I understand. My brother had a massive heart attack while flying an Army Huey rescuing wounded soldiers in Vietnam. We couldn't find him for 6 months. Thank God he survived 🙏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for your service Colonel! I enlisted in the Army in 1974 straight out of high school, your eloquence and forgiveness is exemplary. I am not a combat vet (Signal Corps. Instructor) but my grandfather was a WW1 combat Vet, my father WW2 and Korean War combat Vet, and I and my three older brothers enlisted, all US Army! We "Ground Pounders" always appreciate air cover and supplies delivered. My Cousin Doug Horne was a combat Vet in Vietnam, he retired a Colonel, just passed at 81. In the hospital they tried to insert a catheter and it took 3 orderlies to hold down that Green Beret soldier at 81! Doug was one of the first to ever do the "Skyhook" used in the movie "The Green Berets" to extract a Vietnamese general.He told me that after you get caught by the 130 you end up upside down above the aircraft and they reel you in to the open cargo ramp. Doug said they had to pry his hands off the deck plating, and "only my launderer knew how scared I was" you go form 0 to like 80 knots and then up to 130 knots as the bungee contracts.
The price these men and their families paid has created a debt that can never adequately be repaid. The least we can do is listen to their stories and appreciate what they were able to do on behalf of all Americans.
Jeremiah Denton what's my neighbor when I was a young kid and then he came back it was a big celebration they had a parade for him and I know his family struggled in our community even though they were active you could see the toll it check on them and Mr Denton ended up being a senator for a while and then retired and fished along fowl River and I would treat him and I had a great respect for his sacrifice
Nixon gets a bad wrap bc of watergate, but he was one of the most effective and successful presidents in us history in terms of foreign policy. Also this guy is a hero I wish I could shake his hand and thank him.
If this gentleman was the class of 65, then he must know Pete Hesford. Pete was flying the F-4D when he and my grandfather, Lt. Gene Stowers, were shot down and killed in Laos. Bodies never recovered. He would also know Mike Aarni from class of 65. I live by Mike and was thankful to meet him.
He knew Pete. He said they were at Eglin together, training to be F-4D backseaters. He mentioned that 19 people from the class of ‘65 never made it home. As far as Mike, he said he knew of him at the academy, but didn’t recall meeting him. Take care!
Thank you for your service, but most importantly, thank you for all the sacrifice you made in those years, I have been as a tourist to the Hanoi Hilton, so you all have my respect, I am sorry you sacrificed so many years only to see this country turning woke...
Anyone know or remember a pilot by the name of Firestone? Stationed at Hahn AFB, Germany. 65-69. He was my second grade teachers boyfriend and we took a field trip to see his F-4 Phantom. Badass. her name was Ms. Dorsey. 1966 -67 2nd grade.
A plane from my dad's squadron, an RB66, was shot down by a MIG 21 over East Germany when we lived in France, but that was a different war, the cold war. I'm hoping it doesn't go hot, fookin' Zelinski. But if It wasn't him, just be somebody else
Believe or not New Zealand Airforce had F4s till 2001. They were due to be replaced by F16s but unfortunately with a change of government they decided to disband the fighter squadrons . I was a cameraman back then and luckily got to fly in a t2 f4 . I friggin loved it.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force had Douglas A-4 Skyhawks. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) leased 24 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom ll from 1970-1973 while waiting for the General Dynamics F-111C aircraft.
This isn’t correct. We had A-4K Skyhawks, upgraded to “K” status with (amongst other items), avionics on a par with F-16A’s. My brother in law was a squadron leader and at one point led the national Air Force air display team. We no longer have an air force strike capability, which is very sad.
I believe his pilot when shot down, was Korean War ace James Low. The pilot of the MiG-21 is believed to have been North Korean, as no VPAF pilot made a claim that day.
@@rElliot09 To add to my earlier reply, my dad said that he found out after he got back from Hanoi that the North Korean pilot had been killed a year or two after he shot down my dad.
Speaking of dodging flying telephone poles. Theres a video on TH-cam of a pilot in a f16 dodging a bunch of SAMs. Its definitely a little butthole puckering.
@@jenniferb.9404 so no comment on the person of integrity? You see the problem here with both ends of the spectrum not actually adding any value to either arguments. However to address your statement regarding president trump as a draft dodger (although the term draft dodger is very open ended and carries no real legal weight) president trumps draft classifications were 2-S, 1-A, 1-Y, and 4-F and respectively never dodged the draft. Perhaps the term draft avoider would be more accurate as a term. Just like many Americans did. I’ll add trump never actually got drafted people seem to think the sequence of events regarding trump was. Trump receiving his draft notice then after he was drafted went to tin for the physical exam in hopes of finding a way out of being drafted. But in reality he had already been given the classification of 2-S, aka medical deferment prior to the selective service actually holding the draft. Furthermore say trump’s classification as 1A he wouldn’t have been drafted his draft number was 356 and if my memory serves correctly the draft lottery never breached 300
*He wouldn't resist getting captured but he resisted putting his head down? Right. The military was never known for recruiting the best and brightest.* 🙄
He was a sitting duck in His parachute. Did you not hear that they already had their rifles aimed at him? That would have probably meant death. He resisted in the ways he could and yeah refusing to bow may or may not have been the smartest idea (he also might have been worried about it being used as propaganda). It’s a difficult and stressful time, no need to insult him over it.
@@pancakes8539 In the words of the greatest American President of ALL time: "He's a war hero because he was captured? I like people that weren't captured."
@ alright, I guess you are a troll, but I’ll take the bait. He’s a hero because he risked his life and even when he was captured he resisted and returned with honor like the video said
@@pancakes8539 There's a book called "On Killing" by Dave Grossman. Read it. The Army learned that over 70% of U.S. soldiers fired their riffles into the air because they didn't want to kill. WWII was dragged on by those "soldiers" and many more died because of them. There's another great story in there of a Vietnam POW being debriefed. He was a sortie pilot. All he did was wipe out village after village. When he was captured, he could have escaped by deleting one VC soldier and about 10 kids. He couldn't do it. He stayed captive for years. On return, his CO asked him, "Who did you think you were deleting in those villages?" It never dawned on him. So, like I said, not everyone sent out there is cut for the job. There are no rules.
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This guy is sooo brainwashed
Family friend was an F4 pilot over Vietnam, had a heart attack while flying, was able to RTB and land, saved the plane, gave his life ❤
Your family friend is HARD!!!!!!!! LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!
He is flying with the best of the best in the airport in the sky now.
I understand. My brother had a massive heart attack while flying an Army Huey rescuing wounded soldiers in Vietnam. We couldn't find him for 6 months. Thank God he survived 🙏🏻 🙏🏻🙏🏻
My pappy was in the F4s
Thank you for your service Colonel! I enlisted in the Army in 1974 straight out of high school, your eloquence and forgiveness is exemplary. I am not a combat vet (Signal Corps. Instructor) but my grandfather was a WW1 combat Vet, my father WW2 and Korean War combat Vet, and I and my three older brothers enlisted, all US Army! We "Ground Pounders" always appreciate air cover and supplies delivered. My Cousin Doug Horne was a combat Vet in Vietnam, he retired a Colonel, just passed at 81. In the hospital they tried to insert a catheter and it took 3 orderlies to hold down that Green Beret soldier at 81! Doug was one of the first to ever do the "Skyhook" used in the movie "The Green Berets" to extract a Vietnamese general.He told me that after you get caught by the 130 you end up upside down above the aircraft and they reel you in to the open cargo ramp. Doug said they had to pry his hands off the deck plating, and "only my launderer knew how scared I was" you go form 0 to like 80 knots and then up to 130 knots as the bungee contracts.
Thank you for your service to the greatest country in the world. So glad you made it back and had a good life.
I flew C141’s with Colonel Hill at Charleston AFB in the early 1980s. Great guy! Proud to have known him. 10-16-2024😅
Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇲🎖️ thank your family for their support ❤
True patriot, doesn't mind remaining in brutal captivity another 10 years. I salute you, sir.
What a great man, 👍 Thank you for your service and I am sorry for everything that you went through..
Thank sir for your story and your service ❤❤❤😊
Thank You for your service and sacrifice. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for your service and lovely dedications to Our Beautiful USA Dear American Sir. You will never be forgotten for me.🤗😍🥰🇺🇲🙏✝️❤🤍💙
Long long long time viewer of the shorts. First time I had to see more.
The price these men and their families paid has created a debt that can never adequately be repaid. The least we can do is listen to their stories and appreciate what they were able to do on behalf of all Americans.
Or lobby congress to pay va benefits and active duty housing and health benefits
Unbelievable strong willed man,what a guy.
Great points made in last couple of minutes, from a great American
Jeremiah Denton what's my neighbor when I was a young kid and then he came back it was a big celebration they had a parade for him and I know his family struggled in our community even though they were active you could see the toll it check on them and Mr Denton ended up being a senator for a while and then retired and fished along fowl River and I would treat him and I had a great respect for his sacrifice
Thank you Howard!
Nixon gets a bad wrap bc of watergate, but he was one of the most effective and successful presidents in us history in terms of foreign policy. Also this guy is a hero I wish I could shake his hand and thank him.
Thank you for this interview.
If this gentleman was the class of 65, then he must know Pete Hesford. Pete was flying the F-4D when he and my grandfather, Lt. Gene Stowers, were shot down and killed in Laos. Bodies never recovered. He would also know Mike Aarni from class of 65. I live by Mike and was thankful to meet him.
I’ll ask and get back to you.
@ Awesome
He knew Pete. He said they were at Eglin together, training to be F-4D backseaters. He mentioned that 19 people from the class of ‘65 never made it home.
As far as Mike, he said he knew of him at the academy, but didn’t recall meeting him.
Take care!
@@davidhill6048That’s amazing. Thank you so much.
Phenomenal and graceful
Thank you for your service, but most importantly, thank you for all the sacrifice you made in those years, I have been as a tourist to the Hanoi Hilton, so you all have my respect, I am sorry you sacrificed so many years only to see this country turning woke...
The "spigot thing" is SOP for all services and all procurements.
We didn't learn much from Nam, did the same thing in Afghanistan.
Epic
Anyone know or remember a pilot by the name of Firestone? Stationed at Hahn AFB, Germany. 65-69. He was my second grade teachers boyfriend and we took a field trip to see his F-4 Phantom. Badass. her name was Ms. Dorsey. 1966 -67 2nd grade.
A plane from my dad's squadron, an RB66, was shot down by a MIG 21 over East Germany when we lived in France, but that was a different war, the cold war. I'm hoping it doesn't go hot, fookin' Zelinski. But if It wasn't him, just be somebody else
Believe or not New Zealand Airforce had F4s till 2001. They were due to be replaced by F16s but unfortunately with a change of government they decided to disband the fighter squadrons .
I was a cameraman back then and luckily got to fly in a t2 f4 . I friggin loved it.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force had Douglas A-4 Skyhawks. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) leased 24 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom ll from 1970-1973 while waiting for the General Dynamics F-111C aircraft.
This isn’t correct. We had A-4K Skyhawks, upgraded to “K” status with (amongst other items), avionics on a par with F-16A’s. My brother in law was a squadron leader and at one point led the national Air Force air display team. We no longer have an air force strike capability, which is very sad.
I believe his pilot when shot down, was Korean War ace James Low. The pilot of the MiG-21 is believed to have been North Korean, as no VPAF pilot made a claim that day.
You are correct on both.
@@rElliot09 To add to my earlier reply, my dad said that he found out after he got back from Hanoi that the North Korean pilot had been killed a year or two after he shot down my dad.
Ever heard of infinite Gforce?😊
I really wonder if the CIA set up Nixon with Watergate, because they wanted to continue the forever war in Indochina.
1st i ever knew prisoners could get early release.
You definitly came back with honor, zero honor to the greedy ceo's of the defense contractors and politicians that profited from that crazy war
❤
Speaking of dodging flying telephone poles. Theres a video on TH-cam of a pilot in a f16 dodging a bunch of SAMs. Its definitely a little butthole puckering.
I don't think nam and Afghanistan were much alike,other than being a waste of young men's lives.
Lol bros describing modern day jails
Great story. AVC you can do these interviews without it going political. That's an incredibly lame way to end such a powerful interview.
*All the guys that got captured -- including McCain -- have this common "softness" to them. All of 'em.*
Big decisions in the coming days. Draft dodging conman or person of integrity?
😂😂😂😂”person of integrity” 😂😂😂😂you wish
@@shiriese And…no comment about the draft-dodging conman? You’re ok with that?
@@jenniferb.9404 so no comment on the person of integrity? You see the problem here with both ends of the spectrum not actually adding any value to either arguments. However to address your statement regarding president trump as a draft dodger (although the term draft dodger is very open ended and carries no real legal weight) president trumps draft classifications were 2-S, 1-A, 1-Y, and 4-F and respectively never dodged the draft. Perhaps the term draft avoider would be more accurate as a term. Just like many Americans did. I’ll add trump never actually got drafted people seem to think the sequence of events regarding trump was. Trump receiving his draft notice then after he was drafted went to tin for the physical exam in hopes of finding a way out of being drafted. But in reality he had already been given the classification of 2-S, aka medical deferment prior to the selective service actually holding the draft. Furthermore say trump’s classification as 1A he wouldn’t have been drafted his draft number was 356 and if my memory serves correctly the draft lottery never breached 300
In project 2025 they wanna bring back drafts, we must do everything we can to fight for these people or else will be in Israel fighting WW3 😭
You are not wrong, people seem to think world war 2 started in one day. When in reality it was escalatory incidents over 5-8 years
Fight for what people?
@@warnerchandler9826 the Vietnam vets that was FORCED to fight this pointless war to “stop” communism 😭
@@Crentshenyou can see the parallels right now. You can see so many countries building up their armies. And we are building ours with DEI training.
U think that’s ur biggest worry fighting in the Middle East ? U should be more worried with war with china and Russia
*He wouldn't resist getting captured but he resisted putting his head down? Right. The military was never known for recruiting the best and brightest.* 🙄
He was a sitting duck in His parachute. Did you not hear that they already had their rifles aimed at him? That would have probably meant death. He resisted in the ways he could and yeah refusing to bow may or may not have been the smartest idea (he also might have been worried about it being used as propaganda). It’s a difficult and stressful time, no need to insult him over it.
@@pancakes8539 In the words of the greatest American President of ALL time: "He's a war hero because he was captured? I like people that weren't captured."
@ alright, I guess you are a troll, but I’ll take the bait. He’s a hero because he risked his life and even when he was captured he resisted and returned with honor like the video said
@@pancakes8539 There's a book called "On Killing" by Dave Grossman. Read it. The Army learned that over 70% of U.S. soldiers fired their riffles into the air because they didn't want to kill. WWII was dragged on by those "soldiers" and many more died because of them. There's another great story in there of a Vietnam POW being debriefed. He was a sortie pilot. All he did was wipe out village after village. When he was captured, he could have escaped by deleting one VC soldier and about 10 kids. He couldn't do it. He stayed captive for years. On return, his CO asked him, "Who did you think you were deleting in those villages?" It never dawned on him. So, like I said, not everyone sent out there is cut for the job. There are no rules.