River Rats Ambushed in the Vietnam War | True War Story

[ScarypatVr]

My grandpa was in the Vietnam war he was a radioman his name is Charlie Ochs and he had a grenade hit near him strapnel got into his arms and legs and he still maintained the soldiers sanity and got a Purple Heart for his bravery he is still alive

[harmonpatch]

Thank you dearly, for your service/sacrifices, all you U.S. Vets

[glendaharris]

Thank you for your testimony. Thank you for keeping America free. God bless America 🇺🇸.

[dongavenda]

When you touch war,
it touches you back.

Vietnam (69 & 70)

[DerekFuller-xd]

I had a cousin that was a river rat in Nam. He wasn't scared of shit when he got back! He seen way too much! And that Indian definitely knew how to fight! I miss him. He was a good man. He fought them demons for a long time after that war. Love you Howard Lee.

[samueljohnson]

Keep up with these stories, or else we would never know. Was in P.I. 65-67 USNAS Cubi Point

[patriot]

I haven't heard many stories of the river rats/ or boat service. Thx for posting.
Thank you, all service men & women!! 🇺🇸

[NativeTexanCrawdaddy]

Welcome home, Brother. Thank you for your service.
Prayers for all who were there, are still there, and all their families.

[quinnh]

Bless U dude . U showed up for war as the politicians talked trash in DC.

[planetina]

Thanks for sharing history as it should be written.

Bless you all who serve!

I come from a military family

My grandpa was a Jumbo driver

Great was a B24 Bombardier on Europe D Day

[bobdixon]

I love you buddy and I'm sorry about dishonorable men in our government. My brother was there too and we prayed often for him and sent care packages, and he shared them. I was eight when he landed in country. But he was very good to me. A great brother. Im just glad you made it home! I think of You guys often and have good thoughts for you. Thank you Sir!

[IcemanJim]

TY & Bless ALL of You who fought in that shithole. I missed Nam by about 7 years and watched it all on tv and the coming home of surrounding neighbors :(

[rons]

Welcome home.Thank you for your service my brother❤

[dobridjordje]

Damn, Mekong delta was almost as intense as DMZ and central highlands when it came to casualties.

[markm]

Damn that is messed up and I’m sorry for that hassle of loosing his crew. I can’t imagine how hard that must be. Thanks for your bravery to us your fought to protect

[MrTTR]

My uncle, GMG3 VL Taylor, was a brown water sailor. River Patrol Section 532, PBR 139, stationed out of My Tho. I was lucky enough to have been able to meet his boat mates at a yearly reunion. God Bless them all!

[jmeyerrn]

Thank you for your service, sir. It's sounds horrid. Words cannot expresss what nightmares you have lived!

[krishayward]

My late father was in the Mobile riverine force. Stationed on the flotilla at Dong Tam. He was on a PBR and a Alpha boat. Miss him a lot.

[stevenmiller]

Probably, the only thing harder than being ordered into harms way with your soldiers is being the only one to survive. It's also devastating to, day after day, ordered soldiers into harms way, knowing that a significant number of them will not come back.
I salute all those soldiers who will remain forever young.😢

[miloinaz]

Welcome home! Thank you for your service! You're a good man!