VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - Sgt. John F. Hosier, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vietnam, 1967-1968.
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Incredibly moving interview. He put into words what many combat vets cannot. Rip sir and thank you for your service.
Amen!!
Wow John, wow !! You could’ve made a 4 hour plus documentary just with this hero alone. The way he soulfully answers the questions and his authentic emotions are grasping and chilling and really got to me. So sad he is no longer with us, I could listen to him for hours on end, not to mention I’ve staring at his photos for years. RIP sir, you’re in a much better place now…….
Thanks for this John, excellent as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it! Words cannot adequately express the emotions I feel when preparing and then sharing a story like Johns. I knew it would touch many who watch this video. I knew I had something extra special 17 years ago in that room in St. Charles, Missouri. Yes, he is at rest in a far better place. Thank you for your comment.
“Our Country is in dire places right now”. I can only imagine what John would think today. RIP sir and thank you for your service.
I agree, our country is in dire straits. My Veterans would be rolling over in their graves. The same freedoms they fought, died and bled for are being too easily set aside or abandoned in what seems like a communist country at times. When push comes to shove our second amendment will protect our first amendment, GUARANTEED!!!
That’s exactly the first thing I thought.
Thank you for this wonderful interview. Sgt. Hosier and his brothers are well deserving of all the gratitude and respect this nation can provide.
Thank you Clay. John's story is one of my favorites. Glad you got to see it. Hope you can watch some of my other videos on this channel. There are hundreds and hundreds of them.
Larry, those photos that John took were amazing. Unbelievable good interview as well. 🇺🇸
This will become one of my number one stories on my channel. It will also air on my radio station. I knew it would strike a nerve with a lot of people and it has done that this evening already. Please help me to share this. God bless you!!
Many photos there that have been iconic now for a long time! And they were made by John. Wow.
R.I.P Kodak Man , your marksmanship lives on.
Thank you for helping us to honor John's memory and Legacy.
Great story. As a Nam Vet myself, I come here to listen to other Vets as part of my healing. We are all in this together. This was one of the BEST.
Has John passed away since this interview? I ask, because some comments refer to that..
Hope he is still with us. His story needs to continue.
WELCOME HOME!
Thank you for your comment. If you would please go back and listen to the beginning of this video you will learn about his passing a little over a year ago.
Welcome home, thank you so much for your service.👊🏻🇺🇸
It was an honor sharing John's story. Please share this video. Thank you.
I wish I had met this man as he was a great person and inspiration
He was special and unique. We both knew we had something special when we did this interview 17 years ago.
I hope this guy finally found peace before he passed. God bless him! Gb
I believe he did. When Veterans talk to me and share this intimate part of their lives they usually feel better.
Absolutely fascinating life experience Mr. Hosier. God Bless you. Thanks Larry, incredible work✌️
It was an honor meeting and interviewing John Hosier in Missouri almost 17 years ago. Thank you for helping me to honor him and his memory through this video.
This one was very touching for me. When the pocs were being shown i wondered how many made it home. Thank you for your service! Thanks to you as well Larry.
Glad you enjoyed it Ken. Thank you for helping me to honor John and his memory. His pictures are priceless. I have hundreds of them here in my studio.
Thanks, John, another hero among heroes. Without serving, it's hard to comprehend the horrors of service or the dedication of one man to another for survival.
Thank you Michael and Darlene. I'm glad I was able to finally share this message which I recorded almost 17 years ago. I knew it was strike a nerve with my viewers. Many will connect with John's story. One of my best. God bless you both!!
Wow. This is a great one. I could have listened to hours of John. What a wise man he was. He really brings you into it.
It was a great honor to sit down and interview John 17 years ago.
What a great interview. God bless this man. May he rest in peace.
Thank your brother Ed. It was time to share his story.
Right on my brother what terrific story man you said it all God Bless
John your a true hero thank you for your service sir
Agreed Kenneth!!
As a grade schooler during the war, please know, you were my heroes. Thank you for your devotion and service.
Another classic…amazing….thanks, Andrew
Great hearing from you Andrew. Please hlep me honor John's memory by sharing this story. God bless you!!
Man these are so powerful and so needed!! I’m watching all of these interviews and can’t help but have tears run down my face. I’m a 56 year old guy but I really appreciate these guys letting you interview them and you for getting these interviews they are priceless!! God bless!!
John good to have you here with us. I'm just a little older than you and the producer of this channel and the content here. Perhaps you would be interested in helping sponsor one of the stories. I still have hundreds of them in my archives. Feel free to reach out. God bless you!! Larry Cappetto EMAIL: lcappetto@icloud.com
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Can you tell me how much it costs I would like to help
WOW!!!!
First, AMAZING PHOTOS just AMAZING.
Second, I've watched all your videos Larry (I don't always comment but I watch them ALL)
and I kinda know what kind of person you are and your beliefs so I kinda understand why he didn't make the cut.
But I am sooooo glad you did share this video. Very touching and very real, probably one of your best. What a guy, what a veteran. Thank you very very much for sharing this one.
Well, I didn't know who but I knew this story I would deeply affect somebody out there and possibly it was you. First of all he didn't make the cut for my first documentary because it was already produced by the time I found him in Missouri May 2007. I definitely planned on having him in my second Vietnam film which never came about because I lacked the resources to produce it. Maybe someday it will come to pass. I agree this is one of my best stories. I've kept it under wraps for a while but it's time for the world to hear this man story and his heart. Like with Doc Bartlett's story you can see a visible happening in his demeanor, face and eyes as he talks about Vietnam. Vietnam changed us all - FOREVER!!! God rest his soul. What an Honor!!! I would like to shake your hand someday my friend.
John, you are with those you served with now and resting in peace. You gave so much of yourself for others and left a legacy with your photography of those who served through your time there. We will see you again! Great interview of this amazing Vietnam veteran. From a Vietnam Era Marine Corps veteran.
Great stories from an exceptional man and fellow soldier. Thank you for your sacrifice from a fellow Vietnam Veteran, I Corp. Phu Bai/Hue/Khe Sanh 67-69
Thank you Will!!
Thank you so much for everything you are doing , thank.👊🏻🇺🇸
I appreciate that EJ. What an honor to serve others. God bless you!!
Oh my goodness! This my favorite of all your interviews so far! Sgt. Hosier tells his story with such emotion and thought, pouring his heart out in a way I haven't heard in most other interviews. His story near the end brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your service Sgt. Hosier and for sharing your story with the world.
Glad you enjoyed it!
POWERFUL Interview. Maybe the best interview yet. Thanks Larry
I knew I had something special Harry when I interviewed this man almost 20 years ago.
Good grief those photos are stunning !
God bless this Para x
And thank Larry, I’ve watched every single one of these interviews.
Respect from 🇬🇧
Many thanks for your kind words. Always great to hear from my friends in the UK. Other than the United States I have more viewers and listeners from the UK on my TH-cam channel and radio station. Glad you are enjoying the stories. Keep sharing them. God bless you!!
Great interview Larry, you could just imagine being there. Thanks to all involved 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it. Very raw story from one of my Vietnam heroes. We lost John about a year ago.
RIP Sgt Hosier and thank you for your service. My wife lost a cousin in Vietnam who was a Sea Bee and another who served as Army Tunnel Rat, he came home not wounded, but had PTSD.. I was drafted out of high school at 18 prior to Vietnam War durning the Cold War and sent to Korea for 13months. Our country is not in a good place at this time, we do not need any more of are military killed, we had to many wars in the last 20 years.
I have viewed dozen of interviews with Vietnam vets and this one was the best of all of them. John was a great storyteller and the emotions added to it. Too bad he never got the chance to write a book. I was a student in high school and college during the war so hearing these stories means a lot to me to know what really went on. Thanks.
Many thanks Debra for your kind words. John's story has been sitting in my archives for almost 20 years. I'm so happy to share it now with the world.
The pictures were stunning truely gifted in catching those moments where even tho its war its still ur brother, dad or uncle or ur best friend standing next to u..... thanks to all involved in bring this to me here in the UK. 😎👊👍👌✌
Sid so good to have you with us here. I'm glad you got to watch this amazing story. God bless you!!
As a disabled retired Vietnam Vet who was in 'Nam between Jan 4-'68 to June 4-'68, I was in what is called EOD and was wounded four times. I have listened to many Vets describing their tour, and this is one of the best. Bless him. I understand him. I quietly lived my life with blindness in one eye, deafness in one ear, hard of hearing in the other ear, fragments in the brain, and critical brain damage. I am 79 now and get around on crutches as my nervous system is now suffering critically and has been for the past almost 20 years since the '68 head wound. The VA refuses to recognize the brain wound and my nerve-brain depreciation. I thus receive zero compensation for it. This is the real world. I understand I am not alone and that many Vietnam veterans have to suffer through similar "shove it" rejections by the government VA. I was told by a private neurologist that the VA does not recognize my type of brain damage even though the fragments went through the brain and are still there, and I am now suffering literal neurological damage as a result. This is the nature of brain damage. The lucky soldiers with such wounds either died or did not suffer physical disabilities like mine. Welcome home from Vietnam. The "welcome home" (sic) lasts until we leave this earth. I say no more.
YOUR COMMENT SHOWS WHAT A F##KED UP GOV. WE HAVE THEY TAKE YOUNG MEN USE THEM AND THEN DISCARD THEM.....ALL THE MONEY WE SEND TO OTHER COUNTRY'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEY DO THIS TO YOU AND OTHER VETS. ...... ALL THE BOYS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE USA ARE BEING TREATED LIKE GARBAGE ....LOOK AT ALL OF THE VETS STANDING ON CORNERS HOLDING SIGNS AND BEGGING FOR HELP FROM US BECAUSE THEIR GOV WILL NOT HELP THEM WHAT A DISGRACE THIS COUNTRY IS.IM ASHAMED OF MY COUNTRY!!!!
Great interview. RIP Sgt. Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸
Thank you Wayne!!
Hey Larry. I like to listen your work when im packing up from work at the end of my day! I really enjoy your content!
Awesome, thank you! I hope you are referring to my radio station. Great hearing from you. Please help share my station with others. I'm coming up on my one year anniversary and hope to keep it going. God bless you!!
Hello brother Larry, so sorry been over a year since we spoke last. was hit by a car, 3 major surgeries and my second neck fusion next month. However today I sponsored a WW2 navy sailor like my grandfather. Will be in touch, we're in the same state and I own a big military boarding home during deployment animal rescue high in the Rockies ,Godspeed 🇺🇸🐾🪖🎗
Great hearing from you again. Prayers for your full recovery. Thank you for sponsoring one of my stories. God bless you for it. John Hosier's story it was amazing!!
Rockies heal
How u get hit by a car my guy😂
I was stopped at a intersection brakes applied, in my off road recovery truck with no crumple zone, and a lady watching her phone hit me at 40mph no
brakes... she was ok due to a airbag...life can change so fast, take care🇺🇸@@nicohands9171
>Thank you again Larry for this. As a veteran myself and from a long line of veterans you are appreciated for sharing the stories of these men and women. Unless someone has actually served in our military it can't be explained. The bravery of Sgt. Hosier and his ability to share is saluted. RIP Sgt. Hosier.
Tina, it was a great honor interviewing Sergeant Hosier and now sharing his story after almost 20 years. Like I said in my introduction I wish I could've spent more time with him on this earth. God bless you!!
🇺🇸LORD BLESS YOU SGT. JOHN F.HOSIER, welcome home thank you for your service 🇺🇸
Thank you kindly Robert.
RIP Brother John❤️🙏 thank you for your service! You will never be forgotten🇺🇸
Another great video brother. To never had picked up a camera before, he certainly took some amazing action photos. Really enjoyed his story also. Two thumbs up mi Amigo.
Glad you enjoyed it Bob. It was an honor to be with this man.
Thank you John hosiery. I so enjoyed the pictures you shared. Thank You for sharing these pictures and thank you voices of history for finding him and posting them.
Thanks for listening Todd.
Very touching story. Thank you for your service, sir, and welcome home soldier.
If he taught special forces or airborne in N.C. I bet he's talking about Fort Bragg. I live here
I so wish my uncle his story of being in Vietnam. The only thing he's ever told me about it was it was hot,smelled rotten, and he never wanted to see the place again. I asked what his job was. He said he was a combat engineer. I built bridges and such. Most of all, I done my job, is what he said
When these heros are gone, all their experiences, memories and place in history will be lost forever. Thank God someone is recording their stories.
It's been an honor serving my God and my country through the lens of my camera the past 21 years. John Hosier's story is one of my most powerful and inspiring videos from Vietnam. Please share it. I hope you will watch Doc Brian Bartlett's story also.
What an amazing individual thank you for service to save my freedom may you rest in peace under the arms of all mighty God him self...😢
Thank you Kurt, and God bless you!!
I still wake up wet with sweat , memories and past experiences that will live with us forever. I don’t talk about it but luckily some people around me never ask cause they know not to ask. Respect to you Sir. We both came home. Not in a box.
Thank you for your service. If you ever want to tell your story I am here for you.
Truly an amazing man, you are ,John. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. God bless you and your family sir. Thank you Larry. Great interview with John. God bless you Larry.
Thank you kindly Charles. One of my best stories here.
Vietnam 1968-69 101st airborne 2/502. I didn’t see much combat. I watch a lot of these presentations. Most, while I enjoy watching them, don’t get under my skin. But this one did. This man saw a lot and he bared his sole. He made me recall some good times and some hard times. He must carry a pot of sorrow or all the death and destruction he saw. I hope he has the support he needs and deserves. God bless you John Hosier.
I agree. Thank you and God bless you!!
Larry thank you for documenting these amazing stories.
It has been an honor these past 21 years Capturing Courage on Camera. God bless you!!
3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66
Amazing. Second best story teller I've heard. First is obviously Ehrhardt. Thank you for your service.
Such a incredible story.
Thank you so much, Larry.
I have been watching your work.
For months now.
Thank you, John for your service.
Rest in peace.
🎉
Thank you Albert.
Love these shows! Thanks for ur service!!
Thanks for watching!
They really need to make more Vietnam movies, just to show the horror’s of war and how corrupt America’s government was and still is today. It would teach the younger generations how not to trust the government, politicians and the military. 😢
I am doing more Vietnam interviews which will cover some of these things.
READ THE GARY MORGAN COMMENT ABOVE TO GARY BARR 1356 SIR I AGREE WITH YOU
Very powerful interview. Wow.
These videos are so great and tell the stories we all need to hear, RIP to all that have passed and thankyou to all those who have served.... God Bless you all 🙏🏻⛪... Kind regards David 🇦🇺👍🏻👌🏻
Thank you David for your kind words.
RIP John..stand at ease trooper..of the herd.. Salute..hold your present position until properly relieved. Fire in the hole.
This gentlemans story is one of the best ones I have seen. RIP Mr Hosier!
I agree. I can't believe I haven't shared John's story sooner. One of my best!!
I'm 69 and my Dad has been dead for 16 years. He was career military, and a veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam. He was a combat engineer in Europe during WW2 and was wounded three times, but only accepted two Purple Hearts. In Korea he was not in active combat having been assigned to a regular engineer unit...though they came under long range artillery fire a few times. In Vietnam he was in an engineer battalion which built the air base at Phan Rang. He never mentioned them being attacked or anything there. He was a major at that time and I'm not sure what his actual job in the battalion was....."S" something or other. He did mention he flew a lot to various places by helicopter and how on some runs the helicopter would fly high and on others over dense jungle how the pilot flew right above the trees and said they'd have to fly directly over an enemy firing straight up to get hit whereas if they were a thousand feet up every tom dick and harry could take potshots at them. Dad always acted like Korea and Vietnam were no big deal...just missed being home. But Mr. Hosier just taught me something about my long dead Father. Like Hosier said...Dad knew if you were in a war zone death could come from any direction and when you least expected it. It had to have been in the back of his mind all the time and been very stressful. In fact I think he was often suffering ptsd his entire Army career from private to Lieutenant Colonel. I was 12 when he went to Vietnam and prior to that he had a pretty explosive temper and you never knew what would set him off...it was like walking on egg shells around him sometimes. I got whacked a lot. His very first words to me upon returning from Vietnam were "son, I'm never going to hit you again"........and he didn't. I make it sound like he was a bad dad...but far from it.........and we became close friends. He mellowed out so much after his retirement. Until Mr Hosier's accounts I sort of just gave hime credit for being in one shooting war...that being WW2....but now I know the other couple or so years he spent in Korea and Vietnam his head must have been on a swivel the whole time....yet still have to remain calm, function, and get the jobs done. Incidentally, Dad once remarked on something Hosier said that rings oh so true. When Hosier talked about the rigged 105 shell throwing him twenty feet away on his back yet killing the two guys behind him and he comes out with out a scratch, it reminded me of what Dad said about artillery and how random the kill zone was. You could be inside or outside the killing range of the exploding shell and get either wounded, dead, or not a scratch. A round might land 5 yds from you and leave you unscathed and kill someone 35 or 50yds away.
Thank you for all that you were Toby and for all of your great music,we will never forget , RIP Big man .
I'm 32. A millennial born in 92. I cry over all these men. I cannot fathom what they've been through and cannot begin to put in words how much respect I have for every single one of them.
Thank you son of liberty. I appreciate your kind words. Glad to have you here.
@@VoicesofHistory thank you for keeping their stories alive.
amazing I think about the trouble we are in as a nation its bring me here to here the surface
Earlier l said what an excellent interview. After watching it to the end l would love to meet this gentleman and shake his hand
He has left this earth, but, in Heaven we will all be rejoicing and shaking the hands of these Veterans and hugging them all for eternity!!
Wow, very powerful, informative, one of the Greats, thank you sir! 🙏👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for watching.
Vietnam Veterans were the toughest veterans of all
this is a great story from a great man.
I agree John. A powerful story.
What a guy. RIP SGT Hosier. Welcome home to all you guys!!!!
Thank you for showing this one, it spoke to me.
Glad it was helpful Tommy. This is a powerful story. Please feel free to share it. John would be pleased. God bless you!!
This was an incredible interview. I hope that Mr. Hosier will write a memoir.
John is gone now. I would like to write the memoir for him someday. His story must be told.
@@VoicesofHistoryI'm really sorry to hear that. Yes, write his story!
God bless u all
Excellent interview
Johns photos are amazing and heartbreaking. The guys in those photos were just boys and to many of those boys didn’t come home. To those who came home and those that didn’t all were hero’s. God bless them all. 🙏❤️
Thank you Sally!!
Thank you for your service. God bless you
God bless you!!
1st time commenting. This was a great interview, extremely raw. Thanks for all you do. Tip of my cap to Sgt. John!
Many thanks Brad. Welcome aboard. It was time to share Jon's story. Please feel free to share it also. God bless you!!
It's 😢very difficult to face the fact that we are losing these beautiful soldiers,sailors, airmen, and whatever we call our Coast Guard personnel to the years without hearing the stories they could have personally shared
These fellows who capture the images of war have been one of our greatest assets in battle. They've been able to provide images of our military raising flags, caring for our wounded in field hospitals, and showing the truth of the American spirit in extending a helping hand to small children and needy as seen in Sgt Hosier's photos.
Thank you Sgt Hosier, and all those that risk their lives to capture photos of our men and women in uniform that will last forever, and allow us at home to take pride in what they do.
It was an honor Chet to meet and record his story. I miss him and hope I have been a good steward of his work. I so enjoy looking at all the faces of the people he captured. Priceless!! Timeless memories!!
@@VoicesofHistory You did a great job with Sgt. Hosier's story, and in all ways, your work is like that of these soldiers who give us a picture history of combat. Yours, of course, is a living history in video of those that were there. Great job, Larry!
This man was not telling his story, he was reliving it, RESPECT
Thank you Jesse.
I was called Desert Storm as an operating room technician. My experience inspired me to go to nursing school and get my degree so I could work at the position I seeked uponmy return. The military was both good and bad for me. I am still working hard on trying to build a relationship with my son.
That Gentleman had a good way of laying it out there ..Glad he made it back to the World .
Me too!!
Larry i enjoyed the remarkable story of this veteran. May he RIP. Ive written to you in the past. Just wanted to share my thoughts. USAF VET. SGT GARY LANZA.
Gary, great hearing from you again. This is a powerful story. Do you have my email address? larrycappetto.com
@@VoicesofHistory i do now. Thanks.
Thanks for your service brother respect and love for you ❤️
Thank you, Thank you for your Heroic service and your so interesting story of your journey! 👍🇺🇸
Thanks for watching! This is one of my most favorite stories.
God bless you
Thank you Peter!!
Good one larry!!
Thank you Randy!!
Love this guy…
Thanks Mark.
once.....a long time ago.....we were young......yup....true....people forgot
This nation is famous for forgetting.
Astounding interview.
Thank you Dick. I hope you are subscribed to my channel.
I am now
Great story/interview......that was intense would had Loved to had met Sgt....R.I.P. Glad you released this Larry.
Thank you Chris, I'm glad I released it too. What an honor!!
Right from the heart.
Great story and thankyou for your service love and respect from the uk.👍🏻🇺🇸🇬🇧
Much appreciated. Thank you!!
I went to DC in ‘93 and worked in an artist’s booth. I believe I met John & went to the officer’s ball with him & friends. Is this the same John that did artwork on envelopes postmarked with the first day of issue, Vietnam Veterans stamps??
Not sure. He was a combat photographer and airborne infantry in Vietnam.
Is the slideshow at the begging provided by the speaker of each episode?
Paul, normally will introduce an interview. The three minute picture video about Vietnam was for this specific story because this gentleman took the photos and I wanted to highlight his work. I hope you enjoyed John's story.
A standout interview.
I agree. Thank you.
Amazing and very moving looking at the pics of all those young guys who no longer look young.
Where i can find John F. Hosier nam photos? Tnx
Probably only with me. I have hundreds of his original photos he entrusted with me. They do tell the story of Vietnam beautifully.
It has been 55 years since I have ridden on a Huey but I still think of them as a Magic Carpet Ride.
Good story well told.
I've had an opportunity to ride on a Huey but haven't been able to go yet. Would be interested in your story.
One of my favorite stories.
I saw this video and was thinking of the photographers i had seen on the rarmac coming back from where ever. I was in the 101st airborne 2/17th air cav. Thinking what did they experience, as to what i had just come back from experiencing my self. We were brothers of different mothers but family. I was a door gunner.
Listening to john talk about the M-79 grenade lauger brought back memories. I had one of those 79's as a back up if we were shot down. Easier packing a 79 than a m60 plus ammo. I had various rounds for the M79. Shot gun rounds, phechetes, willie Pete's, the standard grenades. The experience and comerodery with those you served with was a great family we were fighting for our survival.
In the air you could see the position of each of the troops on the ground and the dangers they were surrounded with. You had to know where your guys were so you would not shoot in their vicinity endangering their lives. On one such encounter one of their team members saw charlie aiming his RPG launcher up at my helicopter and was able to shoot the guy. At the time I was having some vision of this happening, but could not see the danger. When we got to the other side of the LZ there radioed up to us and said Pee Wee we got your RPG launger. They had saved my life and the other two men on our ship.
Kerry, thank you for your great comment. I would be interested in interviewing you someday. Please give it some thought and reach out to me. God bless you!!
Me ? drafted....1970-1972 Medic.....sent to Germany....36 FA Group Babenhausen Hessan
Very interesting.
What a Fkn War........ Young Warriors.......Gods speed to our Veterans.
Great interview, where are the photo’s now? Is it possible to still see them?
Did you watch the photo collage in this video?