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Wow. Is that impressive or what?

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My god, I don't remember him being that tall.

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That'll wake everybody up.

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Hello,

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Is this Jane?

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This is she.

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This is Jim Marco from Billings, Montana. How are you today?

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I'm fine. How are

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You? We're great. Uh, we've got my son here. Why don't I start off with, uh,

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telling you why we're going. Uh,

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mainly it started off as a father and son trip. He wanted to know what I did,

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where I was and what happened in Vietnam.

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So we kind of started that and it's been about 10 years that, uh, we,

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we finally got together and we're gonna do it. It was also recommended, uh,

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that, uh, by the va, by the psychiatrist for my P T S D. Ah,

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You know,

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I've met so many American guys who've come back with all

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different levels of P T S D and some that didn't
I've met so many American guys who've come back with all

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different levels of P T S D and some that didn't

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have any obvious issues. Mm-hmm.

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And every one of them said it was the most healing experience

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they had had, and they wished that they had come back sooner.

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We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and

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bring peace with honor in Vietnam.
We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and

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bring peace with honor in Vietnam.

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We brought home a group of American fighting men who had fought as

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bravely and as well as any Americans in our history.

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They came home without a victory, not because they'd been defeated,

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but because they'd been denied permission to win

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The war began a death at a time.

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Why did 58,000 Americans lose their lives there?

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Why was it necessary that 300,000 more should be wounded?

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Countless others forever scarred mentally, physically, emotionally?

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All you did was go in circles with it. You know, you never found an answer,

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including your own family and friends. Nobody wanted to know about it.

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Nobody wanted to talk about it. Not one person asked you how you were for them,

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you know, it was over, but you know, in inside you. It wasn't over.

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I mean, would you want to speak to anybody about your darkest days?

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Of course,

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there wasn't nothing really as far as P T S D or anything like that,

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you know, it was just like, well, I gotta live with,

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It wasn't until 1985 years after the end of the Vietnam War that the condition,

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post-traumatic stress disorder was even identified.

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Nightmares. Night sweats.

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You wake up and your sheets are on the floor Being hypervigilant,

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an omnipresent sense that something bad is around the corner.

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There's also a strong desire to just withdraw.

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And that quiet doesn't always feel all that comfortable.

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Are

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You surprised that 40 years after war ends people could still be experiencing P

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T S D?

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I'm not surprised either. Longer people struggle,

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the more likely they are to be, be depressed,

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the more likely they are to misuse alcohol. Uh,

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and the more likely they are to have those symptoms disrupt their family life

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and their work life, which creates further stress.

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When you get older, you get kind of stagnant. I think there's no adventure left.

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I try to eat the same things. Believe it or not, every day,

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that's gonna make me healthy. Two days a week,
I try to eat the same things. Believe it or not, every day,

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that's gonna make me healthy. Two days a week,

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I cook omelets because my wife runs and she loves omelets.

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I love to hunt. I fish.

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My main occupation right now is teaching my grandson how to drive,

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which is a terrifying experience.

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Of course, I spent a lot of time with my wife. She's not retired yet.

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She's still working. What?

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Lemon toast. Sorry guys.

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She's dead.

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You know, you know, I can't hear. Yeah. So

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Ke ki Yes. And I had to add live a little.

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You add what?

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Let's see, what else do I do? Uh, run this afternoon. I might watch a movie.

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I like those movies where the good guy wins. 'cause in Vietnam,

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we weren't allowed to win.
I like those movies where the good guy wins. 'cause in Vietnam,

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we weren't allowed to win.

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It was recommended by the doctor. He said it was okay.

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You should go back and see what everything is and what's going on and what's

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what's happening now. As opposed to when you were there.

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I found these out in the shed. I call 'em my stupid metals.

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I lost, uh, what I was supposed to be doing and did something,

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something I shouldn't have done. And, uh, they give you metal for that. This is,

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uh, the beret. I got 1970. It doesn't fit anymore.
something I shouldn't have done. And, uh, they give you metal for that. This is,

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uh, the beret. I got 1970. It doesn't fit anymore.

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Unfortunately.
uh, the beret. I got 1970. It doesn't fit anymore.

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Unfortunately.

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I probably haven't touched it in 15 years. This is the first time that I've, uh,

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had it in my hands. So I just keep it up there. Kind of a reminder,

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it's kind of my prize possession,

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Selected for linguistic aptitude and a talent for tact and diplomacy.

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Special forces personnel are adept at winning friends from the village chief

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down to the lowliest. Peasant.

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I thought I was doing the right thing at the right time.

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Maybe the draftees didn't think they were being sent to a great place. But, uh,

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I got sent to where I wanted to go. The old mom, apple pie and all that stuff.

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You know,

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Young men trained in a new concept of war.

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Proud sure of themselves, but still to be tested in battle.

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They were destined for the high country of central Vietnam

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last week. Some of them came home.

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Losing the people, I think was a problem with me.

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They call it survivals of guilt. In other words,

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I came back and they didn't come back. Here's one of my favorite pictures.

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These are the mountain yards, the mountain people we work with.

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This sergeant here. He was shot just after I left.

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There's one we called Fat Boy Mop in Vietnamese.

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He's about 13 years old.

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It was just more like a family than

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he just left and abandoned him.

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Why did I come back after this tour? I

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figured, uh, my family needed me. I was very tempted to stay there, though.

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Everybody says, who's your hero? And I'm like, well, it's my father.

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It's the guy that taught me how to be who I am.

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My mother had custody of me and she would take off to Mexico or somewhere like

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that and I wouldn't see her for a few months. As I got older,
My mother had custody of me and she would take off to Mexico or somewhere like

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that and I wouldn't see her for a few months. As I got older,

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started getting in a little bit of trouble.

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And I think at 12 years old when he got in custody of me, by then,

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I was pretty wild. If there was one person that could've like rained me in,

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it was my father. He was a pretty tough bastard. So,
I was pretty wild. If there was one person that could've like rained me in,

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it was my father. He was a pretty tough bastard. So,

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Turn off a minute.

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Very few photographs exist of me as a child. 'cause when my parents split up,

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it was a very acrimonious happening.
Very few photographs exist of me as a child. 'cause when my parents split up,

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it was a very acrimonious happening.

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And I believe my mother threw in the garbage just about everything.
it was a very acrimonious happening.

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And I believe my mother threw in the garbage just about everything.

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It was my father's including something like 10,000 slides of Vietnam,
And I believe my mother threw in the garbage just about everything.

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It was my father's including something like 10,000 slides of Vietnam,

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which I think really in a lot of ways, you know,

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has allowed him not able to process some things
which I think really in a lot of ways, you know,

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has allowed him not able to process some things

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for me. It was this mysterious place where my father had,

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had spent quite a bit of time.

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This is a book I found in the basement. Toilet leaked on top of it. So

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Falling apart,

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It is, it's falling. There's something gotta be there. That's a decent picture.

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Mm-hmm. Old style uniform. It's me at the beach.

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I even had a abs then.

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People I worked with, this one here,

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it was captured by the vc and they just literally destroyed it.

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They captured this helicopter and they got it back minus everything.

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And I think we were there that day taking radios out of it, what was left.

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And that's all I have to say about that.

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It's very uncomfortable for him to talk about Vietnam. So by going there,

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he'll be able to just show me, which may be easier than just talking about it.

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You know, I've been planning this thing for about 10 years. I know

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We talked about it before.
You know, I've been planning this thing for about 10 years. I know

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We talked about it before.

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Yeah. But I wasn't, I wasn't quite ready to go then. You know,

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I was too apprehensive about what happened on the way I'd react and whatever.

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Yeah. There she is.

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There she is. Hi pops. How you're doing,

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Amanda? Good. Looking. Good. We're talking talk, talk free.
There she is. Hi pops. How you're doing,

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Amanda? Good. Looking. Good. We're talking talk, talk free.

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Why not?

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I wouldn't say that we're super close family

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Meal here.

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There's always been that gap between us

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because he was gone so much.

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I went to about 17 schools growing up. You know,

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you don't fit in anywhere when you've lived as many places as I have. Bye

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Pops. Thanks.

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Of course, the old man. And I had a combative relationship,

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but I knew the rules. And if I chose to break the rules, you know,

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I took my lumps
but I knew the rules. And if I chose to break the rules, you know,

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I took my lumps

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Because I, I hear the stories that you talk about, you know, in, in your youth.

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Like this man that's like this hard ass. And I,

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I have a really hard time reconciling that version of him with who I know him to

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be. You know?
I have a really hard time reconciling that version of him with who I know him to

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be. You know?

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Yeah. Different time, different place. Yeah.

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It's hard to watch 'em get old though. Mm-hmm.

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Alright. Switch over here then. What about, what about

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I have to look at my progenitor and say, okay, you've made me what I am,

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and I understand you're hurting and you need help dealing with this before

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you take the big sleep, basically.

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Hold on.

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It's like I said,

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it's hard to watch your father get old and leaving something undone.
It's like I said,

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it's hard to watch your father get old and leaving something undone.

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I'm not one to leave things undone either.

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Please watch your step.

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As far as I'm concerned, when something's over, it's over and you just move on.

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I have a hard time processing what's happened in the past.

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I want to make sure that what I did was okay. That,

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uh, it was worthwhile to do.

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Another reason I'd like to go back. We abandoned the mountain yards.

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Are they still being persecuted? Uh, are they still second class citizens?

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Like they were? Basically, how many are still alive?
Are they still being persecuted? Uh, are they still second class citizens?

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Like they were? Basically, how many are still alive?

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This thing? Uh, with Vietnam's kind of sticking in the back of my head,

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I'd kind of like to do this. Just, just to maybe,

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I don't know. Just finish it.

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Good. Vietnam,

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have landed at international.

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8 million people. Eight, eight millions.

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Ready?

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You're young. You're what? You're invincible. You cannot be hurt,

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killed, maimed, destroyed. That's the way you feel.
You're young. You're what? You're invincible. You cannot be hurt,

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killed, maimed, destroyed. That's the way you feel.

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I'm from Pennsylvania, never been out of the state. And, uh,

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seeing all those people doing all that stuff, sort of like, uh,

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if I, have you ever been to Disneyland?

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Um, first of all, to say welcome to Saigon, uh, to all of you. Like, uh,

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although we just, uh, know each other for a very short time,

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but it's my big honor, big pressure as well to give you the lesson,

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how to cross the street in Vietnam. Ah, particularly in big cities like this.

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First of all, keep moving forward.

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Secondly, if you still feel, um, fear, just keep praying.

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Any god, any dity

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still feel kind of very big fear. Just keep closing your eyes.

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Yeah,

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It's a long trip, dad. That's, you think 40 hours, huh? Yeah.

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Well, here's to a here to a interesting trip.

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Tasty,

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25 miles north of Saigon, US infantryman.

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Discover a Vietcong tunnel complex.

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The tunnel water, about 48 kilometer long.

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They does by human power and very singleton,

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a sharp handle hole and bamboo bucket.

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And then like

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This push pass. And you have to raise up your, your, your hands.
And then like

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This push pass. And you have to raise up your, your, your hands.

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Like this. Like this. Okay. Here, here. Put foot here. Okay. And then, okay,

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so bye-bye. You say goodbye to him. You'll be waiting for me in Cambodia.

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Okay. Hey, slowly, slowly, slowly. Yellow knee

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and better holes like this. I mean,

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the point is to go in and out there secretly without being hung out
and better holes like this. I mean,

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the point is to go in and out there secretly without being hung out

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by the enemy. Enemy here means American.

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Go try enter. Like that guy Uhuh.

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Too big. Too big. Yeah. Yeah.

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I don't do underground very well. So I'll just pass on that one.

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Yeah, we can just watch. Better to be airborne, right? Yeah.

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Help ground.

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Are you okay? Yeah.

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Watch your hand.

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These people are tough. I'll say that.

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I always wondered how they disappeared and everything. Now I know.

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Do you have any questions? General?

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Before when I was here, I was only diabetes captain.

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Yeah, captain. I put you the married here. The medals,

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because you pronounce good still good memory. Okay.

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Yeah. Good. I get a me medal from memory, huh? Yes. Okay.

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Yeah.

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Chujoy.

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Yeah. Good.
Chujoy.

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Yeah. Good.

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Chujoy. Chiho. I surrender

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Like a crazy batch of devils. They fired into women and children.

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They filed into side chickens and ducks.

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All the prosperous and rich villages of cool tea were destroyed by the bombs and

00:19:36.890 --> 00:19:40.210
bulls of Washington. C just like the ang,

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This is my way of seeing what went on on the other side that I didn't see.

00:19:46.030 --> 00:19:51.010
So a major combat force deployed to the far east to implement our government

00:19:51.010 --> 00:19:51.020
support of a free south Vietnam. And new meaning,
So a major combat force deployed to the far east to implement our government

00:19:51.020 --> 00:19:55.020
support of a free south Vietnam. And new meaning,

00:19:55.350 --> 00:19:58.540
the high principle of justice, which he defends.

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Okay. Bring, try and bring it back here. Remember to stop the bleeding.

00:20:03.670 --> 00:20:07.260
Having survived another rescue mission brings back wound.

00:20:08.070 --> 00:20:08.910
How bad is it?

00:20:10.330 --> 00:20:13.220
I opened up in him. He opened up in me. I'm afraid it works that way.

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:28.630
You alright with this? Huh? You alright with this? Yeah.

00:20:28.890 --> 00:20:29.730
Okay.

00:20:32.530 --> 00:20:33.720
And they were fighting for their country.

00:20:37.770 --> 00:20:38.680
We thought we were,

00:20:58.760 --> 00:21:01.770
I had some, I had about a dozen pictures just like this

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:07.210
To an 18 year old who was like guy going out and trophy hunt. Look what I did.

00:21:07.750 --> 00:21:08.590
Look what I did.

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:15.890
Now I look back at that stuff and I wonder what the hell were we thinking?

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.720
You know, that

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:16.730
One, that one that's kind of,
You know, that

00:21:16.730 --> 00:21:21.050
One, that one that's kind of,

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that's kind of, we used, that's, that's fresh forces.

00:21:39.930 --> 00:21:40.270
The

00:21:40.270 --> 00:21:40.280
Republic of Vietnam Armed forces have been fighting a long struggle against the
The

00:21:40.280 --> 00:21:44.160
Republic of Vietnam Armed forces have been fighting a long struggle against the

00:21:44.310 --> 00:21:47.480
Viet Kong in the delta. Our job was to help them.

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We go straight to the edge, to the boat.

00:22:14.040 --> 00:22:15.560
We're not going on the shall we? Uh,

00:22:15.610 --> 00:22:18.880
We are in about 50 minutes since. When did you worry about being safe?

00:22:19.650 --> 00:22:23.240
Not as invincible as when I was 25 in here.

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Okay. Right.

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We have seen how free nations were tricked or overwhelmed in Eastern Europe and

00:23:09.190 --> 00:23:09.200
our China, North Korea and Tibet have been overcome. Two.
We have seen how free nations were tricked or overwhelmed in Eastern Europe and

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:12.360
our China, North Korea and Tibet have been overcome. Two.

00:23:18.690 --> 00:23:23.120
Now the Vietnamese face, the new colonialism of communist under ho chi.

00:23:23.130 --> 00:23:26.320
Min communism means foreign domination.

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We shall defend our constitution and our democracy

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Come back. Wow. We're

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My feelings have changed from then when I thought it was a good deal

00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:51.690
and I was doing the right thing for my country.

00:23:52.670 --> 00:23:56.130
Till now where I think it's not because I've seen,

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.770
I guess history repeat itself.

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We don't seem to be learning from it.

00:24:15.310 --> 00:24:16.150
Just let,

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I like American sauce

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:32.130
almost seven West. Oh, I see.

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:39.730
Mountains. Nando. Eva live is all there.

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:44.610
All the than the trees younger than the mountain.

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Smell.

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Good.
Smell.

00:25:02.090 --> 00:25:02.920
Good.

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May I be next to you?

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I'm left-handed.

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Don't
I'm left-handed.

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Don't

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:06.690
Worry. You can eat like this.
Don't

00:25:06.690 --> 00:25:07.850
Worry. You can eat like this.

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Eat like that.

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Yeah.

00:25:10.230 --> 00:25:10.240
Okay.
Yeah.

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.070
Okay.

00:25:13.910 --> 00:25:14.310
Okay.

00:25:14.310 --> 00:25:14.320
Rice wine or the cheese,
Okay.

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:15.760
Rice wine or the cheese,

00:25:15.760 --> 00:25:15.770
Rice wine.
Rice wine or the cheese,

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Rice wine.

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So don't worry about

00:25:22.250 --> 00:25:23.640
Vietnamese culture. Slowly,

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:23.650
Slowly. The 40 degrees, I think
Vietnamese culture. Slowly,

00:25:23.650 --> 00:25:26.690
Slowly. The 40 degrees, I think

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Strong

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Percent, 40%.
Strong

00:25:27.760 --> 00:25:28.890
Percent, 40%.

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They tell you

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:35.440
The more they seem to like you, the more they will in to

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.450
Drink.
The more they seem to like you, the more they will in to

00:25:35.450 --> 00:25:36.280
Drink.

00:25:37.110 --> 00:25:38.210
Yeah. Yeah.

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.450
So, um,

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Right.
So, um,

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Right.

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Yeah.

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Oh, that's from local too.

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.180
You like snail?

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.760
I don't know.

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.690
I'm

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Maybe.
I'm

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.530
Maybe.

00:26:10.350 --> 00:26:11.190
Okay.

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.020
Is it okay?

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:15.690
I just keep talking and I keep be

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:29.970
You didn't know old.

00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:31.620
Go on.

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:33.610
God knew them now.

00:26:38.510 --> 00:26:39.350
Yeah.

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Stand up

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One.

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Vietnam. I remember a long time ago
One.

00:26:52.410 --> 00:26:55.930
Vietnam. I remember a long time ago

00:27:07.270 --> 00:27:10.490
when I was gone, did I miss my family?

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:14.250
That's a kind of a tough question I did. And that I didn't.

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:20.090
I missed being with my son, who was only about two years old at the time.

00:27:21.750 --> 00:27:24.610
Then again, it was so dynamic over there.

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:28.890
I don't think I missed anybody that,

00:27:29.910 --> 00:27:31.650
that much at any time.

00:27:58.710 --> 00:27:59.550
Beautiful.

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:03.810
I belong West Virginia

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:10.650
Mountain Mama take me home Country road.

00:28:10.910 --> 00:28:11.750
What?

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.730
Oh, oh.

00:28:36.790 --> 00:28:40.010
When I was, uh, stationed in Saigon, I could get away anytime I wanted.

00:28:41.020 --> 00:28:42.050
I'd just come to vg ta

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:50.930
on arm rest and relaxation. Come down here,

00:28:51.860 --> 00:28:55.490
get in my Jeep and come down here for the day and the beach. Go, go back.

00:28:56.020 --> 00:28:59.170
It used to take me about an hour to get down here from Saigon.

00:29:00.290 --> 00:29:04.490
60 miles an hour. No traffic. Zero traffic.

00:29:05.430 --> 00:29:07.530
It's like bath water. Told you

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:14.420
today was sort of like a cleansing, going back in that water again.

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:19.820
Like I was back on our, on our in the old days and doing it with my son.

00:29:21.090 --> 00:29:22.220
'cause I wasn't gonna go in the water.

00:29:22.370 --> 00:29:25.340
I was gonna sit there and vegetate and drink coconut milk.

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:32.860
Can't hold my breath like I used to, but I haven't been swimming in so long.

00:29:35.270 --> 00:29:36.780
Why not? I don't know.

00:29:44.520 --> 00:29:49.330
I kind of see something sparking in the old guy and it's kind of, kind of,

00:29:49.470 --> 00:29:50.490
kind of really good to see

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:56.600
all those years ago he brought something back from Vietnam and he's carried it

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:56.610
with him for 40 plus years now. And I think he's gonna leave it behind.
all those years ago he brought something back from Vietnam and he's carried it

00:29:56.610 --> 00:30:00.250
with him for 40 plus years now. And I think he's gonna leave it behind.

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:02.890
You know, like, I hope he can

00:30:12.150 --> 00:30:17.020
Ah, yeah. Yeah. Present for you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you guys.

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:18.140
Let's go

00:30:32.110 --> 00:30:32.950
How you stay, daughter.

00:30:41.990 --> 00:30:43.300
So you say cool is how

00:30:44.030 --> 00:30:47.100
No. What? No, no. What the most cool,

00:30:48.150 --> 00:30:53.140
the coolest me. This one? No. Maybe you gangster.

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:59.460
When he was small, I was never home enough to be get real close to him.

00:30:59.590 --> 00:31:01.700
So this is kind of like a good deal.

00:31:03.310 --> 00:31:05.180
So we're getting to know each other a little better.

00:31:10.190 --> 00:31:13.180
Oh yeah. Bring back old times too.

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:17.580
Good times some bad, but remembering.

00:31:22.750 --> 00:31:24.260
Oh, you flying loud too? Mm-hmm.

00:31:24.330 --> 00:31:25.170
Really?

00:31:25.550 --> 00:31:26.500
You know Jim Trail

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:30.700
What? Chi min trail? Yeah. Yeah. You been there on the D M Z? Yeah. Yeah.

00:31:30.910 --> 00:31:31.750
Go up there.

00:31:32.390 --> 00:31:33.230
Ah, you

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.620
Look for North Vietnamese.

00:31:35.070 --> 00:31:39.780
My dad hit an N B a. Yeah. Yeah. For the North Vietnamese. Your competition,

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:45.780
your enemy. They make the Sioux. Yeah. Yeah. Opposite way.

00:31:46.350 --> 00:31:48.020
The rubber Sioux, they make this

00:31:49.950 --> 00:31:53.260
So you think you go the other way. The other way. I like that.

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.760
Okay.

00:31:58.750 --> 00:32:00.210
He wanna take tail with you. Oh,

00:32:00.210 --> 00:32:00.220
Okay.
He wanna take tail with you. Oh,

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.790
Okay.

00:32:00.790 --> 00:32:00.800
No, he want to take tail with you.
Okay.

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:02.100
No, he want to take tail with you.

00:32:03.350 --> 00:32:06.940
Cheese. Hello?

00:32:16.990 --> 00:32:21.610
Back then. Uh, I don't think I thought about growing old or finding a wife.

00:32:22.950 --> 00:32:25.890
When you're 25, you don't think of what your older version's gonna look like.

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:30.690
You live for the moment. I know my son,

00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:32.650
he didn't think he was gonna live to be 50.

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:37.680
I was surprised I lived this long. You're

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:37.690
Back. Okay. You're kind of hunching over a
I was surprised I lived this long. You're

00:32:37.690 --> 00:32:38.840
Back. Okay. You're kind of hunching over a

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:38.850
Little bit. Little bit about Yeah. Sorry. Your feet hurt. Oh,
Back. Okay. You're kind of hunching over a

00:32:38.850 --> 00:32:41.970
Little bit. Little bit about Yeah. Sorry. Your feet hurt. Oh,

00:32:42.260 --> 00:32:43.100
you wouldn't believe

00:32:48.790 --> 00:32:53.610
chow. T t chow t means, uh, hello, master.

00:32:55.030 --> 00:32:58.130
This him. Okay.

00:33:05.020 --> 00:33:05.860
Hi.

00:33:13.470 --> 00:33:16.250
Pain is wonderful. Extreme pain is extremely warm.

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:06.790
All of 1964 to half of 1965. That was my first tour.

00:35:07.520 --> 00:35:12.270
And then I returned to the states. Fortunately or unfortunately, I,

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:14.910
uh, met a woman and I got married.

00:35:16.850 --> 00:35:20.590
Then what happened is they thought that I didn't need to go back to Vietnam

00:35:20.630 --> 00:35:22.830
right away. They sent me back to Europe.

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:28.110
I spent three years in Italy and that's, uh, where my son was born. Gotcha.

00:35:28.560 --> 00:35:32.390
My son Jim. And frankly, I was,

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:37.450
I was bored to death over there. I wanted to go back and, uh,

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:40.850
do what I was supposed to train to do what I was supposed to do. So

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:46.650
In 1968, a new phase is now starting

00:35:48.020 --> 00:35:50.250
Now as the fighting ripped into Saigon.

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:55.690
Millions of Americans watched the battle on the evening news.

00:35:57.660 --> 00:36:01.650
Yet all their superior power had failed to grind down the enemy.

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:04.050
The war was deadlocked.

00:36:19.040 --> 00:36:22.350
The North Vietnamese attacked Kasan in January.

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:26.110
How many died and how much damage was done? However,

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:29.830
are still but approximations despite the official figures

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.750
On Victoria song.

00:37:11.050 --> 00:37:12.070
Okay, I got it.

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.140
And

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.150
Remember to
And

00:37:18.150 --> 00:37:18.980
Remember to

00:37:19.230 --> 00:37:20.070
Smile,

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:25.070
got shot down twice in the helicopter.

00:37:29.450 --> 00:37:32.550
When I was up on the border. We lost a helicopter.

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:37.950
It just fried 12 people before they were about this big. When they got done,

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:41.750
little black men wrapped in body bags.

00:37:41.750 --> 00:37:41.760
They put 'em in plastic and set 'em on the runway. I'll never forget that.
little black men wrapped in body bags.

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:44.680
They put 'em in plastic and set 'em on the runway. I'll never forget that.

00:37:45.030 --> 00:37:47.520
I was just brand new. So they didn't take me.

00:37:51.310 --> 00:37:54.400
I think, I can't remember the name of that tank, but that's an M 1 1 3

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:59.400
armored personnel carrier that had Yeah,

00:38:00.150 --> 00:38:04.990
absolutely no armor. Holy s**t.

00:38:04.990 --> 00:38:05.000
They got a C one 30 out here. That'd be a hairy ass flight coming in here,
absolutely no armor. Holy s**t.

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:09.430
They got a C one 30 out here. That'd be a hairy ass flight coming in here,

00:38:09.430 --> 00:38:09.440
wouldn't it Tom?
They got a C one 30 out here. That'd be a hairy ass flight coming in here,

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.970
wouldn't it Tom?

00:38:11.970 --> 00:38:11.980
We used to parachute from this. Yes.
wouldn't it Tom?

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:15.940
We used to parachute from this. Yes.

00:38:16.430 --> 00:38:19.180
Was a good way to travel. Better than Jeep.

00:38:19.910 --> 00:38:22.980
You drop at the right place, you are.

00:38:23.040 --> 00:38:26.730
Sometimes they don't make the space they want and you land in a tree or

00:38:26.730 --> 00:38:26.740
something.
Sometimes they don't make the space they want and you land in a tree or

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.570
something.

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.240
I wonder how

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.250
Many they lost here.
I wonder how

00:38:57.250 --> 00:38:58.170
Many they lost here.

00:39:08.750 --> 00:39:12.120
I can remember making a gun run on one of these villages and watching a rocket

00:39:12.250 --> 00:39:15.160
go into the house, blow it up,

00:39:16.210 --> 00:39:18.360
and people running all over the g*****n place.

00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:24.320
Just because they said they took fire from the village. They shoot at anything.

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:31.460
Yeah. This is, uh, this is how it was.

00:39:33.370 --> 00:39:34.430
Mats and dirt

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:43.120
We're hitting 'em with helicopters, you know. Yeah. Kind of. Um,

00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:45.160
I guess somewhat uneven.

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.970
Didn't seem strange then.

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:49.140
No,

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.150
No. They were still vc That was the enemy
No,

00:39:49.150 --> 00:39:52.450
No. They were still vc That was the enemy

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:55.410
At the time. Were you here? Did you appreciate the,

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:59.370
the trees and the beauty and No, the farming? No. No. I haven't.

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:01.810
You don't pick up any, any of that target. Right.

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:12.570
The first tour, I don't think I fired my rifle just about five times.

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:17.530
Second tour. I was fortunate enough to be in Special forces at Green Beret.

00:40:18.550 --> 00:40:22.970
That tour was my best tour. I was 25 years old. I had the best job in the world.

00:40:23.120 --> 00:40:26.610
I think at that age. It was exciting.

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:29.250
It was a high, I gotta say that

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:37.410
it seemed surreal like a movie you'd see through your own eyes.

00:40:38.870 --> 00:40:42.010
There's just, uh, so much adrenaline all the time.

00:40:52.590 --> 00:40:56.770
With Project Delta, I was actually assigned to a Vietnamese ranger unit.

00:40:58.040 --> 00:41:01.490
I saw my first action up along the border on the Hashi Min Trail.

00:41:02.510 --> 00:41:06.660
My main job was to go in if they found something and go check it out.

00:41:07.250 --> 00:41:08.960
If there were North Vietnamese in the area,

00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:11.720
The Rangers had taken many prisoners,

00:41:11.870 --> 00:41:15.640
including 55 members of an elite Viet Kong Gorilla Force.

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.980
Uh,

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:20.990
we would go in also after a B 52 airstrike and assess
Uh,

00:41:20.990 --> 00:41:25.640
we would go in also after a B 52 airstrike and assess

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:25.650
damage there.
we would go in also after a B 52 airstrike and assess

00:41:25.650 --> 00:41:26.480
damage there.

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:37.930
So in total, you know,

00:41:38.030 --> 00:41:42.010
it's about 700,000 tons of bomb str in this area.

00:41:44.890 --> 00:41:48.010
There were more than 91,000 bombshells.

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:49.410
91,000

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:53.610
Thousand bombshells Levi, the houses near Cool.

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:56.570
So the people could fight very easily when the plane cross from,

00:41:59.040 --> 00:42:01.340
they had to dig deeper to view the towns

00:42:06.010 --> 00:42:09.310
500 meters. And you go down the level two and level three.

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:14.100
We are not gonna go 500 meters, are we? We are going go 500

00:42:14.100 --> 00:42:14.110
Meter. You can choice.
We are not gonna go 500 meters, are we? We are going go 500

00:42:14.110 --> 00:42:14.950
Meter. You can choice.

00:42:21.470 --> 00:42:23.370
Have you seen the ba of flowers?

00:42:24.020 --> 00:42:25.890
No bamboo flour.

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:29.970
But you know, it take them long time to get the flowers.

00:42:30.600 --> 00:42:32.730
I just only one time and then to die.

00:42:33.470 --> 00:42:34.190
Only one time.

00:42:34.190 --> 00:42:34.200
Yeah. It's mean and life.
Only one time.

00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:36.210
Yeah. It's mean and life.

00:42:59.150 --> 00:43:01.780
Okay. Look back. Smile

00:43:06.270 --> 00:43:08.020
Dad. Yeah, you can do this.

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.630
I can do this. Okay,

00:43:12.590 --> 00:43:13.430
Let's go.

00:43:27.060 --> 00:43:31.320
When they released me from the Army, we were like ducks outta water.

00:43:31.530 --> 00:43:35.240
One minute we're in combat. Next minute we're back home.

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:40.080
Next minute we're out. I mean, it was just too much.

00:43:40.330 --> 00:43:41.440
We had no counseling,

00:43:42.210 --> 00:43:46.590
no anything that the army did to help us out other than to give you

00:43:46.590 --> 00:43:46.600
$15,000 and say, hit the road.
no anything that the army did to help us out other than to give you

00:43:46.600 --> 00:43:48.440
$15,000 and say, hit the road.

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:54.400
That be nice. Can't stay outta that.

00:43:55.670 --> 00:43:58.960
I wanted to create contrast parts of the moose. His

00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:02.680
Horns. After I, uh, got out, uh, I went to Florida,

00:44:02.930 --> 00:44:04.080
became a police officer.

00:44:04.910 --> 00:44:07.720
I thought that would kind of give me the natural high that I was,

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:11.600
that I got in the army and frankly was bored with it.

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:17.960
After that, I did everything from, uh, hanging drywall to sweeping floors.

00:44:19.690 --> 00:44:24.590
And still nothing was very satisfying. Just hated it to be honest.

00:44:24.660 --> 00:44:27.910
I even considered dealing drugs at the time. I mean,

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:29.700
I was just lost taking it

00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:29.710
Off the board
I was just lost taking it

00:44:29.710 --> 00:44:30.140
Off the board

00:44:30.140 --> 00:44:30.150
Here. And I wasn't the only one either.
Off the board

00:44:30.150 --> 00:44:32.570
Here. And I wasn't the only one either.

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:37.890
I took up skydiving, I scuba dived.

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:41.770
I did anything that I thought was dangerous and enjoyed it,

00:44:42.620 --> 00:44:46.370
but it never got that feeling again. I don't think it ever will come back

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:55.610
as our main dish. Tonight.

00:44:57.610 --> 00:45:01.770
We're gonna have thin cut pork chops. I like fresh vegetables.

00:45:02.630 --> 00:45:05.740
My secret recipe is I just put everything in the pot,

00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:11.660
bring it to a boil. And after it's boiling,

00:45:12.010 --> 00:45:16.500
I wait five minutes and it's done. When I was 25,

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:20.340
that was it. I don't know, I just felt so alive.

00:45:23.630 --> 00:45:25.410
And you can fight your way back up,

00:45:25.410 --> 00:45:25.420
but you never get that euphoria or the excitement
And you can fight your way back up,

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:29.700
but you never get that euphoria or the excitement

00:45:30.310 --> 00:45:32.700
or the danger or,

00:45:38.790 --> 00:45:42.690
I have a saying if you'd like to hear it. Uh, I don't know who wrote it.

00:45:43.580 --> 00:45:46.170
You have never lived until I'm almost died.

00:45:47.600 --> 00:45:52.110
For those who have fought for it, life has a special meaning that protected.

00:45:52.410 --> 00:45:53.250
Will never know.

00:45:55.370 --> 00:45:55.680
That

00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:55.690
Brings up a lot of emotion with
That

00:45:55.690 --> 00:45:57.540
Brings up a lot of emotion with

00:45:57.540 --> 00:45:57.550
Me.
Brings up a lot of emotion with

00:45:57.550 --> 00:45:58.380
Me.

00:46:03.430 --> 00:46:08.230
After I left Florida, I uh, spent a year working out in Boise,

00:46:08.390 --> 00:46:10.990
Idaho. I'd met my present wife there.

00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:14.350
I found my soulmate

00:46:18.560 --> 00:46:21.310
and uh, decided the military was the way to go.

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:27.910
I wanted to go back and be in special forces again,

00:46:28.600 --> 00:46:33.510
but they wouldn't take me back in. So I enlisted in the Marine Corps and, uh,

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:35.310
got the next best thing

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:39.910
Back from a hard day in the bush. Uh, how was it out there, Sergeant Dom?

00:46:40.490 --> 00:46:44.430
Well, I've been on rougher patrols, but not la

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:46.950
I really enjoyed it the whole time I was there.

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:52.470
My name is Sergeant Mark. I'm from First Recon Battalion.

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:54.500
And what you're gonna see next is a short

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.510
Notice in charge of all that stuff. Stuff. So I can bring my,
And what you're gonna see next is a short

00:46:54.510 --> 00:46:58.190
Notice in charge of all that stuff. Stuff. So I can bring my,

00:46:58.680 --> 00:47:02.630
my son out there and, uh, let him watch the training.

00:47:03.090 --> 00:47:05.100
Even got involved in some of it in, uh,

00:47:05.100 --> 00:47:05.110
rubber boat training and things like that. That was kind of fun. He enjoyed it.
Even got involved in some of it in, uh,

00:47:05.110 --> 00:47:10.030
rubber boat training and things like that. That was kind of fun. He enjoyed it.

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:13.550
'cause he's a good swimmer. Lost him out of the boat.

00:47:15.090 --> 00:47:15.580
Tell me about

00:47:15.580 --> 00:47:15.590
That. He, we, we hit a wave and he fell out of the boat and I lost him.
Tell me about

00:47:15.590 --> 00:47:20.350
That. He, we, we hit a wave and he fell out of the boat and I lost him.

00:47:21.040 --> 00:47:21.880
How old was he?

00:47:22.410 --> 00:47:27.270
Nine. I about, I freaked out, you know, and he disappeared.

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:34.050
He had a life jacket on, but he disappeared. Uh, found him, um,

00:47:34.610 --> 00:47:38.290
about a hundred yards down the beach. Popped up.

00:47:39.210 --> 00:47:43.010
There was a great undertow there, but he was good enough to swim.

00:47:43.120 --> 00:47:47.160
I started him out with, and he was baby swimming, I think. Yeah,

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:47.170
about six or seven months old.
I started him out with, and he was baby swimming, I think. Yeah,

00:47:47.170 --> 00:47:48.530
about six or seven months old.

00:47:55.850 --> 00:47:58.240
You know, I don't really harbor too much resentment.

00:47:58.330 --> 00:48:00.160
I'm not really a person that lives in the past.

00:48:01.620 --> 00:48:03.150
I just typically don't look back.

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:07.230
But I manage to get through.

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:10.430
I manage to accomplish the things that I want to accomplish.

00:48:11.680 --> 00:48:14.590
And a lot of that becomes by having a single-minded focus.

00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:17.270
And where did that come from?

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:24.270
He is incredibly driven and then as his struggles with P t Ss D

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:28.430
and stress with, you know, went on, he started to to drink.

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:31.790
And I've had my own struggles with alcohol when I was younger,

00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:33.510
so I totally get it.

00:48:33.930 --> 00:48:36.470
Yeah, that's a problem. All or nothing. Yeah,

00:48:36.850 --> 00:48:37.220
It's a

00:48:37.220 --> 00:48:37.230
Curse. Curse.
It's a

00:48:37.230 --> 00:48:38.590
Curse. Curse.

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:46.390
I never thought that my father had any sort of weakness. Let's just say,

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:52.030
dad.

00:48:52.030 --> 00:48:52.040
Yeah, you can do this. I can do this. Okay,
dad.

00:48:52.040 --> 00:48:56.090
Yeah, you can do this. I can do this. Okay,

00:48:57.850 --> 00:48:58.690
Let's go.

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:08.800
I just, uh, number one wasn't happy. I sat around the house,

00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:08.810
felt sorry for myself and drank beer. You know, watch your head there.
I just, uh, number one wasn't happy. I sat around the house,

00:49:08.810 --> 00:49:13.810
felt sorry for myself and drank beer. You know, watch your head there.

00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:19.330
The catalyst for me saying I gotta turn my life around is I was gonna commit

00:49:19.350 --> 00:49:23.770
suicide. I sat on my bed with my 45.

00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:27.890
I was ready to ready to kill myself.

00:49:31.280 --> 00:49:35.330
I was gonna do it. I figured there's no, no purpose in living anymore.

00:49:44.670 --> 00:49:45.080
It's okay,

00:49:45.080 --> 00:49:45.090
Dad. Take your
It's okay,

00:49:45.090 --> 00:49:45.680
Dad. Take your

00:49:45.680 --> 00:49:45.690
Time.
Dad. Take your

00:49:45.690 --> 00:49:46.520
Time.

00:49:56.030 --> 00:50:01.010
Take enough of oh two. Okay. Let's,

00:50:01.650 --> 00:50:02.730
let's just take a break here,

00:50:12.380 --> 00:50:15.170
if doesn't work. No, breathe in. No

00:50:17.820 --> 00:50:21.850
breath in and out. Take your time.

00:50:22.730 --> 00:50:26.890
Scene and out. But I got counseling

00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:30.650
and it helped me out of it.

00:50:33.510 --> 00:50:34.350
Okay.

00:50:36.060 --> 00:50:39.890
So then I was okay after that. I still think I'm okay now.

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:43.530
A little bit shaky every now and then. I'm a little shaky now.

00:50:45.330 --> 00:50:49.370
Let's just, let's take five. We'll leave five, maybe two, three minutes. Okay.

00:50:53.430 --> 00:50:55.370
It's gonna get me in shape for my other psychiatrist.

00:50:55.470 --> 00:50:57.730
Told me this is good advice for anybody.

00:50:57.820 --> 00:51:00.970
You did the best you could do with what you knew at the time.

00:51:03.340 --> 00:51:07.290
So what I knew at the time about life and those people,

00:51:07.830 --> 00:51:12.170
that was it. So we're gonna do happy stuff next time.

00:51:14.800 --> 00:51:15.930
I think I did pretty good.

00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:20.570
I I survived this one without going south on ya.

00:51:21.140 --> 00:51:26.070
Almost. And I think, I think it would be good for my son to see this.

00:51:27.650 --> 00:51:30.990
Mm-hmm. 'cause I never

00:51:32.950 --> 00:51:37.180
showed him anything, any emotion or about this or anything like that.

00:51:38.910 --> 00:51:42.650
So I'd like you to show it to him after you,

00:51:42.650 --> 00:51:42.660
maybe where you can leave in the part where almost,
So I'd like you to show it to him after you,

00:51:42.660 --> 00:51:46.130
maybe where you can leave in the part where almost,

00:51:46.130 --> 00:51:46.140
almost melted down. That's fine.
maybe where you can leave in the part where almost,

00:51:46.140 --> 00:51:48.420
almost melted down. That's fine.

00:51:51.530 --> 00:51:55.130
I'd like him to see it. It's something I,

00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:58.690
I think that I couldn't sit down and talk with him about.

00:52:00.190 --> 00:52:00.530
Why is

00:52:00.530 --> 00:52:00.540
That? I don't know. Afraid to show myself,
Why is

00:52:00.540 --> 00:52:03.140
That? I don't know. Afraid to show myself,

00:52:03.290 --> 00:52:06.420
I guess afraid to show my softness,

00:52:07.150 --> 00:52:08.540
my weakness.

00:52:13.940 --> 00:52:16.470
So it'd be good for him to look at.

00:52:19.970 --> 00:52:24.860
I hope I got all the dates right. I think I have. I think I have.

00:52:25.320 --> 00:52:26.420
It's kind of hard to remember.

00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:34.500
69, 70, 71. The war was winding down.

00:52:35.340 --> 00:52:37.700
After Project Delta was closed down.

00:52:37.930 --> 00:52:40.780
I worked with the mountain yards up up in the mountains.

00:52:43.040 --> 00:52:48.020
Army Special Forces were sent to Vietnam because they're experts, specialists,

00:52:48.030 --> 00:52:50.100
and training men to fight a special kind war.

00:52:51.900 --> 00:52:55.900
These soldiers possessed the capability of going to remote regions of the world

00:52:56.230 --> 00:53:01.020
to live with the people, eat their food or share their lack of it,

00:53:01.860 --> 00:53:02.860
learn their language,

00:53:02.860 --> 00:53:07.260
their customs and taboos and win their confidence and respect.

00:53:09.020 --> 00:53:11.490
The mountain yards were our army.

00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:16.520
I guess The Special Forces Army got very close to the units

00:53:16.520 --> 00:53:16.530
because you were working with them every single day. Slept with 'em,
I guess The Special Forces Army got very close to the units

00:53:16.530 --> 00:53:20.080
because you were working with them every single day. Slept with 'em,

00:53:20.080 --> 00:53:20.090
egged with 'em, and of course went to the field with them.
because you were working with them every single day. Slept with 'em,

00:53:20.090 --> 00:53:22.890
egged with 'em, and of course went to the field with them.

00:53:25.150 --> 00:53:28.890
They took some mountain yards, uh, from Bear recruits.

00:53:29.100 --> 00:53:33.650
Within 10 years they were, uh, jumping outta airplanes and, uh,

00:53:34.170 --> 00:53:36.930
doing halo work with high altitude, low opening work,

00:53:37.210 --> 00:53:40.890
which is a long ways from just being a, a grunt on the ground.

00:53:42.700 --> 00:53:47.290
We went out and did direct action missions and in fact, we went into Laos.

00:53:47.660 --> 00:53:51.490
That's not classified anymore. This book's been written about that

00:53:56.340 --> 00:53:57.180
In the past.

00:53:58.340 --> 00:54:03.210
The Central Highland belonged to the Montan people.

00:54:04.160 --> 00:54:07.370
Montan people is the real owner of the land.

00:54:08.630 --> 00:54:09.470
Many tribe,

00:54:12.980 --> 00:54:14.930
at least 17 tribes,

00:54:15.750 --> 00:54:19.210
they served for the American Army show much.

00:54:20.380 --> 00:54:24.450
But when the war ended in 1975,

00:54:25.260 --> 00:54:28.610
uh, American Army left them.

00:54:29.910 --> 00:54:30.890
Yeah, I know. Yeah.

00:54:32.700 --> 00:54:35.610
All of them was put into the

00:54:37.160 --> 00:54:40.330
re etson camp, the jail.

00:54:42.570 --> 00:54:46.630
They work hard in the jails. Shock this up. Rice and no food

00:54:48.520 --> 00:54:51.470
at that time. Vietnam very poor.

00:54:53.530 --> 00:54:56.110
When they release, they back to the village.

00:54:56.410 --> 00:54:58.950
They work hard like the farmer,

00:55:00.640 --> 00:55:05.350
but they have no land because many people

00:55:06.050 --> 00:55:10.670
rust into the Central Highland. Step by step.

00:55:10.690 --> 00:55:14.820
They took the land. Now they're very,

00:55:14.820 --> 00:55:14.830
very poor.
They took the land. Now they're very,

00:55:14.830 --> 00:55:15.750
very poor.

00:55:17.050 --> 00:55:21.750
When I worked with the mountain yards, they were not just soldiers,

00:55:22.290 --> 00:55:25.910
they were brothers. And I wanted to come back and see if they were okay.

00:55:27.760 --> 00:55:29.110
On the road from the Nang,

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:33.990
we go up to the central highland by the ho Chi Min highway.

00:55:35.050 --> 00:55:39.650
At least 10 people, 10 soldier, former soldier.

00:55:40.870 --> 00:55:42.410
They come to, to meet you.

00:55:44.040 --> 00:55:46.350
And I organize a small party.

00:55:48.010 --> 00:55:50.020
It's gonna be very emotional. Yeah. For

00:55:50.020 --> 00:55:50.030
The heart. Deep emotion. Yeah.
It's gonna be very emotional. Yeah. For

00:55:50.030 --> 00:55:52.540
The heart. Deep emotion. Yeah.

00:56:04.050 --> 00:56:09.050
I anticipate that this will be a very emotional part for my

00:56:09.050 --> 00:56:09.060
father to actually see, uh, some real veterans that are his age.
I anticipate that this will be a very emotional part for my

00:56:09.060 --> 00:56:13.490
father to actually see, uh, some real veterans that are his age.

00:56:40.740 --> 00:56:45.130
It will be a long while in Vietnam before any swords are beaten into Plowshares.

00:56:46.060 --> 00:56:47.130
But the time will come.

00:56:54.400 --> 00:56:57.000
I see little things where he's opening up.

00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:57.010
He's laughing more than I've seen him laugh in a long, long time.
I see little things where he's opening up.

00:56:57.010 --> 00:57:01.850
He's laughing more than I've seen him laugh in a long, long time.

00:57:04.420 --> 00:57:05.260
What's that mean?

00:57:05.820 --> 00:57:07.130
How many wives do you have?

00:57:09.380 --> 00:57:10.220
One wife.

00:57:14.560 --> 00:57:15.400
I got that one.

00:57:19.160 --> 00:57:21.160
I I've been seeing cracks in him a little bit.

00:57:21.160 --> 00:57:21.170
Every now and then when he has these kind of moments where he reflects back and
I I've been seeing cracks in him a little bit.

00:57:21.170 --> 00:57:25.040
Every now and then when he has these kind of moments where he reflects back and

00:57:25.040 --> 00:57:25.050
maybe shares something. He's always been very tight and very guarded. And,
Every now and then when he has these kind of moments where he reflects back and

00:57:25.050 --> 00:57:30.050
maybe shares something. He's always been very tight and very guarded. And,

00:57:30.140 --> 00:57:32.730
uh, I think this will be the catalyst to let that loose.

00:57:49.930 --> 00:57:51.640
We were supposed to pull some of those people,

00:57:51.830 --> 00:57:55.920
a lot of people out of Vietnam and we just left and abandoned him.

00:57:59.930 --> 00:58:03.800
The one, my interrogator and translator. He was killed.

00:58:06.160 --> 00:58:08.670
And the the heck of it was he was killed after I left.

00:58:20.890 --> 00:58:23.520
Yeah. Um,

00:58:24.330 --> 00:58:29.080
he testing said that they're lucky to meet you. We are very,

00:58:29.100 --> 00:58:33.670
very, very happy because some of us still alive.

00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:39.260
We, we want survivor. Right. Survival. Survival. After the war, after the jail,

00:58:39.260 --> 00:58:39.270
after the regime, EduCon came something.
We, we want survivor. Right. Survival. Survival. After the war, after the jail,

00:58:39.270 --> 00:58:41.470
after the regime, EduCon came something.

00:58:42.360 --> 00:58:44.270
And we are very happy when you come here.

00:58:45.230 --> 00:58:48.840
I have been waiting 45 years to come here.

00:58:49.730 --> 00:58:51.800
The 45 year one.

00:58:55.180 --> 00:58:55.860
I want to,

00:58:55.860 --> 00:58:55.870
I want to thank you for your service and this dinner is in honor
I want to,

00:58:55.870 --> 00:59:00.670
I want to thank you for your service and this dinner is in honor

00:59:00.960 --> 00:59:01.800
of your service.

00:59:14.720 --> 00:59:15.560
Attack the meal.

00:59:15.720 --> 00:59:17.830
Attack the meal. Attack the meal.

00:59:30.260 --> 00:59:34.330
How do you say it? Xi is corporal two stripes. Xi

00:59:35.860 --> 00:59:39.930
Xi my son, Tung Shi toy. Uh,

00:59:51.660 --> 00:59:52.610
How do you feel now?

00:59:54.090 --> 00:59:55.170
Happy, upset.

00:59:55.370 --> 00:59:57.570
Happy and sad, Caleb. Yeah.

01:00:01.360 --> 01:00:03.210
I am very sorry. Sorry

01:00:06.750 --> 01:00:11.290
that my government, my government left you here.

01:01:16.640 --> 01:01:17.550
We don't eat

01:02:33.780 --> 01:02:37.970
Now. I am very old, but I have many children and many,

01:02:37.990 --> 01:02:39.890
many grandchildren. How many children?

01:02:44.240 --> 01:02:45.330
I have eight children. And

01:02:47.420 --> 01:02:48.160
Wow.

01:02:48.160 --> 01:02:48.170
17 grandchildren.
Wow.

01:02:48.170 --> 01:02:49.450
17 grandchildren.

01:02:52.300 --> 01:02:56.210
On behalf of our roof, I would like to say thank you for visiting us.

01:02:58.580 --> 01:03:01.850
Uh, we are the Yeah people.

01:03:02.260 --> 01:03:04.170
We are in the remote area.

01:03:05.340 --> 01:03:09.730
But you interested in our life. My God bless you.

01:03:10.220 --> 01:03:13.890
And I wish you bon voice us. Good trip.

01:03:35.950 --> 01:03:36.790
Alright.

01:03:36.830 --> 01:03:37.670
Goodbye.

01:03:37.780 --> 01:03:39.330
Bye bye.

01:03:40.420 --> 01:03:41.260
See ya.

01:03:41.460 --> 01:03:42.300
Bye.

01:03:47.910 --> 01:03:48.750
Gets to me.

01:03:52.770 --> 01:03:53.610
What a night.

01:03:56.300 --> 01:03:57.910
I won't forget this one for a while,

01:04:01.650 --> 01:04:06.310
it's like you're searching for something and then you don't know what it is,

01:04:06.520 --> 01:04:10.030
but then you find it. Oh, wow. And, and then it's more to come.

01:04:27.370 --> 01:04:30.070
You know, we've driven all over Vietnam in the last 20 something days.

01:04:30.070 --> 01:04:30.080
Literally. It's been an epic road trip.
You know, we've driven all over Vietnam in the last 20 something days.

01:04:30.080 --> 01:04:32.560
Literally. It's been an epic road trip.

01:04:35.410 --> 01:04:38.560
The hardest part has been watching my dad struggle a little bit.

01:04:39.580 --> 01:04:41.840
Long days in the van. They're hard on everybody,

01:04:41.850 --> 01:04:43.520
but they're especially hard on him

01:04:44.290 --> 01:04:45.130
In the past,

01:04:45.180 --> 01:04:49.320
this is the one of Grandees approach,

01:04:49.390 --> 01:04:53.800
Chi Min Trail. But now they read up,

01:04:54.660 --> 01:04:56.920
it's become the highway. Ho chi min highway.

01:05:07.020 --> 01:05:10.160
Over 45 years, everything's changing.

01:05:11.260 --> 01:05:14.480
Sand back Nice little bit. Sand back.

01:05:14.980 --> 01:05:15.820
Yeah.

01:05:16.130 --> 01:05:16.970
US army

01:05:25.820 --> 01:05:28.960
was actually this way. The van right up to

01:05:28.960 --> 01:05:28.970
The I can't walk.
was actually this way. The van right up to

01:05:28.970 --> 01:05:30.010
The I can't walk.

01:05:30.430 --> 01:05:31.290
Okay. But slowly

01:05:32.430 --> 01:05:34.970
I've been going slow. It's still hard to breathe.

01:05:36.430 --> 01:05:38.850
It's hot and my breath is not good.

01:05:41.990 --> 01:05:45.740
You get pushed to the brink, you know, in, in special operations, they,

01:05:46.160 --> 01:05:48.740
your quitting is not an option. You will go to the failure point.

01:06:00.840 --> 01:06:01.130
This

01:06:01.130 --> 01:06:01.140
Is your house? Yeah, your house. Okay. It was I and you sick?
This

01:06:01.140 --> 01:06:05.740
Is your house? Yeah, your house. Okay. It was I and you sick?

01:06:32.600 --> 01:06:33.440
Yeah,

01:06:34.960 --> 01:06:38.990
Yeah, yeah. Perfect, perfect

01:06:46.450 --> 01:06:47.290
General.

01:06:52.590 --> 01:06:53.450
That feels good.

01:06:58.760 --> 01:06:59.610
I don't know what to say.

01:07:01.060 --> 01:07:02.360
The one of the last trips we took,

01:07:02.360 --> 01:07:02.370
we were routed a shooting school and it was just a little bit,
The one of the last trips we took,

01:07:02.370 --> 01:07:04.770
we were routed a shooting school and it was just a little bit,

01:07:05.240 --> 01:07:08.170
a little physical for him. And he had a hard time with that.

01:07:08.790 --> 01:07:12.890
Just accepting that fact that I'm old. He said it

01:07:13.520 --> 01:07:15.650
Wouldn't hurt me to get back to the hotel. Guys,

01:07:17.670 --> 01:07:21.770
when you back hotel, I bring some medicine to your room. Okay. Okay.

01:07:22.860 --> 01:07:25.240
And my heart breaks for him. You know, 'cause he was that guy.

01:07:25.240 --> 01:07:25.250
He was that invincible man. But in a lot of ways too,
And my heart breaks for him. You know, 'cause he was that guy.

01:07:25.250 --> 01:07:29.770
He was that invincible man. But in a lot of ways too,

01:07:29.900 --> 01:07:33.330
as a warrior, I can't feel bad for him.

01:07:33.990 --> 01:07:36.370
He's had a good life. He lived through Vietnam.

01:07:39.330 --> 01:07:41.960
You know, time waits for no man. As I say, it's a great equalizer.

01:08:09.240 --> 01:08:12.580
Welcome to my English club. Hello everybody.

01:08:15.740 --> 01:08:18.410
How are you? I'm fine, thank you.

01:08:19.340 --> 01:08:21.730
Mr. Vinn. I have some candy. Can I bring it here?

01:08:22.130 --> 01:08:26.760
Candy. Candy. Yes. Can I bring it? But later they offer you some, uh,

01:08:26.760 --> 01:08:26.770
English song.
Candy. Candy. Yes. Can I bring it? But later they offer you some, uh,

01:08:26.770 --> 01:08:27.600
English song.

01:08:30.610 --> 01:08:32.210
Mommy label.

01:08:37.930 --> 01:08:39.530
Thank you. Very good.

01:08:43.110 --> 01:08:44.840
Okay, listen again. Would

01:08:44.840 --> 01:08:44.850
You like to go fishing on Sunday? No, I can't.
Okay, listen again. Would

01:08:44.850 --> 01:08:48.610
You like to go fishing on Sunday? No, I can't.

01:08:49.120 --> 01:08:49.960
I can't swim.

01:08:51.460 --> 01:08:52.970
Is that right? Yes.

01:09:02.770 --> 01:09:03.610
Where you from?

01:09:04.420 --> 01:09:07.970
Oh, is Montana. Montana?

01:09:09.950 --> 01:09:11.810
What color is my hair?

01:09:15.940 --> 01:09:17.130
It is white. White.

01:09:20.830 --> 01:09:22.450
Heat. Heat. Your candy.

01:09:31.500 --> 01:09:35.090
Dr. Vin? Uh, are we about done? I'm getting very hot.

01:09:38.090 --> 01:09:41.750
Hey, VIN, what do you gotta set going to next? Frank? What,

01:09:41.750 --> 01:09:41.760
what's going on right now? He's getting hot. Senior's getting,
Hey, VIN, what do you gotta set going to next? Frank? What,

01:09:41.760 --> 01:09:45.480
what's going on right now? He's getting hot. Senior's getting,

01:09:47.260 --> 01:09:48.960
he's getting a little hot, I think.

01:09:50.630 --> 01:09:53.840
I can't believe I'm still dizzy. Must be something else wrong with me.

01:09:54.290 --> 01:09:55.160
You wanna go to the hospital?

01:09:55.690 --> 01:09:56.960
No. Hell no.

01:09:59.080 --> 01:10:01.080
Maybe for an iv. Get some fluids in you.

01:10:03.290 --> 01:10:04.130
No,

01:10:07.170 --> 01:10:08.010
In you.

01:10:11.350 --> 01:10:13.320
I think my father has a bit of heat exhaustion right now.

01:10:15.290 --> 01:10:19.660
So we've got him in the cool down room and gave him a bunch of water and put him

01:10:19.660 --> 01:10:19.670
on rest and we'll see if he snaps out of it here by the end of the day.
So we've got him in the cool down room and gave him a bunch of water and put him

01:10:19.670 --> 01:10:22.510
on rest and we'll see if he snaps out of it here by the end of the day.

01:10:25.850 --> 01:10:28.640
I'm a little concerned about his health, like his physical health.

01:10:29.050 --> 01:10:33.870
His mental health is not really my expertise. You know,

01:10:33.870 --> 01:10:33.880
we've gone back and forth with that through the years and he's in the best
His mental health is not really my expertise. You know,

01:10:33.880 --> 01:10:37.750
we've gone back and forth with that through the years and he's in the best

01:10:37.750 --> 01:10:37.760
place. He's been in quite a long time.
we've gone back and forth with that through the years and he's in the best

01:10:37.760 --> 01:10:40.920
place. He's been in quite a long time.

01:10:43.650 --> 01:10:48.010
Hello, what's your name?

01:10:48.180 --> 01:10:51.770
My name is Jim. And your name? My name is Keith.

01:10:51.970 --> 01:10:54.970
Keith Kin Kim. Nice to meet you Kim.

01:10:58.490 --> 01:10:59.320
Thank you. You

01:10:59.320 --> 01:10:59.330
Are welcome. Thank you. To meet you. And what's your name?
Thank you. You

01:10:59.330 --> 01:11:01.290
Are welcome. Thank you. To meet you. And what's your name?

01:11:01.340 --> 01:11:02.610
He found the right doctor finally.

01:11:03.260 --> 01:11:07.570
And they have him on the right medication and they've got him in a good way.

01:11:08.020 --> 01:11:10.050
And that's what got him ready to take this trip.

01:11:12.690 --> 01:11:16.010
One of the things that surprises me is the fact that he actually got help.

01:11:17.290 --> 01:11:19.850
We're talking a guy that did everything himself.

01:11:23.820 --> 01:11:27.160
You know, it's really kind of hard to watch your, your father age, you know,

01:11:27.160 --> 01:11:27.170
and need help and maybe have to do stuff for him.
You know, it's really kind of hard to watch your, your father age, you know,

01:11:27.170 --> 01:11:30.490
and need help and maybe have to do stuff for him.

01:11:30.590 --> 01:11:34.400
Whereas before he was the one that was just like the leader, you know?

01:11:34.400 --> 01:11:34.410
He was just like, I'm just gonna just do it. And this is how you do it, son.
Whereas before he was the one that was just like the leader, you know?

01:11:34.410 --> 01:11:37.410
He was just like, I'm just gonna just do it. And this is how you do it, son.

01:11:37.580 --> 01:11:37.920
You got

01:11:37.920 --> 01:11:37.930
It turned on. All right. Okay. Here we go. Hold that heavy.
You got

01:11:37.930 --> 01:11:42.290
It turned on. All right. Okay. Here we go. Hold that heavy.

01:11:42.750 --> 01:11:46.170
Yeah. Hold steel. Hold steel. It only hurt for wind.

01:11:47.540 --> 01:11:48.970
You turn off a minute.

01:12:00.940 --> 01:12:02.810
We came to Kto because my father,

01:12:02.950 --> 01:12:05.290
this is the last place that he served in Vietnam.

01:12:05.790 --> 01:12:09.690
This is the place where he had his strongest memories.

01:12:10.780 --> 01:12:13.130
And this is the place where he bonded with the people.

01:12:22.780 --> 01:12:23.000
You

01:12:23.000 --> 01:12:23.010
Know, I've never sought mental counseling or anything like that.
You

01:12:23.010 --> 01:12:26.210
Know, I've never sought mental counseling or anything like that.

01:12:26.460 --> 01:12:30.570
And so it's just, you know, it's kind of foreign to think that, you know, he,

01:12:30.710 --> 01:12:31.550
he's done that.

01:12:42.220 --> 01:12:44.380
Hello? Hello. Hello.

01:12:46.880 --> 01:12:47.720
Nice to meet you.

01:12:56.310 --> 01:12:57.150
My father?

01:13:01.870 --> 01:13:04.980
Yes. He's just not feeling good tonight. He's in the hotel sneaking.

01:13:06.420 --> 01:13:07.260
He'll be here

01:13:07.450 --> 01:13:08.290
Tomorrow.

01:13:09.070 --> 01:13:11.140
One of my really good friends was a psychologist.

01:13:11.310 --> 01:13:16.260
He was a green beret he was in and he was a colonel and he dealt with P T S D

01:13:16.550 --> 01:13:19.620
and, but he dealt with it in the wrong way. You know, he, uh, he killed himself.

01:13:20.450 --> 01:13:21.090
And so,

01:13:21.090 --> 01:13:21.100
and that was a really heart-wrenching thing for me to lose one of my really,
And so,

01:13:21.100 --> 01:13:25.230
and that was a really heart-wrenching thing for me to lose one of my really,

01:13:25.230 --> 01:13:25.240
really good friends like that.
and that was a really heart-wrenching thing for me to lose one of my really,

01:13:25.240 --> 01:13:26.440
really good friends like that.

01:13:44.290 --> 01:13:47.800
The Republic of Vietnam on the eastern edge of the end of China Peninsula,

01:13:48.480 --> 01:13:51.920
about as far from home as an American can be while still on earth.

01:15:19.110 --> 01:15:21.620
Wow. It's that impressive or what?

01:15:27.470 --> 01:15:32.140
My god, I don't remember him being that tall.

01:15:42.160 --> 01:15:42.380
As

01:15:42.380 --> 01:15:42.390
My wife would say. Buck up little buckaroo. There's better days ahead. Yeah.
As

01:15:42.390 --> 01:15:46.590
My wife would say. Buck up little buckaroo. There's better days ahead. Yeah.

01:15:51.200 --> 01:15:54.470
As soon as I get my sea legs, I'll be all right. I can put up with this pain.

01:16:24.580 --> 01:16:28.730
Pardon me if I don't get up. I'm a little, still a little sick and dizzy.

01:16:30.010 --> 01:16:30.740
Dizzy.

01:16:30.740 --> 01:16:30.750
Jim gave me some medicine.
Dizzy.

01:16:30.750 --> 01:16:31.890
Jim gave me some medicine.

01:16:32.900 --> 01:16:36.290
Jim, stand up. Come to the house.

01:16:39.070 --> 01:16:39.930
Just feel calm.

01:16:46.300 --> 01:16:47.330
Are you sweating at all?

01:16:48.540 --> 01:16:49.180
No.

01:16:49.180 --> 01:16:49.190
No.
No.

01:16:49.190 --> 01:16:50.020
No.

01:16:50.710 --> 01:16:51.550
Full cup.

01:16:52.320 --> 01:16:55.370
I drank a couple bottles and two lemonades already. So

01:16:56.860 --> 01:16:57.700
I'm doing well.

01:17:03.100 --> 01:17:04.130
We are praying.

01:17:06.260 --> 01:17:09.890
Our mother, God, pray for our sinners. Not the hour of our, our death. Amen.

01:17:10.820 --> 01:17:12.850
Be mother, mother of God. Pray for

01:17:18.200 --> 01:17:19.040
Yourself.

01:17:21.030 --> 01:17:25.890
They were saying the rosary. How do you know it? Catholic upbringing. Really?

01:17:26.150 --> 01:17:27.970
Yeah. First I'm hearing of this

01:19:02.020 --> 01:19:02.860
nuy.

01:19:16.460 --> 01:19:16.680
He

01:19:16.680 --> 01:19:16.690
Used to be. Yes. Then we laugh.
He

01:19:16.690 --> 01:19:19.290
Used to be. Yes. Then we laugh.

01:19:22.350 --> 01:19:25.530
They drop him from the helicopter In D

01:19:26.030 --> 01:19:26.870
Yeah. Yeah.

01:19:27.460 --> 01:19:28.300
In D.

01:19:29.430 --> 01:19:31.280
Parachute. Parachute. No, no.

01:19:31.280 --> 01:19:31.290
Not parachute. Just
Parachute. Parachute. No, no.

01:19:31.290 --> 01:19:32.120
Not parachute. Just

01:19:33.100 --> 01:19:37.610
Oh yeah. I know, I know. With a rope. Yeah. Like this.

01:19:38.030 --> 01:19:40.610
Come down. No parachute.

01:19:43.660 --> 01:19:44.500
Do what Sam

01:19:49.870 --> 01:19:53.810
name? Jim. Jim. Jim. Boot.

01:20:10.410 --> 01:20:14.490
Thank you. Goodbye. Bye.

01:20:16.060 --> 01:20:16.520
He worked

01:20:16.520 --> 01:20:16.530
There. He worked there. Yeah.
He worked

01:20:16.530 --> 01:20:18.970
There. He worked there. Yeah.

01:20:21.680 --> 01:20:22.770
Ung. Huh?

01:20:27.020 --> 01:20:27.860
You want

01:20:42.790 --> 01:20:43.630
Army?

01:20:43.880 --> 01:20:44.720
Army. Yes.

01:20:45.680 --> 01:20:46.520
American.

01:20:46.920 --> 01:20:51.090
American army. Yeah. You know, uh, Vietnam. Yes.

01:20:53.630 --> 01:20:54.890
Same. Same. All right.

01:21:54.990 --> 01:21:56.610
What did you think about today's ceremony?

01:21:56.820 --> 01:22:00.570
Was like rehab. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

01:22:01.300 --> 01:22:04.610
It was great. It was good for the soul. I really enjoy it.

01:22:39.030 --> 01:22:43.500
Sad to see an end actually. Homesick

01:22:44.990 --> 01:22:47.100
pistol a Yeah. Yeah.

01:22:48.740 --> 01:22:53.610
Since the military haven't been going this long one with him. Yep.

01:22:53.610 --> 01:22:53.620
Mike, all three of you get in
Since the military haven't been going this long one with him. Yep.

01:22:53.620 --> 01:22:54.690
Mike, all three of you get in

01:22:54.690 --> 01:22:54.700
There.
Mike, all three of you get in

01:22:54.700 --> 01:22:55.530
There.

01:23:01.500 --> 01:23:04.980
Smart. Remember you

01:23:21.270 --> 01:23:22.330
Best driver in the whole world.

01:23:28.650 --> 01:23:31.600
It just feels good to breathe this air in to be alive.

01:23:36.910 --> 01:23:40.890
Oranges, sun ring. Good luck for, good luck for us.

01:23:44.510 --> 01:23:45.350
What do you think?

01:23:46.240 --> 01:23:50.490
I think it looks different in, uh, waning hours.

01:23:52.600 --> 01:23:57.570
Get that smoke over there. You got a beautiful sunset there.

01:23:57.900 --> 01:24:01.410
And then on the other hand, you just have something that looks like

01:24:03.070 --> 01:24:05.460
an operation bombs,

01:24:08.140 --> 01:24:09.360
even though I know it isn't.

01:24:13.240 --> 01:24:14.440
Would you see that a lot here?

01:24:15.140 --> 01:24:15.980
Yeah.

01:24:19.210 --> 01:24:22.620
I could see why he wanted to stay, you know? Um,

01:24:22.770 --> 01:24:25.220
I could see why he didn't wanna come back. The adrenaline. Mm-hmm.

01:24:25.710 --> 01:24:28.430
The beauty here. The,

01:24:29.020 --> 01:24:31.860
probably the feeling that you could do whatever you wanted. I get it. I,

01:24:31.860 --> 01:24:31.870
you know, I'm sorry. I think Thanks. I know you came home for me, you know.
probably the feeling that you could do whatever you wanted. I get it. I,

01:24:31.870 --> 01:24:34.910
you know, I'm sorry. I think Thanks. I know you came home for me, you know.

01:24:35.010 --> 01:24:36.470
Yeah. I appreciate that. I did.

01:24:38.130 --> 01:24:42.870
Yeah, you're right. Yeah. I almost extended. Yeah.

01:24:43.440 --> 01:24:44.750
Almost. Yeah.

01:24:46.090 --> 01:24:49.510
Yeah. Thanks for, thanks for taking me. Thanks for showing me.

01:24:49.800 --> 01:24:51.270
But I've had a great time watching you.

01:24:56.000 --> 01:24:57.030
You're welcome. Yeah.

01:25:01.880 --> 01:25:02.720
Means a lot.

01:25:03.340 --> 01:25:07.880
Yeah. Whew.

01:25:14.810 --> 01:25:19.550
As they say. That's all I have to say about that. Okay. Right now it's

01:25:19.550 --> 01:25:19.560
Hard for you. I know. Yeah,
As they say. That's all I have to say about that. Okay. Right now it's

01:25:19.560 --> 01:25:20.520
Hard for you. I know. Yeah,

01:25:21.450 --> 01:25:22.290
It is.

01:25:22.420 --> 01:25:23.260
It's hard for me.

01:25:39.630 --> 01:25:40.610
Yeah, it's good.

01:25:47.790 --> 01:25:50.170
Your wife's not gonna recognize you when you get off the plane.

01:25:53.370 --> 01:25:57.450
She's gonna wonder who that guy was. 50 year old me.

01:26:13.840 --> 01:26:14.680
Yeah.

01:26:15.070 --> 01:26:17.620
And I might have to do it over again 'cause it's kind of short.

01:26:19.090 --> 01:26:20.080
So you have two options.

01:26:20.250 --> 01:26:23.600
The most traditional is the double Windsor or there's a really cool one.

01:26:27.000 --> 01:26:29.790
The one that won't make me late. Oh, suspend

01:26:31.370 --> 01:26:34.670
outside of the middle office. I got these on backwards.

01:26:36.890 --> 01:26:41.700
Shut up. Okay. There. Alright.

01:26:41.700 --> 01:26:41.710
That's enough. All of you.
Shut up. Okay. There. Alright.

01:26:41.710 --> 01:26:42.990
That's enough. All of you.

01:26:44.160 --> 01:26:49.030
Now you're undone here. Stop, stop, stop, stop,

01:26:49.170 --> 01:26:50.010
stop.

01:26:53.310 --> 01:26:54.150
Okay.

01:26:56.690 --> 01:26:59.730
Right there. Okay, good.

01:27:03.140 --> 01:27:03.980
What you think?

01:27:10.590 --> 01:27:13.140
He says, you're looking pretty darn good. Dad.

01:27:13.850 --> 01:27:18.030
I didn't know you could dress up like that. Are you ready?

01:27:19.080 --> 01:27:19.950
As there'll ever be,

01:28:00.880 --> 01:28:02.990
The first piece is given to the guests of honor.

01:28:03.640 --> 01:28:07.550
Our guests of honor are Jim Markle Sr. And Jim Markle Jr.

01:28:07.930 --> 01:28:10.870
Both former Marines and Billings, Montana residents.

01:28:17.530 --> 01:28:21.190
Good evening. Good evening. Can I have a rah

01:28:22.920 --> 01:28:26.790
One more time? Alright, that's much better. That's much better.

01:28:27.790 --> 01:28:32.710
After about 46, 47 years, Vietnam was still on my mind.

01:28:33.830 --> 01:28:38.630
While I was in Vietnam, I worked with, uh, people called Mountain Yards. Uh,

01:28:38.680 --> 01:28:41.670
our country said that they would be responsible for them,

01:28:42.170 --> 01:28:47.150
that they would take care of them or they didn't. And,

01:28:47.160 --> 01:28:49.990
uh, they didn't fare too well under communism.

01:28:50.760 --> 01:28:55.590
So I kind of felt the responsibility to go there and see what it was all about.

01:28:56.300 --> 01:29:00.750
Probably took me 20 years to make up my mind to do this.

01:29:02.140 --> 01:29:05.850
Uh, I thought my son ought to go with me, kind of see where I spent the war.

01:29:06.700 --> 01:29:09.410
And, uh, really I didn't know what to expect myself.

01:29:09.520 --> 01:29:14.480
I didn't know whether I would, uh, be able to face the demons or what,

01:29:14.480 --> 01:29:14.490
what I would do when I got off that airplane. I recommend that, uh,
I didn't know whether I would, uh, be able to face the demons or what,

01:29:14.490 --> 01:29:18.210
what I would do when I got off that airplane. I recommend that, uh,

01:29:18.770 --> 01:29:21.410
those of you that are sitting out there listening to me right now,

01:29:22.470 --> 01:29:27.450
help your community right now and take care of your own.

01:29:29.010 --> 01:29:30.650
Don't dwell on your past mistakes.

01:29:32.100 --> 01:29:35.410
You did the best that you could do at the time of the event.

01:29:37.460 --> 01:29:42.130
And above all, take an adventure with your family. Do it now. Don't put it off.

01:29:46.170 --> 01:29:47.010
Thank you.

01:29:49.050 --> 01:29:49.680
Happy

01:29:49.680 --> 01:29:49.690
Birthday.
Happy

01:29:49.690 --> 01:29:50.520
Birthday.

01:30:21.760 --> 01:30:25.390
Almost heaven. West Virginia,

01:30:27.410 --> 01:30:28.630
blue Ridge Mountain

01:30:35.120 --> 01:30:39.030
is older than the trees.

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The mountains a

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home

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To

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West.