How to Survive the Vietnam War

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 ปีที่แล้ว +924

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    • @antiradium9228
      @antiradium9228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ok

    • @exhaustco
      @exhaustco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Simple History are you going to do vietnam war agent orange?

    • @wearyourmaskplease
      @wearyourmaskplease 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cool

    • @nickchapin12
      @nickchapin12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Simple History May you do the Troubles in Northern Ireland of 1968-1998

    • @ΑδαήςΈλληνας
      @ΑδαήςΈλληνας 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very good video, continue the nice work, you are fantastic youtuber.

  • @mrxdeathx208
    @mrxdeathx208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1408

    "First piece of advice for surviving 'Nam"
    SimpleHistory: Don't go

  • @LuigianoMariano
    @LuigianoMariano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2632

    "How to Survive the Vietnam War"
    *This Video is 65 Years Late*

    • @JDBajaBlast
      @JDBajaBlast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      no its about 3 months 5 days 8 hours 26 minutes and 35 seconds as I speak to early

    • @Alex_goat-fn
      @Alex_goat-fn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Dead solider in heaven: damn you

    • @tsolmonbayarodkhuu267
      @tsolmonbayarodkhuu267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so true

    • @Nick-oh6ms
      @Nick-oh6ms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats what i what I was thinking lol

    • @elvir182
      @elvir182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh just wait for February 2021…

  • @mraaronhd
    @mraaronhd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2085

    The best advice I heard about surviving in Vietnam:
    “Get down!”
    “Shut up!”

    • @azizsofwan7683
      @azizsofwan7683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Yes, Lieutenant Dan, Sir!

    • @emanthechosen1
      @emanthechosen1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Forest Gump 😭❤️

    • @joshuaobligar4159
      @joshuaobligar4159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Something bit me

    • @FlyMX227
      @FlyMX227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Lieutenant Dan, I got Ice cream!

    • @Bevo_Baker
      @Bevo_Baker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Change your socks

  • @convertible3071
    @convertible3071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    Fun fact: the best way to survive Vietnam is by playing fortunate son. It gives 30% boost to attack and defense

    • @chaselegoman
      @chaselegoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      If you don't have access to Fortunate Son, Flight of the Valkyries or any Rolling Stones song will do in a pinch.

    • @jamesdyball7316
      @jamesdyball7316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      or play run through the jungle it will mark all Vietcong traps and give you a 80% speed boost

    • @rookie3315
      @rookie3315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Or green river

    • @notafckinEboy
      @notafckinEboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Playing All Along the Watchtower gives you sniper abilities that are on par with the white feather not to mention it also gives you the ability to see all enemy traps as well as give you a 40% accuracy boost

    • @somerandomguy8725
      @somerandomguy8725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      or paranoid by black sabbath

  • @flakeyfilms5792
    @flakeyfilms5792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    My grandpa served in the Vietnam War, as a sergeant, and he told me stories of these type of things.

    • @ahadkirk1928
      @ahadkirk1928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My grandpa was in nam he served for 5 years

    • @doom0047
      @doom0047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow

    • @stonefliy6289
      @stonefliy6289 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      my great granpa served in the vietnam war too,as a viet cong soldier.he told me US army was weak in jungle and they didnt have any experience in battle in jungle not like south east asian army.

    • @lcbar9230
      @lcbar9230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lucky, you get to get told stories about that.

    • @IS-2_1944
      @IS-2_1944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My grandpa was a sergeant in the army in vietnam. He told me that his truck he was driving turned sideways on a road and it almost fliped. Then he told me he saved it

  • @blob4743
    @blob4743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +603

    Man: healthy American citizen
    President Lyndon B. Johnson: Alakazam have fun in nam

    • @sebastianlazer8570
      @sebastianlazer8570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      'I will not send your bois to fight in a ...in a war across the ocean to some country we don't even know of' LJB

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@sebastianlazer8570 it was actually
      I will not send American boys 8 or 10000 miles around the world to do something Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

    • @sebastianlazer8570
      @sebastianlazer8570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@harshbansal7982 oh yes. You're right:)
      Nice one ;)

    • @osamabinladen824
      @osamabinladen824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@harshbansal7982 But they did

    • @dankesteevee1937
      @dankesteevee1937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @SgtBaker16 care to explain how he did the opposite?.

  • @MartianWick
    @MartianWick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1930

    US citizen: *i graduated from high school can't wait to get married*
    US Military: *Looks like your going to Vietnam Jimbo*

    • @ndhart3213
      @ndhart3213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Also US Citizen: *Disaapears to canada*

    • @Floppy1932
      @Floppy1932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@ndhart3213 Adios

    • @squirtle53
      @squirtle53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@ndhart3213 US Government: well Jimbo looks like you’re a draft dodging traitor and can’t come back

    • @Cipher158
      @Cipher158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "Wait this isnt the shadow realm?!"

    • @ejlayne6543
      @ejlayne6543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@squirtle53 I wouldn’t mind that

  • @starkiller5857
    @starkiller5857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2069

    “The easiest way to survive the war was to not be there” wow what an idea why didn’t I think of that

    • @jadendorsey3472
      @jadendorsey3472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Some don’t have that choice.

    • @fazelgi2374
      @fazelgi2374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      The draft

    • @starkiller5857
      @starkiller5857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@jadendorsey3472 yeah I know it sucks but still it was kinda funny how they said it

    • @jadendorsey3472
      @jadendorsey3472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@starkiller5857 it was 😂

    • @xecky9881
      @xecky9881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I like this nontoxic space, thanks for being you, guys

  • @tardarsauce1842
    @tardarsauce1842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2387

    US Soldier: takes a piss*
    Tree: eew
    US Soldier: ...
    Tree: ....

    • @memecliparchives2254
      @memecliparchives2254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      US Soldier: What?
      Tree: What?

    • @EnforcerTV
      @EnforcerTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Everybody gangster until the tress start yelling in Vietnamese....

    • @DJmonke123
      @DJmonke123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      USA soldier:ghosts!
      begins shooting the trees*
      shoots another tree*
      tree:ayyy cyka blyat
      US soldier:0_0
      US soldier shots himself*

    • @peejayss131
      @peejayss131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "More daddy"

    • @sushiroll8473
      @sushiroll8473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You have now lost pp privileges

  • @adamtschmidt4303
    @adamtschmidt4303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +857

    Non college educated American Male in the 1960-1970's: Exists.
    Robert McNamara: Imma end this whole man's career.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Didn't end enough careers to stop the communists from infiltrating the universities and higher education.

    • @lylehayden9627
      @lylehayden9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@s0nnyburnett chud

    • @DiviAugusti
      @DiviAugusti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is the only “end this mans career” I’ve ever laughed at.

    • @emanonymous
      @emanonymous 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      non college educated is an understatement

    • @AlexKS1992
      @AlexKS1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's actually sad.

  • @dimsy8199
    @dimsy8199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    "Put your head down and keep moving !"
    -Random COD WW2 NPC

    • @maelkew3337
      @maelkew3337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Then he dies because he didn't put his head down

    • @JupiterKnight
      @JupiterKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      k

    • @sev417hello
      @sev417hello 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JupiterKnight kkk

    • @JupiterKnight
      @JupiterKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sev417hello (;

  • @MultiZernez
    @MultiZernez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    Thank you Simple History. I waited 65 years for your video on how to survive the Vietnam War. Now I can safely survive it.

    • @lalallama171
      @lalallama171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think you’re a bit late

    • @cindyhuang7021
      @cindyhuang7021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      multizerz i agree

  • @chenrayen
    @chenrayen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    How to survive any war (if it’s inevitable): get really fcking lucky.

    • @amalayperson7208
      @amalayperson7208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's another story

    • @commissarf1196
      @commissarf1196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or just don't get involved

    • @jovanihicks3036
      @jovanihicks3036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was not an option in there case

    • @joshualett6536
      @joshualett6536 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or die when you come home... seen that

    • @diazkohen2149
      @diazkohen2149 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      OFC, You should not be Frontliner

  • @TWeinr
    @TWeinr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    1:48 Here’s your skip ad button, folks. You’re welcome

    • @hngh6404
      @hngh6404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      You are a good man. Thank you.

    • @Henry-wo2qe
      @Henry-wo2qe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      A true American hero

    • @navoneelnandan8070
      @navoneelnandan8070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      40% of this video is an ad

    • @tern7913
      @tern7913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are like the most good man in the world.

    • @sworthyboy
      @sworthyboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you your help will be remembered

  • @adammcgirt7123
    @adammcgirt7123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    My great uncle was in Vietnam. 68'. I remember my grandma telling when he got home, no one could walk up behind him for weeks. He became a drunk, and died a few yrs back from complications from agent orange. The war fucked his mind up for the rest of his life. Salute to all vets🇺🇸🦅⚔🛡⚓

    • @josh_the_alien
      @josh_the_alien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      If your story is true (because I've seen a lot of fake ones) than I say
      Rest In Peace your Uncle and all the other veterans who had to go through that he'll, thankfully my father wasn't born anywhere near the war (he was born in 1981) and didn't have to go through all that, he passed away in 2019

    • @joemama-zz6wd
      @joemama-zz6wd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      my grandad also died due to agent orange

    • @adammcgirt7123
      @adammcgirt7123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@josh_the_alien your whole post confuses me 🤷‍♂️😂

    • @Daisy-e5q6w
      @Daisy-e5q6w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@josh_the_alien Sorry for your loss, son. We fathers love our children beyond your imagination, so believe me when I say he is somehow with you even now. Grow up and be a good man, make him proud.

    • @charleswilson7371
      @charleswilson7371 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should have done a mass revolt and refuse

  • @Saurophaganax1931
    @Saurophaganax1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    Vietcong: *watches video*
    “Well this didn’t help me at all...”

    • @347Jimmy
      @347Jimmy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      NVA: we also did not find this video useful

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Vietnamese civilian: "Is this a joke I'm too poor to understand?"

    • @hoppinggnomethe4154
      @hoppinggnomethe4154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@JonatasAdoM
      *North Vietnamese civilians
      and South Vietnamese civilians in 1968

    • @54032Zepol
      @54032Zepol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heard jim gaffigans voice when I read that haha

    • @Saurophaganax1931
      @Saurophaganax1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Didn’t give any advice on what to do in the event of a napalm, or agent orange, strike.

  • @360pboi4
    @360pboi4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    Survived the war
    PTSD: Remember this scene....

  • @williamhusler8651
    @williamhusler8651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +831

    The best way to survive the Vietnam war was being a „fortunate son“

  • @28ebdh3udnav
    @28ebdh3udnav 4 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    "Get down and shut up"
    According to my dad, who served in Vietnam, stated that at one time, he got the butt of the gun, hit some guy on the mouth just to get him to shut up. According to him, he stated that after that day, the guy never spoke again unless instructed to do so.

    • @beastandfeast66
      @beastandfeast66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That’s fucking hard core

    • @jacobsaccount9353
      @jacobsaccount9353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's mean

    • @laynethebreadlord7373
      @laynethebreadlord7373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@jacobsaccount9353 It what was required to keep him alive

    • @mrmr_zoomie
      @mrmr_zoomie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Soldiers aren’t trained the way they used to be..

    • @vloglifesubscribe
      @vloglifesubscribe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok bud ok u don’t need to lie 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Red_Beard2798
    @Red_Beard2798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    "Don't be American"
    Me, an Australian: Yeah... that ain't gonna work, chief

    • @DexterMorganBayHarbourButcher
      @DexterMorganBayHarbourButcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or be american just be born before the war

    • @charleswilson7371
      @charleswilson7371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      How to survive? Refuse to go there and head to Canada.

    • @josh_the_alien
      @josh_the_alien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@DexterMorganBayHarbourButcher or after like my dad was born in 1981

    • @Hairysteed
      @Hairysteed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Didn't work too well for the Vietnamese either.

    • @nrz4000paronmen
      @nrz4000paronmen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Born in 1978

  • @somecasualbloke
    @somecasualbloke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1058

    If the Lorax got drafted:
    “I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees,
    The trees said something in Vietnamese.”

    • @Grisht_
      @Grisht_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Omg I’m dying that was hilarious I laughed for 4 straight minutes

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The lorax fought on the Vietkongs side though

    • @AFatT34
      @AFatT34 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lmao

    • @danonen7316
      @danonen7316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice translator mate

    • @joksizantos7520
      @joksizantos7520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Send Napalm on my location

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1392

    "First dont be American"
    Me a non American: we did it bois, Vietnam War is no more

    • @asleenalee3643
      @asleenalee3643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yesh

    • @standingduck
      @standingduck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It’s “well boys, we did it, Vietnam war is no more”

    • @nbj6974
      @nbj6974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      other countries also fought in the Vietnam War

    • @cay7809
      @cay7809 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      H J oh s(it

    • @gerogegerog5926
      @gerogegerog5926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me a canadian:yeah yeah!

  • @russianbear7832
    @russianbear7832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    “How to survive the Vietnam War?”
    “Be a politician.”

    • @miliba
      @miliba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      be born with a silver spoon in your hand

    • @alisterfabian9991
      @alisterfabian9991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@miliba oh don't they help themselves

    • @jorgeigualbonilla9998
      @jorgeigualbonilla9998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And taxmen comes to visit
      The whole place looks like a rummage sale, lord

    • @unimportantcommenter4356
      @unimportantcommenter4356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@miliba And when they ask you how much should they, you should answer: More! More! More!

    • @anthonyjoink2563
      @anthonyjoink2563 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      jhon f kendy

  • @rocketensky3336
    @rocketensky3336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    My grandfather was one of the 30,000 Canadians who volunteered to fight in Vietnam. It would be interesting to see a video covering the topic of Canada in Vietnam as this is mostly forgotten even by Canadians

    • @sammuller8331
      @sammuller8331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rocketensky my 1st commander was aCannaden BlackWatch major he was one of smartest men I ever served with in 68. Let us do or thing in Jungle and didn’t micromanage us. Didn’t care how we got job done. A pleasure to work for.

    • @sammuller8331
      @sammuller8331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @MATTHEW JOHNSON Where was the Canadian s as military unit stationed in Vietnam? The only one I saw or ever met was my Cpt. Who served in U.S.Army in combat unit. I did 5 tours and only ran into civilian s and sob reporters. Saw pictures of ships in Hypong Harbor flying the Maple Leaf granted civilian ships. I was in II Core to IV Core maybe they were in I Core.

    • @rogergoodwin5533
      @rogergoodwin5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It needs to be known. Thank them properly. From V N. US of A. Nam vet.

  • @emperorsblade2786
    @emperorsblade2786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    American Soldier: I think I'll take a break in here seems quiet.
    Trees: Buổi sáng tốt lành
    American Soldier: ...

    • @michaeltheundeadmariachi4494
      @michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Translation of the Vietnamese quote?

    • @emperorsblade2786
      @emperorsblade2786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 it means good morning.

    • @hoanglongpham1794
      @hoanglongpham1794 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emperorsblade2786 good morning vietnam -cartoonz

    • @NBH-xh3nq
      @NBH-xh3nq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      American air support: cleanse it with FIRE!

    • @ichigamidenki
      @ichigamidenki 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emperorsblade2786 nah in Vietnamese good morning is chào buổi sáng

  • @KarlPHorse
    @KarlPHorse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    Joins the airforce: Ends up a pilot.
    Joins the navy or coast guard: Ends up ferrying SEALs behind enemy lines on a PT boat.
    Joins the Army or Marines in a non combat role: Still gets mortared and shot at by snipers.
    You really couldn't win in Vietnam.

    • @TyrannoJoris_Rex
      @TyrannoJoris_Rex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My grandpa fits that exact Navy description

    • @KarlPHorse
      @KarlPHorse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TyrannoJoris_Rex War sucks man, I am glad your Grandpa made it out ok. so that he could end up making an absolute badass baller like you. If he is till alive, please thank your Grandpa for his service for me. Your Grandpa was a badass my dude and so are you.

    • @notlikely4468
      @notlikely4468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Join the Dental Corps
      "This is my rifle
      And these are my gums!"

    • @Ariana321
      @Ariana321 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know... I think ending up a pilot could be considered something of a win, depending on what aircraft you were flying anyway.

    • @jobobyoo7297
      @jobobyoo7297 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      French lost After 10 years WITH 50000 zoldiers.usa 500 000 soldiers,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tapwatersoup6027
    @tapwatersoup6027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    tip: look at the trees
    edit: they can’t use the jungle if there is no jungle
    edit 2: watch out for the Lorax while burning the trees

    • @albertbarese4170
      @albertbarese4170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      If they’re speaking Vietnamese, run and scream “no please.”

    • @sovietwyatt3938
      @sovietwyatt3938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And then you fall In a spike pit

    • @asdasfasd1984
      @asdasfasd1984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone will use wall hacks so it won't work

    • @m1a1abramstank49
      @m1a1abramstank49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Napalm the trees

    • @AKA__Woosh
      @AKA__Woosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's why you burn it down.

  • @historyfan
    @historyfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Me: How do I survive Vietnam?
    Simple History: Don’t go.
    Me: My goodness, what an idea. Why didn’t I think of that?

    • @williamdissing1041
      @williamdissing1041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      whats the safest way of going skiing?

    • @charleswilson7371
      @charleswilson7371 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just nuke the North, with no people to fight you have nothing to worry about.

    • @josh_the_alien
      @josh_the_alien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@williamdissing1041 don't go!

    • @kevinbabu8919
      @kevinbabu8919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice Panther Tank you got there, HistoryFan. 👌

  • @brightraven8635
    @brightraven8635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1813

    "Easiest way to survive the Vietnam was not being an American"
    Me: *mission accomplished*

    • @vanillavilla.
      @vanillavilla. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      -the war ended tho
      A long time ago

    • @pierreprtn4059
      @pierreprtn4059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      or just do the same as the president : fake having bone spur

    • @damienrey8216
      @damienrey8216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "We did boys Vietnam is no more"

    • @ДокторЯдо
      @ДокторЯдо 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      How about being a Vietnamese.

    • @captainrex5223
      @captainrex5223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      South Vietnam is America’s ally I’m not American

  • @dariff5840
    @dariff5840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    1. Learned to speak Vietnamese
    2. Get inside a bush
    3. Yell "Người Mỹ! Người Mỹ!"
    4. Profit?

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds much better of being a translator

    • @povsok3858
      @povsok3858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Vietnamese word say AMERICAN AMERICAN

    • @LongHoang-ll7rb
      @LongHoang-ll7rb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sok Pov That's the point

    • @TheMackhoi
      @TheMackhoi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It means, "American Person! American Person!".

    • @hieulechi2548
      @hieulechi2548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah, we say "lính ngụy tới! Lính ngụy tới!"
      It means something that the army of south Vietnam comes

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Soldier: “WE NEED AIR SUPPORT ON SECTOR CHARLIE”
    Johnny Cash: “Oh I’m a pilot, that’s the way I’m gonna be, killing VC with jet engines behind me”

  • @jamieyang7589
    @jamieyang7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    US Citizen: “Wow, I just graduated from high school. Can’t wait to start a family with my GF from school.
    US MILITARY: *”Well guess what muthafucker”*

  • @tlshortyshorty5810
    @tlshortyshorty5810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    How to survive the Vietnam War:
    Wait till they issue the A1 variant

  • @NySiiS
    @NySiiS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    "The best way to survive the vietnam war was to not be in it in the first place"
    *every sixty seconds in africa, a minute passes*

    • @stukature
      @stukature 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *Together we can stop this*

  • @MikeJones-qn1gz
    @MikeJones-qn1gz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Next episode how to survive coming home :(

  • @anyoneanywhere8212
    @anyoneanywhere8212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Enjoy the war, because the peace will be terrible."
    And for many vietnam vets, it was.

  • @BunnyWitch17
    @BunnyWitch17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    How to dodge a US draft:
    Step 1: Be rich
    Step 2: Pay a doctor to diagnose you with bone spurs
    Step 3: Profit

    • @jameskellum4
      @jameskellum4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That was my answer bone spurs.

    • @felixdeneve3090
      @felixdeneve3090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Muffin_man17 hmmm donald trump

    • @joshuas.686
      @joshuas.686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@felixdeneve3090 if you had enough money to avoid a forced war, you'd do the same thing Trump did.

    • @Happyfayce
      @Happyfayce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I thought leftists were against the war so Im confused as to why they are mad about trump avoiding it

    • @i_know_youre_right_but
      @i_know_youre_right_but 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      STONKS

  • @metalinyourhead3604
    @metalinyourhead3604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    I think what is most appalling is how Vietnam veterans were treated when they got home. “Baby killers” they called them. They were harassed and abused for being involved in a conflict that they didn’t even start. It’s shameful.

    • @esaug644
      @esaug644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Or even wanted to be in

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Damn.....the soldier that got back home and got called a baby killer must be super stress out and felling despair..........

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bravo_99 so......the Vietnam war.....U.S. soldier force to sent in there.........

    • @felixdeneve3090
      @felixdeneve3090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Little Coward this comment is extremely ignorant both sides commited countless gruesome warcrimes, we shouldnt blame one side

    • @felixluna4184
      @felixluna4184 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mr-Ad-196 probably already killed himself

  • @slaytanicc
    @slaytanicc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Don’t listen to the trees and you will be fine.

    • @exicutioner161
      @exicutioner161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      but then you won’t know when you will die

  • @moosesnWoop
    @moosesnWoop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I always like the endings of these videos. It's always silent or with minimal sound and kind of give you a moment to reflect on what you watched. It adds a lot of gravity

  • @pimhls
    @pimhls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Trees in Vietnam: move a bit
    U.S. soldiers: so anyways, I started blasting

  • @antonchigurh2930
    @antonchigurh2930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    How to Survive Vietnam War:
    Find Carlos Hathcock and stay
    behind him no matter what

    • @valetyl5673
      @valetyl5673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👍

    • @comradejimmy3411
      @comradejimmy3411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or steal a boat lmao and escape if possible

    • @cay7809
      @cay7809 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or maybe be save by Benavides

    • @antonchigurh2930
      @antonchigurh2930 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cay7809 if you're a Green Beret go to Benavidez, but if you're a Marine you go find Hathcock.

  • @Tyu-b9i
    @Tyu-b9i 4 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    How to survive the Vietnam War: Don't be American
    Vietnamese people: Am I a joke to you?

    • @25husky
      @25husky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Be german or literally anything else, lmao

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@25husky ahaha.....

    • @SondreWingarElnes
      @SondreWingarElnes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahaha this one

    • @hey.itskyrie1405
      @hey.itskyrie1405 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You got me 🤣🤣

    • @Kimrothmony
      @Kimrothmony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Imagine you were drafted but you're Vietnamese who live in US

  • @carswithed2946
    @carswithed2946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    “Vietnam is home to no less than 37 different types of snakes”
    Aussies: that’s cute

  • @tristin6995
    @tristin6995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    “The safest way to go skiing is not go skiing at all”

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh, I didn't realize it was a trick question.

    • @flakeyfilms5792
      @flakeyfilms5792 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      But that doesn't make sense, you said "to go" meaning the individual had to be there.

    • @talebdaas
      @talebdaas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      avoid the military draft by escaping to canada !...as i know half a million American men done that during the war !

  • @wales2k4747
    @wales2k4747 4 ปีที่แล้ว +713

    How to singlehandedly win the Vietnam War:
    Get 25 kills without dying and call in nuclear airstrike.

    • @TomFromYoutube
      @TomFromYoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Life is no Nintendo game

    • @blank3683
      @blank3683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@TomFromTH-cam *boomer spotted*

    • @TomFromYoutube
      @TomFromYoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@blank3683 where?

    • @blank3683
      @blank3683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@TomFromTH-cam it is you

    • @TomFromYoutube
      @TomFromYoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@blank3683 nah my name is Tom. Not boomer.

  • @DeadChannel420
    @DeadChannel420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    Moral of the video: don't try to hide in the rice fields while you're in a Vietnam War

    • @lamgoldenboydo1630
      @lamgoldenboydo1630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The best choise is join Vietnamese's people army

  • @Taffygram
    @Taffygram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    lucky my grandfather did not get drafted and we still have him here today

    • @nonameman7114
      @nonameman7114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Lucky indeed, my grandfather went to nam. He wasn’t the same afterwards, he was home but his mind never really left the jungle.

    • @maxgoldberg3818
      @maxgoldberg3818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nonameman7114 same man, my grandad wasn’t even on the frontlines, he just got drafted in nam to repair trucks, I guess most of his buddies didn’t make it back in those trucks he had to fix bc he’s never been the same.

  • @Titus_Macedonicus
    @Titus_Macedonicus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Sponsor people: how many ads do you want?
    Simple history: yes

    • @Moonlight.Deadite
      @Moonlight.Deadite 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I only seen 2

    • @anthony42-
      @anthony42- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cohan Does stuff to be honest there want that many ads in the first place

    • @joemamaobama6863
      @joemamaobama6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does give good content

    • @cmcphotography1
      @cmcphotography1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And thats when the big bucks start rolling in

  • @definitelynotbeans5639
    @definitelynotbeans5639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    Step one: Burn down all the trees
    Step two: Don’t go near any trees
    Step three: if the trees start speaking Vietnamese, Napalm and run

    • @soldierdude1064
      @soldierdude1064 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      true

    • @toyue4201
      @toyue4201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But how survive if you are Vietnamese and you see a Jet incoming?

    • @brandonserr634
      @brandonserr634 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@toyue4201 ask a Russian supervisor if you shoot the missile now or in a few seconds

    • @anormalotakunavyguy8079
      @anormalotakunavyguy8079 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just be careful cause our special force can now can disguise as grass and mud to

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "My name is Nguyen, and I speak for the trees!"
      "I've got the napalm, and I'll do as I please."

  • @ethanzane7648
    @ethanzane7648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    How to survive the Vietnam War
    Step 1 : Run
    Step 2 : Just keep running

  • @zeropelli7026
    @zeropelli7026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    How to survive 'nam
    Step 1: be a woman
    Step 2: don't be 18
    Step 2: that's it

    • @user-pf3uk2lv3e
      @user-pf3uk2lv3e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Or simply:
      1. Don’t be born between 1955-1975

    • @Snubnose456
      @Snubnose456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@user-pf3uk2lv3e More like 1940 - 1950.

    • @rewardunkind4541
      @rewardunkind4541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Get a dishonorable discharge

    • @nrz4000paronmen
      @nrz4000paronmen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Step 3 : born in 1965

    • @dodiandhika6684
      @dodiandhika6684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Step 5: not borned

  • @baroncaledon5940
    @baroncaledon5940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    About to watch this with my great-grandfather who fought in the pacific in WW2, korea and Vietnam

  • @user-th8cw8ku8w
    @user-th8cw8ku8w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Bro all the ghost of the vietnam war be watching this like “ oh why did I not think about that”

    • @kiwisark8055
      @kiwisark8055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      'don't be American'
      60000 American ghosts: 'damn why didn't I think of that'

    • @optzeropt
      @optzeropt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment deserves more likes

  • @nicholasmock5285
    @nicholasmock5285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Healthy young American male: "Oh, boy! I can't wait to own a house, start a family, and have a long healthy life."
    LBJ: "Okay good...b-but you're going to have to put a pin in that for a second."

  • @angbandsbane
    @angbandsbane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One crucial tip is knowing CCR's other awesome songs so you don't go crazy listening to Fortunate Son on loop.

  • @Ryan-ed1lq
    @Ryan-ed1lq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    4:58 Anyone else getting flashbacks to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun?

  • @chauntikleer
    @chauntikleer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    My method for surviving the Vietnam War: being born in 1974.

    • @theemptylegend0
      @theemptylegend0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How to survive life: Don’t die

  • @sctm81
    @sctm81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Wow, can we all just take a moment and appreciate what these then young men, by no choice of their own, went through in an unfortunate war far away from home?

  • @mikitz
    @mikitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    'Say no to drugs.'
    WWII Germany and Finland: 'Wait, it's possible to fight sober?'

  • @kbtiger1279
    @kbtiger1279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    How to survive the Vietnam War
    Step 1: Don’t get drafted
    Step 2: Repeat Step 1

    • @ryanmcsharry9405
      @ryanmcsharry9405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dang, why didn't the people who got drafted think of this?

  • @Painter.Wane92
    @Painter.Wane92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    "How to survive the Vietnam War?" Just be the son of a rich person.

    • @trollingnoobs8384
      @trollingnoobs8384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Like Trump

    • @georgeemil3618
      @georgeemil3618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Nospam Spamisham Nixon and Kissinger were Democrats?

    • @zachlang1982
      @zachlang1982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George Emil LBJ... 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @echodelta4250
      @echodelta4250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "It ain't me... I'm no fortunate son..."

    • @thekiller7994
      @thekiller7994 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Be gay

  • @j.e.clockwork3058
    @j.e.clockwork3058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    how to survive Vietnam:
    almost get your name drawn during the "lottery" right as it gets interrupted by a special announcement from the government saying it's putting a permanent halt to the draft.
    Based on a true story, My dad was watching the broadcast and the initials of his first name and full last name along with part of his social was just barely inches on-screen when the broadcast was interrupted by a special announcement from the president declaring the official cancelation of the draft, making military service voluntary only from that point on.

  • @thefork3525
    @thefork3525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My great uncle actually met Elvis when he was in the army, and apparently the officers at the base were thinking about having him preform for the other men there.

  • @shants4190
    @shants4190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    How to survive the Vietnam War: Move to Canada.

    • @wardensphoenix5065
      @wardensphoenix5065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fisher should be easy, I already live there

    • @talebdaas
      @talebdaas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      as i know half a million American men done that during the war !

  • @ALcaponechannel
    @ALcaponechannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    US Marine: Oh, hi trees
    Tree: Shh... I'm amBUSHing
    US Marine: Right.....

    • @nismo3871
      @nismo3871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh yes what if your grandfather was a tree

    • @MoskusMoskiferus1611
      @MoskusMoskiferus1611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This Pun doesn't sounds good

  • @prestigious7234
    @prestigious7234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    You forgot to mention: after you get home, surviving agent Orange.

    • @trollingnoobs8384
      @trollingnoobs8384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @caboose4895
      @caboose4895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My grandpa has heart problems from his exposure to agent orange during his tour in the Vietnam war.

    • @raptordoniv6779
      @raptordoniv6779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jacob .Yeaton was he American or Vietnamese?

    • @miguelitoantonio1950
      @miguelitoantonio1950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And vernial disease

    • @hoppinggnomethe4154
      @hoppinggnomethe4154 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caboose4895 if you aren't disabled, then you are a goddamn liar... wait, then mom or dad must be disabled or you are a goddamn liar

  • @shelbylover1359
    @shelbylover1359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandpa was a sailor in the Vietnam war. He told me that sometimes sailors had to fight on ground with the marines. He told me many things and some stories that he had when he fought on the ground

  • @Wavemaninawe
    @Wavemaninawe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Q: How To Survive the Vietnam War
    1. Make friends with Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez.
    2. Give him your morphine stash, a bayonet and a stretcher... and then stand way, WAY back.

    • @chudthug
      @chudthug 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wut

    • @freyawion5337
      @freyawion5337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

    • @duck5304
      @duck5304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Logan Parent Roy Benavidez is a badass Medal of Honor recipient

    • @f-15estrikeeagle35
      @f-15estrikeeagle35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Make friends with Roy Benavidez and Lauri Torni

    • @talebdaas
      @talebdaas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      avoid the military draft by escaping to canada !...as i know half a million American men done that during the war !

  • @zigzag2527
    @zigzag2527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Next episode: How to survive PTSD.

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @SgtBaker16 Because those that did most likely died.

    • @AndreIguodalaFan55
      @AndreIguodalaFan55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ceu160193 OH YEAH

    • @AndreIguodalaFan55
      @AndreIguodalaFan55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ceu160193 THEY JUST GOT VECTORED

    • @gerogegerog5926
      @gerogegerog5926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One way out scuicide

    • @justananomaly
      @justananomaly 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @SgtBaker16 Not true. Most Vietnam vets, mainly Marines and Army, have PTSD. Dumbass

  • @majorcorn0526
    @majorcorn0526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Simple: get jail for refusing to accept the draft in the first place.

    • @terranceaddison4599
      @terranceaddison4599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      And have a criminal record?

    • @Conitech
      @Conitech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Easy and simple

    • @backwoodsjunkie08
      @backwoodsjunkie08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@terranceaddison4599 better than dying for a senseless war

    • @GStudios777
      @GStudios777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      820,,, and be a hippie!!!? Lol,,, no thanks

    • @jtim83
      @jtim83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Move to Canada when you get drafted (some did)

  • @gilgamesh310
    @gilgamesh310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +458

    I’d prefer to be labelled a “draft dodger” for avoiding the war, than being labelled a “baby killer” after suffering their the actual war.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Yes it was a stupid war by stupid politicians seeking only to advance their own careers and personal lives who didn't even have the backbone to decently support the people they were sending to die for them.

    • @gilgamesh310
      @gilgamesh310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@KandiKlover Muhammed Ali made the right call at the time.

    • @obijuanquenobi1911
      @obijuanquenobi1911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      We should just have the politicians fight each other on their own even though it might not be fair for some cases. Abraham Lincoln was actually a wrestler who played 300 matches and lost once. He’s even in the wrestling hall of fame. He might end up breaking Jefferson Davis’s spine.

    • @Zeunknown1234
      @Zeunknown1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gilgamesh310 stop glorifying religions fool

    • @murchy8981
      @murchy8981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Zeunknown1234 Where did he glorify religions?

  • @panzerfaust_393
    @panzerfaust_393 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    The best way to survive the vietnam War is to not be in it
    SOMRONE GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL

    • @ghostcreeper243
      @ghostcreeper243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *someone

    • @iceswallowpiss8376
      @iceswallowpiss8376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh how do you can survive when u in the milittary

    • @goggles6776
      @goggles6776 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sir_Bolchevek _ um many men where sent there because there was a war conscription.

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or join the National Guard or the Army reserves .

  • @lienemannca15
    @lienemannca15 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Simple History in 5 years: How to survive COVID-19.
    Also Simple History in 5 years: What COVID-19 was like.

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    "Say No to Drugs"
    Everyone including Me: *Anti-Drug ads and all, being nostalgic

  • @-Wreckanize-
    @-Wreckanize- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your F4 cockpit animation was spot on. Well done.

  • @Teaspoon9205
    @Teaspoon9205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Simple: avoid the trees or drink an Age Potion to avoid age 18.

    • @AngelSnowGlitch
      @AngelSnowGlitch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bưng phở xong chưa bạn?

    • @tuananhphung577
      @tuananhphung577 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hoặc là đơn giản là uống nước
      à quên 3 que 45 năm không có nước vẫn sống tốt

    • @toastytoast9800
      @toastytoast9800 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Move to a neutral country

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      W-what

    • @HoChiMeme
      @HoChiMeme 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get drunk with the enemy hahaahshshaaha

  • @Bigstarrocker9
    @Bigstarrocker9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Coming back from Vietnam it's over
    "Nothing is over!"

    • @Rebecca-nw2ce
      @Rebecca-nw2ce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rambo reference!

    • @Bigstarrocker9
      @Bigstarrocker9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Rebecca-nw2ce
      "You just don't turn it off!"

    • @ben-kf9mh
      @ben-kf9mh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bigstarrocker9 weeb

    • @ramid2454
      @ramid2454 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ben-kf9mh I hope you arent serious

    • @ben-kf9mh
      @ben-kf9mh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ramid2454 I HATE, weebs

  • @shuriken_x
    @shuriken_x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    "One of the deadliest Snipers of the vietnamese forces is a woman called apache"
    *laughs in White Feather*

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's that?

    • @dreamshooter90
      @dreamshooter90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Whites feather killed her while she was taking a piss.

    • @lehoang3532
      @lehoang3532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Though the whole issue has never been confirmed. We Vietnamese expresses serious doubt over this story.

    • @anpro2104
      @anpro2104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Simo hayha ?

    • @noktinnkynoktinnky1329
      @noktinnkynoktinnky1329 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anpro2104 no that ww2

  • @GuyMaleMan
    @GuyMaleMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    “How to survive the Vietnam War” in summary;
    You can’t

  • @kermitthefrog7425
    @kermitthefrog7425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Trees: speak
    U.S soldier: *chuckles* I'm in danger

    • @Stellar001100
      @Stellar001100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agent Orange: *Imma ruin this guy's career...*

  • @auberginereverie
    @auberginereverie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    2:37 You can barely see he has invisible bullets (hint: the frontmost guy)

    • @fork2309
      @fork2309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Flash hider?
      Also its his muzzle flash ofc his bullets aint visible

    • @ndhart3213
      @ndhart3213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know, hacks.

    • @Monkeh516
      @Monkeh516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hax

    • @axetheviking6482
      @axetheviking6482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Plot twist: it's intentional because his M16 jammed and he didn't realize.

  • @whitepotato9913
    @whitepotato9913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Simple history: posts a video
    Everyone:memes

    • @pedrofernandezpena2
      @pedrofernandezpena2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Simple History: uploads video
      Me: 6:51 *Skyrim Flashbacks* 😳

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pedrofernandezpena2 ok

  • @inforism.
    @inforism. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    the best way to survive is never being there in the first place.
    “Bell, we got a job to do.”

    • @Bushwhackerdk
      @Bushwhackerdk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bell, do what i say take the right path not the left

  • @xensan76
    @xensan76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Get some politicians who actually know what they're doing.

    • @lostronin380
      @lostronin380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A damn good point that is. Agreed 👍

  • @seacow8114
    @seacow8114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Step 1: try not to steal the rice. Step 2: shoot trees step 3: camouflage

    • @humberthagansayan773
      @humberthagansayan773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      [] Nate []
      That's why the South Koreans won the Vietnam war thanks to the US and the Philippines for helping them in the Korean War
      Second: South Koreans didn't use camouflage and they have good rice that's why they didn't steal rice
      Third:when they realized an ambush was attacking them and saw their traps. They shot the Vietnamese,collected their weapons and found and destroyed their traps

    • @independentquebec3500
      @independentquebec3500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Step 4:Kill civilians and then don't get caught

    • @NorwaysGreatestSon
      @NorwaysGreatestSon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@independentquebec3500 Thats a Warcrime thats illegal man

    • @trollingnoobs8384
      @trollingnoobs8384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NorwaysGreatestSon that actually happen in Vietnam war, and you know who kill them? Yes it's America

    • @seacow8114
      @seacow8114 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys I was just joking

  • @Kameruner
    @Kameruner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    1: stay low
    2: stay frosty
    3: shoot anything in the trees

  • @cheeseman6016
    @cheeseman6016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks you I needed this

  • @blackopsguysemperfi
    @blackopsguysemperfi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thankfully I was not of the generation sent to Vietnam; however, my grandfather went there. He was force recon during the war. I do not know much of his service, but I ran into one of his friends who was in Vietnam with him. From what I got from him, it sounded like my grandfather did some crazy things from what I was told. He survived the war though, dealt with a divorce, stayed in the corp and made it to the rank of E7, and retired after 24 years of service. He still had time after service and became a detective. Sadly we lost him in 03 from cancer caused by agent orange.

  • @mrcarrot5697
    @mrcarrot5697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "I'm Finally Home after surviving that damn dirty Jungle!"
    Hong Kong Flu of 1968: "no. WE are home."

    • @Vulkanprimarch
      @Vulkanprimarch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Michael Wolff Yeah the ending of the video really gave a sense of despair. And then the outro just being silent menacing jungle. Really great creative choices by simple history.

    • @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870
      @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats no flu... that's Nova 6.

  • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
    @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Step 1: Don’t live in Vietnam
    Step 2: Be a woman to not be drafted

    • @wanderingjuniper
      @wanderingjuniper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So few people seems to have recognised the Vietnamese, certainly not Simple History.

    • @ZstackZip
      @ZstackZip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me, a trans woman:
      (Crab rave intensifies)

    • @comradepolarbear6920
      @comradepolarbear6920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ZstackZip nah, you not safe. Unless you've got the surgery done they gonna inject you with testosterone.

    • @hngh6404
      @hngh6404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ZedstackZip05 When you realise that you are a trans woman in the 60’s:
      (Crab rave stops)
      (Coffin dance starts)

    • @micahdadbeh5955
      @micahdadbeh5955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ZedstackZip05 you’re still not safe even today. Trans women still have to register for selective service.
      Edit: the reason being is that the selective service does not have any protocol in place for trans people. If you are a trans man you are safe you don’t have to register.

  • @Fielza
    @Fielza ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:52 "You guys give up, or are you thirsty for more?"

  • @seelz1136
    @seelz1136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    4:50 can we talk about the position he was holding his extinguisher

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I've seen some old fire extinguishers that had the hose fixed in that position. I asked someone about it and they said it was to make it harder to accidentally spray yourself in a panic but if you've ever met a fresh grunt you'd have to say they'd probably still manage to do it anyways

    • @MrSgtkarl
      @MrSgtkarl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a medal of honor rising sun reference

    • @mEmEzMaN...
      @mEmEzMaN... 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      SGT Karl_thegamer yeah

  • @-Kc1937-
    @-Kc1937- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "The war was never over, for me it never ended..." Cliff Hudson also know as Steve Blum the voice actor for Tank Dempsey in the infamous black ops series and cod WAW

  • @aramduck8679
    @aramduck8679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    How to survive the vietnam war: *grabs hammer*
    *breaks leg*
    *P R O B L E M S O L V E D*

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Drill Sgt: HAHA, you'll be out of that cast in a month son!

  • @Sajovo
    @Sajovo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Simple history 5 years later: how to survive vovid in 2020
    All of us as adults: this is how i survived son

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    If Forrest Gump was able to survive the Vietnam War, I'm pretty sure anyone can

  • @zero11010
    @zero11010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I heard that having rich parents and “bone spurs” was a great way to live through that war.

    • @wandaswavely2523
      @wandaswavely2523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or Asthma, though Corn Pop gave him a run for his money

    • @brycesolomon9933
      @brycesolomon9933 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wanda Swavely but did he learn about roaches?

    • @ok-70707
      @ok-70707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So basically being j wish

    • @hugdeeznuttz3458
      @hugdeeznuttz3458 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      President Bone Spurs the draft dodger

    • @ctgslayer
      @ctgslayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you go and come back you’re a baby killer, if your country tries to force you into a war you don’t wanna fight you’re a draft dodger...

  • @Sammmmmmmm617
    @Sammmmmmmm617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    "How To Survice The Vietnam War."
    Dodge The Draft lmao