my vietnam equipment part two

[dannyboy1957380]

From the bottem of my heart, and many others, thank you for serving our country. I am a WWII reenactor, and honor and respect ALL veterans. its probably inmaterial to you, but i reenact the 82nd airborne 505th parachute infantry division. thank you again!

[wizart49]

@dannyboy1957380 thanks for the comment. i do go to mostly W.W.2 events. will be going to the Reading W.W.2 Weekend. it is June 3-4-5 this will be the 4th year i went. they say it is the largest in the U.S. there are a few others i go to. there is a Vietnam one i will be going to this year. it a two hour drive. they had it last year but i was there for the W.W. 2 one and did not feel like driving up a week later

[mrUSARMY96]

hey were u a egineer in vietnam r wat were u

[mrUSARMY96]

hey wizart49 love ur vids ive got a question were u a egineer in vietnam

[armymedic98]

i'll try the thirty year old candy.LOL



[RonDarling12]

great video, I collect this stuff too, its a fun hobby!

[TJD246]

THIS GUYS A TOTAL WANNABE

[armymedic98]

@TJD246 BROhe actullay fought in the war duche bag

[mrUSARMY96]

@TJD246 this guy was in vietnam he has bigger balls than u so shut up ur the wannabe

[FalconKPD]

I have eaten 17 year old charms candy from an MRE once...Hard candy turns very soft and sticky after 17 years. It tasted good for some reason, and I didn't die! Woohoo!!!

[wizart49]

i have eaten old candy also . not that old,but i do have the accessory packs that came with the c-ration. all that stuff is 40 years old . i think it would be ok to eat the chiclets and make the coffee but i will not . they are hadd to find and they are for display. i know the cigarettes are stail.lol

[FalconKPD]

Hahaha. Those chiclets are probably hard as rocks!

[namdogtag]

HELLO WIZART49....I WAS AN RTO WITH THE 4TH BN 31ST INF, 196 LIB, IN 1968-69......HAVE SPENT TIME ON LZ CENTER AND LZ WEST (HIEP DUC) OPERATING THE PRC 25. I HAVE 6 PRC-25s WITH ALL THE ACCESSORIES AND ALL WORK PERFECT. I HAVE TONS OF VIETNAM STUFF...I LOST MY DOG TAGS ON LZ WEST IN 1968...THEY WERE FOUND AND RETURNED TO ME FROM VN TWO YEARS AGO...NICE TO SEE A FELLOW 196TH LIGHT INF BRIGADE COMRADE...YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON YOU TUBE...I ENJOY SEEING YOUR VIDEOS...TAKE CARE..NAMDOGTAG

[wizart49]

welcome home. thanks for the comment. that is one thing i like to get is the radio but the price is to high. lol maybe some day. the only thing i need yet is the boots. they are not to hard to find. should have them by years end,never was on Lz.West. walked by it a few times when we were in the bush. never talked about vietnam much till i got on youtube. i forgot a lot but it is slowly coming back. a lot of young people ask me a lot about it. i try to help them out as mush as i can. take care

[paratroop24]

Not boring AT ALL.

[soon2BaUSMCsniper]

If you have gotten any new items you should make a video of all your equipment!

[wizart49]

i got a few new items. i posted pictures on facebook. i am having problems with my editing solfware that came with my vieo camera. everytime i click on edit the program closes. i did manage to upload a different way but i forgot how i did it. i can upload from the cameria to the computer and i can watch it but that is as far as i can go. i will try this weekend . it may have to be the pictures i took. i had trouble with it before.if you have face book check the pictures out will post here i hope

[wizart49]

did you ask if i was in any pictures. i deleted the coment by mistake.

[RancidElf32]

How much did you pay for that Ammo can? I have one from when my dad was in Vietnam. Mine has a hole in it from an Ak-47 round. They are pretty heavy when there empty. I can't imagine them full of ammo.

[wizart49]

i paided 10.00 for it at a surplus store

[nirvanafan2737]

how much did your whole collection cost

[wizart49]

about 200.00 . the item that cost the most was the belt of M-60 rounds they cost 30.00 for 100 rounds i got 2 belts .still need the booths and butt pack. ,towel,wash cloth,boxer shorts and t-shirts. thats will be another 100.00

[nirvanafan2737]

im starting to make a vietnam collection and one thing i cannot find is a vietcong gear or pj's if you have any websites or anything that would be awsome

[wizart49]

the only place i can tell you to look is e-bay. that is where i got most of my items. if i see a web site i will let you know.

[EvilKorbinDallas]

Hmm I know some Viet Vets, they cant bare to talk about it, but you, your different. Did you ever see the Horrors of vietnam?

[wizart49]

i was there in 1970-71.spent most of my time in the bush. i never been in a fire fight while there. most of the time the viet cong would fire at us than run. my company was in one fire fight but i was in the hospital with hight fever. got hold of some bad water.the only horrors i saw are soldiers were injuried by booby traps. it was not pretty.

[EvilKorbinDallas]

Well your really lucky, the things i heard wow.... its very sad

[wizart49]

in the beginning of the war it was bad. and when i was there certain areas had a lot of fighting.

[JustFrench80]

Wow! i bought many things in USA, but the problem in France, with laws...it's very hard to buy Guns like "M16A1, M14...or M18,M26. so it miss in my collection...but never mine!i have bayonets like USM7 USM4. and i have one AR2

[wizart49]

the m-16 is what cost the most. that i will never be able to efford. that is why i got an air solf. m-16. it just for show. if i would ever win a lottery than i may get one.lol

[movieman5743]

nice

[wizart49]

thank you

[n3njeff]

Which radio you looking for. The 25 or 77???

[wizart49]

was looking for the 25,one place on the internet had them for 100.00 but he has been out of them for a while. all the other sights want 300.00 and up. thats a little to much for me. if i was younger maybe i would get one. but being retired that a little steep.

[n3njeff]

If I hear of any that price, I will let you know but it wont be a working radio, probably just the shell with the guts missing. The days of cheap field radios are over.

[wizart49]

its pvtjarhead's surplus he has 77 and they do work. the 25 and 77. need license to operate them. i may get the kit he wants 60.00 for a used one.

[slayerrat]

nice stuff!

[Cam6697]

I have a pinapple gernade but it's from World War II

[wizart49]

i hope to get a few at the air show this year. there was a guy that had a large box with them in and used smoke grenades.

[Cam6697]

Yeah thats the gut i think i got it from. Well the sell used Stick gernades there 2

[Foolju]

Hey man, I think its really neat that you were in the Vietnam War and sharing everything with us younger generation. We dont learn too much about it in history or anything, and mostly base the war off movies. I may start making movies soon, just getting all me gear and these items, and your knowledge is helpful. Keep it up :D

[wizart49]

thanks how are you coming with your gear. i hope i can get a radio this year sometime.

[Foolju]

Alright, not really sure where I should buy gear in. I think I got some Vietnam era items, and my friends got a M16 from that time.

[wizart49]

i get mine on e-bay,and i go to a few large flea markets.you never know what you will find there.

[sengoku16]

dont you have a wife?or is your computer your only pleasure?

[wizart49]

i am retired, that war was 40 years ago. i have nothing against the vietamese, i thing they are great people. i wish i could go there to meet them but it cost to much for me to travel

[ancil415415]

sengoku16 stfu this guy is cool and if you live in the US you should be kissing his ass for what he did in vietnam and what he probibly had to go through when he got back they treated my dad like shit when he got home

[JadeMurder]

hey man, 5stars great videos looking forward to more. keep up the good work

[Furby098]

great video and nice gear ;)

PS: You called the artillery?!

so..you were a radioman?!

[wizart49]

for about 6 months.

[ffbug]

nice video, too...is that a real m16 in the back?

[wizart49]

thanks. no its a airsolf. can not efford a real one. they cost to much. lol i got it just to show. i do not use it,but the weight is about the same as a real one.

[ffbug]

weighs like a real one, thats pretty heavy id say, i got a ak 47, but without the thing in the back that goes to ur shoulder, and its ir soft too

[wizart49]

m-16 was about 8 pounds

[ffbug]

noo, im saying heavy for a air soft

[ffbug]

i got the same ear phones...lol nice i got mines from wal-mart...

[wizart49]

i think that is where i got mine. lol

[ffbug]

lol, but i got 2 other ones there microphone is borken..

[TheParas101]

Where do you collect your stuff from Wizart ?

[wizart49]

most of it off ebay. i pick by now. i do not bit on items. they go to high.

[wizart49]

when i went to vietnam i had my personal uniforms that you put in storage. they issued your gear over there. including your m-16.when your tour was up you had to reture everything. the plane i flew over on was full of G.I. but they were from all over the the u.s. from different bases. they were asigned to different units in vietnam. there were only about 5 of use going to the 196th.

[wizart49]

when i got to my unit there were guys that had only days till they went home,some had weeks and some had months. but you knew that when you where there for a year you were going home. you turn your gear in and your m16 .the plne was full of G.I. who were stationed all over vietnam. they always had replacements for the ones who were going home. thats the way they did it back than. i know this is more than you ask.

[M24SocomSniper]

good day,

nice equipment

but don't have your own equipment any more that you used in Nam?

greetings

hope to see more

[serrulius1]

I have identical grenades. I collect military surplus, WW1+2 memorabilia, lock knives, balisong knives, and a variety of other weapons. I like your videos, and anyone who served in Vietnam deserves nothing but respect.

Is that a genuine working M-16 Assault Rifle behind you?

[wizart49]

no its an airsolf m-16.maybe somday i will be able to get a real one

[serrulius1]

You and me both.

[Angelwithhorns96]

Wow...I liked all of it

[captainporpoise]

Did you know anyone in the 82nd or 101st Airborne division in Nam?

[wizart49]

sorry i did not know anyone from the 82nd or 101st.only once did we work with a tank unit,the rest we were by ourselves.

[captainporpoise]

ah, that's cool.

One more: Did you know any Green Berets? my uncle was a Colonel in that unit.

[wizart49]

no i did not know any green berets

[crazymandx]

i think u woul like call of duty4(and xboxlive)

[wizart49]

for some reason when i play with someone elso i suck. i always die.lol

[WW2RANGERCAPTAIN]

oh i have a question are u gonna get an airsoft m16 and then paint it.

[wizart49]

on the wall in the back of me is one. its the cheap one,but it feels like the real one. i will paint the end of it. maybe some day i will be able to get a real one .

[WW2RANGERCAPTAIN]

not to be mean but y are u doing nam wen u were in nam why don't u try ww2 is wat i mean. oh and im sorry if this affends anybody its not suppost to.

[wizart49]

i'm doing vietnam because i was there and was in that war.for me to do w.w.2 i would have to do a lot of reading. if my dad was alive i would ask him about w.w.2. he was a gunner in a b-17.

[WW2RANGERCAPTAIN]

oh my grandpa hes alive still he was a pv. engineer in a b24.

[wizart49]

my dad was only 5'3" so he was the gunner under the plane. i don't know if i could handle the job.i would be afraid the ball would come loose from the plane.

i went to a w.w.2 air show in june and saw a B-17 plus a lot of other w.w.s planes. if you have time check out the videos. they also had so much equipment and stuff you could buy. all w.w.2 stuff.

[WW2RANGERCAPTAIN]

oh well do minfd if i sign off right now.

[captainporpoise]

that's so weird, my Grandfather was a gunner on a B-17, he was in a ball.

He was in the Army air corps in the Pacific.

[wizart49]

my dad was in the atlantic

[mannheim316]

DUDE,YOU STILL NEED HELP!

like I said,I went to Vietnam 67-68.

[CanadaForce]

awesome video, cool stuff

[wizart49]

thanks.

[campfire11]

wow that equipment is sweet great job and thanks for preserving freedom.

[wizart49]

thanks still got to get a few items. but the rest is on hold due to the price of heating oil.

[mannheim316]

Just remember one thing it's okay to look back,but don't stare!

[mannheim316]

DUDE YOU NEED SOME HELP!

I went to Nam the last thing I want me is anything to remind me that place!!!(the way it was then)

[wizart49]

not only is vietnam a part of america history but it is a part of my history and i am proud of it. i enjoy telling stories of what it was like over there.

[blacklabel435]

5 stars! i love the collection those grenades looked soo cool!

haha, sweet book at the end :] has it come in handy yet?

[wizart49]

yes i used it a few times. i think i need to update it. some of the slang words were not in. lol

[CurtisShadyAMG]

fruit grenades!!!

[wizart49]

ever see a banana granade.lol

[CoolDog202]

Dude thanks for serving the country, you did alot for the country. You deserve a long and happy life in peace

[wizart49]

thanks for the great comment

[slippp40]

thats some awsome stuff

[wizart49]

thanks i am still adding to it

[NoMansLandProduction]

That Nam helmet is so awesome, I'm desperate for a helmet I don't want to have to wear the army hat anymore. I WANT A HELMET. good video by the way.

[wizart49]

i got mine off e-bay,but they had the wrong cover so i had to buy it off e-bay

[Jimibest1]

5 stars mate ;)

[wizart49]

thanks,glad you liked it

[Theguyof93]

Very Interesting! Didn't know there was ever such a thing canned water...LOL...Nice video dude!

[wizart49]

i think i read some where the air force had it.

[the182nd]

cool collection, theres alot of awsome stuff in it!! and also i dont know if this means much coming from a Canadian but still i respect you and all the other American troops who went and served in Vietnam and you guys are heroes for doing so.

[wizart49]

thanks for the nice comments and it does mean a lot to me.i made a few friends from canada since i joined and i message them a lot

[listentoacdc2]

Nice collection you got there. I've never seen any original food products like that for sale. My buddy has a helmet like that and I got a baseball grenade but I never find any of the good stuff. 5 stars!

[wizart49]

check e-bay thats where i got my c-rations

[thegarlands04]

Great equipment donald! and don't worry, it wasn't boring! five stars!!!!!!!!!!

[wizart49]

glad you liked it

[ShortOrderChief]

Awesome collection, interesting collection. Its not something I see all the time so it was really cool to show us :)

-Haley

[wizart49]

thanks glad you liked it

[dontfearthedark]

Hail the Wizart~ 5 Stars!

[haloisthehax0rz]

You sir, are a true patriot. Proud to have served a war which many American's did not support back in the day really shows that you care a lot about your country. Unlike a lot of people, I know how important you and other veterans our to our country and I truly appreciate it. Wow, that was the longest sort of rant I've ever done on youtube. Nice collection by the way. :)

[wizart49]

thanks for the nice comment.i appreciate it. thank you

[Simenprestaasen]

Great collection Don :)

[wizart49]

thanks i am still collecting items i had in vietman. some stuff is hard to find

[Simenprestaasen]

I collect military uniforms and gear myself... Mostly from World War II though :) Well yeah, some is indeed hard to find, but you can track down almost anything online these days ;)

You must be proud of the fact that you participated in such a conflict as the Vietnam War! I know a lot of people highly appreciate the effort you, and men like you, did by serving in the US army. Thank you!

[wizart49]

thank you for your comment it means a lot to me.

[mikebigredone]

Hey Don ! Great videos and nice colection. I enjoyed all your movies very much.

Also, thank you for your service in Vietnam.

Mike

[wizart49]

thanks .glad you like them

[yao11ming4mvp]

amazing man, truly amazing

[BayonetWarFilms]

Don, Enjoying your videos here on equipment you purchased. Although I am Canadian, I have read several non-fiction books on Vietnam back in the 80's on Night Shift, and have to admire those who served in the conflict. I will post your equipment video in my yahoo group, which is described in the link subsciption you joined. Your welcome anytime to join the group, listed on my subcription page link. Regards Ken

[wizart49]

glad you liked it and thanks for posting it on your yahoo group.i will check it out.

[yoyoyojonas]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!

ur awesome

[MattTheUndertaker]

You Should Wear That Helmet Now Rather Than The Cap Lol Nice Gear.

[rjcarleton]

Need to put some graffiti on the helmet cover, maybe an FTA or "Short"...maybe "boom-boom daddy" LOL!!

Nice video, i wear my 196 LIB ball cap just like yours, maybe i'll see you some day. Welcome Home!

Rick

Co A 8th Support Bn

196th Light Infantry Brigade

Chu Lai, RVN 67-68

[wizart49]

thanks ,welcome home yourself.i just got a used helmet liner in the mail it is from the late 60 and is faded. the one that came with the helmet i think is late 70s.i plan to put war is hell on it plus a few other things

[airsoftkiller07]

Where did you buy all of your equipment at?

[wizart49]

some stuff i got off e-bay others i picked up at the army surplus store.on e-bay i click on buy it now .that shows the items you can buy and do not have to bid on them

[wizart49]

some i got off e-bey and the rest i got at the army surplus store

[justino0o0]

Is that the helmet you used? the helmet cover looks late 1970s..im also looking for a radio! there alot of money hehe i love this video, and thank you for fighting in the vietnam war! your a great man

[wizart49]

i just ordered a cover that is from the late 60's

[1944battle]

nice helmet u should pimp it up a little with writing and pictures so you kno it will be yours forever and noone can claim it theirs cuz it would be ur creativity.

[wizart49]

i may do that. i think the outside cover is wrong. want to see what e-bay got .worling on the radio now , the place i wnt to get one is sold out was told to check back in april. they have the cheapest price.

[guitarlord2012]

I find history amazing..I mean every generation will have to learn something new that happened in the past..which means eventually they will need to go to school for a longer amount of time.

Great video 5/5

[wizart49]

thanks.i know what you mean there is so much to learn these days. i think some schools do go year round

[Detour360]

thanks thats a great collection!

[wizart49]

thanks detour.still got items to get

[tbonepearson]

5 Stars! I didn't know the difference between the grenades, that's cool lemon, baseball, pineapple!

Cool helmet, I bought a few of those for an upcoming episode of Idiot and the Scorpion, we shot a neat military scene. I have a tough time deciphering what people are saying sometimes too!

[davidthebravid]

wow. i need some new equipment

[AirborneProductions]

This is a very cool video. Where did you get most of your stuff?

[wizart49]

e-bay and a army surplus. but the surplus does not have much of the vietnam gear i am looking for.

[SubscribeForYou]

outstanding work

[joedavies11]

hi u subscribed to me thnx 4 da comment im from north wales in great britain and im really interseted in the veitnam war im 15 years old and realy like your vids..... thanks

[wizart49]

thanks i have had a lot of young people like you ask me questions about vietnam. some thing i have forgotten over the year.

[SONofAnamVet]

Hahahaha ive eaten 30 year old candy :)

[wizart49]

now was it.i like to get a pack of 30 year old smokes.i seen them on one web.site.

[SONofAnamVet]

Yeah it was from a C ration packet from like the 70s. ive eaten early MREs from like the mid 70s also. Yeah the smokes are cool,I make Repro Vietnam C-Rats for reenactments,display & filming.

[drgonzo613]

Nice Video.

[wizart49]

you told me you wanted to eat it lol

[Buckeyefan86]

cool u called in artillery....BLOW IT UP!...well idk if we should...BLOW IT UP! lol i dare u to open up the can of meatballs and smell it

[oldwarrior09]

awesome.

[oldwarrior09]

kool you where in nam?

[wizart49]

yes i was in the 196th light infantry brigade

[katvolver]

wow u were in 'nam? holy crap.

[POPWELLMAN]

very educational

[TRyrEaDtHiS]

Nice Vid! Your collection is growing steadily, Can't wait to see the finished product :D.