My uncle flew a Huey in Viet Nam during my junior high years, and we wrote letters back and forth to each other as pen pals. I really enjoyed his letters. He recently passed and was honored in a funeral with full military honors. Well done Uncle Maj. C.B. Jeanes (Ret.)!
My dad was a Crew Chief for Hueys durring two tours of Vietnam in Cu Chi. He would never go on any roller coasters with my sister and I because he said it would never compare to the shit he went through riding in Hueys. He was in 14 crashes and had a bandage on his head when he got to the airport in Seattle only to be spat at, had beer cans thrown at him, and be called a "baby killer"! My dad was never right after he got back, I was 5 years old, He passed in 2011. RIP dad, I miss and love you every day. SSG James R. Stokes, Ret.
My dad was also a huey CC and said said roller coasters were boring. Except for XLR8 at Houstons Astroworld Park. It hung from the track and swayed like a chopper dies. It was also built over a swampy area and my dad absolutely loved it. He said it brought him back to Nam.
So sad and sorry about your fathers return to the states. I also served 70-71 and no one cared about our return. Now that I am old I become sadder about how these heroes like your dad was so disrespected.
As a Marine Nam Vet, I was stationed at Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12 and saw Huey’s fly by everyday, mostly about 30’-40’ off the water. I used to wave at the door gunners, just to let them know we were with them.
Great video. I was a 25 year old 2lt right out of flight training at Ft. Rucker in 1989. The primary trainer was the Huey, all of the instructors were Vietnam veterans and the hot, steamy skies of Lower Alabama were filled with the distinctive sound of Huey blades slapping the sky. Mr. Gene Cody taught me, and man those guys knew how to fly and they loved to teach us how. As a Huey platoon leader, 80% of the pilots in my platoon were Vietnam veterans and man, those guys taught me things about flying the Huey that Mr. Cody didn’t teach at Ft. Rucker. They’re all a lot older now and everyone has gone their own way. I think of those men, and I’m blessed to have served with them and I think of the Huey helicopter and I miss being shaken constantly. Most of all I miss that distinctive sound of Huey blades announcing our arrival.
I was 18 when I went to Ft Rucker out of basic training in Ft Polk, La. was going to helicopter maintenance training. 67N20. It was not bad especially the weekend trips down to the beach. Lol. Then on to Hunter Army Airfield Savannah, Ga. then to Vietnam 11th ACR in 1967-68.
Sorry about your Dad.... I also was with the 118th A.H.C. 145th C.A.B Bein hoa 70-71 door gunner 2nd Plt Choppers Blue 6 and Blue 10...... www.118ahc.org/ ... www.118ahc.org/2ndPlatoon.htm
My father had his dental office directly across a four lane road from the main Bell Helicopter plant in Fort Worth. You could step out his door and see the main landing fields where the aircraft would be tested. I remember as a 12-13yo, in 1968, seeing large flights of Huey's being put through their paces, each aircraft being checked out before it was shipped off to war. It's always been an odd feeling, looking at videos like this and realizing that some of the same aircraft I saw in those years are almost certainly in these images.
Yes. I’ve driven past this plant many many times. I even knew the daughter of the Bell CEO at one point. I can almost imagine where your Uncle’s office building was. The plant is actually in Hurst, TX off of Highway 10. I once even did some testing of a voice activated weapons system that they were working on while I was an ROTC cadet at TCU. Anyway, Hurst is actually a suburb of Fort Worth, so close enough! Cheers!
@@tamuman93 The border between Fort Worth and Hurst is that highway, then 183, now called Highway 10. Fort Worth wanted the plant in their city limits.
@@willwyatt7023 Well, I stand corrected! I’ve been driving by that plant since the early 80’s and I never knew that was Ft Worth on that side of 10. But I’m not surprised actually. Once you mentioned that, it did occur to me that Ft. Worth city limits has really creeped down many roadways and into a lot of areas that one wouldn’t realize unless they saw a sign or Ft. Worth patrol cars cruising the strips. No doubt that Ft. Worth has annexed a massive amount of land around it. Thanks for setting me straight!
@@myname2263 My Dad has opened up a little bit in the last year on it. Just little tidbits but still fascinating to hear it from your own father. He told me about a month ago that at times he misses Vietnam and what he did. That threw me for a loop.
I flew Warrior 15 in the 336th. I was stationed in Soc Trang from early December 66 to late November 67. We don't talk to people that have never been in combat, whether it was Vietnam or any other combat. I can say things that another combat vet will understand that would sound terrible to someone else. There are no words that can explain what combat is like, no book, and no movie. "Saving Private Ryan" in the opening scenes is the closest I've ever seen.
@@SocTrangWarrior15 Well said and I definitely respect that. Did you know my father Walter Monkhouse? He was in Soc Trang same time as you flying with the T-Birds
Mine favorite aircraft too brother. I flew the Huey from 1989-1999 and I loved that aircraft. The Huey is like an American muscle car. It may not be the fastest, it may not be the most powerful, but every head turns when it passes by and nothing else has that same beautiful sound. I had no desire to fly a more modern aircraft, except maybe the Mohawk. Turns out the Mohawk is not a more modern aircraft. At least not by much.
I am one of the lucky Huey door gunners who survived Vietnam & came home. The Wop,Wop,Wop of the helicopter blades was the song of my youth. Those Hueys were either taking us into hell or bringing us out of it. Sometimes the deck of our Huey was so covered in blood, that we would have to land in a shallow river just to wash it out. I am a Vietnam veteran, fighter by day, lover by night, drunkard by choice & a soldier by mistake. (drafted) SGT. E-5, M.S. “Gunslinger” Smith UH-1B (Huey) M-60, Door Gunner Alpha Troop 1st Squadron,9th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) An Khe,Vietnam 1969 “Get Some!” 🎖💜♠️🪖🇺🇸
While my buddies were scootin around town in their Mustangs and Chevys in 1970 and 71, I was flying my Huey and then later the Kiowa. "Fireball One Five " 199th LIB " Stogie 6 Alpha" B Trp 3/17 US Air Cav
I served in combat with the 9th Infantry Division. My 2nd Brigade was called the Mobile Riverine Force because we lived on barracks ships (I was on the USS Benewah) and normally went into operations on ATCs (armored troop carriers...modified landing craft like the ones used on D-Day in WWII). Still, I went into combat in a Huey often enough to be awarded the Air Medal. I preferred traveling that way although I had no say in it. Those whirling blades were the most amazing fan on the hot, humid days. I don't know how I survived, other than the fact that I served with courageous civilian soldiers did not survive. We did the best we could under impossible conditions and it could easily have gone the other way. My platoon was wiped out twice while I was there, but I was a replacement and I never got to know some of the replacements who came after me. I have no band of brothers although I am in touch with a few selected people with whom I served. I have forgiven all the wrongs that were done on all sides of this subject. Peace to everyone of good intention guides my life in these last years. Please learn about Vietnam...learn the lesson. Read the Pentagon Papers. We must not continue to repeat our mistakes.
The mistakes was not made by the military, it was corrupt intelligence officers telling secrets to unauthorized persons. Foreign intelligence agents were passing secrets to the enemy. Corrupt Vietnamese soldierd were selling artillery shells to troops fighting the NVA.
Roger that, 100%! Reading the Pentagon Papers makes me sick. The bastards knew we could not win and didn't believe SEATO (Southeast Asia TreatTreaty Organization) actually compelled us to defend VN. They may have acted differently if they had to serve in our place.
I had a Insurance Agent that was a Huey pilot in Nam. He said he loved flying the helicopter but hated it for why he flew. He said he saw too much to ever forget. RIP. Larry Picker. Cancer at 50ish...2004
The helicopter itself is fantastic, but this senseless war against mostly impoverished Vietnamese peasants that killied millions was a severe crime against humanity.
I myself was in the Navy 1974 to 1977. We were on stand by, on the air craft Carrie. We never did enter problem' s in Vietnam. I pray for all the Men and Women who sacrifice there lives for protecting our Great Country.🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓
I grew up near Ft. Rucker, AL, during the Vietnam era. Nearly all Army helo pilots were trained there. I remember clearly seeing not just Hueys, but Chinooks, Cranes, etc. all day every day. The base was covered up in Hueys! One field, I believe it was Lowe Field was enormous, and you could top the hill on the road next to it, and as far as you could see were Hueys, all the way to the horizon...
My father willie Ragland was in helicopter and he he fought on the ground love him to death and glad he made it out without a scratch on him and blessed the war veterans alive and the ones who didn't make it
...wow.To watch this now I can't imagine how rad these choppers must have been in 1964.I was 8 years old in 64 and remember the sentiment of the time with ww2 and korea still in the psyche of the times. I marvel at how those young Americans were drafted and gave uo their youths and some there lives.So many years later, those vets are now in their 7o's and with this vid it seems like yesterday Good luck to all who went to this war.
Four of my five brothers serving during Vietnam War Served in Vietnam one Navy two Marines and one Army Green Beret .My youngest brother with Marines was wounded never recovered when he died he was full of Cancer I blame VA for waiting months to see him and then more waiting. One of my older brothers was KIA he was with Green Beret and Gunship pilot of a Huey
Proud family with a lot to be proud about. Down-under, we were ordered to take the Vietnam campaign ribbons off our uniforms. The Returned Services league did an abysmal job of making us feel welcome back home, as did the Federal Government. We had to fight for recognition, even funding and opening our own war memorial in the nation's capital - and organising our own welcome home march … which happened as late as 1983 (our Prime Minister stood on the dais during the march past and refused to return the salute). I, for one, experienced the soul-destroying efforts to get recognition for medical problems from a government that didn't give much of a damn (and I still suffer, and will die before my time … a range of issues, including a range of cancers, and the possible effects of chemicals passed on to my daughter who is now invalided ). Our fellow countrymen treated us like vermin for the most part, and avoided us wherever they could. I still get accosted today, sometimes by people who were not even born then, or who had migrated from other countries and knew nothing about the reasons we went there. I'm proud of what we did - and anyone who isn't dishonours at least those who didn't survive or suffered in later life.
Great video; thx for posting. The only thing I would take issue with in the script is the assertion that the Huey was hard to hit as evidenced by the 1:18,000 down rate. Believe we lost 4,800 Hueys during the war.
02:08 General Vang Pao, the man with the Hat flipping the pages. General of the Mountain People of the Hmong's (HMOOB) who fought bravely along side the Americans during the War working with the CIA as the Secret Army helping and rescuing down Pilots as they are shot down over the jungles of Laos. #RIP my dear beloved General VANG PAO
I flew a Charlie model Huey gun ship 68-69 191ST assault helicopter company; Boomerangs; slicks and the Bounty Hunters, gun ships. We had miniguns; 10 or 17 lb rockets and or 40 mm grenade on the nose. The crew chief and gunner fired M 60 machine guns. The slicks had m 60 machine guns fired by the gunner and crew chief; slicks had rigid mounts for their guns and the m 60’s on the gun ships were fired with a lot more maneuverability because they were mounted on bungi cords. We did a lot of flying, my hat is off to the guys who flew the slicks; harder work flying formation, and very vulnerable during landing LZ or pick ups from field locations. Time flys too, we are all in our 70’s now, 😄
"...The Army calls them Hueys...?" They were "Slicks." But that's for later. I went "in-country" 6 June 1964. I saw Bell OH19s & I saw fixed-wing "Mosquitoes' (the frame of a Piper Cub covered with cloth). Sometimes "Caribous." "Thuds" galore. The Slicks were "angels" to the 111s & 112s ("Grunts" or more aptly called "Bush-Beaters") of later troops, but I (We) all walked out thru the wire and too much later walked back in thru the wire.
@@johnkizziah108 I mean it sincerely. I was just a youngster during that time and didn't learn much about it till years later. It was awful how you guys were treated. I have thanked several Viet Nam vets, and they always appreciate it. Glad you made it back.
@@johnkizziah108 John, I remember the spit, urine, and dog feces thrown on returning military. Some of Hanoi Jane's people. Haters. From one vet to another, peace to you John and welcome home. 👍✌🇺🇸
Widow of a 1/9th Air CAV "Headhunters" grunt and later in tour Huey door gunner '67-'68. He never real "came home" and died from larynx cancer thanks to Agent Orange exposure. He also had renal cell (kidney and bone) cancers- bone cancer was Stage 4.
Sorry for your loss. I read a book about the war Headhunters by Mathew Brennan. The men of the Air Cav had some interesting stories of their experiences.
I flew 187 combat missions in my souped up flashy metallic triangular super sonic airborne thingy wingy, with the wind in my hair. And I gotta tell yers, war is hell, buddy boys. I am a complete emotional wreck. I don't even wanna talk about it. Like, the static with someone's transistor radio would freak me out for years thereafter. Laminated floors send shivers down my spine. Reminds me of Commissar Chuong's re-education chamber.
The Huey . . . in my case, the UH-1F, was the helo of my unit - Detachment 7, 37th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron . . . at Minot AFB, North Dakota. This aircraft fulfilled muliple .missions since its' inception in the 1960's - the Vietnam War . . . thru the 1990's - multiple missions. They still exist, however later, more efficient platforms has make this helo 'model-T like.' 🇺🇸 😬
Hats off to all the vietnam vets and the huey pilots or children to vietnam vets and huey pilots. Its a bit pity that the huey has been replaced with the uh-60 blackhawk.
Everyone knows that at twenty you are invincible. Soldiers bleeding, downed Hueys, smoldering ashes whipping around a helicopter caught in the violent turbulence of its rotor blades. Shoot anything that moves. We had the sixth sense that protected only the chosen few. The unlucky could only be remembered for a short while. New people, new ships, new missions, the next mission, that's all there was. Get ready, stay prepared, stay loose, and smoke 'em when you got 'em. You are known for what you do. There is no hiding, lying or cheating. Bullshit carries no weight. Your word, your action, your machine gun is who you are. Period. From my book: "Highest Traditions"
Who doesn't love a Huey? The iconic war bird of Vietnam. Brave young men. I will say I do love a good US propaganda movie. Knowing what we know now , those stats don't mean much to all the men who lost their lives.
These helicopter crews were the pioneers of the helicopter war. The ships were paper thin as were the grunts! We who flew them gave our lives for them in no matter what situation they were in, and by God they gave there lives for us when we went down and needed to be rescued. Nothing on Earth was like the sound of those blades when gunships flew in on your flanks to protect you and slicks began landing with infantry to get you aboard and into the air to safety. It's was the same when we were shot down. Vietnam was hell...until you saw that man in the door firing his 60 machine gun to suppress the enemy, within seconds you where nose tilted down, tail boom up and on your way out of harm's way! They were our brothers no matter the race or religion. We were Americans, and they were our brothers and still are. We were your men who stood on your wall. (And so are these young men and women now in these wars)
My dad 160 to 1968 us marine corps I enlisted in the navy 1984 uncle frank deal air force also 1960 to 1968 from glenville ga fought and came back my son army Aaron coward we are fighters for America God bless the United States
My dad was crew chief on a huey and I love all that but as a kid I was fascinated with you tunnel rats. I read books about yall and loved seeing the maps of the intricate tunnel systems. Now as an adult I think I'm closterphobic and seeing tunnels rats in movies freaks me out. 😆
I was a 19 year old Marine in Vietnam in 1969. I got home in 1970. Besides my family, no one said "welcome home" to me until 2001. Right after 9/11. 31 years! For that 31 years I refused to wear anything that showed that I was a Vietnam Veteran. It's biter sweet even now. I know that some of the people that tell me welcome home now are the same people that spit on me and my Brothers back then.
A couple things them 2 blade rotor systems in violent maneuvers the rotor mast tips back and actually can cut the drive off to the tail rotor or so I've read! The navy operated hueys in the delta region. They suffered at least one crash caused by sabotage to the rotors! They have a cuff over the leading edge of the rotor where it connects to the hub. Somebody took the cuff off cut through leading edge of one blade put the cuff back on and during operations the rotor broke off killed everyone on board!
A cut main rotor means that somebody missed it during pre-flight, or whoever did it took the time to cut the steel spar in the leading edge, bondo the cut, sand it, prime it and paint it to match the rest of the blade. Also, the main rotor was not long enough to enter the arc of the tail rotor. If the mast bent that far to the rear of the ship, she's headed for tera firma anyway because that mast and/or the transmission have come loose from their mounts. UH-1H crewchief / gunner 114th AHC (our Knight slicks and Cobra B-Model guns are featured in the movie. When the Bell people visited our base at Vinh Long, they saw the "Cobra" nose are on our B Model gunships. They liked the name and when the AH-1 was built, it was named the Huey Cobra. It is the only aircraft, rotary or fixed wing in the Army inventory with a name NOT linked to Native Americanss.
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To all the brave men and women that give their lives in the service of their country's ,and to those who return home only to be let down by their own government ,thank you and god bless. And may the first boots on the ground in the next conflict be those of the politicians who play the regime change games with others lives.
Must have been a propaganda film. At about minute 23 it said something about very few losses of the helicopters. Is 47% what you would call a 'few?' There were about 7000 Hueys in country and over 3300 were lost. I rode one of those losses to the ground.
Entering South Vietnam after the French had left was not only a bad decision for the USA. It was totally unnecessary and a crime on all those drafties who where sent there.
Communist Russia and China. They spent billions to invade South Vietnam. Dont forget Hungary and Checlosovakia and Poland and the Baltic Countries. We had to fight them or be surrounded.
Well, when you have that many in the air, it's not going to take long before you start raking them up. The Huey isn't exactly a nimble chopper...and you can hear it coming for miles so you can't exactly sneak up on the enemy with it.
Like all new forms of warfare, mistakes will be made, like the early tanks of WW1 and the jets of WW2, the Germans should have used them only to intercept bombers.
Helicopters enable our troops to land near enemy forces and surprise and destroy them. Also: let's announce the arrival of our troops by shooting up the entire area hours in advance. VC#1: Hey Chao! VC#2: Yeah? VC#1: Looks like the American imperialists are going to launch a big operation here./ VC#2: Yup. Better postpone that meeting untill later this week! VC#1: Okay, we'll evacuate to the north. We'll go our seperate ways. VC#2: Agreed. I'll have some volunteers stay behind for ambushes etc. etc.
Went there got drafted .and came back alive from being in hell.just one of the lucky ones many did not make it back .and look at it now.for what what a waste of lives what did that prove absolutely nothing.but thanks to the hueys .d17 first air cav.
Look how high the death rate was in Korea and no choppers to support the troops during their fighting. With out the Huey's in Vietnam our death count would have been much higher.
There is the factor of leading and trailing rotary blades and vibrations caused by each blade. With just 2 blades there was a lot of film made by panels rubbing each other where they were screwed together.
We flew out Vietnamese civilians and ARVNs. I personally helped pull an emergency medivac that saved ARVNs who ran over a bomb in Hue. We were coming home from the DMZ area where we supported Green Berets and their Vietnamese mountain men. Someone lied to you.
I heard stories of vietnam war from real vietnam war veterans they said there was 18 confirmed us friendly killed in action that same day fresh new recruits and they were young he said all he seen was there boots and blood covered up in tarp and loaded onto helicopters that time
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My uncle flew a Huey in Viet Nam during my junior high years, and we wrote letters back and forth to each other as pen pals. I really enjoyed his letters. He recently passed and was honored in a funeral with full military honors. Well done Uncle Maj. C.B. Jeanes (Ret.)!
That's something to be very proud of
@@kwantoon Thank you, God Bless you.
Rest in Power Maj. C.B. Jeanes!
He is a hero, Honor him every chance you get
My uncle Frank Deal air force dropped napom on Vietnam
My dad was a Crew Chief for Hueys durring two tours of Vietnam in Cu Chi. He would never go on any roller coasters with my sister and I because he said it would never compare to the shit he went through riding in Hueys. He was in 14 crashes and had a bandage on his head when he got to the airport in Seattle only to be spat at, had beer cans thrown at him, and be called a "baby killer"! My dad was never right after he got back, I was 5 years old, He passed in 2011. RIP dad, I miss and love you every day. SSG James R. Stokes, Ret.
Your Dad deserves a Medal 💕
Sad what happened.
I was a door gunner in Cu-Chi, two tours 1966 & '67. What group did your Dad fly with?
My dad was also a huey CC and said said roller coasters were boring. Except for XLR8 at Houstons Astroworld Park. It hung from the track and swayed like a chopper dies. It was also built over a swampy area and my dad absolutely loved it. He said it brought him back to Nam.
Hats off to your dad! I am flying the huey's in dcs world (a combat flight simulator)
So sad and sorry about your fathers return to the states. I also served 70-71 and no one cared about our return. Now that I am old I become sadder about how these heroes like your dad was so disrespected.
I went the Army in 1960 and got out in 1963. I was very fortunate to miss Vietnam. God Bless those who went to Vietnam🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Fortunate son
@Abel Castro are you joking or actually serious
Thank.you.for.your.service.sir.
@Abel Castro you are a coward
Abel Castro Who are you to treat the elderly like a pig?
Huey is an icon. Used in so many films and not just Vietnam War films.
I don't think there will ever be a helicopter like the Huey.
As a Marine Nam Vet, I was stationed at Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12 and saw Huey’s fly by everyday, mostly about 30’-40’ off the water. I used to wave at the door gunners, just to let them know we were with them.
Good idea 😀
My uncle was a Marine at Chu Lai in 1968
Great video. I was a 25 year old 2lt right out of flight training at Ft. Rucker in 1989. The primary trainer was the Huey, all of the instructors were Vietnam veterans and the hot, steamy skies of Lower Alabama were filled with the distinctive sound of Huey blades slapping the sky. Mr. Gene Cody taught me, and man those guys knew how to fly and they loved to teach us how. As a Huey platoon leader, 80% of the pilots in my platoon were Vietnam veterans and man, those guys taught me things about flying the Huey that Mr. Cody didn’t teach at Ft. Rucker. They’re all a lot older now and everyone has gone their own way. I think of those men, and I’m blessed to have served with them and I think of the Huey helicopter and I miss being shaken constantly. Most of all I miss that distinctive sound of Huey blades announcing our arrival.
All great Americans.
@@jackjohnson7396 Absolutely 🇺🇸
I was 18 when I went to Ft Rucker out of basic training in Ft Polk, La. was going to helicopter maintenance training. 67N20. It was not bad especially the weekend trips down to the beach. Lol. Then on to Hunter Army Airfield Savannah, Ga. then to Vietnam 11th ACR in 1967-68.
I do too. I can hear one 10 miles away. Oh. That’s a Huey for sure!!
But you know they don’t really fly. They beat the air into submission. Lol
My dad passed yesterday he was a door gunner 1st aviation brigade
118th A.H.C. 145th C.A.B
Bein hoa 68-69
Respect
My dearest sympathies to you and your family for your loss of a father, and a true warrior!
Godspeed, gunner
Sorry about your Dad.... I also was with the 118th A.H.C. 145th C.A.B
Bein hoa 70-71 door gunner 2nd Plt Choppers Blue 6 and Blue 10...... www.118ahc.org/ ... www.118ahc.org/2ndPlatoon.htm
I am sadden to hear of your loss. Viet Vet Marines :((((
My father had his dental office directly across a four lane road from the main Bell Helicopter plant in Fort Worth. You could step out his door and see the main landing fields where the aircraft would be tested. I remember as a 12-13yo, in 1968, seeing large flights of Huey's being put through their paces, each aircraft being checked out before it was shipped off to war. It's always been an odd feeling, looking at videos like this and realizing that some of the same aircraft I saw in those years are almost certainly in these images.
Yes. I’ve driven past this plant many many times. I even knew the daughter of the Bell CEO at one point. I can almost imagine where your Uncle’s office building was.
The plant is actually in Hurst, TX off of Highway 10. I once even did some testing of a voice activated weapons system that they were working on while I was an ROTC cadet at TCU.
Anyway, Hurst is actually a suburb of Fort Worth, so close enough!
Cheers!
@@tamuman93 The border between Fort Worth and Hurst is that highway, then 183, now called Highway 10. Fort Worth wanted the plant in their city limits.
@@willwyatt7023 Well, I stand corrected! I’ve been driving by that plant since the early 80’s and I never knew that was Ft Worth on that side of 10. But I’m not surprised actually. Once you mentioned that, it did occur to me that Ft. Worth city limits has really creeped down many roadways and into a lot of areas that one wouldn’t realize unless they saw a sign or Ft. Worth patrol cars cruising the strips. No doubt that Ft. Worth has annexed a massive amount of land around it.
Thanks for setting me straight!
My dad was a door gunner '67 to '68 in Soc Trang with the 336th. Had to be some baddddd stuff, he still wont talk about it after 50+ years.
My dad was a door gunner 66-67 , he wont speak any of it either.
@@myname2263 My Dad has opened up a little bit in the last year on it. Just little tidbits but still fascinating to hear it from your own father. He told me about a month ago that at times he misses Vietnam and what he did. That threw me for a loop.
I flew Warrior 15 in the 336th. I was stationed in Soc Trang from early December 66 to late November 67. We don't talk to people that have never been in combat, whether it was Vietnam or any other combat. I can say things that another combat vet will understand that would sound terrible to someone else. There are no words that can explain what combat is like, no book, and no movie. "Saving Private Ryan" in the opening scenes is the closest I've ever seen.
@@SocTrangWarrior15 Well said and I definitely respect that. Did you know my father Walter Monkhouse? He was in Soc Trang same time as you flying with the T-Birds
@@walterm9124 Not really. I stayed in slicks because the guns didn't fly enough to suit me. Guns and slicks were almost like two different companies.
The Huey will always be my favorite helicopter
Mine favorite aircraft too brother. I flew the Huey from 1989-1999 and I loved that aircraft. The Huey is like an American muscle car. It may not be the fastest, it may not be the most powerful, but every head turns when it passes by and nothing else has that same beautiful sound. I had no desire to fly a more modern aircraft, except maybe the Mohawk. Turns out the Mohawk is not a more modern aircraft. At least not by much.
I am one of the lucky Huey door gunners who survived Vietnam & came home. The Wop,Wop,Wop of the helicopter blades was the song of my youth. Those Hueys were either taking us into hell or bringing us out of it. Sometimes the deck of our Huey was so covered in blood, that we would have to land in a shallow river just to wash it out. I am a Vietnam veteran, fighter by day, lover by night, drunkard by choice & a soldier by mistake. (drafted)
SGT. E-5, M.S. “Gunslinger” Smith
UH-1B (Huey) M-60, Door Gunner
Alpha Troop
1st Squadron,9th Cavalry Regiment
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)
An Khe,Vietnam 1969
“Get Some!”
🎖💜♠️🪖🇺🇸
Hell yea😊
While my buddies were scootin around town in their Mustangs and Chevys in 1970 and 71, I was flying my Huey and then later the Kiowa.
"Fireball One Five " 199th LIB
" Stogie 6 Alpha" B Trp 3/17 US Air Cav
Thanks for the memories. Tiger 24, Viking 22 (121st Assault Helicopter Co.), Falcon 88 (335th Assault Helicopter Co.)
I served in combat with the 9th Infantry Division. My 2nd Brigade was called the Mobile Riverine Force because we lived on barracks ships (I was on the USS Benewah) and normally went into operations on ATCs (armored troop carriers...modified landing craft like the ones used on D-Day in WWII). Still, I went into combat in a Huey often enough to be awarded the Air Medal. I preferred traveling that way although I had no say in it. Those whirling blades were the most amazing fan on the hot, humid days. I don't know how I survived, other than the fact that I served with courageous civilian soldiers did not survive. We did the best we could under impossible conditions and it could easily have gone the other way. My platoon was wiped out twice while I was there, but I was a replacement and I never got to know some of the replacements who came after me. I have no band of brothers although I am in touch with a few selected people with whom I served. I have forgiven all the wrongs that were done on all sides of this subject. Peace to everyone of good intention guides my life in these last years. Please learn about Vietnam...learn the lesson. Read the Pentagon Papers. We must not continue to repeat our mistakes.
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The mistakes was not made by the military, it was corrupt intelligence officers telling secrets to unauthorized persons. Foreign intelligence agents were passing secrets to the enemy. Corrupt Vietnamese soldierd were selling artillery shells to troops fighting the NVA.
Roger that, 100%! Reading the Pentagon Papers makes me sick. The bastards knew we could not win and didn't believe SEATO (Southeast Asia TreatTreaty Organization) actually compelled us to defend VN. They may have acted differently if they had to serve in our place.
I had a Insurance Agent that was a Huey pilot in Nam. He said he loved flying the helicopter but hated it for why he flew. He said he saw too much to ever forget. RIP.
Larry Picker. Cancer at 50ish...2004
The helicopter itself is fantastic, but this senseless war against mostly impoverished Vietnamese peasants that killied millions was a severe crime against humanity.
I myself was in the Navy 1974 to 1977. We were on stand by, on the air craft Carrie. We never did enter problem' s in Vietnam. I pray for all the Men and Women who sacrifice there lives for protecting our Great Country.🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓
I grew up near Ft. Rucker, AL, during the Vietnam era. Nearly all Army helo pilots were trained there. I remember clearly seeing not just Hueys, but Chinooks, Cranes, etc. all day every day. The base was covered up in Hueys! One field, I believe it was Lowe Field was enormous, and you could top the hill on the road next to it, and as far as you could see were Hueys, all the way to the horizon...
Hueys rock!! God bless,from Australia 🇦🇺👍🙏😎⚡️
Australia rocks!! God bless from America.
Rock me Gently/I sing , now, but those old Huey aircraft , they took a piece of my 18 yr. old heart,1971-1972/Spec Craig/ da nang,1971-72!
My father willie Ragland was in helicopter and he he fought on the ground love him to death and glad he made it out without a scratch on him and blessed the war veterans alive and the ones who didn't make it
...wow.To watch this now I can't imagine how rad these choppers must have been in 1964.I was 8 years old in 64 and remember the sentiment of the time with ww2 and korea still in the psyche of the times. I marvel at how those young Americans were drafted and gave uo their youths and some there lives.So many years later, those vets are now in their 7o's and with this vid it seems like yesterday
Good luck to all who went to this war.
Four of my five brothers serving during Vietnam War Served in Vietnam one Navy two Marines and one Army Green Beret .My youngest brother with Marines was wounded never recovered when he died he was full of Cancer I blame VA for waiting months to see him and then more waiting. One of my older brothers was KIA he was with Green Beret and Gunship pilot of a Huey
Janet Bosley this government gives better medical care to illegal aliens than its veterans, same with housing and it’s disgusting.
Thank you for your family's service and sacrifice.
Proud family with a lot to be proud about. Down-under, we were ordered to take the Vietnam campaign ribbons off our uniforms. The Returned Services league did an abysmal job of making us feel welcome back home, as did the Federal Government. We had to fight for recognition, even funding and opening our own war memorial in the nation's capital - and organising our own welcome home march … which happened as late as 1983 (our Prime Minister stood on the dais during the march past and refused to return the salute). I, for one, experienced the soul-destroying efforts to get recognition for medical problems from a government that didn't give much of a damn (and I still suffer, and will die before my time … a range of issues, including a range of cancers, and the possible effects of chemicals passed on to my daughter who is now invalided ). Our fellow countrymen treated us like vermin for the most part, and avoided us wherever they could. I still get accosted today, sometimes by people who were not even born then, or who had migrated from other countries and knew nothing about the reasons we went there. I'm proud of what we did - and anyone who isn't dishonours at least those who didn't survive or suffered in later life.
Great American soldiers. Heard the V.A. is better now from a few vets. Hopefully.
I'm not going to put my life in their hands. [ Not if I can prevent that from happening ]
Great video; thx for posting. The only thing I would take issue with in the script is the assertion that the Huey was hard to hit as evidenced by the 1:18,000 down rate. Believe we lost 4,800 Hueys during the war.
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I was very happy to hear the Huey choppers coming in but I was very unhappy to hear them going out.
I was a shotgun rider,taking off for a hot lz terrified me!! Sgt Nick p !
Never heard these Hueys directly but only from movies and documentaries. Still, I love the sound of these tough and brave helicopters.
02:08 General Vang Pao, the man with the Hat flipping the pages. General of the Mountain People of the Hmong's (HMOOB) who fought bravely along side the Americans during the War working with the CIA as the Secret Army helping and rescuing down Pilots as they are shot down over the jungles of Laos. #RIP my dear beloved General VANG PAO
I flew a Charlie model Huey gun ship 68-69 191ST assault helicopter company; Boomerangs; slicks and the Bounty Hunters, gun ships. We had miniguns; 10 or 17 lb rockets and or 40 mm grenade on the nose. The crew chief and gunner fired M 60 machine guns. The slicks had m 60 machine guns fired by the gunner and crew chief; slicks had rigid mounts for their guns and the m 60’s on the gun ships were fired with a lot more maneuverability because they were mounted on bungi cords.
We did a lot of flying, my hat is off to the guys who flew the slicks; harder work flying formation, and very vulnerable during landing LZ or pick ups from field locations. Time flys too, we are all in our 70’s now, 😄
Salute😊
The poor UH-34 never gets a mention, but it was the workhorse of the Marines in that war.
One year too young. My memories of the huey involve the ride of the valkyries.
All great Americans and their allies that fought there. Hope the V.A. takes care of them here.
I always loved the awesome display of the Huey in the second RAMBO movie.
Old John J. was flying the hell out of that UH-1.
Love those huey.s..worked on them .inspected them.flew n them n vietnam 67 68 69
"...The Army calls them Hueys...?" They were "Slicks." But that's for later. I went "in-country" 6 June 1964. I saw Bell OH19s & I saw fixed-wing "Mosquitoes' (the frame of a Piper Cub covered with cloth). Sometimes "Caribous." "Thuds" galore. The Slicks were "angels" to the 111s & 112s ("Grunts" or more aptly called "Bush-Beaters") of later troops, but I (We) all walked out thru the wire and too much later walked back in thru the wire.
Se celebro en mi pais(Uruguay) los 50años de servico del Huey ,y se espera que sirvan todavia un lote de años mas.
Im a old vet when i hear a huey im young and strong again
This may get old, but thank you for your service, and welcome home.
@@davidmihevc3990 thank you doesn't get old for Vietnam vets everyone kinda hated us when we got home
@@johnkizziah108 I mean it sincerely. I was just a youngster during that time and didn't learn much about it till years later. It was awful how you guys were treated. I have thanked several Viet Nam vets, and they always appreciate it. Glad you made it back.
@@johnkizziah108 John, I remember the spit, urine, and dog feces thrown on returning military. Some of Hanoi Jane's people. Haters. From one vet to another, peace to you John and welcome home. 👍✌🇺🇸
@@marksark1119 thank you sir and welcome home to you.
STILL GETTING DRUNK AND NEVER FORGETTING IN NOVEMBER 2020!!!!!!!!!
Widow of a 1/9th Air CAV "Headhunters" grunt and later in tour Huey door gunner '67-'68. He never real "came home" and died from larynx cancer thanks to Agent Orange exposure. He also had renal cell (kidney and bone) cancers- bone cancer was Stage 4.
Betty J. Black Like i said. These guys and gals are my REAL heroes!
I Betty J. Black
Sorry for your loss Betty. These men gave their all until nothing was left to give.
Sorry for your loss. I read a book about the war Headhunters by Mathew Brennan. The men of the Air Cav had some interesting stories of their experiences.
I flew 187 combat missions in my souped up flashy metallic triangular super sonic airborne thingy wingy, with the wind in my hair. And I gotta tell yers, war is hell, buddy boys. I am a complete emotional wreck. I don't even wanna talk about it. Like, the static with someone's transistor radio would freak me out for years thereafter. Laminated floors send shivers down my spine. Reminds me of Commissar Chuong's re-education chamber.
The Huey . . . in my case, the UH-1F, was the helo of my unit - Detachment 7, 37th Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron . . . at Minot AFB, North Dakota. This aircraft fulfilled muliple .missions since its' inception in the 1960's - the Vietnam War . . . thru the 1990's - multiple missions. They still exist, however later, more efficient platforms has make this helo 'model-T like.' 🇺🇸 😬
Hats off to all the vietnam vets and the huey pilots or children to vietnam vets and huey pilots. Its a bit pity that the huey has been replaced with the uh-60 blackhawk.
El helicóptero mas famoso de la historia de la humanidad ! Hasta canciones series peliculas ......
Awesome Huey
5,086: Number of helicopters destroyed during the Vietnam War out of 12.000.....
I LOVE THESE OLD U.S. GOVT. MILITARY FILMS !! AMERICA !!!!
Everyone knows that at twenty you are invincible. Soldiers bleeding, downed Hueys, smoldering ashes whipping around a helicopter caught in the violent turbulence of its rotor blades. Shoot anything that moves. We had the sixth sense that protected only the chosen few. The unlucky could only be remembered for a short while. New people, new ships, new missions, the next mission, that's all there was. Get ready, stay prepared, stay loose, and smoke 'em when you got 'em. You are known for what you do. There is no hiding, lying or cheating. Bullshit carries no weight. Your word, your action, your machine gun is who you are. Period.
From my book: "Highest Traditions"
No doubt salute
Who doesn't love a Huey? The iconic war bird of Vietnam. Brave young men. I will say I do love a good US propaganda movie. Knowing what we know now , those stats don't mean much to all the men who lost their lives.
Thank you ALL veterans for your service! ALL ARMIES ALL SIDES! VIVA LA REVOLUTICION! EL CHE VIVE!
These guys and gals are my REAL heroes! Not some bullshit movie actor!
Lost 1 ship per 18,000 sorties, which worked out to be 7,000 Huey's lost in the war.
total lost 4000 Hues of 7000
I was a Huey crew chief 1st Air Cav Bien Hoa early 72
These helicopter crews were the pioneers of the helicopter war. The ships were paper thin as were the grunts! We who flew them gave our lives for them in no matter what situation they were in, and by God they gave there lives for us when we went down and needed to be rescued. Nothing on Earth was like the sound of those blades when gunships flew in on your flanks to protect you and slicks began landing with infantry to get you aboard and into the air to safety. It's was the same when we were shot down. Vietnam was hell...until you saw that man in the door firing his 60 machine gun to suppress the enemy, within seconds you where nose tilted down, tail boom up and on your way out of harm's way! They were our brothers no matter the race or religion. We were Americans, and they were our brothers and still are. We were your men who stood on your wall. (And so are these young men and women now in these wars)
Great Video,I got a good education on the Huey.Very well done.Would like to see more
To the ones that hit thumbs down , you must be VC
Those who were not there you really have no dog in the fight of those of us that were there,just saying!!!
I wonder how well Vietnam would fight these days?
They do great job during the salvadorean civil war 1980s to 90s
Excellent machine
I Love it. 9th Avation Battalin
El magmenu de los helicopteros militares !!
My dad 160 to 1968 us marine corps I enlisted in the navy 1984 uncle frank deal air force also 1960 to 1968 from glenville ga fought and came back my son army Aaron coward we are fighters for America God bless the United States
Thanks brothers I was a tunnel rat
Wait you where a tunnel rat
@Tom Smith Thanks
My dad was crew chief on a huey and I love all that but as a kid I was fascinated with you tunnel rats. I read books about yall and loved seeing the maps of the intricate tunnel systems. Now as an adult I think I'm closterphobic and seeing tunnels rats in movies freaks me out. 😆
🍃 Welcome home to all Vietnam soldiers ´❤
I was a 19 year old Marine in Vietnam in 1969. I got home in 1970. Besides my family, no one said "welcome home" to me until 2001. Right after 9/11. 31 years! For that 31 years I refused to wear anything that showed that I was a Vietnam Veteran. It's biter sweet even now. I know that some of the people that tell me welcome home now are the same people that spit on me and my Brothers back then.
@@johnwilliamson2276 Hopefully you can forgive them. My Dad was there . Very sad...
I was in Nam aug 66 to aug 67 with the 125 air traffic control co 1st. aviation brigade
A couple things them 2 blade rotor systems in violent maneuvers the rotor mast tips back and actually can cut the drive off to the tail rotor or so I've read! The navy operated hueys in the delta region. They suffered at least one crash caused by sabotage to the rotors! They have a cuff over the leading edge of the rotor where it connects to the hub. Somebody took the cuff off cut through leading edge of one blade put the cuff back on and during operations the rotor broke off killed everyone on board!
A cut main rotor means that somebody missed it during pre-flight, or whoever did it took the time to cut the steel spar in the leading edge, bondo the cut, sand it, prime it and paint it to match the rest of the blade.
Also, the main rotor was not long enough to enter the arc of the tail rotor. If the mast bent that far to the rear of the ship, she's headed for tera firma anyway because that mast and/or the transmission have come loose from their mounts. UH-1H crewchief / gunner 114th AHC (our Knight slicks and Cobra B-Model guns are featured in the movie. When the Bell people visited our base at Vinh Long, they saw the "Cobra" nose are on our B Model gunships. They liked the name and when the AH-1 was built, it was named the Huey Cobra. It is the only aircraft, rotary or fixed wing in the Army inventory with a name NOT linked to Native Americanss.
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"unarmed helicopter"? don't remember ever seeing and unarmed helicopter.
Medivac
Respect . Never forget.. Mias
Helping our servicemen alot
Ha sido el mejor de todos los tiempos el mas carterpillar!!!!!! Es el kalafnikof de los helicópteros
I need some music over this
3:00 how could they get that scene? CCTV? LOL
didn't think about that
Icon? EICHO-- I'm revealed, in this, operation! Greek
To all the brave men and women that give their lives in the service of their country's ,and to those who return home only to be let down by their own government ,thank you and god bless. And may the first boots on the ground in the next conflict be those of the politicians who play the regime change games with others lives.
Must have been a propaganda film. At about minute 23 it said something about very few losses of the helicopters. Is 47% what you would call a 'few?' There were about 7000 Hueys in country and over 3300 were lost. I rode one of those losses to the ground.
Yes Dave , Larry Bell made a pretty penny on the Vietnam War and so did LBJ with his Bell stocks.
Is Huế not Huey
Sigh gone.
Thank God.
Entering South Vietnam after the French had left was not only a bad decision for the USA. It was totally unnecessary and a crime on all those drafties who where sent there.
When you see Vietnam today Its a crying shame so much blood was lost over a principle we never learn
It's all about principle think about it
A Strang and brutal war😢who mad it?
Communist Russia and China. They spent billions to invade South Vietnam. Dont forget Hungary and Checlosovakia and Poland and the Baltic Countries. We had to fight them or be surrounded.
Huey is most downed chopper in history. During Vietnam war US and South Vietnam had lost bout 4000 Huey.
Well, when you have that many in the air, it's not going to take long before you start raking them up. The Huey isn't exactly a nimble chopper...and you can hear it coming for miles so you can't exactly sneak up on the enemy with it.
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@@dwaynespairfishingpedroban2919 Um...You have a stroke or something?
Like all new forms of warfare, mistakes will be made, like the early tanks of WW1 and the jets of WW2, the Germans should have used them only to intercept bombers.
Helicopters enable our troops to land near enemy forces and surprise and destroy them.
Also: let's announce the arrival of our troops by shooting up the entire area hours in advance.
VC#1: Hey Chao!
VC#2: Yeah?
VC#1: Looks like the American imperialists are going to launch a big operation here./
VC#2: Yup. Better postpone that meeting untill later this week!
VC#1: Okay, we'll evacuate to the north. We'll go our seperate ways.
VC#2: Agreed. I'll have some volunteers stay behind for ambushes etc. etc.
Why did i watched the full video
Softening up the LZ, never heard it put in such a way.
Việt nam muôn năm.
Alguien ha visto a rambo por el video ???
I am a Vietnam veteran and I can say that it was all for nothing. End of story.☮
Went there got drafted .and came back alive from being in hell.just one of the lucky ones many did not make it back .and look at it now.for what what a waste of lives what did that prove absolutely nothing.but thanks to the hueys .d17 first air cav.
Look how high the death rate was in Korea and no choppers to support the troops during their fighting. With out the Huey's in Vietnam our death count would have been much higher.
Just imagine, without Hueys we could not have a Vietnam war. I made my point.
Before the huey there was the Choctaw and we had a Vietnam War
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honor and salute to americans militarys services...
the Bell UH-1 Huel Iroquois helicopter need 4 blades on the top...
not 2 blades
There is the factor of leading and trailing rotary blades and vibrations caused by each blade. With just 2 blades there was a lot of film made by panels rubbing each other where they were screwed together.
I remember the elderly in Vietnam saying that every time I hear this Huey plane, I see the death of Vietnamese people.
We flew out Vietnamese civilians and ARVNs. I personally helped pull an emergency medivac that saved ARVNs who ran over a bomb in Hue. We were coming home from the DMZ area where we supported Green Berets and their Vietnamese mountain men. Someone lied to you.
i just looked up huey from 2pac changes
That's a UH1 D NOT made un 1967
ThTs a yh-1D not made in 1967
Get some ...
Firing at thin air
Before fortunate son.
Tony hernandez ,door. Gunner, 187 Ac taynin
Buen video
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I heard stories of vietnam war from real vietnam war veterans they said there was 18 confirmed us friendly killed in action that same day fresh new recruits and they were young he said all he seen was there boots and blood covered up in tarp and loaded onto helicopters that time
Sometimes entire platoons and companies were overrun. I don't think they were victims of friendly fire until it was B52 bombing.
Walter Cronkite
Borrar ese q dice voz de la computadora militares y esemenu