Helmet Graffiti in the Vietnam War
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So, as an act of rebellion, many of the young US soldiers started to decorate the camouflaged cloth covering of their metal helmets.
At first it was with simple things like the name of their girlfriend or their favourite music band
But as the war progressed, slogans, symbols and doodles started to appear on the troop’s helmets; with many protesting against the war itself.
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What's your favorite Vietnam War Helmet slogans? 🌴
Sup
Yo
Napalm
N
Born To Kill - Full Metal Jacket (but also in real life)
And my personal favorite, “Too young to vote, but not to die, too young to love, but too old to cry.”
Really fucked up when you remember that when your 18 your old enough to die for your country, but too young to drink Alcohol, and Vote for its future. Makes me think sometimes
@@FlackBackTV I don’t know about back then but you can vote at 18
@@ethancooper1560 You could not vote at 18 back then. That's why the phrase was popular.
Reminds me of the song Ride On by AC/DC
@@FlackBackTV anyone who thinks 18 year olds should have alchohol or be able to vote is either an idiot or just doesn't understand how much of an idiot 18 year olds are
My dad was a Vietnam vet. I’d asked him in the past if he wrote anything on his helmet and he said he drew a target on the front
Thats just asking to die lmao
balls of steel
@@ghunchoi6180 i mean the helmets gonna be the target anyway lol
Headshot
"oof ok that was alot darker then I expected, Grandpa"
My favorite has to be my dad's, "so poor I actually volunteered for this"
That one is great
"We've been trying to reach you regarding your car's extended warranty."
My Friend you made me chuckle
How did this not blowed up yet?
Funnier comments are very rare
Damn,those vets went through too much✊😔
Good commet, made me laugh.
"I got lost on the way to college"
"Why did you join the military?"
Jarhead
I would put
“Violence isn’t the answer ...it’s the question and the answer is yes
@@Mf-wolf *loads shotgun with malicious intent as the DOOM ost plays*
@@omoriperocondrip9130 nice
This wasn't on a helmet but on a lighter, it's my favorite quote regardless, says "We are the unwilling led by the unqualified doing the unnecessary for the ungrateful"
I've also seen
"Here lies the black man,
Sent by the white man,
To kill the yellow man,
After he killed the red man"
all of that fit on a lighter?
@@cageybee7221 in a Zippo
DAMN. That's deep, and true.
Brilliant, sums it up succinctly.
“I burned the village” is a classic
I would write “absolutely fucked” on my helmet
I write “of all the places to look at why here”
I would write "Napalm sticks to kids."
I would write “ who’s agent orange?” On mine
@@gijoystick8716 lol good one
"We have to leak these, Mickey"
"That's treason!"
omg yes
"It's our moral obligation"
I don't wanna have to do this goofy
Uff
@@lukemartindale3567 but Goofy...
“You write “born to kill” on your helmet and you wear a peace button? Is this some kind of SICK JOKE?”
I think it represents the duality of human nature, Sir...
God it makes me laugh every time
Answer me or you will stand tall before the man!
Hahaha Full Metal Jacket at it's finest
Aaaah... Full Metal Jacket reference I remember that
My grandpa had a friends who put
"Jesus Is alive, he sells pot in mexico" he was one of the only people who my grandpa knew that survived
What a legend.
Updoot and award this comment
What kind of pot
😂😂
Hes a legend
"Employees must wash hands before returning to work."
Good one.
"I thought this was summer camp"
Would be mine
"I just wanted my military card"
A very long.. brutal and hellifying summer camp if you ask me
“Don’t worry, I can barely aim anyways.”
"This was a more preferable alternative to Communism."
“Don’t follow me, I’m lost.”
*"I went to Nam and all I got was this lousy helmet"*
And severe ptsd
this reminds me of that one fall out boy song
@@sir.cumsalot which one?
@@remcodenouden5019 "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"
Best comment
Commercial promo for Vietnam:
*"It's Nerf or Nothing!"*
*cough cough*
Soldiers: "Nerf the Nam!"
Oh hi abe
how r u verified as abraham lincoln?
Super soaker war
It’s weird how people don’t understand that Vietnam had so much experience fighting France, China, and they where the few countries that could fight off the Imperial army of japan.
They literally wrote the book on how to fight off a superior force
In WW2 the Japanese passed thru Vietnam without any resistance because the Vichy French let them
It was the British colonies that put up resistance the French colonies of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos just let them thru that’s why they took Malaysia and so on more quickly than expected
You need to check your history
The Vietnamese simply had little motivation to fight for the South Vietnamese government. It's like Iraq or Afghanistan. Not many want to fight and die for an American puppet government. South Korea, modern Japan and West Germany are the only examples where they did.
@@chaosXP3RT did I get this right? Are you saying modern Japan, Germany and South Korea are US puppet governments or am I tripping?
@@nicobaur3076 yes. And the same to NATO as well .
“Don’t check my pocket”
*Checks pocket and finds a piece of paper
“Don’t check my shoe
*finds a piece of paper
“Don’t check my underwear”
*finds a another piece of paper
“That’s kinda gay bro”
LOL
imagine dying and trolling a vietnamese soldier from the afterlife
😆
That's just sick
we do a little trolling
"Don't shoot I'm too short." Which meant his time in Vietnam was almost up.
You can put that graffiti on your helmet in Rising Storm 2: Vietnam (Don't shoot I'm too short)
I'm 5'7" so I'd write that Day 1.
... and then they'd send me down a tiny tunnel with a .45 and a flashlight.
under 100 days left
@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 manlets btfo
@@lukecl. ok
"Fighting for peace? isn't that like f*cking for virginity?" FULL METAL JACKET
Think it was originally bombing for peace * 🙂
That's George Carlin
True
WAR IS PEACE
Wanna Joke? "Saving A Civilian"
"Remember switching to your secondary is faster then reloading"
"Your fruit killing skills are remarkable"
That one is good, I'll write it on my helmet when I go to war
Codm guy
When I was in the Army 2011, Id write on my helmet. Higher ups complained told me it was non regulation. At any rate I did it anyway, never really got into trouble for it. I wrote "Killroy was here." My fellow soldiers asked what it meant. It was a nice history lesson.
Wasn't that what the airbourne wrote in WWII?
"JFK sent me, Johnson killed me."
"LBJ hired gun" or "Its just you and me now Lord, right?"
Whos JFK? Stop making weird abbreviations for basketball players names just say John Wall ffs
@@dakomata9090 JFK = John Fitzgerald Kennedy the President
@@dd-579fletcherwillyd.9 woooosh
@@indomrex3320 wai-oh. Okay. I still don't get the joke lol
My dad carried his friend back to base after he was shot in the head. The bullet went through the front and somehow skimmed the side of his head. When he “got” a new helmet, he painted a “hole” and wrote “you missed”.
Sadly, his friend died in a helicopter explosion that my dad survived.
Geez man ur dad sure survived a lot of stuff
Geez, must be suck for your dad's friend..
Damn dude was your dad’s name John Rambo ? Fucking Christ 😅
@@Nicefail87 i mean, yeah i guess.
@General Electric Yep. Got lung cancer as well as a suite of other problems that he fights constantly.
My favorite I've ever seen was a half burnt zippo that said " let me win over your hearts and minds, or I'll burn your goddamn hut down
Was that at the Zippo museum?
@@-Cece idk first I've heard of it, saw it on Facebook with a bunch of others
I once saw a photo of a helmet that had "Where is Lee Harvey Oswald when we need him?" written on it
DAMNNN
CHAD
WHAT A FUCKING CHAD
“Born in the north, died in the south” made me laugh more than I should
Same
in Vietnamses is: "sinh Bắc tử Nam", but I don't know that the NVA soldiers also write on their helmet
NVA: "Trust me, I don't wanna be here either."
Was an American propaganda attempt that totally backfired.
@@tomlyons8440 literally summed up the war.
"FDA Approved: Farm Fresh"
"God is my shotgun"
"Front towards enemy"
"Mickey Mouse Adventure Club"
Looks like you have gotten some bot problems
@@timmy8837 bruh
Here lies the black man,
Sent by the white man,
To kill the yellow man,
After he killed the red man.
@@Sorcerers_Apprentice dang this has deep meaning
@@Sorcerers_Apprentice White people also died in the war
"If you're reading this, your in buttstroke range."
"Don't bother shooting here, no brains to hit anyway."
In WWIII Pokémon cards will be the new helmet decoration trend
I almost want WW3 to happen just so I can see this.
"Charizard, cover my left. Me and Greninja will flank the building."
WWIII probably won't last long enough for troops to be deployed, there'd prob be nukes involved and the end of many civilisations
Everybody's gangster until the caves start saying, "Zubat!"
That holographic Charizard will make anyone of us an easy target.
"It just confused them into wondering why the Americans kept doing this" I don't know why but that is really funny to me that all that was accomplished was making them think we were fucking weirdos
"What do the numbers mean Nguyen!?"
Am American, can confirm we are weird.
I also heard that since the Vietnamese were unfamiliar with the Bald Eagle, they referred to the 101st Airborne as the "Fighting Chickens."
No offense meant. I have a brother who was in the 101st.
@@gpgpgpgp1000 I was in the 1st Cav, and the common nickname for the 101st was the "choking chicken" because the embroidered eagle looked like it was gagging lol
Goal: "OMG!"
Reality: "TF Did They Do This?!"
"Wow John you helmet graffiti looks just like blood!"
"John?"
Johnny?
Johnny!?
JOOOOOOOOOOHNYYYYYYY!!!!!!
@@Deerkins I came close to madness searching for it here in the states, but they can never get the Spices Right!
He ded
John is kill
Johnny?
Johnny?
Yes papa
My grandpa fought in the Vietnam War and he told me he’d carry a large coin on his helmet to flip before battle to see if he would survive. He even said it once blocked a bullet from piercing through his helmet.
Lady luck must've had a thing for your pappy then.
“I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.”
Are that bullets
@@Max-zo6rv No it's a reference to a line from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
"I'd rather be shrimping" on bubbas helmet from Forest Gump
@@hansel2213 I cried too I'm with you.
I wanna go home.
@@sksteele1235 Oh Bubba no
Shrimpin' in the army was soooooo much different
Really? I never noticed.
my grandpa wrote "Billy the Kid died for your sins" on his helmet
That's hilarious lmao
That's pretty great
That man was shitposting In the 70d
Was Billy the Kid his nickname?
@@nooneinparticular5256 nope. he got the idea while watching an old cowboy movie at base.
“Aim here”
“Live for the hunt”
“Perishable”
“Shoot, reload, repeat”
2 and 4 are goofy
"I love the f*cking army and the army loves f*cking me"
Gang...bang?
This is true, the big green weenie will always get you in the end
"Im not a tourist I live here"
North Vietnam: *visible confusion*
U.S. Soldiers: Put ace of spades in their helmets
Viet Cong: *Puts uno reverse card on their straw hats*
If it didn't make you stand out as much, that would of actually been amusing to use. Lol
@@LordTakahashi theres dark uno cards
Oh god. Now I think the card will be used in ww3 for sure.
Hahaha imma wear this in my helmet when I join the marines xD
@@alexis2012fulvlogs 🤣
I was in the Norwegian Army in the late '90s. We had all grown up on '80s-era Vietnam movies, and one of the units I was in absolutely indulged in helmet art. My platoon commander had "Get some" on his helmet and our Lt Col who was affectionately known as "Bat-man" - because he was in charge of the battalion - had a Batman logo on his.
'Born in the north died in the south' was a new one to me, it's a good one.
“Yo man, throw me the paintbrush, boutta draw a cool snake on my helmet”
“Sorry man, you gotta pay 500 credits for that. You can paint a number, tho”
Vietnam War by EA Games
@@bigboss4178, snake?
@@sirbushy9203 , bushy?
@@bigboss4178, Snake?!
@@sirbushy9203 , Bushy?!
I think my slogan would be: "I just work here."
“Sir, this is a Wendy’s.”
My grandpa’s helmet says “I’m having fun” in it
My dad wrote on his helmet, "in tyrannide vivimus" which translates to we live in tyranny
Best one I read
My favorite helmet graffiti in a game was the words "Forgive Me Mama" inscribed onto the dessert ranger's helmet from New Vegas
Randel Clark in the Zion Canyon ?
@@albertkurz8862 yeah
@@albertkurz8862 The armor was SSGT Vickers. Randall Clark obtained it somehow
@@Bernesemtdog He's the survivalist. We may not be sure how, but he certainly obtained it.
*Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.*
Simple History: They put graffiti on their helmet as act of rebellion
Nam vet: Nah, we were just bored.
Eh, 50/50
@@ianfinrir8724 eh 25/25
69/69
And it looked cool
@@ignoranceisbliss5578 Math is but a construct to you
American soldiers who wish they didn't have to fight: Writes witty anti war message on helmets
Vietnamese soldiers who wish they didn't have to fight: makes their own anti war slogans and it's just as witty
Ain't war funny sometimes
Politics aside, NVA and American soldiers would otherwise be good drinking buddies.
@@void870 without war these folks would be the best of pals war puts in situations we never wished for
@@void870 Vietnam had very positive relations with the united states now. They have good bantz
@@giovannicervantes2053 Ho Chi Minh actually tried to get US support for Vietnamese secession from the French, but the letter never reached President Woodrow Wilson. Not that it's likely Wilson would have sent support anyway, but it's interesting to think about.
Modern helmet graffiti: wheres that recruiter with my camaro?
There are a bunch of lego compatible military helmets for Vietnam war and they are awesome, I used them in my history stop motions
Where can I find them?
@@soldierstudios7316 Best helmets with different signs and images autentic for Vietnam war are made by TheMinifigCo. Have you seen my lego history Vietnam war film?
@@LCMhistory yeah I have seen it I'm one of you subscribers its really cool
Oh hey lcm 👋🏻
This is such a pleasant little anecdote
“I am the Lorax & I speak for the trees.. the trees speak Vietnamese”
"Touch my trees and I'll break your knees"
“The trees can’t be harmed if the Lorax is armed”
Those are perfect haha
I am the lorax, I speak for the trees and for some fucking reason they speak Vietnamese
I am the lorax & I speak for the trees... now the trees speak vietnamese
My uncle was in Nam, growing up I always wore an Ace of Spades in my hat and I didn't know about its significance to him for years until he finally asked me about it one day. I told him it was my favorite card, he told me the exact same thing in this video and I haven't worn it since. He passed away a long time ago and I miss him a lot.
I still wear one in my cowboy hats and keep one in ny truck because for my grandpa and most of my family its a sign of good luck. Kind of like how some Christians wear a cross as a sign of Gods blessing.
"if you kill me i'll just respawn"
“With the importance of individuality and self-expression...”
HERE YOU ARE ALL EQUALLY WORTHLESS
"[whispering] Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"
@@nttntjno1797 WHO SAID THAT
I DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON N- Ill stop right there.
If this conflict happened today. A lot of weebs would of drawn their waifus.
😂😂😂😂 mine would be of angewomon from Digimon
@@jonathanjackson4136 Good taste
Thanks 😊
Weebs would write "People die if they are killed" or "I love Emilia" on the helmets
EXPLOOOSIOOOON!
My step dad wrote “Aim Here” with a crosshair on his helmet he was in the 25th infantry regiment
Update: I am Now in the Same Unit my Dad Served in as a Infantryman 25th ID 2-35 Cacti damn did i make him proud
It means nothing but sorry for your loss
@@secondjupiter5506 tecnically, we don't know if he died
@@el_mr6439 I think mason hyuza hinted he was dead cause he said "was"
@@el_mr6439 or maybe because his step dad retired
@@Detoffe "was" could also mean other things, "he was in the 25th infantry regiment" which means that he was former member of the 25th infantry regiment, and then he joined another regiment, or was transfered and then retired, op also said "step-dad" which means his mom would have married the dad before the war,
"This is all about peaceful communication."
Monsters Vs Aliens.
“Join the Army, they said”
"it will be fun", they said
@@TheGeordieSpade “free camero” they said
Join the army and see the next world..
@@acpl Yes you just dont understand.
“Kill and get stripes” they said
“Born to breed , spread the American seed” favorite of all time lol
Saw it at a military museum in Tennessee
@@zachary9706 Nice
Cooming since the 60s
1960's coomer gets sent to 'Nam.
@julian zhou Or those yellow fever types
If they ran, they're VC!
If they stand still, they're well discipline VC!
That one crazy chopper gunner from Full Metal Jacket 😂
“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
― Konstantin Josef Jireček
Excellent quote
"Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"
Who say that?!
@@krisonveloc25 it must have been Private Joker.
@@manicmechanic448 Well, What do we have here?! A comedian?! Private Joker?!
Well pilgrim, a day without blood is like a day without sunshine!
I had an quote from Plato written on my helmet during the Service.
*"Only the Dead have seen the end of war."*
Deep
Deep
Deep
Deep
How the heck a vietnam veteran would call himself "traditionalist doomer"
"Born in the north, died in the south"
if there were any slogan that would've been found in the US Civil war (had there been a way to express such a thought at the time) that would probably be it
I wrote "Born to Kill" on my hard hat on sites just after Full Metal Jacket came out lol.
Everyone gangsta until they see the white feather sticking out of dudes hat.
The sniper?
Carlos Hathcock 🪶
and a kraft macaroni & cheese
@@ronygaribay852 yes. The white feather. My grandfather used to tell me stories of him
@@ronygaribay852 yup :)
I like that “Killroy was here” easter egg in the thumbnail
As a graffiti artist, the whole Killroy thing is absolutely hilarious to me
And in the outro!
@@jessieramona2184 Same, Sometimes I forgot that kilroy was Here is a thing
"I'm a lower class, so I'm expendable"
lol
I never thought about how much this imagery influenced me growing up around Nam vets in the early 80s. I wrote and put stickers on my BMX helmets, school folders etc.l
"The dead know only one thing: It is better to be alive."
*know
@@aaronbennett3966 how did I not notice that? lol
@@zachlove2689 it happens lol
ill say "The alive know only one thing: its better to be dead"
"I think I see a floating deck of cards"
"Nah mate our comrades are just playing pokers."
”Pain, pain, love that pain” On a Nam era helmet I had in the 80’s.
I would love to find out who now owns that in the UK - it's out there somewhere!
"The files goofy, hand them over"
"Don't make me choose between my country and you goofy, you're like a brother to me!"
i feel like in the future people are going to write "your gay if you kill me" or "ur mom gay" etc
Lmao that would be golden
And instead of ace of spades people will put Uno reverse card
Lol listen to the Irish song kinky boots, it’s an old Irish Republican Army song literally calling the British soldiers gay 😂
I’d write rage lyrics
There is a tank somewhere in the US armed forces named "Big Chungus".
In the marines it’s still pretty common to see them with custom patches and writing on their helmets. My buddy’s unit has their state flags as patches.
But state flags are so gross thooo 😭
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 depends on the state some are ok like Tennessee and texas others yeah i agree
1:31 is that a killroy is here :)
"Warning. Being in Nam may be hazardous to your health."
(Has cigarettes right next to that quote)
Cigarettes were Health than Agent Orange
It was a quote from Newsweek
Shoulda wrote "being in Nam might cause excessive smoking"
Its about which is the more immediately hazardous
One kills you slowly and you know you can stop it and thus save yourself...about nam...well if you ended in nam you either return back home dead or alive or being a living dead (paralysed or having your limbs blown off or suffering from severe mental diseases)
"Don't Tread On Me!" "Front Toward Enemy" "Monkey See, Monkey Do" "Hide And Seek Champion 68' " "Say Cheese!"
"Hide and seek champion '68" 😂😂😂
Nice profile pic!
"Don't Tread On Me!" sure makes sense when you're the invader
@@neznakomet5 Cry me a River.
@@KGWyzel You're just dumb, but that's a given for americans.
I would've put "born in the west, died in the east"
My great uncle wrote on his helmet’s forehead.
*” America! Land of the greedy, home of the ignorant. “*
He survived the war. When he came home he gave his helmet to our family. It’s been sitting in our living room ever since.
My uncle served in Vietnam in the Marine Corps. He was shot in the helmet by a hidden VC machine gun nest, the bullet grazed the top of his helmet and he wrote “Not today Wang, Nam 65’.”He is going on 75 strong.
Glad he’s alright
@@CORALLLLLLLLL thanks, his 76th birthday was 2 weeks ago. It’s weird tho cuz a month after that happened he was injured in another fire fight that ended up in him getting medically discharged. A piece of shrapnel from a stray round ended in his face and neck. He is actually partially blind in his right eye now. But he is living a great life.
Glad to hear your uncle is fine. War is horrible for both perspectives and no one wanted it, except the high rankings that desperately wanted their colony
Thats actually my last name lmao(though im chinese) god dammnit i’ll get him next time!
"Let me see what you wrote on your helmet"
"Hmm.. *Who's Joe?"*
Joe Biddome
Joe Momma!
Joes nuts
Joe Biden
**BOOM**
_"Where is Lee Harvey Oswalt now that we really need him"_
Or Charles Whitman
Your animation is great bro. I feel like I see this bubbly type of animation w all these informative videos like this, but you did good. It looks unique and like you took advantage of the medium very well
"Making the world a better place - one bullet at a time"
"Born to Feel"
Mainly the rounds
"Do you feel like a Hero."
-Spec Ops the line
"how many Americans did you kill today?"
*"Why should you care? It's only a game, right?"*
@@Unknown_Genius I know, I know it's been a while since I played the game.
@@Unknown_Genius "Do you fell like a Hero yet?"
-Spec Ops The Line
And then there was my grandpa who was a special forces combat radio operator who's platoon wouldnt dare do anything to their uniforms to make them less camouflaged because of the snipers aiming specifically for radio ops and special forces ops.
I knew a pilot who had "Don't scream I'm scared too" on his helmet.
I have a blue shell for anyone who's "First".
Or an ace of spades
I'm thirsty
Saw a couple of them a few comments down, you know what to do
First
Eirst.
*vietkong finds dead comrade with ace of spades in his mouth*
Not one step closer to completing my deck
Fallout New.Vegas vibes
I'd say my favorite Vietnam war helmet slogan would be "why are we even over here"
A collection of such helmets would make for an excellent museum exhibition.
I actually have a helmet from the Vietnam War. It has the peace sign on both sides as well as no intelligent life here on the back
Just saw a bunch of guys carrying water guns and I know it’s going to be good
Simple History knows its demographic
@@JohnNowakKindSir It's TH-cam, that wouldn't stop the demonetization
Just subscribed to your channel....👍🏼
@@gwarrichmond6232 Thanks
Even if I don't support the war I still have respect for the men who fought it
The men are the victims of war.
War is the King, the men are Pawns.
You guys should do a video on Vietnam uniform modifications that would be pretty rad
*some future conflict*
18 year old trooper: * TikTok username, K/D ratio, gamer tag and “get nooned” written on helmet*
Jej
That’s so true it’s sad. The human race is so pathetic now.
Ngl I'd totally write some memes on my helmet cover. Then again probably everyone in my chain of command would get pissed so it's not worth it
plot twist, "Born to kill" is an obscure indie band.
When you sneeze during the Vietnam war and the bush says bless you
I love the peaceful endings of your videos!