THE VIETNAM WALL

[suZee714]

As those of us who are blessed to be with our families celebrate and give thanks..., let us remember in our prayers the homes that have an empty chair at the table and also offer a special prayer of thanksgiving and ask God’s Blessings for the brave men and women of our Armed Forces, whose service and sacrifice will, we further pray, make the world a better and safer place. And a very special prayer dear God, for those homes that have an empty chair that will forever remain vacant .

[unlost]

3:22 and  3:35 -------beautiful

[Astrocatlady]

Thanks for this video. My cousin, a Viet Nam Sgt. Vet, died in May. He went through that hell, a horrible car crash and died of a massive heart attack mowing his damn lawn on a ride on mower....go figure. God, I miss him. R.I.P. Short!! I love you!

[Madara2233]

1:40 is so heart touching its sad :(

[jordanrb1996]

who the devil is the idiot who dislikes this video???

[jordanrb1996]

i just wanna cry when i here this lovely song. i hope all of the men on the wall were Christians

[jordanrb1996]

i went to Gettysburg and Washington, D. C. on an 8th grade field trip. this wall is a very touching experience. i think i was about one of the only ones who knew someone on that wall. And the one person who dislikes this video? what's wrong with that person, does he or she think the vietnam war was unjust? well, 86 people think it wasn't. there were 85 likes, but i voted it up too. so it's 86 to 1.

[jordanrb1996]

my grandpa's sister's son, Billy Ray Stubbs, is on the wall. There is a diamond by his name

[CousinSusie]

Thank You All For Your Strength & Courage To Protect Us & Our Country!

I Thank You All With All My Heart & Soul!! Much Love & Respect To You All!

God Bless You & God Bless The USA!

[singingsheila42]

God Bless These Gentlemen

[TunesNorth]

Fantastic tribute vid and images.

I love this song. no one does it like George.

I support all our Brothers and Sisters of Service.

Thank you for posting.

and thanks jocko800 for the share.

Thumbs and Happy New Year to all!

[mahalo9898]

@50poiuyt -> to answer your question regrading who's freedom let me QUOTE you the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

I hope this helps.

[50poiuyt]

@mahalo9898 Vietnam threatened USA?Iraq threaten USA?Your aggressiveness make the world sick.Dead for aggressors

[jocko800]

@50poiuyt Problem is we are not aggressive enough.

[50poiuyt]

@jocko800 You have now Apganistan.Kiss Taliban ass

[jocko800]

@50poiuyt YOU SHOULD TAKE YOUR COMMENTS TO A POLITICAL SITE.THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GAVE YOU LIFE. THE MILITARY WOULD HAVE WALKED OVER YOU. USARMY 68-70 REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

[ssgduke56]

@50poiuyt Talk is cheap coming from a Cyber Bully! Yes, talk is cheap....and Death is very Expensive when you threaten us! For I am alive and intact! While my Enemies are....NONE! For they are Dead!! Talk is cheap Cyber Bully......

[50poiuyt]

@ssgduke56 60000 your young people did not alive for stupidity of your gov.,moron

[ssgduke56]

@50poiuyt 60000 good soldiers served there country with the best they could do! So what did you do with your life other then whine and complain in here bub? You were old enough at that time to join? I got in 1972 of the tail end of the war!

[ToChaMayCS]

@50poiuyt This communist is a moron, he's so stupid that he copies other people's comments and used them everywhere. Don't listen to this idiot!

[sfremgen]

I finally went to the Wall about 15 years ago; it was time to see some of my USMC Brothers' names one more time

USMC Viet Vet

Marble Mountain, RVN 69-70

[Bob794C1]

I'm a proud American all I can say is thank you! Freedom isnt free I will never forget that!

[beegeelovessurf]

Go to the Wall and pray and cry. The experience will move you forever! These heroes paid the ultimate price and deserve our undying respect and gratitude. They will not be forgotten! Semper Fi my brothers. USMC 1967-68

[kvjjus]

For whatever your conviction, God Bless these men for their gift to all free men. Its because of the likes of these that we are able to be a free society today. They gave their all and we should be thankful and humbled that they cared enough. Sempre Fi !

[50poiuyt]

Do not you go to other countries to kill to be killed.Advice from Vietnam.

[gary52h]

if you ain't been there you don't understand this song God Bless You All Rest In Peace

[Blazethebest3]

ill be in the royal hamilton light infantry in 9 months when im 16

[xuixuanxui]

God Bless our fallen brothers, the black wall is a good place to touch the names of our brothers and release the tears of love and remembrance hard as the the black marble, but warm as our hearts. Angels are there at the wall, watching over brothers and waiting for us to join them in peace.

[ctenar1970]

They did not have to kill if USA supported free election in Vietnam at 1957 acording to Geneva Agrement.

[xuixuanxui]

ctenar1970, this is not the place for your lying propaganda. Get lost the wall and this place is sacred, this just shows you don't even honor your own dead.

German and Russian soldiers on a chance meeting in Stalingrad looked together to place a wreath of flowers for their fallen friends. The tour guide was whinning and complaining to the Russian soldiers about fraternizing with the German soldiers. No place there or here for politics, our dead deserve the peace they didn't have in life.

[ctenar1970]

@xuixuanxui why not when dumb policy is the reason of this human pain ?

[jocko800]

@xuixuanxui You are deep thinking soul.Thanks for your posting.

[ceb2633]

Incredibly touching video and song. Thank you for the post. One needs to think of the bravery of those passed on for all of us, and those who lived and deserve more attention than they get.

[dutchlady511]

I dedicate this song to my husband who is my HERO who fought in this War. I love you my love!

[popohour]

There isn't anything to say, George said it all. Thank you to those who served our nation. Chris

[kurtw71]

Note: Footnote # 1 gives breakdown of Casualty by Branch of service as follows: Army 38,209; Marines 14,838; Navy 2,555; Air Force 2,584; Coast Guard 7. Total: 58,193. As of 12/1998

Note: PMSA {Personnel Missing Southeast Asia} website lists 1,740 at [4] broken down as of May 2009:

[kurtw71]

By Service BranchCountryBranch of serviceNumber serving WorldwideNumber serving Southeast AsiaNumber serving South VietnamKilledWoundedMissing

USA[3]Army4,368,0002,276,0001,­736,00038,21896,802558 {A}

Marines794,000513,000391,00014­,84051,392213 {B}

Navy1,842,000229,000174,0002,5­654,178369 {C}

Air Force1,740,000385,000293,0002,­5871,021566 {D}

Coast Guard7590 {E}

Civilians1934 {F}

Total8,744,0003,403,0002,594,0­0058,228153,4521,740

[ericinghammontevista]

What a shame. Almost 60,000 American names are on that wall. So sad to see young lives just taken away in the blink of an eye. If America hadn't gotten involved in Vietnamese politics and just let them choose their government, look at how many Americans would be alive today.

[phyliscd]

i have been to the wall a few times but this time i was there on memorial day.i even met some navy vets that were in the tonkin gulf the same time i was there.

[delkolover]

what is the website to use for searching. because the only one I have is veiwing the wall. It doesn't have who esle was in that unit.

thanks for the ionformation.

[delkolover]

I looking for anyone that was in my uncleunit co.b 1st 27th mar

1stmardiv

his name was Andrew G.Richard P.F.C. U.S.M.C.

he was KIA

[timberland1108]

they have a website were u could search the name

[chkz27]

We should extend the Wall to our Brothers and Sisters dying in this New War!

[ctenar1970]

chkz27 :They died-or you will die- for pocket of bosses of the arms industry

[texassteerdrug]

i think the wakk was a very good idea that way people could go back and read up on all the fallen heroes and friends they lost

[az198907]

I went there the year I left for the Marines I went there at night and and all I could do was cry ask God why it was probably the most powerful thing I have ever seen. To the fallen semper fidelis you will never be forgotten by this Marine.

[jackma152]

FORGOTTEN HEROES the movie com

Indie filmmaker Jack Marino's film is the only film that pays tribute to every Vietnam Vet on film. This twenty year struggle to get the DVD out for all you great guys, is a film that says THANK YOU and WELCOME HOME

go to myspace com/forgottenheroesthemove for reviews

[soxbearshwks]

i'm 63 yrs old now, and i never thought i would want to go to the "Wall". but as i get older, i think i should go and pay my last respects..

3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai RVN 10/65-11/66

[96seniram]

My uncles name is on that wall too his name was Robert B. Hamblett.

[P2bbles]

@soxbearshwks my uncle was killed there in 1968 you do and always will have my respect thank you

[penandra]

@soxbearshwks I know this was posted 3 years ago, but I hope that you've made it to the Wall. I lived in WDC while the Wall was being built and was lucky enough to have a Vietnam Vet for a close friend. We would stop by the wall once a week to talk to the men and women on vigil. For those of us who lived through this war, it is an amazing experience. Thank you for your service.

[delkolover]

my uncle's name is on the wall

pfc Andrew G.Richard

[AmberrrFm]

My brother was in the korea war and 2times in vietnam he retired after 30 years lost 1 eye in korea and got agen orange from vietnam he fought long battle but gave his life to to the lordhe lost his fight 3-7-2008 his name is Chilton Darrell Mullins they called him moon,He was loved by church and family

[FUCKUP89]

my grandpa is a veitnam vet and almost everytime i see him he is scard from that war mentally cause he see the men and women coming back from iraq and he remembers thoes days.so please i don't care how you stand on the war but please show them and people like my grandpa some respect.

[chocolategroup]

See in person the Vietnam Traveling Wall exhibit, May 23 - 26, 2008 Schaumburg Alexian Field, 1999 S. Springinsguth Road, Schaumburg, IL. 8 am - 10 pm daily.

Join the community in saluting the heroes who have put themselves in harms way so that others can enjoy liberty and freedom.

The event will feature the Vietnam Traveling Wall and exhibits honoring veterans from conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, and World War II, as well as special tributes to public safety heroes.

[JustRay1128]

I morn for my forgotten brothers who lost their young and lives in Vietnam. Those I served with that, because of my own defense mechanism, I can't honor today because their names are buried so deep within my heart I can't access them. I see thier faces hear their cries. They haunt me.

May God, who knows each one, bless them and keep them in His care.

Keep the faith Garrett

[GunsAndPoker]

Very nice video - I'm just a forgoten beaten up vietnam vet. I lost many buddies over there. I can't go a day without horrible memories..It hurts me to see all those names on that wall - God Bless them all..

1965-1968

Garrett (Guns)

[panamvet66]

To GunsAndPoker

Don't ever think your a forgotten Vietnam vet.

Like you, I served and was proud and guys like me could not have done it without you. Thank you. We were a team. All Vietnam vets should be proud of what we did, whether it was right or wrong. I'm still being treated for PTSD and I know what your feeling. God Bless you.

[2445jones]

are you aware that pieces of shit in washington are making the soldiers going to irac war zone pay for alot of their battle ware they need. get these cowardly bastards in washington and drop their asses in irac.

[LITEBRITE65]

I visited it. It is a powerful moving experience you will never forget.

[usmc6674]

thank you

[FloridaHuntingGuide]

Garry Owen Sir!!!

CR Roth and Carol TR Roth

MOS 9301

We are at the Green.

[jjnaz99]

yes that really sucked the way our brave soldiers came home from that war and got credit for being killers, what the hell do you think war is a damn videogame, far from it it is real

[panamvet66]

I'm a Vietnam Vet and was wounded during the Vietnam war. This video meant alot to me. I took my first trip to "The Wall" this year.

It was very emotional for me. I hope that the American people can forgive us for fighting in a war we lost. I did my duty and would do it again for our country. Next time you see a veteran of "any" war. Thank him. It means alot.

[1wildndn]

There is nothing to forgive....you did your duty in a war that was hell. It's veterens like you that has provided freedom for us. When I hear the National Anthem or songs like this one, it always brings tears to my eyes thinking what you went thru for us...Thank you...God bless you

[jimtraner]

Welcome home brother.

[omarkhyam1951]

If you want to promote individual freedom and government by the consent of the governed, free markets and free press have to evolve. So, even if we can give them only a taste of that, the whole world improves. We did not fail the mission in Vietnam. We did not lose the war in that sense. For my service in Vietnam, I only want this generation not to again create Survivors' Guilt and PTSD in our vets returning from Iraq the way they did when WE came back.

[panamvet66]

Although I agree with your comments, I'm afraid that many of our current returning vets will suffer the same problems that we did. The reason I say this is that I was just diagnosed with PTSD last year. Nearly 40 years later. I was told by the VA ,that watching TV news reports about the Iraq war caused flashbacks to Vietnam. I hope our new veterans get the care they deserved and not just now, but in the future.

[Airforcebound12]

you dont need to be forgiven it wasn't are war to fight so i thank you for what you did for our country in our time of need may God bless you

[usmc6674]

Welcome home Brother.

We did not lose the war the war was lost for us by the media and the ones in the white house. L B J was running the war not the men in the war. The one who has forgiven you is GOD and HE is the only one who counts. Take you feelings to GOD in prayer and you will feel better.

Rev. J.C.Bliss

Cpl. of MARINES 67 - 68 nam.

[PoloMedic]

Thanks George, I am a VietNam vet who served in I Corp, DaNang AB Gunfighter Village. Hi to all you Gunfighters. Thanks again George.

[DVincentW]

58,000 actually.

5 womens names also,who were killed in action.

[LITEBRITE65]

8 women

[USHomeboy]

I'm French...and I love american Peoples.

i respect all the Vietnam Veterans WIA and All the Heroes KIA ...

As i respect all Frenchs Veterans of the INDOCHINA War...We never have to forget all af them...

It's just to tell. I repect you grand father Killed in 1954 in Dien Bien Phu at the Camp isabelle.

God bless our both nations

Christophe.M.Pougniet

[USHomeboy]

it's a great video. god respect all the vietnam veterans and all heros Kia.

amitié à l'amerique

God bless our contry

[armymomchris]

Those of us who are "ArmyMom's sometimes have to believe that our children died for a noble cause.

[hayseed6969]

it is so sad these brave men lost thier lives for this scumbag government,,,and then they keep letting thses nasty ass illegal mexicans invade what these men lost lives for!! just disgusting

[jca462]

TY for the video. I'm vietnam vet.

[Airforcebound12]

this was a point less war and i lost my brother to it so tanks alot

[iavvap1970]

I'm very sorry about your brother.He died a hero.Btw,its Thanks not Tanks !!!!

[sfremgen]

Great images. Thanks for posting this tribute.

I have visited there, and found my buddies.

USMC Vietvet

[gadawg47]

My mom's cousin, Michael England, was killed in Vietnam. My mom was only about 8 when he was killed, but was at the house when the military chaplain came to tell his parents that he had been killed.