SOME GAVE ALL

Tribute to all the men who were KIA in my last unit in Vietnam, E Co (Long Range Patrol) 20th Infantry (Airborne) &/or C Co (Ranger) 75th Infantry (Airborne), First Field Force Vietnam.
I also want this to remind us of all our "FALLEN BROTHERS" who have passed on, very young and mostly from the diseases & injuries they were subjected to in Vietnam. "WE WILL NEVER FORGET" "SALSA"
http://www.e20-c75th-rangers-association.org/forums/index.php

The view count is 29,600 more than what is shown, since it was deleted and when reloaded the count went back to zero, as indicated by the over 85,000 total video views on my channel.

Graphics by Cal "Preacher" Rollins 1st Plt E/20/LRP & Omega Recon & Duke Dushane P/75/RGR.

Music from Kenny Thoma's CD Flags of Our Fathers....A Soldiers Story. Kenny served with TFR 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in Somalia, Oct 93. RLTW

To visit my memoir on the time spent with this unit please go too: http://www.myfamilymemoirs.com/memoirs-archives.jsp Then scroll down the list of programs and click on the picture of a LRP: " I will meet the enemies of my country" 1SG Joseph J Welsh USA (Ret)

To get more info on anyone who was KIA in Vietnam:

http://www.vvmf.org/

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[springer94]

Thank you larycaleb...I intend on doing just that....it's not the soldier who starts the war it's the politicians.

RLTW

[springer94]

coprhead6. I did not know your Dad, I had already left the unit before he came, however, I asked some of the other guys who were there around the same time and they all liked him and said he was a good PL and and that's something you should be proud of. As far as a branch transfer, if your really serious about going to the Rangers...you need to convince the people who are in charge of you LOL RLTW

[nowell350z]

Thanks from my father, Sgt Lance Chandler, E Co, 75th Rangers, 68-69 Recondo #915. Served on LZ Baldy and LZ Bronco. Your always in my prayers pops. See you when I make roll call in heaven!

Cpl Nowell Chandler, 1st LAR Bn, 1st Mar Div.

[springer94]

@nowell350z

CPL Nowell, I looked up your dads name in A History of the MACV RECONDO School (1966-1971) He was in class # 12-68 PFC Chandler, Lance T RN 0914 Unit Americal Div (which was E Co) So his Recondo number is 914....sometimes over time things are not heard or misunderstood..especially after so many years pass. NOW you have it right from the official listing. You should be dam proud of your Dad, Out of the 5,395 troops who went to the course only 3,357 graduated..

RLTW

[AirForceWife624]

Hey Thanks for your service..God Bless

[rags1488]

Brother what a fitting video for this Memorial day 2009. Rags VNVMC, J Chapter, San Berdoo, CA. Mobile Riverene Force, Navy, Mekong Delta, 1968-'69. Love, respect and brotherhood.

[larycaleb]

keep up the good fight.with all the govt corruption talk our fallen heroes tend to be forgotten. keep up the fight to keep them remembered,they ARE NOT a statistic they are people with kids and families.they are heroes and we owe our lives to them! god bless all of our heroes

[Pvjinflight]

Oh sorry, I just came here from another Vietnam video that was about vietnam war as a whole and thought that this video is same kind of one, not tribute video for your brothers in arms.

Of course I wasnt blaming soldiers from things that happened in Vietnam war or in any war, politicians are those that should be blamed from like usage of chemical weapons & heavy civilian casualties. Ive heard that nowadays lots of veterans have helped in areas where civilian population is still affected from it

[springer94]

@Pvjinflight Who the hell do you think you are....Your from FINLAND & have no right to degrade my brothers who fought in any WAR....All you know is what the media put out. AND IF YOU WERE NOT IN VIETNAM YOU HAVE NO RIGHT AT ALL TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT....THESE MEN WERE ALL 3 TIME VOLUNTEERS, STRONG, WELL TRAINED AND VERY PATRIOTIC PLUS THEY had the B---S to go. since it was a Brain Twisting, nerve wracking job....but we did it BECAUSE WE LOVED IT AND WE WERE DAM GOOD AT IT ALSO......RLTW Brasso

[coprhead6]

My father is Ret. Cpt. Richard Grimes. He was a PL in the Charlie Rangers in '69-'70 and went back to the states and helped remake Ranger School (including the now replaced Desert Phase). I'm hoping to branch Infantry (cadet, 2013) and follow in my father's footsteps.