Colonel Crandall (Snake Shit) and Too Tall received the Medal Of Honor. Colonel Moore made sure of it. The story of Colonel Crandall pulling a gun on the Mediavac officer is true, but not as portrayed in the movie. Colonel Crandall was sleeping in his bunk and the other guy came in and woke him up. That's when he pulled his weapon on him.😊
Thank you guys for reacting to this!! My dad served in Vietnam 1969 and 1970. It took him weeks to be able to watch this all the way through for the first time... it was so realistic that he was having flashbacks. He was reliving the utter hell that he survived. He really doesn't talk much about it, but as soon as he felt that I was old enough... he sat me down and we watched it together and he told me this is what it was like. It is so hard for me to watch this movie even still because I remember how much it affected him watching it. I can't even begin to imagine what he experienced. He received a bronze star for something... he said his CO put him in for a silver star, but the brass asked too many questions and it couldn't be talked about so the CO dropped it to a bronze star. He also received 2 purple hearts - he said he didn't keep them because too many other guys got hurt way worse and it didn't feel right that he got them. He didn't say what actually happened to earn them... I've read the books: - "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" ~ Hal Moore and Joe Galloway - "We Are Soldiers Still" ~ Hal Moore and Joe Galloway - "They Were Soldiers" ~ Joe Galloway - "Hal Moore on Leadership" ~ Hal Moore and Mike Guardia Here is some info and background on the movie and the battle... That artillery battery laid down so much fire power that they were having to repair the guns on the fly. It was the most sustained firing that anyone on the gun crews had ever experienced. The Vietnamese soldiers aimed low. Most of the time they couldn't see each other through the tall elephant grass. They aimed low to either cut the legs out or hit the proned out Americans in the head... Watching the chemical grenade scene for the first time, my dad explained that white phosphorus is reactive to water so it just eats through your skin and your body. The only way to stop it from burning is to literally cut it out... I got the feeling he'd seen it first hand over there... The medevac pilots actually got a pretty bad rap amongst the troops even though they kind of have a lore about them for being the angels of the battlefield. It was the "slick" pilots like Snake and Too Tall that really gained the reputation of always being there. "Slicks" was the name given to the Huey Helicopters that were "slick sided" without having the mini-guns and rockets on the side. Those ones were ARA (Aerial Rocket Artillery) or gun ships. When Capt. Tim Metzger gave up his spot on Snake's medevac helicopter for the guy that was hurt worse... The book tells that the helicopter was so overloaded that Snake was clipping tree branches with the rotors and that they almost didn't make it out. The story of his daughter growing up after losing her dad is really sad, but also redeeming. Once she learned that her dad died giving up his seat to another soldier, she was filled with bitterness toward the other soldier and her father... She went to a Ia Drang veteran's reunion one year to meet the man and ended up walking away full of forgiveness and a whole new respect for her father and the soldier he sacrificed himself to save... "Nothing is wrong, except, nothing is wrong" was one of Hal Moore's leadership quotes that he used to keep his men from becoming complacent. During the training scenes there were other quotes of his: "Three strikes and you're not out" and no matter what the situation "there's always one more thing you can do". After his death his family collected his notes and books and hired a writer to bring his leadership more to light. "Hal Moore On Leadership" is a phenomenal book that highlighted what an amazing leader he really was. Charlie was actually a US Air Force combat air controller embedded with the US Army units to coordinate aircraft and their movements. He called "Broken Arrow" bringing in every available combat aircraft. Joe Galloway was awarded the Bronze Star with V device for his valiant actions during this battle including carrying the mortally wounded Jimmy Nakayama to the helicopter under fire. Jimmy died 3 days later of his horrific 3rd degree burns. He was from my home state of Idaho. Joe Galloway, to date, is the only civilian to be awarded the Bronze Star with V device. In 1998 he was also awarded the Medal of Valor for his actions during the Vietnam War. Those were his actual photographs they showed in the movie. That line always gets me. "That's a nice day, Sgt. Savage". After all of the banter and responses earlier of "how do you know what kind of day it is" and "what are you a weatherman now". Sgt Savage survived and that's a good day. Then watching Sgt. Savage quietly breaking down after everything... then requesting to rejoin the line. That's a warrior. A lot of these troops were pulled out of field training and thrown into this battle. By the the time it was over and done with, on the third day, most of the men had been awake for over 80 hours straight. That particular bugle was taken from the French soldiers in the first scene by the Vietnamese soldiers... then taken by the American soldiers and carried into battle and blown as a war cry for the remainder of the war. It's in an American war museum now. As far as the ending, the story is that when questioned about whether that actually happened and if that is how the battle ended, Hal Moore himself said "no... but it's how it should have ended". The whole ending scene with Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper and interaction is so heart breaking. The emotion and Col. Moore breaking down and crying in silence away from his men after it's all over... leaders suffer in silence and can't be seen as weak by their men. And Joe Galloway breaking down at his typewriter... I cry every single time... The anti-war and anti-miltary propaganda was in full swing in the US. A lot of it was due to Communist infiltration into our government and media, but the people at home hated our veterans... they spat on them, called them names... called them baby killers (never mind the fact that the Vietnamese soldiers used women and children to carry bombs and grenades against our soldiers) ... my dad didn't get his first welcome home until about 1999... it was the first time I ever saw him cry... it was the first time he felt appreciated for his military service. One of the stories he finally did tell was that he survived a grenade attack from a little kid that threw a grenade into a restaurant full of servicemen... The book tells so much more about what happened during those 3 days and what happened in the days following, the next battle, and stories of survival and evasion. It's a great book. They don't show him, but he's on the cover of the book... Lt. Rick Rescorla was a company leader during this battle. He survived and went on to become a security officer... at the World Trade Center. He is credited with saving over 2,700 people before the second tower collapsed. He forced evacuations from the second tower once the first one collapsed. He was suffering from terminal cancer at the time and he just kept going back to get people out. His last known words were a phone call to his wife: "Stop crying. I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I've never been happier. You made my life". He made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11/2001.
Thank you for the wonderful comment! I (Jrocks) spoke to my father shortly after we watched this to see if he had seen it. He had and said it was fairly accurate depiction of what he saw over there. He told me some things I didn't know about his time over there. He was originally in the infantry as a tank commander but said he was actually reassigned after Cambodia to the 1st Cavalry as a helicopter gunman. He said they got ambushed in spots and took very heavy fire just like what was depicted in the movie. Crazy stuff. I thank your father for his service, much respect🙏
@JrocksAndDevinity much respect to your father as well. If you ever have the opportunity, see if you can get the audio books of "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" and "We Are Soldiers Still". There's so much more too story that just couldn't be packed into a 2 hour movie. Both books are on Audible. We Are Soldiers Still is actually narrated by Joe Galloway
There was a man that served in the 7th Cav under Colonel Moore named Rick Rescorla. He returned home after vietnam and worked for Morgan Stanley as a security consultant. In 2001, on September 11th, he was working in the South Tower of the WTC when the first plane hit the north tower. He ignored Port Authority orders not to evacuate, and led over 2600 employees out of the building through the stairwell. The last time anyone ever saw him was when he was running back up the stairs of the south tower to check for any remaining survivors.
Something that really twerks me about this movie is, at the beginning they have Greg Kinnear's character flying a UH-1d slick, then at the end he shows up flying a UH-1c gunship. the 'Slick is a troop carrier, it will carry the crew and about a squad of supplied soldiers to a LZ. The gunship is only for guns it carried it's weight capacity in crew , ammunition and guns. both these Hueys had a 1000 kg cargo lift capacity. If you were trained to fly the D that was what you flew, to fly the C, you had to be trained to use the weapons platforms which means, if you flew one, you didn't fly the other. Every type of helicopter had a duty it performed and the crew trained for that particular duty. Thumbs up for your empathy for these boys, all soldiers who have a C.I.B. or C.A.R. deseves a measure of respect.
This was a very good reaction. You both captured all the emotions of critical moments very well. All wars are horrible but at least in wars like WWII we concluded with in a glorious victory. Vietnam was not like that at all and even worse our veterans received horrible treatment when they came home. Ive met many Vietnam veterans and i try to get them to tell me their stories from the war if theyre willing to tell. They all lost close friends and even a bit of themselves over there. And in the end the outcome of the war made all our efforts a waste. Anyway thank you guys!
@dankim7488 Thank you! And you are very right about our veterans treatment. My father (Jrocks) was in the 1st cavalry, he lost his best friend while they were shoulder to shoulder in a fox hole. He said he was spit at when he got home from Vietnam at the airport
This movie is an account of the Battle for LZ X-ray. The second half of the battle took place as some of the men were headed towards LZ Albany. Sgt Basil Plumley was in the 187th Airborne Infantry during the Korean War. This guy was a real badass having fought in 3 major wars. The movie is a fairly accurate portrayal of the Battle of Ia Drang.
-The scene where Barbara Geoghegan and Julie Moore delivered the telegrams actually happened. Through their contributions and pressure from them and other members of the military and their loved ones, the U.S. Military now has Casualty Notification Teams set up to inform the next of kin as well as guide them through the process of receiving the benefits and remains of the service member, they'll also do their best to include a cause of death to allow the next of kin to have closure in knowing the who, what, when, where, why, and how. -During an interview with Joe Galloway, he recounted Jimmy Nakayama being caught in the friendly fire incident, he fell into a thousand yard stare and rubbed his hands together when he mentioned what happened when he grabbed Jimmy's legs, the PTSD had him right there in Vietnam again and he was desperately trying to wipe the grime from the legs off his hands. -One of the reasons more Vietnam veterans had a harder time readjusting to civilian life than WW2 veterans was speculated by someone who said that the vets from WW2 were placed on boats with their units and had a good amount of time to debrief what all happened and make sense of it as they traveled home, the Vietnam vets didn't have that, they were placed on flights with whoever was headed their way. Because of that they never got a chance to properly decompress before they got home. Plus the WW2 vets came back to celebration and fanfare while Vietnam vets were protested and spat on. -The soldier who was killed after giving up his spot on the chopper to his friend Ray, his daughter was angry at Ray for years and blamed him for her dad's death until she finally met him at a reunion and learned how badly he was wounded and how he would've gladly gave his life if it meant her dad could've lived, after that she let go of her anger towards him. -I remember during a DVD commentary there was a moment when it was revealed that a survivor of that battle told his family that saw the movie with him "that's how it was, I just didn't know how to tell you" The things these men went through not only in country but also when they came home, they were blamed for what was ultimately a politician's decision
The yellow letters and cab drivers was an everyday occurrence back then, the military wasn’t expecting so many casualties in the war and they where short military police officers. So the military paid cab companies to deliver the letters to the families.
2 1/2 yrs. after the Battle of la Drang Valley, I arrived in S. Viet. during the "Tet Offensive". And, 1 wk. before the start of Tet, the N. Koreans attacked & hijacked the USS Pueblo & its crew. Resulting in "Operation Combat Fox" which immediately sent a squadron of F-4 Phantom II fighter jets from Cam Ranh Bay to Teague, S. Korea on alert. After the end of Tet, I was sent to Teague, S. Korea as well. Returning to S. Viet. courtesy of Air America 2 mos. later. Welcome to war in the 60's!
I recommend reading the book We Were Soldiers Once and Young the movie did the best it could in telling the story but left out so much more including the ambush at L.Z. Albany
Sergeant York is a Great War movie. True story. Medal of Honor recipient, Conscientious Objector applicant. Classic film with a star cast and a star director. This is the opposite replica of the Doss movie. Black and White movie was produced at the onset of the Second World War. War action is only about 10-15% of the film. It may contain spoiler info about the production: In 1941, Howard Hawks made Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper as a pacifist farmer who becomes a decorated World War I soldier. Hawks directed the film and cast Cooper as York. This was the highest-grossing film of 1941 and won two Academy Awards, for Best Actor and Best Editing, as well as earning Hawks his only nomination for Best Director.
True story war movies are the hardest to watch but they give the best reactions... You guys kick ass tonight. You did a great job.. please consider watching two more true story movies. pursuit of Honor with Don Johnson or Men of Honor with Cuba gooding Jr. And Robert de Niro
A couple of good war movies, Where Eagles Dare with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, and Battle of Britain from 1969 with a then star studded cast. For Vietnam theres also Platoon of course and the often overlooked Casualties of War
In relation to this movie, I suggest watching country music group Big & Rich video 8th of November. Watch the original video has a cameo from Vietnam veteran Kris Kristofferson. The song came about when the band met a survivor of this battle.
How about a happy war movie, a comedy? "M*A*S*H" (1970) starring Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, JoAnn Pflug, & Gary Burghoff. A Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) in the Korean War & the crazy things they do to keep their sanity.
The story Joe Galloway ( the reporter Author) told about his great grandfather's meeting in Galveston for shoes is true story.
Oh cool!
Colonel Crandall (Snake Shit) and Too Tall received the Medal Of Honor. Colonel Moore made sure of it. The story of Colonel Crandall pulling a gun on the Mediavac officer is true, but not as portrayed in the movie. Colonel Crandall was sleeping in his bunk and the other guy came in and woke him up. That's when he pulled his weapon on him.😊
We weren't aware it was based on a true story. Thanks for sharing 👍
Ed Freeman and Bruce Crandell. Never forget their names.
Thank you guys for reacting to this!!
My dad served in Vietnam 1969 and 1970. It took him weeks to be able to watch this all the way through for the first time... it was so realistic that he was having flashbacks. He was reliving the utter hell that he survived. He really doesn't talk much about it, but as soon as he felt that I was old enough... he sat me down and we watched it together and he told me this is what it was like. It is so hard for me to watch this movie even still because I remember how much it affected him watching it. I can't even begin to imagine what he experienced. He received a bronze star for something... he said his CO put him in for a silver star, but the brass asked too many questions and it couldn't be talked about so the CO dropped it to a bronze star. He also received 2 purple hearts - he said he didn't keep them because too many other guys got hurt way worse and it didn't feel right that he got them. He didn't say what actually happened to earn them...
I've read the books:
- "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" ~ Hal Moore and Joe Galloway
- "We Are Soldiers Still" ~ Hal Moore and Joe Galloway
- "They Were Soldiers" ~ Joe Galloway
- "Hal Moore on Leadership" ~ Hal Moore and Mike Guardia
Here is some info and background on the movie and the battle...
That artillery battery laid down so much fire power that they were having to repair the guns on the fly. It was the most sustained firing that anyone on the gun crews had ever experienced.
The Vietnamese soldiers aimed low. Most of the time they couldn't see each other through the tall elephant grass. They aimed low to either cut the legs out or hit the proned out Americans in the head...
Watching the chemical grenade scene for the first time, my dad explained that white phosphorus is reactive to water so it just eats through your skin and your body. The only way to stop it from burning is to literally cut it out... I got the feeling he'd seen it first hand over there...
The medevac pilots actually got a pretty bad rap amongst the troops even though they kind of have a lore about them for being the angels of the battlefield. It was the "slick" pilots like Snake and Too Tall that really gained the reputation of always being there. "Slicks" was the name given to the Huey Helicopters that were "slick sided" without having the mini-guns and rockets on the side. Those ones were ARA (Aerial Rocket Artillery) or gun ships.
When Capt. Tim Metzger gave up his spot on Snake's medevac helicopter for the guy that was hurt worse... The book tells that the helicopter was so overloaded that Snake was clipping tree branches with the rotors and that they almost didn't make it out. The story of his daughter growing up after losing her dad is really sad, but also redeeming. Once she learned that her dad died giving up his seat to another soldier, she was filled with bitterness toward the other soldier and her father... She went to a Ia Drang veteran's reunion one year to meet the man and ended up walking away full of forgiveness and a whole new respect for her father and the soldier he sacrificed himself to save...
"Nothing is wrong, except, nothing is wrong" was one of Hal Moore's leadership quotes that he used to keep his men from becoming complacent. During the training scenes there were other quotes of his: "Three strikes and you're not out" and no matter what the situation "there's always one more thing you can do". After his death his family collected his notes and books and hired a writer to bring his leadership more to light. "Hal Moore On Leadership" is a phenomenal book that highlighted what an amazing leader he really was.
Charlie was actually a US Air Force combat air controller embedded with the US Army units to coordinate aircraft and their movements. He called "Broken Arrow" bringing in every available combat aircraft.
Joe Galloway was awarded the Bronze Star with V device for his valiant actions during this battle including carrying the mortally wounded Jimmy Nakayama to the helicopter under fire. Jimmy died 3 days later of his horrific 3rd degree burns. He was from my home state of Idaho. Joe Galloway, to date, is the only civilian to be awarded the Bronze Star with V device. In 1998 he was also awarded the Medal of Valor for his actions during the Vietnam War. Those were his actual photographs they showed in the movie.
That line always gets me. "That's a nice day, Sgt. Savage". After all of the banter and responses earlier of "how do you know what kind of day it is" and "what are you a weatherman now". Sgt Savage survived and that's a good day. Then watching Sgt. Savage quietly breaking down after everything... then requesting to rejoin the line. That's a warrior.
A lot of these troops were pulled out of field training and thrown into this battle. By the the time it was over and done with, on the third day, most of the men had been awake for over 80 hours straight.
That particular bugle was taken from the French soldiers in the first scene by the Vietnamese soldiers... then taken by the American soldiers and carried into battle and blown as a war cry for the remainder of the war. It's in an American war museum now.
As far as the ending, the story is that when questioned about whether that actually happened and if that is how the battle ended, Hal Moore himself said "no... but it's how it should have ended".
The whole ending scene with Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper and interaction is so heart breaking. The emotion and Col. Moore breaking down and crying in silence away from his men after it's all over... leaders suffer in silence and can't be seen as weak by their men. And Joe Galloway breaking down at his typewriter... I cry every single time...
The anti-war and anti-miltary propaganda was in full swing in the US. A lot of it was due to Communist infiltration into our government and media, but the people at home hated our veterans... they spat on them, called them names... called them baby killers (never mind the fact that the Vietnamese soldiers used women and children to carry bombs and grenades against our soldiers) ... my dad didn't get his first welcome home until about 1999... it was the first time I ever saw him cry... it was the first time he felt appreciated for his military service. One of the stories he finally did tell was that he survived a grenade attack from a little kid that threw a grenade into a restaurant full of servicemen...
The book tells so much more about what happened during those 3 days and what happened in the days following, the next battle, and stories of survival and evasion. It's a great book.
They don't show him, but he's on the cover of the book... Lt. Rick Rescorla was a company leader during this battle. He survived and went on to become a security officer... at the World Trade Center. He is credited with saving over 2,700 people before the second tower collapsed. He forced evacuations from the second tower once the first one collapsed. He was suffering from terminal cancer at the time and he just kept going back to get people out. His last known words were a phone call to his wife: "Stop crying. I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I've never been happier. You made my life". He made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11/2001.
Thank you for the wonderful comment! I (Jrocks) spoke to my father shortly after we watched this to see if he had seen it. He had and said it was fairly accurate depiction of what he saw over there. He told me some things I didn't know about his time over there. He was originally in the infantry as a tank commander but said he was actually reassigned after Cambodia to the 1st Cavalry as a helicopter gunman. He said they got ambushed in spots and took very heavy fire just like what was depicted in the movie. Crazy stuff.
I thank your father for his service, much respect🙏
@JrocksAndDevinity much respect to your father as well. If you ever have the opportunity, see if you can get the audio books of "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" and "We Are Soldiers Still". There's so much more too story that just couldn't be packed into a 2 hour movie. Both books are on Audible. We Are Soldiers Still is actually narrated by Joe Galloway
There was a man that served in the 7th Cav under Colonel Moore named Rick Rescorla. He returned home after vietnam and worked for Morgan Stanley as a security consultant. In 2001, on September 11th, he was working in the South Tower of the WTC when the first plane hit the north tower. He ignored Port Authority orders not to evacuate, and led over 2600 employees out of the building through the stairwell. The last time anyone ever saw him was when he was running back up the stairs of the south tower to check for any remaining survivors.
There’s a famous picture of him in the battle used on the books cover I believe and in the South Tower Stairwell aswell
Something that really twerks me about this movie is, at the beginning they have Greg Kinnear's character flying a UH-1d slick, then at the end he shows up flying a UH-1c gunship. the 'Slick is a troop carrier, it will carry the crew and about a squad of supplied soldiers to a LZ. The gunship is only for guns it carried it's weight capacity in crew , ammunition and guns. both these Hueys had a 1000 kg cargo lift capacity. If you were trained to fly the D that was what you flew, to fly the C, you had to be trained to use the weapons platforms which means, if you flew one, you didn't fly the other. Every type of helicopter had a duty it performed and the crew trained for that particular duty. Thumbs up for your empathy for these boys, all soldiers who have a C.I.B. or C.A.R. deseves a measure of respect.
Boy that brings back memories!
T. Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
Thank you for your service!
This was a very good reaction. You both captured all the emotions of critical moments very well. All wars are horrible but at least in wars like WWII we concluded with in a glorious victory. Vietnam was not like that at all and even worse our veterans received horrible treatment when they came home. Ive met many Vietnam veterans and i try to get them to tell me their stories from the war if theyre willing to tell. They all lost close friends and even a bit of themselves over there. And in the end the outcome of the war made all our efforts a waste.
Anyway thank you guys!
@dankim7488 Thank you! And you are very right about our veterans treatment. My father (Jrocks) was in the 1st cavalry, he lost his best friend while they were shoulder to shoulder in a fox hole. He said he was spit at when he got home from Vietnam at the airport
This was the beginning of our learning that led to our victory in Desert Storm our battle doctrine was written in blood❤😢
Great reaction guys, that was a moving war movie and probably the best about Vietnam that I've seen.
Thanks! It was really good, tough but good.
Please do band of brothers! You guys do great reactions
Thanks 😊
This movie is an account of the Battle for LZ X-ray. The second half of the battle took place as some of the men were headed towards LZ Albany.
Sgt Basil Plumley was in the 187th Airborne Infantry during the Korean War. This guy was a real badass having fought in 3 major wars.
The movie is a fairly accurate portrayal of the Battle of Ia Drang.
-The scene where Barbara Geoghegan and Julie Moore delivered the telegrams actually happened. Through their contributions and pressure from them and other members of the military and their loved ones, the U.S. Military now has Casualty Notification Teams set up to inform the next of kin as well as guide them through the process of receiving the benefits and remains of the service member, they'll also do their best to include a cause of death to allow the next of kin to have closure in knowing the who, what, when, where, why, and how.
-During an interview with Joe Galloway, he recounted Jimmy Nakayama being caught in the friendly fire incident, he fell into a thousand yard stare and rubbed his hands together when he mentioned what happened when he grabbed Jimmy's legs, the PTSD had him right there in Vietnam again and he was desperately trying to wipe the grime from the legs off his hands.
-One of the reasons more Vietnam veterans had a harder time readjusting to civilian life than WW2 veterans was speculated by someone who said that the vets from WW2 were placed on boats with their units and had a good amount of time to debrief what all happened and make sense of it as they traveled home, the Vietnam vets didn't have that, they were placed on flights with whoever was headed their way. Because of that they never got a chance to properly decompress before they got home. Plus the WW2 vets came back to celebration and fanfare while Vietnam vets were protested and spat on.
-The soldier who was killed after giving up his spot on the chopper to his friend Ray, his daughter was angry at Ray for years and blamed him for her dad's death until she finally met him at a reunion and learned how badly he was wounded and how he would've gladly gave his life if it meant her dad could've lived, after that she let go of her anger towards him.
-I remember during a DVD commentary there was a moment when it was revealed that a survivor of that battle told his family that saw the movie with him "that's how it was, I just didn't know how to tell you"
The things these men went through not only in country but also when they came home, they were blamed for what was ultimately a politician's decision
I was never a big Mel Gibson fan, but his portrayal of Col Hal Moore was beyond amazing.
Yes, outstanding!
The yellow letters and cab drivers was an everyday occurrence back then, the military wasn’t expecting so many casualties in the war and they where short military police officers. So the military paid cab companies to deliver the letters to the families.
2 1/2 yrs. after the Battle of la Drang Valley, I arrived in S. Viet. during the "Tet Offensive". And, 1 wk. before the start of Tet, the N. Koreans attacked & hijacked the USS Pueblo & its crew. Resulting in "Operation Combat Fox" which immediately sent a squadron of F-4 Phantom II fighter jets from Cam Ranh Bay to Teague, S. Korea on alert. After the end of Tet, I was sent to Teague, S. Korea as well. Returning to S. Viet. courtesy of Air America 2 mos. later. Welcome to war in the 60's!
Thank you for your service!
Thank You For Your Service Brother!! And Welcome Home!! From A GWOT/Enduring Freedom Vet!! USS ENTERPRISE(CVN-65) 2000 - 2004!!
I recommend reading the book We Were Soldiers Once and Young the movie did the best it could in telling the story but left out so much more including the ambush at L.Z. Albany
Sergeant York is a Great War movie. True story. Medal of Honor recipient, Conscientious Objector applicant. Classic film with a star cast and a star director.
This is the opposite replica of the Doss movie. Black and White movie was produced at the onset of the Second World War. War action is only about 10-15% of the film.
It may contain spoiler info about the production: In 1941, Howard Hawks made Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper as a pacifist farmer who becomes a decorated World War I soldier. Hawks directed the film and cast Cooper as York. This was the highest-grossing film of 1941 and won two Academy Awards, for Best Actor and Best Editing, as well as earning Hawks his only nomination for Best Director.
True story war movies are the hardest to watch but they give the best reactions... You guys kick ass tonight. You did a great job.. please consider watching two more true story movies. pursuit of Honor with Don Johnson or Men of Honor with Cuba gooding Jr. And Robert de Niro
Thanks! We will give them a look!
Happy War movie 😂😂 You could try War Horse it's not too sad 😢 Its about a young British lad and his love for his horse in WW I
We will check it out, thanks!
Awesome coolest funniest amazing and you guys husband and lovely wife beautiful Reaction every time 💝💖💯💫👍love you guys 💖
@@JuniorWilliams-iv9zp Thanks! 😊
A couple of good war movies, Where Eagles Dare with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, and Battle of Britain from 1969 with a then star studded cast. For Vietnam theres also Platoon of course and the often overlooked Casualties of War
In relation to this movie, I suggest watching country music group Big & Rich video 8th of November. Watch the original video has a cameo from Vietnam veteran Kris Kristofferson. The song came about when the band met a survivor of this battle.
You now must watch Platoon, American Sniper and Lone Survivor
You should check out danger close the battle of Long Tan Australian and New Zealand in Vietnam
We will give it a look, thanks!
But you have to react to Band Of Brothers and The Pacific
But we neeeed a break! 🤣
i hope you guys have Band Of Brothers palnned
How about a happy war movie, a comedy? "M*A*S*H" (1970) starring Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, JoAnn Pflug, & Gary Burghoff. A Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) in the Korean War & the crazy things they do to keep their sanity.
Sounds great, we will give it a look. Thanks!
Fun one Okay. Guardians Of The Galaxy Hioliday Special. Even if you choose to not review it give it a look see for the holiday,
Will check it out, thanks!