Truth and Myths About The Vietnam War

Truth and Myths
About The Vietnam War

[MrEddieo]

I can recall in about '78 sitting at the counter in a diner near Richmond. The fellow next to me and I somehow began talking about Viet Nam. I told him I was about a year too young and missed the draft. He reached out his hand and said "I went so you didn't have to go". Even now I makes me choke up a little. Thanks to all the Veterans of Viet Nam. God bless you.

[felixmadison]

I served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army in 1969. On December 14, 1969, I was wounded by rocket or mortar fire when our LZ came under attack, one month shy of my 21st birthday. I spent 8 months in army hospitals. I have scars on my right flank, (kidney and liver damage) both arms, both legs, and left foot. A piece of shrapnel tore through my jungle boot, at the base of my toes, almost severing them from my foot. I still consider myself one of the lucky ones to have survived combat in Vietnam. A few years ago I broke a couple of ribs, and a doctor at the hospital asked me what happened, when he saw all the scars. I told him it was from time served in Vietnam. He said it looked like I had been run over by a tank. I didn't realize only 3 in 10 of us still remain. God bless you all, my brothers.

[BusterActual]

In 1969, my mom and I were on our way to Hawaii to see my dad (an F-100 pilot) on R&R. We were waiting for our connecting flight to Hawaii at San Francisco International, and I was 10 and old enough to go to the restroom by myself, so my mom let me go. While I was in there, two long-haired guys, one in a fatigue jacket, were just getting ready to leave. The other one asked me in a friendly way, "Where are you flying to, little boy?" Full of pride, I answered, "I'm going to see my daddy on leave in Hawaii. He's a pilot in Vietnam." Their smiles vanished immediately and the one in the fatigue jacket leaned down with a look of pure hatred on his face and said, "Your daddy is an imperialist oppressor and I hope he gets killed! He's a damned criminal!" With that, they both left and I could hear them laughing as they left. I was totally confused and frightened and waited a good while in a locked stall in case they came back. When I told my mom about it, she just hugged me with tears in her eyes and said not to worry. I've often wondered what kind of vile, troubled person could say something like that to a kid...and I think that day was the day I decided I was going to go into the military as well, which I ultimately did. Those two probably wound up as faculty in some university.

[michaelna]

I've always felt 2 things that pertain to vietnam vets
1/ they didn't just go they were sent
2/ they didn;t just attend, they served
Hats off to them all

[LA-ARCH]

As a Nam vet 1969-70, thank you for sharing. We had our homecoming on November 11, 1982 when we dedicated the Vietnam Memorial Wall. I was proud to serve in Nam, to not wear my uniform while home on leave truly devastated me, I was a lost soul. We are the 1% ! I was 19 years old in Nam, I have had 4 bladder cancer surgeries with chemo. I had lung cancer in 2001 with a right lung lobectomy. All due to Agent Orange spraying defoliant chemicals. Through the grace of God I will turn 75 years old this year. NO I did NOT smoke cigarettes. I can go on and on but I will stop now 😊

[garyluck]

I was there all of 67 arriving at my unit in Vietnam on Christmas Day 66 I didn’t have that bad but a lot of are men and women had it very rough over there! Thanks to all of you for your service!!!! Everyone please remember the ones that didn’t make it back home!!! Thanks for your service!

[richardpatterson]

My Uncle was a Marine, yes he’s gone now. He fought the Vietnam War until he passed in one way or the other. It’s senseless the way he was treated until he passed ! I will never forget the way he felt or the truth he told me about the war. He was always a proud Marine until the end. GOD Bless the soldiers that fought in the Vietnam War !

[kurtoheim]

Thank you for setting the record straight. More of U.S. citizens are grateful for the service of all our vets including those who fought in Vietnam. We need these facts so we can learn the lessons of how our own politicians, the educational establishment and deceptive media make a mess of things causing the unimaginable loss of life. Again thank you.

[smokinjoe]

I was a Crew Chief on a Dust Off helicopter. It was the best job I ever had. Even though I was scared Shitless the whole time I flew, I would do it all over again. Respect for all the Grunts and everything they accomplished in Vietnam.

[rickreeter]

Awesome film, as a Vietnam Veteran I really appreciate the truth.

[aprilquinn]

WELCOME HOME 🙏🏼 Thank you all for your service in a war that wasn’t yours to fight, or win. You’re the true Heroes.

[annwilliams]

Thank y’all for sharing all the info, my Dad passed away 13 years ago but he served in Vietnam and I know for a fact the troubles, nightmares and bumpiness he went thru his whole life because of it! I wish he could have lived a few years more to finally get the respect they were never given back then that they are finally and deservingly so are starting to get now! Thanks to all that serve our great Nation and we are very proud of u all!!!

[msswsgz]

I was the gunner on a 50ft gunboat on coastal patrol in the Vietnam War. The stupidest restriction we had to operate under was if we were fired on we had to radio in for permission to return fire. Luckily my boat officer had some common sense. He said I was to return fire immediately and we would get permission later.

[GaryLane-jlgg]

Thank you Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association Foundation for setting the record straight! It is an excellent effort to bust the myths. I didn’t serve in country, but served in the states as the war came to a close. As a DESERT STORM veteran, my hometown wanted me in their parade celebrating the end of that conflict, but I felt saddened looking out at the crowd where Vietnam veterans stood welcoming us back…one was my brother who was in the Tet offensive at Bien Hoa Air Base. They should’ve had a joint parade that included them for the one they never received.

[hrdknox]

Dude! Sam Elliott is an awesome choice for the narration of this film! My respect for him just went up another notch!

[timothykuring]

My mother married a veteran freshly back from Vietnam in the last year or so of the war.
I was thirteen or fourteen and I asked him if he saw any action. he had a fit of temper and wouldn't talk about it, not even for years afterwards, but in his old age, he talks about it all the time and his veteran friends are his best friends.
he had problems like a lot of veterans - blinding headaches from exposure to agent orange, and he lost all his teeth because of some black tar that an Army dentist had painted on the teeth of every man in his company.
Dentists found the black tar all the way down to the roots of their teeth when they extracted them, and when he got in touch with other guys from his company, he found they all lost their teeth with the same problem.
The Army said the records were destroyed in a fire.
They never get tired of using that excuse.

[davedear]

Wow what a video. I'm 81 and well remember the horrors of this conflict. Thank you for this video and thank you to the Vets who took part.. they should never be forgotten.

[HUNTER-vbgw]

when I was leaving for boot camp, I was on a flight to Ohara airport. I was sitting next to an ederly gentleman. When he asked where I was going he offered me a cigarette one after another another. I think he knew where I was going. I wish I could contact that man today. Thank you.

[richardwebster]

I was there in 68/69 with the First infantry division/and advisor with the Vietnamese Regional Forces/Popular Forces. We abandoned those people who trusted us to a hell on earth while the anti-war generation here in the US played the role of the useful idiot. When the communists started to murder people in the hundreds of thousands, the draft dodger generation here in the US never so much as said a word in protest. The Vietnam Veteran who returned home was treated terribly for years by them. The Vietnam Vet fought two wars, the one in Vietnam and the other when he returned home. We are still reaping the benefits of that today in America
. The Co Van

[kpwfnsh]

I've treated 1000's of Vietnam Vets at the VA and many wore baseball caps that said they were "Proud Vietnam Veterans". I have never seen anyone with a baseball cap that said "Proud Vietnam War Protestors" That tells you who can stand tall and who can not