In between taking notes and writing stories about the US military intervention in Haiti in 1994, reporter Andrew Selsky shot some video with his new camera.
I served in'' Operation Uphold Democracy ''in 94, no social media back then im always looking for video from the operation thanks if you have any more please post it or send it my way.thanks
I'm glad you were able to see the video. In my channel there are two more videos from then, if you search through it. Some videos have duplicate shots.
Money man, I remember. I'm the soldier in the video that waves off the question at the end. I always thought the M60 that fired off (it wasn't mine) was due to a shift change, and the safety wasn't on. I thought that the relieving soldier put his hand on the trigger to get into position and fired them off. What was so interesting though is that all the Haitians dropped straight to the ground. You could tell they lived that way and knew exactly what to do. If that had been an American crowd people would have been screaming and running around like idiots. But there, they knew exactly what to do in a crowd when the gunfire started. Crazy.
Because they wanted us to. I've never seen people so joyous and happy in my life. When we drove through main city streets there would be cheering crowds lining the roads like in WWII. I've never seen anything like it. It was absolutely amazing. Impromptu parades around the city, people constantly thanking us, for months on end. Sorry if that bursts your bubble about the whole 'invasion' thing.
1FokkerAce Okay, I see that. I'll leave that bubble for my own use. Or... Or I'll spare that bubble for anyone who dares to blame the russians in invading Crimea, where cheering crowds lined the roads greeting the russians just like in WW2. With parades and fireworks around the cities, with people constantly thanking the russian troops... I hope you, unlike your government, are not going to make me offer you that bubble in return.
No, Vdrug. I am absolutely ashamed at how our country treats Russia and I think Russia had every right to annex Crimea. If you are from Russia, I am one of the few Americans who knows that 4 out of 5 Germans killed anywhere, at any time in WWII. were killed by Russians. The world owes your country a great deal more respect that what we give you. Some of us understand that. Have a good day, brother.
3/15 Infantry Quick Reactionary Force Bradley's all the way. We stays on the hill overlooking the airport and enjoyed watching 10th Mountain and 25th Infantry Divisions getting there tents flooded out from atop my M2. Fucking memories man. It was a Haitian Vacation for sure.
I was just talking about that storm the other day. I was down there. You should have seen how many tarantulas we had in those tents when they were first set up. I saw men who'd I'd seen run toward gunfire, now screaming like girls when the tarantulas came out at night...And then the tropical storm came...Our GP Medium tent was dancing on it's poles and stakes that night. Until it vanished downwind at about 2am....And the city dump got flooded across the main road that led from the airport into town, and then the garbage and corpses and water sat stewing in the tropical sun....Ah, memories.
look at Haiti and Martinique. two former french colonies. Haitian slaves revolted. the slaves of Martinique didn't. that sealed their fate. France vowed to never help haiti financially. Whereas they send 5 billion a year to Martinique. So if the people had stayed slaves and continued to be tortured by the french then things might be different today. but if you were a slave and someone was torturing you wouldn't you have done the same?
Martinique qnd Guadeloupe are under the french rule but they still freed.All because of the Haitian revolution.If it wasnt for that.We dont know what will happen.Maybe another black nation probably made the revolt but not in 1804.Maybe we blacks probably still slaves in 2014 , who knows.Because before the Haitian revolution.There was no sign of abolishment of slavery.Anything happen in life for a reason.If it wasnt for that Haitian revolution maybe my grandparents will not give birth to my parents and my parents will not give birth to me.
Its amazing how that country never looks different. If you compare a video from the 70s to now. The country looks the same.
I served in'' Operation Uphold Democracy ''in 94, no social media back then im always looking for video from the operation thanks if you have any more please post it or send it my way.thanks
I'm glad you were able to see the video. In my channel there are two more videos from then, if you search through it. Some videos have duplicate shots.
Money man, I remember. I'm the soldier in the video that waves off the question at the end. I always thought the M60 that fired off (it wasn't mine) was due to a shift change, and the safety wasn't on. I thought that the relieving soldier put his hand on the trigger to get into position and fired them off. What was so interesting though is that all the Haitians dropped straight to the ground. You could tell they lived that way and knew exactly what to do. If that had been an American crowd people would have been screaming and running around like idiots. But there, they knew exactly what to do in a crowd when the gunfire started. Crazy.
1FokkerAce So how dare you invade an independent country?
Because they wanted us to. I've never seen people so joyous and happy in my life. When we drove through main city streets there would be cheering crowds lining the roads like in WWII. I've never seen anything like it. It was absolutely amazing. Impromptu parades around the city, people constantly thanking us, for months on end. Sorry if that bursts your bubble about the whole 'invasion' thing.
1FokkerAce Okay, I see that. I'll leave that bubble for my own use. Or... Or I'll spare that bubble for anyone who dares to blame the russians in invading Crimea, where cheering crowds lined the roads greeting the russians just like in WW2. With parades and fireworks around the cities, with people constantly thanking the russian troops... I hope you, unlike your government, are not going to make me offer you that bubble in return.
No, Vdrug. I am absolutely ashamed at how our country treats Russia and I think Russia had every right to annex Crimea. If you are from Russia, I am one of the few Americans who knows that 4 out of 5 Germans killed anywhere, at any time in WWII. were killed by Russians. The world owes your country a great deal more respect that what we give you. Some of us understand that. Have a good day, brother.
3/15 Infantry Quick Reactionary Force Bradley's all the way. We stays on the hill overlooking the airport and enjoyed watching 10th Mountain and 25th Infantry Divisions getting there tents flooded out from atop my M2. Fucking memories man. It was a Haitian Vacation for sure.
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I was just talking about that storm the other day. I was down there. You should have seen how many tarantulas we had in those tents when they were first set up. I saw men who'd I'd seen run toward gunfire, now screaming like girls when the tarantulas came out at night...And then the tropical storm came...Our GP Medium tent was dancing on it's poles and stakes that night. Until it vanished downwind at about 2am....And the city dump got flooded across the main road that led from the airport into town, and then the garbage and corpses and water sat stewing in the tropical sun....Ah, memories.
3:10....I think that's me.. 2-22INF
That's wild. Thanks for letting us know. Look at the comment below from 1FokkerAce who was also there.
And beside how do you know if France dont help Haiti.Politic is a very complicated issue .We the people will always confuse..
look at Haiti and Martinique. two former french colonies. Haitian slaves revolted. the slaves of Martinique didn't. that sealed their fate. France vowed to never help haiti financially. Whereas they send 5 billion a year to Martinique. So if the people had stayed slaves and continued to be tortured by the french then things might be different today. but if you were a slave and someone was torturing you wouldn't you have done the same?
Martinique qnd Guadeloupe are under the french rule but they still freed.All because of the Haitian revolution.If it wasnt for that.We dont know what will happen.Maybe another black nation probably made the revolt but not in 1804.Maybe we blacks probably still slaves in 2014 , who knows.Because before the Haitian revolution.There was no sign of abolishment of slavery.Anything happen in life for a reason.If it wasnt for that Haitian revolution maybe my grandparents will not give birth to my parents and my parents will not give birth to me.
Haiti must be a very rich nation, with lots of natural resources to have so many dictators trying to grab the money?
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