Army Veterans React to Classic War Films
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- “What are you the f***in’ weatherman now??” Never was there a better portrayal of a Sergeant Major than the one by Sam Elliot in We Were Soldiers.
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01:32 "We Were Soldiers" 2002, Paramount Pictures
09:19 "The Dirty Dozen" 1967, Warner Bros.
16:52 "The Delta Force" 1986, MGM
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We've done a TON of movies on Vets React, but there are always more. What movie should we react to next?
"A River Runs Through It." All of the hard core father son moments and reactions to murder of Brad Pitt's wife and kids.... What a totally different "Veterans REACT" clip
"Siege of Firebase Gloria" starring Wings Hauser and R. Lee Ermey, so what's not to love. "Danger Close: Battle of Long Tan" which followed a New Zealand battle in Vietnam was great also. Both have the flavor of "We Were Soldiers"
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Please react to Kelly’s heroes!!!
The Sd. Kfz. 7 was the primary mover of Germany’s famed 88 mm cannon. So yes it was real.
The "FAMO"
@@chuck.reichert83 FAMO if I remember right was an abbreviation of the manufacturer Fahrzeug Motoren-Werke or something to that effect.
Colloquially known as a “half-track”
@@sinister47 the "FAMO" as it was nicknamed was a rather large halftrack
It was actually the "9" not the 7
Lee Marvin was a Marine sniper in WWII, wounded in the battle of Saipan.
Charles Bronson flew 25 bombing missions over Japan as a gunner.
Ernest Borgnine served 10 years in the Navy before and during WWII.
George Kennedy served 16 years in the Army including under Patton at the Battle of the Bulge.
Robert Ryan was a Marine DI during WWII.
Telly Savalas was in the Army in WWII, Robert Webber was at Okinawa and Guam as a Marine.
Most actors of the 1950s-1980s were in the military during WWII.
James Stewart was an AF Brigadier General, flew combat over Germany, earned the DFC, Air Medal with 3 clusters.
Scout sniper section in WWII wasn't like what snipers were later
@@craigplatel813 Have you ever read about the battle of Saipan?
@@Absaalookemensch My friend Eugene Iconetti was there with the Marines. He's 98 going on 99 now
In dirty dozen they talk about the grenade making huge fire balls but they totally skipped the part were the dumped Jerry cans of gasoline down the vents and dozens of hand grenades
Yeah I noticed that too. They were kind of shitting on the grenades, but watching the movie you know how much gasoline they poured down those drains.
I got the impression that they only saw clips and didn't watch the whole movie. Otherwise why the need to explain that George Kennedy was an observer.
Don't forget the depot under the chateau as well. Once the fuse was lit, that magazine was bound to go sky high.
@@wadewilson8011 These reaction videos are more a way for them to flex their knowledge and us normies don't know how it "really" is...
You guys didn’t do yourselves any favors by not watching the entire movie of Dirty Dozen. It made you make erroneous assumptions.
And Guy from Dirty Dozen and Delta Force is George Kennedy, enlisted in the United States Army during World War II in 1943. He served 16 years, reaching the rank of captain. Kennedy served in the infantry under George S. Patton, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and earned two Bronze Stars. He re-enlisted after the war and was discharged in the late 1950s due to a back injury.
a lot of the old actors were fucking boss. if they didn't serve, then they did a lot of hard living. "Bronson grew up during the Great Depression, and worked in a coal mine until he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 during World War II."
@@Janzer_ Bronson was B29 rear gunner
@@VicFromFallout often the first point of attack for Bf-109 pilots.
Lee Marvin's gravestone just lists his name, birth and death dates and PFC United States Marine Corps, WWII. He was a major star, but that was what he wanted history to know about him.
And won an Academy Award for Best Supporting actor. Was it Cool Hand Luke or Naked Gun? Someone help me out.
We Were Soldiers is my absolute favourite movie to watch. Hal Moore is a really fascinating person to understand. Also, Dirty Dozen is an all time classic
JT and Tyler Merritt, also broke down We Were Soldiers at the 7:35 mark: th-cam.com/video/C5-Nnn4u6F0/w-d-xo.html
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@@emmanuelawosusi2365 And ask them if you can start a chainsaw by just the cord while you're riding a bike like Howie Long!
Read Hal Moore's book on leadership.
For the younger crowd, George Kennedy served in the infantry under George S. Patton, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and earned two Bronze Stars. He was a badass!
Ernest Borgnine spent 10 years in the US Navy, Charles Bronson was a gunner on B-29s, George Kennedy was a captain in the US Army, Robert Ryan was a drill sergeant, Telly Savalas served in the US Army, Clint Walker was in the merchant marine, Robert Webber in the USMC... that movie is full of veterans.
Merchant marines are not veterans. They aren't even part of the military lol
@@skeeterclovis7163 I suggest you read a little bit about what it was like to serve in the Atlantic convoys during World War 2 on unarmed, civilian, slow, defenseless, ships in terrible weather being hunted by German submarines. About 36.000 merchant mariners lost their lives doing their part saving the world. A quick quote from wikipedia: Although the Merchant Marine suffered a per capita casualty rate greater than those of the U.S. Armed Forces, merchant mariners who served in World War II were denied such veterans recognition until 1987 when a federal court ordered it.
@@superkjell 36,000 lol I think your numbers are probably way off as well.
@@skeeterclovis7163 36.000 allied civilian sailors lost their lives during the battle of the Atlantic. It is a number you will find in encyclopedias. Of those about 30.000 were British, 1600 Canadian and 3700 Norwegian.
Here's what the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans has on their site: There were 243,000 mariners that served in the war. And 9,521 perished while serving-a higher proportion of those killed than any other branch of the US military. The sacrifices made by these sailors during the war is sadly unknown by too many.
Here is another passage from the Smithsonian magazine: Most of the mariners who sailed against the U-boats are gone now. The few thousand who remain have come to regard Memorial Day as a celebration that has never fully included them. But it’s still not too late to remember, belatedly, how much we owe them.
@@skeeterclovis7163 Oh. And about the Merchant Marines not being military: The Merchant Marine primarily transports cargo and passengers during peacetime; in times of war, the Merchant Marine can be an auxiliary to the United States Navy, and can be called upon to deliver military personnel and materiel for the military.
Talking about the pilots...I served as a UH60 door gunner in 9/101 AVN for 6 months (early 90s). Had a crusty old CW4 from the Vietnam era flying one day. I started freaking out when I was hearing thumping noises. I thought for sure our transmission was hosed or something and we were going to die. I hit my crew chief and said "WTF is that noise?!?!?" He got the biggest grin you can imagine and replied "trees". Those old dudes were the shit.
When I was working in pre-hospital medicine, we had a couple of those guys hanging around for nine lines, and good grief those dudes are something else.
I was acting medic in the back of huey during an exercise in '85 when we did a river run so close to the water that we nearly cut a John boat in half, along with its owner. Then we climbed and practiced autorotation. Started wearing brown boxers when I flew with the Vietnam veteran pilot.
@@xraydeadgirl Dang, dude. That's some hardcore stuff.
Remember watching We were soldiers with my dad, a Vietnam veteran, and he said that Sam Elliot was the most accurate depiction of a SgtMaj
Sam’s one of the best
100% he lived in Columbus Ga until his death. My dad knew him, I would see the SgtMaj all the time as kid. Sam escorted his daughter at his memorial service they held for him at the National infantry museum. My dad talked to Sam to tell him how great a job he did playing him. Sam told my pop that he almost didn’t take the role because he had never played a service member and was afraid he might not do a good job. But the SgtMaj was admit that Sam played him. So Sam would come down and spend time at his house to learn his mannerisms. And completely nailed it
Elliott enlisted in the military and served with the California National Guard. There he learned about the meaning of hard work and leadership. He was a proud member of the California Air National Guard's 163rd Airlift Wing out of the Channel Islands.
Charles Bronson was 46 years old, when he filmed The Dirty Dozen. He was a tail gunner on a B-29, in the Pacific during WWII.
That's funny because Clark Gable was a tail gunner in a B-17 in Europe. Hitler's favorite actor, he was to be brought before the fuhrer if captured. I wonder what Gable would have said.
@@johnclawedfrankly my fuhrer I don't give a damn! LoL
The halftrack in the last scene of the dirty dozen was a real thing. It was a prime mover for heavy artillery the Germans used.
In Dirty Dozen was 1938 12-ton German half-track Sd.Kfz. 8
Thank you for this LOL
The Dirty Dozen is one those films that are so good.😎 Hollywood better not remake it ever.😡
CLASSIC!!! They remake everything else. Let's keep our fingers crossed, they leave it alone.
I’d actually be totally ok with it if, and only if, Quintin Tarantino made it. I mean inglorious basterds was an incredible movie.
But in a way they did it was The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission a 1985 made-for-TV
I'm shocked no one has tried. They made a few TV movies and a short-lived TV series in the eighties, so it's not like it's untouchable.
@@C4RL1NN Tarantino is overrated.
I cannot begin to describe my disappointment that he did not say "mortar-cycle". But instead said "mortar motorcycle". Such a missed opportunity.
"is he driving a mortar motorcycle?" f-ing classic
Not everyone "enjoys" stupid puns.
@@wadewilson8011 username is a Deadpool reference but you don't like puns. Lmao. Gtfo 🤣 🤣 🤣
The Dirty Dozen was based on the filthy thirteen that jumped into Normandy, june 6th 1944. not to be confused with what most know as Easy company 506th PIR... but the misfits of the 101st in WWII who were pretty rough and tough, and 12 out of 13 dawned the mohawk and warpaint into the normandy jump. mostly inspired, and followed from Sgt. Jake McNiece. who was one bad mother....well you get the point. We did a Memorial photoshoot for these guys a few years back. As they are not super well known. i highly suggest people looking into and reading about the Filthy Thirteen, especially if you ever likes or enjoyed the movie the dirty dozen.
One thing a lot of people don’t know is a lot of the French foreign Legion men that fought in French Indochina (Vietnam). Were former Waffen SS troops and they were very effective. There’s even a book about them called Devils Guard.
Of course SS guys were effective. They were elite troops that were trained to be a bit more flexible and individualistic than your standard soldier. They used that effectively in WWII, and in Vietnam I guarantee they utilized that training/mindset to great effect.
@@Aqueox The French Waffen SS division was known as the SS Charlemagne, well renowned for how effective in combat they were.
@@justaruztyspoon668 Yup. Crazy thing is that (if memory serves me) what was left of SS Charlemagne basically went down fighting in 1945 in Berlin.
Says a lot about those men, if you think about it. You've got French men willing to give their lives for a beyond defeated Germany. Not only that, but they chose to fight and die in the heart of Germany.
With ALL the history between France and Germany, and a world war just over 20 years before, those guys set it all aside to fight for something they believed in.
Would make a great movie at the very least.
@@Aqueox They're traitors who joined the enemy war-crimes unit. They can die fighting or get guillotined later.
They were dead men walking due to their treason.
@@Aqueox Well, when your choices are either keep fighting and die, or surrender and be lined up against a wall and shot for treason? You’d have to be a special kind of special to not want to go down fighting.
Alright Black Rifle Coffee folk. Reviewing movies is one thing, but mocking out Jim Brown in the Dirty Dozen is another. If Brown had Wooten and Hickerson pulling in front of him around the end on a sweep, not only would he have made it out of there, but he would have run all the way to Berlin and killed Hitler.
Best comment ever
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Only thing about "We Were Soldiers" that seems a shame to me is the guy who was on the cover of the book it was from, was not even mentioned in the movie.
That particular soldier, Rick Rescorla, was last seen on the 10th floor of WTC south tower heading back up stairs and to try and evacuate more of his coworkers on 9/11
Yea, he was mixed in with a couple other people to make one character so people could follow better.
He's mentioned in the book which is one of the best books I've read
Yep..the guy that preached safety and told them after the first attack it’d happen again…man was a hero in every sense…ran straight to his death to help others
It's interesting to me because there's a lot of stuff that wasn't in the movie, but specifically something that hits home to me was that my grandfather was Hal Moore's XO, and never appeared in the movie, because when Hal Moore was writing the book, he approached my grandfather and he said that he didn't want to relive that battle / war. He's mentioned in the book, but not in the movie. They replaced him with a fictitious character. Nothing really changes, and I can't say that I blame him for it, but it would be cool to see him portrayed in a big time movie. Maj Herman L Wirth landed at LZ Falcon and never saw what happened at X-Ray, but I still think it would have been cool to see him in a movie. Side note, when Hal Moore was promoted to Colonel, the Army wanted to bring in somebody else to head the battalion, and Moore said that it's gotta be Herm, Army didn't like (or necessarily want) it, but they approved and he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. The command structure that Moore and Wirth used was called a dissociative command structure (not really sure if that was developed by them or simply adapted for the purpose), and that was reviewed and sent to West Pointe to be taught. Until at least the early 2000's it was taught, as my grandmothers CSO knew that he was going to a Lt. Col. Wirth, but didn't put the information together until he was at the house and was talking with my grandmother and mom. Pretty cool (in my opinion) little bit of trivia that directly relates to that movie, book, and battle.
there needs to be a movie about "the outpost of Freedom". book written by the first medal of honor in Vietnam. received by a green beret. its eerie how similar it is to the movie/account of "the outpost" that Jericho worked on.
21:45 Small correction regarding the motorcycle in Delta Force. The motorcycle does not have missiles or mortars or even machineguns, it's a stock 650 Suzuki. Because Chuck Norris is riding it, the bike just organically gains the ability to shoot bullets and launch explosives. All vehicles gain this ability when being ridden by Chuck Norris.
The orientation of the flag on the shoulder patchs is correct for the time period represented, ie with the field of stars on the upper right corner of the flag as the flag faces you (yhe upper left corner as you look at it And they were worn in that fashion for many years. Look at the pictures of the Airborne troops on D-day.
EDIT (the upper left corner as you look at it)
I commented similar. That part of the uniform regs came in way after this movie
The halftrack in "The Dirty Dozen" was an 18ton halftrack used for tank recovery and heavy towing duties Sdkfz 9 FAMO.
That Hal Moore look him up! He came up with the Huey Calvary. Show him respect
“This is what we call a classic.” Finally giving The Dirty Dozen some recognition, thanks gentlemen!
A friend and neighbor of ours was in Vietnam, when he watched "We Were Soldiers" he completely broke down crying. He was a helicopter pilot during that battle.
Not sure if you have watched it or not, but "The Devil's Brigade" (1968) is one of my favorites, and often overlooked, and based on actual events.
So Bo Svenson, the actor who played the pilot in THE DELTA FORCE and Roy the bar owner in HEARTBREAK RIDGE, sadly did not also star in THE DIRTY DOZEN...however he DID appear in THE DIRTY DOZEN: THE DEADLY MISSION, the second of three made-for-TV sequels to the original film in the 1980s. The first movie actually brought Lee Marvin back, 18 years after the first film but taking place only 3 months later, because why not. Just for good measure there was also a short-lived DIRTY DOZEN TV series on the brand new Fox network which last 1 season.
The Broken Arrow scenes in We Were Soldiers always chokes me up. Not only for the obvious love of my fellow countrymen, but also for the sheer terror of being the one catching that shit storm. They did a really good job humanizing the NVA. I cannot begin to imagine what it must have felt like to have the sky rain fire and steel on you like that.
We Were Soldiers is my favorite modern war movie, hands down (Band of Brother is a mini series, but that's #1 overall). Don't give a damn if Mel Gibson is a little out of his gourd, he makes great movies.
I could listen to Jericho talk all day. Can we get him, Jack Carr, Kyle Lamb and Matt Best to do a Veterans round table
I was on a series of recons when I was in Somalia. When we came in the next morning after pickup we landed on the very edge of the airfield which was on the top of the biggest hill in the area. the sun was just starting to come up over the horizon and as we start to walk away from the Blackhawk we were walking into what seemed like that biggest sun ever seen and to a man we started to sing the Ballad Of The Green Berets. The funny part was none of us were SF but it reminded us for the end of the movie. Just a memory.
I've never seen Sam Elliot without a mustache. I'm going to have to go back and watch that movie! Lol
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My father in law was in the 1/9 in Vietnam. I love watching movies with him, he points out all the crap in movies, it's fun. I was in the Navy in a VP squadron, pretty much all I got is the two scenes in Down Periscope. We are not the same.
MOVIE: "Kelly's Heroes" - Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, etc. You know, a bunch of legends.
Best VR episode yet. We were Soldiers, The Dirty Dozen and Delta Force are among my favorite movies but the icing was referencing Heartbreak Ridge! Have a 4th Infantry father who fought in the Ia Drang Valley in 1967, the movie he relates to the most is Hamburger Hill. That’s based on the worst days of his life on a mountain called Chu Moor In the end of April 1968.
Awesome show fellas…thanks for not dawgin out the movies like some other TH-camr’s!! I was a former Ranger with the RRC but injured in Iraq. If you want to have me on? You should do the Green Beret’s. That was a classic growing up with the acting CSM!!!
"Good Morning, Sgt major 😄"
"How the ___🤬_____ kind of day do you know this is?"
How do you feel now Skippy? 😲
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There is a great scene from a TV show called "The Unit" episode "S.E.R.E" one of the unit members is being interigated and he starts rattelling off a operation. The government agent thinks she got him to break. But his commanding officer starts laughing she is angry that he broke. His commanding officer says to her " That is the plot to the dirty dozen."
US Army did use halftracks in WWII, specifically the M3. Their advantage was that they had the traction of tracked vehicles, while maintaining the ease of steering of wheeled vehicles. If you could drive a truck, you could pretty much drive a half track.
You cannot get "modern soldiers" to say how real ww2 and vietnam war movies are...
Thats like asking a vegan what cut of steak do they like best 🤦🏻♂️
I Just wanted To mention Lee Marvin was the the Major in The Dirty Dozen & the Col in Delta Force. Was a Marine PFC in the Pacific in WW2
Just watched a movie of his I hadn’t seen before. Filmed in 1963 but not released until 1968 so he didn’t get top billing. The movie is Sergeant Ryker set during the Korean War. Pretty decent movie and another great performance by Lee Marvin.
My basic was at FT Benning and my 1st duty station was FT Hood with 1st CAV. Deployed to Iraq with them twice, 06-08 and 09-10
You should do “The Devil’s Brigade”.
The pilot in delta force was also the dbag Rambo punched in Rambo 2. Also, ya gotta give Bronson more props for flying in Vietnam…might be the most decorated soldier in your clips!
The captain of the airliner was also Ivan on Magnum PI. As in “Hey Ivan, did you see the sunrise?”
The big vehicle that crushed the Kubel wagon after ramming into the wall was an Sd. Kfz. 8 Daimler Benz 12 tons utility manufactured in 1937, Germany. It was a German vehicle.
Dirty dozen is my 103 year old grandfathers favorite movie he served in the 1st infantry division US army from 1941 to 1968
Would love to see some firefighter vets reacting to firefighting movies
If they make that happen, one of the movies should be "Red Skies Over Montana." It is a movie about smoke jumpers fighting the 1949 Mann Gulch fire.
i was always told that the 1st cav patch symbolized the horse they never rode, the road they never crossed and the yellow down their back
The pilot is Bo Svenson as well as Delta Force & Heartbreak Ridge he was in the original Inglorious Bastards & The Dirty Dozen ; The Deadly Mission ..
Good shit I just got to my room after being in my first field exercise of two weeks y’all’s vids like this are bangers
I may be wrong as I am British, but is that actually a uniform code fail in The Delta Force? I Presume they are referring to the orientation of the stars and stripes, but imagine that film came out before army regulation 670-1 which was 2003?
When I joined in 1979, I don't think any of our Drill Sergeants were 24 or 25 years old. They were all Vietnam veterans, though. I think a lot of them were finishing out their time, waiting to retire.
The Petty Officer in charge of my part of the barracks at Great Lakes in 2002, Served on the Battleship Missouri during the Gulf War. None of those dudes were young. 😆
Yeah. the senior drill sergeant for my basic platoon in '88 was a Vietnam vet.
That was Tim Abell in the Broken Arrow Scene who was a C-2/75 RGR vet from the 70’s. 3 great movies choices too 👏🏻👏🏻
Best line ever "If we don't get outta here, we're all gonna be speaking it!"
What seems particularly strange to me, now, is that my grandparents generation lived through worse battles than these movies depict, and yet somehow still loved these movies. Both grandfathers slept on bath towels for a long time afterwards, but loved the campy Hollywood version.
Guys, you skipped the part where gasoline was poured down the vents. Later, the grenades were chucked down the vents. That's why there was such a big explosion
Chuck Bronson was like 46 in this movie. For real. He was born in 1921 oh and the army bought (not sure if they used) a bunch of Kawasaki 650s.
The pilot that was also the bar owner is Bo Svenson, who is a Marine veteran
Chuck Norris does not do push ups, he pushes the world down.
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The boogie man checks under his bed for chuck Norris at night
My father was a door gunner as well! 155th AHC. He’s in his 80’s now and still works full time.
I worked for the USFS on a Hotshot Crew (wildland firefighters) that was based at Fort Hunter Liggett. They filmed a lot of the battle scenes there. One of our barracks was the house that Sam Elliot stayed in during the filming as I was told. It was a run-down 1940's era officer quarters.
George Kennedy in the dirty dozen is also Captain Ed Hocken from the Naked Gun movies and Police Squad tv show
He was also the Blue Knight (cop tv series in the 70s with awesome knight stick fancy work.) Also the Airport Maintenance chief in the Airport movies.
@@iBusinessLogic ya George was everywhere back in the 60s70s and 80s. loved that dude . he was funny , i am only old enough to rememeber the stuff from the late 80s. but watching his older movies. great actor
The Dirty Dozen was an actor's Woodstock of talent. It's my favorite movie. What made SGM Plumley such a dude in real life is that he was his own coffee bitch. 😉🤣
I wasn't on The Varsity during OIF, but it was my job to help them win working in my capacity. Those are my dudes. Even if I was a coffee bitch. 🤣😉
BRCC, I'm a club member. When are you going to release some 42A Combat Gear? We know coffee better than anyone.
jeez, it's a real thing! The Maultier (mule) was a prime mover!
You mentioned the Sargeant that was an MP then a commando. In the book he snuck on the plane to go along.
I seem to remember watching a video of one of the M16 developers talking about how the Air Cav used the very earliest models of that rifle with chrome plated bolt carriers, full auto, and no forward assist.
When I was in the service we used a rope and grappling hook to clear a path from mines. Boy I’m old.
German HalfTrack is a real thing just like the US Army in WW2 had them also, troop transport and towed artillery
Any former 7th Infantry Division Soldier from the 80's and early 90's should recognize where We Were Soldiers Vietnam scenes were filmed, Ft. Hunter ligget California.
you guys ever gonna do saving private ryan and the thin red line?
It appears to be about that time.
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Those grenades at 16:30 were standard issue for the JrROTC. SOF wasn’t “tier choice”.
Re: The Dirty Dozen: Lee Marvin also taped his magazines together in "Prime Cut" a few years later, where he played a mafia enforcer who rescues young girls being sold into slavery by a rival gang. Not as good a movie but you should see it.
So far the vehicle in DirtyDozend has been identified as every type of German made halftrack by dome commenter.
Fun fact: Lee Marvin was a Marine combat vet he got a Purple Heart on Saipan
The half track you were questioning was real wouldn't have been something we used, it would've been the nazis. The priest from delta force is the observer from dirty dozen
Sam Elliot played The Sargent Major perfectly. I from Columbus Ga my father knew him from the army and I would see him a lot as a kid. He should’ve got a award for that performance.
Shout out to Eberlestock. Have one of the old Halftrack bags that’s treated me very well for the 10 years I’ve had it.
Bronson was 46 years old, filming this movie. Looks a weathered 35. Lee Marvin, 3 years Bronson's junior, a weathered 43 year old. Both awesome, however.
the half track from the Dirty Dozen was a SDKfz7 a German prime mover it was real!
7:00 AFTER mentioning helicopter and fortunate son, would been a great opertunity to piece together a handful of movies with that cliche . Just movie after movie with fortunate son. lol
I remember living on Ft. Benning back when they were filming _We Were Soldiers._ My Ma met Mel in Downtown, Columbus at a club along with a group of her friends. lol She told us that he, _"was so short and was all make up,"_ and that her drunken friend had jumped between his body guards and wrapped her arms tight around his waist. After her friend had passed out, Ma calmly told him something to the effect of,
_"I'm so sorry about that, but she's a huge fan of yours, Mel, and so am I! We would think it'd be totally awesome of you if were you to take a photograph with us all._"
Luckily she'd just graduated college from Columbus Technical College's Debate Team, and she managed to convince him.
20:01 - that was utterly hilarious lmao. “… idiot…”
They actually had several veterans in The Dirty Dozen
I actually have a work colleague who fought in that battle at La Drang.
Not for not but Charles Bronson was 46 when filming dirty dozen. However when you start working in the coal mines at the age of 16 then only leave the mines because you are drafted into ww2, you age a little harder.
I'd like to see an international edition with an Aussie reviewing danger close: the battle of long tan
Y’all may not know this. Lee Marvin was suffering from cancer when filming the Delta Force. He was apparently in a lot of pain. Died shortly after. Tough bastard.
I was at Fort Benning while the movie was being filmed
They're having a laugh, but in Canada we learn that motorcycle shit in the first week. 21:42
The most amazing rides of my life were on Ft. Bragg. 88-92 we would come in on Blackhawks and hit the ground so hard we would bounce 5 to 8 feet. we only jumped out of the UH-60...
Okay, in Dirty Dozen they poured many gallons of gas into the shelter before dropping the grenades. I would suggest that the fuel fumes would have turned the whole bomb shelter into a FAE.
I met a SGM who was in Charlie Company of the 1st Cav 7th
Can’t grease dudes without a grease gun. I also love these types of videos when there’s a guy to represents that junior enlisted perspective, like thanks for telling us what’s going on from a cpls perspective oh wait you keep getting cut out post edit 🙊🙈
Haha love these dudes. Always need a guy like the dude in the middle
Chuck fly the plane, pfft chucks beard will fly the plane ✈️
20 year army veteran doesn’t know what a half track is? Wooooooow
Charlie had a rough childhood. Spent his youth as a Coal Miner.
They dumped gas in first before the gernades were thrown down by James Brown. Oh, yes there were half tracks like that in use by Germany in WWII.