Fortunate Son - Apocalypse Now Version

The best Vietnam War movie and Vietnam War song combined. Perfection

Not a fortunate son - 101st Airborne VN 67-68; still here gonna take more to get me - 74 yo

My Hero pilot with the 119th AHC. God’s own lunatics. So proud to have known him. KIA 6/5/70. RIP Lundy.

Chesty Puller's son wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning autobiography called 'Fortunate Son' . He lost both legs in Vietnam, went to law school and was one of the ones to push for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He killed himself before it was finished.

My grandpa is in Vietnam. He was a fortunate son he survived.

Love America 🇺🇸 and this is an all-time great song… still scratching my head how a bunch of farmers with ak47’s managed to deafest the worlds greatest army! Mad respect for the Vietnamese… if the tables were reversed, I’d like to believe we Americans would fend off an invasion…but they aren’t making them like they used to here so I don’t know…

My god, the 70's 80's and 90's were the worlds best years in everything.. songs like this wants me to go back.. everything got f%@! after the 00's...

I am 73 years old, I went to the United States at the age of 13, I went to the Vietnam War, I was in the Air Born Brigade 173, of the 9th Tx Division, after a year of fighting and experiencing horrors and mistakes, I was prisoner of war for 3 and a half years, during that time as a prisoner I never saw sunlight, always in a tunnel, we were 9 prisoners, 3 Marines, 4 Rangers and 2 infantry, only 4 of us came out alive, we weighed around 45 kg, and our skin was bleeding from so much humidity, they rescued us at the end of the war, a UN mission, some nuns, they took care of us with so much love and care, it took us three years to recover, both in skin and in body I returned to my beloved Mexico and my state of Hidalgo, where I should never have left, and my ghosts, my fears have faded little by little, sometimes I feel hatred against the Army and sometimes I miss it, because they were my brothers, Thanks to music, I really enjoy my solitude, I never married or had children, my girlfriend that I had in my youth got married in the USA, because she knew that he was missing in battle, and they told him that perhaps he would never see me again, I almost don't like to sleep, I still have nightmares, thanks to music and singing I feel good. I went to a place far away from America to destroy their houses and a lot of damage, I am very sorry, it would never have happened. Greetings.

my brother flew choppers in Vietnam and I'll always be so very proud of him for that.

We saw John Fogerty sing his 80 year old life away last month!! He was amazing!! Sounded strong and fantastic!! ❤ It was cool, his two "fortune sons" sing with him.😊

I was obsessed with this film in middle school after I did a history report on the 1970s and touched on the Linebacker operations over North Vietnam. My teacher recommended i watch Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Maybe three years later, I was at the 30th anniversary screening and talking with Martin Sheen, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms and Frederic Forrest. Definitely a night to remember.

Those of you who really like this move should get a copy of Jerry Ziesmer's book "Ready when You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe". Jerry was first assistant director on Apocalypse Now and was there for the entire shoot. Lots of great details! For example: Near the end of filming in the Philippines, Martin Sheen threw a little party and Brando was one of the 9 guests. They were making spaghetti. At one point Sheen went into the kitchen to see if dinner was almost ready and Brando was just finishing off the last of the spaghetti for 9 people.

Can I point out this is a anti war song about how the poor fight for the rich with no benefit to their lives. Still happening 50 years later

Amen bless Vietnam veterans I served on the USS Vesole DD 878 1972 to 1975 navy veteran God bless America and all veteran's that's why we are free

Thanks to the men and women who serve. My dad was a flight line MSGT. at Phrang Rang. 1967-1968.

This evil war decimated a whole generation of young men. My generation the boys my girlfriends and I would marry and have children together. Those not killed were maimed physically emotionally psychologically I will never forgive this country for doing that.

I was 14 when my brother went to Vietnam. I worried about him constantly. I was affraid I'd see him on the news dead in a rice patty . But he came home,thank you Lord. Later he would tell me about the helicopters bringing them in country. I never looked at helicopters the same way after that. Thanks you guys for having my brothers back and helping him come home.💝💝💝💝

i was in the QLR 1972 t0 1980 and remember some of these guys, now retired but i never forget the lads i shared my military life with,and some of the best years of my life,

Только сейчас пришло на ум, на 5м десятке - как же нелепо выглядит эта бравада под эпическую песню - когда рота вооружённых до зубов десантников на оснащённых в тч ракетами 15-20 вертушках размазывают по пляжу деревню из бамбуковых шестов и её преимущественно гражданское население в соломенных панамах и босиком, вооружённых парой калашей и станковым пулемётом начала века.

Bel 2-12 the most beautiful helicopter in the world.... My favorite.❤