OPERATION DEWEY CANYON 1969 VIETNAM WAR OFFENSIVE 25252
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This U.S. Marine Corps film chronicles Operation Dewey Canyon, which was the last major offensive by the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. It took place from January 22 through March 18, 1969 and involved a sweep of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA)-dominated A Shau Valley by the 9th Marine Regiment reinforced by elements of the 3rd Marine Regiment. The 56 days of combat were a tactical success but did not stop the overall flow of North Vietnamese men and matériel into South Vietnam. The 9th Marine Regiment and attached units were awarded the Army Presidential Unit Citation for their actions in Operation Dewey Canyon.
Dewey Canyon would be a three-phase operation. In Phase I, the regiment would move into the area of operations and establish fire support bases for the supporting artillery of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines (2/12). Phase II would consist of patrolling near the fire support bases and aligning the infantry units for a jump-off into the next phase. Phase III called for a conventional three-battalion advance southward, with the infantry units moving overland rather than by helicopter because heavy anti-aircraft defenses in the area of the Phase III objectives made movement by foot preferable to General Davis' usual concept of high-mobility heliborne operations. But because the area was in the remote southwest corner of Quang Tri Province, helicopters would still be critical in the early phases and in resupplying the troops on the ground.
In the long history of the Vietnam War, Dewey Canyon stands as one of the most successful American operations. Casualties, however, were heavy for both sides. Officially, 1,617 NVA were reported killed and five captured, while 130 Marines were killed and 920 wounded. The Marines had effectively disrupted a major enemy logistical center in Base Area 611, including in their total haul more than 1,000 NVA small arms, some 807,000 rounds of ammunition and about 220,000 pounds of rice. Marine fixed-wing aircraft flew 461 close air support missions, and Marine helicopters flew nearly 1,200 sorties. U.S. Army helicopters also flew numerous sorties in support of the Marines. The artillery fired about 134,000 rounds during the operation. This expenditure of effort proved worth the cost, as NVA plans for a big 1969 spring offensive in the I Corps Tactical Zone were derailed and, in fact, the Communists could launch no such offensive in the northern provinces that entire year. A major enemy attempt to strike at the population centers east of Base Area 611 had been forestalled by Dewey Canyon.
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Lost my brother Tommy Noonan on hill 1175 on 2/5/69. Thank you to G Company for bringing him, his 3 brother Marines, and a Navy corpsman home. I know it wasn't easy. 8ut you are US Marines, so you got it done. My family is eternally grateful. I think Tommy would want me to give you a big Hoo-Rah.
I too was there. We had to bring the dead and wounded down from that mountain, digging foot holds in the side of the hill and padding down the litters. There is another vid specifically mentioning Corporal Noonan and his MOA. We moved the dead and wounded until about 0200 hrs. Until we couldn't get anymore alum from the arti batteries do we hunkered down until day light. Then moved out again until we met up with Echo Co. 2/9 they brought some food and water and Corpsman to assist the wounded all our Corpsman were either KIA or wounded themselves Except for one I believe. General Burrows who was the Commanding General and later became the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Developed what is now the 'Crucible' after our actions on hill 1175 which is now a requirement to earn the Eagle Globe and Anchor upon completion of recruit training!
Hoo-Rah? I don't think so.
The Vietcong kicked us marines ass. Big time. US marines got nothing done other then murdering women and children.
Hey. I can remember my uncle talking about this mission and mentioning your brother,s name. My uncle was a intel operator. I guess they were friends. We us vets never forget
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I spent several weeks on FSB Razor in operation Dewey Canyon. hqCo 9th Marines.
I left a huge chunk of my soul there. Alpha 1/9 3rd Mar Div. So many beloved friends we left behind. I'll never forget them.......the lone survivor of my original squad, so many years. It takes a lifetime to never forget......SEMPER FI...........Cpl. Thom. Egans. Uncle Sam's Misguided Child
Thank you for your service and sacrifice. You and all you served with are remembered and revered for what you did.
Took ME 30 year,s omg. It was horrible I don’t know how I made it as I was one of the first in 1989 to Fight the new War on Terriosts It wasn’t declared until 911 but we were actually fighting it before then. Love Conquers All and I finally stopped trying to beat it own my own and gave it All to Jesus and two weeks after I did. I knew the battle was over finally. He took it away
Semper Fi brother. Semper Fi.
I was part of the 5th SF SOG Team sent by the request of the Marine Corps(see Vietnam Magazine on Dewey Canyon) to recon Dewey Canyon. Little did I know a childhood friend and live up the street from me, 2nd LT Bill Christman USMC was KIA. God Bless You Bill!
Bill was the honor man in our boot camp platoon at Parris Island. We lost track of each other after infantry training. I arrived in RVN in April of 1969. Years later I learned of Bill's death and his Navy Cross award. Bill is one of the finest human beings I have ever had the honor of knowing. RIP Lt.
I collect SOG stuff
My dad tells me lots of stories from Vietnam. You boys went thru hell in those jungles.
Just as much back home in the media too. With all the Communist sympathisers there were. Hell, they're still around today. Many of whom are elected politicians in Washington today.
God bless y'all for going over there. I understand what it was for and I thank you all for it.
You was a part of a bunch of useful idiots committing war crimes on a grand scale for money
@@lilmike2710 funny how that all worked out protesters one day politicians the next go figure
16:51 Bird Dogs flying low to observe and direct indirect fire. Truly brave men, alot were lost during the war..
I was there, Operation Dewey Canyon. Bravo Combany, 1st Battalion 9th Marines.
Thanks for your service to our great nation.
Preacher Wayne , may I ask you a personal question? How did you feel after watching this film. I can just imagine the emotions that came back while watching this. At 21:37 the commentator mentioning the number of arms/bombs counted was 966. At that time a sign shows: 6 6 6. The hair in my neck stood up. Any way. The reason i watched this video, is because i am looking for a video where weather notifications were used to fight the vietnam war. They apparently were doing (what they called): cloud seeding. And with all do respect, who better to ask, then the heros who were in that war. May God bless you and your family abundantly.
You might've known my grandpa, Cpt. Meerdink.
Hey, Preacher Wayne......Semper Fi.....Alpha company First Battalion Ninth Marines. They called me Cpl. Thom from the time I was a PFC. Glad you made it back.
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I was there Kilo 3/9
Cpt. George Meerdink Jr, killed by artillery fire on February 22nd, 1969. I am proud to be his grandson.
My uncle James William Kirts USMC fought in operation Dewey canyon he survived the war and died 2 years ago now. He was a great man rest in peace uncle Jim we Love you and your memories will live on
I was the FO for Echo 2/9 for the entire operation and spent the last 4 days on the Trail in Laos.
My uncle was KIA 25 Feb 69 he was with Hotel 2/9.
The row of brand new RPD machine guns was impressive . The Marines did a fantastic job during Dewey Canyon .
I was there, a young Marine Grunt, Charlie Company, 1/3 Marines.
Hey Joe... Thank you and all the "good guys" ,, for your service... Merry Christmas...
God bless you Brother !!!
Welcome back to the world. Sorry it's not quite like you left it. In those days, when you heard the name "Marines", we pictured men crossing beaches, where in your war it meant "first to fight".( officially, and often literally). The importance of the Marine is evident in the fact that the Marine Corps contains a little bit of everything that all the other services have combined! Some days it may not feel like it was worth it, but on those same days some little kid who's lived a life in peace here in America after fleeing that terrible place has gratitude. Thanks for slugging it out in that s#@t pit!
this shot of whiskey is on you and your company..!!.....God bless ...Brooklyn respect
Hello Joe and welcome home... I say that since a majority of you were never given that basic common courtesy and respect. I am embarrassed by the treatment you "our servicemen " received. I was only born in 71, but I sent every penny I could get my hands on to the Wall Memorial fund. I hope that you and all of our servicemen can find and live in peace.
When I first got to Nam in 67 my fire team leader used to talk about the ashau valley with almost a reverence for it.
@Lowtek Artis has
They made alot of movies about the awshaw Valley.
I first saw this video as a film at MCRD in 1981.
It hit home (two Marine uncles, one Navy uncle, and one USAF uncle as well as two brothers-in-law) served in Vietnam and most of our gear at that time was Vietnam (and Korea) vintage.
So it didn't take too much imagination to have at least a slim understanding.
Modern Marines have little idea just how tough these guys were. None at all.
Semper fi.
I was just a 6 y.o. when we moved to Irving, TX. Our pastor, a Marine in WW2 worked at Bell and LTV in Grand Prairie. He was a character and although I knew him for 35 years he never talked about his service in the South Pacific. To his death he would always say "I was nervous in the service." I went to his 50th anniversary in 1995 even though it meant a road trip of over 1,100 miles.
When I was in Vietnam, I didn't think I was the enemy but I was to them.
I respect and love all our military from the past to the present. I salute you one-hundred-percent from my heart.💛✌
Lt. Wesley Fox A/1/9 MOH Winner. Operation Dewey Canyon. Col. Fox passed away Nov 25, 2017. He will be interned at Arlington National Cemetery April 17, 2018. R.I.P.
RIP
Terry Foster An HONORED AND MUCH DESERVED REST. He can now lay his rucksack down, in peace! Condolences to his family! TRULY!
MARINES KILLING ENEMY. HIPPIES BACK HOME PLAYING THEIR BANJOS, AND SMOKING SHIT. GOD LOVES MARINES BEST!!!!!!!
Fox was an MOH recipient, not a winner. No one "wins" an MOH; it is awarded; the serviceman "receives" it. Not a minor point. USMC RET.
You mean medal of Honor recipient
My first Boss in the FMF was SSgt. Arthur E. Johnson at H&MS-14 Paraloft. He was CH-46 Gunner from Houma, Louisiana. He was Nuts.
It was prolly too much Cajun sausage.
There was a lot of that going around over there. The saying was, ''What are they going to do, cut off my hair and send me to Vietnam"?
I was there.., Phan Rang AFB 1972. SR-71, HABU/PRD
Remember all who died for this great country. I am a vet of 31 years. I was one of the lucky ones who made it through war. I weep, sob, and cry for all my fellow service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. I have been to over 20 countries in my lifetime. Trust me, Be thankful you are an American.
I was on Erskine with Alpha 1/9, CO was Lt. Wesley L. Fox. My platoon CO was Lt. William Christman III. Lt. Fox was awarded the MoH and went on to retire a Colonel. Lt. Christman was KIA on 22 February, 1969. Received the Navy Cross, posthumous. Long time ago. Seems like forever. Semper Fi.
Man, the Recon teams had a most dangerous mission, balls 🏀 o steel!
Actually- Recon casualty rates were much lower than that of regular Marine rifle platoons because their job was to gather intel, not to engage the enemy. But- if detected, were pretty much wiped out. (Echo 2/3)
Most times they'd insert by chopper, and when weather was bad they might tell you to go to a firebase like Razor and catch a resupply bird back to Quang Tri. Now that was dangerous. Some guy in the radio bunker would tell you it was safe to come in the lines, and the word might not get to somebody on the perimeter. Friendly fire is a killer.
Had a real close friend was a Sargent on a deep penetration long range patrol team . Crazy as a rat in a tin shithouse (in the best possible way) but there ain't another human being on this planet I'd want to have my back ! I did a lot of hunting with him and he'd done forgot more than I'll ever know about tracking and concealment. He was one of those guys that if he wanted to could move up on you in the woods and you wouldn't know shit about it till it was too late ! Seen him scare the crap out of a game warden one time when he snuck up on him BAREFOOT and it about 26 degrees outside . These guys are just cut from a better cloth than most of us !! GOD LOVE YA MY BROTHER!!
Sargent ? @@bomberdog6638 or Sergeant ?
Balls of STEEL would be pushing a Peugeot bicycle you took away from FRENCH down THE TRAIL laden avec $HIT to take on all comers...DONT FCUK AVEC CHUCK....
Was at VCB during Dewey canyon. Just another snuffy doing what I was told
Greatest respect for general Raymond Davis saw the general after the war and he remembered our tiger story
Semper Fi 9th Marines
MACV-SOG recon men Dick Meadows and Mad Dog Jerry Shriver helped recon Dewey Canyon for the USMC and saved a lot of lives in doing so!!! 🇺🇸⚡️
My cousin was killed there on February 22, 1969 .
REST in PEACE, Marine.
Note 17:35 on video.
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Richard Preston Hodges (2172138), Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company A, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division, in action against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 22 February 1969.
God bless Corporal Hodges. Semper Fi!
Nan Warren, I might have been there with your cousin when he was killed. I was with A Co., 1st Bn., 9th Mar. I was badly wounded myself. I've carried a lifelong debt to those Marines who died that day. They saved my life.
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Served there, 3/9 H&S, lost several friends. We were Radio Operators and supported company commanders. We won the battles, congress lost the war.
Thank you for your service to our great nation.
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How many angry protestors did you face when you came back? since you were there you should check out the show quarry. A Vietnam war vet who got messed up from the war and got into crime afterwards.
dave jacobsen
thank you for your service brother
Last Hippie how if it was Lyndon b Johnson was the one who forced them into Vietnam? It’s his fault not the troops
LOVE the comments of actual participants. Always share your thoughts, fantastic read.
You forgot to mention the involvement of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 2nd Regiment of 1st Division . They may played a minor role in the American led operation but nevertherless they took part in the operation and suffered casualties as well at 9:46
What happened to the ARVN soldiers after the withdrawal of the American troops?
Were they treated well or badly or does anyone know?
dukadar o'dear many were sent to re-educated camps. I met a lieutenant in the ARVN that had spent 10 years in one. He said just a private gets 5-7 years but officers get more.
@@davedrewett2196 I met the daughter of an ARVN Major, in 1990 I'm Saigon. He was supposed to get ten years in a reeducation camp. Was 15 years and counting then. I left information from his daughter at a UN refugee concern in Bangkok. Never heard if they got him released.
My grand dad served there,proud to be his grandson,💯
I love your respect Dave.
My heart goes out to you the lost of your cousin , and to his family. Just to SAD.
Thank you for this valuable footage - looking forward for more !
love u all tanku all gor goving it ur alll
Was told it was an extremly violent place....................A place beyond crazy.
Hard to believe that we landed a man on the moon around the same time.
“An eye for eye, and the whole world goes blind” - Gandhi
This is such a beautiful quote. Problem is, it doesn’t work in the real world.
Gandhi was not the man we believed him to be !
Gandhi was a racist sex pest.
It takes hard men with guns to clear the path before the doves can safely link arms and sing Kumbaya .
Only 2 eyes, not the whole world.
Give thanks and praises to the men and women who served in the Vietnam era to preserve the ideaology of freedom and democracy . Forward.
The best account of the Operation Dewey Canyon is "Don't Tell America!" by Michael R Conroy
Charles Bolan
Is this a book ?
@@bonniepope755 yes
My Dad was there, Terry Bailey. Mike 3/9
"Doc Lee" and I were two Hospital Corpsmen who were inserted into Mike 3/9 shortly after this operation to replace two dead Corpsmen. 1969 . . . that was many moons ago. God bless your dad!
I met a former NVA soldier a few weeks ago. I was visiting Vietnam, and he took me under his wing at the train station from Saigon to Da Nang. He didn't speak much English. During the 16 hour trip, he made a machine gun gesture, then lifted his shirt to show a scar running from his breastbone all the way down to his groin. Said he'd been shot during the war. He told me he prays every morning for the Americans who died in the Vietnam War.
These people WERE NOT the monsters they were portrayed as in the media when I was growing up. And they sure as hell didn't cut off Vietnamese babies' arms for getting vaccinations, like the depiction shown in Apocalypse Now.
You have to remember that there are no correct stereotypes. And as they told us in the USMC, ''There's ten percent in every crowd'', meaning SOME of you are going to screw up one way or another. It's NATURE, and take a bunch of young kids and arm them up and pump them up with stories of atrocities and they're ready to ''Kill VC" as we repeated in boot camp. Some took that freedom to shoot a little too joyously as we saw in the My Lai incident. Again, that was a tiny fraction of a fraction and we prosecuted anything that was not within the margins their orders described. My hat is off to anyone that found himself in this and made it through with the ability to leave the horror behind, or put away enough their lives have been worthy to them.
The Vietcong certainly did torture and murder people who got in their way. Look over the border to Communist Laos and Apocalypse Now was a picnic in comparison.
@@snowflakemelter1172 Someone (mwbright) doesn't know about the mass graves found in Hue after Tet and dozens of other places throughout the war.
@usmc7242 Ask the Vietcong women who were captured and had eels introduced into their vaginas. Oh, wait, you can't. They're dead. So just look up the less than 20 inch high cages in the sun that prisoners were put in to die, because you can see them on TH-cam. Or read Michael Herr's book "Dispatches," where Vietnamese Kit Carson scouts would interrogate prisoners, usually very young men, by sticking a K-Bar up their rear end. Or ask the people of Mai Lai, which happened in hundreds of villages during the war at the hands of US and ARVN troops. So yeah, there were a lot of little boats after the war, for a lot of reasons, one of which the passengers in said boats didn't want to face justice.
Apocalypse Now, the movie sucked! Although the acting was good but the plot mislead the public! ( from a vet who was in 4the inf div Central Highlands)
Thank you for your selfless service. God Bless you & your brothers in arms, and all of your families.
I flew in old Sea Knights in Kabul. Great helicopters!
The old Sea Knights were updated to CH-46E configuration. So, "old", but "new".
whether it was right or wrong to be there - these Marines did a great job despite being poorly led. (and I am not from the US). All wars are sad
3rd Force Recon was led by LT Col. Alex Lee and nobody can say he led poorly.
Militarily well led. Politically sabotaged
It was wrong. Get a grip on reality.
@@Rollercoaster555 Suicide Mission. Genocide.
Not that it matters, but I'm a Viet Nam Vet.
As always, much respect and many thanks to all who served. I was only 12 when this took place, but had friends and relatives called up for duty. I realize this is a marine corp film with a positive spin, but it seems to ignore the deaths and injuries that resulted from this operation. Also, once the Marines took tiger mountain, how long did they remain there and did the nva move back in once we left?
David Dove Didn't you see the part where a UH34 helicopter picked up WIA?
The us marines fought for days going up hills……they would eventually get to the top. Then a day later the famous Vietcong would take it back. Pointless battles only the USA can explain to you. The Vietcong kicked everyone’s ass. Go Vietcong
@@leonleon2276
Hahaha!
The US military fought with one hand tied behind its back and both eyes blindfolded (just like we have had to fight every single conflict since ww2.)
This is because of our swine politicians, not our military men.
Fighting with such restraints just proves the US has outstanding warriors.
It would have been simple to conquer Vietnam (same with Afghanistan, and Iraq).
We could have conquered any of them in a matter of weeks.
The viietcong are crafty & brave. Worthy opponents.
All that said, If our serpent politicians would have unleashed our military, vietcong would have put up the resistance of a fart in the wind.(and I'm talking conventional war. Not nukes)
I'm not bragging, just pointing out the obvious fact.
Anyone under estimating US military might is making a foolish mistake.
Refer to the last conflict we fought without being restrained.
It takes a warrior to conquer a hill.
It takes a bad ass warrior to conquer that same hill over & over again because their leaders order them off then back on it.
@@jupitercyclops6521 bro, just forget the excuses. I’m sure there’s reasons for the defeat to the Vietcong. Just take the L bro. Fact is you went in with the Vietcong and they beat you. That’s it. Good game. Peace out bro 😎
@@jupitercyclops6521 Yo dude ! I know how you feel being I lost a relative in NAMs Central Highlands mid 3/1968, 10 days b-4 my 11th bday. Seen neighbors sons , and friends bro. sent there from 65-69 ; last one hm.by late 1971.
It was fought 1/2 ass by our govt. , because we didn't want to get into with USSR , and Communist China. Actually , it was the USSRs satellite nations , and the USSR ( Soviet Union , Russia) itself that supplied military munitions , and advisors to SouthVietnam . We couldn't disturb the stupid agreement not to attack the USSRs satellite advisors , and their supply lines , so not to expand the war . Very rediculous indeed.
Operation Dewey Canyon was my first actual combat. S/Sgt Britt was my platoon sergeant. I found out later that he was killed in 72. He was a career Marine and the Marine corps was his home. R I P my friend.
Thanks for your service to our great nation, and may your friend S/Sgt Britt truly RIP.
Hard to believe that this was 50 years ago.
I was lucky to get out of Southern I Corps in Oct. 1965.
Were the NVA tough fighters?
@@kdolo100 You bet your sweet ass they were tough fighters
Salute soldiers. My father, god bless him served in the USAF Army as a helicopter mechanic and unfortunately acquired MS from exposure to Agent Orange. Passed 20 yrs ago. Love and respect to all of our fallen then and now.
Great video!
Well done to them and thank you for the video good to see.
Thank you Marines! Thank you so much!
Great video - thank you for your service Marines !
Fascinating archival film.
No mention of the actions taken by the 3rd Marine Regiment? We were
assigned to the 9th. Lost a lot of great marines there. I was a corpsman
with Echo 2/3 during Dewy Canyon. Semper Fi
All United States veterans have my up most respect, But there is just something about the Vietnam era that interests me so much.
Same.
because they whipped their asses but corrupt politicians stabbed them in the back
me too. i graduated H.S. 1974. I always wondered what kind of fighter i would be in a war. Fortunately i'll never know and im 62 now. Thank you marines!
pgroove163 yep my brother is still alive he was 1/9 marines 1968-1970 a shau valley mortarman John Parks
1/9 the Walking Dead. Semper Fi from India 3/6.Grunts pound you harder!
A 1/9 with Fox feb 69 shot in the valley of death 0331
Gary G. I know it's been a long time, but anytime I get a chance to reach out to someone who walked in that Valley with me Imma jump at the chance. ALpha One Nine.....SIR!!! First squad, First platoon. Jan. 1969 to Jan. 70. My name is Thomas Egans. Always faithful.
@@thomesegans3479 Tom A1/9 3rd platoon guns with Sgt Lane shot morning of Feb 18 taking bunker complex
My joy overflows. I was shot Feb.19. I'm forever grateful for your survival.
when it absolutely positively has to be destroyed over night.....call the marines
They can break a rubber ball.
I did two tours in BF4 2013 - 2015
November 10...happy birthday in advance.
I am a 68 yo Navy Veteran Who salutes every Vietnam Veteran I see
At this time I was catching butterflies and dragon flies with my butterflies net .
Watching all the hippies passing through are seaside town on thee way north to Frisco with all there beads and leather vest and leather hats on.
Then on the other hand I was able to watch all the army helocopters flying over with all the G.I.s in are town from the Bae that butted up to are town.
Most of my school friends from school lived on the other side of the fence on base at fort ord.❤
Thanks to all the Veterans may GOD bless you!
The jets shown at the beginning are at Chu Lai just south of DaNang and Marble Mountain.
love it
Congratulations USMC. But, three minutes for an operation of thirty seconds now. We had a lot of things to learn.
26th.Rgt.took some heavy duty pain up yonder way.
SSgt.Householder....yes that insane one.Always barking up my tree.Well yes he was with the 26th..Always had a keen interest in my misery.HaHa,I made it.
Semper fi 1/9 forever the walking dead 💀
Back to ya I was with 1/9
H&S Co. 68-69
SEMPER Fi
My father was in the 1/9, bravo company and an 0331. 1969-1970. Talks a lot about dewey canyon and the rough fighting.
Charlie 1/9 My first Op was Dewey Canyon
As a teenager I would see the evening news with field reports and numbers of the killed and wounded Americans .Every day ,for years .
The tragedy of all this is we were expending men & munitions over the exact same territory a few months later, in the summer. I was with Delta Co. 1/1 1st Marine Division, we began sweeping in Dodge City & Gonoi Island towards 3rd Division who were a blocking force. According to Marine Records there were approximately 30,000 to 40,000 NVA & VC ensnared in the Operation. How accurate that is anybodys guess. (or how effective the Operation actually was) (also US Army & ROK forces participated)
And prior to that, in May of 68 the 1st Cav. went into the A Shau, then the 101st Abn. Sad that we had to keep loosing good men, to retake the same territory. A Co. 1/7 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division 68/69
Legendary
What ? No mention of Golf Co., 2nd Bn 3rd Marines ? As part of Operation Dewey Canyon we supported 9th Marines and protected the fire bases on Hills Riley and Cunningham.
Thanks for your service to our great nation Marine.
These old doccos often focus on too narrow a topic, miss a lot of other participants in these operations - The ARVN got the shit end of the stick often in this type of scenario - like that 'Hamburger Hill' battle that also happened near A Shau a couple years prior - there was some ARVN unit that scouted the summit and moved all their guys to the top, only to be ordered back down so the papers would say the Americans got their first. Sucks whenever someone doesn't get their due, ARVN, American, or otherwise.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 thank you Fuzzy Dunlop for revealing the truth about the ARVN . They are the heroes of the "lost" army who sufferred alot during and after the war without any recognition . Recently 81 paratroopers of 7th Battalion ARVN Airborne Division were buried in Westminster Southern California without recogntion from the US government
You guys helped protect my dad who was 155mm arty on cunningham
My father was in the 2nd battalion 3rd Marines. His nickname was Rusty. Little blonde haired kid from Pennsylvania. He was there in 69
I was there, H-46 door gunner with HMM-265.
Thank you to all the American soldiers who fought against the communist invasion of southern Vietnam.
Correct, in 75 the slaughter began when the Commies took control. Sad day for the citizens of South Vietnam!
How old are you? The French, and US GOV, planted corrupt South Vietnamese presidents.
Of course you thank those low l.Q. MacNamara idiots fighting while u ride your " Scooter" around Saigon...👊🖕
What did USA gain there?
@@uberkloden Death.. and miserable waste of tax payers 💵💵 as well in the Middle East right now...
Lost a relative mid 3/68 , in SouthVietnams Central Highlands , tail end of TET , 10 days b-4 my 11th bday. Seen friends brothers , and neighbors sons , from 65-69 being sent there , last one hm late 1971.
20:51 85mm? Can't the septics recognise one of their own 75mm pack howitzers?
The Vietnam war was hell on earth 🌎 for the united state and it's allies
I was there with Charlie Co, 1st BN/3rd Marines.
Respect!
Interesting that this video doesn't mention Firebase Shiloh which (according to what i've researched online) is where Alpha Company 1/9 was stationed. I cant seem to find alot of info or any photos of this Firebase either. If someone knows anything about it i'd love to get any info.
I had a paper route from 72-74every after noon Vietnam wasfront page thank you for fighting communism
Guess what,? They were people like us not into ideology
at 9:31 there is an Air Force 601 with green hand guards
A 1/9 Jan 66 - Feb 67 DaNang, An Hoa, Hill 55, Mekong Delta. The Walking Dead.
Terry Foster Thank you for your service
I met a Terry at PI in April 96. My Son had graduated the day b4. We were eyeballing the PX goodies he and his nam buddy were selling. We did some trading and he gave me their card, red&gold. On it was a familiar line,” Home is Where You Dig It”. At that moment a platoon of short recruits came upon us very tight with their DI driving them like one loud heel. We watched as you stepped forward to the curb came to attention long hair hippy looking Skinny ass Marine Vet. And I had a lump in my throat. Not one of those recruits eyeballed us, not even the DI. Seen a lot while In the Corps but the memory of you I will never forget. Semper Fi bro.
Terry Foster An hoa 68 69 marines bro johnson
If my memory is correct, when 1/9 walked out the scuttle butt i heard while serving with 2/9 on the rock in 72 was that the 1st Shirt was a Lcpl as the officers and senior enlisted had all been taken out. Semper Fi Marines.
11:45 lower right hand corner that parachute did not open?
Semper Fi to the 9th Marines. They were always in it.
These fellaz were in the shit..deep.
next time if you are @ Quantico, look on inside of left trunnion for our unit markings welded in.
The Nva continued along the border area through Laos and Cambodia to the Mekong River,and onto Tay Ninh west of Saigon!
I was there 67-68
Thanks for your service to our great nation.
You are loved
THANK U from a south vietnamese whose father was fighting with US soldiers.
dave, thanks for your service brother.
It always surprises me that given the amount of Napalm the United States military dropped on the NVA and VC positions in the jungle and bush areas of Vietnam they didn’t start the biggest wildfire in history, but joking aside it does surprise me that it didn’t, or should I say that I have never seen it, given the amount of documentary films 🎥 that I have watched, burn more than the direct impact zone, perhaps someone who knows if it did burn 🔥 more than just the impact area sometimes would be kind enough to enlighten me, thanks.
I have watched this film on numerous occasions and have learnt something new every time, and if not then it throws up questions about the Vietnam war, thanks for sharing it with us all, very interesting and informative. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
P.S Another question, when the 9th Marines were digging up the arms and ammunition cache that the VC left behind you don’t see any kind of check going on for ‘booby traps”, what would they have done? Or was it a case off “We will soon find out if it’s booby trapped”, and why bother digging it up, why not just destroy it in situ? During the “tally up” of the captured arms and ammunition it was evident that quite a lot of it, if not all, came from the communist Chinese, obviously in an effort to destabilise the region and allow a unified Vietnam to be under communist control, and yet, here we are in September 2021 and the Chinese are lambasting the Australian, British and American governments for agreeing to a mutual defence agreement, telling us we are destabilising the region and causing an arms race, how bloody hypocritical they are, just like the Russians/Soviet Union/USSR, they and now the Chinese, manufacture arms at an incredible rate and vast amounts and we are in the wrong for saying “enough is enough” we aren’t going to stand around and do nothing, fair warning China.
That stop a major offensive plan.
Excellent performance by the soldiers. Music chosen for this is questionable.
What was kept from the American people was that Vietnamese had been fighting foreign invaders for generations. There had been no North and South Vietnam. We tried "bombing them back to the Stone Age." But it didn't work. We dropped napalm and Agent Orange, but they kept coming. We thought we had learned the lessons of Vietnam, yet we did the same thing in Iraq and Afghanistan. We cannot win these vague ideological wars.
Very impressive, yet the war was lost.
Dangerous mission
vietnam, lost in the air and on the ground but always won in the comments section. i was there 69-71. the vietnamese hated the americans and the americans hated the vietnamese. no soldiers had any idea why they were there. the vietnamese were fighting for their homes.
Damn, Marines cleaned them right out.
16:10 good look at the OV10 Bronco in action. A precursor to A10 Thunderbolt of today. I dont call it a warthog because that's not its name. Pilots can call it whatever, but it's the manufacturer who gets to call...sorry throttle jocks
I noticed a lot of M-16s without slings ..Maybe they could snag in vegetation ?
No need for slings, best to keep weapon in hands all the times not slung over shoulder away. It was land of the quick and the dead.
I was born in 64 but later on in the 70s I remember talking to guys and they came home and there was a draft notice in the mailbox for that nasty ass war it's so easy to judge what you would do 60 years later at that time the dominoe theory was really believed I can remember watching Walter Cronkite through the years and other journalists reporting on Vietnam
For these men..the "Big Picture" didn't matter..just fighting for each other and surviving was the only goal. Unfortunately, The President (and two former Presidents) didn't understand the (and certainly couldn't describe) why the US was here in the first place, created no comprehensive vision what a "victory" would be, had a haphazard insane plan to "defeat" an enemy that was in every province of the country. The traitorous next president derailed the US withdraw in 68 and within the next 4 years, caused the needless deaths of 20,000+ US, 1 Million+ Vietnamese.
If not for the anti-war demonstrators and movement, we would still be there fighting to save our nation from the same communism they now embrace.
@@bobbysolo5411 The antiwar movement in the US actually helped prolong the war. The VC knew if they keep fighting (the US had tried to negotiate with the VC in 1968) the US will succumb to the pressure of its citizens. The majority of Vietnamese have no choice , communism has just forced on them.
🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸 Semper fi
With our artillery and air support im surprised our casualties were so high, wounded that is.
As the story goes in Khe San they could napalm the ridge to get a sniper and he'd pop up and fire again as soon as it cooled. Whacka Mole was the tactic.