See 1969 Vietnam, Hiroshima, and Japan's Expo '70 World's Fair in 13 minutes!

[Kmart4599]

I was in 2 vmcj squadrons with this guy and he has embellished this video quite a bit. The hooch that hit in the rocket attack was a VMA-242 hooch across the street from us...close but no cigar. He was a good 40 yds from the impact area. I have pictures of the debris also. We never went "on patrol" and the Chima Beach pictures were from a squadron beer party.. I hate to see people streaching the truth so bad.

[tenrazo215]

Ah, the '60's. What time.

[bullterrier521]

Thank you Nightflyer. I am especially imterested in the booklet which you collected stamps in Expo. I was only a 10 yesr old boy in Hong Kong when Expo was held in Japan. I developed to collect Expo 1970 stamps as my theme after I went to work. I have now posters, entrance ticket, postcards and even a fan from Expo. Please let me know if you would spare the booklet to me cause it will make my collection much more multi-perspective.

[cod4madass]

nice version of house of the rising sun (:

[cyphertek]

Soft ambient sound mixed with period music is a very nice touch. I believe the Expo was in Osaka. It is a nice way to preserve your experience in Asia. I hope you don't have an extreme opinion about the bombing of Hiroshima - it's a very complex one- little known is the fate of US POWs. The name of the B24 crews who were captured and killed in the blast are now included in the list stored under the arch memorial. We must evolve and move forward, never stuck in the past.

[phlewis86]

I went to Expo 70 in the summer of that year. I was only 10 years only but I remember is so well.

[Gypsielectro]

Japan is still beautiful, but I would loved to have seen it 40 years ago ( ! )

[chriscraftguy]

Excellent slice of history here. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I have no doubt it brings back memories for you (good and bad), and reminds us of the fortunes we have today as a result of the many sacrifices made yesterday. Thank you for your unwavering service to our nation. And thanks for showing off a beautiful Technics "classic" reel to reel. Great piece of electronics there!!

[priestview]

Thanks for your voluntary service, your unwavering patriotism, your dedication to R/C hobbies, and this awsome video! You are the epitome character, courage, and american life.

[PaganWitchDoctor]

Hahahahaha Quebec had to have its own Pavilion set apart from the Canadian Pavilion, damn sepretists. lol

[frentzbravo7]

Is the correct title of the last song on the recording "Cherry, Cherry Pie? Who orginally recorded it? Thanks

[frentzbravo7]

Good Job - Nice Video - Semper FI

[ShadowxMaker]

Great video, you have lived such an amazing life...

Thanks for sharing.

[noclouds111]

Thanks Dave, friends, & servicepeople!

You're all the best!!!

[will3kgt]

Thankyou so much for your service! Thankyou for this video..It's this type of history kids also need to learn in school.

[MercedesCars454]

Thanks for your service. I hope to join the Army out of highschool and be a MP.

[burnrider2001]

I also served, as an aviation ordnance tech though, not in Vietnam of course since I am only 26, but I was in when sep. 11th took place. It was a little scarey but nothing like what you guys encountered. I am pretty sure I woulda crapped all over myself if I wouda been in your boots. Thanks a million for being so brave back then, and thanks a whole ton for making the RC heli vids.. you have helped us all in more ways than one! Semper Fi

[UrsoChappell]

Thanks for posting this! I often think back to Japan's Expo 70 when I see plans for Shanghai's Expo 2010.

[americodwain]

Dave I Too was in Vietnam from 1967 till 1968 and then to Japan. Then Home in 1970 GOD BLESS ALL THAT SERVE AND HAVE SERVED

[MercedesCars454]

@americodwain yes, thank u for your service.

[Vik13vik]

Very enjoyable video and piece of history.

[oxgon]

great video really enjoyed learning about your life. You always amaze me, what a life.

[elbert577]

Thanks for the service Dave, and a Great Production of History

[macgyver112]

Awesome video, very educational. Music fits perfectly, so relaxing music as well. Very nice video.

[lightbg]

Dave,

Thanks for your service both to our country and to the R/C Rotary wing crowd...You gave all 40 years ago and you still do today.

Semper Fi!

Jake

[hrbeta]

Dave, thanks for a great video and for being there when it counted. Best regards.

[azatecas]

nice!!!!

[CrisDriftin]

Amazing video again, Dave. Im just wondering, how long did it take you to actually get into Expo70. And I mean like, the line.

[boyjones12]

Thanks for your service. Loved the vid. I am retired Army. My helicopter went down during a mission and there was 6 of us aboard. 4 were killed and I and another buddy crawled out and medivaced back to the states where I spent a year at WRAMC with two broken legs. Long story but I am doing ok now. Thanks again.

[Ghostmaker1970]

Dave been a fan for a long time and I have never said thank you ! So..... thank you for all the time and effort you have put in on here. I have spent hours watching your videos so I guess I am always faithful.

ATB THE GHOST MAKER

[revmkell]

VMFA 314 Chu-Lui 67-68 !

[MaxxPainII]

Really cool vid. could you add more time between pictures next time. Thanks putting that together Dave.

[SoCalsandman780]

Awesome vid Dave. Thanks for sharing your memorable life experiences with us. I'll bet the smell of that "Flaming Shitter" was memorable too, LOL!

[floodtube1]

Hi Dave

Do I see a very close resemblance to Clarke Gable in your early photos? I think I do!

[dopeybear420]

wow nice vid wish i could see all you seen bet it was amazing

[f15junkie1]

hey dave, dd you ever know a Alan Davis or Bill Holland?

[jeremymtc]

Thank you Dave.

[diver5080]

Thanks to you and all who have served. Really enjoyed your video and pics, thanks for sharing.

[fdogman]

great video!!!!! Hope that prick that stole your 750 crashed and burned!

[photobart1]

Thanks for sharing your service and travels with us.

[tronrae]

your a real hero to every one it the U.S (:

wait a go!!!!!

[catfishmudflap]

Thank you for your service to our country Mr. Herbert.

[BellowingBeaver]

some really cool stuff. very thought provoking.

[joeycool12]

good video and thanks to sharing pics 5star

[rcramosrc]

hey Dave, thanks for sharing a peice of history with us.

[rotorwash46]

HEY DAVE semper fi .I done 3 years in okinawa 83-86.what a blast.Really liked your video O how time flies.I really hope you find your friends.I have looked for several of mine and no luck.check out my vids on youtube also rotorwash46 or my buddy helicrasher1000.Again thank you dave as a vetran we have done a hell of a job.AND to all vetrans GOD BLESS YOU ALL.AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

[odst121]

Does anyone know the name of the second song in this video is? I know it says where are you by jose salizar but even with searches i can't find anything.

Also great video i really enjoyed it.

[RcUniverseGuy]

which one? the first song is susie Q and the second song is House of the rising sun by the animals

[odst121]

ah yes the second one was the one i was referring to.

thanks

[locouk]

Great work Dave, thanks for sharing this with us.

You are a braver man than many of us.

Errrm, 10:52 USA Pavilian? LOL, I take it you can't use a spell check with your video editor?

[barryperrins]

Great video Dave and well put together.

[justaflyguy1]

Cool video, and I wish I had more pics from when I was in. (early 70's). Cameras were a controlled and semi-restricted item onboard carriers at the time (USS Saratoga CV-60), as the soviets didn't have a carrier at the time... We flew A-6 and AE-6b Prowlers,

F-4 Phantoms, A-7 Corsairs, S-3 Vikings, A-4 Skyhawks, E-2c Hawkeyes, F-14 Tomcats, and H-53 search and rescue. And an old Grunman S-1 Tracker was the mail plane... Thanks for the great video, and thanks for your service friend...

[vetterman008]

Dave, thanks for sharing your memories with us. Most of the memories I have of Nam I'd like to forget.

[Delaypat]

Dave what a great video, makes me think what I'm NOT doing with my life. You have seen the world, traveled many places, seen things I'm sure you haven't wanted to see, while I sit on my butt and play on the computer uploading videos. YOU SIR ARE A CLASS ACT!!!!!

[Rokdog33]

This is a really great video. thanks

[delsolly]

oh dave this was a great vid,, we all love it here,,  5 stars for you..

greetzz from Holland

[exiledconnections]

wow dave thats really awesome my father was drafted in 69 and was sent to korea insted of veitnam he served with the 25th infantry as a UH1 helicopter repairman so helicopters run in my family thanks for serving in the marines i wanted so dearly to join the marines but with my recent health problems that idea was scrapped 5 years says i can enlist but ill be too old then " SEMPER FI"

[WhatM3Worry]

Thanks for the memories

good stuff

[bloodhound122]

awesome video life is such a gift thanks for letting us in on that part of your life there are so many stories of a mans life and its experiences that go untold just to vanish with the man in the end thanks for sharing Dave.

[wacko506]

To be honest Dave, that was incredible, i loved reading about what kind of stuff you got upto while in the marines. The pictures was incredible! They must be so valuable to you, i appreciate you sharing them with us, Thanks Dave

Semper Fi.

[angrygunsmith]

lol cooool

[someone7974]

wow

[malden86]

Hey Dave, my girlfriends dad flew BDA's in F4's from Danag for the AirForce. I'll ask him what unit he was in and when he was there. His name was Maj. Richard DeKing, Thanks for sharing the memries.

[ZzStev3NzZ]

i go to vietnam every holiday to visit my family but i live in australia

[ssrc30]

wow, thats quite a trip down memory lane. Great music too:)

[cyberteque]

Great video Dave!

Thanks for posting!

Good to see you went to the Australian pavilion!

Did you ever see or hear about the UAV's used in Vietnam?

I have heard a lot of stories about them, some surely apocryphal, it would be good to hear from someone who was there.

[dangerousprimate]

All i can say is WOW. Thankyou Mr Nightflyyer sir...a wonderful insight. Big up from Liverpool UK.

[jdl1881]

Thanks, Dave. For your brave service!!

[mezapu]

Whats the helo on top of your reel to reel player? Looks like a MH-53. I just flew the last ones in the Air Force to the boneyard in Tuscon. Need to get me a model like that.

[helipilot94]

When did the stop using the MH-53's. those are my 2nd fav helicopters

[mezapu]

The AF just took them to the Boneyard in Oct 2008. Now I'm flying CV-22's which is their newest latest greatest. Still behind the Pave Low in regards to user friendliness but it will come in time.

[helipilot94]

The CV-22 is a plane/heli i never wanna use.. they're just soo dangerous.. if the motors fail, u die.. unless u are hovering above the ground a bit its rare to survive. you can't glide or do auto-rotations.. i love it, but too dangerous.. as soon as they fix that problem i would love to be in the air with one of those.

[mezapu]

Not true. It actually flies quite well on one engine. So much fear in regards to these aircraft. Marines have way more of them than the AF does. Been flying them for several years now operationally and only more to come.

[helipilot94]

their great aircraft.. just not my style.. i think the marines and navy use the ch-53's still. correct me if im wrong

[ramis182]

wow that must have been amazing to see all those amazing things. very nice video. how it must have been to live like that back then i can only imagine. Anyway, really good video.

[jauchiu]

I have allot of pictures my father took of Hiroshima and Nagasaki right after the bombs.I need to find a home for them someday,He was only 17 years old in WWII. They wanted him to serve in the Korean war but he was working on the A3J for North American so he didn't have to go.He died of pancreatic cancer at 62.I wonder was it from the bomb.Dave you deserve the best things in life.You have paid for them.Thank You.

[MrBillTroop73]

Thank you for protecting us.

[j6sj7]

Amazing...No fast forwarding during this one. Thanks, Marine, for all you did.

[mattmanjack]

wow dave that was fantastic thanks for sharing it with us,man you looked so young back then,that expo gig looks futureistic now it must have been mindblowing back then,,thanks dave

mattman

[bearinstincts]

Hey Big Brother.....I forgot how cute you were then! Grin! Great job as always! Sis

[manhill]

impressing, really.

[deke441]

5 stars great video Dave. Thanks for your service.

[hrhodes3]

I really appreciate you!

[Jmoran3570]

By the way Good Video !! that makes you go back to those days Great work

[Jmoran3570]

Hi Dave i cant remember what songs did you played on that Club can you please tell me the names of them thanks

[r1b8]

hoo rah wat rank were you btw thank you for serving our country i hope your friends find you

[SEBratt]

Great video sir. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us! Incredible!

[riztar]

have you ever thought of transfering your old tapes on to your computer? or you could just find the equiptment you need to make the transfer. and as for your old friends try friend finder or people search .

[notasixpack]

Nothing like unfiltered 1st hand accounts.  Thanks for the insight Dave.

[DoogleWho]

everyone has a story......very well done mate

:)

[Slaschow]

Dave i love ur vids!

[1stpimpking]

there no such thing as X marine once a marine always a marine

[kedvienna]

Great Vid, but United Stated and its wars...

[jbrannon69]

wow dave that was awesome i was born in 69 so i mised all that lol many thanks to you and all who served and are serving

[AddictingRC]

great vid dave.. we should be the ones thanking u for serving.. lol well anyway.. keep the videos goin

[Zadose18]

nice vid

[popcornreviews]

Wow, this video is AMAZING!

I REALLY enjoyed watching this!

It has really made my day and cheered me up, I have a tereble flu and this just made me feel that much better!

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Thanks for posting!

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Sam

[jboweruk]

Great vid as always Dave, to think while you were risking your neck for what your country believed in I was only just starting school. :(

All the best Dave and a belated Happy New Year.

[30GB]

my background is vietnam but was born here in ontario

[radiocontrolpimper]

me too!

[30GB]

cool where do you live? im in toronto

[speedstakerguy]

Amazing Dave! My mom and dad were around 10 years old living in vietnam 40 years ago.. then during the Vietnam war they escaped to San Fransisco. Then eventually came to Ontario Canada where my dad found a job

[TheVickrey]

Your a neat guy Dave, im glad i have the privelage to watch ,and learn from you.

Im not trying to sound like a kiss butt,but if it wasnt for your vids on youtube I wouldnt be such a RC fanatic..especiialy helis..so props to you nightflyer and to your acomplishments and to your passion to teach.....your an impressive dude

[beverke7]

hi Dave, great vid, must bring back a lot of memories and emotions (good and bad) for you, thanks you decided to share this with us all. Glad you got out and can share your life experience besides RC expertise.

[m43991]

Thanks for posting great video 5*****

[mac163]

Very intresting video, touring Japan on a motorcycle must have been quite an experience, plus bringing back a cb750 the first superbike ever made that is so cool!

[hermitcrabstuff34]

i want to go in to the air force

[someonesperson]

wow this is amazing

[luvmychevy1951]

im getting deployed to Iwakuni on saturday! OOHRAAh

[jballzzz]

Appreciate your service to this great nation

Sir!...The vid is priceless!!

JD Saldivar/Sgt

82D Abn Div

82-87

PS: I'm still waiting to hear about all the killer toys u got for Christmas!!

[spektrum33]

This makes a point ,that no one realy wins when at war . Their is good times as well as bad.this will bring memoris of old friends not seen in years.

[Dragon22873]

Cool trip in Japan! =D

[0TOM007]

a very interesing video indeed sir =D you had quite an adventurous life, i really want to be an avionics tech aswel, because im really into helikopter and planes, and im quite technical aswel (interessted in), :D

10/5*