How to Survive the Vietnam War

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 роки тому +924

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  • @mrxdeathx208
    @mrxdeathx208 4 роки тому +1409

    "First piece of advice for surviving 'Nam"
    SimpleHistory: Don't go

  • @LuigianoMariano
    @LuigianoMariano 4 роки тому +2634

    "How to Survive the Vietnam War"
    *This Video is 65 Years Late*

    • @JDBajaBlast
      @JDBajaBlast 4 роки тому +19

      no its about 3 months 5 days 8 hours 26 minutes and 35 seconds as I speak to early

    • @Alex_goat-fn
      @Alex_goat-fn 4 роки тому +30

      Dead solider in heaven: damn you

    • @tsolmonbayarodkhuu267
      @tsolmonbayarodkhuu267 4 роки тому +3

      so true

    • @Nick-oh6ms
      @Nick-oh6ms 4 роки тому +1

      Thats what i what I was thinking lol

    • @elvir182
      @elvir182 4 роки тому +2

      Oh just wait for February 2021…

  • @mraaronhd
    @mraaronhd 4 роки тому +2084

    The best advice I heard about surviving in Vietnam:
    “Get down!”
    “Shut up!”

  • @convertible3071
    @convertible3071 3 роки тому +696

    Fun fact: the best way to survive Vietnam is by playing fortunate son. It gives 30% boost to attack and defense

    • @chaselegoman
      @chaselegoman 3 роки тому +41

      If you don't have access to Fortunate Son, Flight of the Valkyries or any Rolling Stones song will do in a pinch.

    • @jamesdyball7316
      @jamesdyball7316 3 роки тому +36

      or play run through the jungle it will mark all Vietcong traps and give you a 80% speed boost

    • @rookie3315
      @rookie3315 3 роки тому +10

      Or green river

    • @notafckinEboy
      @notafckinEboy 3 роки тому +16

      Playing All Along the Watchtower gives you sniper abilities that are on par with the white feather not to mention it also gives you the ability to see all enemy traps as well as give you a 40% accuracy boost

    • @somerandomguy8725
      @somerandomguy8725 3 роки тому +3

      or paranoid by black sabbath

  • @tardarsauce1842
    @tardarsauce1842 4 роки тому +2387

    US Soldier: takes a piss*
    Tree: eew
    US Soldier: ...
    Tree: ....

    • @memecliparchives2254
      @memecliparchives2254 4 роки тому +164

      US Soldier: What?
      Tree: What?

    • @EnforcerTV
      @EnforcerTV 4 роки тому +73

      Everybody gangster until the tress start yelling in Vietnamese....

    • @DJmonke123
      @DJmonke123 4 роки тому +50

      USA soldier:ghosts!
      begins shooting the trees*
      shoots another tree*
      tree:ayyy cyka blyat
      US soldier:0_0
      US soldier shots himself*

    • @peejayss131
      @peejayss131 4 роки тому +14

      "More daddy"

    • @sushiroll8473
      @sushiroll8473 4 роки тому +13

      You have now lost pp privileges

  • @TWeinr
    @TWeinr 4 роки тому +1598

    1:48 Here’s your skip ad button, folks. You’re welcome

    • @hngh6404
      @hngh6404 4 роки тому +53

      You are a good man. Thank you.

    • @Henry-wo2qe
      @Henry-wo2qe 4 роки тому +25

      A true American hero

    • @navoneelnandan8070
      @navoneelnandan8070 4 роки тому +27

      40% of this video is an ad

    • @tern7913
      @tern7913 4 роки тому +3

      You are like the most good man in the world.

    • @sworthyboy
      @sworthyboy 4 роки тому +2

      Thank you your help will be remembered

  • @flakeyfilms5792
    @flakeyfilms5792 4 роки тому +307

    My grandpa served in the Vietnam War, as a sergeant, and he told me stories of these type of things.

    • @ahadkirk1928
      @ahadkirk1928 4 роки тому +13

      My grandpa was in nam he served for 5 years

    • @doom0047
      @doom0047 4 роки тому +4

      Wow

    • @stonefliy6289
      @stonefliy6289 4 роки тому +17

      my great granpa served in the vietnam war too,as a viet cong soldier.he told me US army was weak in jungle and they didnt have any experience in battle in jungle not like south east asian army.

    • @lcbar9230
      @lcbar9230 4 роки тому +4

      Lucky, you get to get told stories about that.

    • @Rebel_gaming_61
      @Rebel_gaming_61 4 роки тому +1

      My grandpa was a sergeant in the army in vietnam. He told me that his truck he was driving turned sideways on a road and it almost fliped. Then he told me he saved it

  • @starkiller5857
    @starkiller5857 4 роки тому +2069

    “The easiest way to survive the war was to not be there” wow what an idea why didn’t I think of that

    • @jadendorsey3472
      @jadendorsey3472 3 роки тому +77

      Some don’t have that choice.

    • @fazelgi2374
      @fazelgi2374 3 роки тому +42

      The draft

    • @starkiller5857
      @starkiller5857 3 роки тому +43

      @@jadendorsey3472 yeah I know it sucks but still it was kinda funny how they said it

    • @jadendorsey3472
      @jadendorsey3472 3 роки тому +14

      @@starkiller5857 it was 😂

    • @xecky9881
      @xecky9881 3 роки тому +11

      I like this nontoxic space, thanks for being you, guys

  • @MartianWick
    @MartianWick 4 роки тому +1931

    US citizen: *i graduated from high school can't wait to get married*
    US Military: *Looks like your going to Vietnam Jimbo*

    • @ndhart3213
      @ndhart3213 4 роки тому +134

      Also US Citizen: *Disaapears to canada*

    • @Floppy1932
      @Floppy1932 4 роки тому +28

      @@ndhart3213 Adios

    • @squirtle53
      @squirtle53 4 роки тому +45

      @@ndhart3213 US Government: well Jimbo looks like you’re a draft dodging traitor and can’t come back

    • @Cipher158
      @Cipher158 4 роки тому +13

      "Wait this isnt the shadow realm?!"

    • @ejlayne6543
      @ejlayne6543 4 роки тому +25

      @@squirtle53 I wouldn’t mind that

  • @blob4743
    @blob4743 4 роки тому +603

    Man: healthy American citizen
    President Lyndon B. Johnson: Alakazam have fun in nam

    • @sebastianlazer8570
      @sebastianlazer8570 4 роки тому +10

      'I will not send your bois to fight in a ...in a war across the ocean to some country we don't even know of' LJB

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 4 роки тому +14

      @@sebastianlazer8570 it was actually
      I will not send American boys 8 or 10000 miles around the world to do something Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

    • @sebastianlazer8570
      @sebastianlazer8570 4 роки тому +1

      @@harshbansal7982 oh yes. You're right:)
      Nice one ;)

    • @osamabinladen824
      @osamabinladen824 4 роки тому +2

      @@harshbansal7982 But they did

    • @dankesteevee1937
      @dankesteevee1937 4 роки тому +1

      @SgtBaker16 care to explain how he did the opposite?.

  • @adamtschmidt4303
    @adamtschmidt4303 4 роки тому +858

    Non college educated American Male in the 1960-1970's: Exists.
    Robert McNamara: Imma end this whole man's career.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett 4 роки тому +43

      Didn't end enough careers to stop the communists from infiltrating the universities and higher education.

    • @lylehayden9627
      @lylehayden9627 4 роки тому +4

      @@s0nnyburnett chud

    • @DiviAugusti
      @DiviAugusti 4 роки тому +8

      This is the only “end this mans career” I’ve ever laughed at.

    • @emanonymous
      @emanonymous 4 роки тому +2

      non college educated is an understatement

    • @AlexKS1992
      @AlexKS1992 4 роки тому +1

      That's actually sad.

  • @adammcgirt7123
    @adammcgirt7123 4 роки тому +543

    My great uncle was in Vietnam. 68'. I remember my grandma telling when he got home, no one could walk up behind him for weeks. He became a drunk, and died a few yrs back from complications from agent orange. The war fucked his mind up for the rest of his life. Salute to all vets🇺🇸🦅⚔🛡⚓

    • @josh_the_alien
      @josh_the_alien 3 роки тому +36

      If your story is true (because I've seen a lot of fake ones) than I say
      Rest In Peace your Uncle and all the other veterans who had to go through that he'll, thankfully my father wasn't born anywhere near the war (he was born in 1981) and didn't have to go through all that, he passed away in 2019

    • @joemama-zz6wd
      @joemama-zz6wd 3 роки тому +9

      my grandad also died due to agent orange

    • @adammcgirt7123
      @adammcgirt7123 3 роки тому +4

      @@josh_the_alien your whole post confuses me 🤷‍♂️😂

    • @Daisy-e5q6w
      @Daisy-e5q6w 3 роки тому +7

      @@josh_the_alien Sorry for your loss, son. We fathers love our children beyond your imagination, so believe me when I say he is somehow with you even now. Grow up and be a good man, make him proud.

    • @charleswilson7371
      @charleswilson7371 3 роки тому

      Should have done a mass revolt and refuse

  • @MultiZernez
    @MultiZernez 4 роки тому +315

    Thank you Simple History. I waited 65 years for your video on how to survive the Vietnam War. Now I can safely survive it.

  • @dimsy8199
    @dimsy8199 4 роки тому +367

    "Put your head down and keep moving !"
    -Random COD WW2 NPC

  • @chenrayen
    @chenrayen 4 роки тому +504

    How to survive any war (if it’s inevitable): get really fcking lucky.

  • @Saurophaganax1931
    @Saurophaganax1931 4 роки тому +573

    Vietcong: *watches video*
    “Well this didn’t help me at all...”

    • @347Jimmy
      @347Jimmy 4 роки тому +30

      NVA: we also did not find this video useful

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 4 роки тому +27

      Vietnamese civilian: "Is this a joke I'm too poor to understand?"

    • @hoppinggnomethe4154
      @hoppinggnomethe4154 4 роки тому +16

      @@JonatasAdoM
      *North Vietnamese civilians
      and South Vietnamese civilians in 1968

    • @54032Zepol
      @54032Zepol 4 роки тому +3

      I heard jim gaffigans voice when I read that haha

    • @Saurophaganax1931
      @Saurophaganax1931 4 роки тому +7

      Didn’t give any advice on what to do in the event of a napalm, or agent orange, strike.

  • @28ebdh3udnav
    @28ebdh3udnav 4 роки тому +356

    "Get down and shut up"
    According to my dad, who served in Vietnam, stated that at one time, he got the butt of the gun, hit some guy on the mouth just to get him to shut up. According to him, he stated that after that day, the guy never spoke again unless instructed to do so.

  • @360pboi4
    @360pboi4 4 роки тому +279

    Survived the war
    PTSD: Remember this scene....

  • @williamhusler8651
    @williamhusler8651 4 роки тому +831

    The best way to survive the Vietnam war was being a „fortunate son“

  • @Red_Beard2798
    @Red_Beard2798 4 роки тому +611

    "Don't be American"
    Me, an Australian: Yeah... that ain't gonna work, chief

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 4 роки тому +1392

    "First dont be American"
    Me a non American: we did it bois, Vietnam War is no more

    • @asleenalee3643
      @asleenalee3643 4 роки тому +4

      Yesh

    • @standingduck
      @standingduck 4 роки тому +11

      It’s “well boys, we did it, Vietnam war is no more”

    • @nbj6974
      @nbj6974 4 роки тому +18

      other countries also fought in the Vietnam War

    • @cay7809
      @cay7809 4 роки тому +1

      H J oh s(it

    • @gerogegerog5926
      @gerogegerog5926 4 роки тому +1

      Me a canadian:yeah yeah!

  • @somecasualbloke
    @somecasualbloke 4 роки тому +1058

    If the Lorax got drafted:
    “I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees,
    The trees said something in Vietnamese.”

    • @Grisht_
      @Grisht_ 4 роки тому +12

      Omg I’m dying that was hilarious I laughed for 4 straight minutes

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому +8

      The lorax fought on the Vietkongs side though

    • @AFatT34
      @AFatT34 4 роки тому +2

      lmao

    • @danonen7316
      @danonen7316 4 роки тому +2

      Nice translator mate

    • @joksizantos7520
      @joksizantos7520 4 роки тому +3

      Send Napalm on my location

  • @brightraven8635
    @brightraven8635 4 роки тому +1813

    "Easiest way to survive the Vietnam was not being an American"
    Me: *mission accomplished*

    • @vanillavilla.
      @vanillavilla. 4 роки тому +26

      -the war ended tho
      A long time ago

    • @pierreprtn4059
      @pierreprtn4059 4 роки тому +52

      or just do the same as the president : fake having bone spur

    • @damienrey8216
      @damienrey8216 4 роки тому +16

      "We did boys Vietnam is no more"

    • @ДокторЯдо
      @ДокторЯдо 4 роки тому +26

      How about being a Vietnamese.

    • @captainrex5223
      @captainrex5223 4 роки тому +2

      South Vietnam is America’s ally I’m not American

  • @rocketensky3336
    @rocketensky3336 4 роки тому +52

    My grandfather was one of the 30,000 Canadians who volunteered to fight in Vietnam. It would be interesting to see a video covering the topic of Canada in Vietnam as this is mostly forgotten even by Canadians

    • @sammuller8331
      @sammuller8331 4 роки тому +2

      Rocketensky my 1st commander was aCannaden BlackWatch major he was one of smartest men I ever served with in 68. Let us do or thing in Jungle and didn’t micromanage us. Didn’t care how we got job done. A pleasure to work for.

    • @sammuller8331
      @sammuller8331 4 роки тому +2

      @MATTHEW JOHNSON Where was the Canadian s as military unit stationed in Vietnam? The only one I saw or ever met was my Cpt. Who served in U.S.Army in combat unit. I did 5 tours and only ran into civilian s and sob reporters. Saw pictures of ships in Hypong Harbor flying the Maple Leaf granted civilian ships. I was in II Core to IV Core maybe they were in I Core.

    • @rogergoodwin5533
      @rogergoodwin5533 2 роки тому +2

      It needs to be known. Thank them properly. From V N. US of A. Nam vet.

  • @russianbear7832
    @russianbear7832 4 роки тому +339

    “How to survive the Vietnam War?”
    “Be a politician.”

    • @miliba
      @miliba 4 роки тому +36

      be born with a silver spoon in your hand

    • @alisterfabian9991
      @alisterfabian9991 4 роки тому +12

      @@miliba oh don't they help themselves

    • @jorgeigualbonilla9998
      @jorgeigualbonilla9998 4 роки тому +18

      And taxmen comes to visit
      The whole place looks like a rummage sale, lord

    • @unimportantcommenter4356
      @unimportantcommenter4356 4 роки тому +11

      @@miliba And when they ask you how much should they, you should answer: More! More! More!

    • @anthonyjoink2563
      @anthonyjoink2563 4 роки тому

      jhon f kendy

  • @dariff5840
    @dariff5840 4 роки тому +272

    1. Learned to speak Vietnamese
    2. Get inside a bush
    3. Yell "Người Mỹ! Người Mỹ!"
    4. Profit?

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 4 роки тому +4

      Sounds much better of being a translator

    • @povsok3858
      @povsok3858 4 роки тому +9

      The Vietnamese word say AMERICAN AMERICAN

    • @LongHoang-ll7rb
      @LongHoang-ll7rb 4 роки тому

      Sok Pov That's the point

    • @TheMackhoi
      @TheMackhoi 4 роки тому +1

      It means, "American Person! American Person!".

    • @hieulechi2548
      @hieulechi2548 4 роки тому +2

      Nah, we say "lính ngụy tới! Lính ngụy tới!"
      It means something that the army of south Vietnam comes

  • @KarlPHorse
    @KarlPHorse 4 роки тому +233

    Joins the airforce: Ends up a pilot.
    Joins the navy or coast guard: Ends up ferrying SEALs behind enemy lines on a PT boat.
    Joins the Army or Marines in a non combat role: Still gets mortared and shot at by snipers.
    You really couldn't win in Vietnam.

    • @TyrannoJoris_Rex
      @TyrannoJoris_Rex 4 роки тому +4

      My grandpa fits that exact Navy description

    • @KarlPHorse
      @KarlPHorse 4 роки тому +5

      @@TyrannoJoris_Rex War sucks man, I am glad your Grandpa made it out ok. so that he could end up making an absolute badass baller like you. If he is till alive, please thank your Grandpa for his service for me. Your Grandpa was a badass my dude and so are you.

    • @notlikely4468
      @notlikely4468 4 роки тому +11

      Join the Dental Corps
      "This is my rifle
      And these are my gums!"

    • @Ariana321
      @Ariana321 4 роки тому

      I don't know... I think ending up a pilot could be considered something of a win, depending on what aircraft you were flying anyway.

    • @jobobyoo7297
      @jobobyoo7297 4 роки тому

      French lost After 10 years WITH 50000 zoldiers.usa 500 000 soldiers,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @historyfan
    @historyfan 4 роки тому +160

    Me: How do I survive Vietnam?
    Simple History: Don’t go.
    Me: My goodness, what an idea. Why didn’t I think of that?

    • @williamdissing1041
      @williamdissing1041 4 роки тому +1

      whats the safest way of going skiing?

    • @charleswilson7371
      @charleswilson7371 3 роки тому

      Just nuke the North, with no people to fight you have nothing to worry about.

    • @josh_the_alien
      @josh_the_alien 3 роки тому +2

      @@williamdissing1041 don't go!

    • @kevinbabu8919
      @kevinbabu8919 3 роки тому

      Nice Panther Tank you got there, HistoryFan. 👌

  • @BunnyWitch17
    @BunnyWitch17 4 роки тому +721

    How to dodge a US draft:
    Step 1: Be rich
    Step 2: Pay a doctor to diagnose you with bone spurs
    Step 3: Profit

    • @jameskellum4
      @jameskellum4 4 роки тому +17

      That was my answer bone spurs.

    • @felixdeneve3090
      @felixdeneve3090 4 роки тому +29

      Muffin_man17 hmmm donald trump

    • @joshuas.686
      @joshuas.686 4 роки тому +28

      @@felixdeneve3090 if you had enough money to avoid a forced war, you'd do the same thing Trump did.

    • @Happyfayce
      @Happyfayce 4 роки тому +59

      I thought leftists were against the war so Im confused as to why they are mad about trump avoiding it

    • @i_know_youre_right_but
      @i_know_youre_right_but 4 роки тому +8

      STONKS

  • @NySiiS
    @NySiiS 4 роки тому +153

    "The best way to survive the vietnam war was to not be in it in the first place"
    *every sixty seconds in africa, a minute passes*

    • @stukature
      @stukature 4 роки тому +5

      *Together we can stop this*

  • @tapwatersoup6027
    @tapwatersoup6027 4 роки тому +378

    tip: look at the trees
    edit: they can’t use the jungle if there is no jungle
    edit 2: watch out for the Lorax while burning the trees

    • @albertbarese4170
      @albertbarese4170 4 роки тому +17

      If they’re speaking Vietnamese, run and scream “no please.”

    • @sovietwyatt3938
      @sovietwyatt3938 4 роки тому +8

      And then you fall In a spike pit

    • @asdasfasd1984
      @asdasfasd1984 4 роки тому +1

      Someone will use wall hacks so it won't work

    • @m1a1abramstank49
      @m1a1abramstank49 4 роки тому +2

      Napalm the trees

    • @AKA__Woosh
      @AKA__Woosh 4 роки тому +3

      That's why you burn it down.

  • @jamieyang7589
    @jamieyang7589 3 роки тому +63

    US Citizen: “Wow, I just graduated from high school. Can’t wait to start a family with my GF from school.
    US MILITARY: *”Well guess what muthafucker”*

  • @tlshortyshorty5810
    @tlshortyshorty5810 4 роки тому +100

    How to survive the Vietnam War:
    Wait till they issue the A1 variant

  • @emperorsblade2786
    @emperorsblade2786 4 роки тому +152

    American Soldier: I think I'll take a break in here seems quiet.
    Trees: Buổi sáng tốt lành
    American Soldier: ...

    • @michaeltheundeadmariachi4494
      @michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 4 роки тому +5

      Translation of the Vietnamese quote?

    • @emperorsblade2786
      @emperorsblade2786 4 роки тому +11

      @@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 it means good morning.

    • @hoanglongpham1794
      @hoanglongpham1794 4 роки тому +1

      @@emperorsblade2786 good morning vietnam -cartoonz

    • @NBH-xh3nq
      @NBH-xh3nq 4 роки тому +1

      American air support: cleanse it with FIRE!

    • @ichigamidenki
      @ichigamidenki 4 роки тому

      @@emperorsblade2786 nah in Vietnamese good morning is chào buổi sáng

  • @metalinyourhead3604
    @metalinyourhead3604 4 роки тому +459

    I think what is most appalling is how Vietnam veterans were treated when they got home. “Baby killers” they called them. They were harassed and abused for being involved in a conflict that they didn’t even start. It’s shameful.

    • @esaug644
      @esaug644 4 роки тому +67

      Or even wanted to be in

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 4 роки тому +27

      Damn.....the soldier that got back home and got called a baby killer must be super stress out and felling despair..........

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 4 роки тому

      @@Bravo_99 so......the Vietnam war.....U.S. soldier force to sent in there.........

    • @felixdeneve3090
      @felixdeneve3090 4 роки тому +21

      Little Coward this comment is extremely ignorant both sides commited countless gruesome warcrimes, we shouldnt blame one side

    • @felixluna4184
      @felixluna4184 4 роки тому

      @@Mr-Ad-196 probably already killed himself

  • @zeropelli7026
    @zeropelli7026 4 роки тому +366

    How to survive 'nam
    Step 1: be a woman
    Step 2: don't be 18
    Step 2: that's it

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 4 роки тому +345

    Soldier: “WE NEED AIR SUPPORT ON SECTOR CHARLIE”
    Johnny Cash: “Oh I’m a pilot, that’s the way I’m gonna be, killing VC with jet engines behind me”

  • @slaytanicc
    @slaytanicc 4 роки тому +209

    Don’t listen to the trees and you will be fine.

    • @exicutioner161
      @exicutioner161 4 роки тому +8

      but then you won’t know when you will die

  • @Tyu-b9i
    @Tyu-b9i 4 роки тому +425

    How to survive the Vietnam War: Don't be American
    Vietnamese people: Am I a joke to you?

    • @25husky
      @25husky 4 роки тому +18

      Be german or literally anything else, lmao

    • @Mr-Ad-196
      @Mr-Ad-196 4 роки тому +3

      @@25husky ahaha.....

    • @SondreWingarElnes
      @SondreWingarElnes 4 роки тому +1

      Hahaha this one

    • @hey.itskyrie1405
      @hey.itskyrie1405 4 роки тому

      You got me 🤣🤣

    • @Kimrothmony
      @Kimrothmony 4 роки тому +11

      Imagine you were drafted but you're Vietnamese who live in US

  • @anyoneanywhere8212
    @anyoneanywhere8212 3 роки тому +21

    "Enjoy the war, because the peace will be terrible."
    And for many vietnam vets, it was.

  • @pimhls
    @pimhls 4 роки тому +311

    Trees in Vietnam: move a bit
    U.S. soldiers: so anyways, I started blasting

  • @antonchigurh2930
    @antonchigurh2930 4 роки тому +162

    How to Survive Vietnam War:
    Find Carlos Hathcock and stay
    behind him no matter what

    • @valetyl5673
      @valetyl5673 4 роки тому +4

      👍

    • @comradejimmy3411
      @comradejimmy3411 4 роки тому +1

      Or steal a boat lmao and escape if possible

    • @cay7809
      @cay7809 4 роки тому

      Or maybe be save by Benavides

    • @antonchigurh2930
      @antonchigurh2930 4 роки тому

      @@cay7809 if you're a Green Beret go to Benavidez, but if you're a Marine you go find Hathcock.

  • @MikeJones-qn1gz
    @MikeJones-qn1gz 4 роки тому +185

    Next episode how to survive coming home :(

  • @Taffygram
    @Taffygram 3 роки тому +35

    lucky my grandfather did not get drafted and we still have him here today

    • @nonameman7114
      @nonameman7114 3 роки тому +13

      Lucky indeed, my grandfather went to nam. He wasn’t the same afterwards, he was home but his mind never really left the jungle.

    • @maxgoldberg3818
      @maxgoldberg3818 3 роки тому +2

      @@nonameman7114 same man, my grandad wasn’t even on the frontlines, he just got drafted in nam to repair trucks, I guess most of his buddies didn’t make it back in those trucks he had to fix bc he’s never been the same.

  • @wales2k4747
    @wales2k4747 4 роки тому +713

    How to singlehandedly win the Vietnam War:
    Get 25 kills without dying and call in nuclear airstrike.

    • @TomFromYoutube
      @TomFromYoutube 4 роки тому +17

      Life is no Nintendo game

    • @blank3683
      @blank3683 4 роки тому +44

      @@TomFromUA-cam *boomer spotted*

    • @TomFromYoutube
      @TomFromYoutube 4 роки тому +5

      @@blank3683 where?

    • @blank3683
      @blank3683 4 роки тому +24

      @@TomFromUA-cam it is you

    • @TomFromYoutube
      @TomFromYoutube 4 роки тому +6

      @@blank3683 nah my name is Tom. Not boomer.

  • @tristin6995
    @tristin6995 4 роки тому +174

    “The safest way to go skiing is not go skiing at all”

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 4 роки тому +4

      Oh, I didn't realize it was a trick question.

    • @flakeyfilms5792
      @flakeyfilms5792 4 роки тому

      But that doesn't make sense, you said "to go" meaning the individual had to be there.

    • @talebdaas
      @talebdaas 4 роки тому

      avoid the military draft by escaping to canada !...as i know half a million American men done that during the war !

  • @definitelynotbeans5639
    @definitelynotbeans5639 4 роки тому +278

    Step one: Burn down all the trees
    Step two: Don’t go near any trees
    Step three: if the trees start speaking Vietnamese, Napalm and run

    • @soldierdude1064
      @soldierdude1064 4 роки тому

      true

    • @toyue4201
      @toyue4201 4 роки тому +2

      But how survive if you are Vietnamese and you see a Jet incoming?

    • @brandonserr634
      @brandonserr634 4 роки тому +7

      @@toyue4201 ask a Russian supervisor if you shoot the missile now or in a few seconds

    • @anormalotakunavyguy8079
      @anormalotakunavyguy8079 4 роки тому

      Just be careful cause our special force can now can disguise as grass and mud to

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 роки тому

      "My name is Nguyen, and I speak for the trees!"
      "I've got the napalm, and I'll do as I please."

  • @carswithed2946
    @carswithed2946 3 роки тому +23

    “Vietnam is home to no less than 37 different types of snakes”
    Aussies: that’s cute

  • @DeadChannel420
    @DeadChannel420 4 роки тому +215

    Moral of the video: don't try to hide in the rice fields while you're in a Vietnam War

    • @Naderium
      @Naderium 4 роки тому

      Hi so u watch doraemon

    • @lamgoldenboydo1630
      @lamgoldenboydo1630 4 роки тому +4

      The best choise is join Vietnamese's people army

  • @shants4190
    @shants4190 4 роки тому +154

    How to survive the Vietnam War: Move to Canada.

    • @wardensphoenix5065
      @wardensphoenix5065 4 роки тому +2

      Fisher should be easy, I already live there

    • @talebdaas
      @talebdaas 4 роки тому +2

      as i know half a million American men done that during the war !

  • @chauntikleer
    @chauntikleer 4 роки тому +79

    My method for surviving the Vietnam War: being born in 1974.

  • @GuyMaleMan
    @GuyMaleMan 4 роки тому +97

    “How to survive the Vietnam War” in summary;
    You can’t

  • @ethanzane7648
    @ethanzane7648 4 роки тому +137

    How to survive the Vietnam War
    Step 1 : Run
    Step 2 : Just keep running

  • @Painter.Wane92
    @Painter.Wane92 4 роки тому +80

    "How to survive the Vietnam War?" Just be the son of a rich person.

  • @Titus_Macedonicus
    @Titus_Macedonicus 4 роки тому +91

    Sponsor people: how many ads do you want?
    Simple history: yes

  • @mikitz
    @mikitz 3 роки тому +25

    'Say no to drugs.'
    WWII Germany and Finland: 'Wait, it's possible to fight sober?'

  • @kbtiger1279
    @kbtiger1279 4 роки тому +67

    How to survive the Vietnam War
    Step 1: Don’t get drafted
    Step 2: Repeat Step 1

    • @ryanmcsharry9405
      @ryanmcsharry9405 4 роки тому +2

      Dang, why didn't the people who got drafted think of this?

  • @user-th8cw8ku8w
    @user-th8cw8ku8w 4 роки тому +41

    Bro all the ghost of the vietnam war be watching this like “ oh why did I not think about that”

    • @kiwisark8055
      @kiwisark8055 4 роки тому +1

      'don't be American'
      60000 American ghosts: 'damn why didn't I think of that'

    • @optzeropt
      @optzeropt 4 роки тому

      This comment deserves more likes

  • @nicholasmock5285
    @nicholasmock5285 4 роки тому +104

    Healthy young American male: "Oh, boy! I can't wait to own a house, start a family, and have a long healthy life."
    LBJ: "Okay good...b-but you're going to have to put a pin in that for a second."

  • @moosesnWoop
    @moosesnWoop 3 роки тому +9

    I always like the endings of these videos. It's always silent or with minimal sound and kind of give you a moment to reflect on what you watched. It adds a lot of gravity

  • @zigzag2527
    @zigzag2527 4 роки тому +209

    Next episode: How to survive PTSD.

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 4 роки тому +16

      @SgtBaker16 Because those that did most likely died.

    • @AndreIguodalaFan55
      @AndreIguodalaFan55 4 роки тому +2

      @@ceu160193 OH YEAH

    • @AndreIguodalaFan55
      @AndreIguodalaFan55 4 роки тому +3

      @@ceu160193 THEY JUST GOT VECTORED

    • @gerogegerog5926
      @gerogegerog5926 4 роки тому +1

      One way out scuicide

    • @justananomaly
      @justananomaly 4 роки тому

      @SgtBaker16 Not true. Most Vietnam vets, mainly Marines and Army, have PTSD. Dumbass

  • @majorcorn0526
    @majorcorn0526 4 роки тому +209

    Simple: get jail for refusing to accept the draft in the first place.

    • @terranceaddison4599
      @terranceaddison4599 4 роки тому +20

      And have a criminal record?

    • @Conitech
      @Conitech 4 роки тому +1

      Easy and simple

    • @backwoodsjunkie08
      @backwoodsjunkie08 4 роки тому +46

      @@terranceaddison4599 better than dying for a senseless war

    • @networkinc.6825
      @networkinc.6825 4 роки тому +4

      820,,, and be a hippie!!!? Lol,,, no thanks

    • @jtim83
      @jtim83 4 роки тому +2

      Move to Canada when you get drafted (some did)

  • @prestigious7234
    @prestigious7234 4 роки тому +256

    You forgot to mention: after you get home, surviving agent Orange.

    • @trollingnoobs8384
      @trollingnoobs8384 4 роки тому +2

      Yes

    • @caboose4895
      @caboose4895 4 роки тому +21

      My grandpa has heart problems from his exposure to agent orange during his tour in the Vietnam war.

    • @raptordoniv6779
      @raptordoniv6779 4 роки тому +1

      Jacob .Yeaton was he American or Vietnamese?

    • @miguelitoantonio1950
      @miguelitoantonio1950 4 роки тому +1

      And vernial disease

    • @hoppinggnomethe4154
      @hoppinggnomethe4154 4 роки тому

      @@caboose4895 if you aren't disabled, then you are a goddamn liar... wait, then mom or dad must be disabled or you are a goddamn liar

  • @angbandsbane
    @angbandsbane 4 роки тому +11

    One crucial tip is knowing CCR's other awesome songs so you don't go crazy listening to Fortunate Son on loop.

  • @Teaspoon9205
    @Teaspoon9205 4 роки тому +122

    Simple: avoid the trees or drink an Age Potion to avoid age 18.

    • @AngelSnowGlitch
      @AngelSnowGlitch 4 роки тому +2

      Bưng phở xong chưa bạn?

    • @tuananhphung577
      @tuananhphung577 4 роки тому +1

      Hoặc là đơn giản là uống nước
      à quên 3 que 45 năm không có nước vẫn sống tốt

    • @toastytoast9800
      @toastytoast9800 4 роки тому

      Move to a neutral country

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan 4 роки тому

      W-what

    • @HoChiMeme
      @HoChiMeme 4 роки тому

      Get drunk with the enemy hahaahshshaaha

  • @Wavemaninawe
    @Wavemaninawe 4 роки тому +63

    Q: How To Survive the Vietnam War
    1. Make friends with Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez.
    2. Give him your morphine stash, a bayonet and a stretcher... and then stand way, WAY back.

    • @chudthug
      @chudthug 4 роки тому

      Wut

    • @freyawion5337
      @freyawion5337 4 роки тому +1

      True

    • @duck5304
      @duck5304 4 роки тому +1

      Logan Parent Roy Benavidez is a badass Medal of Honor recipient

    • @f-15estrikeeagle35
      @f-15estrikeeagle35 4 роки тому +2

      Make friends with Roy Benavidez and Lauri Torni

    • @talebdaas
      @talebdaas 4 роки тому

      avoid the military draft by escaping to canada !...as i know half a million American men done that during the war !

  • @lienemannca15
    @lienemannca15 4 роки тому +86

    Simple History in 5 years: How to survive COVID-19.
    Also Simple History in 5 years: What COVID-19 was like.

  • @gilgamesh310
    @gilgamesh310 4 роки тому +458

    I’d prefer to be labelled a “draft dodger” for avoiding the war, than being labelled a “baby killer” after suffering their the actual war.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 роки тому +88

      Yes it was a stupid war by stupid politicians seeking only to advance their own careers and personal lives who didn't even have the backbone to decently support the people they were sending to die for them.

    • @gilgamesh310
      @gilgamesh310 4 роки тому +44

      @@KandiKlover Muhammed Ali made the right call at the time.

    • @obijuanquenobi1911
      @obijuanquenobi1911 4 роки тому +32

      We should just have the politicians fight each other on their own even though it might not be fair for some cases. Abraham Lincoln was actually a wrestler who played 300 matches and lost once. He’s even in the wrestling hall of fame. He might end up breaking Jefferson Davis’s spine.

    • @Zeunknown1234
      @Zeunknown1234 3 роки тому +2

      @@gilgamesh310 stop glorifying religions fool

    • @murchy8981
      @murchy8981 3 роки тому +19

      @@Zeunknown1234 Where did he glorify religions?

  • @j.e.clockwork3058
    @j.e.clockwork3058 4 роки тому +35

    how to survive Vietnam:
    almost get your name drawn during the "lottery" right as it gets interrupted by a special announcement from the government saying it's putting a permanent halt to the draft.
    Based on a true story, My dad was watching the broadcast and the initials of his first name and full last name along with part of his social was just barely inches on-screen when the broadcast was interrupted by a special announcement from the president declaring the official cancelation of the draft, making military service voluntary only from that point on.

  • @shuriken_x
    @shuriken_x 4 роки тому +67

    "One of the deadliest Snipers of the vietnamese forces is a woman called apache"
    *laughs in White Feather*

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 4 роки тому +1

      What's that?

    • @dreamshooter90
      @dreamshooter90 4 роки тому +21

      Whites feather killed her while she was taking a piss.

    • @lehoang3532
      @lehoang3532 4 роки тому +10

      Though the whole issue has never been confirmed. We Vietnamese expresses serious doubt over this story.

    • @anpro2104
      @anpro2104 4 роки тому +1

      Simo hayha ?

    • @noktinnkynoktinnky1329
      @noktinnkynoktinnky1329 4 роки тому

      @@anpro2104 no that ww2

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 4 роки тому +116

    "Say No to Drugs"
    Everyone including Me: *Anti-Drug ads and all, being nostalgic

  • @inforism.
    @inforism. 4 роки тому +11

    the best way to survive is never being there in the first place.
    “Bell, we got a job to do.”

    • @Bushwhackerdk
      @Bushwhackerdk 4 роки тому +3

      Bell, do what i say take the right path not the left

  • @ALcaponechannel
    @ALcaponechannel 4 роки тому +85

    US Marine: Oh, hi trees
    Tree: Shh... I'm amBUSHing
    US Marine: Right.....

  • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
    @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 4 роки тому +306

    Step 1: Don’t live in Vietnam
    Step 2: Be a woman to not be drafted

    • @wanderingjuniper
      @wanderingjuniper 4 роки тому +17

      So few people seems to have recognised the Vietnamese, certainly not Simple History.

    • @ZstackZip
      @ZstackZip 4 роки тому +2

      Me, a trans woman:
      (Crab rave intensifies)

    • @comradepolarbear6920
      @comradepolarbear6920 4 роки тому +4

      @@ZstackZip nah, you not safe. Unless you've got the surgery done they gonna inject you with testosterone.

    • @hngh6404
      @hngh6404 4 роки тому +10

      ZedstackZip05 When you realise that you are a trans woman in the 60’s:
      (Crab rave stops)
      (Coffin dance starts)

    • @micahdadbeh5955
      @micahdadbeh5955 4 роки тому +3

      ZedstackZip05 you’re still not safe even today. Trans women still have to register for selective service.
      Edit: the reason being is that the selective service does not have any protocol in place for trans people. If you are a trans man you are safe you don’t have to register.

  • @Ryan-ed1lq
    @Ryan-ed1lq 4 роки тому +108

    4:58 Anyone else getting flashbacks to Medal of Honor: Rising Sun?

  • @thefork3525
    @thefork3525 3 роки тому +10

    My great uncle actually met Elvis when he was in the army, and apparently the officers at the base were thinking about having him preform for the other men there.

  • @panzerfaust_393
    @panzerfaust_393 4 роки тому +113

    The best way to survive the vietnam War is to not be in it
    SOMRONE GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL

    • @ghostcreeper243
      @ghostcreeper243 4 роки тому +3

      *someone

    • @iceswallowpiss8376
      @iceswallowpiss8376 4 роки тому +1

      Bruh how do you can survive when u in the milittary

    • @goggles6776
      @goggles6776 4 роки тому

      Sir_Bolchevek _ um many men where sent there because there was a war conscription.

    • @harshbansal7982
      @harshbansal7982 4 роки тому +1

      Or join the National Guard or the Army reserves .

  • @sctm81
    @sctm81 4 роки тому +22

    Wow, can we all just take a moment and appreciate what these then young men, by no choice of their own, went through in an unfortunate war far away from home?

  • @xensan76
    @xensan76 4 роки тому +67

    Get some politicians who actually know what they're doing.

    • @lostronin380
      @lostronin380 4 роки тому +1

      A damn good point that is. Agreed 👍

  • @Sajovo
    @Sajovo 4 роки тому +15

    Simple history 5 years later: how to survive vovid in 2020
    All of us as adults: this is how i survived son

  • @baroncaledon5940
    @baroncaledon5940 4 роки тому +11

    About to watch this with my great-grandfather who fought in the pacific in WW2, korea and Vietnam

  • @kermitthefrog7425
    @kermitthefrog7425 4 роки тому +56

    Trees: speak
    U.S soldier: *chuckles* I'm in danger

    • @Stellar001100
      @Stellar001100 4 роки тому +2

      Agent Orange: *Imma ruin this guy's career...*

  • @Kameruner
    @Kameruner 4 роки тому +44

    1: stay low
    2: stay frosty
    3: shoot anything in the trees

  • @justsomedumbassontheintern6987
    @justsomedumbassontheintern6987 3 роки тому +72

    Well damn this video would have been useful to my great cousin, he died in a punji trap. R.I.P. 😭

  • @seacow8114
    @seacow8114 4 роки тому +66

    Step 1: try not to steal the rice. Step 2: shoot trees step 3: camouflage

    • @humberthagansayan773
      @humberthagansayan773 4 роки тому +3

      [] Nate []
      That's why the South Koreans won the Vietnam war thanks to the US and the Philippines for helping them in the Korean War
      Second: South Koreans didn't use camouflage and they have good rice that's why they didn't steal rice
      Third:when they realized an ambush was attacking them and saw their traps. They shot the Vietnamese,collected their weapons and found and destroyed their traps

    • @independentquebec3500
      @independentquebec3500 4 роки тому +2

      Step 4:Kill civilians and then don't get caught

    • @NorwaysGreatestSon
      @NorwaysGreatestSon 4 роки тому +2

      @@independentquebec3500 Thats a Warcrime thats illegal man

    • @trollingnoobs8384
      @trollingnoobs8384 4 роки тому +1

      @@NorwaysGreatestSon that actually happen in Vietnam war, and you know who kill them? Yes it's America

    • @seacow8114
      @seacow8114 4 роки тому

      Guys I was just joking

  • @Bigstarrocker9
    @Bigstarrocker9 4 роки тому +57

    Coming back from Vietnam it's over
    "Nothing is over!"

    • @Rebecca-nw2ce
      @Rebecca-nw2ce 4 роки тому +2

      Rambo reference!

    • @Bigstarrocker9
      @Bigstarrocker9 4 роки тому +4

      @@Rebecca-nw2ce
      "You just don't turn it off!"

    • @ben-kf9mh
      @ben-kf9mh 4 роки тому

      @@Bigstarrocker9 weeb

    • @ramid2454
      @ramid2454 4 роки тому +1

      @@ben-kf9mh I hope you arent serious

    • @ben-kf9mh
      @ben-kf9mh 4 роки тому

      @@ramid2454 I HATE, weebs

  • @whitepotato9913
    @whitepotato9913 4 роки тому +71

    Simple history: posts a video
    Everyone:memes

    • @pedrofernandezpena2
      @pedrofernandezpena2 4 роки тому +1

      Simple History: uploads video
      Me: 6:51 *Skyrim Flashbacks* 😳

    • @Nietabs
      @Nietabs 4 роки тому

      @@pedrofernandezpena2 ok

  • @shelbylover1359
    @shelbylover1359 2 роки тому +2

    My grandpa was a sailor in the Vietnam war. He told me that sometimes sailors had to fight on ground with the marines. He told me many things and some stories that he had when he fought on the ground

  • @auberginereverie
    @auberginereverie 4 роки тому +76

    2:37 You can barely see he has invisible bullets (hint: the frontmost guy)

    • @fork2309
      @fork2309 4 роки тому +3

      Flash hider?
      Also its his muzzle flash ofc his bullets aint visible

    • @ndhart3213
      @ndhart3213 4 роки тому +1

      I know, hacks.

    • @Monkeh516
      @Monkeh516 3 роки тому +1

      Hax

    • @axetheviking6482
      @axetheviking6482 3 роки тому +1

      Plot twist: it's intentional because his M16 jammed and he didn't realize.

  • @desmond9700
    @desmond9700 4 роки тому +41

    How to survive the Vietnam war:
    You cant

    • @Pointman-yf6or
      @Pointman-yf6or 4 роки тому +1

      DemonDragon, exactly, fuckin exactly. Co a 1/14th inf “golden dragons”

  • @aramduck8679
    @aramduck8679 4 роки тому +43

    How to survive the vietnam war: *grabs hammer*
    *breaks leg*
    *P R O B L E M S O L V E D*

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders 4 роки тому

      Drill Sgt: HAHA, you'll be out of that cast in a month son!

  • @Fielza
    @Fielza Рік тому +2

    6:52 "You guys give up, or are you thirsty for more?"

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 роки тому +27

    If Forrest Gump was able to survive the Vietnam War, I'm pretty sure anyone can

  • @castsmith6783
    @castsmith6783 4 роки тому +28

    us army: how to survive the vietnam war
    vietcong: how to survive the south korean army

  • @mrcarrot5697
    @mrcarrot5697 4 роки тому +64

    "I'm Finally Home after surviving that damn dirty Jungle!"
    Hong Kong Flu of 1968: "no. WE are home."

    • @Vulkanprimarch
      @Vulkanprimarch 4 роки тому +2

      @Michael Wolff Yeah the ending of the video really gave a sense of despair. And then the outro just being silent menacing jungle. Really great creative choices by simple history.

    • @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870
      @madmarvshighwaywarrior2870 4 роки тому

      Thats no flu... that's Nova 6.

  • @-Wreckanize-
    @-Wreckanize- 3 роки тому +6

    Your F4 cockpit animation was spot on. Well done.

  • @zero11010
    @zero11010 4 роки тому +52

    I heard that having rich parents and “bone spurs” was a great way to live through that war.

    • @wandaswavely2523
      @wandaswavely2523 4 роки тому +2

      Or Asthma, though Corn Pop gave him a run for his money

    • @brycesolomon9933
      @brycesolomon9933 4 роки тому

      Wanda Swavely but did he learn about roaches?

    • @ok-70707
      @ok-70707 4 роки тому +1

      So basically being j wish

    • @hugdeeznuttz3458
      @hugdeeznuttz3458 4 роки тому

      President Bone Spurs the draft dodger

    • @ctgslayer
      @ctgslayer 4 роки тому

      If you go and come back you’re a baby killer, if your country tries to force you into a war you don’t wanna fight you’re a draft dodger...

  • @seelz1136
    @seelz1136 4 роки тому +60

    4:50 can we talk about the position he was holding his extinguisher

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 роки тому +8

      I've seen some old fire extinguishers that had the hose fixed in that position. I asked someone about it and they said it was to make it harder to accidentally spray yourself in a panic but if you've ever met a fresh grunt you'd have to say they'd probably still manage to do it anyways

    • @MrSgtkarl
      @MrSgtkarl 4 роки тому +1

      It was a medal of honor rising sun reference

    • @mEmEzMaN...
      @mEmEzMaN... 4 роки тому

      SGT Karl_thegamer yeah

  • @monikhadka
    @monikhadka 4 роки тому +52

    How to survive the Vietnam war: just don’t go to war