolutely hate anyone who attended and supported the Vietnam War. In my country there is no communism or capitalism, that is nationalism. My country's tradition is to love and take care of each other and never accept the presence of foreign countries, history has proven that... I am proud to be Vietnamese.
@Ethan Aasen those soldiers they are forced to obey the orders of their superiors but they can also refuse to shoot at the elderly, children and civilians.
@@tiendung639 99% of them did, most civ casulties where the result of airforce pilots, the kids on the ground dont deserve blame
Whoever cleaned up the original footage to be this good is a god.
Yeah I was thinking the same, its almost high definition... lol
Thanks Aussies for coming alongside us to fight. From a former US Army soldier and Gulf war vet.
A murderer thanks other murderers.
@@ivan-pr1co moron
@@ivan-pr1co that’s right, we’ll debate isis to victory
Yes, they have been encouraged at home to go out and sow pain in my homeland.
@@ivan-pr1co If commies get killed, I see it as an achievement. Are you a commie?
At 66 years, I Can only say how proud I am of our Diggers. The war was a Political sham where we had no business being there, and the same goes for our allies. I would have been twelve months away from possible call-up but it all ended. I doubt I would have had the courage shown by these men and cannot possibly imagine what they went through. There was no glory or recognition, and for years they were social pariahs, where you were supposed to be ashamed of your service. God bless all you men who served. You carried on a tradition of the Diggers who have gone before you, and more so in a thankless and bitter conflict. Watching those young men in Jungle Greens and Slouch hats passing in Parade makes me want to cheer and shout "good on ya Digger".
Spent 6 days R&R in Sydney. They treated me like one of their own. Very fond memories. Alabama, Company B, 2/1 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Vietnam 1970-71
Australia your the greatest. Saw you in action in Three Corps and you are truly fine soldiers. Quan Loi 1969-70
I just wanted to respond to say thank you for your comment. I'm proud to be an Aussie and a Vietnam Veteran from 1970. Good on ya mate.
Thank you for this short film, I served in the middle east my dad at Nui Dat 161 my grandfather was killed on the Burma Railroad and my Great Grandfather WW1. Currently have kids serving. BZ NFSA.
I served with an infantry division in I corps south Vietnam. The reputation of of the aussies as jungle gurilla fighters was second to none. US forces.should.have adopted their tactics in basic and AIT training. They were excellent jungle fighters.
Welcome home Joe!
Proud Australians thanks Vietnam vets for representing us. 🇦🇺
Aussie steve. Thank you sir my father was the us army during the war and I think you for your service
Back when the Aussies still had balls............
2 troop 1 Field sqn RAE
@@mikeray1544 what do you mean?
That’s for damn sure
Xem thấy thương cho người dân khi đó. Đó cũng là quá khứ rồi. Giờ cùng nhau hợp tác phát triển sống trong hòa bình.
Americans should’ve welcomed home their soldiers like the aussies did in this video. Doesn’t matter if you agree with the war or not, but it’s such a disgrace how American citizens and government treated the Vietnam vets! These brave men did what a lot of trolls and naysayers who run their mouths would never have the guts to do themselves!!
I salute all the vets, thank you so much for your service. And welcome home to all the vets of the Vietnam war who never got a welcome home from its citizens!
This welcoming home march was early in the war. There wasn't a proper welcome home/thankyou march until 1988, to my understanding.
No one more braver than the Australians who served in 3 Corps. When their in the field, you can bet they will have your flank, front or rear. I served at Quan Loi and seen it. Salute to you the Brave! You are Australian!
To all the Australian men who served in all the US wars: Thank you So much for your service and all that you gave to support the USA
and Britain and others....Thank you...!!!
No worries mate. Thankyou. The Aussies, the Kiwis, the Brits and the Yanks are all from the same origin. We speak the same language. We share the same values. We fight the same wars. ...from an old bloke / Viet Vet.
Fortunately for us here in Australia our military involvement in Vietnam was not large and we only lost 521 men, which was significantly less than the number of Australians killed on New South Wales' roads in a single year in the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
521 sacrificied for american war mongering, was 521 too many. Lee Kwan Yew was awake to them at that time. Lucky for Singapore.
My respect for the brave Vietnamese people who victoriously survived this dirty war of Nixon and Kissinger and Johnson.
and Kennedy
I am so proud that I am Vietnamese.
Been almost 50 years since I served in Vietnam, but I think back on it almost daily. Thank you to the Australian Armed Forces who have been great allies to the U.S. through their history. Quang Tri Province 3/70-3/71.
Great film. I knew some veterans in Australia; good blokes. I got some tales. The ending of this reminds me of the beginning of 'Apocalypse Now' and could well have been the inspiration for it.
Really Good to see this Video. Not Enough of these Around. Our Great Australian Allie's to the USA we are Grateful For Your Service... Hats Off to All of You
R.I.P: Flight Sgt.Robert.E.Cox
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force
Door Gunner : 9 SQN Bushrangers
Nui Dat , South Vietnam 1969-71
R.I.P. Dad :(
You should be really proud of your Dad, he belonged to a great unit. Sometime our two countries can go too far with jibes at the other, but we've always been great friends, particularly in wartime. And if you look at ANZAC forces in Korea and Vietnam, yes we would have more boots on the ground, but in each of those wars NZ artilleryman were often the difference between life and death for Aussie troops. I.e Korea the Battle of Kapyong. And in Vietnam the Battle of Long Tan, Operation Bribie, Tet Offensive, FSB Coral-Balmoral. I'm grateful for guys like your dad.
*****
There is nothing for you to be proud of.
Sorry mate, True story!
+Feuerstein I'm proud of his Dad, so I can understand him being proud of his Dad.
He served his country proud
Your dad and his friend paid the ultimate sacrifice so that other people can live in peace
I feel for the half-starved rice farmers, just trying to feed their families, and all the men who had to go and fight in a war that nobody really wanted. My dad was a high school drop out, who got in trouble for some pot, and was going to jail or Vietnam. My grandparents had to sign him in, as he was 17. What he saw in Vietnam messed him up for life.
What did he see? Sounds fascinating
Thấy sự vô nghĩa của cuộc chiến, thấy sự tàn ác mà người Mỹ đem đến Việt Nam
Thank all you Ausies! Yall rarely get the recognition that you've earned and deserve you guys are some tough S.O.Bs Much love and respect
Murdered Vietnamese villagers wanting nothing but their countries reunion and freedom from western colonialism and imperialism . Australian right wing politicians have made Australia just another vassal state for US disastrous illegal wars .Now Aussie troops accused of barbaric practices in Afghanistan ----iN A RITUAL THEY CALL BLOODING --THEY BUILD UP THE BLOOD LUST OF NEW ARRIVALSD BY MURDERING DOZENS OF INNOCENT afghans .a PROUD RACE WHO WILL HAVE THEIR REVENGE ---LETS HOPE ITS THE ONES WHO LIKE BLOOD .
Wow, this footage is great. The film is crisp. I would have never guessed it was the mid-60's at first glance.
I was in that area at that time, well done film work some of the best I have seen, also it was great having you there, I supported the 11 ACR by being a FO in an ARVN Ranger unit attached to that unit, we walked while others rode.
If i was still in service, id fight alongside these brothers in arms. Bravo! Thank you for your service
Bad Ass Aussies in action! I had no idea before this vid.!
Thanks!
I was a Huey door gunner in southern S. Viet in '69/'70. I met a few Aussie door gunners. They were all very friendly, trying to sell Roo hides.
Never could figure that out.
Những thước phim lịch sử chân thật rất hay và đầy kỉ niềm của thời đó
My brother who served in the US Army EOD in Vietnam 2 tours told me the Aussies and S Koreans were the some of the best fighters he saw there, I didn't even know they were there till then.
Excellent film! This is the first time I've seen Vietnam war on the Australian side. Thank you for this informative video!
Thanks for letting us know.
Me too IT IS also the First time
Hans 🇩🇪
It’s crazy we have all this military strength but couldn’t win that war. Or Iraq Afghanistan etc. shows that the objective was never to win but to just fight endless wars
Yes there's money aplenty to be made by corporate oligarchs and those in powerful positions. And, now apparently we're shaping up to have a war with china. Ironic really as (thanks to our successive politicians) China owns much of Australia and New Zealand. Read "All wars are bankers wars" if it's still on you tube. Finally if our useless leaders do manage to concoct a war this time it won't end well for anyone. There's a saying, "suppose they gave a war and nobody came!"
If anyone likes this kind of stuff, have a look at “No need for hero’s” it’s by a author who was told about the experience of the 3rd Field troop’s leader. It’s a great book.
It's ironic these films were in colour when we didn't have colour TV till '74. My first memories has a child were the 6pm black and white news with the Vietnam War around 71/72
Jeez dude ,we proud tv viewers when dad turned up a multi coloured plastic sheet screen for our black and white tv,pity it was red green and blue,but now it was coloured tv 😆👍🇭🇲
We had colored TV in 68.The first movie I saw in color was mutual of Omaha wild kindgom.
The footage shot of the helicopters is just amazing.
My brother meet some Ausies when he was there in 1971. He said they were a grate bunch of guy's .
This is very good quality video. Thankyou for sharing. Peace be with all those who were affected by the war in Vietnam. ✌️
Thank you Film Australia for uploading entire films to TH-cam. It makes them more accessible and they are easier to share.
The Vietnam war from a different perspective, I liked it.
No matter what county uninfform we we're wearing. We all followed orders. We looked after each , & became brothers. In the end we carryer our time there for the rest of out lives.
You can't talk the talk unless you walked the walk. Speedy J 1966-1967-1968
Damn right brother 💯🇱🇷💪
They should have titled this "Where Have All the Young Men Gone?"
I served with The Seventh Battallion in South Vietnam, this a walk back in time for myself and my mates. Thanks for sharing this video.
Salute to the Diggers. Thank you for your service
you are ass hole
I respect your comments because you are so right. I served in Vietnam from 1968 till 1972 and after I got out of the service I started to read about what really happened in Vietnam and I was appalled for what we did there. I respect the Vietnamese People for fighting for their independence. I greatly admire Ho Chi Minh. A TRUE PARTIOT.
Thank you all of Australian Warriors Who fought and sacrificed their life for Republic of Vietnam’ s freedom . No communist zone in South East Asia.
lại có một con cờ hó 3 chọc xách giầy cho đế quốc.quá nhục.
VNCH Number 1, VC Number 10,000
@@RS-rj5sh VNCH number 0, VNDCCH number 1.
Lovely people Vietnamese. I visited Ho Chi Min city .Enjoyed my stay
The narrators of these old films seem to have all been trained at the same school.
I am a Vietnamese man born after the post-war 1975. I close my eyes to the soldiers who came to fight in Vietnam .. Even though the Republican republic failed, Post-war generations like us are always grateful for your great sacrifice for our natio
I ran a door gun and we hauled just about every Nationality on Earth. La Drang Valley was my fight. 1970. Crazy days.
It's the Ia Drang Valley, and it was 1965. If you're gonna bullshit you might want to check your facts first.
Oh yeh! What unit we're you in?
Thank God for Australia! You have been the #1 Ally of the USA for generations now, I hope our relationship continues. I must say that you matesfood looked a lot better than the C-Rats that the US Soldier was unfortunate enough to feast upon.
australia is a US puppet and does what washington says
@@616702 and Who pupeting to you choose chimin who kiss ass by Stalen and eat poop of mao fuck you drop foods not booms free movement anarchy Viva
Australians and Americans are the same people, just different accents mate! We will always stick together!
God Bless Australian Armed Forces Thank You All For Your Help
No worries Samuel, we're the good guys.
Help killing rice farmers?
The Bell UH1 is the best helicopter, the best looking, the beautiest helicopter ever made. I love that thing, in the past I'm flying with an another Bell helicopter, I can't remember that type, but it was incredible.
Chica 476, thank you very much for your response and for your support. your right about the liberal-turds and all the hot-beds back then. I was drafted because I was a poor minority that did not have the funds to got to college. they wiped out our neighborhood and drafted us. We didn't run, we were proud to serve just like my uncles in WWII and my brothers during the Korea conflict. I did not expect anything for my service, but I did not expect spit and name calling for something I had no control at such a young age. I am proud to have served and would do it again regardless of my PTSD and nightmares from the war. I served with the 2nd of the 8th Infantry (panthers) 4th Infantry Division, in the Central Highlands (jungle) near Pleiku as a Combat Medic 1966 and 1967.
You weren't alone on the poverty issue, nor the pride you took in your service. Thanks, Bro!
E. G. Flores I hope you made it back in one peace and thanks for your service
Ive had the honour of meeting and talking to Australian Vietnam Veterans. They where all conscripted and sent to war as young guys barely out of school. They dont talk much about Vietnam .One thing they all had in common is they preferedchiding out in the bush/jungle than making themselfs known to the NVA. They said the Americans would be mowing down landing pads with machine guns , smoking cigarettes and wearing aftershave.
Our Australia brothers are not afraid of anything, God bless.
Some old men said that Australian soldiers were very smart, they only chose the tops of hills and mountains to camp because they could easily see everything happening around their area.
Aussies were some of the finest troops in Vietnam. Never claimed kills unless they put a boot on a dead vc.
This is some of the clearest vietnam era film i have seen.
A great song about the ANZAC fight in Vietnam is, "I was only 19".
One of the better documentaries on military service that I've seen. This doc was not meant to be a commentary on the war, but on what Australia's soldiers are doing in Vietnam and what serving there is like. I also love the crisp, clear quality of the film stock and how well it's held up after almost 50 years. It seems that this film was made and then saved in a vault somewhere. It seems like you're looking at recently shot footage.
Many countries got rich from the Vietnam War such as Korea and Thailand in leasing, selling weapons, and leasing airports
I watch clips like these for nostalgic reasons. Besides it looks good.
Happy Veterans Day to All You Military Veterans November 2023
Thanks ❤❤❤
Rất thích xem những thước phim cũ thời chiến tranh tuy chiến tranh nhưng coi nó có một điều gì đó rất giản dị mà đầy thơ mộng và vẻ đẹp thấy qua những thước phim trắng đen nhưng k hỉu sao mình lại rất thíc những hình ảnh cũ này và cả nghành khám phá khảo cổ nữa
Nice documentation from Australia troops during Vietnam war ,beautiful pictures,thanks for posting.(soluu huong ARVN )
Rod 1984 ,Hi Rod ! Thankyou so much for your replied , we lived in USA and Canada now ,because my wife was Canadian Army too . Good luck my ‘Camrade’ (Legions Veterans) 🇨🇦🇫🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇪
Looks like this was shot in the 90's !! Amazing quality.
Great film, great soundtrack. Incredible history.
Thank you Australia and new zealand for fighting with us in vietnam.
We need to stick together.
cheers LtDan we were proud to have done so :) .
fucked up how history never told us that, USA always acts like they fight alone when really we fight along side our allies n our allies never get kredit where its due
LtDan : You guys really like war don't you ? 😧
P.T.G P.R.E 50,000 Aussies fought in Vietnam from 1965-1971 (1962-1973 if you include the AATT-V), 500 were killed, 2,300 were wounded, and they buried ~3,800 NVA/ Viet Cong.
Keep an eye out for an Aussie movie due out next year called Danger Close, which is about the Battle of Long Tan in Phuoc Tuy Province, east of Saigon, where a company of 108 men from the Australian 6th Battalion on routine patrol a few miles from main base bumped in to an NVA force of ~2,000 enemy on their way to do a night attack on the Aussie base, on 18th August 1966. Let’s just say that the Aussies thanked the good Lord for artillery support, and the 3 platoons and Company HQ were spread out over a 600 yard frontage which led the NVA to believe the Aussies were a battalion sized force and not just a company.
Proud of my Dad and his mates - 105 Field Battery - go the Tigers!
At the very end of the clip, with the imagery of the sun and the Hueys in the distance, as well as the Hueys passing in the foreground, you can see that Coppola borrowed those shots for Apocalypse Now. He or the cinematographers must have seen this film.
'' AND AN ASIAN ORANGE SUNSET THROUGH THE SCRUB'' REDGUM SONG -----''WHEN I WAS ONLY NINETEEN''
sudaev Thought the same thing.
Or maybe the Movie copied the documentary!
That's exactly what I thought.
When you pull a washing machine to bits or look at a Mercedes Benz and see MADE IN VIETNAM stamped inside, you have to ask yourself - Was it all worth it?
I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist to give the answer!
swingmanic all the ideals, invoked before the rally to go to each war Australia has served in - without fail - have been discarded wilfully by our institutions - white Australia, our way of life, your children's futures, the Asian invasion etc. After Australians have been sacrificed in battle, changes are made to accommodate those we opposed - it's abhorrent. It's infuriating. It's insulting. It's wrong!
B. Gone Yep, to you whites im sure it is. The population shift is already underway, get used to it
So the answer is yes it was worth it? Not sure what you are getting at with your comment. The country is still a communist dictatorship today. The press is not free. Many Vietnamese were put in camps after the war. Im no fan of the French for what they did, but Uncle Ho turned out to be just as bad.
Has anyone heard of the bay of tolken incedent involving US ships off the coast of Vietnam early 60s a false flaff apparently. Jim Morrison admiral father involved?
swingmanic - tell that to all the innocent civilians, women and children killed.
Powerful stuff. You Don't get journalism like this in 2020. Horrible war with good people on both sides.
Thanks for the video! However, as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam I cannot help but notice you have failed to mention we, the American forces, had no idea whatsoever what we were doing! We did not understand the people nor the terrain nor the commitment of our opponent! We were totally inept at what we did! Best of luck to all of us!
Hi Joseph, thanks for your comment. If by "you" you mean the film makers then that is not surprising as this is an Australian government funded film. A war propaganda film promoting the Australian involvement. A later retrospective film from an independent source may take a more critical perspective.
Why do I find myself watching these dam war flicks.. I came home think God.,.
I love the Aussies ..
1.) “We don’t need stinking helmets.”
2.) And thank you Screen Australia for the English subtitles. I don’t speak Australian.
3.) As someone said, unbelievable video quality as Mule pointed out.
4.) Too bad we didn’t get see the sh!t fly.
+88mroux
sure mate
;D
Ben Baker Australian english is a garbled mess of slang, good luck
88mroux Our spoken slang Australian English ain’t easy to grasp for the uninitiated.
Ha ha, good one Dave. As to the helmets, our soldiers were issued with them, but rarely wore them in either Korea or Vietnam - slouch hats in Korea and bush hats in Vietnam. My old man reckoned they were too heavy and too clumsy (he fought in both theatres).
2) Tried to take "Australian", but no such classes were offered at my college. Must be a forgotten language ;)
Вьетнамцы - настоящие Герои! Дали прикурить всей этой американской и австралийской Нечисти! Браво вьетнамцы!
I'm an old guy. I was alive then and remember it well. The thing that really upset people was the monks setting themselves on fire. The press told us they were protesting the war. It was only a few years ago I found out this was a lie. They were protesting how the government treated the Buddhist. I agree that our leaving was a shitty thing to do. But this is a democracy. It can be a real problem when most of the people have been lied to. And they believe those lies.
YOUR RIGHT
It makes me glad to know that more veterans are starting to understand what went on as the years go by, everybody should know the truth.
Bet them FN FAL's held up better than the M16s, possibly even the AKs.
The secret is to keep it out of the mud. Clean it when you stop instead of looking for a buddy to bullshit with. And use a couple drops of oil.
They actually were the SLR (self loading rifle) which was the "inch pattern" semi-auto only version of the FAL.
Ho Chi Minh (1898-1969) was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary who led the North VN from 1954 until his death in 1969. HCM became leader of North Vietnam on 1954, and his rule was a dictatorship. During his time in power he imposed agrarian socialism,forcing urban dwellers to relocate to the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labor projects.The combined effects of executions,forced labor,malnutrition,and poor medical care resulted in the deaths of approximately 2 million people
Footage from 1RAR's first tour of Vietnam, where they deployed as the third maneuver element of the US 173d Airborne Brigade. RIP to Sapper Bowtell, still sadly missed by his family.
...and finally, the vietnamise won the War. Upppsss
Wonderfull ......... so Many US Huey´s Helicopters. Great Video
+Marco Fink 5000 all up.
This was more like a commercial, who knew the war would go on until 1975
They did a awesome great job those Aussie troops yes in deed
i have watched this vidio and it bought tears to my eyes i am a Vietnam Veteran i was with 2 tpt pl,i was in country from August 1969 to September 1970 seeing this video bought back a lot of memeries that i had forgoten.
me too mate. from 1970
Amazing footage and documentary
God bless them all, in retrospect a war that didn't need to be fought. The Domino Theory was a fallacy.
Yes. Now we do find ourselves in a war that needs to be fought, but we can only fight by proxy because we're not so gently reminded of the Cold War. Parts of the strategy of non-proliferation were sound, but we're seeing that it looks like those weapons are the only way to protect a country. At that time, China had the technology. All of this overshadowed the misconception of what the Vietnamese were fighting for. It wasn't to be part of a Bloc, and we learned very quickly in 1979 that this was absolutely true. When China invaded Vietnam, it dismantled the notion that Vietnam was fighting for something other than their independence. South Vietnam could be influenced but it was clearly a more dysfunctional system that was just a different brand of colonization. I think in the 00s this changed to "we can export our ideas while preserving their values." Setting up legitimate democracies, trying to get them to adhere to way we do things. It had benefits for both, no doubt.
Felt relevant to say that. This was supposed to be the time they did it right, with all the lessons learned from Vietnam. Still love America, and it now has a more familiar set of adversaries with more clearly defined and conventional boundaries. So I think the US is overall doing things right by helping Ukraine and uniting with its allies to stop a common threat to stability and peace.
I really wonder how seriously they took the theory at the time. I don't mean the civilians, but the actual leaders who perpetuated it.