A Vietnam War veteran’s five-decade search for his friend who saved his life | Witness Documentary

After being mistaken for the enemy by fellow United States forces during the Vietnam War, Japanese American Bruce Nakashima found life as an injured veteran difficult. He became alienated from the world, including his family, who reminded him of the faces he had seen in Vietnam. He had tried in vain to find his friend LV, who saved his life when they were wounded and evacuated by helicopter.

When they finally reunite after 50 years, their bond is as strong as ever, and Bruce is finally able to confront painful memories and find solace and belonging in his final days. The Volunteer is a documentary film by David Brodie.

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[punarbasunath]

War is dengerous it destroy humanity 😢

[adrianzilic]

This gives me goosebumps as the brotherhood's we form in combat are eternal.

[Ctrl_Del_]

Extra ordinairy that this video is not available in the US. Now, why would that be 😉

[Dolefully]

One has perpetual guilt and grief, I hope he does rest in peace, and another kept referring to the Vietnamese as the 'enemy'. Were the prisoners thrown out of the helicopter?

[muhammadaftab]

Al Jazeera! Please, make a documentary about the Peshawar School Massacre in Pakistan in December 2014.

[simpletownworx]

PTSD is real. LV saved Bruce's life in his morphine haze. They thought he was VC because he was Asian looking. Dear Bruce. It's not your fault. You're with your ancestors now and they love you. Rest in peace.

[nedludd]

It is always about Americans. The Viet Minh did not travel half way around the world to attack the US. Why not do a story about Bao Ninh who wrote "The Sorrow of War"?

[জাবেরআহমদ-ঝ৪ভ]

Please sir, Save us 🥲 We are Bangladeshi students 🥲

[pokemonzatchbell]

Why are you not showing the protests in " Balochistan " in Pakistan

[Abdooooooooooooooo-gl]

Prisoners being pushed out the helicopter alive ?.