From the generation of the 1980s to the Vietnam Veterans...

Video ^ | 11/15/2007 | Generation of the 1980s

[drzz]

I wasn't born at the time of the Vietnam war... I am from the Reagan-Bush Sr generation. This video is my tribute to the previous generation who fought and bled there, and who often thinks that they are ignored by the new generation.

[advance_copy]

Fantastic video. Bump! Bump! Bump!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Good job!!

[drzz]

I have the same age of most of the soldiers on the video. It’s only justice. It’s not because I am young that I buy Hollywood’s crap about bad soldiers in Vietnam. Let Freedom ring!

[drzz]

Thank you - I just put on video what’s was on my mind.

[ImpBill]

Merci beaucoup!

This the first I have seen anything like this since my return from RVN. Perhaps there is a chance history will remember us a bit more kindly than our own countrymen greeted up upon our return.

Greg Adams
196th Inf Bde
Da Nang, Phu Bai/Hue

[drzz]

You deserve it! THANK YOU for your service, sir!

I heard that Vietnam veterans were greeted with signs “Welcome Home” at a parade in Haiti, in 2007. Things are changing.

[jslade]

Kudos. Fantastic. That video is about me.

[ErnBatavia]

Good work! You’re project is now sporting five red stars...

[Ace the Biker]

Thanks from a tired old vet,

A Co,1/8th Inf, 4th Inf Div, 67 - 68

[drzz]

I cannot express how I am grateful to Vietnam heroes... You did so well against so many odds, over there and at home. The lack of respect that the veterans got when they came back is the saddest story of today’s America.

[drzz]

Thanks - this vid’ is truly personal. It’s to express how I am grateful to them.

[drzz]

God bless you, sir!!!

[oh8eleven]

Many thanks ...
1st 8" Howitzer Battery
3rd Marine Division
Leatherneck Square (DMZ)

[drzz]

Thank you for your service! The Reagan generation won’t let you down.

[qam1]

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[Tribune7]

Bump

[drzz]

March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free
Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory
We’re the Army and proud of our name
We’re the Army and proudly proclaim

First to fight for the right,
And to build the Nation’s might,
And The Army Goes Rolling Along
Proud of all we have done,
Fighting till the battle’s won,
And the Army Goes Rolling Along.

Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong
For where e’er we go,
You will always know
That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

[jennyjenny]

Well done.

[drzz]

thanks very much. I remember watching a football game with an old man who was, I learned it afterwards, a veteran from Iwo Jima.
I was sad that I couldn’t express my gratitude to this man at this moment. The man had been through such atrocious moments to allow me to watch the game. Simply unbelivable.

The unjust treatments of the Vietnam vets is therefore really important for me. In many ways, I think I am one of these guys, I am not older than them when they fought.

[drzz]

[devistate one four]

Way to go! Very touching and alive.
Semper Fi

[drzz]

thanks - came from the soul, really

[jy1297]

Born 4 days before the last American left Vietnam on 4/30/75. It was Jaun Valdez. I salute you. 1st Battalion 37Field Artillery 2nd Infantry Division 95-97

[Girlene]

Thank you for sharing this tribute to Vietnam Vets. They deserve so much recognition for their sacrifices. Very well done.

[DMZFrank]

May thanks also
1st Bde
5th Mech Inf Div USA
FSB C2 and A4
(Leatherneck Square Con Thien)

[Brucifer]

Thanks Dude.

[drzz]

thank you all for your service - so great men.

[oh8eleven]

Thanks to you too. Looks like you were about a year or two behind me.
I fired from most of the FBs (Cam Lo, Gio Linh, etc.), but spent a lot of time at C2. Our location was just inside and to the east of the rear gate.
The berms (in the photo) were built to protect us from incoming as we ran from the bunker for fire missions.

[GOP_1900AD]

I was a single digit aged child during the war. I can barely recall the second half of it. Before I was brainwashed by screwels and Lib adults, I was rooting for the US - I looked at those body counts the MSM had up there and instead of being upset was happy we were winning. The numbers were never any big deal compared with previous wars. We really were winning. When Nixon started to pull out, I could not understand why and none of the grown ups could explain it. I think it lodged in my deep conscious - only to reemerge later, during the 80s, when I established my adult identity in my early 20s. I can thank those earlier experiences for helping to make me into a mega conservative today.