Roger Healy (2)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Roger Healy was born in Allegan, Michigan in 1949. He attended high school in Gobles, Michigan and graduated in 1967. Roger was drafted into the Army on July 15th, 1969. He completed his basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He did his advanced individual training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Roger became a part of the infantry and attended part of non-commissioned officer (NCO) school at Fort Benning, Georgia, before deciding that it was not for him and leaving NCO school. After quitting NCO school, Roger was sent to Vietnam in February 1970. He was assigned to the 25th infantry division, 1st of the 5th mechanized, based out of Cu Chi, Vietnam. Roger drove armored personnel carriers in his unit. His first armored personnel carrier was destroyed after hitting a landmine and his second was hit with an RPG and burned to the ground. He was part of the incursion into Cambodia. During his time in Vietnam, Roger was involved in various skirmishes. He returned home from Vietnam in February 1971. Roger is currently involved in a Vietnam veterans’ group in Michigan.
It's hard to describe one's ability to repress memories or the scars that war leaves. Even when you get home and everything feels great, a couple years later, your brain decides it's time to open the vault and rock your world.
Yeah bud, add that in with whatever we went through as kids(physical and mental abuse from parents), dealing with disrespectful people after all that…I’m lucky I caught it in time.
This interview would have been so much better if the interviewer would let him tell his story without so many interruptions.
Sounds like he is very impatient, college liberal type
Killing & Dying
Great man. Great interview. Some of it is absolutely heartbreaking. You realize these guys sacrificed not only a year of their lives but it followed them around everday when they came home.
Imagine the illegal immigrants flooding our boarders who know nothing about U,S history or the sacrifices our brave veterans made. Sad.
To give what they did and be treated Second Rate back at home..
Well said. I agree
First off . Hey brother , I hope you are still kicking . I know we all had a different tour , depending on what we did . I started out working in Tay Ninh in a Med. Det and flew a FEW dust off missions and worked in our Evac Det. I ended up as a Blue with the 25th I.D. I want you to think about this brother . Philp would have had ZERO chance if YOU hadn't of had the guts to get him out of your APC !! Trust me brother , as a medic . I have beat myself up a bit about what I couldn't get done . I don't think any of us didn't freeze up a time or two , even if it was for seconds . I like you , ended up with hardly anything to show from my time in RVN . Actually , when I left in 71 there was a whole list of shit that we were given at BH while we out processed that were banned from taking home. One of those items was pictures that showed the wrong stuff . We had to dump all our shit on a table , and AFTER we had a " Free period " to dispose of banned shit that we had without penalty . Some REMP MP's dug through what was left and looked for banned shit . If something was found , they said you'd go straight to LBJ . I lost pictures and even a SKS I was going to bring home , but I did not have the proper PW . They said if I wanted to stay THREE more days in country I could submit the proper PW . I di di'd the F out and some REMP MP has been telling war stories about the SKS he brought home from Nam the last 50 odd years :D STAY STRONG BROTHER , there are less of us by the day .. doc 68-71
Thank you for your service to our country, Roger. Amd I thank each and every other soldier who has ever served whether they saw any action or not. God bless you, heroes each and every one .
Man, is this interviewer there to listen to this man's story or tell it for him?
Just doing it for the money
Welcome home Roger thank you for your service..I also was in the 25th infantry division 2/14th infantry 68/69…
Welcome home belatedly to you and all the brave Vietnam veterans WHOOAH
God bless you, Roger Healy.
Thank you for your sacrifice and service Sir. And thanks for telling your struggle in Vietnam. Sorry for your loss and the weight you carry.❤🫡 also, if you didn't go to get your duffel bag then you wouldve never saw your injured partner and he would've burned up in there. So you did great getting him outta there.👏💯