@bogart281

I graduated from High School in 1965, was drafted the same year and had no idea what I was in for. I'm 76 now and it all seems like a bad dream.

@kobusswanepoel6447

Stop sending young men to fight old politicians dreams and wishes!! Send the old men instead!! War Veteran myself Angola/ SA.

@chriseaton7887

Never underestimate the amount of cruelty one human can inflict on another human its sad

@CEELOW3000

Just imagine all the untold stories of war's atrocities

@genejennings9864

The us government doesn’t learn from mistakes it just keeps moving into new mistakes

@julie2673

I know a widow of one of the tiger forces. Her husband, the man with the last name, Bruner tried to stop a massacre but couldn't. He suffered extreme PTSD and became an alcoholic. His widow still cries over what happened and what he witnessed.

@tinascott1306

I'm 68. The draft had just ended year before I graduated, but all the guys I know who were drafted in the late 60s early 70s came back totally different people. Some turned to drugs, some heard voices, some violent outbursts. All had mental illness because of what they saw, or did themselves. WAR IS HELL AND GOOD FOR NOTHING BUT THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY.

@frankcooke3859

It's too painful to watch anymore, and I'm not Vietnamese. 😢

@r.tothea.tother.4221

The more i learn about history, the more im disgusted with "humanity". This is subhuman behavior. Pure evil.

@marvinc9994

A classic example of American 'exceptionalism'. When foreigners commit atrocities, it's Barbarism. But when Uncle Sam's boys do so, it's Expediency. And anyone thinking this is bad, should get himself a copy of Douglas Valentine's excellent (but highly disturbing) The Phoenix Program .

@Joe-wo7rg

We had no business over there.

@majorphenom1

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
Prayers out for those trying to recover from the passing of their loved ones 🕊️
Prayers out for those trying to recover from trauma 🕊️

@w.rustylane5650

I'm a Marine & Vietnam vet and when I was there I heard stories of the atrocities the Americans were committing against the civilian population.  The My Lai massacre was talked about quite a bit among sailors and Marines.  Thank God I was in the air wing.  Cheers from eastern TN

@seanfahey3600

No, I think they will always try to cover up atrocities.

@OldCorps

Was on the DMZ my entire tour of duty. No civilians to deal with in almost 90% of my AO's. Never saw any atrocities, very few booby traps as the NVA were progressing south thru the same areas we were in. We fought the NVA no VC to deal with so it wasn't like we didn't know who we were shooting at. Fortunately the few villages that I was involved with we didn't have any problems or fire fights. I was a Marine Grunt and within a few months being in country I knew the war was a big mistake.

@michaelrodriguez253

No politicians will never learn

@lbreithart

Absolutely disgusting what humans do to other humans…

@Galitsapwd

what happened back then isnt far away from what is happening today

@danilaurin3633

Lot of horror stories came out of Vietnam. I was infantry in Nam. Discover that if you treat villagers with respect even tho you knew they were VC at night. It raised your chances of survivial. It saved my life  but  killed my Dad back in the world.

@Truthseeker20

And they wondering why people fight back with this kind of brutality and savagery...