Jim Carmichael's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center

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  • Опубліковано 8 лис 2024

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  • @louisroth3622
    @louisroth3622 7 місяців тому +4

    I was at Phu Bai the same time, only Air Force. We flew C47's in support of Khe San and other places. The rain there was unrelenting. Semper Fi Marine!

  • @lydiarosalieanndamiano7206
    @lydiarosalieanndamiano7206 9 місяців тому +6

    Thank you for your service!🙏🇺🇸🎉

  • @jeffn.918
    @jeffn.918 4 роки тому +25

    Cool cat! Great story! Still blows me away that after 50+ years the level of anxiety these guys show just talking about their experiences is like it happened yesterday. Combat veterans, draftees or volunteers, have their DNA forever changed, and for that degree of sacrifice, you all have my utmost respect.

  • @markdenney5793
    @markdenney5793 7 місяців тому +6

    ❤ Thank you Sir!!

  • @kennethprice5628
    @kennethprice5628 4 роки тому +11

    I am a 68 yo Navy Veteran who salutes every Vietnam Veteran I see

  • @lindajones8895
    @lindajones8895 2 роки тому +2

    Welcome Home. Thank you for your service. It was such a pleasure and honor to hear your story. God Bless you and your family

  • @stephenfreeman2561
    @stephenfreeman2561 9 місяців тому +4

    This guy does far better than anyone I've yet seen at conveying the absurdity of things

  • @waldonherdman1447
    @waldonherdman1447 Рік тому +1

    Thank you gentlemen for your service!

  • @joycecogdill9797
    @joycecogdill9797 Рік тому +1

    This guy had a great interview- could feel his frustration and enjoyed his physical actions!!! Made my day brighter and interview easier to listen to. Hope God blessed him with a long and happy life after all his wild "adventures"!!

  • @leonardd6122
    @leonardd6122 2 роки тому +3

    Enjoyed listening to this including the commentator’s contributions. Thanks for your service.

  • @dennisevans4739
    @dennisevans4739 Рік тому +1

    Tremendously inspiring... God bless you... Thanks for sharing RVN 1967 - 1968..

  • @mikem6454
    @mikem6454 Рік тому +1

    Jim, excellent interview, amazing. Have a great life, thank-you for your service, God bless

  • @damon224
    @damon224 3 роки тому +15

    LET HIM TELL HIS STORY!!!

  • @marcclement7396
    @marcclement7396 2 роки тому +2

    I listen to a lot of these. One of the best. What a man. Thank you.

  • @markwilliams9201
    @markwilliams9201 3 роки тому +8

    Great sense of humor Jim great to see you laugh about something so serious love watching these inspirational men

  • @danchasteen7629
    @danchasteen7629 Рік тому +1

    I enjoy your interview.
    You are real, and add plenty of humor . God bless you brother. Amen.

  • @centralbears3010
    @centralbears3010 2 роки тому +3

    One of the best interviews - Great story, Great guy. I'm so sorry they had to go through this. IT made great heroes. You can have this hill; just keep it! Pagoda? Church? General?

  • @wb0072
    @wb0072 4 роки тому +23

    This is one of the best interviews I've listened to however it would have been better if the interviewers would have let him tell his story

  • @billg125
    @billg125 Рік тому +1

    HE IS ONE COOL DUDE ALRIGHT! TERRIFIC INTERVIEW; LIKED THE HUMOUR THAT HE USED TO GIVE A GREAT DESCRIPTION. WELL DONE JIM

  • @willmears1111
    @willmears1111 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for you for all you did. A felloq Vietnam Veteran I Corp. Phu Bai/Hue/Khe San 1967-1969

    • @marcclement7396
      @marcclement7396 2 роки тому

      Thank you William. All the best to you. There are still true Americans out here that appreciate your service.

  • @jasonpeters9390
    @jasonpeters9390 4 роки тому +10

    Listen to a lot of these interesting interviews this is one of the best I've listened to

  • @JG26EZ1
    @JG26EZ1 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks for sharing your experiences, and serving your country.

  • @seaslob2820
    @seaslob2820 2 роки тому +4

    He is such a nice amiable guy. What an amazing temperament

  • @edevans673
    @edevans673 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for your service

  • @jimmyandkathyharrell
    @jimmyandkathyharrell 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you Jim! Very interesting!!

  • @b.bruster1462
    @b.bruster1462 3 роки тому +4

    I really like this guy.

  • @IntheBlood67
    @IntheBlood67 Рік тому +1

    Cut the interviewer some slack, it was a healing Catharsis for him also!

  • @mdeegs4662
    @mdeegs4662 3 роки тому +2

    Happy Birthday Jim!!!!!

  • @jillolds4162
    @jillolds4162 2 роки тому +2

    Anyone who knows anything about the mind's attempt at survival, knows that his humor is the way he survives the horrific memories. Also, his lack of specific memories, is also the minds ability to survive.

  • @gcrauwels941
    @gcrauwels941 4 роки тому +2

    Great interview.

  • @stanpressley8136
    @stanpressley8136 4 роки тому +11

    Glory to the one true and living GOD a life once more redeemed by the one son, JESUS CHRIST, of the one living GOD!!!!!

  • @penzman5385
    @penzman5385 2 роки тому

    Who is doing interview ? The voice sounds familiar. Excellent interview from both sides. Thank you. History buffs can't miss these priceless stories and more importantly, the emotions that go along.

  • @leftbehind8774
    @leftbehind8774 4 роки тому +2

    Great memory.

    • @gregcraig2407
      @gregcraig2407 3 роки тому

      You are a true inspiration Thank you for all you sacrificed and GOD BLESS

  • @jeffreyhoopes1312
    @jeffreyhoopes1312 2 роки тому

    This guy lived a parallel life to me. USMC 68-72

  • @billkrill4656
    @billkrill4656 2 роки тому +1

    What a Boss.

  • @simonheaney8721
    @simonheaney8721 Рік тому +1

    Southern boys talking about hell on earth and being jovial about the reality of it . Very rare to see Vietnam vets so upbeat about the experience

  • @JackyJames1
    @JackyJames1 22 години тому

    I can't imagine what they went through.... the jungle, bugs, rain, snakes... too add , Charlie were underneath in tunnels waiting to ambush them

  • @grantvanzyl
    @grantvanzyl 5 місяців тому +1

    Sound Engineer messed this interview up..

  • @darylrocks2753
    @darylrocks2753 4 роки тому +3

    Take a shot every time he says "at any rate"!

  • @garyluck8502
    @garyluck8502 2 роки тому +3

    I would like for people like Clinton and trump to have to listen to this I was there in 67 but didn’t have it this bad please remember all the ones that didn’t come home!!

  • @user-wy1dl2me2p
    @user-wy1dl2me2p 7 днів тому

    Thank you for your service , but man this would be better if you calmed down while explaining your thoughts and less animated .

  • @jbar19
    @jbar19 6 днів тому

    The interviewer really screwed this up because he wouldn't stop talking.

  • @funkynassau..4881
    @funkynassau..4881 2 роки тому +1

    Doesn't know how many times he says " you know"..

  • @andyhartshorne5219
    @andyhartshorne5219 8 місяців тому +1

    bro needs to tell his story without interuptions

  • @jamesmckay9966
    @jamesmckay9966 4 роки тому +5

    It's too bad you people don't have s sound guy.

  • @davidkensinger7581
    @davidkensinger7581 Рік тому +1

    The interviewer talks too much.

  • @monteburmester7946
    @monteburmester7946 4 роки тому +11

    Interviewer talks to much

  • @samalw
    @samalw Рік тому +1

    Why is the interviewer running his mouth so much? So irritating!

  • @wil7228
    @wil7228 2 роки тому +1

    These guys are going back and forth with there stories very annoying, the interviewer needs to tell his story another time to a wall.

  • @goonertrooper
    @goonertrooper 4 роки тому +1

    Sounds like a bit of jealousy there.

  • @topgeardel
    @topgeardel 3 роки тому +2

    I didn't watch the video. In his 2 hour interview, did he mention these things? He allowed himself to be sent by his Government to an illegal war....the US never declared war against anyone. He was essentially an invader and aggressor in someone else's country that did nothing to Americans or the US. Vietnam was an Asian civil war with a strong colonialist past that needed to be dealt with by Asians. Vietnam was mostly about Vietnam....not Communism. Like so many other veterans, did he mention he knew he was a pawn at the hands of a very erroneous US Government policy?
    He is not a hero nor a victim. He is a survivor. He dodged a bullet in a country he did not belong in by people he had no right to kill. His so-called "service" had absolutely NO effect on American safety, security and freedom.
    The rest of his 2 hour story is for people who like to be entertained with "war stories"

    • @mdeegs4662
      @mdeegs4662 2 роки тому +1

      if you didn't watch it how can you comment on it?????

    • @FIGGY65
      @FIGGY65 2 роки тому

      Hey TOPGEARDEL…..I have an idea for you. Since You seem to take such great pleasure in littering so many of these great interview’s comments sections with your personal drivel, why don’t you SEEK SOME PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING for your obvious troubled and guilty soul?
      These veterans don’t need or deserve YOUR opinions and criticism about THEIR sacrifices and personal decisions that they undertook years ago in their service to our great Nation. They all deserve respect and thanks, and you seem to not understand that it’s about them and not YOU. Your input and criticism is a bunch of bullfeathers and you should really seek some help for yourself. If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all.

    • @richardlong8014
      @richardlong8014 2 роки тому +1

      Similar to Minnesota last summer?

    • @mdeegs4662
      @mdeegs4662 2 роки тому

      don't comment if you didn't watch the video, maybe you could "LEARN" something but I doubt it. Seems like you got all the answers lets hear your story probably very boring.

    • @M98-j9k
      @M98-j9k 2 роки тому +1

      @@mdeegs4662 Topgeardel is a proud protester and draft dodger. He says the same shit on all the Nam interviews. His story is meaningless. He goes on about how disgusting our Vietnam veterans are, and how he did a service for all of us by helping to "end the war." It only took him 11 years, so he actually didn't help at all. He tries to make himself feel better through bashing our veterans service.
      He's trying to relive his "glory" days 60 years ago. He needs a pat on the back or something.

  • @justindurante1740
    @justindurante1740 Рік тому

    Exactly who orchestrated this mess

  • @teresasprague4929
    @teresasprague4929 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for your service.