At Vietnam War there alot of cameramen from both sides that got the bullet. Visited the War museum in Ho Chi Minh and there was at least 100 USA cameramen and 100 Vietnamese. Photographers, videographers and reporters.
Our medic was a life saver. They usually do not carry a weapon. They have enough to carry as it is. His name was Kelly Graham. He was supposed to come and spend a few days in my back yard telling each other war stories. He died last year. I will miss him deeply. Rest in piece Doc. Were all on our way out. were getting older and our time is limited. Vietnam 1968/1969 Nam.
Hi, I am a 73 year old Vietnam Combat Vet (1966 to 1969) USS Providence and In Country at "Monkey Mountain" by Danang. I am on VA Disability from exposure to Agent Orange. I enlisted in the US Navy when I was 17 years old. Three of my High school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. Participated in the TET Offensive 1968.God bless all Vietnam Vets. You are not forgotten.
Rest In Peace Richard Fearnow. Passed away on 5.5.24. Great friend of mine. Served in Vietnam. Airborne. I wish I could remember the unit since he didnt talk on it much. Men, soldiers like him, will never be replaced. Rest In Peace my friend.
Reporters in 1970: I am going on a patrol with us soldiers in Vietnam, I might get killed but I need this story. Reporters in 2020: someone called me gay now I am going to leak their address and social security number
Having been in the military, it’s very physical and tough. How much weight do you think infantry carry? And you can’t decide when and when not to soldier, if it’s in the middle of winter, cold, wet and you’re exhausted with no sleep.... you still soldier. Good luck trying to do this as an old man. Even guys in the 20s leave with knee and back problems.
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Bless his heart Lord Jesus! And all the rest likewise! How this touches me😢, and how thankful i am to those who served and are serving! "Including my Only Son"...Usmc
@Uchiha Recker they were conscripts. it was the leaders who were murderers and the rich like donald trump bribed their way out of a fight. fun fact see the difference in the cover 19 death tolls in vietnam and the US
They all look so young and tense and scared. My dad served two tours of duty in Vietnam and it took a great toll on his health. He passed away when I was very young. Just an awful awful war. God Bless the veterans ❤
Of course there was, not just his. But from other American soldiers, but much more from the Vietnamese. The amount of chemical agents that the US dumped in Vietnam was responsible.
The "veterans" that you Americans so boast about are simply murderers who killed civilians in this war. Your father must have killed dozens of people in that disgusting war that was nothing more than a propaganda for US military power.
I imagine that most of the guys found themselves singing a song in their head, maybe he and his girlfriends favorite, or maybe one they liked in high school....our lives are so often defined by music at the time.....
"Hero" is Kregg Jorgenson from my home town of Seattle. I am a Vietnam veteran and met him at a book fair back in the 90s, I believe he taught school here, he is a great person who carries the Vietnam War with him every day.
@SgtBaker16 I beg to differ he couldve easily rejected being sent out there for pretty much suicide and If he truly didnt want to go for the sake of letting the public know just how stressful war is then he would quit
@SgtBaker16 remember this is far far after humans realised what war can do to people and just how easily someone could get killed or brutally injured...from things that arent even directed at someone for example a stray bullet from a firefight across the jungle couldve easily cut one of them down, or shrapnel from a bullet hitting a tree and splintering it into an entire platoon and not to mention the traps
My dad was there 69-70, 11B, 1-27th (wolfhounds), 25th ID (tropic lightning). Served in South Vietnam and Cambodia. He hosted a reunion in our town about five years ago. Spending time with dad and his brothers in arms is an experience I will never forget. Every one is a true American patriot and hero!
Real footage still makes you realize how young these soldiers were. Can't imagine holding myself so heroic at 19 walking into thick forests being shot at any moment.
@@benjamins_eye662 double the people in the south though they were heroes. I suggest you research what happened once Nixon resigned to the people epecially teachers in the south.
They did the medic kid raw. Who wouldnt be scared doing the most dangerous job of the group. The poor guy is tasked with maintaining everyone elses life while risking his own running out ahead. Pure heroic spirit on that fella
I'm under the impression, based on the previous soldiers story, that the medic was the one who told the reporters about his fear, then they told it over footage. They did the before the medic I swear rewatch it
@@MrHocotateFreight i am sure that is the case but using that shot of him looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights along with that narrative, ESPECIALLY in comparison to the heroic warrior like demeanors of the other guys, is both sensational and unnecessary. Fear is a presupposition. My Pop was a medic with the 82nd and I only heard stories second hand about the nightmares he had picking up body parts and running out of morphine. His five brothers never stopped talking about the war. They lived for their tank, flight and Seabee stories. But Pop never said a word. So i particularly empathize with this kid
I think they were just portraying the reality of the situation. Heroes get scared shitless too. People need to know that. Now he’s a hero not only for his duty but also expressing his vulnerability to those who would not understand otherwise.
It was the boomer's war, every male who came of age before 1973 had to deal with the draft, and that damn war. My uncle and my cousin had to go, uncle came back and my cousin didn't. My uncle was a Marine in 1968-69, door gunner on H34's, and came back in one piece, physically. My cousin was Navy, on an ammo ship the Vietnams hit with B40 rockets in Danang "bridge ramp" in 1969. There were 11 guys on that ship and one guy survived, (it wasn't him).
só júlia to stop the spread of communism. As Russia’s Iron Curtain swept over Europe, morons like Mcarthy terrified politicians and stroke fear into the hearts of the American people. However as brutal and bloody the war was, some good did come out of it.
@@gublicity So what were the good things that came out of it? Yeah maybe the military industry did gain money but that's it. Afaik the US hardly benefited from the Vietnam War, after all Vietnam did fall for communism right after the Americans realized they were not going to win it. So the whole purpose of it failed. Vietnam was basically the first war that the US has lost in the sense that it did not benefit from it the same way it benefited from other wars.
I was born in 1961 and remember watching this war on television every evening during the news. Deeply affected by the danger and carnage, I would pray every night to God, asking Him to “please stop the Vietnam war, protect our soldiers and bring them home.” I had no family that served during that war but I desperately wanted the war to be over.
@@kortgreen7725 the majority of ground troops in nam (that saw direct action) deserve some sort of award. That just might be my blind patriotism, but I’m not gonna change my mind.
To be a medic, to have to run to the exact spot where your buddy was just shot, assuming the enemy still has eyes on that position, to drag his deadweight back to safety, that must take huge balls
That’s what I’d think too, but I think once you’ve done it enough times, the thought of getting shot or injured doesn’t hit you untill later on. Plus I’m sure the adrenaline levels are really high during combat, so the medics don’t have time to think about getting killed, they have to focus on reaching the wounded, and avoiding getting shot. No time to think about anything else.
My dad is 80 and put some time into this during his service. Seeing him dealing with the Covid thing brings your comment to life this generation was like the Klingons they are happy in the face of fear.
In that moment he has to be calm. The mor you panic the more you bleed in a situation like that. If you calm and put pressure on the wound you don’t bleed out as quickly
True,does anyone remember the old news footage of the Hindenburg burning up with all those people running underneath it getting caught in the inferno?,I still remember the reporter sobbing the words ''oh the humanity of it'',or words to that effect?
My best HS friend died in Vietnam. He was 19 yrs old. Never got a chance to really live Life. I think of him often. We played on the same HS football team together. He had a smile that could cover a whole ocean. Still think about my man Mace everyday.
@@josecarranza7555 He's a soldier not a hero. That means he's a brave man who answered the call of duty. But I don't agree with American's calling every damn soldier a hero.
It was destruction of men in their prime, with an average age of 19. Many who returned home did not receive a hero's welcome. They came home to a divided country and many had trouble adjusting to civilian life due to the horrors of what they had been through. Respect to each and every one of those men.
That's what makes leaders leaders, the insane ability to remain calm under pressure, yes adrenaline but also his natural ability to remain centered keeps the rest of the boys centered as well.
How many people have you seen shot? I've seen quite a few, and I agree. But they're usually pretty calm right after it happens. It's about 10 minutes+ on that they start to freak out.
@@skxlter5747 Comments like these makes you realize just how many stupid people on earth there are. Of course, he had to be calm. You're in the middle of war. Why would you broadcast the location of troops by being loud and showy? As a Marine Veteran who served in Iraq, it's common sense to me, but maybe not others. What a pity.
I believe some press are experienced in war because many have gone overseas to film more than once. And anyway, you cant just start screaming when you come under fire.
@@Jaxxon123 It's not so much the to be low voice because you don't want to alert or give signs to the enemy. It's that the reporter truly is showing bravery. Not a flick blink of emotion. He could be crying or showing how nervous his voice was. The guy was solid rock. No emotions. Shots being fired in all directions. Even the soldiers are ducking.
Any interest in combining all of his stories into a book/Something you can keep in your family? I'm a writer (not a publisher) and if you have enough details I'd be interested in writing his story, free of charge.
My father was drafted as a Marine and I never heard him speak a word of what he went through and I just thought he wasn’t ever on the front lines. Even though he survived Vietnam he lost his battle to Lung cancer. The last few weeks of his life he spoke about what he went through and brought a album of pictures that I never knew existed. Part of his stories was that he was involved with the Khe Sanh siege being constantly bombarded by artillery, snipers and assaults on the base for over 2 months. The destruction I seen from his pictures he took are breathtaking. It puts in perspective of what these brave men went through fighting for their lives from a overwhelming force. Growing up my dad was always the tough guy who never express any emotions. I never seen him shed a tear, he was stoic to say the least. But hearing him talk about what he went through, how terrified he was, I saw tears flow from his eyes and I saw a completely different side of my father that I never knew existed. My father was deeply affected looking at these pictures and it dawn on me that this was the first time he looked at these pictures since he put them in the album over 50 years ago. It’s no wonder we never seen them or ever heard of them cuz it was a painful remember of what he and other brave men went through. It truly makes me proud that he’s me father and something I will never forget
These guys served their country so bravely and courageously but yet experienced a lot of discrimination when they returned.!! Total respect to you all.👍🇬🇧
@quixoticelixer yep, the only difference is the world is more expansive and relatively more peaceful, but theres still journalists in the dirty, pot is still pot (it's actually much better now) and men are still men
@@koolfoolhost1 eh I'm apart of this modern generation. Most of the men I've known are severely depressed and have a lot of addictions and barely any control over themselves and they hide it by putting on a front and the women are kind of the same way, but they use sex as a way to feel like there in control of things and both rely on technology and social media way too much. To the point skills are becoming more uncommon and not to mention the problem with ego and narcissism. My generation pretty much like the last generation, but a little worse.
@@boerovich What are you talking about... Pick up a history book! So incorrect, it's just we know about the whole world a lot more now since the technology has changed in the last 20-30 years! SMH and I give you a look of derision 😕
If anyone was curious like I was, Sgt. Jorgenson would later be stationed in Germany after his time in Vietnam where he served as a journalist. After the Army, he would later become a Firefighter before eventually joining US Customs. He's retired now and has written a couple books about his experiences.
Some folks are born made to wave the flag Oooh They're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief" They point the cannon at you, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no senator's son, son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one Some folks are born silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves, yeah But when the taxman comes to the door The house look a like a rummage sale It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes They send you down to war And when you ask 'em: "How much should we give?" They only answer: "More, more, more" It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no military son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, one It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one You are welcome
Another reason this can’t be real is because according to Forrest Gump, it was raining from every which way, and no one told the soldiers to “get down! Shut up!”
I honestly thought it was just in the movies that they had bullets wrapped around their shoulders and were walking around in sleeveless shirts with bandannas but now seeing they actually did that, man these dudes are badass
@Ball Baby i thought movies dressed them like that because it looks cool. It's crazy how every single one of them seem so relaxed with bullets flying everywhere.
We were still doing much of it up to the 90's, when they took away our John Wayne Helmets and gave us Kevlar helmets. I still have both, along with almost all of my TA50 ... and much more....
My brother served 2 tours with airborne division, my brother in-law 2+ tours (including Cambodia) as a navy seal. They were never the same, RIP to both. I barely missed going but served 6 years AF after they pulled out.
Yes the body tends to do that when a human has to fight for his life. But he could have been curled up in a ball sobbing about his situation too. He just didn't.
He have dead wish , I bet after war , he had serious PTSD , some soldier cant hold stress and they blow their brain out , and other go first in the battle , with though "if I die better be quick" , smart person would learn a lesson all ready , "me in front , me get shoot" , he have been shoot 3 times and he still taking point ... I really hope he had good calm life after war.
@@sipanmarkosyan6500 very few if not any “journalists” actually do journalism, they have forsaken journalism all together, taking facts out of their stories for fiction to rile people up, and at this point fox and cnn are the same, except Fox News has a few news commentators and hosts like Greg gutfeld and tucker Carlson, but no one really trusts the main stream media anymore anyways, there is more than likely some actual journalists out there- but not many
What about all the journalist in the middle east during the Syrian civil war? They risked getting their heads cut off in front of their family members. What about the investigative journalist that uncover massive pedophile rings? are they also not journalist
@@type1exterminator471 lol speaking from some guys believe stuff come out the mouth of tucker :) my brother is journalist in active war zone in Syria :) but you never gonna watch him since you busy watching Fox :)
Vice News is 10x better than this AND people still consider it liberal. They go into the front lines in Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, everywhere. Look them up.
My grandpa was there. He never recovered. My grandma said he spent hours,nights in the fields behind his home. She said his body came home but his mind didn’t. He ended up committing suicide behind the garage. He told her a few thing’s probably in sad anger, she would never share as they were to horrific to repeat, they didn’t need to live on.
The Vietnam war was on television every night.I remember Dan Rather standing with the jungle behind him. I was thinking as a child, wow, these young people are extremely brave. God bless these veterans.
that s war. My grandpa fought in WW2 and when Hitler put the hitler youth to the front, because after 6 years of war there weren t enough adults left, the children had to go to the front, my gradpa killed his first enemy at the age of 14.... And his dad, my grand-grandpa fought in both world wars... First world war at the age of 16 and the second world war on the western front when he was a father of 5 children and in his early 40s....Age doesn t matter in war.
We were very young and scared 1968 during my first tour I helped drag a guy to a LZ for medivac and he was crying and asking for his mother, his leg was blown off and he died with me holding him, I did not know him but I cried with him.
@@jaywalker712 Thank you for your service sir, greetings from Singapore, every soldier is brave whether the country he was fighting for had good intentions or not
Medic: Give me some cover! Him: Hold my beer. 17 year olds today cry about social justice and safe spaces. These 17 year olds cried about their buddies getting laced in the jungle by an unseen enemy.
It's Duane Bloor-there's a Facebook group 'Apache Blues' featuring him at nearly 70 years firing an M60. He and all the GI's on this newsreel are all in Kregg Jorgensen's ('Hero' the one shot in the legs) book 'Acceptable Loss'. I highly recommend it.
My father was in Vietnam.....he struggled with things inside for yearsssss after the war that I had no idea about...he passed away from cancer 8 years ago...and read a lot of his medical records and what he was suffering from 😢❤
@@hannorasmusholtiegel6044 the usage of drugs in Vietnam is greatly over exaggerated. There was a time around 68-72 where the usage was big but after that it really wasn’t that common to see some dude downing acid like it’s a mento. My dad my older uncle who were in the army during Vietnam and my younger uncle who was a marine in Vietnam says that’s one of the things they always over exaggerate in movies is the drug usage.
My grandpa was a medic in Vietnam and got a Purple Heart and a bronze star for bravery. We’re Native American from the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. He’s told many stories about risking his life to save others. These men were very brave. After the way the country treated us natives, and to put that aside and fight for them anyway is really commendable. He’s taught me that forgiving the unforgivable is the way to live your life. Just accept, and heal. Always. That way you’ll have nothing dragging you down. Support your veterans. You don’t have to support the war, just the people.
Your Grandfather is a good man. As a North Dakotan myself, I always wished we did more for the reservations. Considering the history of it all, the least we could do would be to not turn a blind eye. I wish you and your family the best, especially in times like these.
The way these veterans were treated on their return was atrocious. The USA should hang its head in shame. Bravery just does not cover that video. Under fire in the jungle and still moving forward. Total respect
@@archiecoolsdown5854 except the platform of privilege you use to spout your hate. You fail to address the fact without veterans you wouldnt have this platform.
Not only that but it's his 4th injury. He has 3 purple hearts so if he continued the war after those 2 leg shots he would have gotten a 4th purple heart. But that is obviously not realistic so he was done after that.
That was the government's fault. It was also the government's responsibility to return them and care for them, taking the flak for the war government chose and energetically sold. But let's blame "society".
Vim de Zim definitely the government’s fault. No purification for their psyche they basically left them to mentally rot and devolve. The public is no better either; they came back to negative reception as liberal culture shifted from appreciating warriors to shaming them upon arrival. Just bad all around...
Too many faulty News from MSM in those days mostly from leftist. I was born, grew up and fought in that stupid war to the end .To these days, the South Vietnam people are still remembering what the American soldiers had done for them . Thanks for their service !
@jimlong527 Hi Jim, I'd be interested in writing your story. I'm not a publisher but I can interview & write for something you can keep in your family. I'd do it for free. Regardless, thank you so much for those years of service. We remain in your debt.
I was an atheist in the past, but thanks to a person who talked about God with me, using words different from the words everyone used to fight with me for being an atheist, I came to believe and realize the true presence of God in my life. That person talked about science, and when I said that God did not exist, the person told me that God does not need to exist, because it was God who created the concept of existence. God is infinitely beyond the laws of the universe and we are not able to understand the presence of God, but God is who he is, even though we, mere beings in the universe, are not able to understand this. I may not understand, but I feel the presence of God. I am infinitely grateful to the person who explained this to me, because he saved my life.
Imagine literally being in a firefight getting shot in the leg, then having a microphone shoved in your face to do a CBS TV interview in REAL time before receiving medical attention like it's Channel 7 back home and you won the local 50/50 raffle. This would NEVER happen today. Very brief period of history where this kind of literal front line reporting was possible or allowed.
That's unfortunate, too - as the 6 o'clock news has never been this exciting in my lifetime. Props to Threlkeld for keeping cool under pressure. He didn't seem to be at all shaken up, nor even break a sweat.
@@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 *The m16 jammed because the chamber got hot and that's the reason why different versions of the,and finally with the grenade launcher. Now the M4.I still love my 7.62mmx39
Stephen Cradick i was joking about his jovial nature. But he wasn't in shock, he was pissing adrenaline from being in a firefight. He definitely was feeling that shit 20 minutes later and for the next month
I was an old man at 24. Did nine months in the central highlands with the Army's 4 th Inf Div. Got hit in March of 69 and lost both legs. Was able to talk with the medic and really didn't feel any pain until I was air lifted to an aid station. I'm 73 yrs old now and I still can't figure out if our involvement in Vietnam was right or wrong. I can not complain because I have a great wife of 44 years and a grown son and daughter. Our son served in the middle east for nine months and the proudest I have ever been in my life is to have him next to me and salute the American flag our Memorial Day services.
George Humphrey You sent your son to the middle east but wonder if vietnam was justified? Iraq and Vietnam were both not justified. Sorry for your loss and respect for what you have been through but you should feel anger instead of proudness.
federalreserve Brown are you saying two planes didn't fly into the twin towers (later making them fall and knocking down another next to them), another plane into the Pentagon, and another into a field in Pennsylvania? We have footage and people saw it happen. My mom saw the plane crash into the Pentagon as she was driving home right by it. My dad was a first responder for the DC area and went there to do whatever he needed to do. How do you think the families of the people on those planes and in the buildings feel if you told them "it didn't happen"
Sergeant Jorgenson, or "Hero" in this video, went on to survive the Vietnam war. He recovered from the wounds to his legs in this video, and stayed in country for several more months. In the end, he was awarded one Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, a Combat Infantry Badge, and three Purple Hearts. He served in Germany after the war... as a journalist. He is now happily retired and living in Washington state.
Well I kind of agree to disagree, and vice versa, but, still, why the seeming Arnold Schwarzenegger, robot-like, blond hair, blued-eyed, so-called hero, here! When, fyi and for the record, most Army, especially, 11b, Combat Infantry men, disproportiate, too, to their numbers in the general U.S. population were DRAFTED!!!!!!!@@! Were blacks, African Americans???!!!! UNLIKE, HERE, SEEMINGLY some GOOD OLD BOY FROM FARMER'S way, wants to go off and be a kind of, "Billy, I want to be a hero," medal of honor "winner" to, probably, show his mommy and his precious daddy and vice versa, that he was, hmm, the real, Forrest Gump, Audie Murphy.... Plz....
@Dream Gary Because its probably a multi million dollar company, with a budget no one could ever dream of, and people with bad microphones probably had 10 bucks.
crazy thin g to a lot of vets that fought the horrible Nazis back in ww2 also fought im the Vietnam war sadly most of them didn't make it from this war i have respect for them all
That's exactly what I thought. Dang Medic was one seriously brave guy! ➕🇺🇸➕🇺🇸 I know he was just doing his job, but to run towards the gunfire and towards the wounded is unbelievable!
@@erock8616 Doc DelValle was a great medic with our platoon and one of the best we had. BTW- if it looks like I was being calm and casual about getting shot it was because Doc gave me a shot of morphine before we made it back to where tyhe reporter and his people were with our Platoon Leader. No braver person on any battlefield than a good combat medic. We were lucky to have him.
@@58jumps That's awesome. I'm glad you made it home safe. I'm also glad you had a great leader! Not many men can remain calm under fire. God Bless you and your friends who served during Vietnam. And I agree with you your medic was one of the best on the battlefield. 💯💙
Granduncle (grandpa’s brother) was deployed to Vietnam in 1968. As of what I have heard, he was not the same man when he returned back to the states. He was wounded and he was on the edge in his final years of life; his mental health gradually deteriorated in the late 1990s. He passed away 23 years ago aged 59. ☹
These soldiers were scared out of their minds for so long that they forgot they were scared anymore. They had a job to do and did the best they could. If they would have declared this a WAR, it would have been over and done in a day or two.
Mokhtar Almuwahid they give em out like candy to people who have been injured bad enough to need triage. If you need triage in a war zone and survive you're damn right they deserve a sticker.
Donny Hohl he was in shock, you would be amazed the pain tolerance/ strength you can have when you come face to face with death. A few seconds later he starts to pass out.
The cameraman and reporter followed this platoon through thick jungle, without any means to defend themselves when they were ambushed by the Vietnamese. They could *very* easily have been killed or captured if things went bad. Just so they could show American civilians what was happening. That's damned brave.
that is insane. this kid cant be more than 20, has *three* purple hearts, just got promoted to sargent, *perfers* to walk *point* cuz thats where the action is, is literally nicknamed hero and has just been shot in both legs and is just hanging out, talking casuually. that is another level of honor, bravery and valor that is unmatched. nothing but respect for these guys.
@@johnlemma401 ok? im sorry but i fail to see your point. like they didnt have a choice. they would 9 times outta 10 get caught and it was either 250k or 5yrs jail time.
@violentauntie 1,100,000 North Vietnamese / Viet Cong fighters to 58,300 names of members of the U.S. armed forces who were killed or went missing in action. It wasn't easy, but they didn't give up.
My father served in Vietnam from 1971-72 and came home a wounded veteran. He overcame the handicap of an amputee, but, couldn't shake the addictions that followed him home. He was my Hero and he died young, just 57. I am proud of my military upbringing, and always support the fine men and women who serve. I just wish they didn't have to.
Thanks Chase. Yes is was way to young to die. We Nam vets are really hitting the skids. To many of us die each year or each day. He is OUR hero Chase. Thanks for you sharing that with us. It could not have been easy. He's in my thoughts. kev
“He didn’t want to go to Vietnam he would rather be a business man, but right now he’s in charge of the lives of 21 men”. Thats wild.
Only the poor and uneducated
and heroic...
@Anita Bonghit good movie right there
Isabella Love nice generalization. Did you not hear the part where the guy said he would rather be a businessman than a soldier?
@SgtBaker16 Someone's angry they couldn't get into college.
Man giving casually an interview while shot, respect. And the journalist has some tremendous balls
back when having balls ment something.
And that´s a 20 year old kid.
@@wesley_m6935 What are you, stupid? Ever heard of a metaphor? You waste of bandwidth, smh.
I think he is the real Life Rambo
We should have never been there.
Any man who requests to be on point, gets shot in leg & still takes the time to give CBS News an interview, is an undeniable BADASS!
You aren’t kidding
He in fact is!!! To this day!!!
@@RobertTaylor-cj7zd Whats his name?
What's his namr
He got shot, and he doesn't even show it, twice
Cameraman truly never dies.
At Vietnam War there alot of cameramen from both sides that got the bullet. Visited the War museum in Ho Chi Minh and there was at least 100 USA cameramen and 100 Vietnamese. Photographers, videographers and reporters.
Jonestown.
Thực ra là 10 phone viên thì chết 9 . cái bạn xem được có thể là người cuối cùng 😂😂😂
@@ngocdinh1990 hell are you laughing about?
The footage you don’t see is probably why those camera men aren’t alive. Stop with the jokes and understand what’s truly going on.
Our medic was a life saver. They usually do not carry a weapon. They have enough to carry as it is. His name was Kelly Graham. He was supposed to come and spend a few days in my back yard telling each other war stories. He died last year. I will miss him deeply. Rest in piece Doc. Were all on our way out. were getting older and our time is limited. Vietnam 1968/1969 Nam.
Thank you for your service
@@Megamon0001 thank you
god bless you thank you for your service sir
Lost the war lmao
@@SpeedKing.. must be hard knowing no one will ever love you
There’s always that one guy who carries an M60 while only wearing a flak jacket without a shirt
And they always the most badass too
And firing it with one arm and holding the belt with the other
and his name is Tex
@@swopedog6133 Pretty sure his name was Animal Mother.
@@Captroop was gonna say that too lol
Hi, I am a 73 year old Vietnam Combat Vet (1966 to 1969) USS Providence and In Country at "Monkey Mountain" by Danang. I am on VA Disability from exposure to Agent Orange. I enlisted in the US Navy when I was 17 years old. Three of my High school friends were killed in Vietnam, I was spared. Participated in the TET Offensive 1968.God bless all Vietnam Vets. You are not forgotten.
Thank you for your service to our country Denny.
@Denny T. Thank you
Thank you for your service Denny.
You are appreciated, Denny.
im sorry for your lost and thanks for your service!, i have a question, what do you mean by spared? were you captured by enemies?
Rest In Peace Richard Fearnow. Passed away on 5.5.24. Great friend of mine. Served in Vietnam. Airborne. I wish I could remember the unit since he didnt talk on it much. Men, soldiers like him, will never be replaced. Rest In Peace my friend.
Murderous men who went to the other side of the world to commit genocide on the local population.
A true soldier. Rip Richard.🙏🇺🇲
Reporters in 1970: I am going on a patrol with us soldiers in Vietnam, I might get killed but I need this story.
Reporters in 2020: someone called me gay now I am going to leak their address and social security number
Facts
What about the ones who documented Isis and the syrian war while under siege and getting air strikes day and night
Reporters are trash now, hate the news media. I dont even remember writing this....0.0
@@Xamze notice almost none of them are american tho.
Hey, I guess you shouldn’t call people gay.
3:06 gets shot during war, talks about it to reporters like a post football game interview. His man level is over 9000
And already had 3 purple hearts under his belt.. He's highly decorated
him be like they had us on the first half ngl
@@frankierzucekjr He had more than that under his belt, thats for sure.
@@kyleallen1858 Real badass.
He had been given morphine but you can see that it's starting to wear off.
"War is young men dying and old men talking" - Franklin D. Roosevelt
also mothers crying
Having been in the military, it’s very physical and tough. How much weight do you think infantry carry? And you can’t decide when and when not to soldier, if it’s in the middle of winter, cold, wet and you’re exhausted with no sleep.... you still soldier.
Good luck trying to do this as an old man.
Even guys in the 20s leave with knee and back problems.
There is no profit in✌'/!!! It's all about the weapons' manufacturers🔫💣💥& defense contractors🚀🛰🚁making their billions off your tax💸💸💸'/!!! 😢🤔👹 I hear they're still looking for W. Bush's imaginary "Weapons of Mass Destruction" that were supposedly being stockpiled by Saddam Hussein'/!!! 🤔🤔🤔.
@@kbrich-nn8od yeah I can tell you're uneducated. W. Bush didn't have WMD, it was Saddam Hussein
FDR should know this better than anyone .I am not a fan of FDR but that is a great statement.
Camera man was a legend
cameraman never dies
Right!
Those NVA rounds were hitting the dirt JUST in front of that cameraman, and he barely moved a muscle!
"I've already got 3 purple hearts, don't need a fourth" - So badass
wander what happend to Hero? because he and his mates certainly were Heroes God BLess them
he’s gorgeous too 😍 a true hero
It gave me goosebumps
yum boot
Guy was shot in both legs, making jokes and laughing.
The young medic, as scared as he is, still without thought jumps up, asked for cover and runs into fire to save the wounded.
A real man and hero god bless him
Bless his heart Lord Jesus! And all the rest likewise! How this touches me😢, and how thankful i am to those who served and are serving! "Including my Only Son"...Usmc
A real soldier right there, no one ever leaves a man behind
El macho
He doesnt want to let his brothers down
Guy takes bullet wounds like paintballs. They don't call him Hero for nothing.
what is his name? what became of him after?
^
@Uchiha Recker they were conscripts. it was the leaders who were murderers and the rich like donald trump bribed their way out of a fight. fun fact see the difference in the cover 19 death tolls in vietnam and the US
@Uchiha Recker they're fulfilling their duty to the country they live in. The elites make the wars.
Not really tbh there was no reason for them to go there and do what they did
They all look so young and tense and scared. My dad served two tours of duty in Vietnam and it took a great toll on his health. He passed away when I was very young. Just an awful awful war. God Bless the veterans ❤
Of course there was, not just his. But from other American soldiers, but much more from the Vietnamese. The amount of chemical agents that the US dumped in Vietnam was responsible.
Sorry he died but what was your lot doing there to begin with
My brother was there 66 ta 69..
Have No idea what he did...
I've asked.....
My dad died in 1984 when I was 6. Agent Orange exposure, gave him ulsers. He threw up blood a lot. He collapsed in a 7-11.
The "veterans" that you Americans so boast about are simply murderers who killed civilians in this war. Your father must have killed dozens of people in that disgusting war that was nothing more than a propaganda for US military power.
"Nobody talks so you start thinking."
Powerful.
Indeed
Powerful Joe Rogan Experience
I started thinking, about how they knew about the first guy’s thoughts
I imagine that most of the guys found themselves singing a song in their head, maybe he and his girlfriends favorite, or maybe one they liked in high school....our lives are so often defined by music at the time.....
This was now officially filmed exactly 50 years ago. March 27, 1970 - March 27 2020. Incredible!
(Thanks for all the likes peeps!)
wow
amazing
Some of my earliest childhood TV memories are of this type of footage from that war.
TheSanityInspector Really?! That’s crazy to me.
wow
As a kid I thought these were old man. Now i see these were kids in early 20’
The 20s is when people are the most fit so makes sense
Unfortunately thats pretty much all wars.
War is when the old and twisted trick the young and naive in to killing each other
Yeah but most were 18, 19 or 20. Some even 17
@@DiceDecides im in my 30s and i feel better than in my teens lol.
Then you were a dumb kid.
"Hero" is Kregg Jorgenson from my home town of Seattle. I am a Vietnam veteran and met him at a book fair back in the 90s, I believe he taught school here, he is a great person who carries the Vietnam War with him every day.
Dude got shot in both legs and still chill AF. What a G
reality vs the movies my friend. it’s called shock.
A Shock G... No Digital Underground
Until his adrenaline wore off and reality set back in.
And these Transvestites nowadays in the Military think that they could handle what these guys did. What a joke
@@razoredge6476 lol
*_when you tell a joke and the Bush around you start to giggle_*
😄😄😄
Fear by immediate danger sure, but flattery bc u accidently hit the enemies "humanity" i.e. funny bone.
theKidfromutopia “so anyway, i started blasting!”
* slowly pulls out gun*
U tell urself damn hold helmet (unsung album-helmet) ur tatted with rules lol
Can we talk about the fact the reporter basically risked his life recording this footage for future generations?
@SgtBaker16 I beg to differ he couldve easily rejected being sent out there for pretty much suicide and If he truly didnt want to go for the sake of letting the public know just how stressful war is then he would quit
SgtBaker16 By that logic, the soldiers aren’t brave because they’re simply doing what their employer orders. Your logic is flawed.
@SgtBaker16 remember this is far far after humans realised what war can do to people and just how easily someone could get killed or brutally injured...from things that arent even directed at someone for example a stray bullet from a firefight across the jungle couldve easily cut one of them down, or shrapnel from a bullet hitting a tree and splintering it into an entire platoon and not to mention the traps
@SgtBaker16 that may be true but you have to admit 10 times better than most media now
SgtBaker16 you don’t see reporters doing things like that today
My dad was there 69-70, 11B, 1-27th (wolfhounds), 25th ID (tropic lightning). Served in South Vietnam and Cambodia. He hosted a reunion in our town about five years ago. Spending time with dad and his brothers in arms is an experience I will never forget. Every one is a true American patriot and hero!
Real footage still makes you realize how young these soldiers were.
Can't imagine holding myself so heroic at 19 walking into thick forests being shot at any moment.
raiding homes of others makes you a villain not hero
@@sinistercr0347 holding yourself heroic isn't the same as being a hero.
And foot soldiers are not the ones to blame here.
You know what’s really heroic? To stand up against such a war instead of sending soldiers there to lose their lives for political reasons.
@@benjamins_eye662 well they did and took 8year for it to work...
And soldiers who deserted or wouldn't enlist had a very hard time.
@@benjamins_eye662 double the people in the south though they were heroes. I suggest you research what happened once Nixon resigned to the people epecially teachers in the south.
They did the medic kid raw. Who wouldnt be scared doing the most dangerous job of the group. The poor guy is tasked with maintaining everyone elses life while risking his own running out ahead. Pure heroic spirit on that fella
I'm under the impression, based on the previous soldiers story, that the medic was the one who told the reporters about his fear, then they told it over footage. They did the before the medic I swear rewatch it
@@MrHocotateFreight i am sure that is the case but using that shot of him looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights along with that narrative, ESPECIALLY in comparison to the heroic warrior like demeanors of the other guys, is both sensational and unnecessary.
Fear is a presupposition. My Pop was a medic with the 82nd and I only heard stories second hand about the nightmares he had picking up body parts and running out of morphine. His five brothers never stopped talking about the war. They lived for their tank, flight and Seabee stories. But Pop never said a word.
So i particularly empathize with this kid
I think they were just portraying the reality of the situation. Heroes get scared shitless too. People need to know that. Now he’s a hero not only for his duty but also expressing his vulnerability to those who would not understand otherwise.
You’ve got to be scared to be brave
the radio operator is actually the most dangerous of the jobs but medic im sure was a very close second
It's scary hearing that kid talk, it sounds like a 16 year old helping me with a game on Xbox live, horrifying what these young kids went through
It was the boomer's war, every male who came of age before 1973 had to deal with the draft, and that damn war. My uncle and my cousin had to go, uncle came back and my cousin didn't. My uncle was a Marine in 1968-69, door gunner on H34's, and came back in one piece, physically. My cousin was Navy, on an ammo ship the Vietnams hit with B40 rockets in Danang "bridge ramp" in 1969. There were 11 guys on that ship and one guy survived, (it wasn't him).
they shouldn’t be there in first place, what was the point of the war?
só júlia to stop the spread of communism. As Russia’s Iron Curtain swept over Europe, morons like Mcarthy terrified politicians and stroke fear into the hearts of the American people. However as brutal and bloody the war was, some good did come out of it.
@@gublicity So what were the good things that came out of it? Yeah maybe the military industry did gain money but that's it. Afaik the US hardly benefited from the Vietnam War, after all Vietnam did fall for communism right after the Americans realized they were not going to win it. So the whole purpose of it failed. Vietnam was basically the first war that the US has lost in the sense that it did not benefit from it the same way it benefited from other wars.
aabens well essentially it put a stalemate to communism in Asia, but I’m not disagreeing with you not much good came out of the war,
I was born in 1961 and remember watching this war on television every evening during the news. Deeply affected by the danger and carnage, I would pray every night to God, asking Him to “please stop the Vietnam war, protect our soldiers and bring them home.” I had no family that served during that war but I desperately wanted the war to be over.
"3 purple hearts, I don't need a fourth"
idk why but that hit me
He also got a silver star and a bronze star! He earned all of them in my book.
@@kortgreen7725 the majority of ground troops in nam (that saw direct action) deserve some sort of award. That just might be my blind patriotism, but I’m not gonna change my mind.
I doubt any of them would of wanted a medal
@@Ryan-xw6nt the honor is not in possessing them but deserving them.
Central Comedy, thats the only thing the US government gave them for risking their life
To be a medic, to have to run to the exact spot where your buddy was just shot, assuming the enemy still has eyes on that position, to drag his deadweight back to safety, that must take huge balls
Haven't you watched hacksaw ridge?
@@snake698 dope movie but could have been made better
That’s why they’d leave them alive
Rt
That’s what I’d think too, but I think
once you’ve done it enough times, the thought of getting shot or injured doesn’t hit you untill later on. Plus I’m sure the adrenaline levels are really high during combat, so the medics don’t have time to think about getting killed, they have to focus on reaching the wounded, and avoiding getting shot. No time to think about anything else.
Dude literally got wounded seconds ago and yet he's more calm than me preparing for exams
My dad is 80 and put some time into this during his service. Seeing him dealing with the Covid thing brings your comment to life this generation was like the Klingons they are happy in the face of fear.
In that moment he has to be calm. The mor you panic the more you bleed in a situation like that. If you calm and put pressure on the wound you don’t bleed out as quickly
@@tuggnuggets130 It was not real. Everything we see on the TV news is actually a movie being acted-out. Yeah, even wars are fake.
@@johnellizz Wish that was true brother, and I'm sure it is to a point, but not in totality.
Adrenalin is a good pain inhibitor.
I actually saw that report when I was a kid. Wow! Thanks to all vets especially the Vietnam ones
This is a real news reporter. on the field reporting facts.
The current media should take notes.
This guy got nothing on Brian William.
I miss Walter Cronkite.
True,does anyone remember the old news footage of the Hindenburg burning up with all those people running underneath it getting caught in the inferno?,I still remember the reporter sobbing the words ''oh the humanity of it'',or words to that effect?
Check Russian media, they have reporters on the field.
Check this one: watch?v=h-q0MIPfV_Q
My best HS friend died in Vietnam. He was 19 yrs old. Never got a chance to really live Life. I think of him often. We played on the same HS football team together. He had a smile that could cover a whole ocean. Still think about my man Mace everyday.
So many lives lost in a useless war. Such a shame of all these young men😢
🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎇
🫡 Mase
May your friend RIP. He is in a better place. Bless you.
Rip
“I got hit in both legs...thats about it”
Savage
Nah, morphine. You dont feel any pain.
@@suckmyballzgameplays7172 Whit AK i think not good.
A real man is what it is.
@@TheWehzy bro they ddnt give him morphine yet he had just got shot literally seconds before he started talking about a 4th purple heart.
It is what it is, no need to agonize before the pain sets in...
cant imagine what you guys went through, thank you for your service..
“Just a peaceful walk in the sun”
*M60 starts firing*
Lmaooo caught that too
Is this what it felt like In that bb gun war
But DAMN that m60.
Firing the M60 with one arm and straight and true, John Wayne style standing up.
Do you want to talk/learn about God and Jesus? God and Jesus both love you and can help you with whatever you may be going through!
Gets hit in both legs, gives a polite and informative interview to the camera. No one can fault his courage - I salute, and hope he did ok after this.
Became an author - Kregg Jorgenson
Lt Dan! You got new legs!
That's the power of morphine
You won't feel a pain even if you lost your whole leg
@@peternehemiah1606 i think adrenaline is the saviour here
They promised homes fit for hero’s, we did get hero’s, but they were only fit for homes..
OFAH grandad..🙏
I was born in 1970 while my dad was fighting in this war. I'm 51 now and he is 78. I often look for him in videos like this in hopes to see him.
Your dad is a hero.
Tell him people like me appreciate his heroism.
Respect U.S. military and veterans.
Your Dad is to be honored. You are blessed. RIP to him.. 🇺🇸🙏🏼✝️
@@josecarranza7555 He's a soldier not a hero. That means he's a brave man who answered the call of duty. But I don't agree with American's calling every damn soldier a hero.
"Hope to see him" and than?
Me too buddy, I always look for my dad, he was in the Corp pathfinders.
It was destruction of men in their prime, with an average age of 19. Many who returned home did not receive a hero's welcome. They came home to a divided country and many had trouble adjusting to civilian life due to the horrors of what they had been through. Respect to each and every one of those men.
Respect? Respect for them having invaded a country on the other side of the world and committed gen0cide? So how do you get respect?
@@TaicowFox Get lost.
That hero guy is the most calm person Ive ever seen after being shot.
He had been given morphine for pain but you can see that it's quickly wearing off!
Shock is a helluva thing.
That's what makes leaders leaders, the insane ability to remain calm under pressure, yes adrenaline but also his natural ability to remain centered keeps the rest of the boys centered as well.
How many people have you seen shot?
I've seen quite a few, and I agree. But they're usually pretty calm right after it happens.
It's about 10 minutes+ on that they start to freak out.
Well, it was his fourth time, so probably used to it by then. Should have been called magnet...
They guy literally got sprayed in the legs by an AK-47 and is doing an interview so casual as if it just talking about the morning bus being late
The Hero who got shot was given morphine by the medic right before he was taken where the journalist was.
Only in america lmao..
@@Williamerhurtig that's so cool, thx man
@@ValèreGéron *vietnam
@@ValèreGéron "it's only a 7.62x39 round quit your bitching"
That is the calmest camera man in existence
The cameraman never dies
@@ongjoeyy exactly, he was too busy listening to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix
@@skxlter5747 Comments like these makes you realize just how many stupid people on earth there are.
Of course, he had to be calm. You're in the middle of war. Why would you broadcast the location of troops by being loud and showy?
As a Marine Veteran who served in Iraq, it's common sense to me, but maybe not others. What a pity.
I believe some press are experienced in war because many have gone overseas to film more than once. And anyway, you cant just start screaming when you come under fire.
@@Jaxxon123 It's not so much the to be low voice because you don't want to alert or give signs to the enemy. It's that the reporter truly is showing bravery. Not a flick blink of emotion. He could be crying or showing how nervous his voice was. The guy was solid rock. No emotions. Shots being fired in all directions. Even the soldiers are ducking.
My grandpa served in Vietnam. He is the only veteran I met willing to tell me everything about combat
Any interest in combining all of his stories into a book/Something you can keep in your family? I'm a writer (not a publisher) and if you have enough details I'd be interested in writing his story, free of charge.
@@Chase-ScsHello, I'm from Brazil, i like the histories at Vietnam War What the name a book to your write?
@@modderzin9167 I write veteran's memoirs via interviews. Its usually for them to keep in their families.
When my grandfather got drafted, he didn't even know where vietnam was.
Good excuse
@@feitraspace4801 excuse?
@@feitraspace4801 he got drafted dammit
Can't blame your grandfather for that unless he's studied a world map.
Are you currently serving in the USAF? Also mad respect to your grandfather for serving.
“Yeah I got shot in the legs, that’s about it”
Lol
"I got shot in the legs, but it was way below my "package" is what he meant to say.😉
That guy is not only “hero”, now he is my personal hero.
badass af
With an ak!
He's more concerned with assessing the situation than he is about his legs.
My father was drafted as a Marine and I never heard him speak a word of what he went through and I just thought he wasn’t ever on the front lines. Even though he survived Vietnam he lost his battle to Lung cancer. The last few weeks of his life he spoke about what he went through and brought a album of pictures that I never knew existed. Part of his stories was that he was involved with the Khe Sanh siege being constantly bombarded by artillery, snipers and assaults on the base for over 2 months. The destruction I seen from his pictures he took are breathtaking. It puts in perspective of what these brave men went through fighting for their lives from a overwhelming force. Growing up my dad was always the tough guy who never express any emotions. I never seen him shed a tear, he was stoic to say the least. But hearing him talk about what he went through, how terrified he was, I saw tears flow from his eyes and I saw a completely different side of my father that I never knew existed. My father was deeply affected looking at these pictures and it dawn on me that this was the first time he looked at these pictures since he put them in the album over 50 years ago. It’s no wonder we never seen them or ever heard of them cuz it was a painful remember of what he and other brave men went through. It truly makes me proud that he’s me father and something I will never forget
Pt36915 Awesome
Truly great story👍🏻 it’s horrible what they went through
L
@@jacobnewton6634 I'll
lol the Americans WERE the overwhelming force
These guys served their country so bravely and courageously but yet experienced a lot of discrimination when they returned.!! Total respect to you all.👍🇬🇧
They didn't actually
Iv read where alot of returning solders were given a hard time when trying to settle back into daily life. Obviously not all but quite a number.
3:53 now I asked my dad if he killed anyone in the war. He said “idk, probably.” Now I understand
There’s no reference to cod zombies
Jason Cairns what u talking about
lol more like 2:28
im finebro A guy posted a comment saying something like “lol at the reference to cod zombies”
But he deleted it just after I commented
@@tf1090c the person who replied earlier is called that so he would have just been replying to him
US soldier: hey you’re shot! In both legs!
Hero: I ain’t got time to bleed
“Proceeds to do casual interview with CBS
Vietnamese people are so damn tough, too.
" I ain't got time to bleed" from predator?
Różowy Ludek that’s correct.
PHFATT KCOBRA They are midgets.
Him: fuckit.
2019- ers:" my leg, my leeeg!"
When journalists were journalists, men were men, pot was pot, but politicians always been the same trash
@quixoticelixer yep, the only difference is the world is more expansive and relatively more peaceful, but theres still journalists in the dirty, pot is still pot (it's actually much better now) and men are still men
@@koolfoolhost1 read my comment again to realign properly with the real world
@@_baller I did. Your comment is pandering to an older generation that hates on the modern times.
@@koolfoolhost1 eh I'm apart of this modern generation. Most of the men I've known are severely depressed and have a lot of addictions and barely any control over themselves and they hide it by putting on a front and the women are kind of the same way, but they use sex as a way to feel like there in control of things and both rely on technology and social media way too much. To the point skills are becoming more uncommon and not to mention the problem with ego and narcissism. My generation pretty much like the last generation, but a little worse.
@@boerovich What are you talking about... Pick up a history book! So incorrect, it's just we know about the whole world a lot more now since the technology has changed in the last 20-30 years! SMH and I give you a look of derision 😕
If anyone was curious like I was, Sgt. Jorgenson would later be stationed in Germany after his time in Vietnam where he served as a journalist. After the Army, he would later become a Firefighter before eventually joining US Customs. He's retired now and has written a couple books about his experiences.
This can’t be real. I didn’t hear “Fortunate son” during the chopper flights....
I Commented The Same Thing OMG Lol
This is nam' baby!
Haha just mentioned that myself lol
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Oooh They're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief"
They point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, yeah
But when the taxman comes to the door
The house look a like a rummage sale
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
Yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
They send you down to war
And when you ask 'em: "How much should we give?"
They only answer: "More, more, more"
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one
You are welcome
Another reason this can’t be real is because according to Forrest Gump, it was raining from every which way, and no one told the soldiers to “get down! Shut up!”
"I'm 7 months in country now and already got 3 Purple Hearts, I don't need a fourth". Respect!
balls of steel! Makes real men look like cowards
351,000 Purple Hearts given out in Vietnam
Robsevol Much respect to you Robsevol! If you’re 7 months in country you must be getting tired of all the bs. We pray for your safe return!
Robsevol yeah that was savage for sure
@@craigterry263 59000 got the black heart.
I honestly thought it was just in the movies that they had bullets wrapped around their shoulders and were walking around in sleeveless shirts with bandannas but now seeing they actually did that, man these dudes are badass
@Ball Baby i thought movies dressed them like that because it looks cool. It's crazy how every single one of them seem so relaxed with bullets flying everywhere.
Realize democracy ......high cost, coward's need not apply!
We were still doing much of it up to the 90's, when they took away our John Wayne Helmets and gave us Kevlar helmets. I still have both, along with almost all of my TA50 ... and much more....
Lol
Yeah, it was real man. I was there and I know.
My brother served 2 tours with airborne division, my brother in-law 2+ tours (including Cambodia) as a navy seal. They were never the same, RIP to both. I barely missed going but served 6 years AF after they pulled out.
Three Purple Hearts, still walking point, and he jokes about not needing a fourth. That is a warrior.
While he has a bullet in each leg
As you can clearly see, he was high on adrenaline etc when he said that.
Yes the body tends to do that when a human has to fight for his life. But he could have been curled up in a ball sobbing about his situation too. He just didn't.
3 you could have went home
He have dead wish , I bet after war , he had serious PTSD , some soldier cant hold stress and they blow their brain out , and other go first in the battle , with though "if I die better be quick" , smart person would learn a lesson all ready , "me in front , me get shoot" , he have been shoot 3 times and he still taking point ... I really hope he had good calm life after war.
Back when journalists did journalism.
They still are, youre just too busy watching political theater on FOX/CNN
@@sipanmarkosyan6500 very few if not any “journalists” actually do journalism, they have forsaken journalism all together, taking facts out of their stories for fiction to rile people up, and at this point fox and cnn are the same, except Fox News has a few news commentators and hosts like Greg gutfeld and tucker Carlson, but no one really trusts the main stream media anymore anyways, there is more than likely some actual journalists out there- but not many
we’re not at war????????
What about all the journalist in the middle east during the Syrian civil war? They risked getting their heads cut off in front of their family members. What about the investigative journalist that uncover massive pedophile rings? are they also not journalist
@@type1exterminator471 lol speaking from some guys believe stuff come out the mouth of tucker :) my brother is journalist in active war zone in Syria :) but you never gonna watch him since you busy watching Fox :)
what happened to reporters like this? this guy had skill
Now they are all crazed liberal commies.
This guy was a weight on the team ... covering him down, too!
Vice News is 10x better than this AND people still consider it liberal. They go into the front lines in Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, everywhere. Look them up.
Two words.
ROSS KEMP.
John Rambo vice news is shit. Filled with ignorant fucks
My grandpa was there. He never recovered. My grandma said he spent hours,nights in the fields behind his home. She said his body came home but his mind didn’t. He ended up committing suicide behind the garage. He told her a few thing’s probably in sad anger, she would never share as they were to horrific to repeat, they didn’t need to live on.
that guy really just cracked a joke when he just got shot in both legs and was in a war that was awful. What a legend...
I always thought that american movies where wounded heros make jokes were just hollywood´s imagination but now I stand corrected.
Joking and laughing in this kind of situation is pretty normal actually for the stress and that stuff
@@facuokinggton7509 Whenever I punch someone in the street they usually cry -_-
@@benjenkins3220 Comparing being punched in face to being shot at from any direction is like saying that an apple and a banana are the same
@@facuokinggton7509 I am a banana and I can vouch that I and apples are not the same, people keep thinking we look just alike.....
You can't realize how young these guys were till you're old yourself.
My brother was 18 and looked 14. Completely different person when he came home.
Too many puppies..
@STEAM Befreiungsgruppe staatenlos. info yup, these wars are not what they seem
@@jimperry4420 ha! I'm 14 and I'm so big n buff everyone thinks I'm 18! Haahhaahhahaahaha! I'm 6ft and weigh 243 pounds in pure muscle
My late father, 3 of his brothers and his brother in law signed up for WW2, he was the youngest at 19.
When journalists reported what they saw, not how they feel about it.
False, in his conclusion he depicts what he feels
Are you serious??
@@AbraccudaRichard outlines the days work into an army report. His conclusion does not sum up his editorial on the war, good or bad.
Naw more like what they are told to see.
Amen
The Vietnam war was on television every night.I remember Dan Rather standing with the jungle behind him. I was thinking as a child, wow, these young people are extremely brave. God bless these veterans.
Some of these guys are fresh out of school some even still have acne if you look close
that s war. My grandpa fought in WW2 and when Hitler put the hitler youth to the front, because after 6 years of war there weren t enough adults left, the children had to go to the front, my gradpa killed his first enemy at the age of 14.... And his dad, my grand-grandpa fought in both world wars... First world war at the age of 16 and the second world war on the western front when he was a father of 5 children and in his early 40s....Age doesn t matter in war.
We were very young and scared 1968 during my first tour I helped drag a guy to a LZ for medivac and he was crying and asking for his mother, his leg was blown off and he died with me holding him, I did not know him but I cried with him.
Jay Walker Jesus I’m sorry you had to go through that, thanks for your service
@@jaywalker712 Thank you for your service sir, greetings from Singapore, every soldier is brave whether the country he was fighting for had good intentions or not
I don't think my old mind could handle going back over it again.
The guy shooting in the jungle with an M60 is the real MVP
Medic: Give me some cover!
Him: Hold my beer.
17 year olds today cry about social justice and safe spaces. These 17 year olds cried about their buddies getting laced in the jungle by an unseen enemy.
Bill Sussman hahaha you should watch the episode of the pc babies from South Park 😂😂🤣🤣
Bill Sussman not all 17 year olds dude....just the ones that appear on the very social media that generalizes groups.
It's Duane Bloor-there's a Facebook group 'Apache Blues' featuring him at nearly 70 years firing an M60. He and all the GI's on this newsreel are all in Kregg Jorgensen's ('Hero' the one shot in the legs) book 'Acceptable Loss'. I highly recommend it.
Nah hero is the real mvp. An ak bullet to each leg and cracking jokes in an interview immediately after. That's the most Savage dude I've ever seen
My uncle was an infantry man in Vietnam then came home after a tour to find his wife cheated on him, so he went back for 2 more tours
Jesus....
This is why you don't get married when you're enlisted
@H M he stab her
@Richard Joubert It happens quite often
She was no wife
My father was in Vietnam.....he struggled with things inside for yearsssss after the war that I had no idea about...he passed away from cancer 8 years ago...and read a lot of his medical records and what he was suffering from 😢❤
I can’t imagine staying so calm under fire like that. Serious praise to those men out there, I hope they’re alive and well
That's cuzz it was staged to get hero out of there
They probably took drugs as many soliders did in Vietnam
@@hannorasmusholtiegel6044 the usage of drugs in Vietnam is greatly over exaggerated. There was a time around 68-72 where the usage was big but after that it really wasn’t that common to see some dude downing acid like it’s a mento. My dad my older uncle who were in the army during Vietnam and my younger uncle who was a marine in Vietnam says that’s one of the things they always over exaggerate in movies is the drug usage.
WARRIOR
Truth is, you get numb to the s**t. Same thing in any war. I was in Iraq. First firefight, sheer terror and confusion. Later, meh, this c**p again?
My grandpa was a medic in Vietnam and got a Purple Heart and a bronze star for bravery. We’re Native American from the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. He’s told many stories about risking his life to save others. These men were very brave.
After the way the country treated us natives, and to put that aside and fight for them anyway is really commendable. He’s taught me that forgiving the unforgivable is the way to live your life. Just accept, and heal. Always. That way you’ll have nothing dragging you down. Support your veterans. You don’t have to support the war, just the people.
Mitakuye oyasin. Appreciate you
I'm also native my grandpa served in Vietnam and has one purple heart
i wish i could meet you guy
My husband was a medic in Vietnam too. I hope your grandfather is well.
Your Grandfather is a good man. As a North Dakotan myself, I always wished we did more for the reservations. Considering the history of it all, the least we could do would be to not turn a blind eye. I wish you and your family the best, especially in times like these.
The way these veterans were treated on their return was atrocious. The USA should hang its head in shame. Bravery just does not cover that video. Under fire in the jungle and still moving forward. Total respect
Oh yeah, almost forgot: our vets are brave, awesome people who put their lives on the line for our freedoms. +respect.
Daniel Saenz thank you for your service
People disrespected GIs because the media programmed them to believe they were evil.
@@archiecoolsdown5854 except the platform of privilege you use to spout your hate. You fail to address the fact without veterans you wouldnt have this platform.
MrManic52001
One word: Exactly
Broadcast JR 1988. We knew about Vietnam; you lived it. You two were crazy, you know. Thank you.
This dude is so calm after being in a firefight and getting wounded, gives a interview, laughs it off. My mind is blown.
Not only that but it's his 4th injury. He has 3 purple hearts so if he continued the war after those 2 leg shots he would have gotten a 4th purple heart. But that is obviously not realistic so he was done after that.
He gets a purple heart for that injury, he will have 4 in total unless for whatever reason he doesnt accept that medal.
@@Nickstuff100 Oh, I thought you had to continue service after receiving the injury to get a purple heart.
Its all about drug
@@SI0AX nope, you can still get it even if its a career ending injury. Also if you die in combat you also recieve the purple heart
“We were always lookin for this guy named Charlie”
Forest!!
Ethan Ellis “hey bubba”
We referred to him as "Sir Charles", since we never wanted to underestimate our enemy.
"Bit me right in the buttox"
The trees took him away
And when these hero's returned and the war was over society hated them and treated them like trash blaming them for a war most didn't even want
That was the government's fault. It was also the government's responsibility to return them and care for them, taking the flak for the war government chose and energetically sold. But let's blame "society".
@@vdotme Why can't we blame both the government and society?
Vim de Zim definitely the government’s fault. No purification for their psyche they basically left them to mentally rot and devolve. The public is no better either; they came back to negative reception as liberal culture shifted from appreciating warriors to shaming them upon arrival.
Just bad all around...
@@rikterterran3833 Yep society didn't help for sure haha
Too many faulty News from MSM in those days mostly from leftist. I was born, grew up and fought in that stupid war to the end .To these days, the South Vietnam people are still remembering what the American soldiers had done for them .
Thanks for their service !
Remember those days, I will never forget my brothers and sisters with tears in my eyes.
@jimlong527 Hi Jim, I'd be interested in writing your story. I'm not a publisher but I can interview & write for something you can keep in your family. I'd do it for free. Regardless, thank you so much for those years of service. We remain in your debt.
U.S soldier have been hit.
Journalist : Let's interview him
Doesn't change much from today innit?
"Oh this boy lost his parents in a fire accident, let's interview him"
Can you tell us what you saw?
@Andreas_Giove It is a U.S. tradition. :/
Annoying at the time. But it will immortal prove to his grandson that he is war heroes.
Is that bad to give the wounded guys time in the spotlight? He might as well speak to someone.
Back when real reporters did their job correctly.
I was an atheist in the past, but thanks to a person who talked about God with me, using words different from the words everyone used to fight with me for being an atheist, I came to believe and realize the true presence of God in my life. That person talked about science, and when I said that God did not exist, the person told me that God does not need to exist, because it was God who created the concept of existence. God is infinitely beyond the laws of the universe and we are not able to understand the presence of God, but God is who he is, even though we, mere beings in the universe, are not able to understand this. I may not understand, but I feel the presence of God. I am infinitely grateful to the person who explained this to me, because he saved my life.
@@starpotter8 what about the reporters tho
@@starpotter8 yeah what about the reporters bro
@@starpotter8 jesus would prefer if you keep that to yourself
@@starpotter8 check out british guy named ross kemp and his footages from afganistan
Imagine literally being in a firefight getting shot in the leg, then having a microphone shoved in your face to do a CBS TV interview in REAL time before receiving medical attention like it's Channel 7 back home and you won the local 50/50 raffle. This would NEVER happen today. Very brief period of history where this kind of literal front line reporting was possible or allowed.
That's unfortunate, too - as the 6 o'clock news has never been this exciting in my lifetime. Props to Threlkeld for keeping cool under pressure. He didn't seem to be at all shaken up, nor even break a sweat.
They did it in the second Iraq war as well. Embedded journalists. It's always about propaganda.
They get in the way sometimes
@@Nobunagawa Anti-war propaganda is why we lost Vietnam.
Allagí I know right! That’s just crazy! That’s a real journalist. Wounded soldier had a strong mind.
I was born in 2008 so i wouldnt have known much about this but this good quality footage really puts it to life
“3 Purple Hearts. I don’t need a fourth.”
only way out is to shoot both legs ;)
@@BoOwnedU I heard the sound of AK's you coward democrat. I bet you cant tell, pendejo..
@@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 *We called them Kalashnikov back then! They are the real smoker.
@@Acokeek Didnt like them. Too hard recoil for precision on auto. M16's were more precise and easir to fire on auto.
@@emergencylowmaneuvering7350 *The m16 jammed because the chamber got hot and that's the reason why different versions of the,and finally with the grenade launcher. Now the M4.I still love my 7.62mmx39
dude gets shot in the legs then does a real jovial interview
that's probably because he would go home
...dude he was 3 purple hearts within 7 months, i doubt he was sent home.
Here is an interview (2015?) where he talks about the incident.
@Bastard & BigBoss: Seems he could have gone home, but decide to rejoin his unit.
He was in shock
Stephen Cradick i was joking about his jovial nature. But he wasn't in shock, he was pissing adrenaline from being in a firefight. He definitely was feeling that shit 20 minutes later and for the next month
Dudes just talking about bullet wounds calmly like he’s discussing doing the laundry.
They’re trained for that in basic
he's in shock
He's getting used to it, already got 3 purple hearts
@@reece3408 Yea, they learned a lot in those 5 weeks.
Doesn't feel a thing because of Adrenalin and shock... what the human body can do.
But oh boy once it wears off.
We're blessed to be able to watch live history as it was happening - on UA-cam. It's the closest I can feel to an actual time travel.
I was an old man at 24. Did nine months in the central highlands with the Army's 4 th Inf Div. Got hit in March of 69 and lost both legs. Was able to talk with the medic and really didn't feel any pain until I was air lifted to an aid station. I'm 73 yrs old now and I still can't figure out if our involvement in Vietnam was right or wrong. I can not complain because I have a great wife of 44 years and a grown son and daughter. Our son served in the middle east for nine months and the proudest I have ever been in my life is to have him next to me and salute the American flag our Memorial Day services.
George Humphrey Thank you Sir for your service, I also thank your son for his service. God bless you and your family.
George Humphrey You sent your son to the middle east but wonder if vietnam was justified? Iraq and Vietnam were both not justified. Sorry for your loss and respect for what you have been through but you should feel anger instead of proudness.
federalreserve Brown Pride
federalreserve Brown are you saying two planes didn't fly into the twin towers (later making them fall and knocking down another next to them), another plane into the Pentagon, and another into a field in Pennsylvania? We have footage and people saw it happen. My mom saw the plane crash into the Pentagon as she was driving home right by it. My dad was a first responder for the DC area and went there to do whatever he needed to do. How do you think the families of the people on those planes and in the buildings feel if you told them "it didn't happen"
George ...There was no WAR ... just a TV show ...No real combat
' A nice, sunny day' * Gets shot at by 100 Vietnamese soldiers.
"... just a peaceful walk in the sun." *walks toward enemy territory*
Sergeant Jorgenson, or "Hero" in this video, went on to survive the Vietnam war. He recovered from the wounds to his legs in this video, and stayed in country for several more months. In the end, he was awarded one Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, a Combat Infantry Badge, and three Purple Hearts. He served in Germany after the war... as a journalist.
He is now happily retired and living in Washington state.
Thank you for letting me know, that's good to here
insane
Well I kind of agree to disagree, and vice versa, but, still, why the seeming Arnold Schwarzenegger, robot-like, blond hair, blued-eyed, so-called hero, here!
When, fyi and for the record, most Army, especially, 11b, Combat Infantry men, disproportiate, too, to their numbers in the general U.S. population were DRAFTED!!!!!!!@@! Were blacks, African Americans???!!!!
UNLIKE, HERE, SEEMINGLY some GOOD OLD BOY FROM FARMER'S way, wants to go off and be a kind of, "Billy, I want to be a hero," medal of honor "winner" to, probably, show his mommy and his precious daddy and vice versa, that he was, hmm, the real, Forrest Gump, Audie Murphy....
Plz....
@Sky Miner Especially not on a video specifically about combat heroes.
Leg!!!!
Camera man never dies.
God these guys have better mics that most people right now
I don't know man... I don't know
@Dream Gary Because its probably a multi million dollar company, with a budget no one could ever dream of, and people with bad microphones probably had 10 bucks.
What has happened in to all videos and secure team
Yall do realize the Sure SM7B (joe rogans mic) was created in the 70's right? lmao
Crazy, I look at these guys no older than me facing death at it’s front door. My respect and thoughts go out to the veterans and their loved ones
Looking at these guys made me realize I'm not so young anymore. They look like they're in their early 20s.
crazy thin g to a lot of vets that fought the horrible Nazis back in ww2 also fought im the Vietnam war sadly most of them didn't make it from this war i have respect for them all
Who asked them to go there in the first place??
they fought for what, for who? sick politicians!
@@amehu yep it shouldnt have happend
2:18 this man said “alright who’s wounded”
And proceeded to save lives
He’s got a brass set of balls
That's exactly what I thought. Dang Medic was one seriously brave guy! ➕🇺🇸➕🇺🇸
I know he was just doing his job, but to run towards the gunfire and towards the wounded is unbelievable!
@@erock8616 Doc DelValle was a great medic with our platoon and one of the best we had. BTW- if it looks like I was being calm and casual about getting shot it was because Doc gave me a shot of morphine before we made it back to where tyhe reporter and his people were with our Platoon Leader. No braver person on any battlefield than a good combat medic. We were lucky to have him.
@@58jumps That's awesome. I'm glad you made it home safe. I'm also glad you had a great leader!
Not many men can remain calm under fire. God Bless you and your friends who served during Vietnam.
And I agree with you your medic was one of the best on the battlefield. 💯💙
kregg jorgenson thank you for your service and welcome home!
If you ever some to sc I'd like to thank you In Person
Kregg. It's an honor to watch this video of you. I read your book. The best Vietnam era book. Your a True hero sir.
Granduncle (grandpa’s brother) was deployed to Vietnam in 1968. As of what I have heard, he was not the same man when he returned back to the states. He was wounded and he was on the edge in his final years of life; his mental health gradually deteriorated in the late 1990s. He passed away 23 years ago aged 59. ☹
"I already got 3 purple hearts... don't need a fourth"
"... words don't describe it."
God bless u sir xusn
Too late under the circumstances.
Thank u sir xusn
Hero
“Got hit in the legs...that’s about it” Legend.
These soldiers were scared out of their minds for so long that they forgot they were scared anymore. They had a job to do and did the best they could. If they would have declared this a WAR, it would have been over and done in a day or two.
Leg end indeed.
legs? most women prefer doggy
Many people say bullet wounds only hurt after a while (when the adrenaline wears out), after that it's very painful with a burning sensation.
3 purple hearts in Vietnam war ?
This guy is more than just a hero, he's a
Badass cold blood "M.F"
Relax they give those like candy! To make the scared stupid soldiers want to fight.
@@mokhtaralmuwahid4290 can you apply to the military tho?
Mokhtar Almuwahid they give em out like candy to people who have been injured bad enough to need triage. If you need triage in a war zone and survive you're damn right they deserve a sticker.
or a 1 legged wounded hop a long. Kid was too brave for his own good. And all for what??
Donny Hohl he was in shock, you would be amazed the pain tolerance/ strength you can have when you come face to face with death.
A few seconds later he starts to pass out.
The cameraman and reporter followed this platoon through thick jungle, without any means to defend themselves when they were ambushed by the Vietnamese. They could *very* easily have been killed or captured if things went bad. Just so they could show American civilians what was happening. That's damned brave.
that is insane. this kid cant be more than 20, has *three* purple hearts, just got promoted to sargent, *perfers* to walk *point* cuz thats where the action is, is literally nicknamed hero and has just been shot in both legs and is just hanging out, talking casuually. that is another level of honor, bravery and valor that is unmatched. nothing but respect for these guys.
Criminals
@@johnlemma401 nah thats the government, they government are criminals. these guys are just brave legends.
@@ziggystardust2435 they're fighting for the best interest of wealthy guys in DC. They're partaking in crimes against humanity.
@@johnlemma401 ok? im sorry but i fail to see your point. like they didnt have a choice. they would 9 times outta 10 get caught and it was either 250k or 5yrs jail time.
@@ziggystardust2435 Well they should've joined the protests and demanded an end to the war and refused to join
A jungle as dense as that has got to be worst environment to wage a war in.
@violentauntie 1,100,000 North Vietnamese / Viet Cong fighters
to 58,300 names of members of the U.S. armed forces who were killed or went missing in action. It wasn't easy, but they didn't give up.
It’s the best place of your on the defense
Either that or the arctic yeah
I feel like the desert would be because there is no cover and they could be looking at you but you’ll never know
@@nomorefives4647 Being Norwegian I'm used to the cold, so I'd rather fight in the arctic than in a humid, dense jungle.
My father served in Vietnam from 1971-72 and came home a wounded veteran. He overcame the handicap of an amputee, but, couldn't shake the addictions that followed him home. He was my Hero and he died young, just 57. I am proud of my military upbringing, and always support the fine men and women who serve. I just wish they didn't have to.
Your father was a hero and you are a great son for acknowledging that. And thank you for supportting Veterans.
US Army Security Agency - '70-'72
Could not have said it better myself. Thanks Chase. Kevin Quinn 101st Airborne Infantry Vietnam 68/69
@@ninemilliondollars Thanks Sir, your service is much appreciated!
@@kevinquinn3763 Thank you Sir! Appreciate your service.
Thanks Chase. Yes is was way to young to die. We Nam vets are really hitting the skids. To many of us die each year or each day. He is OUR hero Chase. Thanks for you sharing that with us. It could not have been easy. He's in my thoughts. kev
that war was hell, my three cousins served,....old seabee here,..God Bless