Billy Waugh

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  • @Vamooska
    @Vamooska 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I know Sgt. Major Waugh. He lived next door to my dad and I had the pleasure of meeting him on several occasions. A true legend lives.

    • @FuttBuckerson
      @FuttBuckerson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So you lived in the safest neighborhood in the entire fucking galaxy? Lmao

    • @enlightenedwarrior7119
      @enlightenedwarrior7119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did you see his bayonet plaque from CIA with assassin on it

    • @beau1231000
      @beau1231000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Vamooska lucky SOB

    • @Vamooska
      @Vamooska 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@enlightenedwarrior7119 There were so many placards in his house. He shpwed me and my dad a Powerpoint brief he put together on his "affiliations". It was jaw dropping.

    • @Vamooska
      @Vamooska 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @J winchell Yes it is...Keep it for sure.

  • @mikestone9129
    @mikestone9129 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    RIP Billy. He was a true hero, a man's man.

  • @jonathanfoutz8931
    @jonathanfoutz8931 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    About half of Annie Jacobsen’s book “Surprise, Kill, Vanish” is about Billy Waugh. He’s an absolute badass. Was doing on the ground missions in his 70s! Absolutely incredible guy.

    • @darger3
      @darger3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The story of him leaving the hospital and “sneaking” back to Vietnam is crazy. This guy is a rock.

    • @jenniferbell4571
      @jenniferbell4571 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was a GREAT read, for sure, and Mr. Waugh’s adventures were truly badass!

  • @thegreenberetlife0191
    @thegreenberetlife0191 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    RIP and God Bless Billy Waugh!

  • @essoclemson2242
    @essoclemson2242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I’ve read and looked up everything that I could on the man for years.It’s funny that he asked if he could curse on the video,I say that he can do any damned thing he wants after what he’s done for the country.Anything.

  • @kiwihame
    @kiwihame 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This sharp old bloke is one of the most badass professional soldiers that has ever walked. His story is quite incredible, a shining example of courage and determination. And that's what we know. Huge Respect. Just watching this video, he had more insight and energy than many people half his age. If he lived to 120 I would not be surprised. Thank you for your service.

  • @charliework1049
    @charliework1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When he says "special forces and special operations legend" Billy slightly shakes his head, seems like the guys who go through the craziest shit are also the most humble

  • @mattb8436
    @mattb8436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Billy Is one of the original American badasses.

  • @Cardan011
    @Cardan011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This man is real John Wick

    • @Bearly7feettall
      @Bearly7feettall 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But he operated nothing like some Hollywood clown….. the idea that you think John Wick is relevant or cool is what’s most pathetic about American public.

    • @Cardan011
      @Cardan011 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Bearly7feettall chill weirdo, take control of your autism… John Wick movies are cool

  • @CalvinJCandie
    @CalvinJCandie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The youth can learn so much from Billy.

  • @svendbosanvovski4241
    @svendbosanvovski4241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Annie Jacobsen's book featuring Billy that was published last year? That's what brought me here.

  • @GTX1123
    @GTX1123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I grew up 2 doors down from one of Billy's CO's. My neighbor was a Major in the SF's back in 1965. His account of an action which took place in July 1965 in the Binh Dinh Province that Billy was a part of, is astounding and reads like something out of a Hollywood action movie script. Waugh was shot in the foot multiple times during the fire fight, so he fireman carried him 200 yards to a medivac. Here is the account written by Major Paris D. Davis, then a captain, who participated in the action (my neighbor). It was recorded in the book "Vietnam Studies - U.S. Army Special Forces 1961-1971" - "We had just finished a successful raid on a Viet Cong Regimental Headquarters, killing upwards of one hundred of the enemy. The raid had started shortly after midnight. We had four Americans and the 883rd Vietnamese Regional Force Company participating in the raid. After the raid was completed, the first platoon of the 883rd company broke and started to run just about the same time I gave the signal to pull in the security guarding the river bank. I went after the lead platoon, MSG Billy Waugh was with the second platoon, SSG David Morgan was with the third platoon, and SP4 Brown was with the fourth platoon. It was just beginning to get light (dawn) when I caught up to the first platoon and got them organized, and we were hit by automatic machine gun fire. It was up front and the main body of the platoon was hit by the machine gun. I was hit in the hand by a fragment from a hand grenade. About the time I started moving the platoon back to the main body, I heard firing and saw a wounded friendly VN soldier running from the direction of the firing. He told me that the remainder of the 883rd company was under attack. I moved the platoon I had back towards the main body. When I reached the company, the enemy had it pinned down in an open field with automatic weapons and mortar fire.
    I immediately ordered the platoon I had to return the fire, but they did not only a few men fired. I started firing at the enemy, moving up and down the line, encouraging the 883rd company to return the fire. We started to receive fire from the right flank. I ran down to where the firing was and found five Viet Cong coming over the trench line. I killed all five, and then I heard firing from the left flank. I ran down there and saw about six Viet Cong moving toward our position. I threw a grenade and killed four of them. My M16 jammed, so I shot one with my pistol and hit the other with my M16 again and again until he was dead.
    MSG Waugh started to yell that he had been shot in the foot. I ran to the middle of the open field and tried to get MSG Waugh, but the Viet Cong automatic fire was too intense, and I had to move back to safety. By this time SSG Morgan, who was at the edge of the open field, came to. He had been knocked out by a VC mortar round. He told me that he was receiving sniper fire. I spotted the sniper, and shot him in his camouflaged man-hole. I crawled over and dropped a grenade in the hole killing two additional Viet Cong. I was able at this time to make contact with the FAC, CPT Bronson and SGT Ronald Dies. CPT Bronson diverted a flight of 105's and had them drop their bombs on the enemy's position. I ran out and pulled SSG Morgan to safety. He was slightly wounded, and I treated him for shock. The enemy again tried to overrun our position. I picked up a machine gun and started firing. I saw four or five of the enemy drop and the remaining ones break and run. I then set up the 60mm mortar, dropped about five or six mortars down the tube, and ran out and tried to get MSG Waugh. SSG Morgan was partially recovered and placing machine gun fire into the enemy position. I ran out and tried to pick up MSG Waugh, who had by now been wounded four times in his right foot. I tried to pick him up, but I was unable to do so. I was shot slightly in the back of my leg as I ran for cover. By this time CPT Bronson had gotten a flight of F4's. They started to drop bombs on the enemy. I ran out again, and this time was shot in the wrist but I was able to pick up MSG Waugh and carried him fireman style, in a hail of automatic weapon fire, to safety. I called for a MEDEVAC for MSG Waugh. When the MEDEVAC came, I carried MSG Waugh about 200 yards up over a hill. As I put MSG Waugh on the helicopter, SFC Reinburg got off the ship and ran down to where the 883rd company was located. He was shot through the chest almost immediately. I ran to where he was and gave him first aid. With SSG Morgan's help, I pulled him to safety. The enemy again tried to overrun our position. I picked up the nearest weapon and started to fire. I was also throwing grenades. I killed about six or seven. I was then ordered to take the troops I had and leave. I informed the colonel in the C&C ship that I had one wounded American and one American I didn't know the status of. I informed the colonel that I would not leave until I got all the Americans out. SFC Reinburg was MEDEVACed out. The fighting continued until mid-afternoon. We could not get the company we had to fight. The enemy tried to overrun our position two more times. We finally got reinforcements, and with them I was able to go out and get SP4 Brown who lay out in the middle of the field some fourteen hours from the start until the close of the battle. Major Davis received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for his efforts in this action".

    • @svendbosanvovski4241
      @svendbosanvovski4241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing, Steve.

    • @wolfumz
      @wolfumz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for posting this

    • @Vamooska
      @Vamooska 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great story and a good read. That man is amazing.....8...purple hearts.

    • @GTX1123
      @GTX1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Vamooska He was the nicest guy ever. Very friendly and great to be around. I had the honor of introducing him to another Vietnam combat veteran who lived in our neighborhood who was also in the special forces. They are special people for sure.

    • @budgibson185
      @budgibson185 ปีที่แล้ว

      Davis definitely deserved the MOH

  • @misterbill1911
    @misterbill1911 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This man truly inspires me!

  • @JENNIFERMARTINEZ2466
    @JENNIFERMARTINEZ2466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Billy is a real hero, God Bless him

  • @Vamooska
    @Vamooska 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    His license plate..... "8 HITS" Can you imagine.....8 purple hearts???

  • @staunchlyspeaking
    @staunchlyspeaking 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What an absolute legend. Can’t believe I didn’t know about him until after his death.

  • @huckleberry5653
    @huckleberry5653 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RIP Billy.

  • @Thorkildzen
    @Thorkildzen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hollywood needs to get started on making 3 epic movies about this man's life I am in complete and total awe of this man and as an American I want to thank this man like I have never thanked anybody

  • @patwxdaddy
    @patwxdaddy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Billy was considered crazy by guys who were crazy. My buddy told me he did eight tours in Nam and never finished one, he got shot and medivac out before each tour was done. They called him 'Good Deal' Billy Waugh because as Ops NCO for SOG he thought up these one man suicide operations parachuting spy's into North Vietnam. Of the the Vietnamese agents who were sent none were ever heard from again, no American was crazy enough to do it so he tried to grab every new guy for it. My roommate Gonzi arrived as a young E-5 as a fill in replacement from 1st Group in Okinawa called Operation Snake Bite 2 because of the over 100% casualties than CCN had taken. The first Special Forces guy who greeted him said "Look buddy, a guy is going to come up to you and say he has a 'Good Deal' for you, just shake your head Yes and as soon as he turns around just run away".

  • @DoyleHargraves
    @DoyleHargraves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My cousin was a CSM in the 20th SFG, and he gave me the same advice when I joined the National Guard: "Volunteer for everything! Go to every type of training that they offer. Never say no."

    • @joshualittle877
      @joshualittle877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I served in 2nd BN 20th Special Forces Group

    • @DoyleHargraves
      @DoyleHargraves 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshualittle877 would the last name "Strength" ring any bells?

    • @joshualittle877
      @joshualittle877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DoyleHargraves No, but thats no suprizing SF Groups are Brigade Size units. The 19th and 20th Groups are the largest component of US SOCOM 19th Group has 5 battallions. I was in 2nd Battallion in Jackson MS.

  • @carypeaden4147
    @carypeaden4147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Paul - I know you were SF and know a lot. It is great that you got to interview Billy Waugh. Great interview.

  • @shizspank
    @shizspank ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP Billy! Your legend will live forever.

  • @jo-annfat-bricks2471
    @jo-annfat-bricks2471 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Parker pen in the chest pocket, he is a pro on many levels. AI hats off to things Billy Waugh can do what robots cannot.

  • @XrayxRich
    @XrayxRich 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Yuo mean I can't curse on it?" Hahahaha.

  • @arieltraasdahl-xh6ri
    @arieltraasdahl-xh6ri 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've heard a lot about you, sir.
    Cal spoke very well of you.
    I recognize both of you in that picture.
    Thank you for your participation, sir.
    #Ihaveahighschooleducation
    💀♠️🎯

  • @MrChuckwagon55
    @MrChuckwagon55 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Carlos the Jackal story was incredible. So creative and out of the box thinking. Such dedication. He just seemed to think differently. Hopefully he shared all of his lessons and skills with the folks who do his job now before he died. Also, it’s statistically proven that people who curse more (for emphasis) have higher IQ’s than those who don’t.

  • @sarahshowalter9539
    @sarahshowalter9539 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for going and welcome home.

  • @user-ij6xs4ut7j
    @user-ij6xs4ut7j ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you sir!

  • @minenotyours212
    @minenotyours212 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Any man that has killed and served for their country like Sgt. Major Waugh has, shouldn’t ever have to apologize for the language they use because that’s the right they fought for to use!

  • @mrshovelbottom7475
    @mrshovelbottom7475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    get him on joe rogan

    • @davidaldridge5716
      @davidaldridge5716 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know he’s the kind of dude who likely never would be that would be epic. At least get him on Shawn Ryan or something

  • @South_0f_Heaven_
    @South_0f_Heaven_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Paul is a great Range Officer. Will take the time to point out improper technique being used and teach you the correct way.
    Haven’t seen him in many years as poor health prevents me going to the range but imho he is a all around well versed man.

  • @freespirit61
    @freespirit61 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    True American Hero, True American Baddass!

  • @aj-tp2yh
    @aj-tp2yh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thankyou America

  • @chi-tn
    @chi-tn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:32 Great

  • @jonnypescado1
    @jonnypescado1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is going to show up more now that Billy passed and people are searching him.
    Paul Pawela litters his resume heavily with "SF" affiliations. He packed
    parachutes and never deployed. I asked in the community & he never did anything *with* SF/SOF. His LE creds are also dubious at best.
    He doesn't belong in the same state as Mr. Waugh, let alone the same room.
    Be advised.

  • @budgibson185
    @budgibson185 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prayers to Billy! He isn’t doing well

  • @donaldzlotnik505
    @donaldzlotnik505 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    90% of becoming a legend is having good public relations and barroom teams. The REAL legends are rarely interviewed. Waugh was "there" but always "protected." He did shame a group of HALO men to make a jump in Vietnam, but the results were neutral. He is preaching pure male bovine excrement when he stated women are 10 times better than men as medics. Our SF medics were some of the best in the World!

  • @doncappo1509
    @doncappo1509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rambo in real life

  • @domhernandez5623
    @domhernandez5623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been trying to get a interview out of billy does anybody know a contact info I could reach out at like a email etc

  • @enlightenedwarrior7119
    @enlightenedwarrior7119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ask him how he got the award with the bayonet from CIA with assassin on it

  • @HansHammertime
    @HansHammertime ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Always thought “beware an old man in a profession where men die young” was kinda edgy
    But this man nails it on the head

  • @cm-oo1td
    @cm-oo1td ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish he turned the air conditioning off

  • @dougiequick1
    @dougiequick1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have no agenda. Not trying to be mean or cynical. But I picked up a copy of "Hunting the Jackal" by Billy Waugh and was mystified by a couple of really dumb sounding things in the book ...one of which was reference to "5.56 submachine guns" used early on by special forces in vietnam .....now I have read all sorts of things re the history of the AR15/M16 platform and I have NEVER EVER heard of a "submachine gun" variant of this platform back in Vietnam era ....MAYBE I missed something? (btw my understanding of "sub" in "submachine gun" is that of a "sub" (smaller/shorter) caliber! As in pistol cartridge etc! Like an UZI or MAC 10 which fire 9mm luger pistol ammo....no? I can't even find such on a google search ...it's just if THIS was a total screw-up slip of memory on Billy's part, then can I trust other things in the book also? I was having a hard enough time believing that a man was actually shot in the KNEES with a high powered rifle and was walking without crutches and BACK into combat in several months? My understanding of the human knee is that a direct hit by an AK47 to the knee would pretty much certainly destroy any hope of an athletically functioning leg ever again much less in several months? But maybe it was not a direct hit to either knee? I know in one place it mentions one of the knees was hit by a tracer round....maybe a glancing hit rather than like right through the patella? I personally have suffered major trauma to both of my legs and ankles requiring 22 screws 2 plates and a rod and was back in action without crutches in only 3 months...so I do know how resilient to injury a determined young man can be ....but the KNEE?
    Let's just say that I am like that saying "I'm from Missouri" meaning I don't easily believe things that don't make a lot of sense...just saying...
    Maybe I am being overly cautious ...Just that a LOT of things get sensationalized ...but IF it is the real deal? What need of THAT? AT ALL???

    • @fikonfraktare
      @fikonfraktare 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Could be he's just sloppy with the definition, calling the AR a submachine gun, compared to their chopped down RPD's with 125 rounds. Not everyone that's been there and done that are gun nuts and care to much about it. Just sayin'.

    • @aaronanderson7619
      @aaronanderson7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Look up mac sog weapons. Car 15 was the preferred. Also had Swedish k, a 45 cal "grease gun"
      Read about macvsog, he isn't talking about a normal line unit.

    • @eldante1515
      @eldante1515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The XM177E2 and GAU-5 were two “submachine” guns used by special forces in Vietnam. The U.S. government classified them as such because of their barrel length rather than cartridge and intended purpose.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR-15_XM177

    • @Cody-fr6pm
      @Cody-fr6pm 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      H & K 53 SMG.

    • @harveypointn.a.s.5243
      @harveypointn.a.s.5243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you might want to research the Navy SEAL Armory of that time in Vietnam and what Eugene Stoner built for them, enough said nomenclature aside oh, does it really matter? Most likely a stoner machine gun variant, or Stoner rifle shortened

  • @ericshevchenko4431
    @ericshevchenko4431 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pssht my grandfather called him out. No ones hero. My grandfather trained these guys in 1953 west Germany. Then right to Korea. The Russian. One of the original Decade Club.

    • @kylemurphy1076
      @kylemurphy1076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Please elaborate

    • @Streety420
      @Streety420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Respect the legend and retire your keyboard warrior play time. @Eric Shevchenko

    • @harveypointn.a.s.5243
      @harveypointn.a.s.5243 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      rest in peace Billy

    • @toothpastaduck3613
      @toothpastaduck3613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@harveypointn.a.s.5243?

    • @jeffdaily9196
      @jeffdaily9196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      By "calling him out" do you mean corrective action? he'd probably agree that he needed to be called out at times considering that we were all young and inexperienced at one time, it's called personal growth. I was a young man in the Army and needed my ass kicked and trained too. but if you are saying that he's a fraud then yes you have the right to say that but i'd say that you are mistaken and he has more combat experience than your entire family combined. Based on your comment you don't come off as a "Combat Veteran". Not taking away from your Grandfather, we owe our lives to men like him. You Erick are not him. Hope to meet you some day. Oh, by the way we didn't see you in Iraq...too busy? Scared?

  • @darrylkoehn-ec8mk
    @darrylkoehn-ec8mk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Billy was right. Write,record & photograph your exploits for the future-period! I had a friend who passed who was a LRRP squad leader in Vietnam. I wish I knew more about his experiences and distinguished career. RIP Mike!

  • @timothyrogers6339
    @timothyrogers6339 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yea to know laws it's my right as an American lol 🤣