I was launching grenades not knowing where they were landing. I mean, we were getting hammered. I put my head down for a moment, maybe reconsidering a priesthood. When all of a sudden, I saw a grenade come flying through the air and hit my commanding officer in the middle of the back. It bounced off, and I was about three feet from him, and it roll
American snipers in Vietnam were duct taping tin cans to their rifles. You see, every shot was incredibly loud and the enemy was really good at pinpointing a position just from the echo. So the snipers would grab an empty food can, stuff it with steel wool, and attach it right to the barrel. The steel wool absorbs the powder gases and those gases a
His name was Dan Bullock. He was only 15 years old and he wanted to serve his country so badly that he broke into his sister's room, stole her pen, and forged his own birth certificate just to enlist in the Marines. And they believed him. On June 7th, 1969, Private First Class Dan Bullock was killed in a surprise enemy attack at an Hoa combat base
This guy named John has been coming into my work for years. I told him I was going to Vietnam next week with my girlfriend. He told me he was over there during the fall of Saigon and helped orphan babies get on evacuation planes and helicopters as a Marine. I told him I was one of those babies. He looked at me, his eyes started to well up and said
I got to tell you, you know, it was a difficult time for me because I felt a little guilty because I didn't really feel like I deserved it, but all of the men and women that served, that I get to do something like this, it's a wonderful day and I'm honored. Well, you were so stoic in these images, and I was watching this and thinking, I wonder if h
You've never heard of the most lethal combat team in the Vietnam War, and that's exactly the point. Over 10 months, six Marines deep in the Vietnamese jungle racked up 477 confirmed enemy kills and captures. Called in artillery strikes on entire North Vietnamese battalions, ambushed supply routes, and extracted intel that saved hundreds of American
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