4. Old Guys and M60 Machine Gunner 173rd Vietnam
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2025
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More from the documentary film "Sky Soldiers". The movie covers the activities of Delta Company, 1st of the 503rd, circa late 1967 thru early 1968. The Old Guys segment in this clip is slightly more polished than the Old Guys section in the previous clip. Music is by John Carter. If you have contact information for John please let us know.
Hand salute to you Lerch. Glad you made it home, hope you are well.
It is beyond me when I see these old men doing their interviews to think these old guys are those same patriotic warriors that were over there shooting and getting shot. Ernest Lerch is one for example of being on the front line for two years ... I tried to see what Ernest looked like in Vietnam while he was there and sure enough I found a picture of him holding a machine gun looking like the warrior he is. All of these mens hearts are incredible , what they were faced with isnt even comprehensible . I love hearing their stories and getting to know these veterans. I would love to shake their hands and tell them how appreciated they are and welcome home warriors . Thank you
The world is divided into the sheep and the wolves. Once in a while, a sheepdog comes along to look after the flock..... how he remains so calm, you have to admire that.
Old is only relative, but brave to to the bone
Thank you for your service and all ARVN too.
Yes I know Jesse Salcedo, good guy lives on small ranch outside San Antonio. doc Tim Cloonan 173
Love those stories!!
One of my rrd friends was in the 173 & came back nervous. he carried it with him at work. He was Army I was Marine & got to know him from working trains he an engineer & me a conductor. He died heart attack in his early 40's.He was a little guy with rank i vietnam & intimidated by his own men.. He couldn't get guy to do things like walking point or placing guy in positions. Vietnam made him a nervous wreck I could see it in him. We once walked through a field of small trees & brush with tree limbs eye level in a ravine from rrd track main lines to highway football away. to find our taxi ride. The rrd called for us to get relieved, we worked our 12 hrs & no ride could get to our train to get us. He said the trees & bushes reminded him of vietnam as we walked through 50 yards of thick low hanging tree limbs, vines, weeds or brush as I led the way to the road for our cab. He remarked to me I was a good point man. I told him those days were over. He was an engineer on a train & we both learned our jobs 15 yrs prior. He was nervous driving a freight train & not many guys liked working with him. We got to know each other & of our past before the rrd. We both joined the local vfw near our place of employment in a small township. Sometimes I think the war killed him after 1967 & he died in a chair at his home heart attack. He could get nervous over certain things or events.
God rest his soul. It’s unfortunate what became of him. Thank you for everything you did for us.
My husband was 173rd D co 1967-1969....thanks for posting
Ma'am my daddy was Sgt Craig Heaney delta company 3rd battalion 503rd and he is always looking for people from his unit.
I saw a meme a while back that was a guy with an M60 thrown over his shoulder and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. The caption said "Bad Mother Fucker". That was you wasn't it.
A great documentary. Thank You.
Two weeks at a knew job. You people were great.
@ 7:38 is my brother, I think at the time 'Spec.4' Bradd Alden Gray to the right of Salcedo holding bandelier, M16 in his right awkwardly as he shot lefthanded. Anyone here in this edit? I would be incredibly grateful to hear from you if you remember him, as he mentioned he remembered someone filming. I have personal memorabilia and story told to me by him I'd like to share, but not in a public way as here. Let me know please as I'd be more than happy to share what he shared with me(very personal and private) in a different personal messaging way. Thanking any of you in advance, and THANK YOU ALL for the lifelong sacrifice I know you made. I will check back here often. Bradd's little brother Paul
Paul Gray I'm not a soldier or anything but god bless u and ur brother. For what it's worth, I'd love to hear it, but I know that's not the kinda person u wanted to relay it to, but I just saw that there was no reply, these guys were incredible! Wow.
Interesting. Very well done, thanks for the upload.
Over 2 years in the jungle in a line unit-how the hell can you decompress from something like that?
James Robert Only GOD CAN GET YOU THOUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TO ALL THAT SERVED IN THAT .ON THE US SIDE IT'S HARD TO TURN IT OFF. SO MUCH RESPECT.
The big questions is, "How do you survive 2 years online with the 173rd."
eddie evans
Alpha, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantray 65-66
The NVA did a decade in the jungle. How do you decompress from something like that? Incredible. All these guys earned the respect.
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@@grahamdaley4224 yeah but they were born and raised in the jungle . Being thrown in the jungle from the United States would be a shock at first . Then you adapt and adjust
Yeah lurch is a gift that they didn't even know about. He is a badass that you dont know about. Saved more lives than penicillin .
That's a cool video I wanna see the whole thing! Wow! Stone cold these guys. Wow.
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My pops was a m60 gunner he was wounded in 68 y'all Vietnam vets have a place in my heart ✌✌✌✌✌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
you beautiful patriot,you sir are a hero off heroes,
T.hank you for your service. My best friend was killed during an attack on the firebase. Silver star. killed 5 NVA including an officer. I won;t name him out of respect. God bless you all.
Paul Mark......GOD KILLED Your Friend and all the 52,250 +- on the wall.....I'm so Sick of Hearing all the FAKE GOD BULLSHIT....
aussies are some bad ass dudes, you hear story after story, during Vietnam, WW2, and they are always out numbered, but seemed to come out on top always
vtlomboy the are the most fierce fighting force we have as allies. they were in ww2 korea vietnam and anywhere else we went ainch then this point of time. so much respect goes for the Australian military
Aussies like to blow their own trumpets (like the septics). Other countries were in Vietnam too (like the Japanese, French - and the Vietnamese).
Dont forget WWI at Gallipoli
Nice job with material, Doc Tim Cloonan 173d
Thanks for your contribution, Tim!
I carried the pig as a airborne ranger 84-04 miss it still dream about it
I wish my Uncle would have spoken about us time. He was A.M. 101st. Central Highlands Opperation Hawthorn.
I was 1st marine 214 Delta 369 Echo, death was everywhere in Country.. 1st marine and 3rd marine were both at Bearcat.. I respect all VN Vets, no matter Army, Navy, Airforce, or Marines..
My father Sgt Craig Heaney delta company 3rd battalion 503rd 68-69 would love to find some of his brothers from nam if anyone might remember him. His platoon sergeant was a guy named Wayne Barefoot.
i heard that nick name from my dad
who's your dad?
Craig, I know this is late. Platoon Sergeant (later CSM) Wayne Barefoot was my father. While I don't remember him mentioning your father specifically, he fondly--yet heavily--carried his memories of his two Vietnam tours with the 173rd (as well as a three year tour with them on Okinawa) until his death in 2002. The lessons he passed on to me from his tours with the 173rd about how to treat good men in difficult circumstances formed the basis for how I tried to conduct myself during combat tours with the 101st Airborne and later various Special Operations Forces. You and all the other Vietnam-era Sky Soldiers would also be proud of how your successors in the 173rd handled themselves in Afghanistan and Iraq. Once again, hard young men (and women) doing their nation proud in difficult circumstances. Sincerely, Colonel (retired) Wayne Barefoot Jr
Sooo you're a Colonel in the Special forces?
Not 100% sure if that passes my sniff test.
@@waynebarefoot3656 I know it's been a while since you wrote me but I received your message today and spoke to ny Dad and he told me that he was your father's RT. November Romeo.
NICE!!!!!
I carried the M60 in1965/1966 my gun crew got shot up twice after the first fire fight it be comes a fight for Survival
Jesse and General Patton would very much have enjoyed each other's company, I think.
war is the worst experience any young man can endure or survive.. the memories live with you forever right up into old age!!! these men did their duty.. not heroes, just brave soldiers who fought for their comrades!!
The pig was by far the best machine gun but was heavy to hump. Sure was fun to shoot especially at night with tracer rounds.
Did this ever get released?
I've released the working copy, never fully completed but it's pretty good.
I've made a few DVD copies of the full film available on eBay. More will be available if demand is there.
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I hope he lives in peace...
I'm a 39 year old Canadian.. Old enough and... Well... Been there. Not in the Jungles..
But thank you.
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In 20 years, it'll be my generation being spoken of, the 9-11 generation
I'm Canadian.. But we where with our "American" Cousins..
"20 years".. Then we'll see the Videos..
The politicians lost it.
Kill or be Killed. Plain and simple. 11bravo 05'-06 Iraq.
frank Zmonster thank you for my freedom frank.
frank Zmonster. frank, how true. That was the last thing my CO told us before going out
It is if you're a racist. They only kill Vietnamese because of their race. I don't see them going round Canada killing people - only Vietnam.
+SugarTomAppleRoger shut up
+Dave Fitzpatrictk the Iraq war has nothing to do with your freedom. from a usmc Iraq war vet
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OOOO yaa I feel ya Brother. I loved combat. And although the Lord knows I've tried ...there is NO thrill like killin that sonof a bitch thats tryin to kill you
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My pop fought the Japanese in the jungle of New Guinea......he was Australia and Australia troops were outnumbered 10 to 1 for the first years of the war.....they fought constantly day and night hand to hand for months on end without any medical or any way to get away from the constant fighting.....just left to fight and survive in some of the most dense terrain in the world.....no helicopters then.......their radios would not even work......he was a Bren gunner and though he would never talk much about the war especially about the killing I have read in books about how he single handedly had killed many men......there was one account how he in one skirmish had killed over 35 Japanese with a Bren gun fired from the hip.....that was in just one action......he never mentioned once about these things to anyone.......his son (my mothers brother) was killed in Vietnam......why is it that Americans talk so freely about killing and are so dramatic?
peppermint butler different culture, different time God bless America.
Gnarly
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Why do have to do these things to each other, please god stop this bullshit. We lose so many people on both sides good people and for what nobody wins. This hurts to watch, its not being a coward to want peace, you a coward if you afraid to fight for peace. We suppose to be civilize and the best generation of human lol yeah right.😥😥
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My dad always told me about Jesse Salcedo. KJ was his nickname in the 173rd. I can't believe I found this video.
Lol at the boomer making shit up about legions.
I ran M60s on Helos, shotgun, I don't know how many I offed. Sometimes God wasn't in Vietnam. Now my time is short and I wonder what God is going to do about all this killing. Killing didn't bother me then and it doesn't now. Do you think I'm going to Hell?
You'll just be another hunk of meat. We're already in hell.
David Sloan.....There is NO HELL or HEAVEN so don't worry about that......But thanks for your Service...
We only have one way to be saved - Yeshua, son of YAHWEH
back in the Nam, the 173rd were to...."...find...engage... " ...VC, (Vietcong), NVA.....and then then when the 173rd got home, they found...democrats... allies of the VC and NVA.
all that for nothing. what a waste