Thank you for this.when I was a small boy my neighbor was on this program and and was shot in the arm and he showed it to us. Than a few years later my father went over on the same operation but in the USCG on the Minnetonka. It's good to see what they did because there was very little talk from them about it, but then my father passed away in late 1974.thank you and keep it up.
@l.garcia3525
Жыл бұрын
As a Tin Can Sailor I Salute the "Small Boat" Sailors. They patrolled the inland waters of Vietnam in "Swift Boats" Extremely Brave Sailors. M2 Brownings were their main armament. We would at times have them pull alongside our Tin Cans & we would cover them while we replenished what ever they needed. GOD Bless & Thank you for your Service. 🇺🇸
@peterdawson2403
2 жыл бұрын
As a Coast Guard Veteran thank you for your service all of you!
@bronto150
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see and hear Raymond Burr as narrator. Thanks to all who served in the River War in Vietnam.
@billsimpson604
3 жыл бұрын
@k henne That depends on your age. Google 'Perry Mason' TV drama series. They still rerun that sucker!
@pauldg837
3 жыл бұрын
He was my neighbor in the 80's living in Toronto. He lived in the same high rise condo as me, often saw him in the elevator.
@bigcountryvet5984
3 жыл бұрын
I was at Nha Be in 69' and 70' . It changed from when this was made. I kept the PBR's electrical working, mostly changing alternators and starters.
@jerrynewberry2823
3 жыл бұрын
On the toot in 71. Engine repair and overhaul for pigs and chickens program
@stevenjones4868
3 жыл бұрын
I was in Nha Be on MSB's Minesweep Boats 1970. There is ONLY one 5 min Video of them IF you can FIND it.
@alilbitliz
Жыл бұрын
My husband just recently passed away, he was a Brown Water Navy mine sweeper. (Game Wardens) In September 2022 he had a reunion in San Diego.
@bigcountryvet5984
3 жыл бұрын
VietNam was the best duty I had during my 6 years in. The aircraft carrier was the worst place I was stationed.
@christopherslane7830
2 жыл бұрын
I ended up in Nam because i received orders to a carrier and turned them down. Boatswains mate on a carrier sucks.
@thomashenshallhydraxis
2 жыл бұрын
This video is so interesting I am watching it again. I only knew of Vietnam war being about helicopters and air soldiers. I knew of some boats but nothing to this extent. Salt troops is first I ever heard of in this video. The boats with mortars were very intriguing. That must have been hard to target land units from the water ways. A rocking boat constantly moving, and small hidden targets that are moving through jungle. I guess harassing fire is sufficiently as good as bracket target destruction, In a skirmish. My grandfather was part of the small boat navy; he was a Seabee. I know nothing about the operations of this nature and he use to only talk about stuff to other veterans at VFW, I had to listen in to hear the conversation as a kid. All I know is he rode a small boat down the delta to do “Seabee stuff” as he said. I have recently looked through his paperwork left in closet after he died. He had 30 years of navy service. He has awards signed from the President 🇺🇸 hanging on his walls. He has many ribbons and awards from the navy. Never knew how big the naval operations in waterways were until recently studying the names and acronyms on his navy paperwork.
@montenewman6500
Жыл бұрын
Hitting moving targets with moving guns has always been a Navy specialty.
@bitsnpieces11
3 жыл бұрын
Brown water Navy for those and Blue water Navy for the offshore, Agent Orange distinction.
@haraldpettersen3649
2 жыл бұрын
It is in the name, "Small Boat Navy" that the boats were not so big, but used the "waterways" to the full. This was a good video about these.
@1bottlejackdaniels
5 жыл бұрын
"my orders say i'm not supposed to know where i'm taking this boat, so i don't....but one look at you, and i know it's gonna be hot!"
@badlaamaurukehu
3 жыл бұрын
It's gonna be hot!
@DimitriDelCastillo
3 жыл бұрын
I don't smoke.
@joe-bang8501
3 жыл бұрын
PBR Streetgang
@Ricardo-zw2tz
3 жыл бұрын
@@DimitriDelCastillo iii
@markjurkovich7814
2 жыл бұрын
About 75 klicks past the Doe Long bridge. "That's Cambodia Captain", "That's classified"
@Molly8014
3 жыл бұрын
I volunteered for PBR duty. Thankfully the Navy had enough volunteers and I wasn't called. My General Quarters station on the port 50 caliber on an LST was plenty enough excitement for me! Radioman 2c
@asher6657
2 жыл бұрын
geez how did you deal with all of that rocking???? i was on an LST in 86' and the constant rocking, plus the constant sound of splashing fuel in the rack...
@lewiemcneely9143
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Periscope! They had good old GM/Detroit power on those rigs too. Thanks again!
@bigstyx
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you men for your service
@mongomay1
2 жыл бұрын
Raymond Burr always supported the oceans and its people working the seas.
@craig4867
Жыл бұрын
I would like to thank all veterans, who participated in all wars, past and present, along with all family members of the deceased, May the hand of God be with all of you forever!
@ErnestContreras
2 жыл бұрын
I was there operation game warden, PBR 1966/1967
@richardschwarz9565
3 жыл бұрын
was on the Cua Viet river in 67-68
@karibakid
3 жыл бұрын
living in Vung Tau you would not believe the change from when this movie was made
@jerrynewberry2823
3 жыл бұрын
Saw the houses there Must at one time been a beautiful place. Hope they restored it to its original beauty.
@special10102
3 жыл бұрын
And without american's democracy :)
@asullivan4047
Жыл бұрын
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Professional class A research project!!! Special thanks 🙏 to the coastal patrol crewmen. Making this documentary authentic and possible.
@rockcvn71
2 жыл бұрын
Great flick! I'm retired Navy.
@a2rfan
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, as always, for your work in preserving history.
@bobfognozzle
2 жыл бұрын
Tra Cu 1970… Advisor to RVN Navy…cannot forget!
8 ай бұрын
Raymond Burr one of my favorite Canadians ❤
@456swagger
2 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable! I didn't know that Raymond Burr could walk.
@pb68slab18
2 жыл бұрын
Lots of small boats in the "Brown Water Navy" and riverine forces were actually manned by Coast Guardsmen.
@MrAmartin8
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a CG veteran having served in VN .I was in DaNang .I actually met a fellow Coast Guardsman in Fla. who was on loan to the Navy as a PCF skipper . I was on the 82 footers 67-68 ...
@JosephDawson1986
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrAmartin8 As a Coastie brat this sir makes me proud and thank you for your service and sacrifice. I haven't met many Vietnam era Coast Guardsmen. My dad was a Gulf War Coast Guardsman was in the gulf on the USCGC Wrangell. He was an MK3.
@gordoneagle9443
2 жыл бұрын
Seebees too!
@asher6657
2 жыл бұрын
that would make sense
@robertfandel9442
2 жыл бұрын
Uncle was mechanic on one regular navy he said his boat had twin thirty cal
@prillewitz
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Skyhawks and Phantoms being launched at the start of the video! I already thought when the video started; I know this man! Ironside!
@mikeprez6562
2 жыл бұрын
LOL I thought the same thing
@funkyalfonso
2 жыл бұрын
Many years ago oilfield diving in Borneo a buddy who was chief on a PBR in Vietnam told me like in the film 'Apocalypse Now' when they shot up a sampan he said, 'that shit happened all the time'.
@barryhopesgthope686
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks my brothers.
@wfwillis
3 ай бұрын
While on an 8-mo WESTPAC in 1967-68 on the USS Bexar APA-237, we were a supporting mother ship for Assualt Riverine Squadrons 13 and 15 in Vung Tau. These ATC boats are depicted at 24:24 - 27:10 in the film. CWO4 USN Ret.
@cattacsongtien
Жыл бұрын
Xin cám ơn những người bạn Hoa Kỳ 🇺🇸.
@harveyblankenship564
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in late 1968, while living on Okinawa. My Dad was stationed on Okinawa. I can remember telling my Dad that this was what I wanted to do when I was old enough to enlist in the Navy (Dad was a Chief Petty Officer). The Vietnam War ended one year before I was old enough to enlist. When I did, finally, enlist in the Navy, I went in as an AD(J) (turbine engine mechanic). In a way, I was disappointed but, in later years, I saw enough death/destruction to last me a lifetime & I never want to experience it again.....
@user-lk2cj2qs1d
Жыл бұрын
great vid! Wish there was a vid on the Navy advisors in the junk force
@drmarkintexas-400
2 жыл бұрын
🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing.
@PeriscopeFilm
2 жыл бұрын
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@a2rfan
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
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2 жыл бұрын
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@dellawrence4323
3 жыл бұрын
Hey it's Chief Ironside, HE CAN WALK AGAIN! PRAISE THE LORD!
@glennredwine289
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know Chief Ironside Raymond Burr was gay??
@dellawrence4323
3 жыл бұрын
@@glennredwine289 I didn't know that, but why do you think I should care what he did in the privacy of his own home? He was a great actor who I enjoyed watching perform his job.
@pauloconnor2980
5 ай бұрын
Hard to believe he murdered his trouble & strife in Rear Window!!!!!!!!
@Tophatmetalgear
2 жыл бұрын
Gracias
@Bob.W.
2 жыл бұрын
My friend Denny Olson ran twin 50s on an ATC (or some kind of troop carrier) in 67. Practically stone deaf before he died a few years back.
@davidschwartz5127
2 жыл бұрын
tell me about it!
@timothyroberts9980
5 жыл бұрын
I talked to some Viet Nam veterans that said they were on army gun boats.
@jerrynewberry2823
3 жыл бұрын
Army had more small boats than the; SN.
@JeepWrangler1957
3 жыл бұрын
Coast Guard was also there. Army watercraft were for transport not patrol
@jerrynewberry2823
3 жыл бұрын
@@JeepWrangler1957 if you were on the Hueys, they also had a Cobra there. Huey would broadcast surrender, green tracer come up, huey lights go off disappear, Cobra there with mini gun fire for two minutes, back would be the huey....repeat,!!
@JeepWrangler1957
3 жыл бұрын
@@jerrynewberry2823 the Corps didn’t get snakes until later. In fact the Corps is still flying Huey’s and Cobra’s.
@jackvetra2844
2 жыл бұрын
You'll be surprised at how many ship's the army has, it's fleet is much larger than most countries Navies have.
@brendaproffitt4807
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool very interesting too.nice boat or ship still do it this day too.??awesome job thank you so much
@brendaproffitt4807
5 жыл бұрын
@bulldog23ist that's great to know.thank you for your answer too greatly appreciated it too.
@TheRafael507
3 жыл бұрын
whe have one of this boats in Panama is in service in Rodman Aeronaval Good boat ⭐⭐⭐
@p71collector
5 жыл бұрын
Firing a mortar off of a boat bouncing up and down in the water must of been very innacurate? 7:45
@merlinmundy6739
3 жыл бұрын
Actually it was very accurate. Drop bow & stern anchors & hold the boat steady, using radar determine your exact location & location of target on your map. Start firing & get hit on the target then let up & down motion of the boat put rounds on the target in a random pattern. Also could fire the mortar in direct fire using the trigger fire , lock the elevation lock to fire the round at the known target distance, leave the train lock released so that you can lead the target at high speed. The more you do it you develop the knack to hit targets like the old sailing ships with cannon.
@markmnorcal
3 жыл бұрын
These guys are pros.
@ronlackey2689
2 жыл бұрын
@@merlinmundy6739 Is it possible to drop the angle of the mortar more and engage in direct fire? I'm just curious. First thing I thought when I saw them. For instance, drop the angle down to 40 or 45 degrees and fire directly at visual targets?
@stevesmith8484
2 жыл бұрын
PBR Streetgang, Almighty, Radio Check. Always remember than from the movie.
@vonbauer1417
Жыл бұрын
My grandpa was a river rat in the brown water Navy
@alilbitliz
Жыл бұрын
My husband too
@NoGoBu
3 жыл бұрын
Susie Q, OH Susie Q ,baby I love you Susie Q 😍❤
@dalehuff5740
2 жыл бұрын
Is true that the small boat navy (aka the brown water navy} also used USCG personal to man the small boats
@robertnegron9706
3 жыл бұрын
And today , Nam is a big tourist attraction. Who knew.
@johnheyward514
2 жыл бұрын
Wanted to go to nam peace broke out. Just missed.
@friscostreetstories5403
6 ай бұрын
He keeps saying "the small boat Navy" but the troops called it "the brown water Navy."
@leecoleman822
Жыл бұрын
Raymond Burr USN 🇺🇸
@markordorica6940
Ай бұрын
Where's the P B R !
@andyc3088
2 жыл бұрын
Calling PBR Street Gang...never get off the boat...
@scottjohnson9225
2 жыл бұрын
NVA & VC -vs- Taliban. I wonder how that would turn out?
@sgs1262
Жыл бұрын
SaDec 67-68
@fordlandau
5 жыл бұрын
Where’s PT 73 ?
@MrAmartin8
2 жыл бұрын
Ya in the wrong war son ...PT boats were WWII ...
@danerobbable
2 жыл бұрын
this is partly propaganda, hence 'Perry Mason' as narrator. But it all happened and worse.
@robertnegron9706
3 жыл бұрын
Task force 116.
@anned8634
2 жыл бұрын
MSB 50 min div 11
@Buconoir
2 жыл бұрын
Be nice if these jagoffs would move their watermark
@PeriscopeFilm
Жыл бұрын
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@richardokehoe4336
3 жыл бұрын
For that reason US won the war !!!!!!!!!!! hahaha, from Australia
@hanoisin535
3 жыл бұрын
Trên thế giới có duy nhất Việt nam win Usa
@ernestanderson3726
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, nobody won that war. Should have never happened. 😢
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