US Army Ranger Catches Fourth Purple Heart In Vietnam
A CBS News crew embedded with US Light Infantrymen in Vietnam films an intense, but short gun fight.
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VN Combat -- short but intense
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VN Combat -- short but intense
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Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Re: VN Combat -- short but intense
Great post Jim. Great video. Makes me look and say Jesus they look like kids. Barely old enough to shave and still kicking NVA ass all up and down the border.
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"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Re: VN Combat -- short but intense
I celebrated my 19th Birthday in War Zone D in 1966. At the time, D Zone had the highest concentration of Old School, Hard Core VC and NVA Cadre in Viet Nam....great hunting.cams wrote:Great post Jim. Great video. Makes me look and say Jesus they look like kids. Barely old enough to shave and still kicking NVA ass all up and down the border.
That was indeed a great post Jim.
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Re: VN Combat -- short but intense
Great find, Jim. Poke, I also celebrated my 19th Birthday over there. . .just another day hunting little people.
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Re: VN Combat -- short but intense
CBS FILM CREW bad asses themselves. I agree with all said above, except I was 20 going on 21 without getting a Purple Heart. Enjoyed seeing & not being seen by little buggers.
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69-70
I cooked with C- 4