How young soldiers got one of the most dangerous jobs in the Vietnam War: long range jungle recon
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- Veterans of Vietnam's long range reconnaissance patrols describe how they got into LRRP units in Shadows in the Jungle - Ep. 1 "I'd like to offer you a job..."
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Finally these men get the recognition they deserve!
They always shuld as fightingmen regardless of politics country or era In every war you get called for by your country but end up fighting for your brothers and survival
former Royal navy Commando medic...respect thank you
Brit here, so thank you too.
OMG. LURPS! We were in awe of these guys in Quang Tri. In our AO they would go out in a six-man team and call arty or air strikes on NVA or VC units. The NVA were taking serious amounts of casualties from the LRRPs and there were bounties on the heads of them. One day I heard them on my Battalion Net screaming for emergency extraction. They said that the had been found and were fending off the NVA. We could hear the fierce firefight on their radio transmissions. They stopped transmitting and then we heard someone say, on the radio, in a Vietnamese accent, "Fuck you GI". and then nothing. The extraction choppers kept calling them, but nothing. It was a really sad day.
Thats serious shit. Year?
The NVA eventually formed their own version of Lurps to track the Lurps, different from the usual 3-man VC trail watchers...well, you know...
You have my total respect gents.
From a British army veteran.
Yes total respect. Also from a war veteran..
Thanks guys . You guys were unbelievable warriors. Behind enemy lines. All of you were smiling. You must of liked your jobs at that time. Glad you made it home.
Still quite happy to be alive....
These Men were Hunters ! Not trappers. Studs is an Understatement !!
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Absolute STUDS!!! I was trained by Vietnam vets, these guys are incredible. Massive respect to these warriors!
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When I was a boy I came to, via my father, to meet and know a few LRRPs. Men's men and true warriors, heroes to me.
The LRRPs were fearless. God Bless them all. 9th Inf Div, 3/5 Cav, 67-68
True Warriors and the LRRP Units had courage and bravery. Thank you for your service in the Vietnam War. 💪👃✨
Ecstatic these men are getting their day along with all Vietnam vets!
"Six Silent Men" is a great series!
In Viet Nam I saw way to much killings 24 hours day and night, bombs, mine fields, the rain, the heat of the jungle, this was over 50 years ago, I am still a mess us kids at age 20 killing in Nam was a f.. nightmare. We came back to our country, who treated us like shit .For those of us who made it back to the USA, we were hated for doing a war job we were forced to do
When i returned i never had anyone confront me with their hatred.I guess because to this day i still have people tell me i am the meanest SOB they ever met. I think i am a nice guy but people say i am intimidating.
Have read most, maybe all of Gary Linder's books on his time with the LURPS and related stories. I highly recommend them for anyone with interest in this subject. Thanks to these men for their sacrifice and service
Thanks for that info I will certainly look them up. I read a Book a while back about The Small Teams That were part of The South African Reconnaissance units, engaged in The Angolan Bush Wars of The 70s. They operated in Two man Teams and the stuff the got involved in was simply incredible.
Still blows my mind with all the Vietnam war movies ever made, why there is not one accurately telling the story of the LRRPs. FNA guys!
This is what happens when "military" and "intelligence" are used together, the result is neither. God Damned Army, and gook food, we're having a picnic in the jungle....
1967 Bing Dinh, I was a straight leg grunt, but sent on and eight man LRRP (two four man teams "on a snoop and poop") once, for two weeks. 'Got lucky. nothing happened... The bird that picked me (with a PRC 25) and one other man up first, did a "Hammerhead" (at least 20 times) while the other three birds picked up the other six, to keep one M60 trained on the Pick-up Zone... (No gun-ships) Rollercoasters, phiiitt!
Read my comment from chris scotellaro. Grateful to you. Peace ✌️
I read a book in high school about lerp units in Vietnam LRRP and I was hooked with special forces and Black ops from that day forward and that inspired my career to be a scout sniper play lone ranger Constance and force reconnaissance scouts out ahead of the main units sometime in 2 and 3 man teams sometimes by myself
Im adding this comment bcuz as a writer I know these men need their own dedicated film on their service. The screenplay Im doing now is about a LRRP soldier returning home to Verona, nj in 1967. BACK TO THE WORLD is a wkg title. I’ve done a lot of research ofc but now would be honored speaking with any one willing to reply. Grateful to you. My cousin PVT ANTHONY V HEIN KIA Dar Loc Provence August 7, 1968. RIP Tony. We all love you. Peace ✌️
How did these people walk around with balls so big?
We let the marines carry them for us. :>)
Well, an extraordinary presentation, thanks so much guys
I love listening to these men's stories. They have seen a side of life few live to talk about, volunteered for it no less !
I must have read every book printed about LRRPs, Long Range Patrols and Force Recon and probably missed a few. The courage, steel nerves, and dedication of these young men brought to the war in Vietnam us unbelievable. Their stories need to be brought to everyone who witnessed the Vietnam war. God Bless each of you and thank you for your service.
I was young dumb and clueless as to what i was getting into. Looking back over the years i wonder how i was so crazy and yet survived. When young you think you are invincible.
My first job out of high school was at a machine shop owned by a guy who was in one of these units. He told us some stories that were harrowing, better than Hollywood type stuff.
I enlisted in 1966, graduated high school one day and was in basic the next. Volunteered for Vietnam so was stationed in Europe. Got out after first enlistment and worked for police department for a year and a half, got bored, reenlisted, volunteered for Vietnam again and was there five months after enlisting. Intelligence liked my record from the police and asked if i would like to work for them so jumped at the chance to work undercover intelligence. Busted a group of Americans selling goods to communists so intelligence was even more impressed. They offered me LRRP school at Tan Son Nhut and i graduated in last class April 72, then was offered chance to join MACV/SOG. They said our units were out of field by April 72 but i was in field until November 72, then was part of Nixon's cutback to have 27k left in country, so flew out of Vietnam on 30 November 1972.
LRRP RECONDO SCHOOL. I remember my older cousin who was in Nam like my dad an officer in 5th SF. The stories I was told. Long Range Recon patrol black pajamas group
My Drill Sergeant at Fort Knox in 1976 wore a LRRP tab on his uniform. He was amazing. I will never forget his name.
Welcome home,thank you all so much for your service 👊🏻🇺🇸
Thank you for your services to this country.
Wow ! Hats off to these men ! 🙏's
Whenever my Life Starts becoming miserable I think of you guys that fought in the Vietnam War and I start to man up if you guys had to suffer like that it's not going to hurt me a bit to suffer a little
Reminds me of the story about a man who felt sorry for himself because he had no shoes. Then he saw a man who had no feet. Always appreciate how good things are for you in life.
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By the way, this is an old Arab proverb:
"I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet"
Thank y’all for your service
How's they ever get on the Slicks with those giant balls of steel?
This is sublime. A+ production values. Seamless. Mesmerizing. Sometimes uncanny.
Don't be 1st. Don't be last. And DONT VOLUNTEER.
Gary Linderers Phantom Warriors books are fantastic. The collection of stories from LRRPs, LRPs and Rangers from all over the US Army are absolutely incredible. Just nutso stories that are told so well. It really upsets me there hasn’t been a Band Of Brothers type mini series or Saving Private Ryan caliber film about these men.
3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66
Guys I never served wished I had
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Stay strong
As an RTO I survived one of the most dangerous jobs in the field of Battle. I did my best to explain to those who were not in Vietnam what it was really like for us who served. Titled. Vietnam No Regrets
My dad's buddy was a LRRP in the 173rd and he was the biggest badass I've ever known. The guy was stone cold. Here's the kicker--he was only 19 when he was a LRRP. And kids today wonder what gender they are at 19.
If they have to wonder, then they are not men.
Much respect to all of you and Welcome home.
They could read and draw maps. No soldier I’ve talked with in 10 years can do either.
I have been in those same jungle s ok.doing special ops.six men only on the hunt for the enemy ok.very dangerous work back then.vietnam ok.former solder USRanger.1968 1970.
Thanks for posting this. A friend of mine growing up was a LRRP soldier. I went Navy.
I met a retired navy guy once when going to school for my degree in electronics. I asked him if what i heard about the navy was true. He said he didn't know, what did i hear. I said i heard they only kept them around to give BJ'S to the marines. He looked at me and busted out laughing. We were buds from that day forward.
Welcome Home.
my father was a ww2 and Korea vet, my bother went into the marines in 1968, he is 8 years older than me. i remeber the night before he left for basic training, my father told him- Son, when you get to vietnam, if anyone ever asks for volunteers for something, NEVER, EVER Volunteer.............
Incredible Presentation
Confident Oration
Amazing Vibe as They Explain Themselves
Immense History
Wonderful Humanistics
Thank You for This Good Work Great Man
it is really important for the free world to see, hear these back-home soldiers tell their stories, for the free world to know our soldiers can do what they fought to learn, develop
Soul Patrol the story of the first all black LRRP team.
For the most part/LURPS operated inside Nam while SOG operated Outside of Nam! If anyone is confused?
LRRPs also ran missions in Cambodia. Largely SOG and LRRPs had very similar mission scopes. LRRPs had more on mission experience because almost all of their training was achieved through running live missions.
Thanks. I always wondered where they dropped us. They never told us. Just gave us maps with marked positions for target areas and where to be picked up.
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I was blown up my first week in NAM. Was walking into a bar in Saigon and Charlie threw a satchel charge in in front of me. It blew me out of the building and across the street. Don't remember any pain, but had ringing in my ears and numerous shrapnel cuts but nothing serious. I went back to my hootch and bandaged myself up. We didn't bother doc unless it was something serious. If i had went to see doc or to the hospital i would have received a purple heart. The one medal no one ever wanted to receive.
Thanks to them. CWO4 USN RET
At last we get to hear from these amazing guys who fought THE NECESSARY WAR . Think about what the world might have looked like had the US not made that stand. It was tough but it was vital. Brave men.
Heroes, all.
I remember in 1969 Vietnam some of us soldiers eating 'LURPS', the Long Range Patrol rations. They were freeze-dried, vacuum-packed, individual rations in an outer zip-lock, clear-plastic bag to keep out moisture. They contained beef hash, chili con carne, and spaghetti with meat sauce, and a few other 'delicacies'. They were, for the most part, a hell of a lot tastier than the canned c-rations.
There are some great books out there on the LRRPs. Some of the story's of the missions that these guys did are seat of your pants reading you cant put the book down.
Bill Carpenter , Tiger Force HHC 1ST BN 327 ABN INFANTRY 1ST BDE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
1966 67 we were a kick ass Recon unit
Thank you for your service Sir!
How many dinks did you put to sleep?
These men are TRUE patriots!! Willing to fight and die for their country. They deserve nothing but our utmost respect!
God bless❤
Is there a longer version? This was like a teaser
This channel is a mess. They need to fire whoever does their editing or whoever is behind the decision making of releasing these in short clips. All of these short 8 minute video should have been put together into one video that had some coherence. I cannot stand channels like this who try to milk every bit of content for everything it's worth rather than actually respecting these vets who took the time to sit down and interview.
Welcome Home
Solders? Title misspelled… But good site.
I would love to be able to contact Mr Linderer. I think I knew him after his service. I believe my Dad got him into his VFW post in California.
respect, as a former dutch commando.
Were you the ones who wore kilts ? :>)
LERRPS were special. Special crazy maybe. Night patrol was the WORST duty you could draw. Stumble around in pitch-black in a jungle Charlie knew where every plant was, and you had NO IDEA what you were doing. "Make a sound, and you'll draw fire!" No kidding...I SWEAR Westmoreland had a deal with body bag makers-or with Batesville Casket company!
I always liked the dark as i used it for concealment and to find the enemy
Marine Corps infantry did this over and over. I know. I was one.
had these guys already done 90 days on tour? i thought you had to have previous combat experience before going into this unit? it sounds like they were recruited straight off the plane
The various LRP units had short schools for new guys + only 1 new guy at a time on a mission. The Recondo school at Nha Trang, run by SF, was excellent - lots of guys went to that school. Also, many LRP's were 2nd tour, having been line grunts on their 1st tour.
Additionally, in LRP units, there were also many foreign born soldiers who had "illegally emigrated" from Soviet Bloc Communist countries - they hated Communists with a passion.
Further, after the Congo Wars wound down, you would see that some former mercenaries had joined the U.S. Army and did Vietnam in LRP units, which after 1969 were organized as the 75th Ranger Bn.
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These suicide missions were called "Lurps", if I'm not mistaken. I remember reading about them. This was like 60 some years ago. I was 16 years old, Canadian kid, father served in Korea, idiot that I was, I tried to enlist just after I turned 18, got turned back at the border. Funny how some stuff just stays with you.
Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, LRRP pronounced Lurp, I was in a descendant of those units, Long Range Surveillance Unit in Central America.
“Solders”?
MAC V SOG
RLTW/SUA SPONTE
Great information.
Acts chapter 2 verse 38.
We no longer LERP.
Now, we LARP.
Great Americans.
Lurps
I'm not half the man.Any of these men are
Realizing that makes you twice the man of what most are
Американцы совершили много военных преступлений во Вьетнаме.
Its called war, you do what you have to do
Immoral.
I sure wish I would have gotten the same Judge as Larry Cole my Judge didn't give me a choice he sent me to CYA/YTS Welcome home and I honor your service!!! My father was a WWII combat soldier didn't talk to much about it he would always tell us he fought in the big war!!!
Tf was this about down not make me give them recognition in any way well wasted my time with this video on my way to forget about them because i dont care about soldiers or usa yall do nothing for us citizens
You should have stayed in school, then maybe you could have written a cognitive statement.
Well, an extraordinary presentation, thanks so much guys