173rd Airborne Brigade: Search & Destroy During The Vietnam War
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- The 60-minute video documents soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade on various search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War. To purchase the entire video go to militaryvideo..... Includes scenes of three rifle companies of the 1st Battalion 173rd Abn Bde, a Recon Platoon from 1st Bn. 503rd Inf., Helicopters of the 82nd Aviation Battalion, 155mm howitzers from the 319th Artillery Btn, 1st Battalion 50th Infantry, and 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry. Areas identified in the video are Nui Mieu mountains, village of Phu Boc and areas near Vung Tau.
my father was in the 173d. Charlie co. was in Vietnam 1969-70, Bronze star W/ "V" recipient. one day, I was about 14 years old(roughly the year 2003), him and I were standing in a bank together. He had a Sky Soldiers pin on his jacket so the bank teller asked him where he served and he replied Vietnam. The teller leaned over, shook my fathers hand and said welcome home. The only other time I saw my father come close to crying is when his mother died. Toughest dude Ive ever met, he is the reason I enlisted in the Marines.
He and my dad served along side each other then. He was in the 173rd, Echo company in Vietnam from 69-71.
@@goldenboy912 I salute you both
Parents both were in WWII Dad a B-25 pilot. Mom a 1st Lt. Dad was a 2nd Lt
My uncle was ssgt John Durham Company B, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. He was killed via landmine in 68. I wish I could have met him very much. His brother (my grandpa) raised me. Thank you for honoring our family and country. Thank you all
RIP SSGT. John Durham.
Lyle RAU. Thank you
😂😜🤣🤣🤣😆🤭🤭🤭 I feel bad for him what stupid way to die
@@ocielcorral2464 shut up u have no respect
Lũ xâm lược, thua trận có gì tự hào. khốn nạn.
I currently serve in the 173rd. Let me tell you, our history and sacrifices are well known. The younger sky soldiers carry with them the honor and privilege of being apart of this historic unit. Airborne!
Brave men fought in this war. Thanks go out to anybody who did or had family who did. From a Canadian in Calgary.
Agreed from a guy in Edmonton
Nếu cuộc chiến còn tồn tại tôi sẽ giết những kẻ xâm lược này để trả thù cho nhân dân tôi.
Totally not related, my girlfriend and I want to move to Calgary, is it worth it? It’s her dream to go there but I prefer making the most realistic questions so we can make a more carefully planned decision, hope you are doing well carnal.
My father, Victor Ponce de Leon served with the 173rd in 70-71 LZ English. He passed away in October 2020. I have to watch videos like this to understand what he went through. He didn’t talk too much about it and certainly never bragged but he always spoke fondly about the men he fought alongside with.
My dearest friend served with the 173rd in Vietnam, four tours. I'm so happy to have found this film. It helps me to understand him just a little better. Ty, Sky Soldiers, for all your sacrifices.
Any man willing to go into those tunnels was a special breed. Should've been an automatic bronze star just for volunteering to go in
All my years of playing at McDonald's has given me training.
@@bensheppard3357 I’ve seen a lot of things in those play tunnels gum,diapers,old men waiting in the slides, etc
No doubt! I start to hyperventilate every time I see someone go down! Whether it’s a movie or video that shit makes me breath a lot faster! Lol
Now they give bronze stars to Army lawyers, cooks, clerks, etc...
@@arkybaldknobber8062 I feel there should have been a tunnel medal that shows you where brave Enough to enter those tunnels and return alive.
RIP to my Platoon Sergeant. Sergeant First Class Pat Conway. A "Sky Soldier" and genuinely nice guy.
🙏🙏🙏
@@ferdrewflores3014 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllom9mlllklkllll
Thanks for posting this film. We're family who lost a 19 yr. old uncle, PFC W Burroughs, CoB 1st Batt 503 Inf, 173 Airborne, who was killed 05/17/1966 on a search & destroy near Vung Tau.
BoGiGi Ma BIG TIME RESPECT FOR YOUR UNCLE.
@Scott ?????? fighting for your country???????wtf bro till now ure still imbecile???u fight for wst and u still dont know til now?vietnamese nvr attacked ur country and u say i fight for ur country?wtf
@@roslanahmad1270 Awww are you mad us 173rd guys smoked your people? America is the greatest country ever founded. Sorry you can't be one of us.
Thank you PFC Burroughs for your service and sacrifice 🇺🇸🙏🏼✝️
Stfu you troll .
My cousin Tommy Staufer severed with 173rd The Herd from 69-70. He has since passed but the 173rd emblem was very present at the funeral. Rest in peace Tommy you are missed.
My Uncle was Evac medic 68-69
He passed away last year.
'69, 11B4P, Delta Co, 4th Batt, 503rd Inf, 173rd Airborne Brigade, outside LZ North English 👍😎👍74, with 100% service connected disability heart disease connected to Agent Orange ! I'm thankful that I can still go out and surf 🤙Life goes on, Man! 😁
Much respect for all our veterans.
Lũ xâm lược thua trận có gì tự hào.
Respect to all who served & will serve from every generation !!!
173rd door gunner, 3 tours.
Rest now First Sargent Sweeney, Top was a hell of a solider!!
I'm a disabled veteran.I went into the United States Army in 86.Following a family tradition of service.A very LONG standing tradition.WW1 and beyond,even up to this day.I can NOW see why my uncles who served in Vietnam said that they were just kids.And I can see my face and my buddies faces in these brothers.Males aren't full physically mature until around,24.I was 17 when I went in.So many young men entered manhood in THE MOST terrible way.Please God,Bless us ALL...AND God PLEASE,Bless and Heal our nation---
Thank you Vietnam vets! 🇺🇸
This video brought back memories of those I proudly served with.God Bless them. 2 /503rd Infantry (Airborne) 173rd Airborne Brigade 65-66
God bless all my combat brothers who yet live and those who have passed.
Rangers Lead the Way!
I could not help but have tears creeping to my eyes, at the unbelievable sacrifice, suffering and hardship that our parents and grandparents had to endure to win back this land called Vietnam for us today.
Hah! "Won your country back" did you? You lost your freedoms. You could have had both. We weren't there to take your country away. We were there to keep the Communists from taking over and robbing you of your freedom.
Millions of Vietnamese understood this and they escaped when Saigon fell
@@markgossett3709
Some people seem to be puzzled, or bemused, or scornful, or derisive, or upset, or hateful, ... that socialist Vietnam adopts the market economy even with much capitalistic flavor. They fail to understand the following
# For the Vietnamese
Uncompromised priority: Independence and Integrity of their Country
Other goals and priorities
Priority #1: Freedom and Democracy
Priority #2: Happiness
Priority #3: Security
Priority #4: Peace
Priority #5: Prosperity
Priority #6: International Standing
# The rest, whether it's Monarchy, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, a Mixture of those, ... could easily be negotiable to serve those above goals.
# Thus, the Vietnamese had endured unbelievable sacrifice and hardship in their long wars against capitalist French colonialists, and fascist Japanese militarists, and capitalist American neo-colonialists, and communist Chinese expansionists, not because of socialism or capitalism or communism, but because of their country's Independence and Integrity.
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Carlos Z:
China could crush Vietnam within a month.
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ThiHienMai Nguyen:
Carlos Z says "China could crush Vietnam within a month." - I say:
# Maybe. Actually, it could be well less than 1 month, like the Chinese Deng_XiaoPing's expansionist aggression of 17/02-05/03/1979 (17 days), or the Qing_dynasty_of_China's war battle of 25-30/01/1789 (6 days of Vietnamese Tết [Lunar New_Year]), against Vietnam.
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Jack Wilson says "The 'Vietnamese' didn’t fight America. The Communist North Vietnamese fought America." - I say
# Initially, all Viet_Congs were southern Vietnamese; "Nam Bộ Kháng Chiến" [Southern Resistance (to French colonialists' 2nd invasion in 1945)], "Đồng Khởi" [Uprising (in 1960)] were all done by southern Vietnamese. By the end of the Liberation war, most of the Viet_Congs in Southern Vietnam were southern Vietnamese. My parents, my aunties and uncles, my grand parents, say that on the Liberation day of 30-4-1975, there were not one single northern Vietnamese to be seen in our area in Hồng Ngự (Đồng Tháp province)
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My point is the Struggle for Vietnam's Independence and Liberation was carried out, and won, by all Vietnamese together, northern, southern, central, ....
# As mentioned, the liberation of most of southern Vietnam was done by the southern Vietnamese.
# Thus, besides our home district Hồng Ngự, no northern Vietnamese were seen in Cần Thơ, Mỹ Tho, Rạch Giá, Cà Mau, Phú Quốc, Trà Vinh, Kiên Giang, .... when those areas were liberated on 30-4-1975, but only the southern Vietnamese (southern Viet_Congs)
# By the way, it's very easy to pick out a northern Vietnamese in a southern environment; the northern accent is impossible to hide or change, probably in a way similar to when Americans pick out a Scottish among them.
# The so-called "South Vietnam" regime (named Ngụy Quyền or Puppet Regime in Vietnam) was erected up by the invading French colonialists who were succeeded by the invading American neo-colonialists, to help them keep their colonial occupation of Vietnam.
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In Video on a similar topic, "The Fall Of Saigon (Part 7)" (th-cam.com/video/mYJyllwH-p8/w-d-xo.html ), at 10:41 the journalist Mr Peter Arnett says "What was this war all about?"
# Mr Peter Arnett asked the question, but I think he had also implied the answer; and the answer was similar to that by Australian Prime Minister Mr Gough Whitlam.
# Prime Minister of Australia Mr Gough Whitlam was among the few westerners who voiced the OBVIOUS TRUTH (in contrast to many other who knew this truth but chose not to say it, or worse even colluded with the rich and powerful US Government to wage an extremely barbaric invading conquering immoral unjust war on the Vietnamese people in an attempt to impose a new colonialism [after the failure of the French's old colonialism] on Vietnam)
# Mr Gough Whitlam said (I saw it on the internet some years ago, but sorry I did not write down any info; it was in one of the interviews he gave; I just remember him saying so) "THE VIETNAMESE SIMPLY WANTED THEIR INDEPENDENCE."
# That's why they kept on fighting the almighty US war machine against all odds, with tremendous sacrifice and suffering, and unbelievable hardship and difficulties; that's why they resolutely fought off the expansionist Deng XiaoPing - Mao ZeDong's Chinese invasion combined with the genocidal Khmer Rouge's Pol Pot attacks (supported by the vengeful US Administration)
@@markgossett3709 Exactly Mark. This moron is just a commie propagandist. Seems like there are alot of simple minded commies in this comment section.
Weak minded rubes willing to lie down and give up.
The South already had that land. Then the commies came down and ruined it for everybody.
Vietnam was a puppet for Russia and China.
@@electrolytics
If the decent Americans had a stronger voice and had tried to know the Vietnamese a little better, like how they could exist and prosper next to an ever expansionist, ruthless China 20 times their size, ...
# Then, 60,000 young Americans in their prime would not have died causing 60,000 families to mourn, and 200,000 other young Americans crippled, suffering and living in misery for the rest of their life, and their families always feeling a sadness.
# Then, 2,000,000 Vietnamese would not have died, causing 2,000,000 Vietnamese families to mourn, 2,000,000 widows weeping day and night and 3,000,000 Vietnamese children without a father, and 10,000,000 other Vietnamese injured and crippled, suffering for the rest of their life.
# But, on the other hand, some Americans had made a lot of money (hundreds of billion of dollars) selling guns, bullets, military vehicles, helicopters, canned food, wound bandages and dressings, military clothing, ...
# In fact, so much money that President JFK had to be eliminated for daring to be in the way ...
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Dharmasena W says "Vietnamese could have had ... instead of trying to be ..." - I say:
# I think you'd be surprised to learn that Vietnam and the US now are good friends (in the words of President Donald Trump, repeated several times; in fact, in all probability, Vietnam and the US will be the best of friends in the near future), while Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison has declared "Australia and Vietnam go 'from friends to mates' "[www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/australia-and-vietnam-go-from-friends-to-mates:-scott-morrison/11444046]
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Osama Bin Laden asks "JFK was anti or pro Vietnam War?" - I say:
# JFK, I believe, wanted to colonize Southern Vietnam (in the manner of the new colonialism, different to the old one of the French and British; in a way similar to the Philippines'), but JFK was also knowledgeable of the Vietnamese's fierce independence spirits, witness tens of brutal (all failed; the latest in 1979) attempts by the ruthless, expansionist rulers of China which is 20 times the size of Vietnam. So, JFK was hesitant; and that was why he was killed, to make way for big-money business by those Americans who would make good business from the forthcoming big war.
You deserve so much respect. In this heat fullfilling your duty.,, Honour to you !
For those Vietnam Vets that found their way here,
" THANK YOU, &
WELCOME HOME " !
SEMPER FI
🇺🇲☠️🇺🇲
My brother served with the 173rd from 1966-1968 along the frontlines !!
God bless these men and women and the 58000 that never made it home. Gone but never forgotten!
Correction, MEN.
The men in Vietnam that did search and Destroy missions to me they are God... I was a combat engineer in the Marine Corps from 1970 to 1973/ 18th engineer Brigade... I still had to fight before I could work but we built roads,m landing strips, Bridges went out and found mines to go into the jungle day or nite not knowing when the firefight is about to happen to me those guys have balls of steel. I did three tours in Vietnam..Been shot 2 times but to me they are the true heroes and I salute you all...weather you were Marines or Army.. thank God for the Air Force for dropping napalm and bombs... the helicopter Pilots and the doctors that saved the wounded... basically we are all heroes no matter how you look at it or what job you had... Marines forever Until the day we die but the corps will live forever..!!
We never should have been there.To much pain and suffering past and present. I still weep after 50yrs. every night for those I served with and never got the chance to live life.
Thanks for posting. My father Arthur L. Fleming served with the 2/503 from 67-68...he still hasn't moved on from Hill 875.
I can only imagine....I am still with my demons also....It is hard on my girlfriend......I have no family to speak of ....Mother father etc......
Same here Bro ! was with the 1/7th cav, 65-66 welcome home...
jimmy bays WELL SIR I WISH IF YOU WERE WITH THE 173RD & CASPER'S WELL I LOST AN UNCLE WHO SIGNED up For SEC. TOUR & WAS KILLED 8 WKS LATER AS A DOOR GUN. ON DEC. 19TH 1966 & THEY WANTED TO BURY HIM on CHRISTMAS DAY BUT WE REFUSED. BURIED COLEY LEON ANDREWS DEC. 26TH OF 66 IF You Know OR WOULD ASK AROUND if ANYONE KNEW COLEY I Think THEY CALLED HIM. EE CALLED HIM LEON. WELL I Would be SO PROUD TO HEAR from YOU. LB.BRADLEY55@GMAIL.COM THANK YOU AND WELCOME HOME SIR. WELCOME HOME. & THANK YOU.
James Fleming, just read the book Dak To. The part about hill 875 was really detailed. It's hard to image what those men went through up there. I salute your father and all those men.
Anyone recall Rick Kearney from Tennessee? Elmer Reagan was official name
People can talk about the Cav and the Marines but, the real badasses were the 173rd. Riffing from the day they stepped In country 'til the they Derosed.
173rd?...never heard of them
Good to see my 173rd brothers.
Bill Truex
Máximo respeto y admiración a todos los que sirvieron en esta guerra. Fueron una juventud increíblemente valientes. Paz y recuerdo eterno a los muertos en combate.
I was too young to serve. My friend's big brother went to the Marines. He came home after basic, and one more time for funeral leave. He came back one last time in a metal box.
Sorry to here that. He is to be remembered.
To hell with all you bastards that dare dislike this video and what our brothers did for us back then. Much respect and love to all who have fought with brothers by your side...
Thanks to all who served
Amen
The problem is that they not served you, the freedom, the peace or so. They served the corporations, did not you awake of it yet? Poor blind man
Search a few of the massacres, war crimes, and rape of children by the American soldiers in Vietnam. See if you want to thank them them
@@alexcordwell7187 l was there and I’m not looking for thank you. You had no choice, you had to serve. I never raped anyone but I did have to kill. It’s a good thing you’re a uneducated mama’s boy and don’t have to live with the nightmare of that war. A pussy like you could make it through basic training.
@@Scorpio1060- I suppose that’s what the guys at the my lai massacre said too
B - med medic and part time dust off medic.If you were wounded in 70-71 I most likely treated you.I remember all the ones that didn't make it.God bless us all.We are old men now they will forever be young.
Thank you for serving. My Dad was also a medic - 1969.
Welcome home sir ... 😉💕
Thank You for your service to our Country🇺🇸
Our 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment operated with this outfit early in the war 😎
The Aussies had a reputation for laying on the firepower extra heavy. That can't be bad....
My cousin, Don L. Michael 503rd IR 173rd AB. Congressional Medal of Honor April 8 1967.
He was from Alabama wasn't he? I grew up there and remember hearing his name.
@@Wowzersdude-k5c Yes Lexington
@@mikeking4193 Yep, I remember now. My dad was also a grunt in the war, and he was raised in that general area as well.
As a teenager I searched the Seattle Times section that posted large photos & names of the guys that just died. It always had photos & names
The only good thing about this war for me was my father was with the 1st Australian Regiment as the Chief Surgeon and met my Dutch mother, who was a nurse who voluntered with the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps at an orphanage in Vung Tau, Headquarters of the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group. Father was visiting the orphanage and they met.
God Bless our brave Veterans!......
The 173rd did the only combat airborne jump of the Vietnam war. February 22nd, 1967.
Most the dinks hauled ass across the border and the few who stayed behind laid down their lives for their country.
The op was called Junction City, it lasted until end of May that yr. I know this because my dad did the jump
@@dropzonewarzone5251 : They were brave soldiers as well, you shouldn´t give them names like that. In the battle of Dak To, those " dinks " wiped out an entire company of the 173rd Airborne.
Ollie, ALL soldiers for time imamorial have used racist and perjorative names for their enemy. Please do not lecture them on right or wrong. Ok? I was in the HERD a couple years and I watched as a lot of kids get killed. What do you expect? Over 200 kids got zapped on Hill 875. There was not of love lost. That's the way it is. Joe Ryan A 3 503
@@schmelzikasefaust8193 do you have reference for ?
Full color patches. Dead giveaway, this was early on in the war.
I was with the last remaining units with the Herd in '71.
I left Uplift June 1971
Medevaced due to a booby trap on June 17 with A/3/503
@@JDLamps1 Which type or method of trap?
Mark Gossett did you know Wayne Ramsey?
@@albertshapira6256 If I did, I didn't know him by name. So many were only known by nicknames.
For instance, one guy we called Scout Dog. He didn't make it home. Never knew his name.
I was with 2 units with the Herd: 534th Signal Co. and 5th PI Detachment. That detachnent was the last remaining unit in country when the bulk of the Herd went home.
Sorry, I can't be more helpful. I did know several people from N Rangers. They were in my battalion. Also, the 5th PI was an amalgamation of other units.
@@JDLamps1 I hope you fully recovered. I hope your homecoming was uneventful -- if not greeted by family and friends.
Booby traps were a constant problem. I won't go into my own experiences, other than to say: I'm sorry you went through that -- I'm sure it was hard.
I was sent to Viet Nam because of a shortage in my mos. I was at first assigned to 534th Signal, Special Troops Btn. Based out of English.
But as the Herd prepped to return home, about 300 of us were used to secure LZ English, until the South Vietnamese were ready to takeover.
We were all assigned to some obscure unit called the 5th P.I. Detachment. We were made up of a smattering of all other units. All who had not yet fulfilled their tour of duty.
One of the best films I have ever seen. Cinematography superb and quality excellent.
KEKOA T -Do you know how to get the full length version,yeah this ones’ awsome but its too short
Proud daughter of a 2/503rd 173rd Airborne Ranger Terrance Farrell WIA combat vet. Lost my dad in 2023 and miss my hero every single day!
When I watch these war films, I think how sad it is that men in suits sitting in offices make decisions that send men off to fight and possibly be killed or maimed. Also to carry the mental burden of killing other humans. These soldiers have much more integrity and courage than those suits. No matter if the cause was just or warranted they deserve recognition and praise for doing their duty.
My dad Sgt Marion Scott served in the 101st and 173 airborne
What year sir? My dad was in 64-65 ish
My Great Uncle was in the 173rd Airborne
Casper Air Group, Door Gunner,
11th ACR 66-67 18 months of Hell
Your uncle served with my dad
GOD BLESS VIETNAM VET.GREETINGS FROM SPAIN.🧡
Proud to be a Paratrooper!!! 82D 319th AFAR
And proud to have killed men and women who defended their ideas in THEIR country?
@@andrewdutoit9571 Blaming war is like blaming hunger, or evil. It's no use. those who cause evil are men, and especially those who want to impose their vision by invading the countries of those who do not follow their model of thought.
@@andrewdutoit9571 It is precisely on this point that we must have our free will, dear sir. Being a patriot does not mean condoning the worst. Otherwise, all Germans should support Nazism. All French people should support slavery. We are human beings, and God has given us a brain. For those who were forced to go against their will, I wholeheartedly stand with their suffering, believe it.
@@andrewdutoit9571 I cannot and do not want to judge you. I did not know your situation at the time. But I know that some young men called to fight fled to Canada because they found this war of ideological invasion to be unfair. So is it better to risk your life to take away those of men, women and children than to "betray" your country? Personally, I am ready to follow my country to death as long as it defends freedom. Mine, that of my relatives, of my compatriots. But the freedom is also that of others to be comunists if they choose. Once you prevent them from doing so, you are no longer defending freedom.
@@andrewdutoit9571 You think that you are free with capitalism whereas you are subjected to your system which obliges you to put money before man and before all morality. And you go so far as to kill those who do not follow you. You are doing exactly the opposite of what is written in the bible. You are visibly racist and your view of socialism is erroneous and primary. If God had supported America, you would have won the war, but obviously he punished you. End of the discussion.
Remember when they went PC and began calling it “Clean and Sweep?” LOL
RIP Bryce Woodrow, A/3/503rd 69-70.. hell of a man
Lots of awesome videos,Thanks for posting them.
Godbless those boys!
Believe in that war yes or no ....these brave men did what they had to do .,,, personally I think they ARE American hero’s !!
Bud Stephens Indeed they are/were!
Greg Flores GERONIMO, AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY !
Bud Stephens Yes Sir I agree!
And I think they are more like the Nazis :)) and the techniques and methods are the same.
I totally agree. They did their job and did It very well. Brave men.
Very good friend of mine was on a PBR ( I think he referred to it as brown water navy )67-68 , god bless him
Amazingly high quality video. Remember, this unjust war was not the fault of those on the ground. Blame the politicians and generals.
God bless our Vietnam Veterans.
I was in the Nam in 69 and 70. Every time you stepped out side the wire we were searching for Charlie so we could destroy them.
Thought on ARVN guys sir?
@@HonNguyn_ lousy
@@kingcobra7183 can you be more specific "madam"?
@@HonNguyn_ 16 Year Olds, There’s Footage of US Army personnel getting ARVN fighters after they swear in for S.Viet. fitted for a uniform and issued their gear and they are all a whole lot younger than the average US 18-21 you can find this video on youtube of ARVN troops
My cousin Kenneth Champion was in the 173rd Airborne. Vietnam. I was 27th engineer's- 82nd Airborne 76-79. AATW
It’s amazing how loud the jungle is
Vietnam Vets are bad-ass awesome!!
I have family members that served going all the way back to the Civil War, so all vets have a special place in my heart, but the Vietnam guys not only had to deal with the horrors of war, but they had to do it despite a government and a large segment of the U.S. population that did not support them.
A Marine Nam Vet here...68-69
Thank you sir
Lmao
Phil Brown and thank you for your service!
Well respect and sorry for some idot call most you sir are killer. It just war, you have your order so you did it.
Welcome home Brother
Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat
Semper Fidelis
The Gunny
A best buddy from high school (Phoenix), (Emmet) "Wes" Dempster was DOD cameraman of the year in 1972.
Uncle flew the route packs there in the F-4D then the F-4E Phantom II..did everything from providing close air support to bombing the dragons jaw bridge and tangling with the Mig 19 and 21.I fly in Cambodia right now...peacetime but I sure love and respect our vets who fought in this area of the world..
my father was with 173rd LRRP.....68-70......lets not forget the helicopter units Casper and lucky 7
My father was as well in the 74th infantry detachment.
Thank you for the video .
They left by the time I got to the Nam - they were paid the highest compliment a Unit can be given ' "They had their shit together."
Brave americans soldiers. The spanish respect them.
Wow all those helicopters in a line looked amazing,
Nói đó là mỏ nhôm thì đúng hơn.
Thank you for everything you did to help us during the war. Respectfully
Brave men.... I salute them.
hop.3/4cav.hhc 3id.
It really takes balls to go into those damn holes,never know what you’re going to run into
1:05 There are two vietnamese girl with no armed, look, they are too tiny to the u.s.a troops but their spirit are very strong. great respect to all of them who had fought and died for the independence and freedom of their country.
And those that never served in Vietnam disrespected those that served by saying it was a police action.
B52's, Aircraft Carriers, Jets, Battle Ships, Submarines, Armored Vehicles, Tanks, Artillery and Infantry make up a very impressive Police Force.
Exactly Pete! I spent 12 years Army. Always said, using anything bigger than a .45 it is no longer a Police action but a war!
Everything about this war gives me the willies.
That woman getting up and coughing didn't want to plant rice that day so went to American sick bay.
Honor and Respect. SemperFi my Brother s.
This is the Army. Semper Fi is a Marine thing.
I've had the prievlage of working with several of these fine brave people they taught me a lot about life thanks to them all
No flame throwers. They were very effective in the Pacific during WW2. Saved countless Marines lives.
They had agent Orange.. it might be difficult to use flamethrowers in the forest..I'm not an expert..
Didn't need flamethrowers, fucking Dow Chemical killed everthing to the ground!
My pap had nightmares from this for most of my childhood, I'm 33 now n he's still quiet but not a nervous wreck like he was once
knew a great guy who was a forest ranger in SoCal. he told me he was a sniper in the 173rd who spent quite a bit of time in Happy Valley. he said it was far from happy there.
I was in the 173rd went to Iraq and Afghanistan. Best damn unit in the Army
Thanks for sharing this
Etroop 17 Cav 1970 1971 173rd
My dad was E Troop 17TH CAV. 1968-69 Michael "Mac" McBride
Etroop? Where you in Quan Loi in '70'?
My was 173rd in 66-67
The troop at 1:18 of the footage. Young but already hardened by war. Tension, fear and anger in his eyes.
god bless the 173rd! the " herd" ! from a 172nd inf bde troop 80's
I can watch these for hours.... For every guy you see in this footage I have at least 1 thing that all of them are wearing in unissued condition. I have been collecting Vietnam stuff since I was 10
I'am from south Nam ! Thank You for Your Service
Cảm bọn Mẽo đã cho nhà mày ăn cứt hả?
Awesome great footage
Nice footage. Like it was .
A Good friend of mine was a Combat Engineer. His job was to go into those tunnels with a 45 and a flashlight. He's still with us Thank Goodness. I've asked him about his tour and as anyone who was there he doesn't talk about it.
173rd Airborne had the most contact than any unit in Vietnam
Part 2/2 - My point is the Struggle for Vietnam's Independence and Liberation was carried out, and won, by all Vietnamese together, northern, southern, central, ....
# As mentioned, the liberation of most of southern Vietnam was done by the southern Vietnamese.
# Thus, besides our home district Hồng Ngự, no northern Vietnamese were seen in Cần Thơ, Mỹ Tho, Rạch Giá, Cà Mau, Phú Quốc, Trà Vinh, Kiên Giang, .... when those areas were liberated on 30-4-1975, but only the southern Vietnamese (southern Viet_Congs)
# By the way, it's very easy to pick out a northern Vietnamese in a southern environment; the northern accent is impossible to hide or change, probably in a way similar to when Americans pick out a Scottish among them.
# The so-called "South Vietnam" regime (named Ngụy Quyền or Puppet Regime in Vietnam) was erected up by the invading French colonialists who were succeeded by the invading American neo-colonialists, to help them keep their colonial occupation of Vietnam.
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In Video on a similar topic, "The Fall Of Saigon (Part 7)" (th-cam.com/video/mYJyllwH-p8/w-d-xo.html ), at 10:41 the journalist Mr Peter Arnett says "What was this war all about?"
# Mr Peter Arnett asked the question, but I think he had also implied the answer; and the answer was similar to that by Australian Prime Minister Mr Gough Whitlam.
# Prime Minister of Australia Mr Gough Whitlam was among the few westerners who voiced the OBVIOUS TRUTH (in contrast to many other who knew this truth but chose not to say it, or worse even colluded with the rich and powerful US Government to wage an extremely barbaric invading conquering immoral unjust war on the Vietnamese people in an attempt to impose a new colonialism [after the failure of the French's old colonialism] on Vietnam)
# Mr Gough Whitlam said (I saw it on the internet some years ago, but sorry I did not write down any info; it was in one of the interviews he gave; I just remember him saying so) "THE VIETNAMESE SIMPLY WANTED THEIR INDEPENDENCE."
# That's why they kept on fighting the almighty US war machine against all odds, with tremendous sacrifice and suffering, and unbelievable hardship and difficulties; that's why they resolutely fought off the expansionist Deng XiaoPing - Mao ZeDong's Chinese invasion combined with the genocidal Khmer Rouge's Pol Pot attacks (supported by the vengeful US Administration)
Nobody’s listening or reading what you have to say. The Vietnamese people who came to the USA after the war to live, love it here and would never go back. That says a lot.
BADASS!✊🏻
I was a tunnel rat in BINH DUONG S.V
Nick Mad DO you know a guy with the last name WHITESIDE THE COOLEST DUDE YOU EVER MET.
Nick Mad my bf dad was too for 9 months. Charlie Quinn Sr.
Yeah.. Bullshit!!
Yeah Big Dong 1965. F U.
You still are.
How many of those boys did not make back home.Worse still,n the people back home turned on them when they came back.Glad that today this genre is learning to appreciate the services of those boys.Theirs not to reason why,BUT to obey.God bless the Vietnam Vets.
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HATS OFF TO ALL OUR VETERANS
NOTHING BUT RESPECT...
Must have been early in the war as they wore full-color patches on their shoulders.
Really Awesome.
My brother in law Don Piercey was their. He passed June 29 2016. Rest in peace Don.
Some people seem to be puzzled, or bemused, or scornful, or derisive, or upset, or hateful, ... that socialist Vietnam adopts the market economy even with much capitalistic flavor. They fail to understand the following
# For the Vietnamese
Uncompromised priority: Independence and Integrity of their Country
Other goals and priorities
Priority #1: Freedom and Democracy
Priority #2: Happiness
Priority #3: Security
Priority #4: Peace
Priority #5: Prosperity
Priority #6: International Standing
# The rest, whether it's Monarchy, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, a Mixture of those, ... could easily be negotiable to serve those above goals.
# Thus, the Vietnamese had endured unbelievable sacrifice and hardship in their long wars against capitalist French colonialists, and fascist Japanese militarists, and capitalist American neo-colonialists, and communist Chinese expansionists, not because of socialism or capitalism or communism, but because of their country's Independence and Integrity.
Yeah tell that to the South Vietnamese whom the North invaded and subjugated. The communists came down and butchered everybody in re-education camps.
The South Vietnamese were doing fine until you creeps came along with different plans for them.
Save your communist propaganda rhetoric for your own brainwashed citizens.
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Darkstar says "The communists came down" - I say:
# Initially, all Viet_Congs were southern Vietnamese; "Nam Bộ Kháng Chiến" [Southern Resistance (to French colonialists' 2nd invasion in 1945)], "Đồng Khởi" [Uprising (in 1960)] were all done by southern Vietnamese. By the end of the Liberation war, most of the Viet_Congs in Southern Vietnam were southern Vietnamese. My parents, my aunties and uncles, my grand parents, say that on the Liberation day of 30-4-1975, there were not one single northern Vietnamese to be seen in our area in Hồng Ngự (Đồng Tháp province)
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My point is the Struggle for Vietnam's Independence and Liberation was carried out, and won, by all Vietnamese together, northern, southern, central, ....
# As mentioned, the liberation of most of southern Vietnam was done by the southern Vietnamese.
# Thus, besides our home district Hồng Ngự, no northern Vietnamese were seen in Cần Thơ, Mỹ Tho, Rạch Giá, Cà Mau, Phú Quốc, Trà Vinh, Kiên Giang, .... when those areas were liberated on 30-4-1975, but only the southern Vietnamese (southern Viet_Congs)
@@thihienmainguyen4314 No doubt part of your Communist Education that filled your head up with false propaganda.
Your Chinese master will be pleased.
Meanwhile South Korea laughs at you while you live in a country with high poverty and very little freedom.
Much Credit To Our Troops
Most people can't begin to understand the Terrorizing Fear of being " Shot Down " twice. Getting our Balls Blown Off, and live without them.
" Thanks my Brothers "
'till we meet again, Take Care.
Sincerely and Truthfully,
Sun Down a.k.a. High Priest a.k.a.
Neal Fry from Detroit.
"A" Very Sincere " Thank you " for your
Thumbs up. Are you a Vietnam Veteran? Sadly so many people forget about The " Very Brave " Nurses and Doctors who died " Saving Lives. "
All in the Coast of~{ " FREEDOM " }~
from Communist agression "!"
I am searching for my " Brave Buddies." Hope to find a few.
" Thanks again. "
Take Care... always.
Most Sincerely,
Fry Neal P. Sergeant and Radio Man.
PS,
If you are not a " Vietnam War Veteran " there was a snake called the
3 step snake. " If " ( the Middle name in Life ) anyone who was britten by this snake, 3 steps and they're dead.
Primitive Booby Trap called pungie sticks either maimed or killed people.
Malaria carrying mosques, leaches, V.C. enemy troops blending in with civilians were a few FEARS of The War in Vietnam. However, let us " Never Forget " the Valiant Men and Women Warriors of today's God awful Wars.
I'm no ANGEL, but I always Pray for
All of our " Heroes " Home and abroad.
" God Bless Them All, and the United States of America, always."
" Thank you again. "
Most Sincerely,
Sun Down a.k.a. High Priest a.k.a.
Neal Fry from Detroit.
Bad dreams brought me here tonight even after being Baptized twice since the end of
our involvement in the Vietnam War, amen.