How Did American Tanks Fair In Vietnam | Greatest Tank Battles | Timeline

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  @seanbrown9048 · 4 years ago

  My dad was a veteran of both Korea and Vietnam. After retirement he went back to college, became a drug and alcohol counselor, and did this second career for twenty-five years. He was a good man and helped many fellow veterans beat addiction. He passed away last year from covid19 and I miss him everyday: they don’t make men like my dad anymore.

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  @ASMRipz · 4 years ago

  "I went for the fire extinguisher to put out the fire on our tank but we'd used all the co2 to cool some beers the night before" MURICA!

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• VU

  @vulpesinculta888 · 4 years ago

  My grandpa was a tank commander in Vietnam. He never talked about it much, but I can tell he never fully healed from what he had seen. He passed last year but he led a good life. May he rest in peace

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  @nelbax2084 · 4 years ago

  I was a tank commander with the 5th division on the dmz.  We only fought well equipped NVA troops equipped with the dreaded rpg.  My tank "Love juice" was lost to an rpg west of Khe Sanh, it hit the fuel cell with hundreds of gallons of diesel.  The crew escaped uninjured and watched from a distance as 60 rounds of maingun ammo and thousands of rounds of machine gun ammo cooked off, tank was deemed destroyed and left there.  My new tank "Love Juice" served us well for months until we hit a 250lb mine near Con Thien and was destroyed.  All crew were medivaced to Quang Tri base hospital, all but myself had minor injuries, I had a severe head injury and was flown to Japan and days later to Ft Lewis Washington.  The bad part for me was I had 8 days left on my tour.  The M48 was a great tank and never failed us, the problem was the enemy had many ways to take us out.

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  @ianh1504 · 4 years ago

  &quot;We fire a flechette round, and it took the enemy off the tank&quot;<br><br>It also took him off the list of &quot;solids&quot; and put him on the list of &quot;liquids&quot;

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  @tomfuleky8948 · 4 years ago

  I was a Marine scout/ sniper that landed on Go No Island May 16 1968 . I Company had 17 Marines left and they flew them out in one chopper. The heat was 115 - 126 degrees and we took so many casualties that we could only move during the night. We also destroyed our flack jackets and gas masks to lighten our loads .we have a book out about Operation Allenbrook &nbsp;“ Every Marine “ &nbsp;Written by Robert Siminson. Every day I struggle with the fact that I made it to 74. Semper fi , L/ cpl Thomas Fuleky 3/27 Marines 1968

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  @TranscendianIntendor · 5 years ago

  It was &apos;66 &amp; &apos;67 or &apos;65 -&apos;66 that I was in the 9th grade and in some class, maybe social studies we were given pen pals in Viet Nam to write and send paperback books to. I sent my Conan the Barbarian novels. I got letters back I wish I still had. Soldiers told me stories of their friends being blinded by rocks thrown by children and told me not to come to this war. What good reason is there to go to a lost war? I want aways for any of the soldiers who may have written to me to know that I cared about then then and do now, being grateful for the truth that they wrote down for me, along with good advice.

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  @garrisonnichols807 · 5 years ago

  My dad&apos;s uncle drove a tank in Vietnam. He drove over a landmine and got his leg messed up from the shrapnel. He was very lucky to survive and be able to walk afterwards. RIP to the vets that didn&apos;t come home. 🇺🇸

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  @texashale65 · 4 years ago

  My second Platoon Sergeant was a driver during Vietnam. He said he had lost three crews that were all killed except, obviously, for him. He was Army. I also had a 1SG who told me his first live fire exercise was in Vietnam... He was 1SG of HHT 1/3ACR, when I was the ammo NCO for the squadron.

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• EW

  @ewalker1057 · 5 years ago

  One can feel old when some part of their adult life is presented as history. Something to see how young these veterans and you were at the time versus how we are now. You&apos;re part of history.

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  @leonardsmith2198 · 4 years ago

  I was 11E, later changed to 19E, Tanker for short. Never served in Vietnam but I am Vietnam era veteran. Served on M48s and M60s in Korea and Germany. The cold was our enemy. I am truly a Cold War Armor Crewman.

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  @markj3175 · 4 years ago

  My dad was part of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion and he was in a M48A3 tank from 67-68. This was very interesting to watch considering I’ve only heard him mention the war maybe a few times in my life.

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