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US soldiers in Vietnam on hearing the news they are going home..
Jan 22, 2018 5:06 AM
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SankariSuomi
Poor bastards. They just wanted to get out of there. Everyone knew America had lost the war, but Nixon was the last to admit it.
UnemployedReceptionist
*record scratch* *the tinny notes of the M*A*S*H opening melody sounds from a hidden speaker*
Kakarikoboy
Little did they know that they would be discarded by the very people they fought to protect...
makelthappen
GOOD MORNINNNGGGGGGGGG VIETNAAAAMMMMM!!!! easily one of Robin Williams best films
quade
"YASSSS! Fuck this shithole!"
Kapi23
Fuck the shitheads who sent us here, you mean
IeatBussy
Feel bad for'em go their asses kicked for a corrupt government using false patriotism for the sake of becoming wealthier.
Eire2020
Super cool...
Himera12
Man do i feel sorry for those guys, some of them were forced to go and the others chose to fight for an indoctrinated cause..
shhep
This applies to both sides of that conflict too.
1fella
Man they said Vietnam was bad but people are just getting out now, terrible!
tutsu
look at how young they all are
cominginhot
I see 2 pvt Joker
Stylee277
Is that Egon from Ghostbusters?
watfordlad
Wow... Haven't seen this gif for a while...22nd time this year alone!
Lasgo
Then get off Imgur, You're on here too much. A lot of us haven't seen it~
Kealiwyn
Head back home and have a cold one
WoahMyDudeThatsCrazy
With the boys, because many of those soldiers are too young for war
TaheemLewis
head back home and ignore that ptsd
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Bullitt8
They were 2 million Vietnamese killed and 55000 US soldiers killed. Plus the countless amputees. The most useless war.
DaddyDune
They took losing really well I think
TShooter59
Please, don't disparage the memory of those brave young men who went there and never returned. Remember, they were drafted. LBJ was a turd.
Claystead
Who disparages their memory? That said, having been drafted myself in my time I'm not about to indulge in any hero-worship of randos.
Jimmyn6
Dad was VNMC before coming to here. Lost his Vietnam but came here & made a good life! He still dislikes commies though.
MeowMixWowmix
So glad buster from arrested development is going home
TheBlackSalmon
This war lasted for 25 years...
Claystead
Sure is good the US never made the mistake of getting into a protracted and expensive guerilla war in the Third World again!
misho
29 years from the Vietnamese perspective (they fought the French for 8 years before the US became actively involved)
DarkSock
Afghanistan: “Pfffft...hold my beer...”
Pyrolime
*Joan of Arc
imnotinprisonhidingaphoneinmybutt
IRBafoon
The way Vietnam vets were welcomed home was disgraceful. Most of them were sent against their will but were treated like shit because of it
toolongofanametoputhere
Being a Vietnam vet myself, quite a change from then until now, but I don't harbor any hatred, it's life.
IRBafoon
Still though. A lot of ppl did nothing but protest to bring the troops back and end the war. Then when the war ended, the troops were
IRBafoon
Welcomed with hatred and rage. We do have a lot to learn as a species but ppl who preach peace and love sure had lots of loath to give to u
toolongofanametoputhere
Politicians?
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ranivotz
All wars are shit
xnlhmardfrx88831415
That was the L media’s line. Communism was on the move everywhere! War was wrongly mis-managed by Left from DC! When in war - let Generals!”
interlaz9
That’s your country’s story ever since.
Registeredfordeuce
Well said
secretingredients
And every war since has been exactly the same
Thesimpleman
The veit kong were shit. They killed hundreds of thousands after we left in communist purges
youlikehueylewisandthenews
I don't think this is true. At least not according to the documentary serie in Netflix
RodgerRodger
*all war is shit
nednerb
South wants to leave? Fuck it, let em.
nednerb
Make America Great Britain Again!
IwishIwereKeithDavid
How is this a contribution, certain wars are necessary
Kikipups
Their necessity doesn't make them any less shit though.
doubledoubleanimalstyle
Yeah but things can still be shit even if necessary. E.g. taking a shit.
IwishIwereKeithDavid
True but they're a lot more shit when unnecessary, e.g. constantly assassinating leaders you installed and causing a war
indyjacob
Not only that, but if Congress hadn't placed some ridiculous restrictions on the military during this war it would've ended far earlier.
xnlhmardfrx88831415
Exactly!!
bicthief
What kind of restrictions?
indyjacob
We weren't allowed to go beyond a certain point, and all we were really able to do was march along a road between the north and south.
LavaAxe
Not allowed to genocide the whole population of North Vietnam. The lieberals didn't let us win.
indyjacob
Hey troll, go back to your cave. All you seem to be doing is harassing random people online. Go read a book, or anything but that, jackhole.
Hawkhead
namiasdf
Good ole present day communist Vietnam.
misho
Were you... were you part of Việt Cộng?
Hawkhead
PMSL, harsh man, harsh. Haha
Soggybathroomsock
Lemme guess. you got tired of winning?
NotoriousBadassWhoLovesMusicals
Umm what
PTKrieg
The fall of Saigon and the final collapse of South Vietnam didn't happen until after the majority of American troops pulled out. 1/?
PTKrieg
When America started leaving en masse in '73, it was due to a cease fire and running peace process between North and South. 2/2
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AnonOmis1000
You know Vietnam is doing pretty good for itself now, right?
FEMAcampsarereal
Oh for fucks sake.
CelticCommando
how so?
MrListerTheSisterFisterAndListersSisterTheFisterResistor
PornHubChan
Ho Chi Minh trail: the vast parts of it were in Laos. The trail could have been captured but politics of the time made it not possible. . .
PornHubChan
So we bombed the he'll out of it. But it's a trail. They walked around the holes. The Obama reference is similar. Obama talked tough on ...