Aviation Storytellers: Surviving the Hanoi Hilton with Lt COL (RET) Barry Bridger

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  • Lt. Col Barry Bridger presents his incredible story of how he and other Prisoners of War were treated and how they survived. Barry spent 6 years at the Hanoi Hilton. This presentation was made possible by Trust Vets, First Command Financial Services and hosted at Rasmussen College, Blaine MN.
    Filmed by North Metro TV located in Blaine, Minnesota. For copies visit northmetrotv.com

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  • @jmp.t28b99
    @jmp.t28b99 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wonderful talk/speech by one of our brave warriors.

  • @joansemenec1387
    @joansemenec1387 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for your service and welcome home, Lt. Col. Bridger!! I definitely appreciate your good sense of humor at the very beginning of your story when you talked about your wife because that really made me laugh. There's no doubt in my mind that your wife loves your good sense of humor and the fact that you were such a brave warrior while you were in Vietnam. Again, thank you for your service and for protecting my rights and freedoms that are afforded me through the U.S. Constitution because what you did is really awesome. I can't imagine the amount of pain that you and your fellow soldiers went through as POWs in Vietnam. Hugs from me to you and your fellow soldiers who were POWs in Vietnam as well as all of the other wars that our country has fought in when it comes to our service men and women who have fallen victim to becoming a POW. I hope and pray that all of our POWs from the Vietnam War through the most recent war in Iraq will all be found and brought home before it's way too late so that they can all be accounted for as well as all of the MIAs from these wars (the same goes for WW1 and WW2).

  • @tottosan
    @tottosan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was true heros. I salute them and the poor souls that did not make it.

  • @ridcomics9364
    @ridcomics9364 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Man this guy has been through some bad nightmare yet he talks so smart and right on the point.
    I really enjoyed listening to this man speak he has one hell of story people need to hear.
    Cheers to you and all those who where in that terrible place for so long.

  • @DonCarlosHormozi
    @DonCarlosHormozi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I met him. He's extremely hyper and full of energy even at his age. He couldn't stop talking about his business.

  • @jimcampbell7045
    @jimcampbell7045 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This dude Bridger is a genius

  • @MrTwotimess
    @MrTwotimess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd love to see and hear from other POWs who weren't kept at the Hilton, but survived in the dreadful jungle prison camps. We never hear their stories.

    • @Marauder623
      @Marauder623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeremiah Denton was kept at many different camps including ones in the jungle. Dieter (main subject of Rescue Dawn), the only known person to ever escape an NVA/Vietcong POW camp and live to tell the tale.

    • @rickstandish6690
      @rickstandish6690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Find the book "Survivors" by Zalin Grant.

  • @jefflegg8139
    @jefflegg8139 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The POWS not withstanding we, the American citizenry, have not even begun to apologize and bring restitution to these brave men who, to this day, continue to live this period of their lives as now old men.

    • @NanaSevers
      @NanaSevers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeff Legg unfortunately the returning soldiers and POWs were not treated with respect. They suffer to this day with their injuries and PTSD. They still need to have support from the VA. I remember watching the returning POWs get off the planes and crying I was so proud of them.

  • @captainchaos3053
    @captainchaos3053 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's amazing what we can endure to survive when we must. Training is only a glimpse. But could be worse, could of been a German concentration camp, or maybe a Russian gulag. But good for you sir, never give up.

  • @TheWorld4all
    @TheWorld4all 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lt. Col Barry Bridger should be our president.

  • @jefflegg8139
    @jefflegg8139 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Michael Angel... You could not be more correct.

  • @kevinhillman1201
    @kevinhillman1201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And your US Government did nothing to avenge the treatment of US POWs. At the return of the Pows it became obvious of the torture.

  • @tr8rsn4k36
    @tr8rsn4k36 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can we elect this guy for president? Seriously.

  • @maureentanguay5607
    @maureentanguay5607 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lt. Col. Do you have the names of the people in your audience? I am almost certain the person on the end of 2nd row is my son. The one in the gold blazer. I have not seen him since he joined the USAF in 1980. Hope you can help.

    • @annafrancis5530
      @annafrancis5530 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maureen Tanguay I noticed that this was posted a few years ago. I don't mean to get personal or anything but if you have your son's full name, you can most definitely look him up online if you are trying to reach him, Im not sure if that's what you are trying to do, but you may have better luck doing it that way.

  • @playinragz
    @playinragz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This story is why no American should knee during our anthem. Get that NFL players? Prolly not!

    • @Marauder623
      @Marauder623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Freedom of expression, like it or not that is framed in the constitution and human rights convention.

    • @kellymay3774
      @kellymay3774 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I guess you’re a white person not getting killed in the streets by police 👮🏿‍♂️

  • @96hoangkieutrinh84
    @96hoangkieutrinh84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Have you ever thought of how brutally were Vietnamese prisoners and soilders treated?

    • @erichaynes7502
      @erichaynes7502 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe a good idea to make a video about this?

    • @stephenvince9994
      @stephenvince9994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope

    • @NanaSevers
      @NanaSevers 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope it was done according to the Geneva Convention. But personally, idc!

    • @manueladarazsdi9675
      @manueladarazsdi9675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh for the love of god. We as Americans get to feel sympathy for our soldiers without being guilted and shamed into silence.

    • @olentangyriver1191
      @olentangyriver1191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      96. I have read about it it's terrible. I have to say Americans love to scream about our second amendment rights but damn well won't let anyone who opposed them to speak