My dad was a USMC in Vietnam. He came back an alcoholic. He never talked about it. He was finally diagnosed as having been exposed to Agent Orange. He passed in 2012. Thank you all for your service🙏🏻✌🏻❤️
I understand I'm a GI brat My stepdad was a Frontline medic in Korea He spent 23yrs in military Retired with 3 stripes !!!!😱😱 He was an alcoholic also. He said all the places he was in Korea, was Chinese not Koreans they killed. Stacked them like sandbags 😱😱😱 TERRIBLE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I wasn't in Vietnam, but my Dad was and he never talked about it much, that is until I came home from my first tour in Iraq,I ended up doing 2. I guess there's nothing like war to bring a father and son closer together.. My dad always had this kind of music playing around the house, so I like it myself. This was one of his favorites, He passed away a year ago today, and since my wife and little girl are out of the house at the moment, I'm drinking a nice cold beer and remembering my father. Semper Fi
Jonny Crash. Similar story here, grew up listening to this music. My dad was in Vietnam too but never talked about it much. I joined the service and after being down range a few times we talked more and more about it. One night he told me how him and his buddies would all sing along too this song when they were over there. He passed a few years back, miss him everyday.
@@PSIfied My condolences, I'd like to think people like my father, yours, and all of our fallen brothers are somewhere in the next life, a sort of Valhalla or something and they're all catching up with eachother,laughing, and sharing stories. I hope when my time on this earth is up I'm worthy enough to join them.
Both of my Brothers are Vietnam Veterans. Made it through all of the Bull and then my Youngest brother is Shot and Kill while he is cashing his VA. Disability Check... Yes no one told my Brothers Thank You for Their Service. But I Love you each and every one. Thank You for Your Service Brothers and Sisters
You are all heroes. Hold your head high, you guys are the most patriotic, heroic, and brave people this country has to offer. People like you inspire me.
Thanks.....2nd BN/12th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, RVN Oct 67-Oct 68, GRUNT ...... I did what they asked and was lucky to get out unharmed as each day was very very risky.
I was drafted, November 22, 1965. I heard this piece for the first time playing on the radio, in Fort Gordon, GA. Everyone in the barracks would be singing along to this piece. The DI's finally banned the radios.
Duane Hoisington Thank you dear one, I was in high school when my 18 year old friend was dead on the front page. I will never forget him dancing with me. We did candlelight walks through our city at night, praying for you all to not die! I'm sorry that horrible people trashed you guys. That was so wrong, I will never forget!! God bless and keep you. My dad was in WW2, came home and drank too much. I treasure all the pics he took while up in the air, and his flag and dog tags. I miss him, he was always so angry and drunk and never talked about the war. I wish he had. 🙋💜✝️🇺🇲 I honor you all and hang my Flag with a prayer ✝️🇺🇲
One of the best songs ever, the composer, song writer & the band The Animals could never have imagined that it would be played by generations to come & be enjoyed by millions the world over. Greetings from Sydney Australia. 🇦🇺
I am not a US person. I was in England during the Vietnam war which was relayed to us daily on the 6 o'clock evening news. It was hard to understand the seeming lack of support from a large portion of the US public, calling returning servicemen 'babykiller' and other derogatory epithets. If the US military had the domestic support the British had in the Falklands they would without doubt have done much better, especially when after the Tet offensive in 1968, they recovered from a surprise attack and had the enemy on the run. But the political directorate at the time seemed to have got cold feet and let the military down. The military did not lose the war...the politicians and domestic opponents threw it away, settling for a face saving withdrawal of sorts. Salute and honour all who served. Rest in peace all who fell.
I was drafted in 68. I had a degree and lucked out and got easy duty at an Army hospital. I still remember getting a sht load of guys wounded on hamburger hill. A nice bunch of people, mostly hillbillies from the 101st airborne. The word was they had never seen fighting as intense as the hill. The military sucks, war sucks but the vets need honor, not saliva!
I agree. I hate war and epically ones that could've been prevented or at least less brutal. But vets should never be punished particularly when you have been drafted. They had no idea and neither did you no one could've known how bad it would be but there were ways to get out that didn't happen.
Jiminy Cricketer : I with you all the way an your comments: your title name seems to ring a ting ting bell :Oh yeah I know. Sorry you went through so much, thoughts with you and all in the WAR HALL. R.I.P wall good Americans that served
+Jiminy Cricketer, I had a sergeant who had managed to survive the battle unscathed, in his own words "just barely." He said that the VC managed to drag 12.7 mm guns into the mountains around the LZ's and were actually firing *down* onto the helicopters' rotors. Likely the only soldier I ever spoke to who had more horrific combat experience was an old general who, as a 2nd Lieutenant, lost 3/4 of his platoon trying to get ashore on Omaha Beach. Thank you for your service. Welcome home!
What a talented group of guys. How they come up the stories, the lyrics, the sounds, it is so ahead of its time and nothing like it today; this is real talent.
I'm a vet and I've spent a lot of time in the VA medical system getting to know Nam vets they've all said this was their favorite song in country. They would listen to it over and over
A song that had a lot of meaning to us in Vietnam. When I came home to public abuse of spitting on us, throwing dog feces on me, potential employers actually slamming the door in my face after finding I was a Vietnam vet the song once again had meaning and since I wasn't welcome in the United States I just wanted to get out of this place to, returning to Vietnam was an enticing option. I'm glad soldiers, airman, seamen etc. are getting a warm welcome home. I'm not sure if someone is actually sincere when they now say "welcome home" or "thank you for serving" to us Vietnam vets or if they are saying it because it makes themselves feel better. I know when a Vietnam vet says to another Veteran it is from the heart. I was a Vietnam Veteran before it was popular. The Marine Corps took me back, I didn't get a chance to go back to Vietnam, I had to remain in the USA where I was not welcome but over time my anger I developed during the time in Vietnam began to dull. When I had my first child I had something to focus on besides the anger and devoted my life to that child. I ended up doing 32 years in the military. My anger is gone, the PTSD, Depression, Anxiety attacks, Panic attacks have gotten worse but I focus now on keeping those monsters locked up. Unlike so many veterans from any war from any nation who turned to drugs, alcohol and suicide, I do not want to hurry my demise but it will be a welcome relief when it comes and I won't fight it. Then this living Hell of damaged emotions will end. I actually look forward to it but not with a sense of urgency. Thank you for letting me ramble, it is good therapy they tell me to talk and get it out of me. I feel a bit better now for the moment. Again thank you for enduring this long comment. Great song
I was not there, was a bit bedore my time, but my.late father in law was and I have the utmost in respext for all oud Vets! Thank you sir for your service!
Paul Bear I was in the French Foreign Legion, that is my inner secret, because everybody have mouth to talk, to spit on you saying you are a murder, but nobody is helping to ending all those wars around the world, nobody is helping to build social structures and end with all war glorification and propaganda, nobody is helping to help us to not take the tragic decision to have a job in the military, because at the end of the day... Nobody cares whom live or whom die in a war. For the people that just stay at home, is another movie, trying to guess who will be the "winner", and when the war ends, all people imagines that Oliver Stone say CUT! I met an american soldier that sent me an e-mail and said: When the war is at the gates, everybody glorify the military, everybody have its stickers that say support our troops, they give you little slaps in your back and keep saying that is our duty, defend your nation, is for the future of our nation and your sons. Parents are sending its sons to war, and when sons are in uniform, parents say: That is my son (or daughter) and when you came back they say: I do not know this man o woman, and when you come home, everybody shut the door in front of you because maybe you are a lunatic. They say Welcome Home, but inside them they say: Welcome Home but do not get too close to me. Everybody say: Thanks for your service, but with a phony smile, wishing to themselves never having been there. Sad words I guess. I cannot tell you welcome home, because all of us never returned at all, is just a little time in our lives that, the only place we can call home, is when we are in peace, begging for forgiveness for what we did and forgiving for what others did to us. And doing good things in benefit to others without waiting the others thank to us. And the last I can tell you is: In a war the winners are those who sold, and the losers are those who use (what they sold). So simple. However brave man, if you learned the lesson, you will never send your sons to fight a meaningless war. We Decide to take the propaganda and believe all the lies, or say NO!. But anyway, at the heat of the battle, we can decide if we will do atrocities or keep a human inside us. Fight with honor and respect, or just have a behavior of a little boy playing a video game. Keep Pushing to Life! =D
This here is a SHOUT OUT, to all surviving Vietnam Veterans.........THANK YOU, FOR YOUR SERVICE!!! I am so glad you all came home and it still breaks my heart how you all were treated, when you returned Home. I was only five years old when my 18 year old cousin was sent to Nam, back in 66. I was so proud to know this guy and I got to sit on his lap on the ride to Fort Lewis, Wash. At that moment, in my life, my cousin was my greatest hero. I didn't find out, until I was around 10 years old and nobody wanted to tell me, before then, that my cousin barely made it a week in Vietnam, when he and his group were ambushed and my cousin was killed. I took it harder than my family thought I would. I was inconsolable. That conflict was not our fight, nor should our troops have been sent there, but, we all now know the reality of just what a fiasco Vietnam was. I have so much respect and just as much love for all the surviving Vietnam Vets, who sacrificed so much of themselves, for such bullshit and then got shat upon, by their own countrymen, who should have saluted you guys and shook your hand, instead. I have always felt this way. You Vets ARE my Heroes! Thank you, once again.
solarpurplestarlight your story sent a chill down my spine and i dont get that feeling often. Keep your cousin in your heart he will always be there watching over you.
Thank you, we57h4m. I know that I will never forget my cousin Dale and that he will always be one of my greatest heroes, along with all of our prior, present and future service people. Have a beautiful week, we57h4m! =)
Worse yet, it was NOT a declared war! All those young lives lost. It's despicable. I lived through the Vietnam era and was a war protestor, but it DID NOT save those innocent lives on either side.
+coastie378 I'm Canadian I hope that you don't mind, but you guys served well and deserve all the respect.....more to say but for now I salute you and your brothers you served with
My father. And my brother both fought in wars , dad ww2 and brother in Vietnam THANK YOU GOD FOR BRINGING BOTH BACK HOME.!! LOVE , YOUR SON AND BROTHER !! RC......
Probably the most horrid war zone you could find yourself in. Not knowing whos VC, where to step safely, whether or not theres a snake crawling next to your head, never feeling clean from humidity and having to go on foot through the jungle. Countless things a guy would have to worry about and feeling a million miles from home at the same time. My respect goes out to all on both sides, eapecially the innocent lives lost
My Husband's unit would get hit every time they went out! Turned out, their interpreter was a double agent and he was giving the VC the locations where the guys would be, it was ambush after ambush! So no, you couldn't trust anyone! I heard "rumors" a CO was accidently, "on purpose" shot in the head because he kept getting their location wrong and was calling in air strikes on top of them! I feel like I was there, I lived it through my Husband!
To all the innocent people in the world who have been caught up in the violence of wars they didnt want, and who have lost their lifes due to the action of their governments, we remember you, you who were the innocent victims of people who were following their governments orders. Holywood war movies are not reality. A soldier will tell you the truth of war
You guys who served are heroes in my book! Its disgusting how you were treated when returning to the states. It's one thing to protest the war in Vietnam but you always support the troops! Thank you for your service to this country.
My father was a Vietnam veteran and he gave his life while in the war. His body came home, but his mind died in Vietnam. Of course, I was not around while he was there, but the effects were quite evident and it was not until I became an adult did I fully understand. He passed away (may his spirit rest) in 2010 from alcohol abuse and I owe my freedom to him and EVERY person/soldier in the military. I never have and never will take for granted what military personnel have done and continue to do for America. May God bless them!
I used to work in a real shit-hole and whenever this came on the radio, we sang the chorus at the tops of our voices! The boss hated it and we hated him!
I was there in 65-66. doors hadn't come out yet but this song got us through along with california dreamin, ballad of the green berets and paint it black by the stones. good times. RJ 65-66 Dong Ha. Vietnam.
My wife's cousin was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously at 22 years old. Don Dien Lo Ke, Republic of Vietnam, March 5, 1966. The righteous are bold as a lion.
Love this song, actually sang it at a high school talent show in 68...just before going into the service and thinking 'aw heck' this sucks as a senior trip.....
The saddest thing to me about Vietnam isn't that we were unsuccessful in our mission, but how we treated our soldiers when they came home. Every country is respectful of their veterans I think. But the reason Americans go that extra mile of near worship is because we don't want to repeat the shame of the past. Thank you Vietnam veterans for all you did.
When my dad that lives in Russia asked me what kind of music do listen to, I sent him this. He showed it to his friend that fought in the soviet invasion of afghanistan. In the war my dad's friend was bombing innocent villages (kishlaks) and suffered from a lot of guilt and PTSD from doing that. Upon watching the video, the dude said "Yes, this is very close to my heart, I can relate a lot". He died about a year ago
When I was in the Army this song would play in my head. After I got out I found myself walking down the street from one place I did not want to be to another place I did not want to be. The song was still playing in my head and nobody was even shooting at me. It still plays occasionally.
Being British I am grateful my country stayed out of Vietnam. I have seen that wall in Washington and in 1998 I went to Vietnam. I cannot imagine the hardships that those poor American boys went through, the constant terror, never knowing when danger could come, the heat and the hostility of their own people when returning home. I remember a woman I met in Vietnam, I complimented her on her excellent English, she told me she had been married to a GI who promised to take her to America but he was killed in the Mekong Delta, so much misery and grief all around only time will heal the scars. Though my country stayed out of Vietnam and I know no one who fought in that war I give our American cousins my respect. My own father is dead now,(He died in 1998) he fought in Normandy in WW2, I remember he never talked about the war, most vets don't , they just want to forget, not wanting to be reminded of that terrible times in their lives. Yet I can still see my father with tears in his eyes when he watched on TV as the queen placed a wreath of poppies on the Cenotaph (Memorial) in London. 50 years on and the sight of the Queen laying the wreath still brought tears to his eyes, somethings a person never forgets, no matter how hard he tries. I believe all veterans are deserving of respect, whether they fought in WW2, Vietnam or the Gulf, for people like me who has never been to war we cannot even begin to imagine what the vets went through and with many of them are still going though, the dreams and nightmares that will torment them for the rest of their lives.
I'm a Brit and served in Aden from 1964 to 1966. Two years, nine days and seventeen hours of the place. Imagine the panic when the rumour started that many of us serving in Aden were being posted to Vietnam to support the yanks. Many years later i met an American veteran of Vietnam who openly stated that he would rather have served in Vietnam than Aden. Anyway cheers to all vets wherever they served.
I have some news for you. Your country did not stay out of that particular conflict. Perhaps you didn't see it but there was British involvement from day one. Those of us participating with the least publicity were the ones doing the things others could not or would not do.
The Red-Eyed Baron That I would believe, in fact, more surprised if they were not, the various SAS ( UK, New Zealand, Fiji and Australia )are one happy family. There was an incident of a deadly ambush of the IRA on the border that Aust SAS were involved in. It makes sense, they train together all over the world. I for one am happy that they do.
? they illegally invaded a non-threatening country on the basis of a false flag(gulf of tonkin incident) and committed so many atrocities and rapes there the good guys won
Grange34 You should read The Burden They Bear, it is a decent book that should clear up some of the media spin on Vietnam. I KNOW my Grandfather wasnt an animal like that. Blame the war not the warrior
Addendum: 1. I don't believe in" war". 2.)That does not does not change the fact that people Fell and died for there Civil duty bestowed upon them by way of this Country's leader ordering them to go. I think they call "The Draft". 3.)They additionally did not go to war. The presence was known as a " Police Action"and there is a difference between the declaration of "War" with what was expected to be a"Conflict". In closing, I'm elated I sleep with a" M1 Carbine" Because I've seen plenty of"War" in the U.S. Nonetheless, the brutality went both ways. Like a pendulum. Now it was not adding specific"conflict" I was referencing. I made a generalization. My faux pa! I also wore POW & MIA bracelets. You should Try the "Hanoi Hilton" vacation spot! I think you'd do an about face at that point. Otherwise lighten up, don't use your political views infringe upon mine. And it was a great video end of discussion! You don't get to tell me who to respect and who not to! This is America.
It's the war people should hate, not the soldiers. Anyone who returns from a war deserves nothing but the honour and respect. Even if the war was wrongful.
Kitten Lyric My father did tour tours of Vietnam and has broken down in tears to me about what happened over there. You don't know shit. Shut the hell up. It's real easy to be a badass behind a fucking keyboard. My Dad did what was asked of him. He didn't puss out and dodge the draft like many others. As far as I'm concerned, you can go to hell if you can't appreciate that.
Joined USAF to serve my country in 69. Sold my car, had to leave my job, USAF at that time got paid $100 a month, was engaged to be married but she broke my heart. Tough times for all but proud to have served. Land of the free that's all Americans. Home of the brave that's all Veterans.
58 Corvette. LOL, You got more than what I started out at. My starting pay was $57 a month paid every other Thursday. I remember those times very well.
At least you got paid! My Husband couldn't keep his mouth shut, or his fists to himself, not to mention the 4 times he went awol! ( Before getting shipped out) He didn't get paid the entire time he was over there, made his money gambling! The last time they picked him up from being awol, the CO told him, you done F'd up boy, your orders were for Germany, guess what son, you're going to the jungle, when they literally kicked him out of the chopper, the guy said, where you gonna run to now! So he did his time, but he was never the same man after that. He didn't even get to finish his AIT! They made him wear handcuffs all the way to Vietnam! He DID NOT want any part of a winless war!
i have parkinson and becase of agent orange that can not tell me what is going to happen next. i have the shakes and trouble walking,and i am only 67 years old
I was there! 1963 I mean, Bridlington Spa, when The Animals played live - Eric Burden singing; Chas Chandler on Bass; Alan Price on keyboard; Hilton Valentine on lead guitar and John Steel on drums - what awesome names!!! I also know Southeast Asia and have been to areas in Lao where children are still being blown up from cluster bombs dropped on the orders of presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Certainly those poor terrified individual soldiers shown in this excellent clip are not to be blamed - it is the system that is at fault. I agree with Roberto, love to all those who were forced into this and great respect for Lawrence Colburn who said "no more" when he discovered the abuse in My Lai. As Oscar Wilde said "Anyone who studies history will realise that 'disobedience' is man's first virtue." Whoever put this video and song together is a genius!!!
Hearing these songs makes me think of the world I was born into and the men (all Vietnam vets or active duty marines including my father) that I was around when I was a little kid around the tail end of that war. Over 45 years later, I look at these vets now in their 70s and appreciate these men even more for what they went through and the world they provided for my generation to grow up in. I make it a point to thank them whenever I see them out and about. Know that it is a sincere thank you and you men will not be forgotten by those of my generation.
What a contrast between the Greatest Generation, being welcomed home with opened arms from a romanticized war where they became everlasting heroes for generations....and then the Vietnam vets, who fought in a War that was so dehumanizing, demoralizing and tore our country apart. Crazy to think...thank you all the Vets from the Vietnam war, couldn't imagine how you felt.
I didn't go to num ,l did serve in the AIR Force in the early 1980's and everytime I meet a nam vet I shack his hand and say welcome home and thank him for his service!!!!
Theme song for the soldiers there...and later, for us enduring the hell @ home. Appreciate the post...always good to hear a scream from the little giant😉😎
This song always strikes a cord with my dad, especially that part where the singer said you would be dead before your time is due. My dad was drafted into a war he was against and he truly believed he was going to die there. I try to imagine him in the jungle hearing this, but that feeling is just something I could never imagine.
It was Hell I had PTSD, Anger Management issues, and panic attacks, for many years. I still have nightmares about what I/we did. I was in the First Air Cavalry and just this year have brought out my hat to wear. The Cavalry hat with the braids and the Crossed Swords. I will wear it today, May 31, July 4th, and November 11th - Veterans Day. Took me this long to find pride in Serving in the most racist group of people I have ever had the bad luck to know.
@@marymoreno1172 happy late veterans day, my dad and all my uncles were over there, my dad didn't get off the carrier so the va says he wasn't there. My uncle was a F4 pilot. They are all dead now. I got brain problems from firing mortars the va won't recognize. I have a 1st Cav hat I don't wear. 2/7 Cav.
I am an australian vet and I met some great guys (yanks) when I was there. My heart goes out to the families of all of those that did not make it home.!!!
To all the Vietnam Vets WELCOME HOME!!!!!!! and to ALL Service people, past and present, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!!!!!! Without you, this country wouldn't be as great as it is.
Thankyou to All the courageous young men who went to Vietnam and fought a horrible war and came home worse off than they went over there..the song by the Animals almost comes close to what our boys went through.
To this day if I meet a Vietnam vet he never pays for his meal or his beers for the rest of the night. I owe him, not because defending 'Nam saved my life but because he served when he had no goddamm choice. Them dudes are heroes.
Thanks for the offer but there a current bunch of people who are in need of the same. Take some of that beer and food money and help groups like the Disabled Veterans of America, The Veterans of Foreign Wars and others. Maybe give some of your time if you can. And, if you see a soldier in uniform going or coming, take a chance, say hi and good luck. they won't bite and I promise you it will be appreciated.
Klos1neMN. You got heart and soul plus a whole big bunch of character. Thanks for being a decent human being. Big bear hugs and kisses to ya hon!!! 😎✌❤PEACE!!!
Pawns of LBJ and Cold War, MEANING they HAD NO CHOICE. Not personal meant just follow orders. LBJ / Nixon Killed all of them - U. S.; (S/N) VN; Cambodia; Laos and all the rest.
Thank you to all the brave men and women who served in Vietnam. Rest In Peace to the ones who never made it home. Like my cousin. Shelby Dean Stover “Hillbilly” K.I.A. 23/9/1969 South Vietnam, Hua Nghia Province 25th Infantry Division 1st Battalion/ 27 Infantry B company Gone but not forgotten
This was always the last song at a uso show in 68 69...and we used to sing along with the groups that took the time to come to Nam to entertain the out of the way places that the headliners missed...we were and remain greatful for even an hour away from the war ....we appreciate their service more because they didnt have to be there
So many lives lost and ruined... my husband missed the draft by months. He had his card, but they stopped calling for men before they got to his number. He would not be the same person if he had gone. Every man who has served and seen action says it changed them. My family has served in pretty much every war since WWI. Thank you, brave souls, for doing what you were called to do, regardless of the price it exacted from your souls.
This song had to have been played a million times in Vietnam. To those who made it back, thank you. For those who didn't, words can't express how much we miss you.---for my friends & neighbors who didn't RIP.
Unknown to many people, more Vietnam Veterans died in their first year back to the US than in Vietnam. Not all by their own hands (suicide) many were like me, Drinking to excess, Drugs, Fights, and driving cars WAY too fast!!!
Strong memories of my brother being drafted. He ended up...draffted, Army, front line of Nam. We wrote constantly. His letters were heartbreaking. He's with the Angels now. He NEVER spoke of it when he got back home. NEVER!
Thank you and every last soldier that fought in Vietnam and all wars. With my utmost sincerity, Welcome to the home you fought for. May peace be with you, and God bless you because he never will forsake you like those who did when you came home.
I love each one of you guys that went over,no one knows the horror of war unless you have spilled blood in the mud the only enemy of war is war itself.
I was a machine gunner with kilo 3/7 first Marines. Half of my company was wiped out when an air strike fell short and two 500 lb bombs fell on my company. I am 70 years old and still hear my fellow Marines screaming in pain sometimes at night. If there is a god and I ever see him , I am going to make him pay for allowing these kinds of wars to happen. Semper Fi my brothers.
Why not blame the Satan instead. It all started with Adam And Eve defying God in the garden of Eden in the first place. With that attitude, you will never see God, never mind make him pay. Brush up on your bible studies my friend. Good luck. And thank you for your service. I lost friends too in that waste of a war. Merry Christmas!
As a kid I remember my parents trying their best why my brothers bags were at the front door and that he will be going away but will be back soon...He left the next morning , still remember that day . He did come back home from Vietnam, still my brother but always a little different
Much love to the Vietnam vets. especially the ones who didn't get back home like they wanted to so bad .....your sacrifice and suffering not forgotten brothers
@@davidgrasso375 I am sorry to hear that. I have alot of good friends who served over their some voluntary and others had no choice but those soldiers including your father were put through so much misery especially infantrymen .....But it goes without saying your father is a very brave man and i thank him and his family for all the hard times you guys went through while your father was serving our country ✌️🇺🇸💜
God Bless all those who served. My cousin Neville was KIA there in 1966, two weeks before he was to come home. Took the Australian Govt. 50 years to bring his body home. F**kin' Pisser. I went to the re-interment as I knew him well as a kid and played 'guns' with him. On a lighter note, Australian band from the 70's 'The Angels' do an excellent version of this song.
Thank you for your service Vietnam Veterans you didn't get the recognition you deserved and you still don't but for the Veterans still alive and the veterans who gave their lives thank you SO MUCH for your service
1971 Vietnam, 8th Air Force,,592 nd Tactical Air Command, rescue operations command, down flyers, and this song is playing. god bless you guys.......................................
RIP to all the Brave Boys that went over and died as men. Those that came home phyiscally should be honored for sacrafice, not fighting over in Vietnam, but fighting to have their vocies heard and fighting to shake the trauma they endured. God Bless my Godfather servered one tour, but he needed to forget, so he never talked about it.
Every time this song came on I would say "this was our song in Viet Nam". My kids would say every time, "we know Dad". Well, I still say it, even when no one is around.
Tommy Boye Right on, Tommy. Eric Burdon was singing about Newcastle, and the film Get Carter (original Michael Caine version) shows what it was like in the sixties.
My brother served two combat tours in Vietnam as I was doing a 13 month tour near the DMZ in Korea when I saw this video it reminds me of my brother who passed away in 2008 RIP screaming eagle
I’ve been a Sheet Metal worker for 25 yrs I feel like the dad he’s singing about and gettin up at 2:30 am 8hs on the clock & 4 hrs my time on the road construction life. And I’m sick of it! I love this song my cousin Bear turned me on to it miss you cousin. Love & Respect to all Americans who served in Vietnam 🙏🏼🇺🇸
My dad was a USMC in Vietnam. He came back an alcoholic. He never talked about it. He was finally diagnosed as having been exposed to Agent Orange. He passed in 2012.
Thank you all for your service🙏🏻✌🏻❤️
Your Father didn’t deserve that in my opinion. My condolences.
I understand
I'm a GI brat
My stepdad was a Frontline medic in Korea
He spent 23yrs in military
Retired with 3 stripes !!!!😱😱
He was an alcoholic also. He said all the places he was in Korea, was Chinese not Koreans they killed. Stacked them like sandbags 😱😱😱 TERRIBLE
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My stepdad died in 80s
Full military funeral.
Gut wrenches 👍👍
He hated ""book soldiers"" 90 day wonders""
Only liked officers that went through the ranks
I was diagnosed with agent orange about ten years ago thanks to your dad and you.
I wasn't in Vietnam, but my Dad was and he never talked about it much, that is until I came home from my first tour in Iraq,I ended up doing 2. I guess there's nothing like war to bring a father and son closer together.. My dad always had this kind of music playing around the house, so I like it myself. This was one of his favorites, He passed away a year ago today, and since my wife and little girl are out of the house at the moment, I'm drinking a nice cold beer and remembering my father. Semper Fi
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Thank you for your service sir.
RIP.
Jonny Crash. Similar story here, grew up listening to this music. My dad was in Vietnam too but never talked about it much. I joined the service and after being down range a few times we talked more and more about it. One night he told me how him and his buddies would all sing along too this song when they were over there. He passed a few years back, miss him everyday.
@@PSIfied My condolences, I'd like to think people like my father, yours, and all of our fallen brothers are somewhere in the next life, a sort of Valhalla or something and they're all catching up with eachother,laughing, and sharing stories. I hope when my time on this earth is up I'm worthy enough to join them.
I lost my cousin over there. He was only 20. A Marine. Thank you to all who served. We will not forget you.
Disrepectful
Never Forgotten, lost a cousin as well, marine. Land mine.
At least for the right cause communism
@@alexanderwest7083 yh wasn't even yr country
amen
Vietnam Combat Veteran 68, 69 and 70, this song was my song. Many didn't make it back. God-bless all.
Three MILLION innocent civilians didn't survive your murder
Welcome home and thank you for your service.
@@TheCatLady65you have no idea what these guys went through and what they had to do just to get home. Most were drafted and had no choice but to go.
Sad 😮
2 million actually, and 500 000 children born missing limbs due to agent orange.@@TheCatLady65
Both of my Brothers are Vietnam Veterans. Made it through all of the Bull and then my Youngest brother is Shot and Kill while he is cashing his VA. Disability Check... Yes no one told my Brothers Thank You for Their Service. But I Love you each and every one. Thank You for Your Service Brothers and Sisters
Thank you for your service from the U.K
DEMOCRATS HATE VETERANS. We stopped China and Soviet Union too from taken Asia and Europe. They leftist traitors resent us for that..
My husband David Harbin fought in Hue. He went to heaven 13 months ago. This is the last song we danced to.
Bonnie Harbin thank you for him. You must have been so strong and supportive, thank you
God rest his soul
Bonnie Harbin Condolences I hope he wasn’t too haunted by his experiences
so sweet
Im sorry to hear. Wonderful song tho.
my uncle was a helicopter gunner in Vietnam. He is the greatest uncle you could have. God bless him and all soldiers that do what they do for us.
Many friends were there. They ALL came back changed forever.
My brother was in nam when he came back he was never the same but now he has peace R I P ...J P M
I would like to thank any vet reading this. I can't thank vets enough for their courage, and sacrifice for this country.
BLKBRD6. Thank you. And your welcome. USMC 1965---1969.
You guys were my inspiration when I signed up in 2006.
You are all heroes. Hold your head high, you guys are the most patriotic, heroic, and brave people this country has to offer. People like you inspire me.
Thanks.....2nd BN/12th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, RVN Oct 67-Oct 68, GRUNT ...... I did what they asked and was lucky to get out unharmed as each day was very very risky.
Thank you Peter.
I'm a Vietnam veteran and I loved and hated it. I had the best friends any man can wish for.
Thank you for your service
i recon its in wartimes youl find true friends aswell as enemies
Thank you for your service. Welcome home.
@@BitStClair Thanks
I never felt more alive and vibrant than when I was in Vietnam, what perplexes me is that I miss it, God knows I miss my friends.
I was drafted, November 22, 1965. I heard this piece for the first time playing on the radio, in Fort Gordon, GA. Everyone in the barracks would be singing along to this piece. The DI's finally banned the radios.
Also drafted and went thru Ft. Gordon in "68
I want our children/grandchildren to know more about our servicemen who gave it all. Thank you all. The songs from this time were so significant. XO
I am a vietnam combat vet, this song was always my favorite , and 50 years later it still is!
Duane Hoisington Thank you dear one, I was in high school when my 18 year old friend was dead on the front page. I will never forget him dancing with me. We did candlelight walks through our city at night, praying for you all to not die! I'm sorry that horrible people trashed you guys. That was so wrong, I will never forget!! God bless and keep you. My dad was in WW2, came home and drank too much. I treasure all the pics he took while up in the air, and his flag and dog tags. I miss him, he was always so angry and drunk and never talked about the war. I wish he had. 🙋💜✝️🇺🇲 I honor you all and hang my Flag with a prayer ✝️🇺🇲
How many women and children did you kill???? Loser
All the respect Duane. Shalom from one of our borders.
Same with me Brother. Welcome Home!
Thank you so much for your service! I’m so glad you and many others were able to make it back home. Welcome home! 🫡
One of the best songs ever, the composer, song writer & the band The Animals could never have imagined that it would be played by generations to come & be enjoyed by millions the world over.
Greetings from Sydney Australia. 🇦🇺
Glad we are allies Love you Auzzies from Kansas
We the people will never forget you. Thank you for your time and service.
I am not a US person. I was in England during the Vietnam war which was relayed to us daily on the 6 o'clock evening news. It was hard to understand the seeming lack of support from a large portion of the US public, calling returning servicemen 'babykiller' and other derogatory epithets. If the US military had the domestic support the British had in the Falklands they would without doubt have done much better, especially when after the Tet offensive in 1968, they recovered from a surprise attack and had the enemy on the run. But the political directorate at the time seemed to have got cold feet and let the military down. The military did not lose the war...the politicians and domestic opponents threw it away, settling for a face saving withdrawal of sorts. Salute and honour all who served. Rest in peace all who fell.
I was drafted in 68. I had a degree and lucked out and got easy duty at an Army hospital. I still remember getting a sht load of guys wounded on hamburger hill. A nice bunch of people, mostly hillbillies from the 101st airborne. The word was they had never seen fighting as intense as the hill. The military sucks, war sucks but the vets need honor, not saliva!
I agree. I hate war and epically ones that could've been prevented or at least less brutal. But vets should never be punished particularly when you have been drafted. They had no idea and neither did you no one could've known how bad it would be but there were ways to get out that didn't happen.
Jiminy Cricketer : I with you all the way an your comments: your title name seems to ring a ting ting bell :Oh yeah I know. Sorry you went through so much, thoughts with you and all in the WAR HALL. R.I.P wall good Americans that served
CartridgeGod 86
+Jiminy Cricketer, I had a sergeant who had managed to survive the battle unscathed, in his own words "just barely." He said that the VC managed to drag 12.7 mm guns into the mountains around the LZ's and were actually firing *down* onto the helicopters' rotors. Likely the only soldier I ever spoke to who had more horrific combat experience was an old general who, as a 2nd Lieutenant, lost 3/4 of his platoon trying to get ashore on Omaha Beach.
Thank you for your service. Welcome home!
Damn... you've been through a lot. I'd like to thank you for your service! Take care brother.
RIP to my dad, a Vietnam vet. Passed away this year.
RVN 68-71 nevar will forget it, and the folks who gave their life like your dad...
Huge appreciation for your father! My condolences!
Rip to your dad
God Bless you
May he R.I.P. Lilly
What a talented group of guys. How they come up the stories, the lyrics, the sounds, it is so ahead of its time and nothing like it today; this is real talent.
I'm a vet and I've spent a lot of time in the VA medical system getting to know Nam vets they've all said this was their favorite song in country. They would listen to it over and over
A song that had a lot of meaning to us in Vietnam. When I came home to public abuse of spitting on us, throwing dog feces on me, potential employers actually slamming the door in my face after finding I was a Vietnam vet the song once again had meaning and since I wasn't welcome in the United States I just wanted to get out of this place to, returning to Vietnam was an enticing option. I'm glad soldiers, airman, seamen etc. are getting a warm welcome home. I'm not sure if someone is actually sincere when they now say "welcome home" or "thank you for serving" to us Vietnam vets or if they are saying it because it makes themselves feel better. I know when a Vietnam vet says to another Veteran it is from the heart. I was a Vietnam Veteran before it was popular. The Marine Corps took me back, I didn't get a chance to go back to Vietnam, I had to remain in the USA where I was not welcome but over time my anger I developed during the time in Vietnam began to dull. When I had my first child I had something to focus on besides the anger and devoted my life to that child. I ended up doing 32 years in the military. My anger is gone, the PTSD, Depression, Anxiety attacks, Panic attacks have gotten worse but I focus now on keeping those monsters locked up. Unlike so many veterans from any war from any nation who turned to drugs, alcohol and suicide, I do not want to hurry my demise but it will be a welcome relief when it comes and I won't fight it. Then this living Hell of damaged emotions will end. I actually look forward to it but not with a sense of urgency. Thank you for letting me ramble, it is good therapy they tell me to talk and get it out of me. I feel a bit better now for the moment. Again thank you for enduring this long comment. Great song
I was not there, was a bit bedore my time, but my.late father in law was and I have the utmost in respext for all oud Vets! Thank you sir for your service!
Paul Bear Welcome home brother.
Paul Bear Welcome home brother.
Paul Bear I know what you mean!
Paul Bear I was in the French Foreign Legion, that is my inner secret, because everybody have mouth to talk, to spit on you saying you are a murder, but nobody is helping to ending all those wars around the world, nobody is helping to build social structures and end with all war glorification and propaganda, nobody is helping to help us to not take the tragic decision to have a job in the military, because at the end of the day... Nobody cares whom live or whom die in a war. For the people that just stay at home, is another movie, trying to guess who will be the "winner", and when the war ends, all people imagines that Oliver Stone say CUT!
I met an american soldier that sent me an e-mail and said: When the war is at the gates, everybody glorify the military, everybody have its stickers that say support our troops, they give you little slaps in your back and keep saying that is our duty, defend your nation, is for the future of our nation and your sons. Parents are sending its sons to war, and when sons are in uniform, parents say: That is my son (or daughter) and when you came back they say: I do not know this man o woman, and when you come home, everybody shut the door in front of you because maybe you are a lunatic. They say Welcome Home, but inside them they say: Welcome Home but do not get too close to me. Everybody say: Thanks for your service, but with a phony smile, wishing to themselves never having been there.
Sad words I guess. I cannot tell you welcome home, because all of us never returned at all, is just a little time in our lives that, the only place we can call home, is when we are in peace, begging for forgiveness for what we did and forgiving for what others did to us. And doing good things in benefit to others without waiting the others thank to us. And the last I can tell you is: In a war the winners are those who sold, and the losers are those who use (what they sold). So simple. However brave man, if you learned the lesson, you will never send your sons to fight a meaningless war. We Decide to take the propaganda and believe all the lies, or say NO!. But anyway, at the heat of the battle, we can decide if we will do atrocities or keep a human inside us. Fight with honor and respect, or just have a behavior of a little boy playing a video game.
Keep Pushing to Life! =D
I'm listening The Animals on 4 July 2022 god blessed every American soldier who lost there live for freedom...
for whose freedom American has sacrifice
This here is a SHOUT OUT, to all surviving Vietnam Veterans.........THANK YOU, FOR YOUR SERVICE!!! I am so glad you all came home and it still breaks my heart how you all were treated, when you returned Home. I was only five years old when my 18 year old cousin was sent to Nam, back in 66. I was so proud to know this guy and I got to sit on his lap on the ride to Fort Lewis, Wash. At that moment, in my life, my cousin was my greatest hero. I didn't find out, until I was around 10 years old and nobody wanted to tell me, before then, that my cousin barely made it a week in Vietnam, when he and his group were ambushed and my cousin was killed. I took it harder than my family thought I would. I was inconsolable. That conflict was not our fight, nor should our troops have been sent there, but, we all now know the reality of just what a fiasco Vietnam was. I have so much respect and just as much love for all the surviving Vietnam Vets, who sacrificed so much of themselves, for such bullshit and then got shat upon, by their own countrymen, who should have saluted you guys and shook your hand, instead. I have always felt this way. You Vets ARE my Heroes! Thank you, once again.
solarpurplestarlight your story sent a chill down my spine and i dont get that feeling often. Keep your cousin in your heart he will always be there watching over you.
Thank you, we57h4m. I know that I will never forget my cousin Dale and that he will always be one of my greatest heroes, along with all of our prior, present and future service people. Have a beautiful week, we57h4m! =)
+solarpurplestarlight Thank you for relating your story to us Solar.
Worse yet, it was NOT a declared war! All those young lives lost. It's despicable. I lived through the Vietnam era and was a war protestor, but it DID NOT save those innocent lives on either side.
+coastie378 I'm Canadian I hope that you don't mind, but you guys served well and deserve all the respect.....more to say but for now I salute you and your brothers you served with
This song never gets old.
............Men det blir nog filmen.............
.......... ....😮 gudskelov😮................
"Peace"
Without a doubt, The Animals must rank in the top ten bands of all time !!!.
no
Nope
Oh yes
Certainly in the top ten British R’n’B bands of all time.
My father. And my brother both fought in wars , dad ww2 and brother in Vietnam THANK YOU GOD FOR BRINGING BOTH BACK HOME.!! LOVE , YOUR SON AND BROTHER !! RC......
Such a waste. Bless you boys who fought in this senseless war ... the funkn Govt did not have your back. Eric Burdon's voice and soul ... unmatched.
Good British group with so many hit
Probably the most horrid war zone you could find yourself in. Not knowing whos VC, where to step safely, whether or not theres a snake crawling next to your head, never feeling clean from humidity and having to go on foot through the jungle. Countless things a guy would have to worry about and feeling a million miles from home at the same time. My respect goes out to all on both sides, eapecially the innocent lives lost
My Husband's unit would get hit every time they went out! Turned out, their interpreter was a double agent and he was giving the VC the locations where the guys would be, it was ambush after ambush! So no, you couldn't trust anyone! I heard "rumors" a CO was accidently, "on purpose" shot in the head because he kept getting their location wrong and was calling in air strikes on top of them! I feel like I was there, I lived it through my Husband!
@@evelynmabe7877 hope he is doing ok
@@popeles He passed away Valentines Day 2017. Complications of Agent Orange.
El Alamein no picnic
To all the innocent people in the world who have been caught up in the violence of wars they didnt want, and who have lost their lifes due to the action of their governments, we remember you, you who were the innocent victims of people who were following their governments orders. Holywood war movies are not reality. A soldier will tell you the truth of war
You guys who served are heroes in my book! Its disgusting how you were treated when returning to the states. It's one thing to protest the war in Vietnam but you always support the troops! Thank you for your service to this country.
They think of themselves as being used.
0:21 The public should blame the politicians; the military were there because they had no choice but to go.
My father was a Vietnam veteran and he gave his life while in the war. His body came home, but his mind died in Vietnam. Of course, I was not around while he was there, but the effects were quite evident and it was not until I became an adult did I fully understand. He passed away (may his spirit rest) in 2010 from alcohol abuse and I owe my freedom to him and EVERY person/soldier in the military. I never have and never will take for granted what military personnel have done and continue to do for America. May God bless them!
😰
Love you and Dad❤
Sad. My Huey Copilot was shot South of Hue and didn't make it. I have his band on my arm.
This song. Stuck in my head. For 4 years. And at last, I found it.
Born to dream,
Forced to fight
Respect to all the vets
I used to work in a real shit-hole and whenever this came on the radio, we sang the chorus at the tops of our voices! The boss hated it and we hated him!
And when were you paroled?
Ha ha! :)
Thanks for the laugh of the day:)
YES! Best part of my day right now reading this!
Oh
Two years in Nam. This song and Light My Fire by the Doors helped me get through the last one.
thanx for your service sir.
This song helps me deal with my C r i p p l i n g D e p r e s s i o n.
don't forget white Rabbit brother
I was there in 65-66. doors hadn't come out yet but this song got us through along with california dreamin, ballad of the green berets and paint it black by the stones. good times.
RJ 65-66 Dong Ha. Vietnam.
Loved them all. Know Dong Ha. Chu Lai & Danang for me. Marines.
One of The greatest songs ever!!!!
My wife's cousin was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously at 22 years old. Don Dien Lo Ke, Republic of Vietnam, March 5, 1966. The righteous are bold as a lion.
Love this song, actually sang it at a high school talent show in 68...just before going into the service and thinking 'aw heck' this sucks as a senior trip.....
The saddest thing to me about Vietnam isn't that we were unsuccessful in our mission, but how we treated our soldiers when they came home. Every country is respectful of their veterans I think. But the reason Americans go that extra mile of near worship is because we don't want to repeat the shame of the past. Thank you Vietnam veterans for all you did.
When my dad that lives in Russia asked me what kind of music do listen to, I sent him this.
He showed it to his friend that fought in the soviet invasion of afghanistan. In the war my dad's friend was bombing innocent villages (kishlaks) and suffered from a lot of guilt and PTSD from doing that. Upon watching the video, the dude said "Yes, this is very close to my heart, I can relate a lot".
He died about a year ago
Afghanistan was the soviet equivalent to vietnam, or so they say.
Wow man how did he pass ?
Goosebumps reading this
ok boomer
@@funfofa what a dooshbag millennial you are
Those drums , something else .
I wake up to this song , go to sleep to this song lol.
Can’t get enough .
I was an oldies kid , got an old soul .
When I was in the Army this song would play in my head. After I got out I found myself walking down the street from one place I did not want to be to another place I did not want to be. The song was still playing in my head and nobody was even shooting at me. It still plays occasionally.
Amen, bro.
Thank you for your service.
I love you
I'd sing this with my gal every time we went to Jersey City.
Nice view of NY. What do they get to look at? Jersey.
Being British I am grateful my country stayed out of Vietnam. I have seen that wall in Washington and in 1998 I went to Vietnam. I cannot imagine the hardships that those poor American boys went through, the constant terror, never knowing when danger could come, the heat and the hostility of their own people when returning home. I remember a woman I met in Vietnam, I complimented her on her excellent English, she told me she had been married to a GI who promised to take her to America but he was killed in the Mekong Delta, so much misery and grief all around only time will heal the scars. Though my country stayed out of Vietnam and I know no one who fought in that war I give our American cousins my respect. My own father is dead now,(He died in 1998) he fought in Normandy in WW2, I remember he never talked about the war, most vets don't , they just want to forget, not wanting to be reminded of that terrible times in their lives. Yet I can still see my father with tears in his eyes when he watched on TV as the queen placed a wreath of poppies on the Cenotaph (Memorial) in London. 50 years on and the sight of the Queen laying the wreath still brought tears to his eyes, somethings a person never forgets, no matter how hard he tries. I believe all veterans are deserving of respect, whether they fought in WW2, Vietnam or the Gulf, for people like me who has never been to war we cannot even begin to imagine what the vets went through and with many of them are still going though, the dreams and nightmares that will torment them for the rest of their lives.
I'm a Brit and served in Aden from 1964 to 1966. Two years, nine days and seventeen hours of the place. Imagine the panic when the rumour started that many of us serving in Aden were being posted to Vietnam to support the yanks. Many years later i met an American veteran of Vietnam who openly stated that he would rather have served in Vietnam than Aden. Anyway cheers to all vets wherever they served.
I have some news for you. Your country did not stay out of that particular conflict. Perhaps you didn't see it but there was British involvement from day one. Those of us participating with the least publicity were the ones doing the things others could not or would not do.
The Red-Eyed Baron That I would believe, in fact, more surprised if they were not, the various SAS ( UK, New Zealand, Fiji and Australia )are one happy family. There was an incident of a deadly ambush of the IRA on the border that Aust SAS were involved in. It makes sense, they train together all over the world. I for one am happy that they do.
God Bless those who stood and fell for us.
I truly respect and admire you!
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they illegally invaded a non-threatening country on the basis of a false flag(gulf of tonkin incident) and committed so many atrocities and rapes there
the good guys won
Grange34 You should read The Burden They Bear, it is a decent book that should clear up some of the media spin on Vietnam. I KNOW my Grandfather wasnt an animal like that. Blame the war not the warrior
thank u.
americanpatriot542 but without the warrior there is no war. How many times are ordinary kids gonna be duped into fighting pointless immoral wars ?
Addendum:
1. I don't believe in" war".
2.)That does not does not change the fact that people Fell and died for there Civil duty bestowed upon them by way of this Country's leader ordering them to go.
I think they call "The Draft".
3.)They additionally did not go to war.
The presence was known as a " Police Action"and there is a difference between the declaration of "War" with what was expected to be a"Conflict".
In closing, I'm elated I sleep with a" M1 Carbine"
Because I've seen plenty of"War" in the U.S.
Nonetheless, the brutality went both ways.
Like a pendulum.
Now it was not adding specific"conflict" I was referencing.
I made a generalization.
My faux pa!
I also wore POW & MIA bracelets.
You should Try the "Hanoi Hilton" vacation spot!
I think you'd do an about face at that point.
Otherwise lighten up, don't use your political views infringe upon mine.
And it was a great video end of discussion!
You don't get to tell me who to respect and who not to!
This is America.
I was in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. I use to have this song on repeat.
Thank you for your service 🙏
Robert A huge ELOGE 2 you! 🙏🌺🙂
Same here pal OP's Banner ,Telic,Herrick tours Fob inkerman sangin valley comes to mind
It's the war people should hate, not the soldiers. Anyone who returns from a war deserves nothing but the honour and respect. Even if the war was wrongful.
Wish there was a love button, hit on the nail!
"Commies"? Are you a fucking child? you must be. "Commies" Fuck you, Billy
Kitten Lyric My father did tour tours of Vietnam and has broken down in tears to me about what happened over there. You don't know shit. Shut the hell up. It's real easy to be a badass behind a fucking keyboard. My Dad did what was asked of him. He didn't puss out and dodge the draft like many others. As far as I'm concerned, you can go to hell if you can't appreciate that.
two tours**
That's not always true, we did fucked up shit in Vietnam, not all, in fact not most, but some did, and civvies blew that outta proportion.
4th div...central highlands 1970..god bless all vets.."there is a better life"
This song brings back some good memories. Great song, thank you The Animals.
"Good memories"? I assume you don't associate this song with the Vietnam war :)
+AlecFlying with all the hell going on on combat there were some good times too served w-5th mech 25 the inf div cu chi VN '66 purple heart recipient.
The first war with a soundtrack. thank you to all those that served
This is one of the best songs ever written . Period.
Joined USAF to serve my country in 69. Sold my car, had to leave my job, USAF at that time got paid $100 a month, was engaged to be married but she broke my heart. Tough times for all but proud to have served. Land of the free that's all Americans. Home of the brave that's all Veterans.
RLH Wabash. USMC 1965---1969. Yeah. I was there. Very proud to have served. Happy Veterans Day.
Thank you for your service. My respect goes out to you.
58 Corvette. LOL, You got more than what I started out at. My starting pay was $57 a month paid every other Thursday. I remember those times very well.
were you afraid to fight?
At least you got paid! My Husband couldn't keep his mouth shut, or his fists to himself, not to mention the 4 times he went awol! ( Before getting shipped out) He didn't get paid the entire time he was over there, made his money gambling! The last time they picked him up from being awol, the CO told him, you done F'd up boy, your orders were for Germany, guess what son, you're going to the jungle, when they literally kicked him out of the chopper, the guy said, where you gonna run to now! So he did his time, but he was never the same man after that. He didn't even get to finish his AIT! They made him wear handcuffs all the way to Vietnam! He DID NOT want any part of a winless war!
My uncles (Marshall & Bobby) fought in Vietnam. May they rest in peace. 😢
Great song.👌🏾
Lost my brother last week. 75 years old. He was an MP leading convoys to Da Nang in 1965. I’m 64 and he will always be my big brother.
Even now the sound of a Huey overhead brings back the 60's...
When would that happen? In civilian life? Just curious....
Thanks for sharing Bonnie, God bless.
Certain songs last the test of time. This is one. 🤙
If you were in 'Nam, you know the meaning of the song. And it brings back the memories of a lost time and youth...
AMEN BROTHER! Did my tour in 66-67 in II corps, Pleiku
AMEN bro!!! I did my stint in 67'-68' Dak-to!!
I was there before they sprayed that deadly "Agent Orange" sh*t that killed alot of My friends that were fortunate to come home, only to die later!!
i have parkinson and becase of agent orange that can not tell me what is going to happen next. i have the shakes and trouble walking,and i am only 67 years old
First let Me say "welcome home Allan" and at least You made it "Home"
Spent 2 years in Vietnam. The Korean and Philippine bands always ended with this song and it always brought the house down.
God Bless The Veterans Thank you for what you went through. Some made it some didnt
Thank-you sir! I come from a military family. Please know many people respect and appreciate your service!
I was volunteer Army amongst all draftees it was weird ...my brother was in the Marines in Vietnam also
I was there! 1963 I mean, Bridlington Spa, when The Animals played live - Eric Burden singing; Chas Chandler on Bass; Alan Price on keyboard; Hilton Valentine on lead guitar and John Steel on drums - what awesome names!!! I also know Southeast Asia and have been to areas in Lao where children are still being blown up from cluster bombs dropped on the orders of presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Certainly those poor terrified individual soldiers shown in this excellent clip are not to be blamed - it is the system that is at fault. I agree with Roberto, love to all those who were forced into this and great respect for Lawrence Colburn who said "no more" when he discovered the abuse in My Lai. As Oscar Wilde said "Anyone who studies history will realise that 'disobedience' is man's first virtue." Whoever put this video and song together is a genius!!!
Hearing these songs makes me think of the world I was born into and the men (all Vietnam vets or active duty marines including my father) that I was around when I was a little kid around the tail end of that war. Over 45 years later, I look at these vets now in their 70s and appreciate these men even more for what they went through and the world they provided for my generation to grow up in. I make it a point to thank them whenever I see them out and about. Know that it is a sincere thank you and you men will not be forgotten by those of my generation.
This songs a masterpiece.
What a great depiction. The sound of those Hueys are chilling.
What a contrast between the Greatest Generation, being welcomed home with opened arms from a romanticized war where they became everlasting heroes for generations....and then the Vietnam vets, who fought in a War that was so dehumanizing, demoralizing and tore our country apart. Crazy to think...thank you all the Vets from the Vietnam war, couldn't imagine how you felt.
was a bunch of commie shit looks like there is more incoming .
That's interesting I haven't really looked at it like that before wow
@@scullcap357 what
Yeah, especially since Vietnam veterans were the children of the Greatest Generation.
I didn't go to num ,l did serve in the AIR Force in the early 1980's and everytime I meet a nam vet I shack his hand and say welcome home and thank him for his service!!!!
Theme song for the soldiers there...and later, for us enduring the hell @ home. Appreciate the post...always good to hear a scream from the little giant😉😎
He always screamed in tune.
This song always strikes a cord with my dad, especially that part where the singer said you would be dead before your time is due.
My dad was drafted into a war he was against and he truly believed he was going to die there. I try to imagine him in the jungle hearing this, but that feeling is just something I could never imagine.
It was Hell I had PTSD, Anger Management issues, and panic attacks, for many years. I still have nightmares about what I/we did. I was in the First Air Cavalry and just this year have brought out my hat to wear. The Cavalry hat with the braids and the Crossed Swords. I will wear it today, May 31, July 4th, and November 11th - Veterans Day. Took me this long to find pride in Serving in the most racist group of people I have ever had the bad luck to know.
@@marymoreno1172 Who were the most racist group?
@@marymoreno1172 happy late veterans day, my dad and all my uncles were over there, my dad didn't get off the carrier so the va says he wasn't there. My uncle was a F4 pilot. They are all dead now. I got brain problems from firing mortars the va won't recognize. I have a 1st Cav hat I don't wear. 2/7 Cav.
Excellent Eric ❤pure Singer🎤🏴🇮🇪👌
I am an australian vet and I met some great guys (yanks) when I was there. My heart goes out to the families of all of those that did not make it home.!!!
I was in Vietnam in 1968 I love all the troops who served there and this was our song...
John Schaffer thanks for your service...God bless you, and all the guys who fought in Vietnam...
i Hope you were treated okay when you got home I know most of you guys weren't treated right when you guys got home. Thank you for your service
Phu Cat thanks dude your awesome
Phu Cat my father served and what was the one thing about the nam' you remember? Same as my father getting the fuck out of that place.
I was at Phu Cat 1968-69 37 Transportation spent most of time in the shop at Qui Nhon supporting Aerial Port and ALCE.
To all the Vietnam Vets WELCOME HOME!!!!!!! and to ALL Service people, past and present, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!!!!!!! Without you, this country wouldn't be as great as it is.
For their service? Better for their abuse at that land
Thankyou to All the courageous young men who went to Vietnam and fought a horrible war and came home worse off than they went over there..the song by the Animals almost comes close to what our boys went through.
To this day if I meet a Vietnam vet he never pays for his meal or his beers for the rest of the night. I owe him, not because defending 'Nam saved my life but because he served when he had no goddamm choice. Them dudes are heroes.
Thanks for the offer but there a current bunch of people who are in need of the same. Take some of that beer and food money and help groups like the Disabled Veterans of America, The Veterans of Foreign Wars and others. Maybe give some of your time if you can. And, if you see a soldier in uniform going or coming, take a chance, say hi and good luck. they won't bite and I promise you it will be appreciated.
Klos1neMN. You got heart and soul plus a whole big bunch of character. Thanks for being a decent human being. Big bear hugs and kisses to ya hon!!! 😎✌❤PEACE!!!
Thank you means alot ✝️
Read that again my friend. "I owe him, NOT because defending 'Nam saved my life" Meaning serving didn't save his life.
Pawns of LBJ and Cold War, MEANING they HAD NO CHOICE. Not personal meant just follow orders. LBJ / Nixon Killed all of them - U. S.; (S/N) VN; Cambodia; Laos and all the rest.
Thank you to all the brave men and women who served in Vietnam.
Rest In Peace to the ones who never made it home. Like my cousin.
Shelby Dean Stover “Hillbilly”
K.I.A. 23/9/1969
South Vietnam, Hua Nghia Province
25th Infantry Division
1st Battalion/ 27 Infantry
B company
Gone but not forgotten
I danced to this @ my HS graduation in 1968! A true favorite of mine!
This was always the last song at a uso show in 68 69...and we used to sing along with the groups that took the time to come to Nam to entertain the out of the way places that the headliners missed...we were and remain greatful for even an hour away from the war ....we appreciate their service more because they didnt have to be there
My dad was a huey pilot. He did two tours. Volunteered for the second tour. He couldn't walk away and leave his comrades, his brothers
I had one friend who was a Slick pilot. I had another friend who flew Snakes. He volunteered for a second tour because he couldn’t leave the grunts.
@@f4tweet grunts?
we were all brothers i was there in 70-71
@@dennispasparage1964 Bless you sir and your service to this country. My Dad was my hero, I miss him terribly. Merry Christmas
@@susansabatka5318 grunts = private/soldier. G.I.’s basically.
So many lives lost and ruined... my husband missed the draft by months. He had his card, but they stopped calling for men before they got to his number. He would not be the same person if he had gone. Every man who has served and seen action says it changed them. My family has served in pretty much every war since WWI. Thank you, brave souls, for doing what you were called to do, regardless of the price it exacted from your souls.
This song had to have been played a million times in Vietnam. To those who made it back, thank you. For those who didn't, words can't express how much we miss you.---for my friends & neighbors who didn't RIP.
Tinman that's means alot coming from you people I fought in Vietnam and when I got back it was nothing but hell
Unknown to many people, more Vietnam Veterans died in their first year back to the US than in Vietnam. Not all by their own hands (suicide) many were like me, Drinking to excess, Drugs, Fights, and driving cars WAY too fast!!!
To ALL the Vietnam Veterans..a big Thankyou for fighting a "government crap war"
Strong memories of my brother being drafted. He ended up...draffted, Army, front line of Nam. We wrote constantly. His letters were heartbreaking. He's with the Angels now. He NEVER spoke of it when he got back home. NEVER!
Thank you and every last soldier that fought in Vietnam and all wars. With my utmost sincerity, Welcome to the home you fought for. May peace be with you, and God bless you because he never will forsake you like those who did when you came home.
One of the greatest bass lines played of all time.
I love each one of you guys that went over,no one knows the horror of war unless you have spilled blood in the mud the only enemy of war is war itself.
Looks like this song is gonna have a new meaning in 2020
I know where getting our ass drafted to Iran
It’s time boys Vietnam 2
I gotta get outta this Scamdemic 🙄
@@johnhariis250 Maybe you'll get out in a body bag. Boo hoo, wouldn't that be a shame?
Yes indeed get your arms up veterands Patriots! Red white and blue! Praise the almighty!
This song transcends wars...we regularly sang it in The Muff (O Club) at Al Udeid in 2004...Thank you to our Vietnam veterans.
One of the all time great songs.
I was a machine gunner with kilo 3/7 first Marines. Half of my company was wiped out when an air strike fell short and two 500 lb bombs fell on my company. I am 70 years old and still hear my fellow Marines screaming in pain sometimes at night. If there is a god and I ever see him , I am going to make him pay for allowing these kinds of wars to happen. Semper Fi my brothers.
Why not blame the Satan instead. It all started with Adam And Eve defying God in the garden of Eden in the first place. With that attitude, you will never see God, never mind make him pay. Brush up on your bible studies my friend.
Good luck. And thank you for your service. I lost friends too in that waste of a war.
Merry Christmas!
@@thejoker2000 there are no sky spirits. The gods are all man invented.
@@brucekube858: Trans' are man invented.
As a kid I remember my parents trying their best why my brothers bags were at the front door and that he will be going away but will be back soon...He left the next morning , still remember that day . He did come back home from Vietnam, still my brother but always a little different
We are all a little different after the Nam. You just live with it.
he kicked ass.
@@bearsausage8599 I'm not sure if you understand what they meant.
@@SuicideSeason4545 it
Much love to the Vietnam vets. especially the ones who didn't get back home like they wanted to so bad .....your sacrifice and suffering not forgotten brothers
my dad was shot through the chest by a 50 cal machine gun in 1971..he was 17 yrs.old at the time..he came home a very different person
@@davidgrasso375 I am sorry to hear that. I have alot of good friends who served over their some voluntary and others had no choice but those soldiers including your father were put through so much misery especially infantrymen .....But it goes without saying your father is a very brave man and i thank him and his family for all the hard times you guys went through while your father was serving our country ✌️🇺🇸💜
@@davidgrasso375 how did he even survive a 50?
@@nightman4142 exactly what I was thinking? 🤔
kate Grasso he lived?
God Bless all those who served. My cousin Neville was KIA there in 1966, two weeks before he was to come home. Took the Australian Govt. 50 years to bring his body home. F**kin' Pisser. I went to the re-interment as I knew him well as a kid and played 'guns' with him. On a lighter note, Australian band from the 70's 'The Angels' do an excellent version of this song.
Ratboy1955 losers.
may he be at peace in heaven with his brothers
r.i.p
Thanks to all US soldiers who severed, from a South Vietnamese descendant.
Lol
Wishing you and your family all the very best & SemperFi🇺🇸🙏
Thank you for your service Vietnam Veterans you didn't get the recognition you deserved and you still don't but for the Veterans still alive and the veterans who gave their lives thank you SO MUCH for your service
1971 Vietnam, 8th Air Force,,592 nd Tactical Air Command, rescue operations command, down flyers, and this song is playing. god bless you guys.......................................
thank you for your service
Quan Nguyen Found the Viet Cong.
3666th TFW DaNang 69-70
Quan Nguyen communists made your country a shithole
@@dannyfit7063 tell me for what 50000 us lost theirs lives...for what ?
RIP to all the Brave Boys that went over and died as men. Those that came home phyiscally should be honored for sacrafice, not fighting over in Vietnam, but fighting to have their vocies heard and fighting to shake the trauma they endured. God Bless my Godfather servered one tour, but he needed to forget, so he never talked about it.
Every time this song came on I would say "this was our song in Viet Nam". My kids would say every time, "we know Dad". Well, I still say it, even when no one is around.
Thank you so much. For all you went through
@@1badsteed Thank you
yeah, respect to you and your friends for what you did over there, you guys are a real inspiration for me, thank you.
@@jasonlewis4440 Thank you.
My Children did not know I was a disabled Vietnam Vet each one were in their teens by the time they knew. I never talked about it.
The animals were fucking great
Jay Lopez I know right
Are they still alive?
This song was the most popular among soldiers and marines in Nam. Because of the refrain: "We gotta get outta this place..."
Tommy Boye Right on,
Tommy. Eric Burdon was singing about Newcastle, and the film Get Carter (original Michael Caine version) shows what it was like in the sixties.
young. we. where
Jay Lopez The animals played in Vegas a day after I left. It sucks because if I could meet anyone in this world it would be Eric Burdon.
“It doesn’t mean a thing, it doesn’t mean a thing” “ If it doesn’t mean a thing, then why does it hurt so much” Lines from the movie Hamburger Hill
Yup remember this song well . All I could think about in the Nam Rest in Peace my Brothers who didn't make it . 1st Field Force 69 -70
My brother served two combat tours in Vietnam as I was doing a 13 month tour near the DMZ in Korea when I saw this video it reminds me of my brother who passed away in 2008 RIP screaming eagle
I’ve been a Sheet Metal worker for 25 yrs I feel like the dad he’s singing about and gettin up at 2:30 am 8hs on the clock & 4 hrs my time on the road construction life. And I’m sick of it! I love this song my cousin Bear turned me on to it miss you cousin. Love & Respect to all Americans who served in Vietnam 🙏🏼🇺🇸