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You people who defend Vietnam as a reasonable reason for War are hilarious... America's government conscripted and recruited young soldiers who would only go and die for a Cold War theory. The Domino Effect was the cause of many young soldiers dying, many people who didnt even want to be there...American Politicians didn't care about the country... they just didnt want it to fall to Communism... just like America's Politicians don't care about Americans today.. Just look at the evidence of 9/11.
@brothermoth I agree, we're just meat being processed thru the meat grinder so to speak, at least thats how I felt, but in a strange way I'm still proud to have served with the men I did serve with, and the ones we lost.
@brothermoth So we shouldn't have defended South Korea or West Germany by your logic. Did you notice when the North Vietnamese did take over, everybody that could get out of South Vietnam left. As far as the Domino effect, every country in South East Asia fell except Thailand. What evidence about 9/11 are you talking about? I bet you are dumb enough to believe that fat slob of a movie director whos films are banned in Cuba.
Please try and be more charitable with each other. There is no cause for all the vitriole and angst. There were men who served and men who ran. Let's most of all respect those who died. I came home in 1971 and am thankful to this day. God bless our men and women in uniform; especially those who are in combat. Amen.
we lost vietnam because leftist newspaper and politicians ok ho chi men was going to sue for peace after the tet offensive they could no longer fight they used what russia gave them and russia pulled out after tet no weapons or ammunition medical supplies or training from KGB they ho chi men was on video laughing about how we had victory but surrendered and it was people like you
PRO-COMMUNIST SENATOR "HANOI" JOHN KERRY SUPPORTS BRUTAL COMMUNIST VIETNAM BY KILLING VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2009 (H.R. 1969) IN THE SENATE.
He considers dirty money and economic ties with Vietnam much more important than human rights values. Consequently, Vietnam, has waged a new crackdown on democracy activists such as Father Nguyen van Ly and lawyers Nguyen van Dai and Le thi Cong Nhan, who were given unfair, harsh sentences of several years in prison for their democracy activities.
If America had not started the war, South Vietnam would have fallen into communism in 1954 and more Vietnamese would have been murdered in cultural revolutions like those launched by Mao in China (20 million deaths) & Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (2 millions)
Total Vietnamese democide by communists: 1,040,000 (1975-87) by HCR.
After the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, the communist authority in Vietnam switched to its big brother Red China, a new leader of a few remaining communist nations including China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba, for China's backup to remain in power in Vietnam. There are ten divisions of more than 100,000 Chinese troops disguised as mine workers in the central highlands, who will repeat another Tiananmen Square massacre in case Vietnamese revolt against the communist regime.
Ho chi Minh, Vietnam's communist leader, is a disguting TRAITOR & MURDERER! In exchange for chinese military aids in the war with France (1945-1954), he gave up Paracel & Spratly archipelagos which are very rich in oil resources to 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 lives as a god and sacrifices his whole life for Vietnam revolution.
AMERICA LOST VIETNAM WAR BECAUSE OF ITS BIASED MEDIA!!!
Since anti-war, liberal American media always focused on American and Vietnamese civilian casualties, and ignored the enemy's casualties and Vietcong's atrocities against its own people as in the case of Hue's massacre of 5000 civilians in 1968, to mislead Americans to become against Vietnam war. Ho chi Minh, founder of Vietnam's communist party once said, " the war is not decided in Vietnam's battle fields but in CBS studio!"
The Air Cav, 82nd Airborne, US Marines did a fabulous job in Vietnam under the worst battle conditions. The average combat soldier in Vietnam fought over 200battle days a year, WW2 average wa 40 batle days a year. I served with Marines aboard the USS Tripoli that were all 2 or3 tour veterans of Vietnam. My brother and cousins were wounded after 3 tours all.God Bless All that served, you performed honorbly and are fine human beings!
Again the US fought with one hand tied behind their backs if you know what I mean. If our people were given one order, Win, then
the war would have been over years before.
Now we have backward Afghanistan, our troops could literally tear the Afghanis a new asshole if allowed to light up the place. Bring back the aggressive tactics we used in WWII, carpet bombing and everything we have in the arsenal.
Take-out entire cities and dam well those bastards will quit.
I just got back from Iraq after serving with 4th BCT, 1st Cav. I just joined the 1st Cav Association. The guys who fought in Vietnam are my heroes. When I see young kids write in who want to join the 1st Cav, I have a lot of hope for this generation. One day, even the kid who wrote in who doesn't believe yet, he will put down his bong, take off his headband, trade in his sandals and tie-dye, walk down to his recruiter and say: "I want to go Cav!"
@Wmatthies thank you for your service i hope to join the Army NG would love to get into cav scouts or air cav, if not just infantry. then go active. hooah!
@Fuzionrider you want air cav you need to go infantry and air cav isn't a mos either dude, it's just a title for a certain unit, go infantry safe yourself the hassle, cav scouts are cool too but I was infantry so I'm going to tell you to go with that lol, if your a scout your going to be with the ground pounders anyway.
how was korea a failure is there one communist korea?
and if anything the south vietnamese lost 'nam 58,000 deaths to somewhere between 500-600,000 enemy KIA from the U.S standpoint doesnt seem to be a failure..
also the south clapsed because of poor organization and leadership from their govt.
actually nazi germany and US involment arent alike at all
1.did the US have concentration camps?
2.was the war similar to WWII?
3.also it hasnt been nearly publicized enough that the VC/NVA massacred civilians several times such as the Battle Of Hue , Dak Song and systematically terrorized vietnamese civilians throughout the war
4.The US lost? Funny it seems the US signed the peace pacts in 1973 while a full two years after in 1975 south vietnam fell meaning that south vietnam actually lost
also yes i know your next statement is bound to be about the May lai massacre which obviously was a tragic and horrific event but in all actuality with the exception of this one terrible event the overwhelming majority of violent and unlawful actions commited upon the vietnamese people were those of the vietcong and north vietnamese army such as the events I had listed in my earlier comment. freedom of speech is quite important and I respect that but please do not compare the US to complete evil
US involvement in vietnam while the US had major troop level in country prevented the enemy from capturing any major cities even throughout the Tet Offensive. It did become increasingly obvious however that south vietnam could not win the war without US involvement and due to public outrage over the war the US realized that vietnam was a lost cause because the south could not hold its own.
the goal of preventing communism was still intact as long as the US was involved
@zephead1969 YOU GOT THAT RIGHT MATE, WELL SAID AND TO THINK PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE TROOPS LOST THE WAR?? NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW THAT ALWAYS POPS UP, IN ANY CASE I SALUTE ALL VETS DEAD OR ALIVE FOR THEIR GUTS,COURAGE AND WILL, THEY WERE MAN ENOUGH TO ACT AND NOT JUST SIT ARROUND AND TALK ALL THE TIME, SOMETHING THIS WORLD IS SERIOUSLY LACKING THE LAST 30 ODD YEARS,,CHEER,S MATE SYDNEY!!!!
"What we still don't understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battles of TET. You defeated us! We knew it, and we thought you knew it.
But we were elated to notice your media was definitely helping us. We were ready to surrender. You had won!"
yah usa owned allright....hey by the way did i ever tell you how fucking stupid it sounds when idiots talk shit about a good country and when they use the word "owned" then you know they need to get out of the house more and stop playing some damn video game.. life aint a game you know.....
Fuck Lao and Cambodia they are one who betray In Secert War in last of min. when My Dad is Hmong Sgt. CIA soldier and he saw on lao killing fucking own united Of USA.
Hey, californiapotlover, I bet you can't even find Vietnam on a globe. Your cannabis habit has fogged your brain. Try this: See if you can get your sphincter muscle to work over your chin just a little bit. Then, you'll be able to pull your head out of your ass.
yes but americans lost the war completely ,a country like the u.s should win a war hands down against a country with majority of peasants .i hope they dont loose iraq ,oh yeah iraqis dont know how to set booby traps , so i guess americans are all good in the middle east.
Malditos comunistas de mierda ,EE.UU. for ever ..
plastitano 3 months ago
Vietkong tunnels
staff442 10 months ago
to quote Capt. Willard of Apocalypse Now, ''They cashed in their horses for choppers and went terracing round 'Nam''.
thetubewithin 1 year ago
Please check out a new video and song under Decades tribute on you tube Its from Ken Mahstedt former Sgt. E-5 1st Air Calvalry Divison. Read story behind song and stay for ending credits
6673paul1 1 year ago
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Happy vets day bros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lucky73510 1 year ago
Happy vets day bros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lucky73510 1 year ago
I hate hippies.
Jayman135861 1 year ago
You people who defend Vietnam as a reasonable reason for War are hilarious... America's government conscripted and recruited young soldiers who would only go and die for a Cold War theory. The Domino Effect was the cause of many young soldiers dying, many people who didnt even want to be there...American Politicians didn't care about the country... they just didnt want it to fall to Communism... just like America's Politicians don't care about Americans today.. Just look at the evidence of 9/11.
brothermoth 1 year ago
@brothermoth I agree, we're just meat being processed thru the meat grinder so to speak, at least thats how I felt, but in a strange way I'm still proud to have served with the men I did serve with, and the ones we lost.
marc7898 1 year ago
@brothermoth So we shouldn't have defended South Korea or West Germany by your logic. Did you notice when the North Vietnamese did take over, everybody that could get out of South Vietnam left. As far as the Domino effect, every country in South East Asia fell except Thailand. What evidence about 9/11 are you talking about? I bet you are dumb enough to believe that fat slob of a movie director whos films are banned in Cuba.
yoyoofloco 1 year ago
@yoyoofloco Wow, I didn't know that for example Singapore was a communist regime. Or Brunei. Or Malaysia. Face it, the domino theory was wrong.
terr0rwolf 9 months ago
Please try and be more charitable with each other. There is no cause for all the vitriole and angst. There were men who served and men who ran. Let's most of all respect those who died. I came home in 1971 and am thankful to this day. God bless our men and women in uniform; especially those who are in combat. Amen.
TOCS268 1 year ago
WE DID NOT LOSE! THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE LOST! You people that were not there or served during that time, SHUT UP!
19811951 2 years ago
@19811951 Americans lost...
username13245100 1 year ago
@username13245100 You're Lost! Were you there? I didn't think so. Fuck you!
19811951 1 year ago
@19811951 were you? if so, then how old are you?
username13245100 1 year ago
we lost vietnam because leftist newspaper and politicians ok ho chi men was going to sue for peace after the tet offensive they could no longer fight they used what russia gave them and russia pulled out after tet no weapons or ammunition medical supplies or training from KGB they ho chi men was on video laughing about how we had victory but surrendered and it was people like you
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PRO-COMMUNIST SENATOR "HANOI" JOHN KERRY SUPPORTS BRUTAL COMMUNIST VIETNAM BY KILLING VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 2009 (H.R. 1969) IN THE SENATE.
He considers dirty money and economic ties with Vietnam much more important than human rights values. Consequently, Vietnam, has waged a new crackdown on democracy activists such as Father Nguyen van Ly and lawyers Nguyen van Dai and Le thi Cong Nhan, who were given unfair, harsh sentences of several years in prison for their democracy activities.
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If America had not started the war, South Vietnam would have fallen into communism in 1954 and more Vietnamese would have been murdered in cultural revolutions like those launched by Mao in China (20 million deaths) & Khmer Rouge in Cambodia (2 millions)
Total Vietnamese democide by communists: 1,040,000 (1975-87) by HCR.
Excutions: 100,000
Camp Deaths: 95,000
Forced Labor: 48,000
Democides in Cambodia: 460,000
Democides in Laos: 87,000
Vietnamese Boat People: 500,000 deaths.
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After the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, the communist authority in Vietnam switched to its big brother Red China, a new leader of a few remaining communist nations including China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba, for China's backup to remain in power in Vietnam. There are ten divisions of more than 100,000 Chinese troops disguised as mine workers in the central highlands, who will repeat another Tiananmen Square massacre in case Vietnamese revolt against the communist regime.
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Ho chi Minh, Vietnam's communist leader, is a disguting TRAITOR & MURDERER! In exchange for chinese military aids in the war with France (1945-1954), he gave up Paracel & Spratly archipelagos which are very rich in oil resources to 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 lives as a god and sacrifices his whole life for Vietnam revolution.
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AMERICA LOST VIETNAM WAR BECAUSE OF ITS BIASED MEDIA!!!
Since anti-war, liberal American media always focused on American and Vietnamese civilian casualties, and ignored the enemy's casualties and Vietcong's atrocities against its own people as in the case of Hue's massacre of 5000 civilians in 1968, to mislead Americans to become against Vietnam war. Ho chi Minh, founder of Vietnam's communist party once said, " the war is not decided in Vietnam's battle fields but in CBS studio!"
TOMP66666 2 years ago
The Air Cav, 82nd Airborne, US Marines did a fabulous job in Vietnam under the worst battle conditions. The average combat soldier in Vietnam fought over 200battle days a year, WW2 average wa 40 batle days a year. I served with Marines aboard the USS Tripoli that were all 2 or3 tour veterans of Vietnam. My brother and cousins were wounded after 3 tours all.God Bless All that served, you performed honorbly and are fine human beings!
zzzpqd 2 years ago 2
Again the US fought with one hand tied behind their backs if you know what I mean. If our people were given one order, Win, then
the war would have been over years before.
Now we have backward Afghanistan, our troops could literally tear the Afghanis a new asshole if allowed to light up the place. Bring back the aggressive tactics we used in WWII, carpet bombing and everything we have in the arsenal.
Take-out entire cities and dam well those bastards will quit.
jethromayham 2 years ago
I just got back from Iraq after serving with 4th BCT, 1st Cav. I just joined the 1st Cav Association. The guys who fought in Vietnam are my heroes. When I see young kids write in who want to join the 1st Cav, I have a lot of hope for this generation. One day, even the kid who wrote in who doesn't believe yet, he will put down his bong, take off his headband, trade in his sandals and tie-dye, walk down to his recruiter and say: "I want to go Cav!"
Garryowen!!
ripvanwinkle61 3 years ago
@ripvanwinkle61
Thank you.
Bill Matthies
B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 19th Airborne Artillery
1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam December 1967-1968
Wmatthies 1 year ago
@Wmatthies thank you for your service i hope to join the Army NG would love to get into cav scouts or air cav, if not just infantry. then go active. hooah!
Fuzionrider 1 year ago
@Fuzionrider you want air cav you need to go infantry and air cav isn't a mos either dude, it's just a title for a certain unit, go infantry safe yourself the hassle, cav scouts are cool too but I was infantry so I'm going to tell you to go with that lol, if your a scout your going to be with the ground pounders anyway.
marc7898 1 year ago
@Wmatthies Welcome home trooper
ripvanwinkle61 1 year ago
If you havent been there .go the fuck away .you number 10 .
edleew 3 years ago
us= owned?
negative.
when you kill 15 nva/vc for every one american death i cant call that a loss..
zephead1969 3 years ago
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its not about killing
its all about using the intelligence god gave us to WIN the war!
korea war was FAIL
vietnam war was FAIL
everything was fail
u guys just keep saying how many guys you killed on these war just because you dont accept defeat....
nzigen31 3 years ago
how was korea a failure is there one communist korea?
and if anything the south vietnamese lost 'nam 58,000 deaths to somewhere between 500-600,000 enemy KIA from the U.S standpoint doesnt seem to be a failure..
also the south clapsed because of poor organization and leadership from their govt.
while the U.S. remained we held strong
zephead1969 3 years ago
whatever... both sides had their heads cut off
nzigen31 3 years ago
they still lost the war,it doesent matter how many innocent civilians they slaughtered.
Kinda like nazi germany eh?
ipimees 2 years ago
actually nazi germany and US involment arent alike at all
1.did the US have concentration camps?
2.was the war similar to WWII?
3.also it hasnt been nearly publicized enough that the VC/NVA massacred civilians several times such as the Battle Of Hue , Dak Song and systematically terrorized vietnamese civilians throughout the war
4.The US lost? Funny it seems the US signed the peace pacts in 1973 while a full two years after in 1975 south vietnam fell meaning that south vietnam actually lost
zephead1969 2 years ago 2
also yes i know your next statement is bound to be about the May lai massacre which obviously was a tragic and horrific event but in all actuality with the exception of this one terrible event the overwhelming majority of violent and unlawful actions commited upon the vietnamese people were those of the vietcong and north vietnamese army such as the events I had listed in my earlier comment. freedom of speech is quite important and I respect that but please do not compare the US to complete evil
zephead1969 2 years ago
Not complete evil,but they still lost,they had to pull out and they failed to achive their goal of stopping communism from spreading to south vietnam.
I'm not saying americans are completely evil and whatnot,but they did lose,doesen't matter how many they killed.
They lost
ipimees 2 years ago
i cannot agree with you.
US involvement in vietnam while the US had major troop level in country prevented the enemy from capturing any major cities even throughout the Tet Offensive. It did become increasingly obvious however that south vietnam could not win the war without US involvement and due to public outrage over the war the US realized that vietnam was a lost cause because the south could not hold its own.
the goal of preventing communism was still intact as long as the US was involved
zephead1969 2 years ago 3
@zephead1969 YOU GOT THAT RIGHT MATE, WELL SAID AND TO THINK PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE TROOPS LOST THE WAR?? NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW THAT ALWAYS POPS UP, IN ANY CASE I SALUTE ALL VETS DEAD OR ALIVE FOR THEIR GUTS,COURAGE AND WILL, THEY WERE MAN ENOUGH TO ACT AND NOT JUST SIT ARROUND AND TALK ALL THE TIME, SOMETHING THIS WORLD IS SERIOUSLY LACKING THE LAST 30 ODD YEARS,,CHEER,S MATE SYDNEY!!!!
barnfresh60 2 years ago
@ipimees
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Absolutely zero.
Wmatthies 1 year ago
@Wmatthies do tell why i'm wrong.
ipimees 1 year ago
@ipimees
How about we have NVA General Giap do that.
"What we still don't understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battles of TET. You defeated us! We knew it, and we thought you knew it.
But we were elated to notice your media was definitely helping us. We were ready to surrender. You had won!"
Wmatthies 1 year ago
Not all Californians are like this!!! I hope to join the Army soon and I hope to get aviation. All respect to the First Cav!!!
suryavajra 3 years ago 8
Same here. I'm from California and am looking at an 11x/Opt. 4 contract- airborne infantry.
EveryMn 3 years ago 3
USA = owned
julioabruno2254 3 years ago
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OWNED [2]
nzigen31 3 years ago
actually with a lack of information i believe you may have been owned...
zephead1969 3 years ago
yah usa owned allright....hey by the way did i ever tell you how fucking stupid it sounds when idiots talk shit about a good country and when they use the word "owned" then you know they need to get out of the house more and stop playing some damn video game.. life aint a game you know.....
fng2089ng 2 years ago
Eliminate the water (people in the villages and cities) and the fish (enemy soldiers /militants) will die. Mao Tse Tung
jethromayham 2 years ago
If anyone watching this was in the 1st Cav (Airmobile) during 66-67, send me a message.
b1naryd1g1t5 3 years ago
@b1naryd1g1t5 I was in the 1st Cav in 66-67, as a pilot with the 227th AHB.
choprjock 1 year ago
Fuck Lao and Cambodia they are one who betray In Secert War in last of min. when My Dad is Hmong Sgt. CIA soldier and he saw on lao killing fucking own united Of USA.
YeeMafia 3 years ago
Hey, californiapotlover, I bet you can't even find Vietnam on a globe. Your cannabis habit has fogged your brain. Try this: See if you can get your sphincter muscle to work over your chin just a little bit. Then, you'll be able to pull your head out of your ass.
1SGPARKER 3 years ago 2
Will you ask the [North] Vietnamese people for an apology regarding their many war crimes in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia?
Doubt it.
DJCamYank 3 years ago 3
If you are interested in 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam, then read Chickenhawk. Its a really good book about a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
vikingraider1 3 years ago 2
fuck u dude, "california pot lover"? fucking hippie, why dont u just roll over and die!
NapalmStiks2Children 3 years ago 4
i thought it was the whole video..?
veggieta 3 years ago
yes but americans lost the war completely ,a country like the u.s should win a war hands down against a country with majority of peasants .i hope they dont loose iraq ,oh yeah iraqis dont know how to set booby traps , so i guess americans are all good in the middle east.
mytran80 3 years ago
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America all the gear, no idea. Iraq exactly the same when will you schmuks ever learn?
Dragon888888888 4 years ago
military nerds! ur so cute!
stephenterill 4 years ago
My uncle flew cobras in veitnam with the 1st air cav. He looks like John Wane.
kacpt 4 years ago 2
go GARRY OWIN custer was a pussy
willobi 4 years ago
go air cav! watch my vietnam vid
faireyswordfishmk1 4 years ago 2
air cav rules!!!
Evan7893 4 years ago 2