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Friday, October 17, 2025

The Dark Life of Vietnam Door Gunners

If you look at old footage of Vietnam, you’ll see the doors of the Huey wide open and a soldier tightly holding a machine gun. They looked calm and collected, but you can see in their eyes that these men had been through the horrors of war. Today, you’re going to see just how dangerous their job in Vietnam really was, and why they still had to do it no matter what.

VIDEO HERE  (14:32 minutes)
-Alemaster
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5 comments:

  1. WinglessOctober 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM

    A good friend of mine was a door gunner in Vietnam. We flew hang gliders together. He passed about 3 years ago.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM

    Those were different times and a different kinda people fighting that war
    JD

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  3. Bright EyesOctober 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM

    Damn we were young.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM

    2700, what a shame.

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  5. AlemasterOctober 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM

    A pretty good documentary but please understand that the left side of the helicopter was no less dangerous than the right side. When one sees the term "door gunner" think both crew chief and door gunner as far as gunning duties. "Some of the bravest men I flew with were 19 year old boys." regards, Alemaster

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