I remember in Vietnam there's a saying "go 3 steps and you'll meet a hero", people now usually use this to praise ones who do good things like rescue someone, I was actually surprised to see this saying again on social media used like that because 20 years ago, my dad told me it's because almost all elders were in the war, sacrificed their youth to free this nation, they're all heroes, that's why there are so many heroes you can meet in daily life. Both meanings are correct and that's how my father and many strangers taught me how to become a better person for our nation. As always, thank you Luna for spreading these touching stories to friends all over the world! You too are a hero!
This made me cry. I'm an American and it absolutely breaks my heart hearing stories from Vietnamese and American veterans. If America had any moral backbone we would have supported Vietnamese independence in 1945, but instead we sided with colonialism and imperialism. I hope that one day my country will acknowledge how wrong we were, but until then it's my goal to educate others about our crimes in Vietnam. Videos like these help show Americans the human side of the Vietnamese, as our media only depicts the Vietnamese as heartless savages. At the end of the day we're more alike than different.
President Ho Chi Minh also once told us that "the American people are not the American imperialists". Therefore, the Vietnamese people do not hate the American people. Even those who once pointed a gun at us, if they come back with a sincere heart… we will always welcome them. The richest Vietnamese people are love
I too wish to reflect this sentiment. My grandfather war a Lt.Col in the US Army during the war on my fathers side, and on my mothers side all of her uncles served in some way or another. My family is guilty of perpetuating bloodshed and for that I truly am sorry. Vietnam and her people are wonderful and I look forward to visiting someday soon. Thank you for making the video Luna.
@@hoangnga290 even then US American people didn't want war. We still don't but we've been causing harm all over the globe ever since. Until we have the guts to rise up and put a stop to it all, we hardly deserve the mercy we're shown by our victims. We won't end our government's senseless killing until we revolutionize, but we don't care as long as the killing isn't on US soil. Well, now we're going homeless and starving because our country doesn't care about us during the worst pandemic in decades, which has killed well over a million of us, maybe now that it affects OURSELVES we'll be willing to fight for change.
Họ không hiểu vì sao chúng ta gọi cuộc chiến đó là "kháng chiến chống Mỹ" chứ không phải là "chiến tranh Việt Nam", "chiến tranh Đông Dương" hay bất cứ thứ gì tương tự. Ông cố tôi là đảng viên trước 1945, ông cố có thừa quan hệ cùng uy quyền để đưa ông nội tôi đi học đại học hoặc tệ nhất là cao đẳng, nhưng ông nội từ chối thứ ân huệ đó để nộp đơn xin làm phi công chiến đấu. Sau ông bị loại vì có một vết sẹo ở đuôi mắt, không nản chí, ông đã trở thành lính lái xe Trường Sơn. Giải ngũ với những mảnh bom đạn hành hạ mỗi khi trái gió trở trời (khi ông nội còn sống, tôi quá nhỏ để hình dung nỗi đau ông phải gánh chịu). Bà nội tôi, có hai anh trai đã đang chiến đấu ở sân bay Sao Vàng, có chị cả là thanh niên xung phong. Bà có thể ở nhà học cao đẳng hoặc trung cấp (vì bà học rất giỏi) mà chẳng ai dám dị nghị gì. Nhưng không, năm 15 tuổi bà khai man rằng mình đã 18 để gia nhập "đoàn 559", làm thanh niên xung phong đường Trường Sơn. May mà những người tuổi hơn trong đơn vị thương bà tôi là thiếu niên nên cho bà phục vụ bên kho, ít phải đối diện với bom đạn. Có lẽ nhiều người sẽ chê ông bà nội tôi "ngu" khi từ bỏ tương lai tươi sáng, sung sướng để vào chiến trường bom rơi đạn lạc, nhưng họ đâu có sống trong thời đại hàng trăm ngàn quân Mỹ cùng chư hầu giày xéo miền nam, hàng ngàn lượt máy bay giày xéo miền bắc ... hằng ngày. Hoặc như bà tôi nói "Chúng ta sinh ra trong thời đại mọi người tranh giành nhau để được chết [cho tổ quốc], ngay cả ta cũng không hiểu vì sao ngày đó mình điên như vậy".
Gia đình bạn có rất nhiều anh hùng. Tôi rất thích xem các clip lịch sử và tôi cũng rất yêu tổ quốc mình. Nhưng để nói rằng:"tôi sẵn sàng chết vì tổ quốc". Tôi không nghĩ mình đủ tự tin để nói vậy. Thực sự tôi rất ngưỡng mộ thế hệ trước. Họ sẵn sàng hi sinh để đất nước ta được như ngày hôm nay. 😍
There's nothing stupid about fighting a war to have a better life for yourself or others. It takes incredible bravery to give up a life of ease and enter war.
That is amazing. I hope they really start documenting these stories with books and documentaries for historical reference and posterity. It is so important. There are so many incredible stories of these brave people that must be remembered and taught to the coming generations. God bless your grandfather n all in your family who fought and survived or were lost.
This was really emotional. Thank you for sharing such incredebly important and heart crushing stories. I will help to carry on the revolutionary spirit of all whom sacrificed for others, for a fair world by remembering them and their stories to make sure that they will always live in our memeory. I bring solidarity from Sweden and will forever make sure to help comrades in need no matter the how distant they are. We are all brothers and sisters and one day we will arise.
@@FxckRacism hahahaha yeah, we are runners upp just behind Brittain when it comes to breaking the inbread rekord. Must be because we are both monarchys!
Toured around Hanoi yesterday visiting historical sites and paying my respects to the Vietnamese people. It was truly humbling and gratifying to see the tenacity in resisting US imperialism.
I cried watching this. Not just the loss but pain of the families not knowing. I can’t imagine what it's like to lose someone like that and never know what happened. For them to just disappear into the ether not knowing where or how they died.
Rest in peace to the brave souls that fought and died for freedom. You will never be forgotten. Thank you and EJ for sharing these stories with us who don't speak Vietnamese.
y'all kicked ass. colonists & imperialists should NOT have done that to you all, but I'm glad you not only survived, but built yourselves into a wonderful example of what Socialism looks like. communists should never believe the propaganda that "Vietnam isn't socialist", bc y'all were under siege, under fire, under attempts to colonize. Your people also did a fantastic job transitioning the use of markets into something compatible with the transition to communism ¡Viva Vietnam!, ¡solidaridad!, mashallah
Very very touching, heartbreaking stories. I have so much respect for the people of Vietnam. Cried while watching this multiple times. I cannot even begin to imagine the amount of suffering your people must of endured as a result of the war. I hope your nation and the people who have built, fought, and defended such a wonderful nation, thrive and prosper! Much love from Canada!! 🇨🇦❤️🇻🇳
I am Vietnamese and I would like to thank you for making this information available to the world Yes, more than 2 million Vietnamese fell in the war with the United States ....Therefore, for our generation to protect the country and national freedom, it is deeply rooted in the blood of every Vietnamese, so we are ready to give everything to win the fate of the country, including sacrificing our lives. mine VIETNAM -HO CHI MINH
My history teacher would really love this video, he was the one that originally opened my eyes to the horrors that America had done to the brave men and women of Vietnam. Thank you Comrade
What about the horrors the communists perpetrated on the republic of Vietnam? This was a civil between the north and south. Not america vs Vietnam. This is the lie you have been taught. The evil side won.
@@kevin-yv1ig maybe watch the video Yankee, and learn about how the world works, there is an evil side, the Americans committed attrocities against the Vietnamese people. the south was a puppet government installed by the US that was widely unpopular
@@willlevinstein1446 You say the the south was a puppet of america. Because america supported the republic of Vietnam. By that logic the north was a puppet of the Soviet Union and China since the relationship was nearly identical. You say that the southern government was widely unpopular. An unpopular government does not mean the people were ready to abandon the republic in favor of the communist. Quite the opposite. In 1954-55 over 1 million refugees fled south to escape the communist regime while only 250 thousand went north. You also never hear of the atrocities communited by the communists on a daily basis. Upwards of 100,000 were killed in north Vietnam ho chi min and his cadre. That sort of thing continued in the south during and after the war. You probably have never heard of the communist reeducation camps either?
As an American, I have scoured TH-cam for documentary stories from the North Vietnamese side. It's nice to finally find a video that tells these wonderful comrades stories. As a fellow Marxist I grieve for what the Vietnamese people had to endure.
Losing a loved one is heartbreaking enough, but I can't even imagine the torment of not knowing where their final resting place is. RIP to all the martyrs who gave their lives in the fight against imperialism. ❤🇻🇳
This is heart breaking and uplifting. Heart breaking because of the sacrifice made. Uplifting seeing family members find where there family members they lost in the war for Vietnamese independence are. As someone from Scotland that wants independence for there country and is socialist this strikes a chord. Thank you for this Luna.
Huge respect to the brave Vietnamese who fought against an Illegal Wars waged on Vietname based on Lies. Such a tragic war that cause Millions and Millions of Vietnamese Lives, with many still suffer from Agent Orange. I hope Vietname get their Justice one day.
Thank you for translating their stories into the English language, and for sharing that of your grandfather. You’re doing valuable work Comrades Luna & EJ
Thank for this vid Luna, this was just unbelievably tragic but the love and self sacrifice for the people is inspiring and beautiful. I hope to be as brave and self sacrificing as these martyrs were in their lives. The memories of these martyrs live on through the people of Vietnam and through the inspiration they inflict on all revolutionaries in the world. Pure love!!
I grew up in America, but my grandfather is from Laos, and I still have cousins who live in Laos and Vietnam and in high school we learned about the Vietnam war, but only from the side of the American soldiers. I get that war is horrific for everyone, but the entire time I couldn't stop thinking about stories my family has told me about what it was like living in that time and place and how there are still landmines near where people live, and none of this was mentioned among the dozens of American soldier stories we were shown
I just had a Laotian guy in my store who told me about how his father got murdered by communist. Don't be blind bruv. The Communist murdered everyone deliberately. They didn't care if you were innocent or not , a man woman or child. They too left behind boobytraps and mines.
Luna, this is SO VERY powerful...It brings emotion & tears to my eyes to contemplate the utter tragedy & criminality people endured; yet I can also feel the otherworldly COURAGE & SUFFERING of all these, as well as the power of loyalty, patience, love, closure & ultimately PEACE. Thank you for sharing this!
Luna, I love our country as well. I grew up in Texas, where many South Vietnamese resigned, especially in Houston. It seems hypocritical that my parents hate Vietnamese communists, but they wish to retire in Vietnam in their 70s and 80s; this is why they encourage my brother and me to have dual citizenship so we can visit them whenever we want!
It is so touching, Vietnam's struggle not only defeated US imperialism but also inspired millions of others to take up arms and defeat the US oppressors and puppets in their own countries. Thank you, for your work Luna
I had to pause half way through just to let the emotion set in. Thank you for making these stories known, especially to me (and we on the other side) who would otherwise fail to grasp the severity and conversely the power laid to rest on these grounds.
This was an unpopular, hated war in the US by most of the public at the time, and I would have thought it was widely accepted that it was a waste of human lives and everyone in leadership in the US was incompetent. And yet conservatives and historical revisionists here have managed to spin it as this just cause. Thank you for sharing some of these stories from Vietnam
It is not an exaggeration to say that the land of Vietnam is made from the blood and bones of their ancestors. That's why the Vietnamese love their land so much and that love has helped Vietnamese win wars. Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam only act as leaders.
My grandfather was a South Vietnamese official. South Vietnam had its own history too. I do have respect for those who sacrificed their youth and lives for peace from both sides: North and South Vietnam. I think the war wouldn’t have taken place if America minded its own business.
Thank you Luna oi! and Emerican Johnson for your great work. The Vietnamese resistance war and revolution is the most inspiring and heroic event in all human history. I have been reading People's War People's Army by General Vo Nguyen Giap. He was so hopeful for a peaceful unification after the great victory at Dien Bien Phu. The U.S. and puppet regime would not allow unification to be put to a vote, so it had to be done the hard way. All love and respect to Vietnam and their revolution.
Thank you, this is extremely helpful. I find that even atheist/skeptic types who tend to listen to or research into truth more easily, don't have the clearest idea of what Vietnam has gone through (mostly this is the result of imperialist/liberal propaganda which demonizes the People's cause...but some have difficulties because they have relationships with Vietnamese whose family were owning class or otherwise counter-revolutionary, and who had to flee at a young age... so they have all these horror stories to tell about "what communism is really like" that have zero context to speak of, and no understanding of the results that were achieved by the People after the struggle).
Luna presents an excellent video that shows on an individual and family level how the people of Vietnam suffered during the ill-advised US military actions in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. These stories of beloved family members that died, and, the energetic efforts by the families and Vietnam authorities to find their martyrs and bring them to a dignified and final resting place is both uplifting and emotional to watch. The people interviewed in this video remind us again of how many lives are ruined by wars, how families are devastated, and how the trauma can last over generations.
Actually my grandfather and many of his neighbors are former VC. The US and Diệm government only concentrated the wealth in mega cites like Đà Nẵng and Sài Gòn. Those from the countryside not only suffered from poverty but also from Diệm's "Giết nhầm còn hơn bỏ sót" policy , basically indiscriminate killing of any suspected civilians, that didn't go well with the peasant class and helped buff support for VC significantly . Many VC soldiers had the same motivation as my grandfather ,they all lost relatives, cattles, houses (basically everything that important for a peasant) due to Diệm 's indiscriminate killing policy or simply they don't like be told what to do by another white guy from god know where after the French was kicked out.
That made me cry. So much suffering for an unjust, criminal, imperialist war of us aggression. It's heartening that Vietnam won, but seeing the pain caused is heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing and translating this, comrades. It's important. You're doing a good thing. ❤
Heart wrenching and hopeful. I thank the soldiers for their loving and loyal sacrifice not only to their country but to the peoples and future of Vietnam. Behind the fight was love. War must never be fought for self interest, subjugation of people or for control, but for freedom, independence and happiness for all. Injustice deserves no place on the face of this earth. I am privileged to have touched the soil in Vietnam 2 times. I just got back from a 2 week trip across Vietnam. Much love and healing to all the Vietnamese people. 💕💕💕💕✊🏼🇻🇳❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thank you Luna. Love and respect to the fallen martyrs who defeated imperialism and wickedness. Love and respect to all the people of Vietnam for all that they have suffered. 🙏❤
Tu documental,me a echo llorar,siempre e apreciado y valorado a su maxima expresion el valor del pueblo vietnamica,que lucho y perdio millones de sus hijos,peleando contra invasores y traidores y hoy,puede decir con mucho orgullo,que son una nacion libre y pujante.......Valio la pena,morir por tener la patria que tienen hoy,ldonde manda el vietnamita y no el extranjero asesino ni el lacayo traidor.....LARGA VIDA AL PUEBLO VIETNAMITA Y SU REVOLUCION.
I know some people including some former Vietnam veterans who have visited Vietnam and said that the people there have no ill feelings or resentment against Americans but actually are more afraid and concerned about China. By the way my old cell phone has made in Vietnam on the back.
I don't think China is the boogieman that people are claiming they are. Vietnam does have a complicated history with China, and I don't doubt that the Vietnamese still harbour lots of resentment towards them. I doubt that any informed Vietnamese person thinks that China is a bigger threat to world peace than the US is. Just look at how many bombs China has dropped on foreign soil or even shots fired from small arms compared to the US in the last 200 years. It's no contest. The US is a bully today, as they were back during the American War in Vietnam.
Solidarity from Spain to my Vietnamese brothers and comrades who became martyrs for the struggle against imperialism. Việt nam muôn năm, hồ chí minh, và chủ nghĩa xã hội! 🇻🇳❤
5:50 That belt is either a LINCLOE M-1972 belt or an LC-1 ALICE belt, neither pieces of equipment saw use in Vietnam prior to the withdrawal of US forces as agreed by the Paris Peace Accords. It’s impossible for it to have been captured during that time, as they were still being developed and tested by Natick Army Labs.
Fascinating! To hear the stories of those on the Vietnamese side is something we in the West never really get to experience - as you said it gets buried in the "official histories" written by the US. (Even though they lost, fighting a people whose country they had invaded...! What did they think would happen?) Thank you for posting this.
Just discovered your channel and I'm amazed. Thank you for share with the world the history that Americans try to hide here in the western. Cheers from Brazil!
I'm coming back much later after first watching this, but I have to say - this really made me tear up hard multiple times. Part of why I haven't finished it yet. At least their sacrifice wasn't in vain, though - decades of hard fighting against the Japanese, French, and US imperialists, and their collaborators, and the Vietnamese people succeeded against all odds. And in response to the description - yeah, that needs to change. That's not acceptable. Having the US "perspective" (read: often lies and distortions) be so dominant is almost like having the Nazi version of WWII be dominant. I say this as an "American;" there was absolutely no justification for the West to do what they did to Vietnam. Of course, I think we all agree with that already here, heh, but still. Edit: Yep, happened again, had to grab a tissue, haha. But I finished. Great video
American government has caused more pain and suffering. The mental stress PTSD, has to be off the charts, think if another country came into the United states and did exactly what we did in Nam, I would like to think the entire nation would rise to the occasion to get rid the the invaders. It all comes down to our Government, I understand our soldiers answered the call, but they were lied too and betrayed by their Government and fellow citizens.
The Vietnamese are wonderful people. I have made many friends over there the past few years. I love them. They wrote an article about me in the NhanDan paper in April 2023. I have a lot of respect and admiration for them. I'll be visiting in near future and can't wait to go. I'm friends with some in this video. Thank you fir posting this. I was invited to be in a documentary over there in Hanoi but my dad was very sick so I couldn't go.
These survivors of genocidal imperialist U.S. war remind me of the grandpas and grandmas that would share their stories and trauma with us every May when I still lived in Russia 🤧 I hope it's ok but all of these people are now my family and I wish them every happiness and blessing there is.
Amazing, thanks for Sharing Luna. I hope you also make such quality content to remind the world of the Evil group that started this, and the Lies used to wage this illegal war against Vietname, against Humanity. 🙏🙏👏👏👍👍
There’s virtually no English translations of interviews from the Vietnamese side. Heck, we have more interviews from Germans and Japanese from WWII than we do of Vietnamese. This is very valuable for Westerners.
It's crazy to think about how Vietnam celebrates July 27 to celebrate their national pride while Cuba has the same type of holiday on July 26 just the day before! Veinti Seis de Julio!
My fait in humanity is recovered by learning from the comunist side of the vietnam war, here on mecico we continue to suffer from the intervention fron USA and his DEA, and new york timer lier media
There's a beauty in the veterans from both sides working together to help each other find peace with the horrors they had to be victim and party to. I think most wars leave young people emotionally devastated but this one seems to have left a particularly horrible mark on the vets. Have Vietnamese vets struggled with mental health in the same way US vets of the war have or is it viewed more like how the US views WWII (vets seems more positive in general because it was a "good" or "righteous" war in the American zeitgeist)? I've seen repeated accounts from the Ukraine-Russia war about how psychologically damaging consistent artillery strikes can be. I cannot fathom how horrifying it must have been to be hit by a decade of B52 bombing campaigns.
It was just a case that came to light. American soldiers and Korean soldiers have committed many massacres of Vietnamese civilians that have not been exposed
There is many famous movies about Vetnam War, but they are all US movies, shows it form only one point of view, so they are obviously not objective. I wonder if there is any Vietnamese movie about it, hopefully with subtitles. If You know any please answer this comment.
-The smell of burning grass ( Mùi cỏ cháy ) -When until October ? ( Bao giờ cho đến tháng 10 ) October here is inspired by the October revolution of the Soviet Union. -The last day of USA in Saigon ( Ngày cuối cùng của Mỹ Nguỵ ở Sài Gòn ) - Hanoi girl ( Cô gái Hà Nội )
- Hanoi 12 nights and days ( Hà Nội 12 ngày đêm ) - Cánh đồng hoang ( Open field ) Classic movie. Having won many international awards, the Russians loved this film and it was shown in the Soviet Union many times during the Soviet era. If you want more. I will introduce you to a TH-cam channel called: V-sense-Top Vietnam movies
@@NguyenHoangVN1991 - Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười - When the Tenth Month Comes. (Tháng Mười âm lịch không dịch là October được và cũng bị trùng tên với phim gì đó của Mỹ, và cũng không dính dáng gì đến Cách mạng tháng Mười Nga. Tháng Mười này là thời gian chợ Âm-Dương họp, nơi người sống hy vọng gặp người thân đã chết) - Girl from Hanoi - Em bé Hà Nội, không phải Cô gái Hà nội. -
I remember in Vietnam there's a saying "go 3 steps and you'll meet a hero", people now usually use this to praise ones who do good things like rescue someone, I was actually surprised to see this saying again on social media used like that because 20 years ago, my dad told me it's because almost all elders were in the war, sacrificed their youth to free this nation, they're all heroes, that's why there are so many heroes you can meet in daily life. Both meanings are correct and that's how my father and many strangers taught me how to become a better person for our nation.
As always, thank you Luna for spreading these touching stories to friends all over the world! You too are a hero!
This made me cry. I'm an American and it absolutely breaks my heart hearing stories from Vietnamese and American veterans. If America had any moral backbone we would have supported Vietnamese independence in 1945, but instead we sided with colonialism and imperialism. I hope that one day my country will acknowledge how wrong we were, but until then it's my goal to educate others about our crimes in Vietnam. Videos like these help show Americans the human side of the Vietnamese, as our media only depicts the Vietnamese as heartless savages. At the end of the day we're more alike than different.
America has nothing to do with that, only United States.
President Ho Chi Minh also once told us that "the American people are not the American imperialists". Therefore, the Vietnamese people do not hate the American people. Even those who once pointed a gun at us, if they come back with a sincere heart… we will always welcome them. The richest Vietnamese people are love
I too wish to reflect this sentiment. My grandfather war a Lt.Col in the US Army during the war on my fathers side, and on my mothers side all of her uncles served in some way or another. My family is guilty of perpetuating bloodshed and for that I truly am sorry. Vietnam and her people are wonderful and I look forward to visiting someday soon. Thank you for making the video Luna.
@@vtchn America,United States both the same!
@@hoangnga290 even then US American people didn't want war. We still don't but we've been causing harm all over the globe ever since. Until we have the guts to rise up and put a stop to it all, we hardly deserve the mercy we're shown by our victims. We won't end our government's senseless killing until we revolutionize, but we don't care as long as the killing isn't on US soil. Well, now we're going homeless and starving because our country doesn't care about us during the worst pandemic in decades, which has killed well over a million of us, maybe now that it affects OURSELVES we'll be willing to fight for change.
Họ không hiểu vì sao chúng ta gọi cuộc chiến đó là "kháng chiến chống Mỹ" chứ không phải là "chiến tranh Việt Nam", "chiến tranh Đông Dương" hay bất cứ thứ gì tương tự.
Ông cố tôi là đảng viên trước 1945, ông cố có thừa quan hệ cùng uy quyền để đưa ông nội tôi đi học đại học hoặc tệ nhất là cao đẳng, nhưng ông nội từ chối thứ ân huệ đó để nộp đơn xin làm phi công chiến đấu. Sau ông bị loại vì có một vết sẹo ở đuôi mắt, không nản chí, ông đã trở thành lính lái xe Trường Sơn. Giải ngũ với những mảnh bom đạn hành hạ mỗi khi trái gió trở trời (khi ông nội còn sống, tôi quá nhỏ để hình dung nỗi đau ông phải gánh chịu).
Bà nội tôi, có hai anh trai đã đang chiến đấu ở sân bay Sao Vàng, có chị cả là thanh niên xung phong. Bà có thể ở nhà học cao đẳng hoặc trung cấp (vì bà học rất giỏi) mà chẳng ai dám dị nghị gì. Nhưng không, năm 15 tuổi bà khai man rằng mình đã 18 để gia nhập "đoàn 559", làm thanh niên xung phong đường Trường Sơn. May mà những người tuổi hơn trong đơn vị thương bà tôi là thiếu niên nên cho bà phục vụ bên kho, ít phải đối diện với bom đạn.
Có lẽ nhiều người sẽ chê ông bà nội tôi "ngu" khi từ bỏ tương lai tươi sáng, sung sướng để vào chiến trường bom rơi đạn lạc, nhưng họ đâu có sống trong thời đại hàng trăm ngàn quân Mỹ cùng chư hầu giày xéo miền nam, hàng ngàn lượt máy bay giày xéo miền bắc ... hằng ngày.
Hoặc như bà tôi nói "Chúng ta sinh ra trong thời đại mọi người tranh giành nhau để được chết [cho tổ quốc], ngay cả ta cũng không hiểu vì sao ngày đó mình điên như vậy".
Gia đình bạn có rất nhiều anh hùng. Tôi rất thích xem các clip lịch sử và tôi cũng rất yêu tổ quốc mình. Nhưng để nói rằng:"tôi sẵn sàng chết vì tổ quốc". Tôi không nghĩ mình đủ tự tin để nói vậy. Thực sự tôi rất ngưỡng mộ thế hệ trước. Họ sẵn sàng hi sinh để đất nước ta được như ngày hôm nay. 😍
There's nothing stupid about fighting a war to have a better life for yourself or others. It takes incredible bravery to give up a life of ease and enter war.
That is amazing. I hope they really start documenting these stories with books and documentaries for historical reference and posterity. It is so important. There are so many incredible stories of these brave people that must be remembered and taught to the coming generations. God bless your grandfather n all in your family who fought and survived or were lost.
This was really emotional. Thank you for sharing such incredebly important and heart crushing stories. I will help to carry on the revolutionary spirit of all whom sacrificed for others, for a fair world by remembering them and their stories to make sure that they will always live in our memeory. I bring solidarity from Sweden and will forever make sure to help comrades in need no matter the how distant they are. We are all brothers and sisters and one day we will arise.
@@FxckRacism hahahaha yeah, we are runners upp just behind Brittain when it comes to breaking the inbread rekord. Must be because we are both monarchys!
Toured around Hanoi yesterday visiting historical sites and paying my respects to the Vietnamese people. It was truly humbling and gratifying to see the tenacity in resisting US imperialism.
Hopefully one day Vietname will get their Justice, payback for the Millions and Millions killed, Tortured and Raped from an Illegal war waged on Lies
Stop lying dude you never did that 🤣😅🤣
I cried watching this. Not just the loss but pain of the families not knowing. I can’t imagine what it's like to lose someone like that and never know what happened. For them to just disappear into the ether not knowing where or how they died.
Rest in peace to the brave souls that fought and died for freedom. You will never be forgotten.
Thank you and EJ for sharing these stories with us who don't speak Vietnamese.
Amen RIP American Allies and Brave Southern Vietnamese service members who fought hard against Northern Agression and VC traitors
y'all kicked ass. colonists & imperialists should NOT have done that to you all, but I'm glad you not only survived, but built yourselves into a wonderful example of what Socialism looks like.
communists should never believe the propaganda that "Vietnam isn't socialist", bc y'all were under siege, under fire, under attempts to colonize. Your people also did a fantastic job transitioning the use of markets into something compatible with the transition to communism
¡Viva Vietnam!, ¡solidaridad!, mashallah
Thank you for sharing this moving tribute. From Canada, much love and respect for all those who sacrificed so much for your nation's freedom.
Thank you comrade for your hard work on educating the world about the Vietnamese culture and history. ❤🖤
Very very touching, heartbreaking stories.
I have so much respect for the people of Vietnam.
Cried while watching this multiple times.
I cannot even begin to imagine the amount of suffering your people must of endured as a result of the war.
I hope your nation and the people who have built, fought, and defended such a wonderful nation, thrive and prosper!
Much love from Canada!!
🇨🇦❤️🇻🇳
I am Vietnamese and I would like to thank you for making this information available to the world
Yes, more than 2 million Vietnamese fell in the war with the United States ....Therefore, for our generation to protect the country and national freedom, it is deeply rooted in the blood of every Vietnamese, so we are ready to give everything to win the fate of the country, including sacrificing our lives. mine
VIETNAM -HO CHI MINH
You don't have any national freedom not as long as your government is communist.
All praise to the Brave Vietnamese People who faced the empire of evil and WON. You are a role model for all humanity. I cry for your martyrs.
My history teacher would really love this video, he was the one that originally opened my eyes to the horrors that America had done to the brave men and women of Vietnam.
Thank you Comrade
What about the horrors the communists perpetrated on the republic of Vietnam? This was a civil between the north and south. Not america vs Vietnam. This is the lie you have been taught. The evil side won.
@@kevin-yv1ig maybe watch the video Yankee, and learn about how the world works, there is an evil side, the Americans committed attrocities against the Vietnamese people. the south was a puppet government installed by the US that was widely unpopular
@@willlevinstein1446 You say the the south was a puppet of america. Because america supported the republic of Vietnam. By that logic the north was a puppet of the Soviet Union and China since the relationship was nearly identical. You say that the southern government was widely unpopular. An unpopular government does not mean the people were ready to abandon the republic in favor of the communist. Quite the opposite. In 1954-55 over 1 million refugees fled south to escape the communist regime while only 250 thousand went north. You also never hear of the atrocities communited by the communists on a daily basis. Upwards of 100,000 were killed in north Vietnam ho chi min and his cadre. That sort of thing continued in the south during and after the war. You probably have never heard of the communist reeducation camps either?
As an American, I have scoured TH-cam for documentary stories from the North Vietnamese side. It's nice to finally find a video that tells these wonderful comrades stories. As a fellow Marxist I grieve for what the Vietnamese people had to endure.
Doing the great work here Luna. The world needs the true perspective and not the propaganda of Hollywood.
Losing a loved one is heartbreaking enough, but I can't even imagine the torment of not knowing where their final resting place is. RIP to all the martyrs who gave their lives in the fight against imperialism. ❤🇻🇳
This is heart breaking and uplifting. Heart breaking because of the sacrifice made. Uplifting seeing family members find where there family members they lost in the war for Vietnamese independence are. As someone from Scotland that wants independence for there country and is socialist this strikes a chord. Thank you for this Luna.
You are telling stories that should never be forgotten, Luna. Thanks.
Huge respect to the brave Vietnamese who fought against an Illegal Wars waged on Vietname based on Lies.
Such a tragic war that cause Millions and Millions of Vietnamese Lives, with many still suffer from Agent Orange.
I hope Vietname get their Justice one day.
Thank you for translating their stories into the English language, and for sharing that of your grandfather. You’re doing valuable work Comrades Luna & EJ
North vietnam and the national liberation front were the bravest and most based soldiers ever
Thank for this vid Luna, this was just unbelievably tragic but the love and self sacrifice for the people is inspiring and beautiful. I hope to be as brave and self sacrificing as these martyrs were in their lives. The memories of these martyrs live on through the people of Vietnam and through the inspiration they inflict on all revolutionaries in the world. Pure love!!
I grew up in America, but my grandfather is from Laos, and I still have cousins who live in Laos and Vietnam and in high school we learned about the Vietnam war, but only from the side of the American soldiers. I get that war is horrific for everyone, but the entire time I couldn't stop thinking about stories my family has told me about what it was like living in that time and place and how there are still landmines near where people live, and none of this was mentioned among the dozens of American soldier stories we were shown
I just had a Laotian guy in my store who told me about how his father got murdered by communist. Don't be blind bruv. The Communist murdered everyone deliberately. They didn't care if you were innocent or not , a man woman or child. They too left behind boobytraps and mines.
Luna, this is SO VERY powerful...It brings emotion & tears to my eyes to contemplate the utter tragedy & criminality people endured; yet I can also feel the otherworldly COURAGE & SUFFERING of all these, as well as the power of loyalty, patience, love, closure & ultimately PEACE. Thank you for sharing this!
Luna, I love our country as well. I grew up in Texas, where many South Vietnamese resigned, especially in Houston. It seems hypocritical that my parents hate Vietnamese communists, but they wish to retire in Vietnam in their 70s and 80s; this is why they encourage my brother and me to have dual citizenship so we can visit them whenever we want!
Đưa cha mẹ bạn về Việt Nam đi. Không nơi nào thân thuộc hơn là nơi còn người chúng ta được sinh ra. Quê hương mình bây giờ đẹp lắm rồi!
@@vuminh8272 cha mẹ họ là lính ngụy nên muốn đưa cha mẹ họ về Việt Nam phải thay đổi suy nghĩ và tư tưởng của cha mẹ họ
@@quangaitran7483lính nguỵ già giờ cũng chỉ muốn được nằm lại nơi đất mẹ. Nên cô ấy mới nói bố mẹ họ muốn con có quyền công dân vn để về thăm bố mẹ
You are so necessary Luna in youtube, a liberal sea! Good work and a salute for Vietnamese people!
Respect to Vietnam. You suffered so much at the hands of France and US. But you beat the monster US and their barbaric bombing by B52s.
It is so touching, Vietnam's struggle not only defeated US imperialism but also inspired millions of others to take up arms and defeat the US oppressors and puppets in their own countries. Thank you, for your work Luna
Thanks, Luna! You make such a wonderfull work! Greetings from Mexico!
Thank you for sharing this! It’s wonderful to hear from the people who experienced it.
Been a long time since I've cried. Thank you for sharing this.
I had to pause half way through just to let the emotion set in.
Thank you for making these stories known, especially to me (and we on the other side) who would otherwise fail to grasp the severity and conversely the power laid to rest on these grounds.
This was an unpopular, hated war in the US by most of the public at the time, and I would have thought it was widely accepted that it was a waste of human lives and everyone in leadership in the US was incompetent. And yet conservatives and historical revisionists here have managed to spin it as this just cause. Thank you for sharing some of these stories from Vietnam
Waste of human lives (US marines) 😂 It's never about the poor people of Afghanistan.
It’s important for Americans to see this thank you for publishing
This video had me sobbing, Luna.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the land of Vietnam is made from the blood and bones of their ancestors. That's why the Vietnamese love their land so much and that love has helped Vietnamese win wars. Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam only act as leaders.
No they act as self enriches who care only for themselves.
Had to hold back tears, cuz was listening to this at the gym. Beautiful video
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this. Made my heart sad but also inspired by these brave souls. Long live the Vietnamese people.
These stories absolutely don't get told enough. Thank you for this
My grandfather was a South Vietnamese official. South Vietnam had its own history too. I do have respect for those who sacrificed their youth and lives for peace from both sides: North and South Vietnam. I think the war wouldn’t have taken place if America minded its own business.
Thank you Luna oi! and Emerican Johnson for your great work. The Vietnamese resistance war and revolution is the most inspiring and heroic event in all human history. I have been reading People's War People's Army by General Vo Nguyen Giap. He was so hopeful for a peaceful unification after the great victory at Dien Bien Phu. The U.S. and puppet regime would not allow unification to be put to a vote, so it had to be done the hard way. All love and respect to Vietnam and their revolution.
Thank you, this is extremely helpful.
I find that even atheist/skeptic types who tend to listen to or research into truth more easily, don't have the clearest idea of what Vietnam has gone through (mostly this is the result of imperialist/liberal propaganda which demonizes the People's cause...but some have difficulties because they have relationships with Vietnamese whose family were owning class or otherwise counter-revolutionary, and who had to flee at a young age... so they have all these horror stories to tell about "what communism is really like" that have zero context to speak of, and no understanding of the results that were achieved by the People after the struggle).
Oh man I did not expect to cry watching this. Solidarity
Thank you for sharing your truthfulness. This video humbled me and made me cry. All my care a sympathy to all.
This was such a great video. Thank you, comrade.
Luna presents an excellent video that shows on an individual and family level how the people of Vietnam suffered during the ill-advised US military actions in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. These stories of beloved family members that died, and, the energetic efforts by the families and Vietnam authorities to find their martyrs and bring them to a dignified and final resting place is both uplifting and emotional to watch. The people interviewed in this video remind us again of how many lives are ruined by wars, how families are devastated, and how the trauma can last over generations.
This is so fundamentally important for people to see. As a victim of U.S. foreign policy I will always side with my Vietnamese comrades.
Actually my grandfather and many of his neighbors are former VC. The US and Diệm government only concentrated the wealth in mega cites like Đà Nẵng and Sài Gòn. Those from the countryside not only suffered from poverty but also from Diệm's "Giết nhầm còn hơn bỏ sót" policy , basically indiscriminate killing of any suspected civilians, that didn't go well with the peasant class and helped buff support for VC significantly . Many VC soldiers had the same motivation as my grandfather ,they all lost relatives, cattles, houses (basically everything that important for a peasant) due to Diệm 's indiscriminate killing policy or simply they don't like be told what to do by another white guy from god know where after the French was kicked out.
That made me cry. So much suffering for an unjust, criminal, imperialist war of us aggression. It's heartening that Vietnam won, but seeing the pain caused is heartbreaking.
Thank you for sharing and translating this, comrades. It's important. You're doing a good thing. ❤
Cảm ơn luna video rất ý nghĩa có giá trị giúp người nước ngoài hiểu về VN
Đạo Sĩ nói gì cũng chuẩn 👌
Heart wrenching and hopeful. I thank the soldiers for their loving and loyal sacrifice not only to their country but to the peoples and future of Vietnam. Behind the fight was love. War must never be fought for self interest, subjugation of people or for control, but for freedom, independence and happiness for all. Injustice deserves no place on the face of this earth. I am privileged to have touched the soil in Vietnam 2 times. I just got back from a 2 week trip across Vietnam. Much love and healing to all the Vietnamese people. 💕💕💕💕✊🏼🇻🇳❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thank you Luna. Love and respect to the fallen martyrs who defeated imperialism and wickedness. Love and respect to all the people of Vietnam for all that they have suffered. 🙏❤
Tu documental,me a echo llorar,siempre e apreciado y valorado a su maxima expresion el valor del pueblo vietnamica,que lucho y perdio millones de sus hijos,peleando contra invasores y traidores y hoy,puede decir con mucho orgullo,que son una nacion libre y pujante.......Valio la pena,morir por tener la patria que tienen hoy,ldonde manda el vietnamita y no el extranjero asesino ni el lacayo traidor.....LARGA VIDA AL PUEBLO VIETNAMITA Y SU REVOLUCION.
I know some people including some former Vietnam veterans who have visited Vietnam and said that the people there have no ill feelings or resentment against Americans but actually are more afraid and concerned about China. By the way my old cell phone has made in Vietnam on the back.
I don't think China is the boogieman that people are claiming they are. Vietnam does have a complicated history with China, and I don't doubt that the Vietnamese still harbour lots of resentment towards them. I doubt that any informed Vietnamese person thinks that China is a bigger threat to world peace than the US is. Just look at how many bombs China has dropped on foreign soil or even shots fired from small arms compared to the US in the last 200 years. It's no contest. The US is a bully today, as they were back during the American War in Vietnam.
Amazing video we so rarely get to here the other side.
I nearly cried thank you for these I might learn vietnamese just for these documentaries now
Damn that grandmother was incredibly badass, she couldn't even stop flexing how many yanks she blew away. Seriously nothing but respect!
It's important to remember the humanity side of war and every life taken for greed and profit.
Thank you for sharing these stories
watching this gives me goosebumps. I had Family Members that fought for the North.
Absolutely touching. Eternal glory to those brave hearts who fought and died for the revolution.
Hugely touching. Solidarity to all of Vietnam.
Peace be upon the martyrs, their families and the whole of Vietnam. Thank you for the video.
Very touching and it made me very sad. So many lives destroyed due to terror of imperialists. :( Thank you for giving the victims a voice!
Well this was emotional, thank you.
Luna, você é ótima, amo seus vídeos
All love and respect to the people of Vietnam. Greetings from Brazil
Solidarity from Spain to my Vietnamese brothers and comrades who became martyrs for the struggle against imperialism. Việt nam muôn năm, hồ chí minh, và chủ nghĩa xã hội! 🇻🇳❤
I am so glad and grateful the Vietnamese people won, but the cost hurts so much.
How can you not cry watching this reality of U.S. crimes?
5:50 That belt is either a LINCLOE M-1972 belt or an LC-1 ALICE belt, neither pieces of equipment saw use in Vietnam prior to the withdrawal of US forces as agreed by the Paris Peace Accords. It’s impossible for it to have been captured during that time, as they were still being developed and tested by Natick Army Labs.
This was intense. Great video. I'm glad I watched it.
Fascinating! To hear the stories of those on the Vietnamese side is something we in the West never really get to experience - as you said it gets buried in the "official histories" written by the US. (Even though they lost, fighting a people whose country they had invaded...! What did they think would happen?) Thank you for posting this.
Just discovered your channel and I'm amazed. Thank you for share with the world the history that Americans try to hide here in the western. Cheers from Brazil!
I was moved to tears by this video. As a Filipino-American, all my heartfelt respect for what the Vietnamese had to suffer through.
Very moving. All progressive people around the world appreciate the sacrifices of the Vietnamese martyrs.
Love Ya Luna! So True...
May allah save all these victims of imperialism, Chechnya ❤ 🇻🇳
I'm coming back much later after first watching this, but I have to say - this really made me tear up hard multiple times. Part of why I haven't finished it yet. At least their sacrifice wasn't in vain, though - decades of hard fighting against the Japanese, French, and US imperialists, and their collaborators, and the Vietnamese people succeeded against all odds.
And in response to the description - yeah, that needs to change. That's not acceptable. Having the US "perspective" (read: often lies and distortions) be so dominant is almost like having the Nazi version of WWII be dominant. I say this as an "American;" there was absolutely no justification for the West to do what they did to Vietnam. Of course, I think we all agree with that already here, heh, but still.
Edit: Yep, happened again, had to grab a tissue, haha. But I finished. Great video
Thanks for sharing comrade
American government has caused more pain and suffering. The mental stress PTSD, has to be off the charts, think if another country came into the United states and did exactly what we did in Nam, I would like to think the entire nation would rise to the occasion to get rid the the invaders. It all comes down to our Government, I understand our soldiers answered the call, but they were lied too and betrayed by their Government and fellow citizens.
These are the real heroes I would like to venerate... Not the r4p1sts, murderers, and criminals ppl here worship every Nov 11.
Thank you for doing this, it's painful but necessary.
Long live the Vietnamese revolution, solidarity from the west!
The Vietnamese are wonderful people. I have made many friends over there the past few years. I love them. They wrote an article about me in the NhanDan paper in April 2023. I have a lot of respect and admiration for them. I'll be visiting in near future and can't wait to go. I'm friends with some in this video. Thank you fir posting this. I was invited to be in a documentary over there in Hanoi but my dad was very sick so I couldn't go.
These survivors of genocidal imperialist U.S. war remind me of the grandpas and grandmas that would share their stories and trauma with us every May when I still lived in Russia 🤧
I hope it's ok but all of these people are now my family and I wish them every happiness and blessing there is.
Thank you for this perspective on the Vietnam War. People on both sides…died and left family behind.
you are awesome luna! communist greetings from Brasil!!!!
Thanks. The video touch my heart!!!
Hi every body, i from VN. Thank you
Amazing, thanks for Sharing Luna.
I hope you also make such quality content to remind the world of the Evil group that started this, and the Lies used to wage this illegal war against Vietname, against Humanity.
🙏🙏👏👏👍👍
There’s virtually no English translations of interviews from the Vietnamese side. Heck, we have more interviews from Germans and Japanese from WWII than we do of Vietnamese. This is very valuable for Westerners.
It's crazy to think about how Vietnam celebrates July 27 to celebrate their national pride while Cuba has the same type of holiday on July 26 just the day before!
Veinti Seis de Julio!
Because of the time difference it's actually basically the same day 😁
Is fáda an bóthar é, ach béidh muid le ár bua blasta a chomrádaí!
The road, it is long but we will be with our succulent victory dear comrades.
My fait in humanity is recovered by learning from the comunist side of the vietnam war, here on mecico we continue to suffer from the intervention fron USA and his DEA, and new york timer lier media
Cảm ơn Luna đã phụ đề video này
There's a beauty in the veterans from both sides working together to help each other find peace with the horrors they had to be victim and party to. I think most wars leave young people emotionally devastated but this one seems to have left a particularly horrible mark on the vets. Have Vietnamese vets struggled with mental health in the same way US vets of the war have or is it viewed more like how the US views WWII (vets seems more positive in general because it was a "good" or "righteous" war in the American zeitgeist)? I've seen repeated accounts from the Ukraine-Russia war about how psychologically damaging consistent artillery strikes can be. I cannot fathom how horrifying it must have been to be hit by a decade of B52 bombing campaigns.
Never forget the Mỹ Lai massacre!!! True crime against humanity
It was just a case that came to light. American soldiers and Korean soldiers have committed many massacres of Vietnamese civilians that have not been exposed
There is many famous movies about Vetnam War, but they are all US movies, shows it form only one point of view, so they are obviously not objective. I wonder if there is any Vietnamese movie about it, hopefully with subtitles. If You know any please answer this comment.
th-cam.com/video/0_vpx783Raw/w-d-xo.html
and th-cam.com/video/v0MvSDuJ4gw/w-d-xo.html
-The smell of burning grass ( Mùi cỏ cháy )
-When until October ? ( Bao giờ cho đến tháng 10 ) October here is inspired by the October revolution of the Soviet Union.
-The last day of USA in Saigon ( Ngày cuối cùng của Mỹ Nguỵ ở Sài Gòn )
- Hanoi girl ( Cô gái Hà Nội )
- Hanoi 12 nights and days ( Hà Nội 12 ngày đêm )
- Cánh đồng hoang ( Open field ) Classic movie. Having won many international awards, the Russians loved this film and it was shown in the Soviet Union many times during the Soviet era.
If you want more. I will introduce you to a TH-cam channel called: V-sense-Top Vietnam movies
Also, now on Netflex: The People Who Write Legends
@@NguyenHoangVN1991
- Bao giờ cho đến tháng Mười - When the Tenth Month Comes. (Tháng Mười âm lịch không dịch là October được và cũng bị trùng tên với phim gì đó của Mỹ, và cũng không dính dáng gì đến Cách mạng tháng Mười Nga. Tháng Mười này là thời gian chợ Âm-Dương họp, nơi người sống hy vọng gặp người thân đã chết)
- Girl from Hanoi - Em bé Hà Nội, không phải Cô gái Hà nội.
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