Thank you Jack and Dave for letting me ramble on about my time in Vietnam. Hopefully, I offered up some sense of what it was like at the time and maybe showed the kind of great people I was lucky enough to have served with then. We were mostly 19, 20, and 21-year-olds trying to serve our nation in uniform so we could complete our tours of duty and make it home. God bless all the wonderful medics, nurses, and doctors who looked after us. We owe them a debt of gratitude we should always champion and salute because after a month and a half in the hospital going back to my unit was less frightening than the surgical ward in an evacuation hospital. Those people were the genuine heroes. Thanks again. Rangers Lead the Way and when the good ones do, the rest of us should be smart enough to follow.
Hey, thank for you're service . I love Vietnam stories my father and uncle went , my father came home and died at 52 my uncle came home and died at 38 . I was wondering is early death , common for Vietnam vets ?
I love you big brother you and your brothers in lrrps rangers and sog in Vietnam are my generation’s heroes I’m an Afghanistan and Iraq combat veteran and it’s because of you and big brothers like you that I signed up for airborne infantry with the 82nd Airborne Division and becoming a tradeoc ranger working down at ranger school I was in Merrill’s platoon I did opfor for the ranger school students I want you to know I love you big brother and I love all of your brothers too I read all the books I could find growing up like phantom warriors 1 and 2 I believe you’re in the books a time or two you guys are our rockstars heroes and idols and you guys are the reason we wanted to be airborne infantry, rangers, sf, and the unit we love you honor you and respect you guys with everything we have in our hearts I hope we measured up 1/10th in your big brothers eyes I love you big brother thank you for your service and sacrifices this we’ll defend all the way
This guy is probably my favorite interviewee in a long time. I think he could have kept going for the entire night and kept us entertained. And as a civilian, always learn a lot.
Mr Linderer, thank you for your service and Welcome Home! I've enjoyed listening to you and Larry Chambers on here. I'm close to getting Recondo. I hope you had a Merry Christmas.
This was an awesome show and Kregg is super funny. In recent years I've really started to dig into the war and I find vietnam vets have a wealth of new perspectives on a lot of aspects of life. They seem to exist in this twightlight area, they still remember everything in a way the WW2 vets sorta don't and have a sense of time and life distance from their war in a way the GWOT vets don't yet have. Always love hearing from them. Thanks ya'll.
Seeing all these interviews brings me back to my high school days when I would stay up all night reading their books. Ranger didn’t work out, but most of my career was in JSOC and USASOC and I still remember these men and will always look up to them.
Thank you guys. I bought Kregg's Acceptable Loss book many years ago, after reading Gary Linderer's first book. It was a pleasure to hear him speak. I listen to other podcast re SOG etc, as I have read many books about them also as well as LRRPs, and it is humbling to hear all these guys talk about their experiences.
Great interview! So I'm learning so many things about the people who fought in Vietnam. I was born in 59...didn't have any brothers...was totally unaware of what was going on. I was just beebopping through my carefree life while people were being killed and wounded and I knew nothing about it. I feel like, really sad about that, and sad about how people treated the guys when they came back. One guy was saying how proud he felt for having served his country and he got so shit on that he took of that uniform and never talked about any of it for decades. I feel bad because I had a friend that had a lot of problems and I didn't know how to help. That's not true...I wasn't interested because I totally couldn't relate. He was a good guy and he was suffering and I let him down. So now I talk to Veterans and when I thank them for their service it's a way to honor them and let them know I care. I spend hours listening to interviews and I wish I could hug all of you! Hell I even hugged a guy from the recruiting office today! God bless you all and Merry Christmas!
I don’t want to sound like I’m pushing back, but I was a child during the VN War. My father was held at gunpoint by a neighbor who had just gotten back.
Wow, three hours and my severe ADHD, didn't kick in, but I still had to break it up for several days. What a great guy and interview. I always thought the Lurps were the cool kids, until I learned more about MACV-SOG, but they still both have my upmost respect. I graduated from the little known and old RC Long Range Surveillance Leaders Course back in June 2001. It was two weeks worth of classroom work with the Air Force Reserve Instructors, and two weeks in the summer with RTB in Benning, pre 9/11. Great course, we hit everything from land nav, comms, ID friend or foe, first aid, patrols, and even some demo work to clear LZs. Just ordered LRRP Company Command: The Cav's LRP/Rangers in Vietnam, 1968-1969, to show my support.
The British sniper Jack refers to @ 3:11:20 of this vid is Hugh Keir, who was on Ep 308 @2:09:47 of the Team House pod, describing refusing to shoot a teenage child. He did many tours in GWOT, & was involved in the brutal Siege of Musa Qala. There’s a doc called “Heroes of Helmand“ on YT about it, Hugh’s in it from around 25:20. He’s also host of the H-Hour Podcast.
Loved this interview with Kregg. My first reaction is how he is not ‘beaten down’ by his Vietnam experience and how upbeat he seems compared to other vets. I only turned 18 in the summer of 1972 and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam was already winding down but I’d followed the war since the mid 1960’s. In retrospect I wish I’d have signed up. Thanks for sharing Kregg’s experience with us…
I met Kregg under the most intriguing way, him and his partner almost arrested my wife and I! It wasn’t exactly like that but it was a great contact but my wife and I were somewhere we shouldn’t have been. Dave, not sure if he knows you and I served together. RLTW I downloaded the podcast and will listen to it sometime this week, you guys do great work!!!
Great interview. I tried to read every one of those Lrrp books. Those guys were amazing to go out with 5 guys in the jungle with Viet cong and even NVA regulars.
@27:45 mark - Jack says he’s shocked there hasn’t been a movie made about LRRP Teams….I guess he’s unaware of the very well done movie 84 Charlie MoPic.
Reminds me of the “Charlie Mike” books that were popular in the early 1980’s. Some great LRRP VN books out there as well, them boys got into some chite
Haha, that's the tokay lizard he's talking about. I can imagine if your first language is English that it sounds like "fuck you", that being the best reference. To me it sounds like "tok-ke". Excellent guest. All Vietnam recon guys are. I hope his book is on available on Audible. Sounds like worth reading / listening to.
Jack or Dave ! Have you heard of James Strauss ? He was in Marine He has a book out about his times in Au Shau Valley with Marines. His book is 30 days has September. Good book and good writer.
There was never more than 7 of us most of the time just 5-6. Sometimes a combat engineer to blow up things. But then we had to carry extra C-4 and det cord. Couldn’t run and hide as well with an extra 5-6 pounds. We were always checking how much weight we were carrying. Day 1 was the hardest, by day 4 it got a little easier, but then we were out of food and had to eat snakes, lizards, fresh fruit off the trees. By the 5th month our clothes were rotting off us from being wet all the time. Maybe 200 days in the jungle . Just know it was 4 days run and hide. 3 days back at base camp. Then do it again. Saddle up be on the tarmac at 4am . Choppers pick you up at 5am. Push you out of the doors and you run.
BB guns! Well gawd damn son, my old PSG in early 80’s taught us that, he was VN Rgr and he told us about it and we were like BS, but he said it went all the way back to Annie /Oakley and the trick shooters in the west back in the day. I’ll be danged if he wasn’t right! He said when we were done, we would be able to spin and hip shoot a ping pong ball (yeah right). I think we spent all day for a 2-3 days on,y doing that and sure enuff, at the end we could spin and hit a ping pong ball he would throw up as we spun around. Strangly enuff, someone asked him where he got a shitload of BB guns, he said he went to DPTMS or something and signed them out! Who knew ! Incidentally in the hall outside the Army leadership offices at PNT isa case with a gun that Lewis & Clark had, it was an Air Rifle and that was what they were issued. Apparently there were quite few Armies around the world that were in fact issued Air Rifles as thier battle rifle. L&C had one that could shoot a couple hundreds rounds as I recall and had an air pump and everything ( in the case). If you look on YT there are vids of guys big game hunting with .50 air rifles. These things are thousands of $ an don’t your Walmart air rifles😮
@ Did you ever read about “The Old Duck Hunters Club” by Quinton McQuarrie? (Sp). He talks about hunting on the land of someone who sounds like your grandfather.
You were with 3 Corps about a year after my Uncle PFC Guy Eddie Ray Jr 2nd MEF USMC was KIA when there 120 MM Gun had a Breach explosion Killing 6 of the 7 Crew Uncle Eddie's battle buddy Was PFC Dishman also from the Clinch Valley in Virginia I also had a battle buddy from my hometown and Served in the 3rd Infantry Division on the back end of the Iraq invasion 7 generations of my ancestors Served during War Some days I feel like Forrest Gump... The Rock Of The Marne
10 year gwot veteran was SF,ranger 3 combat deployments and do have a Purple Heart and it wasn’t from anything crazy I land pretty embarrassing I broke my finger 2nd deployment it snapped and went up under the exiting the skin, and it had to be treated and ended up having surgery. And was given a Purple Heart for it. But the main reasons I went ahead, and got out was because of are hands being tied so I didn’t re-enlist, and had a buddy help me, and contracted with the agency for 4 years and loved it. Money was way better and actually got get after it. But ended up getting out because I was having bad head problems and went in to find out I have 3 places on my brain. They believe from the concussion from explosions and it’s just rattled my brain so who knows exactly what one caused what, but it put a stop to my career. And even with the amazing career I had and I wouldn’t change a thing other than not being injured. It still wasn’t a drop in the bucket to what those in ww1 and ww2 had, those were some bad bad dudes with massive balls 🤣 my grandpa wouldn’t speak a ton but I do know some of the stories he would speak about was wide couldn’t imagine the stuff he took to his grave. And I’ve had some other vets tell some wild things they seen others do and were part of. Those veterans were real badasses that’s for dang sure.
You're doing a fantastic job! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
@@samuelchiou5204 Most folks everywhere totally miss the spelling of my first name. :) "Greg, right?" Naw, Kregg. "Oh, Craig.." .no, it's Kregg, "as in Gregory?" nope, as in Ragnar, Bluetooth, Odin and Thor were already taken. :)
Your Chinese first name 根-root, 森-forest, means that your family, business partner and buddies may always rely on you without second thought at difficult time and desperate moments.
one of the host said why wasn't there a movie made ,there was a movie made I think back in the 90s called 84 charlie mopic,but movies are never accurate and likely this one isn't either
Thank you Jack and Dave for letting me ramble on about my time in Vietnam. Hopefully, I offered up some sense of what it was like at the time and maybe showed the kind of great people I was lucky enough to have served with then. We were mostly 19, 20, and 21-year-olds trying to serve our nation in uniform so we could complete our tours of duty and make it home. God bless all the wonderful medics, nurses, and doctors who looked after us. We owe them a debt of gratitude we should always champion and salute because after a month and a half in the hospital going back to my unit was less frightening than the surgical ward in an evacuation hospital. Those people were the genuine heroes. Thanks again. Rangers Lead the Way and when the good ones do, the rest of us should be smart enough to follow.
Hey, thank for you're service . I love Vietnam stories my father and uncle went , my father came home and died at 52 my uncle came home and died at 38 . I was wondering is early death , common for Vietnam vets ?
I love you big brother you and your brothers in lrrps rangers and sog in Vietnam are my generation’s heroes I’m an Afghanistan and Iraq combat veteran and it’s because of you and big brothers like you that I signed up for airborne infantry with the 82nd Airborne Division and becoming a tradeoc ranger working down at ranger school I was in Merrill’s platoon I did opfor for the ranger school students I want you to know I love you big brother and I love all of your brothers too I read all the books I could find growing up like phantom warriors 1 and 2 I believe you’re in the books a time or two you guys are our rockstars heroes and idols and you guys are the reason we wanted to be airborne infantry, rangers, sf, and the unit we love you honor you and respect you guys with everything we have in our hearts I hope we measured up 1/10th in your big brothers eyes I love you big brother thank you for your service and sacrifices this we’ll defend all the way
So much respect for you sir. Thank you
@@58jumps I really appreciated you coming on and sharing your experiences
@@robertmccready5874 Thank you for your service as well!
This guy is probably my favorite interviewee in a long time. I think he could have kept going for the entire night and kept us entertained. And as a civilian, always learn a lot.
This man reminds me of the type of men America used to be made of. Incredible interview
@@Tyler0789 yup men like my father
Well done, guys. Kregg is a brother and one of my favorite authors. Happy to see him interviewed on your outstanding podcast.
Thank you, Gary. I suspect you were instrumental in making this happen so again, thank you!
Mr Linderer, thank you for your service and Welcome Home! I've enjoyed listening to you and Larry Chambers on here.
I'm close to getting Recondo.
I hope you had a Merry Christmas.
1:37:52 Gary Linderer was another awesome episode like this one! Love me some Vietnam LRRP’s!
This was an awesome show and Kregg is super funny. In recent years I've really started to dig into the war and I find vietnam vets have a wealth of new perspectives on a lot of aspects of life. They seem to exist in this twightlight area, they still remember everything in a way the WW2 vets sorta don't and have a sense of time and life distance from their war in a way the GWOT vets don't yet have. Always love hearing from them. Thanks ya'll.
Seeing all these interviews brings me back to my high school days when I would stay up all night reading their books. Ranger didn’t work out, but most of my career was in JSOC and USASOC and I still remember these men and will always look up to them.
Thank you guys. I bought Kregg's Acceptable Loss book many years ago, after reading Gary Linderer's first book. It was a pleasure to hear him speak. I listen to other podcast re SOG etc, as I have read many books about them also as well as LRRPs, and it is humbling to hear all these guys talk about their experiences.
Thank you, Paul.
Great interview! So I'm learning so many things about the people who fought in Vietnam. I was born in 59...didn't have any brothers...was totally unaware of what was going on. I was just beebopping through my carefree life while people were being killed and wounded and I knew nothing about it. I feel like, really sad about that, and sad about how people treated the guys when they came back. One guy was saying how proud he felt for having served his country and he got so shit on that he took of that uniform and never talked about any of it for decades. I feel bad because I had a friend that had a lot of problems and I didn't know how to help. That's not true...I wasn't interested because I totally couldn't relate. He was a good guy and he was suffering and I let him down. So now I talk to Veterans and when I thank them for their service it's a way to honor them and let them know I care. I spend hours listening to interviews and I wish I could hug all of you! Hell I even hugged a guy from the recruiting office today! God bless you all and Merry Christmas!
PLEASE have more Vietnam veterans on to speak about their experiences. Brilliant interview, thank you.
They call him...HERO!
I don’t want to sound like I’m pushing back, but I was a child during the VN War. My father was held at gunpoint by a neighbor who had just gotten
back.
Wow, three hours and my severe ADHD, didn't kick in, but I still had to break it up for several days. What a great guy and interview. I always thought the Lurps were the cool kids, until I learned more about MACV-SOG, but they still both have my upmost respect. I graduated from the little known and old RC Long Range Surveillance Leaders Course back in June 2001. It was two weeks worth of classroom work with the Air Force Reserve Instructors, and two weeks in the summer with RTB in Benning, pre 9/11. Great course, we hit everything from land nav, comms, ID friend or foe, first aid, patrols, and even some demo work to clear LZs. Just ordered LRRP Company Command: The Cav's LRP/Rangers in Vietnam, 1968-1969, to show my support.
The British sniper Jack refers to @ 3:11:20 of this vid is Hugh Keir,
who was on Ep 308 @2:09:47 of the Team House pod,
describing refusing to shoot a teenage child.
He did many tours in GWOT, & was involved in the brutal Siege of Musa Qala.
There’s a doc called “Heroes of Helmand“ on YT about it, Hugh’s in it from around 25:20.
He’s also host of the H-Hour Podcast.
Best podcast! Fascinating as always. Long live TH! Look forward to every episode drop! 🔥 🔥 🦒 🦒 🔥 🔥
Loved this interview with Kregg. My first reaction is how he is not ‘beaten down’ by his Vietnam experience and how upbeat he seems compared to other vets. I only turned 18 in the summer of 1972 and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam was already winding down but I’d followed the war since the mid 1960’s. In retrospect I wish I’d have signed up. Thanks for sharing Kregg’s experience with us…
I met Kregg under the most intriguing way, him and his partner almost arrested my wife and I! It wasn’t exactly like that but it was a great contact but my wife and I were somewhere we shouldn’t have been. Dave, not sure if he knows you and I served together. RLTW
I downloaded the podcast and will listen to it sometime this week, you guys do great work!!!
Naw, you two were just sighting in a new scope and it was an honor to meet the both of you!
If you were naked then he definitely knew you were from 2nd Battalion 😂
@@dave_parke :)
Best introduction ever. I spent a ton of time at Baker Beach. It is immediately adjacent to The Persidio.
Great interview. I tried to read every one of those Lrrp books. Those guys were amazing to go out with 5 guys in the jungle with Viet cong and even NVA regulars.
The interview was amazing. Thanks.
@27:45 mark - Jack says he’s shocked there hasn’t been a movie made about LRRP Teams….I guess he’s unaware of the very well done movie 84 Charlie MoPic.
My favourite interview. Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me of the “Charlie Mike” books that were popular in the early 1980’s. Some great LRRP VN books out there as well, them boys got into some chite
Wonderful book series
Yo, the mushroom cloud of fish guts made my day! Maybe my month.
Great Interview Guys 🍻
Thank you Hero!
Yeah, when I talk to people who claim Military service, I do the. 20 questions routine!
Kregg wrote some great books on VN war, buy and read them, he is a terrific writer
Please more lrrp interviews🙏
Sherman said, “War is Hell”!
R E Lee said, “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow to love it”.
Haha, that's the tokay lizard he's talking about. I can imagine if your first language is English that it sounds like "fuck you", that being the best reference. To me it sounds like "tok-ke". Excellent guest. All Vietnam recon guys are. I hope his book is on available on Audible. Sounds like worth reading / listening to.
Named after the Spanish American war rifle krag Jorgensen naturally became a soldier.
Jack or Dave ! Have you heard of James Strauss ? He was in Marine He has a book out about his times in Au Shau Valley with Marines. His book is 30 days has September. Good book and good writer.
I haven’t. Thanks for the recommendation.
LRRPing 👍
There was never more than 7 of us most of the time just 5-6. Sometimes a combat engineer to blow up things. But then we had to carry extra C-4 and det cord. Couldn’t run and hide as well with an extra 5-6 pounds. We were always checking how much weight we were carrying. Day 1 was the hardest, by day 4 it got a little easier, but then we were out of food and had to eat snakes, lizards, fresh fruit off the trees. By the 5th month our clothes were rotting off us from being wet all the time. Maybe 200 days in the jungle . Just know it was 4 days run and hide. 3 days back at base camp. Then do it again. Saddle up be on the tarmac at 4am . Choppers pick you up at 5am. Push you out of the doors and you run.
I'll bet those reinactors couldn't find black label beer in rusty cans😅
Six Silent Men ❤
My Father was a K Company LRRP 68-69
BB guns! Well gawd damn son, my old PSG in early 80’s taught us that, he was VN Rgr and he told us about it and we were like BS, but he said it went all the way back to Annie /Oakley and the trick shooters in the west back in the day. I’ll be danged if he wasn’t right! He said when we were done, we would be able to spin and hip shoot a ping pong ball (yeah right). I think we spent all day for a 2-3 days on,y doing that and sure enuff, at the end we could spin and hit a ping pong ball he would throw up as we spun around. Strangly enuff, someone asked him where he got a shitload of BB guns, he said he went to DPTMS or something and signed them out! Who knew ! Incidentally in the hall outside the Army leadership offices at PNT isa case with a gun that Lewis & Clark had, it was an Air Rifle and that was what they were issued. Apparently there were quite few Armies around the world that were in fact issued Air Rifles as thier battle rifle. L&C had one that could shoot a couple hundreds rounds as I recall and had an air pump and everything ( in the case). If you look on YT there are vids of guys big game hunting with .50 air rifles. These things are thousands of $ an don’t your Walmart air rifles😮
Was this guy named after a rifle in the Spanish American War?
Yep, thanks to my Ya sure you bet'cha grandparents (Scandinavian) who suggested my first name to my parents.
@ Did you ever read about “The Old Duck Hunters Club” by Quinton McQuarrie? (Sp).
He talks about hunting on the land of someone who sounds like your grandfather.
@@ssechres The Gordon MacQuarrey old duck hunters stories are great stuff!
@ You Betcha! The Brule!
@@58jumps Sorry I messed up the name. IDK why I want to call him Quinton?
I knew someone, who claimed to have been on the (US) evacuation of Hanoi. I’m just a civ, but I’m a mil History geek, so I was like, “yeah”.
You were with 3 Corps about a year after my Uncle PFC Guy Eddie Ray Jr 2nd MEF USMC was KIA when there 120 MM Gun had a Breach explosion Killing 6 of the 7 Crew Uncle Eddie's battle buddy Was PFC Dishman also from the Clinch Valley in Virginia I also had a battle buddy from my hometown and Served in the 3rd Infantry Division on the back end of the Iraq invasion 7 generations of my ancestors Served during War Some days I feel like Forrest Gump... The Rock Of The Marne
My Dad went to basic At Fort Lewis.
Dick Thomson from SOG talked about the BB gun training
10 year gwot veteran was SF,ranger 3 combat deployments and do have a Purple Heart and it wasn’t from anything crazy I land pretty embarrassing I broke my finger 2nd deployment it snapped and went up under the exiting the skin, and it had to be treated and ended up having surgery. And was given a Purple Heart for it. But the main reasons I went ahead, and got out was because of are hands being tied so I didn’t re-enlist, and had a buddy help me, and contracted with the agency for 4 years and loved it. Money was way better and actually got get after it. But ended up getting out because I was having bad head problems and went in to find out I have 3 places on my brain. They believe from the concussion from explosions and it’s just rattled my brain so who knows exactly what one caused what, but it put a stop to my career. And even with the amazing career I had and I wouldn’t change a thing other than not being injured. It still wasn’t a drop in the bucket to what those in ww1 and ww2 had, those were some bad bad dudes with massive balls 🤣 my grandpa wouldn’t speak a ton but I do know some of the stories he would speak about was wide couldn’t imagine the stuff he took to his grave. And I’ve had some other vets tell some wild things they seen others do and were part of. Those veterans were real badasses that’s for dang sure.
You're doing a fantastic job! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
Damn. You interrupt the guys story to read an add?
It's okay. Jack and Dave did a great job, and I tend to ramble.
I got separated from
My field trip in 1st Grade. Then I got locked in the chicken house when I got home.
So Jorgensen = 周根森？
Or as close as they could get to my last name.
In Chinese, 周 (Jor) is last name, 根森（gensen) is first name, and totally missed your first name, Kregg, in Chinese translation.
@@samuelchiou5204 Most folks everywhere totally miss the spelling of my first name. :) "Greg, right?" Naw, Kregg. "Oh, Craig.." .no, it's Kregg, "as in Gregory?" nope, as in Ragnar, Bluetooth, Odin and Thor were already taken. :)
Your Chinese first name 根-root, 森-forest, means that your family, business partner and buddies may always rely on you without second thought at difficult time and desperate moments.
VIETNAM WHY DID WE GO?
BY AVRO MANHATTAN FOLKES!! YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PDF!!
Archimedes Patty
one of the host said why wasn't there a movie made ,there was a movie made I think back in the 90s called 84 charlie mopic,but movies are never accurate and likely this one isn't either
BZ brother
These interviewers don't have much of a sense of humor.
@@tt-ki2dw hey chip in and maybe we can go buy one
When did be realize that war eas was unwinable and unnecessary
And that 2 million Indo Chinese were killed
@kent laudeman