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Important Update: Sadly, Toby Keith has passed away. This is such a loss to Country Music, the American Military, and American Patriots everywhere. Pray for his family. His music will live on forever!
RIP Toby!!
RIP Toby!!
Patriotic Videos
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Courtesy Of The Red, White & Blue
An American Soldier
Here is another video that explains why we military folks feel so strongly about our flag.
Ragged Old Flag
Ragged Old Flag
Viet Nam Combat Footage with Background Music "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
Viet Nam Videos
Viet Nam Combat Video Featuring F-4s, Napalm and Willy Peter (White Phosphorous)
Things to note: I found some awesome vintage combat video of F-4s making low bombing runs - note the napalm canisters falling. Bright white explosions with long streamers are White Phosphorous. Note in the bombs hitting swampy areas, the shock waves emitting out from the explosion.
I can't tell you how many times these guys saved my butt in Viet Nam. I still get goosebumps watching the F-4s making the bombing runs.
I added a bit of Viet Nam era music to the background - classic Jefferson Airplane.
Things to note: I found some awesome vintage combat video of F-4s making low bombing runs - note the napalm canisters falling. Bright white explosions with long streamers are White Phosphorous. Note in the bombs hitting swampy areas, the shock waves emitting out from the explosion.
I can't tell you how many times these guys saved my butt in Viet Nam. I still get goosebumps watching the F-4s making the bombing runs.
I added a bit of Viet Nam era music to the background - classic Jefferson Airplane.
Another Viet Nam Combat Video Where The F-4 Phantoms Save The Day
Another Viet Nam Combat Video Where The F-4 Phantoms Save The Day
Here is another vintage Viet Nam combat video where the F-4 Phantoms force the enemy to retreat. Note the unique sound the Phantom makes as it makes its attack run. That sound scared the enemy almost as much as the heavy explosives it dropped.
A History of the F-4 Phantom
As you can tell, I love the F-4 Phantom. Here is a video clip about the history of the F-4. I saw a lot of them when I was in Vietnam. They saved my butt several times.
The Minigun
The Minigun shows up a lot in movies and is quite a weapon, even though it gets a lot of misinformation published about it. Actually, it is a very old design based on the Gatling Gun first used in the 1860s. That old design was a spring loaded, hand cranked rapid fire weapon and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. The Viet Nam era Minigun was an electric driven, rotating 6 barrel 7.62 x 51 mm NATO round weapon. When you see Jesse Ventura or Arnold Schwarzenegger carrying one these babies around you must ask the question, “where is the ammo coming from?” Since the Minigun can fire from 1,000 to 4,000 rounds a minute, according to how it was tuned, that’s a lot of ammo to be lugging around. You can get a sense of how many bullets are flying towards the target when you realize that every 5th round is a tracer round. The Minigun's unique sound can be heard above the clamor of battle sound and struck fear into the hearts of the enemy.
Puff, The Magic Dragon aka The Dragon Ship - call sign "Spooky"
One night while waiting for some aerial support, I saw something I'll never forget. It gave me an instant flashback to a movie I saw in a theater when I was a kid. The movie was "War of the Worlds." Orange "beams" came out of the sky turning our enemy into pieces. You just viewed in the video above, the mini-gun. According to how it was "tuned," it could pump-out 1,000 to 4,000 rounds a minute. With every 5th round being a tracer round, the appearance was like an orange beam of light from plane to ground. Puff had three (3) mini-guns mounted on the left side of the aircraft that could be fired one at a time or all three at the same time. Quite the weapon.
Viet Nam Combat - Chopper Pick-Up in a Fire Fight
Ever wondered what it would be like to be out on patrol in a combat zone - the enemy is everywhere and it is time for the choppers to pick up your squad? While this is not a video, only a still photograph, the audio is the actual sound of choppers picking up a squad. I once told a therapist about the feeling of hearing the choppers coming - good news - bad news. The good news is that they are coming to take you out of the hot zone. The bad news is that you will have to run out into the open to get in the chopper. Listen carefully and you'll hear a minigun offering cover for the soldiers. Click on the "Play" arrow below to hear actual Viet Nam combat action. The shooting starts when the soldiers break for the choppers. Some of the shooting is from the soldiers covering each other. In that short time - from the beginning of the shooting to the end of the shooting ~ 25 seconds - three (3) choppers picked up the squad - 4 fire teams, the squad leader and the radioman.
Any Marines out there? Do you remember the Marine's Prayer? Click on play to hear it and bring back memories.
Proud to have served in the 3rd Marine Division
Viet Nam in 3 Minutes
Several years ago, the University of Idaho students asked me to give a presentation on my experience in Viet Nam. I served as a combat Marine in Viet Nam in 1966 - 1967. I prepared a PowerPoint program that lasted around 1 1/2 hours. Now I know that 1 1/2 hours is way too long to listen to me gab on about Viet Nam, so I created this video that shows the Viet Nam story in 3 minutes. Some of the images are very graphic so be warned.
Hopefully, this may give you a little insight into what your Viet Nam Vets have gone through and that the real losers of the Viet Nam War were the Vietnamese people. Also, I hope this dispels some of the critical talk of Viet Nam Vets as being women and children killers. A women or child can kill a Marine just as quickly as any man. War is Hell! I realize that we Viet Nam Vets are ancient relics and that most of you don't remember that time period in our country's history. Regardless, we were real people that answered our nation's call. It is sad that so many of us were treated so badly when we returned home. It is good to see our nation more supportive of our current military personal.
Make sure your sound is on - there's some really good music. Also, a couple of notes about some of the images in this montage. The homecoming scenes are of our current soldiers coming home from tours in the Middle East, not Viet Nam. Why? I couldn't find any photos of joyful homecomings of our Viet Nam vets except those of our POWs coming home.
After my son-in-law and granddaughter visited Viet Nam a year ago, we have talked about how much the country has changed since I was there. Below are five (5) animated GIF files showing the five areas that I experienced some heavy combat. There has been quite a change.
Da Nang, Viet Nam Airport - Then (1966-67) and Now
Chu Lai, Viet Nam - Then (1966-67) and Now
Khe Sanh, Viet Nam - Then (1966-67) and Now
Phu Bai, Viet Nam - Then (1967) and Now
Dong Ha, Viet Nam - Then (1967) and Now
Coming Home
I used to get asked a lot about how many soldiers were killed in Vietnam. People don't asked very often any more - guess we are pretty much forgotten. But, if you are interested, here is a chart.
I recently had someone ask me what it was like in the jungle. Here is a photo of typical jungle environment.
There were all kinds of critters we lived with when we were out in the jungle. Insects were a major issue. Here is a short video of a Vietnam Centipede strolling down a path. You can tell by the guys foot in the video just how large they could get. Sweet Dreams!
Here is a copy of the actual map showing the areas and dates I served in Vietnam that the VA has on record. The area around Da Nang is the number one area most sprayed with Agent Orange which has lead to many of the issues I deal with today. This area was refereed to as "I Corps." You can see from the proximity of Laos to the area around Khe Sahn why it was so difficult to not "wander" into that forbidden country during fire fights. The VC knew that we weren't supposed to cross the line into Laos and took shelter there to escape our forces. Aggressive leaders would let us follow them to destroy them but it had to be done quickly so we could get back into Nam.
2020 US Army ROTC Graduation & Commissioning
2nd Lt. Carla Hatfield
Fast forward 55 years. This last Friday, May 15th, 2020 a very dear friend of mine graduated from U of I and received her commission as 2nd Lt. Carla Hatfield. I am so proud of her and wanted to bestow on her something that was given to me 55 years ago as a "good luck charm" by one of my best friends at that time. I was shipping out to Vietnam very soon and my friend gave me a $2 bill as a good luck charm. I carried it through my tour of duty in Vietnam and after I got out of the Marine Corps. I carried it while I flew commercially as a air charter pilot and flight instructor for 8 years. It has been tucked away behind my pilot's license for all these years. Tonight I passed it along to Carla. My prayers will be with her always as she moves into the next chapter of her life. Love You Sweetie!
2nd Lt. Carla Hatfield, US Army & Ray Templeton, USMC
Sailor Jerri's Rendition of Hallelujah - Veteran's Version
Every so often, someone puts lyrics to an already awesome song. Sailor Jerri has done that to the beautiful song "Hallelujah" and created a Veteran's Version of that wonderful music. One line of her lyrics haunts me. I'll let you guess which one. (Scroll down for the answer.)
The last lyrics of her song contains the part that haunts me.
"You fought the fight til it was done
You have the strength to carry on
You thought it'd be much better back home did ya?
You try each day, keep pushing through
But the battle lives inside of you
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."
Between nightmares and flashbacks, even after 50+ years, the battle, indeed, lives inside of me.
TO MY FRIEND & BROTHER
As we travel through life we have opportunities to meet and know some wonderful people. The last several years I have had the honor to know a great young man, David Rutherford. He was in our College Group Bible Study and involved in the University of Idaho's ROTC program. This last year he graduated from the U of I and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Army. I was honored to be asked to participate in his commissioning ceremony by giving him his first salute as an officer. In the last week of January, he was involved in a military training accident that left him in a coma. This morning, February 3rd, he went to be with our Lord. David gave me hope in our future young adults. He was a friend, a brother in military service, a brother in our church family and my illustrator for a book I am writing. Rest in Peace, my brother.
A dear friend reminded me that I would be able to salute him again in heaven. It is hard to imagine that he has left us so soon.
As we travel through life we have opportunities to meet and know some wonderful people. The last several years I have had the honor to know a great young man, David Rutherford. He was in our College Group Bible Study and involved in the University of Idaho's ROTC program. This last year he graduated from the U of I and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Army. I was honored to be asked to participate in his commissioning ceremony by giving him his first salute as an officer. In the last week of January, he was involved in a military training accident that left him in a coma. This morning, February 3rd, he went to be with our Lord. David gave me hope in our future young adults. He was a friend, a brother in military service, a brother in our church family and my illustrator for a book I am writing. Rest in Peace, my brother.
A dear friend reminded me that I would be able to salute him again in heaven. It is hard to imagine that he has left us so soon.
NOT ALL WARRIORS DIE IN COMBAT - - SOME DIE PREPARING FOR COMBAT!
