/dev/null Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 History channel is taking a break from picking pawn truckers in the swamp and will be running a 6 hour series on Vietnam this week. 6 1 hour episodes, 2 each yesterday today and Thursday. just curious if any one else is watching. DVD'd both episodes last night and just started watching
Clippers of Nfl Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 i watched 1 hour of it last night at midnight. it was very interesting. vietcong is a funny ass word to me. they use it alot.
Mr_Blizzard Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 History channel is taking a break from picking pawn truckers in the swamp and will be running a 6 hour series on Vietnam this week. 6 1 hour episodes, 2 each yesterday today and Thursday. just curious if any one else is watching. DVD'd both episodes last night and just started watching Didn't know it was on this week (although I do like to watch Modern Marvels regularly). I will try to catch an episode tonight..
Pilsner Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 I DVR'ed only the first episode. Didn't realize there were so many. Looking forward to watching all the episodes when they are replayed.
Pilsner Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Just ordered the series. Woulda been nice to have it delivered on Veterans Day but I can't complain. To any Vets here on the forum....Thank You.
/dev/null Posted November 11, 2011 Author Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Am I in it??? If you are looking for yourself in Vietnam footage, I will assume that you are a Vietnam Vet. Which means you should look for footage of yourself on the History® Channel. You should also look for people like me that will buy you a drink on Vet's Day Then there is my father, who was part of the expeditionary force during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His enlistment ended shortly before the Gulf of Tonkin. He had offers to re-enlist as an officer, special forces, and helicopter pilot. I am grateful that my Grandmother talked him out of it I suggested that he get a free steak tomorrow at Outback® or Applebees®. He said he would order his steak after his friends on The Wall finished theirs Edited November 11, 2011 by /dev/null
Pilsner Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Geez dev, I like your father's response. I hope you can still convince him to a good steak in any case. Marv if you are indeed a vet I would buy your 2nd drink. I believe dev has your first.
Mr_Blizzard Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 History channel is taking a break from picking pawn truckers in the swamp and will be running a 6 hour series on Vietnam this week. 6 1 hour episodes, 2 each yesterday today and Thursday. just curious if any one else is watching. DVD'd both episodes last night and just started watching I watched everything on Wednesday night, and caught first hour last night. I was a kid at the height of armed coflict. By the time I joined the USAF, the war had been over for 3 years. It's interesting to see the perspective on things now that the passage of time has allowed us to look at the war objectively.
Wayne Cubed Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 I watched the first 4 episodes. Really good stuff. My dad was drafted and served in Vietnam so this was a great insight into what went on over there seeing as he doesn't like to talk about it. I remember being younger and asking about what happened over there. He would always just say they did a lot of walking around and it wasn't really anything. I asked him again in my late teens about it and he finally opened up about it. About killing people(which for some reason hit me the hardest), diving into holes, setting off traps. He said if the draft was ever to happen again, and I was drafted he would drive me up to Canada himself so that I didn't have to go through what he did. The part of the documentary that hit me the most was the story of the draftee coming home and being proud that he served but then everyone, besides his family, being upset with what he had done. Giving him negative looks, judging him and even not sitting near him. He started crying on the show. Made me think an awful lot.
Dave_In_Norfolk Posted November 11, 2011 Posted November 11, 2011 Excellent series. Love the little factoids they drop in there, like how we dropped twice as much explosives from the air just trying unsuccessfully to stop movement on the ho Che Minh trail as we dropped on Germany in ww2. What a waste! That war was such a mistake.
Jim in Anchorage Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 Excellent series. Love the little factoids they drop in there, like how we dropped twice as much explosives from the air just trying unsuccessfully to stop movement on the ho Che Minh trail as we dropped on Germany in ww2. What a waste! That war was such a mistake. Saw your name on this thread and thought whats he doing here? What a surprise. Criticizing the US.
Pete Posted November 13, 2011 Posted November 13, 2011 I recommend anyone interested in Vietnam who has not seen Hearts and Minds check it out
Pilsner Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 I recommend anyone interested in Vietnam who has not seen Hearts and Minds check it out Pete, thanks for providing a link to Hearts and Minds. I just finished watching it and it adds more light to how things really were. I plan on showing this to my brother.
Pete Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 Pete, thanks for providing a link to Hearts and Minds. I just finished watching it and it adds more light to how things really were. I plan on showing this to my brother. you are quite welcome! Have you seen No End In Sight? It is another good war documentary
Mr_Blizzard Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 you are quite welcome! Have you seen No End In Sight? It is another good war documentary I'll have to watch that video; thanks for the reference.
Pilsner Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 you are quite welcome! Have you seen No End In Sight? It is another good war documentary I haven't seen it but if it's as good as Hearts and Minds, I will check it out.
tennesseeboy Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 I suggest for a read for those who can stomach it the book "Matterhorn" now in paperback. Best and most realistic war book since "All Quiet on the Western Front." I don't need Vietnam in HD. I get it in flashback on pretty regular basis.
dib Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 i watched 1 hour of it last night at midnight. it was very interesting. vietcong is a funny ass word to me. they use it alot. victor-charlie. not a funny ass word to the guys that were there. I suggest for a read for those who can stomach it the book "Matterhorn" now in paperback. Best and most realistic war book since "All Quiet on the Western Front." I don't need Vietnam in HD. I get it in flashback on pretty regular basis. My late father-in-law flew Marine dust-offs in Vietnam. Every once and a while, not often, he would tell some heart rending stories.
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