Patrol Boat River (PBR) in Vietnam

[MrT8T3R]

My uncle served 4 years piloting a PBR MK1, River Patrol Section 532.

Vernon Leroy Taylor passed away 3 years ago, he is sorely missed.

[jrwel14]

That sailor at :26 is a female. Has a short ponytail, features.

[t1bre]

it is not the pbr that was important it was the LBFM PBR

[gearsofwar0706]

My dad was on PBRs vaung tau 1971-1972

[shovel20]

1:01 shes hot Where did the female come from loading the gun!!!!!???? Thats not Vietnam.

If you want to argue about any political correctness be my guest bitch i'm old and miserable! shit be my guest i'm bored I was there!

[lostsoldiers96]

My father was in the Vietnam War. He was in the Navy during the war. He would ride along the rivers in Nam, on a PBR boat. His spot was on the twin 50's. He is a great man along with all of the Vets that served in Nam.

[NavyCorpsman1970]

I was the Hospital Corpsman for 3 PBR River Divisions at Rach Soi 1970. First with the Swiftboats at An Thoi . Then tranferred to take care of River Rats. I returned to Saigon in 2004, and found the pictures of the traitor kerry at the War Remnants Museum. Used in the book "Unfit for Command" He was and is unfit for anything, but to lie for his own ass.

[jannercornwall]

or pointless bombing routine !!

[dynaflow74]

There is a nice model kit in 1/35th from TAMIYA of an PBR for all enthusiasts

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Thanks for the vid.

[JanetHas]

My cousin died , WIA 7-11-67, died 7-18-67, Task force 116. He along with his 3 men died when a mortor(spelling) hit their boat on patrol. He was a career Navy man of age 26. This helps me understand with the history of the PBR's.

[novass9]

nice looking chick at the :26 mark

[novass9]

that was a nice looking chick at :26 to :28

[gyrene1966]

Nobody was more involved than John Kerry, spittin' image of the other war hero, ex-prez billary.

Nice footage, thanks for the upload.

[Acidevil23]

@gyrene1966 Just passing on to you what some of your tax dollars are financing. =)

[sparklerbombg]

how do u become a pbr?

[tim666661]

Ho chi Minh, Vietnam's communist founder, is a disguting TRAITOR and MURDERER. He was a member of the Third Communist International established in 1919 by Lenin. He gave up Paracel & Spratly archipelagos with large oil resources to Red China. He even ordered to murder his own mistress named Nong thi Xuan when she threatened to disclose her sexual relationship with him since that would destroy his image as a "Father" of Vietnam who "sacrifices" his whole life for Vietnam revolution.

[sailorette1]

My husband was on one of these in 1966. Thank you for sharing this!

[TOMP66666]

Ho chi Minh, Vietnam's communist founder, is a disguting TRAITOR and MURDERER. He was a member of the Third Communist International established in 1919 by Lenin to conquer the world. He even ordered to murder his own mistress Nong thi Xuan when she threatened to disclose her sexual relationship with him since that would destroy his image as a "Father" of Vietnam who "sacrifices" his whole life for Vietnam revolution.

[kook2222]

It's PBR Proud Brave Reliable. Backwards river boat patrol...Not patrol boat river.

[Acidevil23]

Or Pabst Blue Ribbon. I see your point.

[ALB437]

Is the Alpha still in service, or has it been replaced by another river boat? If yes, could you indicate the new categorie!

[savageactor6]

served 1968/69 no women served on any boat i saw, only females there were your sister boat.believe me, if there had been girls around we would have known it...

[widgeonslayer]

what boats were you on? If you dont mind my asking.

[frankie666micmic]

i was on the mark 2 in 1985 [the lebanon] as a dutch serg. good,fast boat,better than our own dutch boats

[emmasue1950]

husband served on pbr's 68,69, 70

name: kenneth BaumannGUNNER, RETIRED CHIEF (STILL LIVING)

[donpendry]

Would like to hear from any PBR sailors 66-68.Can only find two.Bill Alvin McNeil and Tom Hemsley.any info appreciated Donald Pendry

[beatlebailie]

don't know who you are looking for but my dad James Bailie was a river rat during that time. he was a QM3 with Robert Shelton (from the book "sailors to the end" and both ended up in the brown water navy.

[vontrop]

i know 1 guy that was on a boat about that time his Name is Jerry Bull from Michigan, i will ask him what year and where

[TheCoalie]

DON;

My husband was PBR during this time - 66-69. His name is ED STONE from Colorado. He did five tours. We now live in California.

[rtorresuk]

sorry for my being so ignorant and young, but what is a tour?

[okbuilder]

@rtorresuk A typical tour was 13 months. At least it was for the Corps....

[winterportss]

The only females were nurses; and there were no nurses at Nha Be.

[miniheli]

I love this boat:) One of my favrotes really agile

[jrwel14]

There was one female at .26 seconds. She could have been the only one.

[UBIQUEROL]

that was a man with a pony tail

[donpendry]

COMMANDER PBR 70-72,IN 1966-1968.i PERSONALLY DID NOT SEE ANY FEMALE PERSONAL.nHAbEA VIETNAM

[bladesmithing]

My dad was on the Mekong delta from 67-70 on alpha and tango boats.

[jwel44]

I didn't know that they had women on the crews. Great Video!