Vietnam 🇻🇳 1969: First Infantry Division; Lai Khe

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  • @craigt5990
    @craigt5990 2 роки тому +21

    Wow. Just wow. So many memories came flooding back. I was C/2/16 1st Inf Div. 1 Sept 1969 to 11 Oct 1969 when I was wounded. I was exactly there probably at the exact same time. My GOD how on earth did we survive? Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

    • @amandawhisnant622
      @amandawhisnant622 2 роки тому

      Thank you for your service and Welcome Home. I never thought 18-23 year old boys would take so many pictures of themselves 😃😃😃😃

  • @freelancenerd4804
    @freelancenerd4804 2 роки тому +20

    Found a photo album of my dad and his Vietnamese mama son in the attic after his death….. way before he married my mom but I couldn’t tell her. He spent a pretty long time there and loved the ppl and the culture he lived in there. Pretty sure I have a brother or sister there…

  • @marciaking3393
    @marciaking3393 3 роки тому +26

    SALUTE to everyone that was in the Vietnam war, job well done, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, GOD BLESS EVERYONE

  • @damianscardamaglia7857
    @damianscardamaglia7857 2 роки тому +5

    God Bless our Veterans, Welcome Home and Thank you for your service....

  • @Global_House
    @Global_House 2 роки тому +5

    Thanks for sharing. I live in Scotland and seeing all you young men having a sense of humour during the war speaks volumes about your characters. Respect.

  • @michaelbarkus8131
    @michaelbarkus8131 2 роки тому

    This is the best Vietnam video that I've seen. This producer did a great job.

  • @toddadams57
    @toddadams57 2 роки тому

    Now I have to go to the garage and find my old photos. Thanks for sharing. The music was a perfect fit.

  • @mikejohnson5900
    @mikejohnson5900 3 роки тому +8

    Scenes from the Front. Excellent job Sir, thank you.

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +3

      Thanks Mike, Merry Christmas 🎄 and may God bless the souls on both sides who did not make it.
      Pat

  • @JoeJoe-lo4bk
    @JoeJoe-lo4bk 3 роки тому +2

    Cool pictures, thanks for your service

  • @JamesLewis-mp9zn
    @JamesLewis-mp9zn 2 роки тому +14

    I had the honor of relieving your unit when your colors returned to the states. I was a Sky Trooper with A/227th AHB 1st Cav Div. The VC never forgot the hell you gave them and it was our job to make sure they didn't.

  • @mortsolomon4603
    @mortsolomon4603 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your service. Thank you for the video. Thank you for your sacrifice. GOD Bless You.

  • @jasoncronin6929
    @jasoncronin6929 2 роки тому

    My dad Richard Michael Cronin was there march68-march69 with the 1st infantry division b company 1st/16th mechanized..from the 9th infantry division 5th/60th b company mech..he passed away last november 🇺🇲😇 thanks for your service🇺🇲

  • @johnmcmahon8513
    @johnmcmahon8513 3 роки тому +6

    Salute from my best friend Sgt. Robert McNairy , Arlington Cemetery 🪦 and was proud to serve with you all! ( Michelin Plantation ).

  • @johnschmitt9106
    @johnschmitt9106 2 роки тому +1

    My father was killed in action Feb 1st, 69 at Lai Khe....Im very proud of all who served. Your sacrifices will never be forgotten. Thank you

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  2 роки тому +4

      No; thank you for your dad.
      Pat

  • @tomcomiskey6350
    @tomcomiskey6350 3 роки тому +8

    Great pics, if you have more , please show them. Welcome home Brother!!!!!
    Nam Vet ,
    Tom

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +2

      Tom, If you search my channel you will find a 24 minute version of my tour, with more photos. Thanks for your kind comments.
      I also wrote a book of my tour, which I am selling for $20. If interested send check to:
      P Guy
      1108 Saint Charles Ave
      Saint Charles, Missouri
      63301

    • @barrykime5580
      @barrykime5580 2 роки тому

      Great pictures and fantastic song. Would love what is the name of the song.

  • @shaunwebb6406
    @shaunwebb6406 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks buddy
    That’s awesome and I love the music! Hooah!

  • @brentwebber7957
    @brentwebber7957 3 роки тому +8

    Wow. You guys are my HEROS. This was a very touching and eye opening video. I lived through you in this video. Told me what you guys really did and sacrificed for us over there. THANK YOU DEEPLY. You guys are legends. God bless

    • @terryjp3050
      @terryjp3050 3 роки тому

      There NOT legends, they did their duty, like millions before And after. They do deserve your gratitude. I imagine not a one, would want to be called a legend, especially when so many of their friends died.

  • @williammccormick966
    @williammccormick966 3 роки тому +2

    THANKS FOR SHARING guy 🇺🇸🇺🇸🎼🎶🎵🎸

  • @robertgilbert7400
    @robertgilbert7400 2 роки тому +4

    I left May 16th,1968 and went home. I'm not a hero,just an Army Soldier.

  • @mmoffenbier
    @mmoffenbier 3 роки тому +6

    Great video, I hope that after so many years gone you have put this in its proper place .....personally.
    You are about 5 to 10 years older than me but i still think that you and your buddies still need to be considered heros.

  • @fernandorondon4004
    @fernandorondon4004 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for the memories Brother! I know that are well, my second tour was with the 25th at Cu Chi. Third tour MACV.

  • @usmc-veteran73-77
    @usmc-veteran73-77 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for the video, BTW loved the background music. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt...OUT

  • @randyharritan7252
    @randyharritan7252 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing. This could be any platoon in Vietnam in 1969. I have the same pictures, different faces of course but the same.

  • @archieadams9813
    @archieadams9813 2 роки тому +3

    Great video, I served with the Big Red One 1986-1988. Assigned to 24th Transportation company up on Custer Hill, Ft.Riley, Kansas. Thank you for all you and the rest of the guys did in Nam. I’m glad you made it home

    • @carlosgarzajr7512
      @carlosgarzajr7512 2 роки тому +2

      YOU HAD YOUR HANDS FULL. WITH THE 24TH TRANSPORTATION UNIT.

  • @JimmyBahia
    @JimmyBahia 10 місяців тому +1

    My home (67-68) Alpha Co. 1/26th Arty F.O.

  • @psychmr2365
    @psychmr2365 2 роки тому +1

    The music is out of this world! Please name musical group and song.

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  2 роки тому

      Joywave is group, song “It’s a Trip”
      Pat

  • @amandawhisnant622
    @amandawhisnant622 3 роки тому +1

    Mr. Guy, thank you for your service. I'm surprised you don't have a CCR or Rolling Stones song narrating this video. But it's still good. I just watched the video of you in nicaragua; you don't look like you've aged since vietnam....

  • @juancho252
    @juancho252 3 роки тому +2

    Patrick,
    I read your book and I enjooyed it more than your video. It let me known some of the men and situations you experienced, well worth the $20. Thanks. Rubén 🙌🏻

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +6

      Thanks buddy 🤗, I am glad you enjoyed it. The true hero’s are the guys who didn’t make it. I have displayed their names as a small tribute to the debit we owe them. God bless their souls and their loved ones💕.
      Pat

    • @barrykime5580
      @barrykime5580 2 роки тому +3

      I believe any man or woman who went there are all heroes. I had a friend a navy medic died there from friendly fire.My older brother was a marine over there for 18 months. I have the utmost respect for all our military past and present. You guys are my heroes!

  • @terrelmchenry9524
    @terrelmchenry9524 2 роки тому +1

    COOL JAM...

  • @mariamatthews1826
    @mariamatthews1826 3 роки тому +7

    God bless America 🇺🇸

  • @BrysonSenevira
    @BrysonSenevira 2 роки тому

    Nice Vid. I was 2nd 28th Black Lions C company same time you were there welcome home be safe have fun God bless

  • @CACTUS48
    @CACTUS48 2 роки тому +1

    Retired now 72, was with the 1st MAW MWHG-1 MWCS-1 DaNang 1969, then college, Mainframe System Analyst Programmer 25 years, attacked by the Group Thinkers trying to force people from Jobs & Properties, refused to go down, Stand your ground, Happy to be Alive.

  • @atilla6612
    @atilla6612 3 роки тому +6

    AWSOME

  • @dukecraig2402
    @dukecraig2402 3 роки тому +6

    No mission too difficult
    No sacrifice too great
    Duty first!!!

  • @psychmr2365
    @psychmr2365 2 роки тому +1

    I found it:
    Song: Joy wave.
    Group: it’s a trip.

  • @wallyade5121
    @wallyade5121 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks mate was there in 68/69 in Nui Dat with Australians. The only American combat we saw was in the stars and strips so my eyes are really opening to the the American side. Also what was reported in the papers was not accurate even the official briefings were crap. It is only now we see the true extent of what happened with books and UA-cam, once again thanks. Been back 5 times and love the place. Cheers

    • @mikeblitzen
      @mikeblitzen 3 роки тому +2

      thanks to you aussies from a usmc!

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +3

      Wally
      I met a few Aussies while I was in DiAn and admired their courage and humor. A great country, “the land down under”, I went there on R & R in July of 1969. And met a really nice girl, who showed me all around Sydney. Unfortunately, a fellow GI stoled my pictures from our mail bag. I also had some unforgettable times at Kings Cross and was amazed at the size and quality of the food and good times. Thanks for the safe harbor.
      I also have went back to Vietnam a few times since and it was and still is a beautiful country with some really great people.
      Pat

  • @galesams4205
    @galesams4205 2 роки тому +4

    I spent my time with 4th inf. div. 10th armored Dak-tko/ pleiku/ ankhe/ lz X-ray/ LZ oasis/ lZ action/FB Blackhawk/ not with the TOY m-16 but 90 MM main on 52 ton M-48. 1969

  • @carlosgarzajr7512
    @carlosgarzajr7512 2 роки тому +1

    I HAVE GONE THROUGH HERE. WHEN I WORKED WITH THE 25THID WALKING PAIRELL WITH THE 27THID WOLF HOUNDS AND THE 9TH AND THE 4TH. AND THE BIG RED ONE. YOU GUYS WERE REALLY CLOSE TO THE BLACK VERGING MOUNTAIN. AND WE'RE ON THE MICON DELTA. YOUR WARRIOR'S. GOD BLESS EVERYONE OF YOU. AND WELCOME HOME. BROTHERS. CARLOS GARZAJR THE AMERICAN TUNNEL RAT.

  • @mrgoodcat8661
    @mrgoodcat8661 2 роки тому

    My Uncle Charles pulled 4 tours over there on the riverboats he was in the navy

  • @oldnatty61
    @oldnatty61 3 роки тому +2

    This vid deserves an academy awarded. It's brilliant. It captures everything. I wonder how many wars that we think should have happened. Shouldn't have?

  • @oldnatty61
    @oldnatty61 3 роки тому +12

    The true Special Forces are just grunts doing a thing. None of us had blond hair or surfed (I did skateboard but on the east coast), but we show up when called. Trenches of WW1, beaches of WW2, Korea, Veit Nam, Grenada, Desert Storm, Iraq War . Call us we'll be there. Nothing special. Just your beautiful sons and daughters answering the call. So as parents. Tax payers. Maybe now older and wiser vets yourselves. When the call comes. Investigate. Don't just hand over your beautiful child.

    • @drgnner6028
      @drgnner6028 3 роки тому +1

      Amen

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 2 роки тому

      Daughters shouldn't be answering.
      Investigate. I don't think govt gonna wait for you to investigate.

  • @vincentbrady4263
    @vincentbrady4263 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your service to this country. My heart goes out to all veterans. War is hell.

  • @marcdemmon208
    @marcdemmon208 2 роки тому

    Have any gone back lately I grew up watching Walter Cronkite Visted veitnam 2018 yuor eyes will cry they are so loving kind

  • @mikm2338
    @mikm2338 2 роки тому

    Respect !! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @morenofranco9235
    @morenofranco9235 3 роки тому +11

    Just reminds me of all the SH1T! Only thing worse than being Soldier? Is to never have been Soldier. Crushed. Burned. Beaten. Folded. Beaten. Folded. Fashioned. Sharpened. Polished. Into a Sword. You cannot un-make a Sword. My wife jokes: "You may have left the Army - But the Army never left you". I am 70 now. Army Flight Lieutenant. 3 AirMobil. 122 B. Coy. 2 Bgd. Rhodesia. 1972. Thanks for the memories, Patrick. Carry On - Soldier!

  • @joepalaoro2489
    @joepalaoro2489 2 роки тому +1

    Blue Spader from Afghanistan. Respect...

  • @guyring8912
    @guyring8912 4 місяці тому

    My uncle was at Lai Khe in 68-69 as a medic.

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  5 днів тому +1

      What was his name?

    • @guyring8912
      @guyring8912 3 дні тому

      @patrickguy Guldbech

    • @guyring8912
      @guyring8912 3 дні тому

      @patrickguy boa bang was another location mentioned. I think it's close to Lae Khe.

  • @jpavlvs
    @jpavlvs 2 роки тому

    I was in country then. Up in I Corps with the 11th Marines.

  • @recon8632
    @recon8632 3 роки тому +1

    Nice

  • @malcolmandtheboy-getonwith3050
    @malcolmandtheboy-getonwith3050 2 роки тому

    Have you ever thought about going back to the places in your photos? 🌞

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  2 роки тому +1

      I have went back and was unable to locate any of my Vietnamese friends, I was told they had all moved to Germany.
      The jungle locations and villages had also changed beyond recognition.
      Thanks for comment and watching.
      Pat

    • @malcolmandtheboy-getonwith3050
      @malcolmandtheboy-getonwith3050 2 роки тому

      @@patrickguy that must have been quite an experience from the conflict to your return. 🌞

  • @billgonzales8978
    @billgonzales8978 2 роки тому +1

    i AM SO GLAD I MISSED THS WAR MY BROTHER WENT MADE IT BACK

  • @luciocruz4652
    @luciocruz4652 3 роки тому +1

    Buenos recuerdos.💥💥💥💥👍👍👍👍

  • @andybroaddus1786
    @andybroaddus1786 3 роки тому +2

    great video, thanks. What is that red/white can at 2:20? Ive never seen a can like that

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +1

      That is Jim Jennings drinking a can of coke. I am trying to locate him.
      Pat

    • @johnstuartsmith
      @johnstuartsmith Рік тому +1

      That was the style of Coca-Cola cans back in late sixties. They had "pull-tabs" that actually came completely off the can when you opened it, which were bad to step on barefoot, but you could make necklaces and Christmas tree decorations if you had enough of them. Back around the same time, beer cans were made of steel and needed an actual can opener. It took the beer industry a long time to switch to aluminum cans with pop-tops.......

  • @mrgoodcat8661
    @mrgoodcat8661 2 роки тому

    My brother-in-law was over there he was in one called The Big Red One I'm not sure if that's the same thing as the 1st Infantry Division or not

    • @johnstuartsmith
      @johnstuartsmith Рік тому

      "The Big Red One" and the "1st Infantry Division" are one and the same....

  • @Cleme21
    @Cleme21 2 роки тому

    Thanks, 3/7th Calvary Sweinfurth, Germany 1981-1982. Col. Shinsekie.

  • @tomdarco2223
    @tomdarco2223 3 роки тому +2

    Right On Go Army!

  • @richardbowers3647
    @richardbowers3647 3 роки тому +4

    Great danger!!! Passing this way I survived somehow to move on. Some I left behind not knowing my strengths & never looked back! Just commenting.

  • @laynestaley4630
    @laynestaley4630 3 роки тому +3

    Vietnam War 1962-1975

  • @golfhacker9051
    @golfhacker9051 3 роки тому +1

    Nice but Sad...

  • @fastcar405
    @fastcar405 2 роки тому

    1/16 Lai Khe 1966. Looks like it became a lot bigger.

  • @darwinwhitt9632
    @darwinwhitt9632 3 роки тому +2

    My brother LARRY JOSEPH WHITT. anyone know him

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +2

      Darwin,
      Sorry I never met your brother, good luck with your search. If you know his unit they (active or retired associations) maybe able to help you.

  • @jeromeschmidt7827
    @jeromeschmidt7827 2 роки тому

    Same time I was a tank platoon leader with 1/69 Armor . We were in and around the Mang yang pass.

  • @martkent8210
    @martkent8210 3 роки тому +4

    what song / band is this??????

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  3 роки тому +6

      “It’s a Trip” by Joywave,
      Pat

  • @tillman40
    @tillman40 2 роки тому

    They must have been thinking..if I can just make it through this ••• I’ll take me home one of them

    • @patrickguy
      @patrickguy  2 роки тому +1

      Fortunately for us, we weren’t that cynical and we were trying to make the best of a bad situation, neither of us controlled.

  • @jehicksiii
    @jehicksiii 2 роки тому +1

    WhooA!

  • @woodscw50
    @woodscw50 3 роки тому +1

    the tour my song

  • @terrylobsey9008
    @terrylobsey9008 3 роки тому +2

    Don't know how they did it! It would of been hell on earth seeing all that death! Just madness

  • @h-minus5537
    @h-minus5537 3 роки тому +1

    This Paratroopers’ boyhood heroes

  • @Sergecalifornia
    @Sergecalifornia 2 роки тому +2

    Lost everyone of them except World War II.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 2 роки тому

      Korea was a draw...thx to f'g politicians. We wine WWI. We win '91 Gulf War. Vietnam was a crock of shit treason by LBJ.

  • @captainjohn6923
    @captainjohn6923 2 роки тому

    Yep...
    🕶️🚬 ...

  • @woodscw50
    @woodscw50 3 роки тому +1

    the world a team to you my brother my walk a song he marine father a war my brothers

  • @FoolishPrankster
    @FoolishPrankster 3 роки тому

    Safe at home (period)

  • @johnbrown-rm8kc
    @johnbrown-rm8kc 3 роки тому +2

    After all this 58,000 USA troops dead and many from Australia and other counties

  • @teller1290
    @teller1290 2 роки тому +1

    Viet girl at 4:39 beautiful.

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 2 роки тому +1

      ...other one not bad either.

  • @douglasmoore5078
    @douglasmoore5078 2 роки тому

    Man just kids,,,

  • @woodscw50
    @woodscw50 3 роки тому +1

    time a walk my tour a father my two bootds a white wolke my brothers the tour my team a code 1967 my boot camp a son the war a brother

  • @joyrider8882
    @joyrider8882 3 роки тому

    HHbattery 1/5 arty Quan Loi 68 tet

  • @NoMercy-qd7os
    @NoMercy-qd7os 3 роки тому +1

    To those who served I thank you for doing your duty .but for many of you who think it was a war ? Sorry to burst you bubble 💭 it was never a war it was a police action otherwise known as a CONFLICT .and unfortunately we LOST. Our sudden lost of Afghanistan may have STRATIGIC consequences

    • @jeffkenyon483
      @jeffkenyon483 2 роки тому

      The evil politicians,played a bad game,you had to suffered these fools,all the blood,and treasure lost,for nothing,.so sad!!! When we don't fight a war to win.

    • @NoMercy-qd7os
      @NoMercy-qd7os 2 роки тому

      @@jeffkenyon483 lol the police action in Vietnam was to assist the French colonists to regain Vietnam .the Vietnamese fought for there FREEDOM .

  • @dennismorgan2303
    @dennismorgan2303 2 роки тому

    too cool, you guys looked like some bad dudes no beer bellies then. how about now??? the girls looked hard too. real hard.. i was army 69/70 phan rang.

  • @nghiep7329
    @nghiep7329 2 роки тому

    🇻🇳this is not we flag...

  • @Hshshdfb
    @Hshshdfb 2 роки тому +1

    Music is horrible

    • @teller1290
      @teller1290 2 роки тому

      Haha, there's always one!

  • @roypeavy3542
    @roypeavy3542 2 роки тому

    Nothing buy RESPECT AND HORRIBLE