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Great film well done. The 50 Cal./ Ma Deuce has to be the greatest heavy machine gun ever invented.
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@Tyler Preston your gloating of the Vietnamese communists is quite annoying and inaccurate. They were heavily armed and supplied by Communist China and the USSR, something you ignore or are ignorant of. Yes the PAVN and NLF were good and brave fighters. So were the Japanese and Germans during the second world war. Was the goal of the Hanoi politburo that controlled the NLF and PAVN just? Hell no.
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Your dad was good man my parents grew up in a communist country and we all thank the USA and it's soldiers for fighting the good fight.
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You are exactly correct. It took the Vietnamese 1000 years to get rid of the Chinese, 90 years to get rid of the French, and General Giap told the US it would take 10 years to get rid of them. He was right.
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I think you just proved my point.
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USA was never pushed out... only France was.. the USA simply left and did a draw down over the years before leaving. the USA left late 1972, the South fell about 2-3 years later.
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Um yeah both the United States and France were pushed out of Vietnam. They technically won both wars.
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they didn't repel shit.. they got there ass kicked.. wtf book did u read? they couldn't do jack shit while the USA was there. wasn't till after the USA and it's allies left that they could take on the weaker South.
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Brown water navy
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Pops name was Edgar H. Vertrees..he went by "Eddie" or mostly "Butch" from Blythe, CA.
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I have a good friend who served on one of these in the delta. He doesn't like to talk about it. Saw too much and wants it gone from his mind. I wish I could help him.
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You have to give the vietnamese props. I mean they took on multiple world superpowers and repelled them, Im a patriot of America, and I salute the Vietnamese.
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im sorry for your loss of a great man my pops was up in germany repairing h1 hueys unaware to his higher ranks that he was tweakin the engine to go faster then what the speed gauge read so those h1-hueys could get in and out faster then what was military standard at the time hes still with us
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thank you for his memory may his soul find the way to peace for he will never be forgotten and thank you for your service that is if u were enlisted
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ha pbr go milwaukees pride pabst blue ribbon
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Yes but could they catch that fucking shark in Jaws!
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Good video
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Before my time didn't these use a 427 Chevy to drive the screw ?
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i salute your pops!..
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@DROPD5150 I wish I could've met your papa, he sounds like a pretty good guy, thank you for sharing this story... hooyah.
Patrol Boat, River (also referred to as Riverine and Pibber), or PBR, is the US Navy designation for a type of rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until the end of 1971. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore. PBR's were also used to infiltrate Navy SEAL teams. The PBR was a versatile boat with a fiberglass hull and water jet drive which enabled it to operate in shallow, weed-choked rivers. It drew only two feet of water fully loaded. The drives could be pivoted to reverse direction, turn the boat in its own length, or come to a stop from full speed in a few boat lengths. The PBR was manufactured in two versions, the first with 31 foot length and 10 foot, 7 inch beam. The Mark II version 32 feet (9.8 m) long and one foot wider beam, had improved drives to reduce fouling, and aluminum gunwales to resist wear. It usually operated with four enlisted men, of which the most senior crewman was designated the boat commander. Often, however, a junior officer would be assigned as boat commander. The boats were powered by dual 220 hp (164 kW) Detroit Diesel engines with Jacuzzi Brothers water jet drives. The boats reached top speeds of 28.5 knots (53 km/h). The boat was typically armed with twin M2HB .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns (the forward '50s), as well as a rear M2HB, an M60 7.62 mm machine gun, a Mark 19 grenade launcher, and sometimes a 20 mm cannon. The machine gunners and conning tower were protected with ceramic armor.