After landing on the jagged Batangan Peninsula, the US Marines inched closer than ever to wiping out the 1st Viet Cong regiment in an irrevocable stroke.
The Marines had relentlessly pursued the rapidly retreating enemy since the white-hot climax of Operation Starlite. Now, at long last, the prey was cornered with no obvious route for escape.
However, this seemingly straightforward task soon revealed its true, complex nature. Despite the smooth landing operation, the Marines stood on the precipice of a daunting labyrinth of subterranean caves, wherein the Viet Cong, ready to fight to their last breath, was ominously lurking.
Descending into the eerie depths of the caves, the Marines stumbled upon a sprawling underground field hospital. As they combed the hospital grounds, they were met with a fierce salvo of enemy fire, echoing ominously from the pitch-black recesses of the caverns.
In a desperate bid to decrease the carnage, the US fighters raised their voices above the din of battle, imploring the enemy to lay down their arms. But the notion of surrender seemed an alien concept to the Viet Cong. If the Marines were to taste victory, they would have to wrench it from the cold depths of the cave system…
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Yeah my dad's first Tour of Duty in Vietnam was with the 25th ID and he told me about the tunnels of Cu Chi.
This channel has come a long, long way. I have been following since subs were under 1k. Great work being done.
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To the makers of this channel; Please do not refer to US Marines as "soldiers" it is a term we find derogatory.
Admit it. You photoshopped that centipede. That thing belongs in Jurassic Park.
You see, thats a big fukn problem right there in the thumbnail aint no way😂😂 I know the real picture I am just saying how aint no way I would be in Nam with that alien looking space centipede
Gaza tunnels enter the chat…
No matter how high tech you are and how much firepower you got…eventually it all comes down to an infantryman closing with and destroying the enemy.
Spotted some Kiwi´s or Aussies in the reels
why are all the sheriffs so fat? How does the USA not have any police fitness standards they must maintain?
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It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video of US marine assaults behind Vetcong lines. Amphibians operations in 1965 .
Who won this war!
Norman sworthizkoft,who was a butter bar lutienant stepped on a mine in this area.Tjese islands were completely covered with mines and Lt. Swortskoft was trying to help a fellow soldier who had stepped on a mine when he also stepped on a mine.Many years later now 4 star general swortskoft went back with Dan Rather to look the place over and told Dan what had happened there.
Back when MEN where MEN.
You would never see these men hiding from school shooters like police are trained to do these days. What a shame even law enforcement is soy nowadays. Even a badge is a sign of snowflake cowardice.
The real truth of dead on both sides will never be told and on both side they had their heroes allso the ones who start the wars never fight in them .
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CLICKBAIT! That thumbnail was clickbait!
And thank god it was. I can take a lot of things, but if I came across a centipede that big… Hand grenade….
I surrendered to the extraordinary, extravagant verbiage somewhere around crescendo.
The writer is not one to be stuck in a plane with.
Any Marine who was a tunnel rat is a FREAKING HERO. I can honestly say I wouldn't have the courage to do that.
I was very disappointed to see the Dark Docs is using a photo shopped pic. The G.I. holding an overly enlarged centipede…Why? And before you people say something stupid like, "that's not fake!", yes. Yes it is. It's not needed. You guys are rapidly going downhill. I can understand the unflattering comments now.
I have been both a Marine and a soldier and I can definitely say there is a significant difference. In my experience ( served 30 yrs between the two) the Marines esprit de corps is beyond compare!
Damn, those are a lot of soldiers
The 7th Marines were still at it one year later, in Quang Ngai province. My cousin, a 2nd Lt. with the 11th M.A.R., was KIA in Operation Fresno. He was a forward observer, calling in fire support for the 7th. His company fired over 30K shells in one month. He was accompanied by a Naval Gunfire Support detachment, who were directing fire for 5 destroyers, in rotation offshore. That area was a notorious VC stronghold, where years later, the Mai Lai massacre took place.
That thumbnail with a Marine holding the freakin super-sized centipede looked like something from an 80's sci-fi movie!
…:!:!My Lord J.ESUS Christ Returns, repent of sin and OBEY the LAW of the Father… Y..A,,H.. is a egipt DEMON, BEWARE … (HalleluJAH is a PAGAN word):!:
Very good content with a story that needs to be told, and kept as a matter of history. But why on earth does this channel continue to use Clickbait photos to gain attention? You’re better than that
are you sad now you don't have soldiers like them?
What strikes me about this sort of documentary is the use of visuals, that are often repeated. What are we actually seeing and how relevant is it to the story? We blindly assume it is relevant but the repeated use of film brings that into doubt. Don’t use such video as padding, describe it, show it’s relevant, and if you need to pad, use maps or other visuals to describe the story
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Imagine if ‘alien concept of surrender’ was really just uneducated civilians turned combatants not able to understand English 😅
Please do not reefer to soldier as marines. This is offensive to us.
See some M1 carbines there too.
Block this clickbait useless channel.
Does homie have a discord server by chance if so does anyone have the link I would be very grateful or what we gotta do to join the server if he has one???
By the way at 2:22 is that the Bazooka-Tank 😂😂😂 I admit I never ever heard of anything like this in my life tell I saw a video of it recently which I was blown away and even looked it up myself and did a lot of research because I didn’t believe it 😂😂😂 and tell this day I still can’t believe about the Bat-Bombs is actually a real story both of them are which is very scary when u think about it…
MARINES ALWAYS FIRST TO FIGHT 🇺🇲
HEY! I didn't see no damn giant centipede in this video!
Like most everything in the Vietnam war it was too little too late. Bureaucracy prevented us from winning. We lost the war here on US soil.