Special Forces "Green Berets" Tribute 1952-1969

This video is a tribute to my dad and his buddies who served bravely in the United States Special Forces (Green Berets). My dad served in the 10th SFG, 77th SFG, 7th SFG, 1st SFG, SF Trng. Grp, 8th SFG & 5th SFG in that order. Many of his best friends were killed in combat and most of the ones that made it have now passed on. All but forgotten by their government and fellow citizens, I wanted to make just a small tribute to them for their courageous sacrifices for an ungreatful nation and an often corrupt government. They were the Tier 1 of their time, the best of the best, the quiet professionals. De oppresso liber - To free the oppressed. To quote my dad from 1964 after his third combat tour in Southeast Asia: "Somehow everything looks different from up on the hill. It forms pictures of forgotten things in my mind. Cool fall days when the kids from the neighboring farms would come with their coffee sacks and all would run into the woods toward the hickory trees. I can remember those days, when the air was fresh and crisp from the first visit of Jack Frost and the colors of the trees ranging from the green of the pine on the slopes to the red of the maple and the yellow of the walnut and oak which gave the area the splendor of technicolor, only far more effective. Like the painting of an old forgotten master. Looking toward the bottom land you would expect to see shocks of fodder and stacks of golden pumpkins and maybe colorful gourds hanging from the corn. But not here ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 3m 8s Date Found: Thu, Mar 17 2011 11:10 PM Category: News Date Produced: Thu, Mar 17 2011 8:08 PM View Count: 0