Why This Vietnam Vet Kept Silent For 40 Years | Full Interview

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• KA

  @karafunk8563 · 2 years ago

  This is my dad. He is a bad ass. I honestly didn't know my dad was in vietnam until i was in high-school.  We never talked about the war, and i get it now. The hate he recieved coming home astonished me. He remembers watching the news with his parents and seeing his name appear on the draft screen. I cannot even imagine how that felt. Knowing you were doing something you weren't prepared for physically or emotionally. He did what his country asked of him and that makes him a GOD DAMN HERO in my eyes. Im thankful to call you my dad and so happy you made it home to meet mom and bring Kristie and I into this world.

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• JO

  @JoeGuitar6 · 2 years ago

  Whenever things are getting shitty and I start feeling sorry for myself, I watch these videos and listen to these fellow's stories. And I realize my life ain't so bad.

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• WI

  @williamheyman5439 · 1 year ago

  So I am 86 years old, and enlisted when my parents died and the relatives made me.  Went from private to colonel, was on the DMZ in Korea, and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.  It is harder on some than others.  We need to both appreciate and support those who have borne the battle more than others.  Like me.  Firefights, helicopter crash, and not a scratch.  Damned lucky.  Others not so.  We need to support them.  I give to the veterans groups, and hope it gets to them.  Best wishes to all.

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• FE

  @felixmadison5736 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I was drafted in 1968 and started my tour in Vietnam in July of '69.  I had the same feeling on the way over, whatever is going to happen, is going to happen.  I got wounded that December by mortar attack, but was lucky enough to cheat death and here I am now at 76 years of age as of 2025.

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• BR

  @bryanbrowning5746 · 2 years ago

  My brother was KIA at Phuoc Long  in May of 69’. He was supposed to go on leave, but one of the other guys in his unit had a sudden hardship at home, and my brother volunteered to stand in for him so he could leave asap. Two days after his buddy arrived home, my brother’s unit was ambushed, and he was killed. 54 years later, I still miss him! He was just that kind of guy: always a team leader, and player.

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• KA

  @kathiewool4292 · 2 years ago

  I’m ashamed of how Americans treated our Vietnam veterans. To them I say thank you for your sacrifice and service.

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• TI

  @TimWillhite · 2 years ago

  When I got out of the Marine Corps in 75 I lied about being in the service for a good 10 years. I couldn't get a job, place to live, so I denied ever being in the service. We need to take better care of our service members and veterans. I salute each and every one of you, Thank you.

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  @101519e · 2 years ago

  Welcome home, bro. 1969, Nam, central highlands, For 20 years I walked quietly, letting no one know I was a combat vet. We did what we believed to be the right thing.

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• JO

  @johnwalker6008 · 2 years ago

  I'm 71 and served with 1st Signal Aviation, Long Thong! Although its been 53 years, some images still remain. Welcome home my brother!

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• PI

  @pipeninja1578 · 2 years ago

  You might not see this, but I want to say THANK YOU for serving in Vietnam.  I am sorry that you did not receive a hero’s welcome because YOU ARE A HERO!!!  God bless you!🙏❤️🇺🇸

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• CA

  @canyondiva493 · 2 years ago

  It’s long overdue but thank you for your service. My late partner served in DaNang…loading Agent Orange into airplanes. It finally caught up with him. Six heart attacks, nine stents, prostate cancer, chronic uti’s, a brain bleed and metastatic prostate cancer that finally took him out.  He was an amazing human being. He shouldn’t have been exposed to all the horrors he endured, he should have been honored when he came home, and he shouldn’t have had to fight the VA for care. My heart is with all the surviving soldiers of the Vietnam war. You have my utmost respect.

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• PR

  @priscillamcclure4272 · 2 years ago

  My brother in law passed 2 yrs.ago .He never talked about Vietnam but died with malaria, agent orange and who knows the mental paranoia he had. I thank every soldier I see and thank you sir for your story!

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