Robert Hodierne
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Hill 881N 1967
In May of 1967 U.S. Marines fought a series of battles for hills overlooking a then obscure base - Khe Sanh. It was the single bloodiest battle of the war up to that point. Marines lost 168 men killed and 443 wounded. It was also the first battle where Marines used the M-16, which many blame for the high death toll. This film features interviews with survivors. It was shot by my son Cutter Hodierne. I took all of the still photos, more of which can be found at my website, vietnamphotography.com. @ProfHodierne
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Відео

BURNING VILLAGE
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On a reporting trip to Iraq in 2005 I was struck by the terrified looks on the faces of women and children when U.S. troops kicked in their doors in the middle of the night looking for terrorists. Those looks reminded me of faces I’d seen in February of 1967 in Vietnam when U.S. troops I was covering burned a village on the Bong Son Plain. I had always wondered about those villagers: Were they ...
Afghanistan The Surge Commentary
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Producer/director Robert Hodierne addresses some of the comments on his documentary about a Marine platoon sent to Afghanistan as part of President Obama's surge. You can watch the documentary here: ua-cam.com/video/ZvZj3u1Eenw/v-deo.html Since this commentary was recorded, the full documentary has been viewed 1.6million times as of October 2022.
Afghanistan: The Surge
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This film follows one Marine platoon sent to Afghanistan in the summer of 2010 as part of President Obama's "surge." If you want to know why the war in Afghanistan was so frustrating, watch this movie. NOTE: Raw footage from the making of this film is available for license. Contact robert@hodierne.com. #Afghanistan #Afghanistan War #Marines #Combat #Afghanistan documentary #Afghanistan surge
UR Beneath the Surface
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UR Beneath the Surface
Glover pal
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Glover pal
Marine Farewell2
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Marine Farewell2
It Takes Balls
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It Takes Balls
Lick It
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When Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, found a bag of heroin hanging in a tree they weren't quite sure what to do.
EOD at Work3.mov
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As part of a PBS documentary in the works, this shows an Air Force Explosives Ordnance Disposal team at work in Afghanistan. The film's working title is Combat Outpost: Afghanistan. More details can be found at the blog combatoutpost.blogspot.com
Ode to Armor HD.mov
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I'm in mid production on a PBS documentary about a Marine platoon in Afghanistan. More details can be found at combatoutpost.blogspot.com. This is just a little thank you to the armored vehicles that kept the Marines and me alive.

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Freebird-v3i
    @Freebird-v3i 13 годин тому

    freedom of speech - even at war; thank you usa

  • @Ythh1848
    @Ythh1848 2 дні тому

    Dodge the draft next time you idiots

  • @rizzorizzo2311
    @rizzorizzo2311 2 дні тому

    Those mother fuckers did grow an ass load of weed though. In TK it was growing out of every crack in the pavement in town and every house had a little marijuana patch. During the spring they all grew poppy and harvested opium but unless we paid them not to grow it we just let them be.

  • @rizzorizzo2311
    @rizzorizzo2311 2 дні тому

    Did route clearance next door in Uruzgan province and more than once was down on hands and knees sweeping dirt away from an IED. It’s crazy the shit we would never do in Iraq we did almost daily in Afghanistan. The theaters were just so much different. I honestly wasn’t prepared for how underdeveloped Afghanistan was.

  • @markjfox866
    @markjfox866 2 дні тому

    👏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🎖🎖🎖

  • @bloodyqueen6658
    @bloodyqueen6658 3 дні тому

    Western Professional Christian Terrorist Invaders 2millions Afghan Civilians Genocide USSR Invasion 1979-1989 1.5million Afghan Civilians Genocide USA NATO Invasion 2001-2021 Where is western human right organisations, UN, EU, ICC, Muslim Ummah, OIC, BRICS?????

  • @YaserZahin-tw7yo
    @YaserZahin-tw7yo 3 дні тому

    As an afghan I'm watching for improving my English 😂 By the way these brave soldiers did all those chores just for nothing and we lost more than 100k soldiers too ... Just for nothing it pains me alot.

  • @triagetristateautoglassexp963

    Chief Motz .is a diff breed.of human ,,AMAZING CARE GIVER U ARE SIR . ,MAY UR GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY..

  • @Andy-o2d
    @Andy-o2d 8 днів тому

    I find it super odd that a chief is a squad's corpsman

  • @txterbug
    @txterbug 9 днів тому

    Government shouldn’t be sending us troops into 3rd world countries to fight a war that doesn’t exist.

  • @michaelwolford715
    @michaelwolford715 10 днів тому

    I was with the 1st. CAV Div. Artillery. Was in a 3 gun. Team. Started on fire base ( Ennis). Then moved all over. I was only 17 years old. I lost 2 high school classmates. And a cousin, a month later. I can still see their faces. May they rest in peace.

  • @conradnivens530
    @conradnivens530 12 днів тому

    I did 2 tours to Afghanistan. Thank you for making this and thank you to my fellow vets and the fallen.

  • @libertyforever836
    @libertyforever836 14 днів тому

    A complete and total waste of time, bodies and treasure. God forgive us for this total waste.

  • @irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery
    @irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery 14 днів тому

    I'm sorry you and millions others have fought in wars that were based in greed and power. God rest the souls of those who have fought and loss, been taken prisoner or have died as a result of a corrupt war. God bless our country 🇺🇸

  • @1249JL
    @1249JL 14 днів тому

    All for nothing.

  • @habeast1606
    @habeast1606 16 днів тому

    Went into a country because its people were Muslim and started killing and destroying them and their lands. disgusting. #GetOutOfTheMiddleEast.

  • @Berserkbushwookiee
    @Berserkbushwookiee 16 днів тому

    Hell yeah Staff Sergeant running the platoon won't see that in the Army. Semper Fi brother.

  • @johnheaslip1039
    @johnheaslip1039 18 днів тому

    Same shit different place. Truman said the same thing in 1965 when he sent in the 1st Air Cav. and more. Politicians are so good at projecting force at the expense of our kids. Dad was in Vietnam, Grandpa was in the 1WW and my uncle was killed by the Nazi submarines in WW2. I was too old for the recent wars. My respect to you who serve and commiserations to you whose kids made the ultimate sacrifice.

  • @marqueematthews4949
    @marqueematthews4949 19 днів тому

    Lying to your men doesn't make them any braver then the enemy, nor the enemy any weaker!

  • @redsky106
    @redsky106 20 днів тому

    Was it worth it to return Afghanistan back to the people that have always run it ,.,.no country has ever conquered this country in time ,.,.so sorry for the poor people that lost their lives in this pointless war ,complete waste of time and lives ,.,.America should be ashamed

  • @andrewglass2010
    @andrewglass2010 20 днів тому

    Wait a minute? Is that Jamsheed doing translation. The rocket 🚀 God?????

  • @Moomooo-l7h
    @Moomooo-l7h 21 день тому

    你们自己都不知道来这里做什么?

  • @Moomooo-l7h
    @Moomooo-l7h 21 день тому

    Who is the bad ppl

  • @MichaelLamb-zv7lr
    @MichaelLamb-zv7lr 22 дні тому

    Lost in translation.always needed better trans lators.

  • @Herttoi
    @Herttoi 27 днів тому

    "We don't shoot on innocent people" as an answer to a request not to burn their crops, shows to the murderous nature of the US liberators.

  • @shadowcivilian9942
    @shadowcivilian9942 27 днів тому

    War is insane.

  • @cashIND219
    @cashIND219 29 днів тому

    All the ammonium nitrate is coming from Pakistan.. It's banned in Afghanistan.. Yet they are our allies??....

  • @basilrazzle6118
    @basilrazzle6118 Місяць тому

    Hussein Obumma need to be tried for treason

  • @karlkrause2265
    @karlkrause2265 Місяць тому

    What a shame and what a fuked up government is the Usa

  • @eckomob6898
    @eckomob6898 Місяць тому

    At 19:00 look at the cargo. That operator secured it so fucking tight even an IED that took out the truck, couldn't budge it. That dude needs a raise and go start instructing. It might sound silly to the uninitiated but those who know. Know.

  • @SRocco-dv8we
    @SRocco-dv8we Місяць тому

    Gee wiz …😮 but yet another trillion trillion dollar war we lost 😢in a far far land away …for no reason …where USA didn’t belong . 😊

  • @lizgaspari-gasparinutrition
    @lizgaspari-gasparinutrition Місяць тому

    All the sudden main language is Pashto

  • @Jath2112
    @Jath2112 Місяць тому

    "The explosive that they've been using here...is.... A N A L..."... ;)..... ;) .....*coughs

  • @ALitScottyB323
    @ALitScottyB323 Місяць тому

    The most important factor for all of us to know is that the Marines are experienced enough to leave their home grown Opium just where it is , because the multitude of drugs ie. Opium , Heroin, Smack , Black Tar , The Plant that is a very interesting Poppy Plant that produces the Opium that is Bled from each plant on several slashes when ready for harvest , but when you really think about what I've said to y'all , it's for the Market and that includes your pharmaceutical industries that need a whole load of Morphine and Every soldier carries Morphine for an injury or a real pain relief if you've taken a bullet you'll find that the Soldiers get hit with the same Morphine as we as humans all do in the hospital if we have an injury and break a bone ect ect , which is why the senior officer said just put it back because they the people who sell the Opium in different ways to different countries and that includes all the drugs that's been made from Opium like Methadone and Codeine that is ruining America on an all time high of overdoses Fentanyl includes a number of Opioids that branch out to Doctors writing prescriptions and I've had a chance to talk about some of my experiences in life for me being one of many who's come to this drug that I suppose we need a pain relief tablet , pill , hit in the veins , and so on you feel me about what I've noticed and what I understand about political science is what is going on right in front of our eyes but if we think about the big picture we need this shiiit to basically get through a day in our lives if it's in a pill form that is okay right , right it seems to be just the same as being in the middle War and the Taliban runs into a Mosque and the Soldiers cannot blow the church up because it's a place of God and comes under the laws of War but only on one side !!!

  • @kenbaughan8390
    @kenbaughan8390 Місяць тому

    I am reading a book (one day as a lion) about 19 young soldiers who died in vietnam and one vet fought on hill 881 south,who witnessed one of those 19 who died there, just reading the stories of those soldiers is heartbreaking,and this happening daily all over vietnam.i have read so many books on vietnam true stories of life death fear bravery and above all the comradeship of soldiers how no matter what, they fought for each other,died to save a fellow soldier,boys many of them with great responsibility,19 years old platoon leader,or recon leader,I cannot imagine what they felt saw smelled,no book can really let you in, but these young men just got on with the job,brave all of them heroes all, there stories must never be forgot.not just vietnam but all conflicts where soldiers fight to protect our way of life.

  • @JanzZone
    @JanzZone Місяць тому

    Best war doc I’ve seen

  • @KirbSyde-vf4cf
    @KirbSyde-vf4cf Місяць тому

    Does America seem like the most evil empire on Earth or is it just me? Am I missing something? I study HISTORY & when you put pen to paper it seems like the "EVIL DEEDS" of the past Empires or Conquers have nothing on what these dudes are doing.🤔💭

  • @KirbSyde-vf4cf
    @KirbSyde-vf4cf Місяць тому

    What if WE ALL STAYED HOME?! What could possibly have been a worse outcome than what happened if we just stayed our American asses in America?

  • @AlanMichaelJackson
    @AlanMichaelJackson Місяць тому

    Is that John McPhee in the thumbnail?

  • @usmanabbas1922
    @usmanabbas1922 Місяць тому

    Say sorry to all the lives you ruined halfway away from your homes and dictate another culture, have some shame

  • @SLIMMIKETV
    @SLIMMIKETV Місяць тому

    hard to watch these people suffer more than they are use to due to bad decisions by our politicians and the bad guys in their country. only good people suffer during war. soldiers aren’t hero’s they’re just doing their job and innocent people get hurt when they are involved. the bad guys from that country are ever worse. this is a sad situation and shouldn’t be celebrated by either side. pray for peace in the middle east and around the world.

  • @WillyNyeko
    @WillyNyeko Місяць тому

    I relate to this doc

  • @RoboNurse84
    @RoboNurse84 Місяць тому

    I like the Corpsman’s energy and humour and some of the best nurses I’ve worked with are similar; a little sarcastic, a little dark (you have to be to survive), but helluva lot of fun to be around!

  • @davidbindick9994
    @davidbindick9994 Місяць тому

    Why Afghanistan man(old man) are still active fucking? He is old and skinny but still making baby.

  • @melodeev5487
    @melodeev5487 Місяць тому

    Near total disability for all those young men. That's just devastating. I sure hope your country is taking care of these heroes the way they deserve to be taken care of.

  • @joeyjr4006
    @joeyjr4006 2 місяці тому

    Ladies and gentlemen crack smoking homosexual lire Barack Hussein imagine going to war for homosexual😢

  • @philipmcgowan6532
    @philipmcgowan6532 2 місяці тому

    My route clearance company went in 2011-2012 we still found ieds in that area but the village was still doing ok at that time. I'm sure it's screwed up now.

  • @Chripiter
    @Chripiter 2 місяці тому

    Lost my son, Christopher Shawn Baltazar Jr ,age 19 on 9/3/09, in Helmand Province, with 2nd Light Armour Reconnaissance Battalion. RIP Christopher, and all else who have died in service, and thanks to you all who fought and served. We love all of you. God bless

  • @wiz6055
    @wiz6055 2 місяці тому

    One of the best documentaries you will find on you tube. Can't tell you how many times I've watched it . Respect to everyone who served and lived that hell on earth

    • @FrankAsante-v8z
      @FrankAsante-v8z 2 місяці тому

      I've been watching over million times 😊

  • @larryokelley6321
    @larryokelley6321 2 місяці тому

    A total waist of life😢