When the Farm Boy Goes to War

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A Vietnam veteran shares his experiences and reflects on the war in Iraq (after doing some videos about veterans, I decided to do this video about my father) Honor your dad this Father's Day and pull our your camera and make a video of one of your dad's stories.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• vietnam
• war
• iraq
• veteran
• father's
• day

[djscheisse]

oh plz, when will you americans forget that communism bogeyman?

[dbocaz]

Did you even watch this?

[la13silent13]

nice vid

[dbocaz]

Thanks for watching

[SMGJohn]

Genociders should be executed!

[kaynie143]

i like this video..

[dbocaz]

That you so much for sharing your story of your father. Yes, the baby killer rumors were exaggerated and really hurt these men when they returned from way. The rejection of their country made it hard for them to recover from the horrors of war.

[b1naryd1g1t5]

In closing, he always told me that the media grossly over-hyped the cruelties committed by American soliders/Marines. He said most of the stuff was bogus. I have pictures of him and his buddies holding Vietnamese children, etc.. It seemed most soldiers really were trying to help.

The war never let him rest, though. He became a raging alcoholic in his early 50's and died a few years later. I never got a chance to question him one on one about the war, and have to rely on family accounts.

[b1naryd1g1t5]

According to a friend of his, he had killed a number of VC (and/or NVA) during his tour, which wasn't that uncommon for someone in the Infantry or Cavalry during the 65-68 period. He has a couple of bronze stars, but those were given to everyone who survived the Infrantry/Cavalry according to him.

He said the worst thing was having to wear his Lieutenant's brains on his shirt after he was killed by a sniper while sitting right beside him. He couldn't clean the brains off due to the firefight.

[b1naryd1g1t5]

My father was drafted in '65 (out of a small town in TN) and was sent directly to Vietnam in '66. He served in the field from mid '66-67 in the 1st Cav 2/12 A Co. in some of the worst regions in 'Nam. I think he was in 27 combat missions, according to his papers I have in the drawer.

He was always on edge but I never really understood why until I got older. If there was a loud noise, it wasn't uncommon to see him hit the floor, even many years after the war. Continued.....