Don't forget the Australians, we were there too, & it annoys me greatly that you only ever mention the United States, & not the Australians, we did much more than Long Tan, we were also there, & 508 Australians paid with their lives, NOT just Americans. I hope you take this into consideration as well as the thousands of soldiers that were lost in Vietnam, mainly the United States of America. Spencer. A. E. 2305750 Royal Australian Artillery.
Were Australian troops involved in the battle of la drang? I was not aware of that. This video is based on the book that General Moore and Galloway collaborated on and in the book Lt. Col. Moore mentions: Unnoticed at my command post because of the deafening uproar from the Charlie and Delta Company sectors was a stiff little firefight taking place forty yards north, involving Specialist Wallenius and his fellow Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion mortar-men. “About 6:50 A.M. I observed a soldier in a khaki uniform with helmet and web gear stand up to our front, and pump his arm up and down. He was in waist-high grass and obviously signaling. I alerted Sergeant Uselton in time for us to see four more helmeted troops rise from the grass to our left and cross right, carrying a light machine gun. We were convinced we were behind friendly troops and assumed that these strange, well-disciplined soldiers must be Australians. We radioed back and learned that there were no Aussies with us-and our front was not protected. About then, the North Vietnamese machine gun opened up on us. " So it seems that Australian soldiers were not involved in this battle. But Australian warriors indeed fought in Vietnam and displayed great bravery. In response to the person below, despite the questionable reasons for the direct involvement of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War and their record of many war crimes, I do not believe that the Communist Party and the NVA were the just side. The Vietnamese people under the rule of the Communists suffered immensely. Perhaps, neither side can be considered just. However, on the battlefield, the courage and camaraderie of the soldiers, whether American or Vietnamese, are virtues that deserve praise.
@@historyandweapon - Well, it wasn't the North Vietnamese who ignored the Geneva Accords and the national election that was agreed upon in 1954. That election never took place because the United States actively discouraged South Vietnam from participating in it. This led to the escalation of tensions, and eventually, the Second Indochina War, known in the U.S. as the Vietnam War. Bottom-line, the actions of United States are responsible for the deaths of more than a million people in Vietnam.
" The NVA was surprised by the arrival of the U.S. force." Not really! A few days before a large NVA force attacked the U.S. air mobile base camp nearby with the full realization US would respond with an air mobile force. That is why they set a trap at the foot of their stronghold, Chu Pong mountain, that being LV Xray, a cleared field within dense jungle with the capability of receiving may be 6 to 8 helicopters. You know some of the rest of this story.
As a gunner on the 105's mate? So was I , but I am too young for Vietnam, as I was born in 1969, but when I was 16& 9 months, I was accepted into the Australian Regular Army, as there was only 1 month before I turned 17, & I did my basic training at 1st recruit training battalion, Kapooka, & went to 2/3 Field Regiment, after I did my I. E. T. School at The School of Artillery, in Sydney, Australia, & was number 3 on the gun, a great time in my life, please will you tell me about how it is in the United States? Did you also fire the 155's at all?
My brothers and I grew up waiting for our turn to fit into or out grow, a kids', teen ager sized real deal "1st Air Cal" Flight Jacket with our Last Name on it given to us from a mountian of a dude with our name. Thank You FOR Your Sevice! for US!
Very interesting n informative upload. Saw movie "We Were Soldiers." Excellent movie n u pointed out some actual vs movie differences. New subscriber because of this vid. Anticipating ur next one. Peace
We were soldiers missed that biggest point of that battle. when the US forces left the area two battlions were ambushed and near slaughtered due to poor tactics.
great vid but I'm ex-mil from that period and am always skeptical hearing the term "slightly wounded". You don't get slightly wounded with modern weaponry.
Its nice to see Vietnam today as a vibrant, successful, modern country. They haven't known war since the Yanks got kicked out. Cant say much for USA today where they are at war somewhere in the world and their own people still pay the price.
Gee I wonder what racist, historically incorrect version of history you were indoctrinated with since birth 🤔 acting like South Vietnam did not have a right to exist
Yes at that time "Broken Arrow" was used to let Higher HQ know that an American unit was in danger of being overrun and annihilated! Every available aircraft was used to stop that from happening was to race to that particular area and drop their ordinance, LT, Hastings was an Airforce liaison with the first Battalion 1st Calvary Division. He set the order of the Aircraft coming on line, depending on the ordinance they had.
Did not win anything there. The French were not successful against the same Viet Minh units there in the mid-50s and US and RVN units were still conducting operations there in the 70s. Earned my first DFC flying Cobras with a Cav unit in that valley in '70.
A North Vietnamese army backed by the Soviets and the Chinese would be hard to defeat, in a sense it was politically and geographically determined. And the Vietnam War shaped the United States, envisioning how much the United States would be different now if it had not intervened in Vietnam.
Vietnam has a maxim: Winner is king, loser makes film. If Vietnamese soldiers fought with American soldiers like that, America would have paraded their troops in Hanoi
During the Vietnam War there were a lot case of US ground troops commit a lot of attrocities toward many South Vietnamese villagers during their "Search and Destroy Mission." Many were never reported and a lot was being covered up by US General William Childs Westmoreland. There were many US ground troops saw the attrocities done by their fellow American troops and did nothing. While other participate. Vietnamese peoples were the victim of the Vietnam War. Even though many Vietnamese didn't start the War and didn't ask for it. That was the decision by the American peoples who voted for Democrats President JF Kennedy and LB Johnson as their Commander in Chief for their country. And Democrats President Truman who brought Communist support to Vietnam by allowing and supporting France to reclaim Vietnam as their colony. A country who value their freedom and independence from England. Deny other country of their own. America was never a democracy country. America is a Republic.
You cry about the atrocities from one side- what about from the vietnamese- brutally torturing prisoners of war and violating international law committing war crimes?
@@drygordspellweaver8761 True what you said. But did you know who train the North Vietnamese whom use to be call Vietminh? And who train and created the 1st South Vietnamese army? United States. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent some US military personnel to Norrh Vietnam one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Look it up. And US President Truman sent the 1st US MAAG to Vietnam in 1950 to help and assist the French army in the French Indochina War. And later train and create the 1st South Vietnamese army from the Vietnamese emperor army for emperor Bao Dai. Because Vietnam emperor Bao Dai was loyality to France. So both North Vietnamese army once call Vietminh and South Vietnamese were once from the Vietnamese emperor army was both train by United States. Look it up.
Don't forget the Australians, we were there too, & it annoys me greatly that you only ever mention the United States, & not the Australians, we did much more than Long Tan, we were also there, & 508 Australians paid with their lives, NOT just Americans. I hope you take this into consideration as well as the thousands of soldiers that were lost in Vietnam, mainly the United States of America. Spencer. A. E. 2305750 Royal Australian Artillery.
You should be happy that the Australians are rarely, if ever, mentioned being involved in this gigantic war crime against the Vietnamese people.
Were Australian troops involved in the battle of la drang? I was not aware of that. This video is based on the book that General Moore and Galloway collaborated on and in the book Lt. Col. Moore mentions: Unnoticed at my command post because of the deafening uproar from the Charlie and Delta Company sectors was a stiff little firefight taking place forty yards north, involving Specialist Wallenius and his fellow Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion mortar-men. “About 6:50 A.M. I observed a soldier in a khaki uniform with helmet and web gear stand up to our front, and pump his arm up and down. He was in waist-high grass and obviously signaling. I alerted Sergeant Uselton in time for us to see four more helmeted troops rise from the grass to our left and cross right, carrying a light machine gun. We were convinced we were behind friendly troops and assumed that these strange, well-disciplined soldiers must be Australians. We radioed back and learned that there were no Aussies with us-and our front was not protected. About then, the North Vietnamese machine gun opened up on us.
" So it seems that Australian soldiers were not involved in this battle. But Australian warriors indeed fought in Vietnam and displayed great bravery.
In response to the person below, despite the questionable reasons for the direct involvement of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War and their record of many war crimes, I do not believe that the Communist Party and the NVA were the just side. The Vietnamese people under the rule of the Communists suffered immensely. Perhaps, neither side can be considered just.
However, on the battlefield, the courage and camaraderie of the soldiers, whether American or Vietnamese, are virtues that deserve praise.
@@historyandweapon - Well, it wasn't the North Vietnamese who ignored the Geneva Accords and the national election that was agreed upon in 1954. That election never took place because the United States actively discouraged South Vietnam from participating in it. This led to the escalation of tensions, and eventually, the Second Indochina War, known in the U.S. as the Vietnam War. Bottom-line, the actions of United States are responsible for the deaths of more than a million people in Vietnam.
thank god for our friends the australians
Wow ....... thanks for that info 👍 and... thanks for the help👍😔❗
" The NVA was surprised by the arrival of the U.S. force." Not really! A few days before a large NVA force attacked the U.S. air mobile base camp nearby with the full realization US would respond with an air mobile force. That is why they set a trap at the foot of their stronghold, Chu Pong mountain, that being LV Xray, a cleared field within dense jungle with the capability of receiving may be 6 to 8 helicopters. You know some of the rest of this story.
I was there as 105 howitzer 1st air calvary in 65
As a gunner on the 105's mate? So was I , but I am too young for Vietnam, as I was born in 1969, but when I was 16& 9 months, I was accepted into the Australian Regular Army, as there was only 1 month before I turned 17, & I did my basic training at 1st recruit training battalion, Kapooka, & went to 2/3 Field Regiment, after I did my I. E. T. School at The School of Artillery, in Sydney, Australia, & was number 3 on the gun, a great time in my life, please will you tell me about how it is in the United States? Did you also fire the 155's at all?
The Aussie and th cannaian we’re a big help too all did a great job I’m from Maine
My brothers and I grew up waiting for our turn to fit into or out grow, a kids', teen ager sized real deal "1st Air Cal" Flight Jacket with our Last Name on it given to us from a mountian of a dude with our name. Thank You FOR Your Sevice! for US!
Very interesting n informative upload. Saw movie "We Were Soldiers." Excellent movie n u pointed out some actual vs movie differences. New subscriber because of this vid. Anticipating ur next one. Peace
We were soldiers missed that biggest point of that battle. when the US forces left the area two battlions were ambushed and near slaughtered due to poor tactics.
I think 'Iya' Drang is pronounced eye-yah.
THANK YOU. They always mess up the names
whatever did the narration has to be the worst AI I've heard yet
great vid but I'm ex-mil from that period and am always skeptical hearing the term "slightly wounded". You don't get slightly wounded with modern weaponry.
Its nice to see Vietnam today as a vibrant, successful, modern country. They haven't known war since the Yanks got kicked out. Cant say much for USA today where they are at war somewhere in the world and their own people still pay the price.
Gee I wonder what racist, historically incorrect version of history you were indoctrinated with since birth 🤔 acting like South Vietnam did not have a right to exist
"We were soldiers " in the movie
brutal.
Ouch!
Did they have a special code
Yes at that time "Broken Arrow" was used to let Higher HQ know that an American unit was in danger of being overrun and annihilated! Every available aircraft was used to stop that from happening was to race to that particular area and drop their ordinance, LT, Hastings was an Airforce liaison with the first Battalion 1st Calvary Division. He set the order of the Aircraft coming on line, depending on the ordinance they had.
Blundered into a regiment of NVA and barely escaped. Daring raid my ass.
AMEN!
AMEN
Roger that
America you are not alone tell us The truth
Gurs from the mouth
Code Broken Arrow, attack site Near Where Has Fight Troop Between, Very near 200 mts
Did not win anything there. The French were not successful against the same Viet Minh units there in the mid-50s and US and RVN units were still conducting operations there in the 70s. Earned my first DFC flying Cobras with a Cav unit in that valley in '70.
A North Vietnamese army backed by the Soviets and the Chinese would be hard to defeat, in a sense it was politically and geographically determined. And the Vietnam War shaped the United States, envisioning how much the United States would be different now if it had not intervened in Vietnam.
Look ❤ur wit us
sorry AI voice too annoying
Vietnam has a maxim: Winner is king, loser makes film. If Vietnamese soldiers fought with American soldiers like that, America would have paraded their troops in Hanoi
you fell to communism and USA tried to help. Is that what you call "winning"?
During the Vietnam War there were a lot case of US ground troops commit a lot of attrocities toward many South Vietnamese villagers during their "Search and Destroy Mission." Many were never reported and a lot was being covered up by US General William Childs Westmoreland. There were many US ground troops saw the attrocities done by their fellow American troops and did nothing. While other participate. Vietnamese peoples were the victim of the Vietnam War. Even though many Vietnamese didn't start the War and didn't ask for it. That was the decision by the American peoples who voted for Democrats President JF Kennedy and LB Johnson as their Commander in Chief for their country. And Democrats President Truman who brought Communist support to Vietnam by allowing and supporting France to reclaim Vietnam as their colony. A country who value their freedom and independence from England. Deny other country of their own. America was never a democracy country. America is a Republic.
You cry about the atrocities from one side- what about from the vietnamese- brutally torturing prisoners of war and violating international law committing war crimes?
@@drygordspellweaver8761 True what you said. But did you know who train the North Vietnamese whom use to be call Vietminh? And who train and created the 1st South Vietnamese army? United States. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent some US military personnel to Norrh Vietnam one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Look it up.
And US President Truman sent the 1st US MAAG to Vietnam in 1950 to help and assist the French army in the French Indochina War. And later train and create the 1st South Vietnamese army from the Vietnamese emperor army for emperor Bao Dai. Because Vietnam emperor Bao Dai was loyality to France. So both North Vietnamese army once call Vietminh and South Vietnamese were once from the Vietnamese emperor army was both train by United States. Look it up.
Ya what he said
Hey I was there as a Soldier of Fortune. Heck we wasted some Communists, sampled that
rice pusszzy, and smoke that Vietnam dope. Far out man.