My older sister who was in high school in the late 1960's told me she heard that sometimes the men came home and still had dried blood from combat under their fingernails. If it is true, that sounds so lonely to me. It still breaks my heart.
@velvetbees Are you joking? Are you actually serious? Do you know what happens in this world and take on board the reality? And they walk off the transport with brains all over them. It's about time that people who have been damaged like this are listened to. They gave everything to see you smiling as they arrived. Back to the UK. Stop sending them, and they will not be killed. If you send them there, why? Why? And is it worth the pin? Well done to this man.
As a medic my husband totally saw how their homecoming was pelted with garbage, dog feces and cries of baby-killers,murderers ! He's no longer affected but remembers...wouldn't talk about where he'd been or did. And now a presidential candidate who'll be a dictator on day one...WHO'LL STOP him on second day. Hasn't he done enough political and mental damage to the USA? GOD HELP . US!
I fully understand my brother especially when you see somebody die from napalm but America made those boys go into that war why I still don't know why after all these years and my brother was in the jungles of Vietnam and he got a purple heart because his captain got shot in the ear and he had to pull him to safety he never talked about it because it was horrible but I found out that information from somebody else in the family and my brother came out normal he didn't do drugs but he smoked them Marlboro cigarettes and my brother had the best life ever he had a great family with three kids he had his own home and he made his own business on his own but he couldn't stop smoking tobacco and he got cancer and he died on 20/20 the same year my wife of 26 years she was freed to death with radiation and I joined the army on January 7th 1975 and my AIT was electronics and I didn't have basic electronics so I failed and the three choices of flapjack field wireman or motor mechanics did not sound good to me so I got out and the day I got out was the day that Vietnam was over and done May 20th 1975 and I got nothing I am not a veteran and if I would have spent one day in the military I would have got benefits but it's okay because I've been blessed beyond what I could ever imagine my wife bought her house in 2010 paid it off in 2020 when she died can I get death benefits from her death because I would have had to sell the house and moved on But why I don't understand why there's so many homeless veterans it's beyond what I could ever imagine and that is so wrong because our government doesn't care about our military veterans God bless our world God bless America in God we trust in Jesus name amen
@@godsownlunatics9650I am so sorry for the hell that you went through my brother Long time ago I had a friend named Jimmy Appley he never talked about it I don't know what he went through but he started doing drugs I don't know where he is today and I'm sorry that he went through hell but that's what our government does God bless in Jesus name amen
This was my dad. He served in the Marines from 1965-1985. He was a Drill Instructor and a Vietnam Veteran. He never spoke about his time in Vietnam. My son became a Marine in 2021. He was able to talk to him about it. I am glad he was able to share some of his experiences with my son. My dad died on December 28, 2023. We miss him so much.
Your dad seems like a genuinely good man. I'm sorry for your loss, truly. Please let your son know that his service is extremely appreciated, especially in the times we are in.
I am so sorry for your loss and what an honor for your son! All four of my Grandfather's served, all of my uncles served, both my blood father and my Step Dad served and one of my brother's served. I tried but my asthma disqualified me, however being born on Veterans Day in 1964, I found myself very interested in that war particularly and gained great respect in talking to those who served.
My dad was a vietnam vet he came back and felt the hate from our own pple the constant threats and insults it hardens the heart, he passed 3 going on 4 years ago when i was in bootcamp i miss him but im happy he aint suffering anymore
One of the greatest injustices. A draft, horrible war in a jungle, return and released “good luck” Godbless all Vets but especially Vietnam era Veterans.
Especially Vietnam.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 The same mentality of the protesters during that war is similar to the same mentality of the protesters now shouting "Death to Israel, Death to America" in Dearborn, Michigan this weekend. Only a small percentage of Americans are involved. The greater majority don't support the protesters then or now. We have no respect for the cowards. We have the utmost respect for our military.❤❤❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I worked for a Vietnam combat veteran...11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, The "Black Horse" regiment (light tanks)...for 20 years. One of my coworkers was his younger brother. He told me his brother came back from the Army "more grim" than he used to be. It was clear our boss was "damaged goods" in some way...the mood swings, irritability, bad temper etc. My mother, sister and her daughter (my 3 year old niece at the time) came to visit me at work. When my niece looked up at my boss and said "Hi", a veil of misery, impatience and anger dropped away for just a moment when he looked down, smiled and said "Hello" back to my niece. Seconds later he was back to his "old" injured self. War is hell.
my best friend's Dad was in the Blue Dragon South Korean regiment during Vietnam, he felt the same way when he got back home We have no idea what these guys went through. This was before PTSD was even a thing there was no counseling they just told them to suck it up and carry on also this guy experienced the Korean War losing his entire family too unfortunately they don’t make it like that anymore
My dad was a WWII vet. He never talked about his service until he was in his mid 80s. We talked a lot. Kind sir, I thank you for your service. Bless you and all of our veterans and service people!
All veterans need compassion, respect and pity for what they have suffered through, but one thing I feel the Americans easily forget is that there's a huge difference in context between WWII and the VW. With WWII the western world wanted the US to get a move on with helping their allies and asked what took them so long, where were you when Europeans were dying, etc. With the VW, not only did Europe keep reminding the US that being an imperialistic bully muscling their way into foreign territories and being obsessed with fighting proxy wars against Russia is highly amoral, the USA's own citizen were reminding their warmongering leaders of it. There's a reason my my own country, Sweden, who has a far longer history with Russia than the Americans, saw cold war USA as being just as bad as the USSR. You cannot fight evil, injustices, and crimes aginst humanity with more evil, injustice and crimes from your own "side". Pity and support your Vietnam veterans, America, but do not pretend what they were used for is anything to be thankful for: they were meat to be thrown in the grinder in the eyes of your corrupt authorities of the time.
Colonial wars damage the psychology of the soldiers of the colonial power. Every US war since WWII has been fought to expand the reach of US financial interests for the project of neocolonial hegemony.
Me too! My two brothers served in the Air Froce they also went to Vietnam. No one was there for them to thank them, talk to them, help them. So sad. They were proud to serve their country. I feel this man's pain 😢
Americans Didn't Raise their children to Kill .. It was a Moral Law of the Country.. And for young men to be taken off to another country to Kill other People was not something they were proud of .. It affected so many .. 😢
@@DorothySargeant-u3l Bạn nói đúng ! Tôi là người Việt Nam và chúng ta đều hiểu rằng những người Lính tham gia cuộc chiến này không phải là người gây ra tội ác chính . Tội ác gây ra bởi những kẻ cầm đầu kế hoạch này , cụ thể là Richard Nixon !
This was my Dad as well. He had nobody to talk to and didn’t want to upset my Mom with horrible details about his experience so he just drank. My brother and I lost our Dad to cancer this June. He was 82. RIP Dad, you are loved and missed more than you know. ❤🇺🇸
Kari , I'm glad you had a good daddy my daddy fought in world war II and the Korean conflict yes our daddies didn't want to talk about it yet we felt the pain and anxiety my sister and I am sure you did too God bless the greater generation your father and my father and the millions of others that came back from world war II God bless them and their children and grandchildren.
Sorry for your loss. My family sneaked out after the Vietnam war, we wouldn't be here today thanks to all those that served and sacrificed their lives, to help us, have a chance at a better life. I can't thank you and your family enough, for what your father did to give us a fighting chance, again, thank you!
When I came home from Afghanistan, I spent most of my time with Vietnam vets. Talking with them really helped me deal with my PTSD and how I was feeling.
YES SIR no un wind time arrived in BDUs and jungle boots, these guys were dumped in and dumped out.. 30 hours out of combat and back in America... my God
@@scmtnchick My BIL is a VietNam vet. He was in the Navy and was walking (in uniform) with my sister down a sidewalk in Santa Barbara (where they lived) and people spit on him. No grace at all given to the servicemen and women who were drafted into and fought in that war. Shameful!
@@cynthiaPs63.7 yea the anti-war people who acted like that were real scum. Most especially when many people were drafted and sent to war against their will.
My dad served twice and for him to come home and go through what this man has gone through. I love and respect our military and fallen soldiers. Thank you to all of military. For those that never served you would never understand. You all are loved and appreciated.
Very well said. Amen. Prayers that his burden of pain grief & loneliness have been alleviated🙏🏼❤ I was just about to add my msg, but the haunting way his voice cracks & seeing his deep loneliness & isolating pain, directly in his eyes. He must have felt and I imagine at times, still feels completely & utterly alone. Not only were the Vietnam Vets abandoned on the way home from the war, they were abandoned when they got home. The protestors treated them like garbage & the government ignored them, bc they wanted to forget about their (the gov't) own failure.
What service?! He killed people for no good reason for a government that knew it was a pointless and losing war. This was not a defensive war and you don’t earn any respect fighting for the interests and greed of corporate America
@@Journey-1978 was only in ‘service’ of the rich and powerful American oligarchs for the nobel goal of making more money. You don’t call cannon fodder a service and you do t call being a ruthless war criminal a service. That is all those American soldiers were in Vietnam
@@burtmann3921they happily killed about 2 million Vietnamese. Let’s not get carried away about how devastated they were. The ONLY victims are the people of Vietnam.
My cousin came back from vietnam and had a closed casket funeral. I never saw a dead body till I was a older adult. I cant fathom any soldier being at war. We can hear your big heart beating, you are a good man.
@@deborahchandler1815 Vietnam also saw a horrific increase in the power of weapons to destroy huge amounts of Soldiers, never before seen, also, Media suddenly was reporting the news 🗞️ much faster too.
My dad was a pow during WWII working at the railway in Birma. After that He went as a volunteer to Korea known as the Forgotten war. He passed away in 2015 at the age of 95. Let's look after our vets please....Respect and thank you Sir for your service... ❤❤❤
The Burma campaign may just be one of the most horrific moments of the Second World War, I pray that anyone, any soldier who suffered greatly in the Burma campaign finds peace, and I pray that any living WW2 Vets are still loved and respected today 🙏🌹❤️...
Complex PTSD is horrible. One of the biggest hurdles is that civilians don’t understand it. Families fall apart cause of the drinking to stop the dreams or your just a completely changed person. With hard work and years of counseling and meds a lot of times. A person can start to adjust slowly
@@jamesarcher1289in my personal experience with family/ppl in town who have PTSD is they are often afraid of seeking help. I try to simply be there, listen, try to understand. But, what seems to be the most important to Vietnam era vets - GWOT vets is they like to be remembered. NOT because of what they did but because of who they are, because they are human. It is an immense time investment to get dudes to get into the professionals office, but simply reminding them you are there, in their corner of the ring, gets ppl to seek help Everytime I listen to a vet they get teary eyed, you can see the guilt, sorrow in their eyes and sometimes people just need a hug or to share a beer in silence or just for you to sit with them
I seen my Dad and so many guys of his generation act like this guy --- eyes well up with tears and shaky voice --- it was just pure hell over in Vietnam
One of the most important things we’ve learned with PTSD (and especially complex PTSD) research is that talking about it helps SO MUCH, particularly with experts who understand how to help someone process past trauma, but also with peers who have similar experiences. In that vein, what happened to Vietnam vets was extra cruel, as they were fined the ability to have that more-immediate debrief with peers, AND thrust back into a country undergoing huge shifts socially and economically that encouraged isolation. It was a recipe suffering.
My father was a Vietnam veteran and he had alot of nights where he woke up screaming those men went through alot I'm so sorry for all the hurt and trauma they had to endure God bless those men !!!
The majority of the nation didn’t think about this. JMHO, but this is probably the main contributing factor to the number of Vietnam veterans that are on our nation’s streets today. I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing isn’t happening to soldiers that have returned to civilian life after tours of duty since Vietnam.
He makes a massive point. Point, that three week transition period, to allow them to have a clear line between the hell of war and the mundane of normal life, the ability to decompress and try to return to "normal", supported by others who are facing the same reality could make a real difference to the well being of the returning soldier.
@@Blackmark7410definitely makes sense when you think about it. When I came back from Iraq,and Afghanistan yes we came back as a unit but it was just the flight back to base and watching everyone else’s families greet them and you go alone to your barracks. Fly back home alone to family and friends. Goin from a war zone to home in less than 48 hours is very difficult to get used to
This man is on the verge of tears in every interview segment I’ve watched. The pain he’s suffered in Nam, and these past long decades must be pure hell. God bless him.
My grandfather was in WW II. He lost two of this brothers and his leg his leg somewhere in Russia, got transported back 3000 miles by truck and train. When he finally came home, he burned all the letters and pictures he had written to my grandma, buried everything and went on with life. He never talked about the war for 50 years until dementia got the better of him. Then he would sometimes sit in the kitchen, dropping names of people and places no one knew and start crying. And there was a whole generation of men like that. Deeply traumatised but what they had seen (and done) suffering for a lifetime, paying the price of survival.
I am so sorry for him, he says nobody understood. The difference is as well that the WW were won. once I met someone he was 17 when he went to Nam. He said he met a lot of insults bc of losing. When he returned he did prison time, could not get to 'normal' life, he was too young to know what that would have been looked like. In the end he started living in a buddhist centre. I went to see the Deer Hunter, I left very early. And that is only a movie.
@@fernandgutez2383 you are. Just like every nazi concentration camp guard was responsible for their actions, so are you. "We were just following orders" isn't a defence.
Thank you for your service!!! ❤ My brother came home alone after two tours of duty in Nam. He was in so much pain, PTSD. He then lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident. Already depressed, he was near suicidal. God bless you and every service member everywhere!!! ❤🙏❤
Also the duration of combat - helicopters ensured that Vietnam vets were in almost constant, daily combat. Combined with Firebase postings, outposts etc. Slower WW2 Logistics ensured some rotation in / out of combat back to England or allied lines in France. So the average number of days in actual combat was higher on a per year basis for Vietnam vets vs WW2 vets.
Not for all the WW2 vets. You know how many Polish vets died in prison tormented to death because they hadn't fought alongside with the Soviet Union? Or stayed hidden in the basements or woods hunted for like animals for half of their life ramaining as the enemies of the state? Or flied to western countries to avoid all that, got old and died separated from their families? Glory to all veterans fot their sacrifice, but please never glorify one over another.
Oh yes I've read this same problem from almost every story of Vietnam vets I've ever read and heard. One day he is in Asian mud up to his knees standing guard in the dark night, 24 hours later he's standing at the door of Mom's house in Akron. The disconnect of this was very traumatic for most people and sometimes took years to process. If the army had a grain of sense, they would have pulled the soldier off operations a week before the DEROS date. And sent them to a midway pt like Hawaii or even the PI and let them acclimate and decompress with like-minded men, share experiences, and form some kind of closure on a long terrifying year they'd spent. Only then send the men home, where a whole new set of challenges no doubt awaited him, as he tried to restart his whole life all over again, after what might have been a deeply traumatic experience.
It won't matter if you go home in 3 weeks with what's left of your squad, or flew home alone in a day or 2. The moments alone to think about what you seen or done will always creep up on you for the rest of your life
@@eddiebear34 of course it matters, what happened will always come back but talking about your experience with friends and family, people completely uninvolved and people you might want to protect from the gruesome stories is so much harder and different compared to spending a lot of time with those comrades who remained till the last day, who went through the same hell as you, who share the same relief that its over and dread for what's to come
@wolfsmaul-ger8318 no. The experience of moving on will come when you leave. Be it straight away or weeks after. I'd say Vietnam vets probably had more support (still not much) afterwards, than ww2 men. Watch any documentary on ww2, and those guys are distraught about what they seen and done until their dying day
@@eddiebear34 the experience of moving on already comes when the war is over, the people you fought with don't turn into strangers. the youngest men who entered the war in 1955 would still be 87 years old and the war went on till 1975, most of the men who fought in the war would be below the old age when veterans usually open up their stories. another thing is that WW2 and vietnam played out very differently in all terms, technology, the enemy, the countries, i don't mean that WW2 veterans had it better but we don't even know how much worse of an impact the war would have done to them if they were flown alone in the span of a few days like in vietnam. speaking is one of the most important aspects of handling and processing trauma.
@wolfsmaul-ger8318 completely disagree. I'm ex military myself and you could be with your guys for a month afterwards, and you don't reflect on anything until your on your own. And no... Vietnam military personnel definitely didn't have it harder than ww2 guys
What service? Serving in a war which comes from a fabrication and an agession (Tonkin Gulf)? Of course I respect his comments about friends and comrades but not his service because there was no service at all.
@@C.Duarte5000 I hate war just as much as anybody else. But to the brave men and women who take the oath, and put thier lives on the line. I thank them for thier service. I can't blame the people that were drafted or enlisted thinking they were fighting a worthy cause. Blame the leaders of the country's. They make those decisions.
After 43 years of remaining silent, just two weeks ago, my father finally talked about Vietnam. It was an eye opening listening session with my father and uncle. They've lost their parents, sister, and older brother.
My dad, since passed, also said nothing until his end of life. He was in the Navy. Bringing troops to Vietnam then turning around and bring the dead home. Sometimes fishing them out of the water with hooks, etc. it was disgusting and heartbreaking work. Some of them coming back had just arrived on the ship they had brought them over on, not 18 months before. My dad was an aerographer’s mate, (weather man, meteorologist, whatever you want to call him. They sent him to school for it right after boot camp). He chose the Navy as he was against killing people but also had to participate due to the draft and knew he must supposed the US efforts. Even if non-violently. When he came home after his four year stint, with reserve duty in his future, people spit on him, and called him a baby killer. He never contacted his mate’s, never went to reunion, never talked about it other than to say the vets were treated horribly. He also couldn’t stand Hanoi Jane. He didn’t believe her apologies nor her version of events.
My brother was also a Vietnam vet. And he didn't talk about his experience over there until the last few years of his life. And it was an eye opening experience for me to realize what he went through.. and I'm proud to be the sister of a Vietnam vet. 🇺🇸🦅
my Dad wasn’t in Vietnam but WWll and he rarely ever talked about it and even when he did, he never went into detail at all. i knew that he was stationed in a bunch of different places and my Mom was right by his side every step of the way and then he was stationed in Turkey for 4 years and they told me stories of rolling blackouts and it being so dark, he and my Mom would be sitting next to each other and have no idea the other one of them was literally right there. they couldn’t even see their hands right in front of their faces. he told me his job was basically to learn a few languages and he would translate radio interceptions. we lost my beloved Mama when i was just 10 but they’d already been married for 27 years at that point. i just lost him 2 years ago now and at his funeral was where i learned what an unbelievable true bad ass he was in the military. there were so many high ranking military men there and men from the CIA etc. who were all coming up to me after the service, in a line, shaking my hand and telling me how much Dad saved their lives, the things he did for them, how much they all loved, respected, and owed him etc. it was WILD. i had less than NO idea. my Daddy was an extremely humble man. but i’ll tell ya what, it was one of the most incredible, proud, and just mind blowing experiences of my life that i will never ever forget. it honestly really truly felt like the scene at the end of the movie Armageddon when the 1 Astronaut walks up to Liv Tyler and “requests to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man he’s ever known” simply the best 🥺💔
My wife’s grandpa had never really talked about his experiences in Vietnam until he met me. Bc of my time in the Army he opened up to me in literally minutes about things he had NEVER told his own family. Her whole family just watched us and listened with amazement that he was opening up. I loved listening to his stories, would’ve loved to have heard more! It’s that unspoken bond between service members, brothers in arms!
I have a great uncle like that too, he was at pearl harbor and talked about his experience of the war, but when it came to Vietnam he was silent. When he did talk about it, it was when he would have a bad day with his PTSD.
It’s strange how soldiers can compartmentalize the wars they’ve been on. But, in this context, it sort of makes sense. In WWII, there were clear heroes and clear enemies. A narrative that the fate of the world was at stake, and it was imperative that every man should fight. Boost motivation and morale. And a hero’s welcome back home. In Nam, that narrative is blurred. Fighting against evil turns into fighting against people you don’t even know is friend or foe. Morale and motivation is low and you see a comrade get shot at or blown to bits cause politicians thought it was a good idea to draft men into a war none of them actually understand or care for. And those that survived come back home as “baby killers” instead of heroes. An incredibly lonely and tragic position to be in
A man I worked for at 3 different places and for many years is a Vietnam Veteran and also never spoke of it but once or twice casually. He simply said it was unspeakable but I was lucky enough to come home and live a good life. God bless them! 🙏
So many private tragedies born from this horrific unnecessary war. On top of the million+ dead, there is this. One man living and dying with unspeakable pain.
As an Army veteran i completely understand where he is coming from. I went through the same thing coming home from Iraq. My first night back in the states, i spent sleeping in a rental car in a Walmart parking lot. I didn’t fly home with anyone i knew. There was no welcome parade or news cameras. The most support i have ever received and the most appreciated support was from Vietnam vets. I can honestly say that they saved my life with how welcoming they are and how they never want another service member to experience what they did. Keep up the great work, you are literally saving fellow veterans lives, like mine!
Same here with me. I didn't go to Iraq. I was deployed to Columbia several times. Being responsible for blowing cartel mansions and cocaibe factories with innocent people working in them including children is pretty rough. Nothing like Iraq but it still gets to me from time to time. I had a gag order for 15 years so i could talk about anything.
. "My first night back in the states, i spent sleeping in a rental car in a Walmart parking lot" Tells us everything we need to know about the supposed "democracy" that is the USA now.
Thank you for sharing. I'm so sorry for what you went through. 😢 I remember seeing it on the news as a child, but didn't understand what was going on. Thank you for yor service. We love you!
Active Duty O5, I was born during the Vietnam War. There's a special place in my heart for you and your peers, Sir, because you were voluntold to serve. I volunteered. You collectively paved the red carpet way for our "celebrity status" because America realized you weren't given the hero's welcome you deserved. I salute you with humble gratitude.
Astute observation! I honor your commitment and sacrifice. My dad & his generation were told they weren't citizens & imprisoned. The government changed their mind & drafted them from behind barbed wire. I wish they all were honored. My dad was dead 13 yrs before I found a Bronze Star with Valor attachment among his things that he never told anyone he 'd had. Stay safe, ElyseB.
@sanseijedi thank you, and thanks to your late father and his peers for serving honorably. Cowards "steal valor", your father was brave. May he rest in honor.
My brother and I are sons of a Vietnam veteran we never had the chance to meet him our mother was Vietnamese we were adopted and became naturalize citizens 💙 but with the trump administration coming in I'm worried about deportation. We don't know if he ever made it home. Our mother was killed over there 😢
@@elyseb674 oh please, so what if I want to dress up in a uniform and pretend to be a Green Beret or a Ranger? -.- Haven't you ever worn costumes? Guys lie all the time to pick up girls.
My Dad is a Vietnam Vet, 79 yrs old. He was drafted. We recently lost my Mom, and he sat down and talked to me about survivor's guilt. He was visibly shaken to this day about the 22 friends he lost on one night, 3 weeks before he came home. I had no idea, and the worst part was nobody believed his stories when he got home. 55 years later I BELIEVED him!!! God Bless every Veteran that has ever served this country.
Please thank your Dad for his service and know he entrusted the feelings he had with you. As a Senior in High school, at Graduation so many of my friends were going right to Nam. It was a sad day when some came back and I was standing at a major airport and there were at the maximum 100-150 people to greet our boys. Sad days.😢😢❤❤
Thank you so much sir. My dad served during Vietnam and he shared your sentiments. He said he was advised not to wear his military clothes. They hated those poor guys. God bless them.
Even if you don’t agree w/ what war these heroes fought, every soldier deserves respect from his countrymen. Shame on Americans, who disrespected our men. And you’re correct: God bless every soldier, as they have preserved our freedoms.
@@denisek292 Nah, they preserved national interests. It's alla bout the money, nothing else. Having said that, soldiers are not to blame for wars or the atrocities committed during them, like in vietnam. They didnt choose to go there, they were following orders, with pretty harsh punishments for disobeying (cant have poor people refuse to go fight rich men's fights). No, its upwards the rage and vengeance should be turned, to the manipulators at the top sending poor people's partners, children, sibblings, to die for dumb reasons. The only justifiable war is a defense war on own soil.
@@pathosfear6290 I completely agree w/ you. Young men fight old men’s wars. Soldiers had no choice, as they were drafted into the Vietnam War. It’s all about the MIC, who are all about money. America has a plethora of problems, without fighting proxy wars, using our young men, and our tax dollars. We should not be the “policemen of the world.” I never supported Ukraine, especially Zelensky, who’s pocketed our tax dollars. Although I feel sorry for Israel, we’re only positioning ourselves for WWIII. Americans are suffering, as this administration’s goal is taking-out our middle class w/ high interest rates and our dependence on foreign oil. I love America, but I have zero love for our corrupt government.
... and then there's the traitor Jane Fonda. All the men in the prison she visited slipped her notes and social security numbers so families would know they are alive and she hands them straight to the enemy. Then dines and drinks with them. She's despicable
We as Americans should be ashamed of how these men were treated! If I had called a military man a baby killer my father would have beat my azz ! I wonder what those people think of them selves now? Are they proud of themselves? I hope they live a nightmare every night!
My uncle was a Vietnam vet. He was a wonderful man, but it was clear there was a deep sadness within him that he never truly healed from. He had a loving family and we were with him till the day he died, but his loneliness was apparent. Any friends he had from that era were lost in the war or succumbed to their loneliness as well. He was the last of his friends. Subjects like this are so important to highlight and discuss but often go overlooked. Miss you, Uncle Vern. Thank you for your service. Rest in peace.
As a service man. As someone who understands that I don't understand with my uncle dealing with this every day as a Vietnam Vet. Thank you to your uncle for his service! May he rest in Peace!
I truly respect & value your story and appreciate you for sharing it with all of us! May your Uncle find peace in The Great Forever and I deeply thank him and all his comrades for their service!.... 🕊
@xxsqf It's not about whether he was right or wrong, per say. It's that a fight started & the inevitable ensues. Whether we were right or wrong, if we just bent the knee, who knows what we as a country would be today. Do you really want to take a chance on what would've/ could've been?? I know you know life isn't fair & is ugly. So yes, these men stepped up & did the dirty work necessary for you & others to live the life you live today. It's what I do as well. Holding & maintaining power always comes with backlash... but feel free to believe, think & feel what you want. Oh & if you're gonna be mad, blame & shame anyone. Go do that to uncle Sam
War is Hell ! My father was front lines Korea . It took a long time for him to talk about it , but when he finally did it was good for him to share . He passed away last year & I miss him alot .
A cousin served 2 tours in Iraq with the Army. He saw very heavy combat. Most of his contemporaries and family never served, myself included. He was obviously traumatized when we first saw him on his return. Luckily he had my uncle, his grandfather a WW2 vet, to bounce stories, concerns and ferlings off of. But when my uncle died just a few years later, my cousin just couldn't cope and ultimately ended it. What a tragedy for such a beautiful young man. For about 20 years I would take my mother, an Army vet, to the VA here in Houston before she passed this year. I loved striking up conversations with vets and just letting them talk. Remember that they are just people who did what did because most wanted to help other people. When these vets return it's our chance to give back. Just listen. Really listen.
I am the same way, I love to listen to them talk. I could do it for days. I'm usually unaware of how deep some of my questions are to people so I try to keep my mouth shut. But I've been lucky and met a few good older fellas who were honestly a little excited to talk about it with me. I wish there was a way to say "Tell me your stories if you need someone to talk to" without offending someone. Some people love to talk about it and others can't bare it.
You cannot say a soldier in Iraq is doing this bc he want to help other people...That's just pure propaganda. This war was just a war for american interest, oil profit and destruction. Soldiers were justed brainwashed meat. I won't praised any of them for killing ppl in their own country just bc "I was told to do it" You cannont compare for one sec what was the goal in WWII and this absurd and shamefull war.
Coming back from any trauma that catastrophic is a long road. I've lost friends to the post 9/11 wars, some by their own hand. We must hear each other.
Amen!🙏🙏🙏I understand, and I pray your heart, mind and body will be healed. I listened to my veteran Dad, and his stories were just awful. I don't know how anyone who served in these awful wars came home sane. The way some veterans were treated is just unconscionable! God bless you Dear Sir, and thank you for your service. I pray God gives you the grace of peace! ❤️🙏🙏✝️.
Wow, I truly felt every word. I can't imagine the things he did and saw....for us, for his country! From the bottom of my heart....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE!
Watching him tear up while just talking about how the WW2 guys had time together to cool down before returning was heartbreaking. I've never even thought about this aspect of coming home from duty, so thank you for giving me a completely new perspective. The lack of resources for veterans who have served in combat is absolutely disgusting.
And these BABARIC take it as fun..well that's how they portray it to be..taking selfies etc etc...but then again most of iof not Israelis so it's like "who cares.... THEIR CONSCIOUS gonna get them in BIG WAY
Super messed up all the way around. No doubt WWII vets had it much better overall coming back. But thousands of WWII Vets had lobotomies done to them as their thank you for service when they got home.
@@LuluDumpling It's so easy to sit at a computer and say something insulting to someone you don't even know. Without its military, the USA would have been taken over long ago.
Once you've taken another humans life you never truly find peace, think of all the childhood memories that bounce around in your head and the things that remind you of your childhood, now change that to combat those memories will always be there and the triggers are around every corner, in no way is this criticizing your gratitude just explaining combat vets get rewired in order to cope with the everyday things most take for granted.
This is brilliant, my Dad (WWII), his Dad (WWI) never had any controversy about going to war. Our Vietnam vets dealt with so much more opposition and controversy. Bless you, thank you so much for your service. You matter. ❤
@@SB4F It took me 20 years before it hit. Christmas and suddenly my CO’s daughter must be celebrating Christmas with her kids never having had a chance to know him. She was about 18 months at the time. And there I was enjoying my kids and grandkids. I’ve heard more than once “Is that way of thinking or that way of feeling realistic?” It took me nearly 10 years to get past it. Good counseling and finally a relationship with God got me back to normal. I’ve been out 47 years now and it still seems like yesterday.
My husband was also a marine sniper. He told me, I have told you more what happened to him and that since he started living with me he stopped having nightmares. I allowed him to be and loved him for Being. ❤ RIP Dwight Grinnell, you are loved!!!!
Thats why I think my dad's generation coming back from the war had it harder than my grandfather's coming back from WW2. That month of decompression and being with your brothers in arms is huge. That is the best therapy you can get.
WW2 vets returned home to cheers and parades and were well respected, Vietnam vets were met with disdain and disgust and tossed to the side when it was over.
True, but there was no treatment for ptsd in ww2 days. My dad was a ww2 vet and he suffered from ptsd and depression his whole life. He was fortunate to have a good buddy from his bomber crew. They met back up in their late 50's and hung out together for several years. He had a couple other lifelong war buddies.
Exactly ww2 vets got special treatment and were treated with love. Vietnam vets didn't. I'll open the door for a vietnam vet but a ww2 vet I'll let him do it himself
@Activisnbeams why? Ww2 vets went through hell too. They didn't get extra love from everyone that's a myth. They may have been appreciated on returning home but then they had to get back to work just like everyone else. Vietnam was a very unpopular war here at home. But why take out your feelings on the individual who had to go serve? It's our evil, corrupt government that's at fault.
My father was a Korean War veteran, an Air Force bomb loader. My mom told me he said he was a bad boy in the Air Force. That’s all I know about his military service, he died in 1973 when I was 5. Treasure your time with your dad and learning his experiences, some of us didn’t get that. My dad died young, my mom is still alive at 86 years old. She came over for a visit today, so at least I have her.
Korea remembers Korean War Veterans highlighted by our President's official visit to the US included meeting one of the American vets last year and followed up with a broadcaste that the vet passed away just last month this year. Korea does not forget our allies, and we thank you.
I came back from Iraq in early 2000s by myself. Nobody to greet me at the airport, not even family (Nobody told them because of OpSec). Getting off that plane to nothing made me really wonder what I was doing this for. We don’t even need to get into the PTSD that was made worse by this. I pulled through after many years, but it wasn’t easy. Just being able to talk about it on the way home probably would have healed a lot of wounds that you can’t see. After seeing this video though, I’m glad to see I wasn’t alone after all, our brothers and sisters in arms share that pain and try to help others by talking about it
This is Mrs. Rick. First, thank you so much for your service. Second, I'm so sorry for your pain. I've never been in combat, but I've had some nasty trauma, and it sure makes you feel isolated. I don't know your name, but the good Lord does. I'll pray for you.
I was in Iraq/ Syria some odd years ago. What didn’t make sense to me is when it was time for demobilization I felt like I would rather be there in the Middle East then back in the States. People I worked with were understanding and easy to talk to. We could joke about what we were going through and now back in the states if I were to tell people what im thinking or have that type of humor they’d think I belong in a mental institution.
@@christianposekany1941Yes….one day you are in Iraq with your unit, a jet ride or two later youre back in the states, everyone is at Starbucks talking petty nonsense or off to Best Buy to get crap they dont need, and youre probably thinking, do they even remember the war is still going on and that young Americans are there doing that work for them. Thank you for your service, welcome home, and I followed that war daily and know and remember what you guys did per your orders. That was not lost on me
@@bojankojic108disrespect is amazing... you own it. You couldn't handle doing anything those soldiers did. Stay in your blue state in your blue house.
@@bojankojic108as much as I hate to say it, they are soldiers and veterans of a country, and they deserve our respect, the Americans killed nearly all of my great greens parents, great uncles, and the cause absolute horrendous damage to my ancestral home but I still have to respect them.
I didn't get to do any of this coming back from Afghanistan. Within 3 weeks, I was back out field doing live fire shoots on exercise. We had 3 days debriefing which consisted of banks offering mortgages etc.
One of the things he did not mention, and I was a little boy at the time was the HORRIBLE way the returning service people were treated upon returning to America.
America is the one of only a few countries in the world that gets involved with foreign wars, murders thousands of innocent people for no reason, then talks about how much “they” hurt…..
My grandfather, since passed. Didnt talk about a lot with Vietnam only the "good" stories. He said, i am only going to tell you the stories that teach you something. The rest "you dont need to know". Is what he took to the grave. He served Vietnam & Korea. Vietnam vets have a special place in my heart because of what my grandfather went through that i didn't know.
Same with my uncle I only heard a few good stories but I know there was a lot of bad ones he lived off beer and didn’t hardly eat at all for many many years till he passed
I know different war but my great grandfather ww2 vet never talked bout it with us and he passed in 06 to this day all we know was he was a cook and loaded bombs on planes thanks to a news article we found on him
Wow my grandfather was the same! He unfortunately just passed before I was born and he served in Korea and Vietnam also. When I ask my dad if he knows any stories it’s only a handful of meaningful moments and everything’s else he would just tell my father he didn’t want to talk about it.
@@gicudacian6270your kidding right? Vietnam was a draft and it was horrendous what they had to go through during the war and after being sent home. Thats if they survived it. Many then had to suffer for the rest of their lives with ptsd and injuries sustained during the war. They also didn’t have support after like they do now. Which they still don’t have the best support now after they get out of the military.
I pray that this man and other vets find peace and support. Thank you for your service. I'm so sorry to hear of your experience, I cannot imagine having to kill it be killed. It was your job to kill enemy forces, a terrible place to be put in.
My love and prayers to u soldier. You have earned it. U received hate going to Vietnam, and received hate when u came home to the U.S. His tears, even now, are so sad yet moving. I love and respect u sir...please be well.
TOTALLY AGREE, SORRY FOR YOUR SADNESS AND HURT,THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE MUCH RESPECT TO YOU SIR AND " "GOD BLESS", AND MAY GOD HELP YOU THROUGH YOUR PAIN.❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😮😢😢😢😢😢. I HAD A BOYFRIEND WHO WAS A "MARINE AND SERVED IN VIET NAM AND RECEIEVED THE "PURPLE HEART MEDAL, HE WAS NEVER THE SAME WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM NAM, GOD BLESS ALL WHO SERVED AND THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR OUR "FREEDOM".❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤🎉
My dad was in Vietnam in the late 60s. Now that Im older I realize how bad his PTSD was because he never got any help for it. Whiskey was his therapist. Great father and a great man, and I wish he could have found some peace while still alive. Respect to those men for what t through
Yup Heroin and alcohol were what made them cope with what they had to see and do over there, and it's so f'd up, when he came home, the government didn't give two shits about them, no help, no one to talk to, no compensation and the VA was a joke, always excuses with waiting lists and all that bullshit, He Enlisted he wasn't drafted, (he had his personal reasons). I just feel like they should have been better taken care of
Respect for all of our vets and especially those who served in combat. Lets not forget about those young men , some teenagers who stormed the beaches of Normandy knowing that they would face certain death. They knew what it was like to possibly be killed and kill . Our Vietnam Vets were treated totally different. If they survived they were put on a aircraft and sent back home . No debriefing , no chance to talk with anyone except for some admin person typing up their paperwork who did nothing but give them their discharge papers and sent them on their way. The WW 2 VETS were respected for what they did and it was earned. Our Vietnam VETS were treated like crap by the public and our government. Especially our government and still are to this very day . Love and respect always
Truly an extravagantly wasteful war. 50,000 innocent young men murdered for a paltry jungle country to remain communist. The U.S. was never and will never be the universal police.
@@98zei Yes it was unjust. It wasn't even a declared war. It was nothing but a money machine for the politicians who were bought off by the military industrial complex. Billions of dollars in the pockets of political people and the so called defense industry. We lost close to 60 thousand of our citizens . The families of those heroes lost much more than we can ever imagine. Those who survived are still fighting a battle for benefits that they earned. The government is giving them token health care but in reality are just waiting for them to die off . Same thing our Korean war vets went through and it will be the same thing our warriors from the so called Gulf War and the war against terrorism will go through. Our government doesn't hesitate to give billions to Ukraine and the illegal immigrants but yet treat our warriors like crap.
@@98zeiYeah it was. But it isnt the American troops fault. Most of them was drafted I believe, so blame the politicians and not the men who was forced to fight in the unjust war.
My grandpa served in Vietnam and tells stories about it every time I see him. That war was one he doesn’t think we should’ve been involved in and he believes that most people agree. I’ve never heard anything good about the war and I’ve never heard anything good about how those who served were treated. Thank you for sharing your story about the differences in the return from the war. It’s important that more people like you share their experiences like that so that we can learn from it and find better ways to support our returning veterans.
Thank you so much for your service and sacrifices!! My late husband was a Marine carried the radio 2 tours...he's gone because he was sprayed with agent orange twice which later killed him. And yes he came back alone .. it was a TERRIBLE thing the way y'all all were treated coming home! My husband didn't talk about it much.. bless you ALL who have served!!! And thank you!! Blue November!;
My grandfather, navy corpsman, said he experienced the same thing. He said it just felt like he woke up in the states, and the first thing that hit him was the protesters screaming at him while he was looking for his wife. He said he had no one to talk to until he saw his dad again who was WWII Pacific Theater. Then when he saw the rest of his brothers when they came back. He said his father being a psychologist is the only reason he was around for so long after the war and was able to do anything. He was never able to work in anything medical ever again, but he could go back to water after a few years.
That is absolutely horrible 🤕☹️ defending our country with your whole life only to come back & have protesters saying your the anti christ for being in the military.... really harsh times 💔
@@oralebonafide9720 They were called baby killers. ALL 3 of my uncles were in Vietnam. Thankfully they all came home. But they were called baby killers by the protesters and idiots.
This is more accurate in general than the short. I'm not discounting this mans experience. The difference was the propaganda machines. People were more aware of the lies. It should not have been the returned service men who bore the brunt of public dissatisfaction. People get chewed up and spat out or shat out by the grubs who profit from the conflict.
My dad was also a Navy corpsman during the final years of Vietnam. All he would ever tell me about his service during the war is that he saw a lot of broken men - physically and mentally/emotionally. It definitely took its toll on him. He served on the USS Nimitz after the war, and later at Bethesda as an x-ray technician. I think he was happy to end his naval career working in a hospital and not on a warship.
you have to understand that we also were not on the right side of that conflict. Stories of entire families being slaughtered were being shared worldwide. The atrocities were terrible. @@oralebonafide9720
My dad was drafted in WWII at age 17. 124th Cavalry, Marsmen of Burma. He came back with what was left of his unit at the end of the war by ship to Calcutta, and then back to the USA. Even with time to decompress before returning to NW LA, he still had difficulty when he went back to the family farm/community. He actually went to live with an uncle's family, a cousin who was more a brother, for almost a year. Daddy was the only scout in his unit that didn't end up dead or wounded in Burma. He was also the youngest in his unit, hence they called him "the kid". War is horrible, but those brave men fought so we wouldn't have to. Thank u for your service.
My neighbor was it Vietnam. He told me stories and has a Purple Heart due to being blown up. He was with about 5 guys in their tent, walked across the tent to his buddy who just came in with beer and bam, a mortar struck their tent and killed everyone but him and the guy who had the beer. He still has shrapnel in his back from it. Great guy. Would do anything for anyone. He has a good family and good support but I know many don’t. God bless our troops ❤
Thank you for your service, sir. My late husband never got over what he had to do to stay alive or how he was treated when he came back. I'm sorry for what all Vietnam Vets have gone through.
Thank you for your service sir, thank you for opening up and talking about this. I can’t fathom how hard it must’ve been for you. My dad was Marine Corps Naval Aviator and through him I’ve met many Vietnam War Veterans and their stories always make me upset that you and countless others had nobody to turn to for help.
My Dad was nearly killed during the Battle of the Bulge. He was hospitalized for 2 yrs in England before coming home on the Queen Mary. He then spent 31/2 yrs at the VA hospital in Battle Creek Michigan. He joined the VFW and the Disable American Veterans while at Battle Creek. He spent the rest of his life doing outreach to veterans of WWII, Korea and most especially Viet Nam. We lived on acreage by a lovely lake and almost year round had 1 or 2 big squad tents pitched for honored visitors. As kids we learned that real, good men could have injuries unseen and we must always respect the men and the sacrifices they made, willing or otherwise. They needed the decompression and having other men older and younger to speak with. I am so thankful my Dad was such a compassionate man and that he shared that compassion with other warriors in need. God Bless you Dad. You made more of a difference in this world that you ever knew. And thank you to all the guys who helped my Dad deal with the demons the war sent home with him. God Bless each of you guys, too.
Bless his heart. My FIL was Patton’s 3rd & caught one @ the Bulge and another crossing the Rhine. He hid his medals everywhere in drawers & he could talk about it - then the “shade pulled down in The Eyes”. G.I.’s made a pact on the Queen Mary to “not bother there family with details”. He made it from Utah Beach all the way to Austria. He *Nevet could talk about helping release the POW or Jewish Camps. No he couldn’t. RIP Sarge. 🫡 And ALL *Whose Number Was Called* (drafted) (Marines volunteer). Never Forget. Semper Fi
My cousin, David, lost an arm in Vietnam...I was just 10 when he came home, with his usual comic country boy personality gone...he never got the psychological help he desperately needed, so he struggled with depression for almost a year before he took his own life...he left a note apologizing to his parents..."I'm truly sorry, but I lost more than my arm somewhere in that damned jungle and I don't know how to get it back...please forgive me"...I still can't believe how they were treated when they got home...so sad and tragic.
@@cedric3973brought to you by the American political system. Doesn't matter blue or red they're on the same team, same boss's, same rules and goals. The more they can convince you "your side" is better than the other, the easier you are to control. We need to either do something or accept this is how it will be forever
@@amidalaprin4846 Thank you for saying that, because growing up hearing stories from relatives and what little was taught in school and from what I learned on my own. Both parties are guilty of the war. Also shame on the people for how these soldiers were treated, people protesting to stop the war and bring the boys back home and as soon as they are brought back home, some of these same protesters spat and abandoned these men.
@@amidalaprin4846 they are on very different teams, one is directly and now says directly that they don't believe in the founding documents or the rule of law. One is directly responsible for amassing a majority of the debt and one ir directly responsible for fighting everytime the budget and getting it under control comes up. One party looted social security. One party was the party of jim crow and slavery. One party was the architect of the community reinvestment act which caused the 2008 housing crisis. Need I go on? Unless when it comes down to it you are a constitutional capitalist and go to the polls and vote in primaries and get people to really turn out for their local elections its all lost. Unless the person who takes power in Novermber stops the spending, deals with inflation and a ton of other issues along with reducing the power of the president, getting rid of homeland security and the patriot act along with a ton of other things within the next year its all over. This has been brought on in part by our parents and grandparents. We can look at who has controlled congress since World War 2 for a majority of the time and tell which party has sunk this country.....what do you know its the democrats. I am not saying the republicans are blameless but to say they are the same and are equally guilty is to undersell the sins and crimes of the democrat party.
@@cedric3973 I'm no fan of the Democrat party, but the Bush/Cheney neocon Republican politicians are just as bad. They love sending young soldiers to war while they make money as shareholders in weapons manufacturers. The problem is the politicians in the middle that are not running for ideological reasons but feign having convictions when all they really want is a career in politics. Nancy Pelosi and Lindsey Graham are two sides of the same coin.
@@MisterUnknown707 I say this with the utmost respect for our soldiers as individuals, I think saying "Thank you for your service" in some cases can be quite backhanded. Especially when you have situations like Vietnam where a lot of them didn't choose to go, and then were made to commit horrible war crimes. I didn't ask them to go, and they didn't want to go. They just went to insert Uncle Sam's star-spangled cock into another place that didn't need to be. What service did they really perform and would you want it done again? It's a messy situation all around. Instead of just jumping on the bandwagon and just mindlessly thanking a veteran like that for their service, I think it's more appropriate to say, "I'm glad you made it back."
So sorry for what you went through. The pain in your eyes speaks volumes . We do thank you for your service , but I know that is not enough .May you find peace within . God bless🙏
Worked on a korean war vets pool, he told us stories the entire time , it was so insightful We didnt charge a dime. Easily $600 job, but he done paid for it by his service. We helped him back inside his home before we left, he could hardly walk anymore. Hope hes still kickin
The Korean War was a conflict that doesn't get talked about very often. My father rest his soul fought in that war, and he just passed last year. God Bless our troops. And God Bless your beautiful soles 😍😂
@@MrGrace I just left a comment about this as well elsewhere here. I think if it weren't for the TV show MASH, the Korean War would have been neatly swept under the rug altogether. The powers that be in the US don't like talking about the wars that we didn't, let's just say, fare so well in.... I wish you and your family the best and I hope your father found peace with the terrible things he went through during his service. 🙏
My dad worked with a Vietnam vet and on Veterans Day in the late 90s, my dad thanked him for his service and he started to get upset. My dad asked him if he's alright and he said that my dad was the first person to thank him since he got back.
I remember those days, too well! I was so ashamed of the way those soldiers were treated when they returned, which was mostly because of those "hippies" - my heart still aches for those veterans! As if what they had to experience and endure on the battle fields was not enough, the behavior towards them by their own Americans was nothing short of sinful! May God bless America and those who put their lives on the line to protect her.
@@sherellsworth6956 I'm not American and I'm not a soldier. I remember being stuck in Dubai airport in 2007 because of some visa issues with "The supervisor comes on Monday", but it was Friday evening. I met a guy in uniform, trying to find his Delta flight to the US. The clerk barely spoke English, the guy was clearly frustrated, we had a brief talk, he was going home from Iraq, but then he had to hurry on. He was just anxious to get home. Well... No deeper point, just that.
@sherellsworth6956 I'm a Vietnam era vet, and I had plenty of "hippie" friends before and after I went in - and I didn't know any that treated vets or soldiers badly, they protested the war itself. If you're a person who has to find someone to blame for everything, hippies didn't get us into a bad war and run it ignorantly. Congress did that, and they typically didn't let their kids serve.
@@BillSundin I like how you're an ERA vet, JERK-OFF. If you hadn't been in the coast guard, and came through LAX in uniform you'd be singing a diff tune. Yeah the government was drunk and sends young off to die, and they still do it today but that doesn't excuse the disrespect.
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My older sister who was in high school in the late 1960's told me she heard that sometimes the men came home and still had dried blood from combat under their fingernails. If it is true, that sounds so lonely to me. It still breaks my heart.
@velvetbees Are you joking? Are you actually serious? Do you know what happens in this world and take on board the reality?
And they walk off the transport with brains all over them. It's about time that people who have been damaged like this are listened to. They gave everything to see you smiling as they arrived. Back to the UK. Stop sending them, and they will not be killed. If you send them there, why? Why? And is it worth the pin? Well done to this man.
As a medic my husband totally saw how their homecoming was pelted with garbage, dog feces and cries of baby-killers,murderers ! He's no longer affected but remembers...wouldn't talk about where he'd been or did. And now a presidential candidate who'll be a dictator on day one...WHO'LL STOP him on second day. Hasn't he done enough political and mental damage to the USA? GOD HELP . US!
I fully understand my brother especially when you see somebody die from napalm but America made those boys go into that war why I still don't know why after all these years and my brother was in the jungles of Vietnam and he got a purple heart because his captain got shot in the ear and he had to pull him to safety he never talked about it because it was horrible but I found out that information from somebody else in the family and my brother came out normal he didn't do drugs but he smoked them Marlboro cigarettes and my brother had the best life ever he had a great family with three kids he had his own home and he made his own business on his own but he couldn't stop smoking tobacco and he got cancer and he died on 20/20 the same year my wife of 26 years she was freed to death with radiation and I joined the army on January 7th 1975 and my AIT was electronics and I didn't have basic electronics so I failed and the three choices of flapjack field wireman or motor mechanics did not sound good to me so I got out and the day I got out was the day that Vietnam was over and done May 20th 1975 and I got nothing I am not a veteran and if I would have spent one day in the military I would have got benefits but it's okay because I've been blessed beyond what I could ever imagine my wife bought her house in 2010 paid it off in 2020 when she died can I get death benefits from her death because I would have had to sell the house and moved on
But why I don't understand why there's so many homeless veterans it's beyond what I could ever imagine and that is so wrong because our government doesn't care about our military veterans
God bless our world God bless America in God we trust in Jesus name amen
@@godsownlunatics9650I am so sorry for the hell that you went through my brother
Long time ago I had a friend named Jimmy Appley he never talked about it I don't know what he went through but he started doing drugs I don't know where he is today and I'm sorry that he went through hell but that's what our government does
God bless in Jesus name amen
This was my dad. He served in the Marines from 1965-1985. He was a Drill Instructor and a Vietnam Veteran. He never spoke about his time in Vietnam. My son became a Marine in 2021. He was able to talk to him about it. I am glad he was able to share some of his experiences with my son. My dad died on December 28, 2023. We miss him so much.
Your father's service was greatly appreciated. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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So sorry for your loss thank you son for his service
Your dad seems like a genuinely good man. I'm sorry for your loss, truly.
Please let your son know that his service is extremely appreciated, especially in the times we are in.
I am so sorry for your loss and what an honor for your son! All four of my Grandfather's served, all of my uncles served, both my blood father and my Step Dad served and one of my brother's served. I tried but my asthma disqualified me, however being born on Veterans Day in 1964, I found myself very interested in that war particularly and gained great respect in talking to those who served.
You can feel the pain in his voice. Best of luck to you sir
He sounds so sad
@@littlegreen9274 Dude, THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL HIM TOO
My dad was a vietnam vet he came back and felt the hate from our own pple the constant threats and insults it hardens the heart, he passed 3 going on 4 years ago when i was in bootcamp i miss him but im happy he aint suffering anymore
Got to remember these where teenagers 18, 19 kids god bless him.
He's in so much pain I can see the tears in his eyes
One of the greatest injustices. A draft, horrible war in a jungle, return and released “good luck” Godbless all Vets but especially Vietnam era Veterans.
It was a terrible thing they had to do. Then got pissed on. Damn shame.
Especially Vietnam.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 The same mentality of the protesters during that war is similar to the same mentality of the protesters now shouting "Death to Israel, Death to America" in Dearborn, Michigan this weekend. Only a small percentage of Americans are involved. The greater majority don't support the protesters then or now. We have no respect for the cowards. We have the utmost respect for our military.❤❤❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I worked for a Vietnam combat veteran...11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, The "Black Horse" regiment (light tanks)...for 20 years. One of my coworkers was his younger brother. He told me his brother came back from the Army "more grim" than he used to be. It was clear our boss was "damaged goods" in some way...the mood swings, irritability, bad temper etc. My mother, sister and her daughter (my 3 year old niece at the time) came to visit me at work. When my niece looked up at my boss and said "Hi", a veil of misery, impatience and anger dropped away for just a moment when he looked down, smiled and said "Hello" back to my niece. Seconds later he was back to his "old" injured self. War is hell.
So difficult and lifelong scars. At the end of his book, 'Dispatches' Michael Herr wrote "Vietnam, Vietnam, we have all been there".
my best friend's Dad was in the Blue Dragon South Korean regiment during Vietnam, he felt the same way when he got back home We have no idea what these guys went through. This was before PTSD was even a thing there was no counseling they just told them to suck it up and carry on also this guy experienced the Korean War losing his entire family too unfortunately they don’t make it like that anymore
My dad was a WWII vet. He never talked about his service until he was in his mid 80s. We talked a lot. Kind sir, I thank you for your service. Bless you and all of our veterans and service people!
All veterans need compassion, respect and pity for what they have suffered through, but one thing I feel the Americans easily forget is that there's a huge difference in context between WWII and the VW. With WWII the western world wanted the US to get a move on with helping their allies and asked what took them so long, where were you when Europeans were dying, etc. With the VW, not only did Europe keep reminding the US that being an imperialistic bully muscling their way into foreign territories and being obsessed with fighting proxy wars against Russia is highly amoral, the USA's own citizen were reminding their warmongering leaders of it. There's a reason my my own country, Sweden, who has a far longer history with Russia than the Americans, saw cold war USA as being just as bad as the USSR.
You cannot fight evil, injustices, and crimes aginst humanity with more evil, injustice and crimes from your own "side".
Pity and support your Vietnam veterans, America, but do not pretend what they were used for is anything to be thankful for: they were meat to be thrown in the grinder in the eyes of your corrupt authorities of the time.
Don’t know if I’ve ever heard an actual vet give such perspective in so few words. God bless, sir.
Right, this never occurred to me but it makes all the sense in the world.
Yep it's a really good point that I've never thought about.
Why are you lying ?
@user? Why are U cryptic? That's a form of lying. Be specific re: an accusation.
Colonial wars damage the psychology of the soldiers of the colonial power. Every US war since WWII has been fought to expand the reach of US financial interests for the project of neocolonial hegemony.
The pain in those eyes hurts my soul. How do you not bawl listening to this American hero. Thank you for serving Sir!!!
Me too! My two brothers served in the Air Froce they also went to Vietnam. No one was there for them to thank them, talk to them, help them. So sad. They were proud to serve their country.
I feel this man's pain 😢
@@anafilosa8192I think people took out their anger and frustration on the soldiers instead of just focusing only on the administration.
Americans Didn't Raise their children to Kill .. It was a Moral Law of the Country..
And for young men to be taken off to another country to Kill other People was not something they were proud of .. It affected so many .. 😢
@@DorothySargeant-u3l Bạn nói đúng ! Tôi là người Việt Nam và chúng ta đều hiểu rằng những người Lính tham gia cuộc chiến này không phải là người gây ra tội ác chính . Tội ác gây ra bởi những kẻ cầm đầu kế hoạch này , cụ thể là Richard Nixon !
Heroes 😢 God bless our veterans.
This was my Dad as well. He had nobody to talk to and didn’t want to upset my Mom with horrible details about his experience so he just drank. My brother and I lost our Dad to cancer this June. He was 82. RIP Dad, you are loved and missed more than you know. ❤🇺🇸
Kari , I'm glad you had a good daddy my daddy fought in world war II and the Korean conflict yes our daddies didn't want to talk about it yet we felt the pain and anxiety my sister and I am sure you did too God bless the greater generation your father and my father and the millions of others that came back from world war II God bless them and their children and grandchildren.
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So sorry that your dad had to go through life keeping those feelings inside. God bless your father🇺🇸🫡
RIP❤
Sorry for your loss. My family sneaked out after the Vietnam war, we wouldn't be here today thanks to all those that served and sacrificed their lives, to help us, have a chance at a better life. I can't thank you and your family enough, for what your father did to give us a fighting chance, again, thank you!
When I came home from Afghanistan, I spent most of my time with Vietnam vets. Talking with them really helped me deal with my PTSD and how I was feeling.
Welcome home sir. My deepest gratitude and empathy.
This gentleman has nailed it. The importance of peer debrief and decompression should never be underestimated.
YES SIR no un wind time arrived in BDUs and jungle boots, these guys were dumped in and dumped out.. 30 hours out of combat and back in America... my God
God bless you all
Plus WW2 vets were considered heroes. Vietnam vets not so much, they were shamed for things out of there control
@@scmtnchick My BIL is a VietNam vet. He was in the Navy and was walking (in uniform) with my sister down a sidewalk in Santa Barbara (where they lived) and people spit on him. No grace at all given to the servicemen and women who were drafted into and fought in that war. Shameful!
@@cynthiaPs63.7 yea the anti-war people who acted like that were real scum. Most especially when many people were drafted and sent to war against their will.
I appreciate this man sharing his experience. His pain was palpable.
My father and brother ww2 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 veterans rip to all the God bless their family and friends
These men are true heroes , I knew a few that came back really traumatized , hope they got the much needed help , thank you sir for your service!
Lit tears....😪😮💨❤
My dad served twice and for him to come home and go through what this man has gone through. I love and respect our military and fallen soldiers. Thank you to all of military. For those that never served you would never understand. You all are loved and appreciated.
😢 His pain is palpable. Thank you so much - you are a kind soul.
Very well said.
Amen.
Prayers that his burden of pain grief & loneliness have been alleviated🙏🏼❤
I was just about to add my msg, but the haunting way his voice cracks & seeing his deep loneliness & isolating
pain, directly in his eyes.
He must have felt and I imagine at times, still feels completely & utterly alone.
Not only were the Vietnam Vets abandoned on the way home from the war, they were abandoned when they got home.
The protestors treated them like garbage & the government ignored them, bc they wanted to forget about their (the gov't) own failure.
I want to give pops a hug so bad. My grandfather be 80 this year. Was in nam. He was a solid hero. I’ll never forget him
@maxkepler8262 my father was the best man in my life he and my brother ww2 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 veterans
It is NOT NAM!!!!! It is Vietnam. NAM! is what you MERICAN Hollywood type people named in order to glorify war. Show some respect.
I am in tears. My heart breaks for this gentleman. God bless you and thank you for your service.
What service?! He killed people for no good reason for a government that knew it was a pointless and losing war. This was not a defensive war and you don’t earn any respect fighting for the interests and greed of corporate America
I know I was just a baby when this war happened but sadly this was truly devastating for these troops
@@Journey-1978 was only in ‘service’ of the rich and powerful American oligarchs for the nobel goal of making more money. You don’t call cannon fodder a service and you do t call being a ruthless war criminal a service. That is all those American soldiers were in Vietnam
@@burtmann3921they happily killed about 2 million Vietnamese. Let’s not get carried away about how devastated they were. The ONLY victims are the people of Vietnam.
I respect your words and feelings. But please know that in our hearts, you served honorably and courageously. Thank you, sir.
THANK YOU for your sacrifice ❤ You guys deserve so much more honor and respect than you were given 💔
Thank you for your service...I honor all Vets but Vietnam Vets hold a special place in my heart.
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we appreciate it mam👍🇺🇸
Thank you with all my heart. From a Vietnam vet.
My cousin came back from vietnam and had a closed casket funeral. I never saw a dead body till I was a older adult. I cant fathom any soldier being at war. We can hear your big heart beating, you are a good man.
@@deborahchandler1815
Vietnam also saw a horrific increase in the power of weapons to destroy huge amounts of Soldiers, never before seen, also, Media suddenly was reporting the news 🗞️ much faster too.
My dad was a pow during WWII working at the railway in Birma. After that He went as a volunteer to Korea known as the Forgotten war. He passed away in 2015 at the age of 95. Let's look after our vets please....Respect and thank you Sir for your service... ❤❤❤
The Burma campaign may just be one of the most horrific moments of the Second World War, I pray that anyone, any soldier who suffered greatly in the Burma campaign finds peace, and I pray that any living WW2 Vets are still loved and respected today 🙏🌹❤️...
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@@nicholasdelaney1407Just a fez propõe know how Burma, the Gates to hello.
My late Husband was a WWII, POW and Korean Veteran. I lost him to Esaphageal Cancer in 2011. God rest his precious soul. Memory Eternal ☦️!
@@augustocagner8098sorry don't know what u are saying
Talking your heart out with someone who actually listens and understands is the greatest medicine.
Complex PTSD is horrible. One of the biggest hurdles is that civilians don’t understand it. Families fall apart cause of the drinking to stop the dreams or your just a completely changed person.
With hard work and years of counseling and meds a lot of times. A person can start to adjust slowly
@@jamesarcher1289in my personal experience with family/ppl in town who have PTSD is they are often afraid of seeking help. I try to simply be there, listen, try to understand. But, what seems to be the most important to Vietnam era vets - GWOT vets is they like to be remembered. NOT because of what they did but because of who they are, because they are human. It is an immense time investment to get dudes to get into the professionals office, but simply reminding them you are there, in their corner of the ring, gets ppl to seek help
Everytime I listen to a vet they get teary eyed, you can see the guilt, sorrow in their eyes and sometimes people just need a hug or to share a beer in silence or just for you to sit with them
By the way gonna put a source here, because this is actually true. Book: What Happend to You by By Bruce D. Perry, and Oprah Winfrey.
I seen my Dad and so many guys of his generation act like this guy --- eyes well up with tears and shaky voice --- it was just pure hell over in Vietnam
One of the most important things we’ve learned with PTSD (and especially complex PTSD) research is that talking about it helps SO MUCH, particularly with experts who understand how to help someone process past trauma, but also with peers who have similar experiences.
In that vein, what happened to Vietnam vets was extra cruel, as they were fined the ability to have that more-immediate debrief with peers, AND thrust back into a country undergoing huge shifts socially and economically that encouraged isolation. It was a recipe suffering.
My father was a Vietnam veteran and he had alot of nights where he woke up screaming those men went through alot I'm so sorry for all the hurt and trauma they had to endure God bless those men !!!
A perspective I've never really thought about. Thank you.
Agreed! And it's huge!
Agree. I never heard that point.
The majority of the nation didn’t think about this. JMHO, but this is probably the main contributing factor to the number of Vietnam veterans that are on our nation’s streets today. I wouldn’t be surprised if the same thing isn’t happening to soldiers that have returned to civilian life after tours of duty since Vietnam.
He makes a massive point. Point, that three week transition period, to allow them to have a clear line between the hell of war and the mundane of normal life, the ability to decompress and try to return to "normal", supported by others who are facing the same reality could make a real difference to the well being of the returning soldier.
@@Blackmark7410definitely makes sense when you think about it. When I came back from Iraq,and Afghanistan yes we came back as a unit but it was just the flight back to base and watching everyone else’s families greet them and you go alone to your barracks. Fly back home alone to family and friends. Goin from a war zone to home in less than 48 hours is very difficult to get used to
This man is on the verge of tears in every interview segment I’ve watched. The pain he’s suffered in Nam, and these past long decades must be pure hell. God bless him.
pAIN HE suffered? Yeah, shooting those children and women, he made a choice to commit a genocide
My grandfather was in WW II. He lost two of this brothers and his leg his leg somewhere in Russia, got transported back 3000 miles by truck and train. When he finally came home, he burned all the letters and pictures he had written to my grandma, buried everything and went on with life. He never talked about the war for 50 years until dementia got the better of him. Then he would sometimes sit in the kitchen, dropping names of people and places no one knew and start crying.
And there was a whole generation of men like that. Deeply traumatised but what they had seen (and done) suffering for a lifetime, paying the price of survival.
Glass Vietnam
I am so sorry for him, he says nobody understood. The difference is as well that the WW were won. once I met someone he was 17 when he went to Nam. He said he met a lot of insults bc of losing. When he returned he did prison time, could not get to 'normal' life, he was too young to know what that would have been looked like. In the end he started living in a buddhist centre.
I went to see the Deer Hunter, I left very early. And that is only a movie.
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Thank you for sharing this information.
My brother served in Vietnam with the marines.
A heartfelt thank you to every combat veteran.
My brother was a Marine too.
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Please thank him for his service to America for me.
I'm sorry to hear your brothers were war criminals.
@@JohnDoe-jt5lb - We were not all war criminals, just led to believe (or propagandized) that we were the “good guys”.
@@fernandgutez2383 you are. Just like every nazi concentration camp guard was responsible for their actions, so are you. "We were just following orders" isn't a defence.
Thank you for your service!!! ❤ My brother came home alone after two tours of duty in Nam. He was in so much pain, PTSD. He then lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident. Already depressed, he was near suicidal. God bless you and every service member everywhere!!! ❤🙏❤
I can’t believe in all these years this is the first time I’ve heard someone make this incredibly insightful distinction.
Also the duration of combat - helicopters ensured that Vietnam vets were in almost constant, daily combat. Combined with Firebase postings, outposts etc.
Slower WW2 Logistics ensured some rotation in / out of combat back to England or allied lines in France.
So the average number of days in actual combat was higher on a per year basis for Vietnam vets vs WW2 vets.
Not for all the WW2 vets. You know how many Polish vets died in prison tormented to death because they hadn't fought alongside with the Soviet Union? Or stayed hidden in the basements or woods hunted for like animals for half of their life ramaining as the enemies of the state? Or flied to western countries to avoid all that, got old and died separated from their families? Glory to all veterans fot their sacrifice, but please never glorify one over another.
Oh yes I've read this same problem from almost every story of Vietnam vets I've ever read and heard. One day he is in Asian mud up to his knees standing guard in the dark night, 24 hours later he's standing at the door of Mom's house in Akron. The disconnect of this was very traumatic for most people and sometimes took years to process.
If the army had a grain of sense, they would have pulled the soldier off operations a week before the DEROS date. And sent them to a midway pt like Hawaii or even the PI and let them acclimate and decompress with like-minded men, share experiences, and form some kind of closure on a long terrifying year they'd spent. Only then send the men home, where a whole new set of challenges no doubt awaited him, as he tried to restart his whole life all over again, after what might have been a deeply traumatic experience.
@@krzysztofsokolowski6566Well said
I remember my government teacher my senior told us that point and it was totally mind boggling that I hadn’t heard or considered that point before
God bless your wounded heart. Thank you for your service.
Never really heard about the way you come home is such a powerful therapy if done right.
It won't matter if you go home in 3 weeks with what's left of your squad, or flew home alone in a day or 2. The moments alone to think about what you seen or done will always creep up on you for the rest of your life
@@eddiebear34 of course it matters, what happened will always come back but talking about your experience with friends and family, people completely uninvolved and people you might want to protect from the gruesome stories is so much harder and different compared to spending a lot of time with those comrades who remained till the last day, who went through the same hell as you, who share the same relief that its over and dread for what's to come
@wolfsmaul-ger8318 no. The experience of moving on will come when you leave. Be it straight away or weeks after. I'd say Vietnam vets probably had more support (still not much) afterwards, than ww2 men. Watch any documentary on ww2, and those guys are distraught about what they seen and done until their dying day
@@eddiebear34 the experience of moving on already comes when the war is over, the people you fought with don't turn into strangers. the youngest men who entered the war in 1955 would still be 87 years old and the war went on till 1975, most of the men who fought in the war would be below the old age when veterans usually open up their stories. another thing is that WW2 and vietnam played out very differently in all terms, technology, the enemy, the countries, i don't mean that WW2 veterans had it better but we don't even know how much worse of an impact the war would have done to them if they were flown alone in the span of a few days like in vietnam. speaking is one of the most important aspects of handling and processing trauma.
@wolfsmaul-ger8318 completely disagree. I'm ex military myself and you could be with your guys for a month afterwards, and you don't reflect on anything until your on your own.
And no... Vietnam military personnel definitely didn't have it harder than ww2 guys
Thank you for your service. I am glad you are voicing your experience and the pain you felt coming home.
I can see the hurt and pain in this man's eyes. Thank you for your service.
What service? Serving in a war which comes from a fabrication and an agession (Tonkin Gulf)?
Of course I respect his comments about friends and comrades but not his service because there was no service at all.
Crying
I had a green beret uncle in Vietnam
He was never the same
What service? Killing foreign people in their own country just because they didn't listen to USA?
Yea, you know they lost, right?
@@C.Duarte5000 I hate war just as much as anybody else. But to the brave men and women who take the oath, and put thier lives on the line. I thank them for thier service. I can't blame the people that were drafted or enlisted thinking they were fighting a worthy cause. Blame the leaders of the country's. They make those decisions.
After 43 years of remaining silent, just two weeks ago, my father finally talked about Vietnam. It was an eye opening listening session with my father and uncle. They've lost their parents, sister, and older brother.
My dad, since passed, also said nothing until his end of life. He was in the Navy. Bringing troops to Vietnam then turning around and bring the dead home. Sometimes fishing them out of the water with hooks, etc. it was disgusting and heartbreaking work.
Some of them coming back had just arrived on the ship they had brought them over on, not 18 months before.
My dad was an aerographer’s mate, (weather man, meteorologist, whatever you want to call him. They sent him to school for it right after boot camp). He chose the Navy as he was against killing people but also had to participate due to the draft and knew he must supposed the US efforts. Even if non-violently.
When he came home after his four year stint, with reserve duty in his future, people spit on him, and called him a baby killer.
He never contacted his mate’s, never went to reunion, never talked about it other than to say the vets were treated horribly. He also couldn’t stand Hanoi Jane. He didn’t believe her apologies nor her version of events.
My brother was also a Vietnam vet. And he didn't talk about his experience over there until the last few years of his life. And it was an eye opening experience for me to realize what he went through.. and I'm proud to be the sister of a Vietnam vet. 🇺🇸🦅
My Dad never talked about his time over in Vietnam. He has now since passed. 🥺
my Dad wasn’t in Vietnam but WWll and he rarely ever talked about it and even when he did, he never went into detail at all. i knew that he was stationed in a bunch of different places and my Mom was right by his side every step of the way and then he was stationed in Turkey for 4 years and they told me stories of rolling blackouts and it being so dark, he and my Mom would be sitting next to each other and have no idea the other one of them was literally right there. they couldn’t even see their hands right in front of their faces. he told me his job was basically to learn a few languages and he would translate radio interceptions. we lost my beloved Mama when i was just 10 but they’d already been married for 27 years at that point. i just lost him 2 years ago now and at his funeral was where i learned what an unbelievable true bad ass he was in the military. there were so many high ranking military men there and men from the CIA etc. who were all coming up to me after the service, in a line, shaking my hand and telling me how much Dad saved their lives, the things he did for them, how much they all loved, respected, and owed him etc. it was WILD. i had less than NO idea. my Daddy was an extremely humble man. but i’ll tell ya what, it was one of the most incredible, proud, and just mind blowing experiences of my life that i will never ever forget. it honestly really truly felt like the scene at the end of the movie Armageddon when the 1 Astronaut walks up to Liv Tyler and “requests to shake the hand of the daughter of the bravest man he’s ever known” simply the best 🥺💔
My wife’s grandpa had never really talked about his experiences in Vietnam until he met me. Bc of my time in the Army he opened up to me in literally minutes about things he had NEVER told his own family. Her whole family just watched us and listened with amazement that he was opening up. I loved listening to his stories, would’ve loved to have heard more! It’s that unspoken bond between service members, brothers in arms!
My grandfather was both a wwii vet and Vietnam vet. He never talked about vietnam. Only his stories of wwii. Thank you for your service, sir.
I have a great uncle like that too, he was at pearl harbor and talked about his experience of the war, but when it came to Vietnam he was silent. When he did talk about it, it was when he would have a bad day with his PTSD.
It’s strange how soldiers can compartmentalize the wars they’ve been on. But, in this context, it sort of makes sense. In WWII, there were clear heroes and clear enemies. A narrative that the fate of the world was at stake, and it was imperative that every man should fight. Boost motivation and morale. And a hero’s welcome back home.
In Nam, that narrative is blurred. Fighting against evil turns into fighting against people you don’t even know is friend or foe. Morale and motivation is low and you see a comrade get shot at or blown to bits cause politicians thought it was a good idea to draft men into a war none of them actually understand or care for. And those that survived come back home as “baby killers” instead of heroes. An incredibly lonely and tragic position to be in
I bet he spent the whole time with a Vietnamese child. Lucky man!
@max666tall we lost my grandfather 12 years ago to stage 4 pancreatic cancer, that was due to being exposed to agent orange during vietnam.
@@jamielynne1985. I’m sorry
You’re a hero and I thank you for your service regardless
It’s a strange thing to hit a thumbs up on a post like this, and thank you for sharing your perspective and story sir! Thank you for your service!
I have often wished they gave us different options for liking or disliking a post. Many times I would like to be able to explain my thoughts.
If you voted trump , don't say thank you.sayI am sorry did not recognize your pain.
Hey handsome how're you doing and where do you live
my father never once spoke of the war in the 54 years I knew him. he held everything inside for his 86 years.
Yep my father is a Vietnam vet i never knew until my mid 20s
A man I worked for at 3 different places and for many years is a Vietnam Veteran and also never spoke of it but once or twice casually. He simply said it was unspeakable but I was lucky enough to come home and live a good life. God bless them! 🙏
So many private tragedies born from this horrific unnecessary war. On top of the million+ dead, there is this. One man living and dying with unspeakable pain.
Same. My father never talked to me about Vietnam. He doed before I became a man.
Well why didn’t you ask?
As an Army veteran i completely understand where he is coming from. I went through the same thing coming home from Iraq. My first night back in the states, i spent sleeping in a rental car in a Walmart parking lot. I didn’t fly home with anyone i knew. There was no welcome parade or news cameras. The most support i have ever received and the most appreciated support was from Vietnam vets. I can honestly say that they saved my life with how welcoming they are and how they never want another service member to experience what they did. Keep up the great work, you are literally saving fellow veterans lives, like mine!
God bless you man, thank you for your service. You all deserve better than you're being given
Welcome home and thank you!
Same here with me. I didn't go to Iraq. I was deployed to Columbia several times. Being responsible for blowing cartel mansions and cocaibe factories with innocent people working in them including children is pretty rough. Nothing like Iraq but it still gets to me from time to time. I had a gag order for 15 years so i could talk about anything.
. "My first night back in the states, i spent sleeping in a rental car in a Walmart parking lot" Tells us everything we need to know about the supposed "democracy" that is the USA now.
How many kill you innocent people in Iraq " patriot" guy
Thank you for sharing. I'm so sorry for what you went through. 😢 I remember seeing it on the news as a child, but didn't understand what was going on. Thank you for yor service. We love you!
Active Duty O5, I was born during the Vietnam War. There's a special place in my heart for you and your peers, Sir, because you were voluntold to serve. I volunteered. You collectively paved the red carpet way for our "celebrity status" because America realized you weren't given the hero's welcome you deserved. I salute you with humble gratitude.
Astute observation! I honor your commitment and sacrifice. My dad & his generation were told they weren't citizens & imprisoned. The government changed their mind & drafted them from behind barbed wire. I wish they all were honored. My dad was dead 13 yrs before I found a Bronze Star with Valor attachment among his things that he never told anyone he 'd had.
Stay safe, ElyseB.
@sanseijedi thank you, and thanks to your late father and his peers for serving honorably. Cowards "steal valor", your father was brave. May he rest in honor.
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My brother and I are sons of a Vietnam veteran we never had the chance to meet him our mother was Vietnamese we were adopted and became naturalize citizens 💙 but with the trump administration coming in I'm worried about deportation. We don't know if he ever made it home. Our mother was killed over there 😢
@@elyseb674 oh please, so what if I want to dress up in a uniform and pretend to be a Green Beret or a Ranger? -.-
Haven't you ever worn costumes?
Guys lie all the time to pick up girls.
My Dad is a Vietnam Vet, 79 yrs old. He was drafted. We recently lost my Mom, and he sat down and talked to me about survivor's guilt. He was visibly shaken to this day about the 22 friends he lost on one night, 3 weeks before he came home. I had no idea, and the worst part was nobody believed his stories when he got home. 55 years later I BELIEVED him!!! God Bless every Veteran that has ever served this country.
Please thank your Dad for his service and know he entrusted the feelings he had with you. As a Senior in High school, at Graduation so many of my friends were going right to Nam. It was a sad day when some came back and I was standing at a major airport and there were at the maximum 100-150 people to greet our boys. Sad days.😢😢❤❤
Amen ❤❤❤❤ ❤
Please give your dad a big hug for me. ❤
Please tell your dad he is appreciated so much by me and my family 💕
I believe him ❤.
Thank you so much sir. My dad served during Vietnam and he shared your sentiments. He said he was advised not to wear his military clothes. They hated those poor guys. God bless them.
Even if you don’t agree w/ what war these heroes fought, every soldier deserves respect from his countrymen. Shame on Americans, who disrespected our men. And you’re correct: God bless every soldier, as they have preserved our freedoms.
@@denisek292 Nah, they preserved national interests. It's alla bout the money, nothing else. Having said that, soldiers are not to blame for wars or the atrocities committed during them, like in vietnam.
They didnt choose to go there, they were following orders, with pretty harsh punishments for disobeying (cant have poor people refuse to go fight rich men's fights).
No, its upwards the rage and vengeance should be turned, to the manipulators at the top sending poor people's partners, children, sibblings, to die for dumb reasons. The only justifiable war is a defense war on own soil.
@@pathosfear6290 I completely agree w/ you. Young men fight old men’s wars. Soldiers had no choice, as they were drafted into the Vietnam War. It’s all about the MIC, who are all about money. America has a plethora of problems, without fighting proxy wars, using our young men, and our tax dollars. We should not be the “policemen of the world.” I never supported Ukraine, especially Zelensky, who’s pocketed our tax dollars. Although I feel sorry for Israel, we’re only positioning ourselves for WWIII. Americans are suffering, as this administration’s goal is taking-out our middle class w/ high interest rates and our dependence on foreign oil. I love America, but I have zero love for our corrupt government.
... and then there's the traitor Jane Fonda. All the men in the prison she visited slipped her notes and social security numbers so families would know they are alive and she hands them straight to the enemy. Then dines and drinks with them. She's despicable
We as Americans should be ashamed of how these men were treated! If I had called a military man a baby killer my father would have beat my azz ! I wonder what those people think of them selves now? Are they proud of themselves? I hope they live a nightmare every night!
My heart breaks for this man and others who went through this. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! YOU ARE A HERO! ❤
My uncle was a Vietnam vet. He was a wonderful man, but it was clear there was a deep sadness within him that he never truly healed from. He had a loving family and we were with him till the day he died, but his loneliness was apparent. Any friends he had from that era were lost in the war or succumbed to their loneliness as well. He was the last of his friends.
Subjects like this are so important to highlight and discuss but often go overlooked.
Miss you, Uncle Vern. Thank you for your service. Rest in peace.
As a service man. As someone who understands that I don't understand with my uncle dealing with this every day as a Vietnam Vet. Thank you to your uncle for his service! May he rest in Peace!
I truly respect & value your story and appreciate you for sharing it with all of us! May your Uncle find peace in The Great Forever and I deeply thank him and all his comrades for their service!.... 🕊
@@YenCrew thanking him for invading a country for no reason? R U serious?
@xxsqf you need to sit down and stfu!
@xxsqf It's not about whether he was right or wrong, per say. It's that a fight started & the inevitable ensues. Whether we were right or wrong, if we just bent the knee, who knows what we as a country would be today. Do you really want to take a chance on what would've/ could've been?? I know you know life isn't fair & is ugly. So yes, these men stepped up & did the dirty work necessary for you & others to live the life you live today. It's what I do as well. Holding & maintaining power always comes with backlash... but feel free to believe, think & feel what you want.
Oh & if you're gonna be mad, blame & shame anyone. Go do that to uncle Sam
Such wisdom. In minutes he explains the problem that our Vietnam vets have struggled with.
Sir, thank you for your service. You’re a good man.
Hats off to you sir 🫡 from the bottom of my heart buddy, wishing you peace and happiness brother
War is Hell !
My father was front lines Korea .
It took a long time for him to talk about it , but when he finally did it was good for him to share .
He passed away last year & I miss him alot .
Also the Korean vets were not treated fairly either.
War is war, and Hell is Hell, and of the two I reckon war is a hell of a lot worse.
My dad was also in Korean War but refused to talk about it.
I’m sorry for your loss and may your father Rest in Paradise.
Rest in peace pops
A cousin served 2 tours in Iraq with the Army. He saw very heavy combat. Most of his contemporaries and family never served, myself included.
He was obviously traumatized when we first saw him on his return. Luckily he had my uncle, his grandfather a WW2 vet, to bounce stories, concerns and ferlings off of. But when my uncle died just a few years later, my cousin just couldn't cope and ultimately ended it. What a tragedy for such a beautiful young man.
For about 20 years I would take my mother, an Army vet, to the VA here in Houston before she passed this year. I loved striking up conversations with vets and just letting them talk.
Remember that they are just people who did what did because most wanted to help other people. When these vets return it's our chance to give back. Just listen. Really listen.
I am the same way, I love to listen to them talk. I could do it for days. I'm usually unaware of how deep some of my questions are to people so I try to keep my mouth shut. But I've been lucky and met a few good older fellas who were honestly a little excited to talk about it with me. I wish there was a way to say "Tell me your stories if you need someone to talk to" without offending someone. Some people love to talk about it and others can't bare it.
You cannot say a soldier in Iraq is doing this bc he want to help other people...That's just pure propaganda.
This war was just a war for american interest, oil profit and destruction. Soldiers were justed brainwashed meat.
I won't praised any of them for killing ppl in their own country just bc "I was told to do it"
You cannont compare for one sec what was the goal in WWII and this absurd and shamefull war.
Coming back from any trauma that catastrophic is a long road. I've lost friends to the post 9/11 wars, some by their own hand. We must hear each other.
Amen!🙏🙏🙏I understand, and I pray your heart, mind and body will be healed. I listened to my veteran Dad, and his stories were just awful. I don't know how anyone who served in these awful wars came home sane. The way some veterans were treated is just unconscionable! God bless you Dear Sir, and thank you for your service. I pray God gives you the grace of peace! ❤️🙏🙏✝️.
This veteran speaks the truth. The hurt in his eyes. Thank you for your service. sir
Only because he fought. If young men like me were drafted to fight for our country then we would ultimately come to this conclusion too
Wow, I truly felt every word. I can't imagine the things he did and saw....for us, for his country! From the bottom of my heart....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE!
Watching him tear up while just talking about how the WW2 guys had time together to cool down before returning was heartbreaking. I've never even thought about this aspect of coming home from duty, so thank you for giving me a completely new perspective. The lack of resources for veterans who have served in combat is absolutely disgusting.
And these BABARIC take it as fun..well that's how they portray it to be..taking selfies etc etc...but then again most of iof not Israelis so it's like "who cares.... THEIR CONSCIOUS gonna get them in BIG WAY
Another thing that was deferment was the war was over. Vietnam there were guys you knew are still fighting when you were boarding the plane home
Super messed up all the way around. No doubt WWII vets had it much better overall coming back. But thousands of WWII Vets had lobotomies done to them as their thank you for service when they got home.
Thank you for your service 🙏🏻🇺🇸. You are a true American HERO!! I'm a Veteran's wife myself.
How is he a hero?
@@LuluDumpling It's so easy to sit at a computer and say something insulting to someone you don't even know. Without its military, the USA would have been taken over long ago.
A Hero? Killing all those civilians using banned weapons ?
Incredible after almost 60 years those wounds still open. My respect to you sir and hope you will find you peace.
Once you've taken another humans life you never truly find peace, think of all the childhood memories that bounce around in your head and the things that remind you of your childhood, now change that to combat those memories will always be there and the triggers are around every corner, in no way is this criticizing your gratitude just explaining combat vets get rewired in order to cope with the everyday things most take for granted.
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This is brilliant, my Dad (WWII), his Dad (WWI) never had any controversy about going to war. Our Vietnam vets dealt with so much more opposition and controversy. Bless you, thank you so much for your service. You matter. ❤
For me, the toughest is remembering friends who didn’t make it home. Survivor guilt is a bitch.
Thank you for your service and your fallen brothers as well. God bless.
Survivors guilt is completely understandable, just know almost everyone deserves surviving, including you.
@@SB4F It took me 20 years before it hit. Christmas and suddenly my CO’s daughter must be celebrating Christmas with her kids never having had a chance to know him. She was about 18 months at the time. And there I was enjoying my kids and grandkids. I’ve heard more than once “Is that way of thinking or that way of feeling realistic?” It took me nearly 10 years to get past it. Good counseling and finally a relationship with God got me back to normal. I’ve been out 47 years now and it still seems like yesterday.
@@frankedgar6694 You're amazing... ❤ Keep being you, I could feel that from here.
Then you need to talk to a skilled counselor and figure it out of your head. You do NOT need to live with "survivor guilt".
My husband was also a marine sniper. He told me, I have told you more what happened to him and that since he started living with me he stopped having nightmares. I allowed him to be and loved him for Being. ❤ RIP Dwight Grinnell, you are loved!!!!
Thats why I think my dad's generation coming back from the war had it harder than my grandfather's coming back from WW2. That month of decompression and being with your brothers in arms is huge. That is the best therapy you can get.
WW2 vets returned home to cheers and parades and were well respected, Vietnam vets were met with disdain and disgust and tossed to the side when it was over.
@@cheesyman10 yes, very true. My grandpa hated hippies for that reason.
True, but there was no treatment for ptsd in ww2 days. My dad was a ww2 vet and he suffered from ptsd and depression his whole life.
He was fortunate to have a good buddy from his bomber crew. They met back up in their late 50's and hung out together for several years. He had a couple other lifelong war buddies.
Exactly ww2 vets got special treatment and were treated with love. Vietnam vets didn't. I'll open the door for a vietnam vet but a ww2 vet I'll let him do it himself
@Activisnbeams why? Ww2 vets went through hell too. They didn't get extra love from everyone that's a myth. They may have been appreciated on returning home but then they had to get back to work just like everyone else.
Vietnam was a very unpopular war here at home. But why take out your feelings on the individual who had to go serve? It's our evil, corrupt government that's at fault.
My heart cried through this. I lost my brother in law and he never knew he had a beautiful son waiting to to see him and know him
besides, the WWII guys fought the literal Nazis, the Vietnam veterans, on the other hand, were the baddies
@@furerorban_1488most of them thought they were doing what was best for our entire world. don't forget that.
@@furerorban_1488 The Viet Cong weren't good guys.
My father had the same experience returning from the Korean War. The long sea voyage was a blessing.
My father was a Korean War veteran, an Air Force bomb loader. My mom told me he said he was a bad boy in the Air Force. That’s all I know about his military service, he died in 1973 when I was 5. Treasure your time with your dad and learning his experiences, some of us didn’t get that. My dad died young, my mom is still alive at 86 years old. She came over for a visit today, so at least I have her.
Korea remembers Korean War Veterans highlighted by our President's official visit to the US included meeting one of the American vets last year and followed up with a broadcaste that the vet passed away just last month this year.
Korea does not forget our allies, and we thank you.
I was young when my pop died I was 14 I wish I could've had a man experience with him. So I feel you bro , be strong 👍@@mountainguyed67
@@hkkim8718 I’ve heard this before from Koreans, and it’s comforting.
@@hkkim8718 And yet, Koreans are racist towards Filipinos.
Thank you for your service. We love and appreciate you. ❤
Be blessed and healed.
Thank You for your service Sir and Welcome Home.
I came back from Iraq in early 2000s by myself. Nobody to greet me at the airport, not even family (Nobody told them because of OpSec). Getting off that plane to nothing made me really wonder what I was doing this for. We don’t even need to get into the PTSD that was made worse by this. I pulled through after many years, but it wasn’t easy. Just being able to talk about it on the way home probably would have healed a lot of wounds that you can’t see. After seeing this video though, I’m glad to see I wasn’t alone after all, our brothers and sisters in arms share that pain and try to help others by talking about it
This is Mrs. Rick. First, thank you so much for your service. Second, I'm so sorry for your pain. I've never been in combat, but I've had some nasty trauma, and it sure makes you feel isolated. I don't know your name, but the good Lord does. I'll pray for you.
I'm so sorry u had to go through that. Thank u for ur service sir.i really do hope u are ok.
I was in Iraq/ Syria some odd years ago. What didn’t make sense to me is when it was time for demobilization I felt like I would rather be there in the Middle East then back in the States. People I worked with were understanding and easy to talk to. We could joke about what we were going through and now back in the states if I were to tell people what im thinking or have that type of humor they’d think I belong in a mental institution.
@@christianposekany1941Yes….one day you are in Iraq with your unit, a jet ride or two later youre back in the states, everyone is at Starbucks talking petty nonsense or off to Best Buy to get crap they dont need, and youre probably thinking, do they even remember the war is still going on and that young Americans are there doing that work for them. Thank you for your service, welcome home, and I followed that war daily and know and remember what you guys did per your orders. That was not lost on me
thankyou for your service sir, have you since been able to talk to other veterans etc ?
Absolutely the lack of friends to talk to after such horrific events must've been horrendous
killers chat ? they were not soldiers....
@@bojankojic108womp womp
@@bojankojic108disrespect is amazing... you own it. You couldn't handle doing anything those soldiers did. Stay in your blue state in your blue house.
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@@bojankojic108as much as I hate to say it, they are soldiers and veterans of a country, and they deserve our respect, the Americans killed nearly all of my great greens parents, great uncles, and the cause absolute horrendous damage to my ancestral home but I still have to respect them.
Bless his heart it is so painful for him. Talking it out really helps heal.
Thank you for your Service !!!
Thanks for watching over us. God bless y'all.
Very well said.
Debrief and decompress, very important.
That's what I was thinking, the decompression and rest before getting back home. Not to be underestimated.
I didn't get to do any of this coming back from Afghanistan. Within 3 weeks, I was back out field doing live fire shoots on exercise. We had 3 days debriefing which consisted of banks offering mortgages etc.
Younger guys in Vietnam as well. Much more frequent combat as well.
One of the things he did not mention, and I was a little boy at the time was the HORRIBLE way the returning service people were treated upon returning to America.
America is the one of only a few countries in the world that gets involved with foreign wars, murders thousands of innocent people for no reason, then talks about how much “they” hurt…..
As a Marine Corps veteran...
Thank you for sharing this perspective
My son is in a Marine Machine Gunner Squad with the 1/7 !
Semper Fi !!
Thank you for your service, sir ❤️🇺🇸
GOD BLESS YOU SIR❤ AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE❤❤❤
My grandfather, since passed. Didnt talk about a lot with Vietnam only the "good" stories. He said, i am only going to tell you the stories that teach you something. The rest "you dont need to know". Is what he took to the grave. He served Vietnam & Korea. Vietnam vets have a special place in my heart because of what my grandfather went through that i didn't know.
Vietnam. America using chemical warfare placing ridiculous amount of landmines , till this day kids are getting blown up
Same with my uncle I only heard a few good stories but I know there was a lot of bad ones he lived off beer and didn’t hardly eat at all for many many years till he passed
I know different war but my great grandfather ww2 vet never talked bout it with us and he passed in 06 to this day all we know was he was a cook and loaded bombs on planes thanks to a news article we found on him
The government did not give correct info regarding virt nam.. and civilians foolishly listened..hence abandonment socially and psychological
Wow my grandfather was the same! He unfortunately just passed before I was born and he served in Korea and Vietnam also. When I ask my dad if he knows any stories it’s only a handful of meaningful moments and everything’s else he would just tell my father he didn’t want to talk about it.
God Bless you Sir. My brother was a Army Ranger. He lost his life 2 Mos before his tour of duty was up. I have the utmost respect for all of you.
Is that how God bless his creations?
Welcome home my brother. God Bless ya'll ❤
From the bottom of my heart thank you for your services Sir. Blessings from Texas.
I hope this man finds peace and comfort. 😢
And all the people that he killed right? 😂
I know right. Its so screwed up. Thanks corrupt government @@gicudacian6270
@@gicudacian6270your kidding right? Vietnam was a draft and it was horrendous what they had to go through during the war and after being sent home. Thats if they survived it. Many then had to suffer for the rest of their lives with ptsd and injuries sustained during the war. They also didn’t have support after like they do now. Which they still don’t have the best support now after they get out of the military.
I pray that this man and other vets find peace and support. Thank you for your service. I'm so sorry to hear of your experience, I cannot imagine having to kill it be killed. It was your job to kill enemy forces, a terrible place to be put in.
@@gicudacian6270you think this is funny? What kind of person are you? Geez
I’m so sorry for the pain you and all our other veterans endured. I’m so thankful you could articulate this powerful insight
My love and prayers to u soldier. You have earned it. U received hate going to Vietnam, and received hate when u came home to the U.S. His tears, even now, are so sad yet moving. I love and respect u sir...please be well.
TOTALLY AGREE, SORRY FOR YOUR SADNESS AND HURT,THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE MUCH RESPECT TO YOU SIR AND " "GOD BLESS", AND MAY GOD HELP YOU THROUGH YOUR PAIN.❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😮😢😢😢😢😢. I HAD A BOYFRIEND WHO WAS A "MARINE AND SERVED IN VIET NAM AND RECEIEVED THE "PURPLE HEART MEDAL, HE WAS NEVER THE SAME WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM NAM, GOD BLESS ALL WHO SERVED AND THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR OUR "FREEDOM".❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤🎉
That's really beautiful.☺️✌️😊
Thanks for your heroic service and everyone who served. I feel your hurt. May God bless your life and bring you healing.
I agree and I’m so sorry for your sadness your amazing and what it truly means to be a hero
A travesty all around for everyone.
What an excellent way to put it. Ty for your service and we have learned so much from them. I'm sorry for the pain you endure.
My dad was in Vietnam in the late 60s. Now that Im older I realize how bad his PTSD was because he never got any help for it. Whiskey was his therapist. Great father and a great man, and I wish he could have found some peace while still alive. Respect to those men for what t through
Same with my father. Drunk himself into a stupor.
Yup Heroin and alcohol were what made them cope with what they had to see and do over there, and it's so f'd up, when he came home, the government didn't give two shits about them, no help, no one to talk to, no compensation and the VA was a joke, always excuses with waiting lists and all that bullshit, He Enlisted he wasn't drafted, (he had his personal reasons). I just feel like they should have been better taken care of
I'm sorry both your fathers went through that.
My father was a WWII vet. Those guys shared a bond long after the war was over.
Respect for all of our vets and especially those who served in combat. Lets not forget about those young men , some teenagers who stormed the beaches of Normandy knowing that they would face certain death. They knew what it was like to possibly be killed and kill . Our Vietnam Vets were treated totally different. If they survived they were put on a aircraft and sent back home . No debriefing , no chance to talk with anyone except for some admin person typing up their paperwork who did nothing but give them their discharge papers and sent them on their way. The WW 2 VETS were respected for what they did and it was earned. Our Vietnam VETS were treated like crap by the public and our government. Especially our government and still are to this very day . Love and respect always
@@edwardwritt3820 wasn't the Vietnam war an unjust war
Truly an extravagantly wasteful war. 50,000 innocent young men murdered for a paltry jungle country to remain communist. The U.S. was never and will never be the universal police.
@@98zei Yes it was unjust. It wasn't even a declared war. It was nothing but a money machine for the politicians who were bought off by the military industrial complex. Billions of dollars in the pockets of political people and the so called defense industry. We lost close to 60 thousand of our citizens . The families of those heroes lost much more than we can ever imagine. Those who survived are still fighting a battle for benefits that they earned. The government is giving them token health care but in reality are just waiting for them to die off . Same thing our Korean war vets went through and it will be the same thing our warriors from the so called Gulf War and the war against terrorism will go through. Our government doesn't hesitate to give billions to Ukraine and the illegal immigrants but yet treat our warriors like crap.
@@98zeiYeah it was. But it isnt the American troops fault. Most of them was drafted I believe, so blame the politicians and not the men who was forced to fight in the unjust war.
My grandpa served in Vietnam and tells stories about it every time I see him. That war was one he doesn’t think we should’ve been involved in and he believes that most people agree. I’ve never heard anything good about the war and I’ve never heard anything good about how those who served were treated. Thank you for sharing your story about the differences in the return from the war. It’s important that more people like you share their experiences like that so that we can learn from it and find better ways to support our returning veterans.
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Hey Americans: maybe start by stopping saying "thanks for your service". Killing people isn't a service
Thank you Sir for everything you did. You are a real man and hero.❤❤❤
Thank you so much for your service and sacrifices!! My late husband was a Marine carried the radio 2 tours...he's gone because he was sprayed with agent orange twice which later killed him. And yes he came back alone .. it was a TERRIBLE thing the way y'all all were treated coming home! My husband didn't talk about it much.. bless you ALL who have served!!! And thank you!!
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My grandfather, navy corpsman, said he experienced the same thing. He said it just felt like he woke up in the states, and the first thing that hit him was the protesters screaming at him while he was looking for his wife. He said he had no one to talk to until he saw his dad again who was WWII Pacific Theater. Then when he saw the rest of his brothers when they came back. He said his father being a psychologist is the only reason he was around for so long after the war and was able to do anything. He was never able to work in anything medical ever again, but he could go back to water after a few years.
That is absolutely horrible 🤕☹️ defending our country with your whole life only to come back & have protesters saying your the anti christ for being in the military.... really harsh times 💔
@@oralebonafide9720 They were called baby killers. ALL 3 of my uncles were in Vietnam. Thankfully they all came home. But they were called baby killers by the protesters and idiots.
This is more accurate in general than the short. I'm not discounting this mans experience. The difference was the propaganda machines. People were more aware of the lies. It should not have been the returned service men who bore the brunt of public dissatisfaction. People get chewed up and spat out or shat out by the grubs who profit from the conflict.
My dad was also a Navy corpsman during the final years of Vietnam. All he would ever tell me about his service during the war is that he saw a lot of broken men - physically and mentally/emotionally. It definitely took its toll on him. He served on the USS Nimitz after the war, and later at Bethesda as an x-ray technician. I think he was happy to end his naval career working in a hospital and not on a warship.
you have to understand that we also were not on the right side of that conflict. Stories of entire families being slaughtered were being shared worldwide. The atrocities were terrible. @@oralebonafide9720
My dad was drafted in WWII at age 17. 124th Cavalry, Marsmen of Burma. He came back with what was left of his unit at the end of the war by ship to Calcutta, and then back to the USA. Even with time to decompress before returning to NW LA, he still had difficulty when he went back to the family farm/community. He actually went to live with an uncle's family, a cousin who was more a brother, for almost a year. Daddy was the only scout in his unit that didn't end up dead or wounded in Burma. He was also the youngest in his unit, hence they called him "the kid". War is horrible, but those brave men fought so we wouldn't have to. Thank u for your service.
Thank you so much for your service. You guys are great. America is so blessed to have all of you. I do not take my freedom for granted. ❤
I've heard that so many times, but now hearing it from a Vet makes all the difference.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, sir.
My neighbor was it Vietnam. He told me stories and has a Purple Heart due to being blown up. He was with about 5 guys in their tent, walked across the tent to his buddy who just came in with beer and bam, a mortar struck their tent and killed everyone but him and the guy who had the beer. He still has shrapnel in his back from it. Great guy. Would do anything for anyone. He has a good family and good support but I know many don’t. God bless our troops ❤
Thank you for your service, sir. My late husband never got over what he had to do to stay alive or how he was treated when he came back. I'm sorry for what all Vietnam Vets have gone through.
I'm so sorry that you had to watch your husband go through that pain. Bless you for being his companion.
Thank You for your Service Sir!
May God Bless You Always
The pain in his voice is heartbreaking. Thank you for your service sir💜
Thank you for your service sir, thank you for opening up and talking about this. I can’t fathom how hard it must’ve been for you. My dad was Marine Corps Naval Aviator and through him I’ve met many Vietnam War Veterans and their stories always make me upset that you and countless others had nobody to turn to for help.
Welcome home! Thank you for your service.
My Dad was nearly killed during the Battle of the Bulge. He was hospitalized for 2 yrs in England before coming home on the Queen Mary. He then spent 31/2 yrs at the VA hospital in Battle Creek Michigan. He joined the VFW and the Disable American Veterans while at Battle Creek. He spent the rest of his life doing outreach to veterans of WWII, Korea and most especially Viet Nam. We lived on acreage by a lovely lake and almost year round had 1 or 2 big squad tents pitched for honored visitors. As kids we learned that real, good men could have injuries unseen and we must always respect the men and the sacrifices they made, willing or otherwise. They needed the decompression and having other men older and younger to speak with. I am so thankful my Dad was such a compassionate man and that he shared that compassion with other warriors in need. God Bless you Dad. You made more of a difference in this world that you ever knew. And thank you to all the guys who helped my Dad deal with the demons the war sent home with him. God Bless each of you guys, too.
This is lovely, do you have any more stories about his work?
I am a teenager but I have supported and done many things for the VFW, and these stories make me motivated to keep on serving our veterans!
@@xplicitiv8494Son, the VFW ?? (Or Daughter) but the VFW ?? Please do some research and Gid Bless You for having the Heart to Help.
Thank you so much for sharing this brief story. It sounds like your Dad was a very special person. ❤
Bless his heart. My FIL was Patton’s 3rd & caught one @ the Bulge and another crossing the Rhine. He hid his medals everywhere in drawers & he could talk about it - then the “shade pulled down in The Eyes”. G.I.’s made a pact on the Queen Mary to “not bother there family with details”. He made it from Utah Beach all the way to Austria. He *Nevet could talk about helping release the POW or Jewish Camps. No he couldn’t. RIP Sarge. 🫡
And ALL *Whose Number Was Called* (drafted) (Marines volunteer). Never Forget.
Semper Fi
THANK YOU....MAY GOD BLESS ALL OUR WARRIORS !!
My cousin, David, lost an arm in Vietnam...I was just 10 when he came home, with his usual comic country boy personality gone...he never got the psychological help he desperately needed, so he struggled with depression for almost a year before he took his own life...he left a note apologizing to his parents..."I'm truly sorry, but I lost more than my arm somewhere in that damned jungle and I don't know how to get it back...please forgive me"...I still can't believe how they were treated when they got home...so sad and tragic.
Brought you by the democratic party
@@cedric3973brought to you by the American political system. Doesn't matter blue or red they're on the same team, same boss's, same rules and goals. The more they can convince you "your side" is better than the other, the easier you are to control. We need to either do something or accept this is how it will be forever
@@amidalaprin4846 Thank you for saying that, because growing up hearing stories from relatives and what little was taught in school and from what I learned on my own. Both parties are guilty of the war. Also shame on the people for how these soldiers were treated, people protesting to stop the war and bring the boys back home and as soon as they are brought back home, some of these same protesters spat and abandoned these men.
@@amidalaprin4846 they are on very different teams, one is directly and now says directly that they don't believe in the founding documents or the rule of law. One is directly responsible for amassing a majority of the debt and one ir directly responsible for fighting everytime the budget and getting it under control comes up. One party looted social security. One party was the party of jim crow and slavery. One party was the architect of the community reinvestment act which caused the 2008 housing crisis.
Need I go on?
Unless when it comes down to it you are a constitutional capitalist and go to the polls and vote in primaries and get people to really turn out for their local elections its all lost. Unless the person who takes power in Novermber stops the spending, deals with inflation and a ton of other issues along with reducing the power of the president, getting rid of homeland security and the patriot act along with a ton of other things within the next year its all over.
This has been brought on in part by our parents and grandparents. We can look at who has controlled congress since World War 2 for a majority of the time and tell which party has sunk this country.....what do you know its the democrats.
I am not saying the republicans are blameless but to say they are the same and are equally guilty is to undersell the sins and crimes of the democrat party.
@@cedric3973 I'm no fan of the Democrat party, but the Bush/Cheney neocon Republican politicians are just as bad. They love sending young soldiers to war while they make money as shareholders in weapons manufacturers.
The problem is the politicians in the middle that are not running for ideological reasons but feign having convictions when all they really want is a career in politics.
Nancy Pelosi and Lindsey Graham are two sides of the same coin.
Thank you for your service brother. I can feel your pain and its visceral.
In what way did his service impact your life?
Be specific.
@@CzechAvailabilitieAre you trolling?
@@CzechAvailabilitiethere’s always gotta be some punk as bitch trolling, aah here you are!
@@CzechAvailabilitieit didn’t. It impacted a lot of Vietnamese people though.
@@MisterUnknown707 I say this with the utmost respect for our soldiers as individuals, I think saying "Thank you for your service" in some cases can be quite backhanded. Especially when you have situations like Vietnam where a lot of them didn't choose to go, and then were made to commit horrible war crimes. I didn't ask them to go, and they didn't want to go. They just went to insert Uncle Sam's star-spangled cock into another place that didn't need to be.
What service did they really perform and would you want it done again? It's a messy situation all around. Instead of just jumping on the bandwagon and just mindlessly thanking a veteran like that for their service, I think it's more appropriate to say, "I'm glad you made it back."
Thanks you for your service sir. I'm glad you made it home.
So sorry for what you went through. The pain in your eyes speaks volumes . We do thank you for your service , but I know that is not enough .May you find peace within . God bless🙏
Worked on a korean war vets pool, he told us stories the entire time , it was so insightful
We didnt charge a dime. Easily $600 job, but he done paid for it by his service. We helped him back inside his home before we left, he could hardly walk anymore. Hope hes still kickin
The Korean War was a conflict that doesn't get talked about very often. My father rest his soul fought in that war, and he just passed last year. God Bless our troops. And God Bless your beautiful soles 😍😂
@@MrGrace I just left a comment about this as well elsewhere here. I think if it weren't for the TV show MASH, the Korean War would have been neatly swept under the rug altogether. The powers that be in the US don't like talking about the wars that we didn't, let's just say, fare so well in....
I wish you and your family the best and I hope your father found peace with the terrible things he went through during his service. 🙏
applause how terrible that you thought of money
@@tattoodude8946 Canadians fought in Korea with the Americans and fought for years for somekind of recognition
I'm so sorry for your loss! 🥺@@MrGrace
My dad worked with a Vietnam vet and on Veterans Day in the late 90s, my dad thanked him for his service and he started to get upset. My dad asked him if he's alright and he said that my dad was the first person to thank him since he got back.
I remember those days, too well! I was so ashamed of the way those soldiers were treated when they returned, which was mostly because of those "hippies" - my heart still aches for those veterans! As if what they had to experience and endure on the battle fields was not enough, the behavior towards them by their own Americans was nothing short of sinful! May God bless America and those who put their lives on the line to protect her.
@@sherellsworth6956 I'm not American and I'm not a soldier. I remember being stuck in Dubai airport in 2007 because of some visa issues with "The supervisor comes on Monday", but it was Friday evening. I met a guy in uniform, trying to find his Delta flight to the US. The clerk barely spoke English, the guy was clearly frustrated, we had a brief talk, he was going home from Iraq, but then he had to hurry on. He was just anxious to get home. Well... No deeper point, just that.
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Hippies = Democrats
@sherellsworth6956 I'm a Vietnam era vet, and I had plenty of "hippie" friends before and after I went in - and I didn't know any that treated vets or soldiers badly, they protested the war itself. If you're a person who has to find someone to blame for everything, hippies didn't get us into a bad war and run it ignorantly. Congress did that, and they typically didn't let their kids serve.
@@BillSundin I like how you're an ERA vet, JERK-OFF.
If you hadn't been in the coast guard, and came through LAX in uniform you'd be singing a diff tune. Yeah the government was drunk and sends young off to die, and they still do it today but that doesn't excuse the disrespect.
Thank you for your service. You men are my heroes.🇺🇸
Thank you for your service. My heart goes out to you and your service companions