Originally Posted by nyrifleman
You cant do the war with one. You need a few.

The Quiet American for the French Involvement

Green Berets, campy propoganda but good for the Advisory Stage

We Were Soldiers for America taking over the war

Full Metal Jacket for Tet

Platoon. Compare the Army of 1965 (We Were Soldiers) to the post Tet Army (even if Platoon was supposed to take place in 67)

When Heaven and Earth changed Places

Hamburger Hill for the last major search and destroy mission

The Killing Fields for the aftermath

There are others....









Director Pierre Schoendorffer’s "Dien Bien Phu" is a interesting study on that cluster****. A lot of back story info in it!

Btw, he was there and captured by the Viet Minh in’54.

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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

WS