The BRUTAL 23 Days the NVA Surrounded the 101st
134K views · Jun 22, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@DissoluteGambler · 3 months ago
Speaking of lowering numbers, there are guys who are still dying from direct effects of the war. 58K was the absolute minimum they could come up with. Nobody ever counted how many have died since then and from what. Nobody wants to know: Too many cancers and too many suicides and too many accidents. There were 2 million Vietnamese dead. It was a major war. We downgraded that too.
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@josiel152 · 2 months ago
a tragic bit of war history a lot of brave Americans died there, may they rest in peace and never be forgotten
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@tomhowe1510 · 3 months ago (edited)
My union steward ...@<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAlEQIkYLoM&t=254">4:14</a>..<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAlEQIkYLoM&t=764">12:44</a> was a radioman on rip cord and lived thru it. Great man.
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@alfredpaquin3563 · 3 months ago
I was lucky to be back at Camp Eagle when this kicked off. A battery 2/11 lost 4 soldiers. The Division Commander decided to finally evacuate Ripcord.
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@tempo529 · 2 months ago
Hard to believe a government lied to the public to protect it's image.
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@gilwhitmore9682 · 11 days ago
My brother was there, in the 101st. He doesn't tell me much about it, except describing the night they abandoned the base and how they walked out at night by holding on to the man in front of him because you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
@davidwall5104 · 3 weeks ago
I was wounded on Firebase Ripcord on July 18th when the Chinook was shot down on the ammo dump. Praise The Lord I survived this Great video and story. Thank you
@ljubomirculibrk4097 · 2 months ago
Chiken coop wire for protection from RPGs
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@JimmyTurbo-1215 · 1 month ago
The most simple strategy is usually the best one. Refuse to engage until they walk into your trap.
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@RonaldHudson-h5f · 1 month ago
I was next door on FSB Rakkason. The 155 Battery, mentioned moved over. With us.
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@Kem-j6t · 2 months ago
Why did they keep putting bases in freaking valleys? Insane.
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@luismedina8409 · 1 month ago
Let me tell you I understand that we all are human but this people the Vietnam man can't be real what a courage man are they never know the name of fear WOW
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