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John Paul Vann became an adviser to the Saigon regime in the early 1960s. He was an ardent critic of how the war was fought, both on the part of the Saigon r...
I was lucky to be a movie extra in the 1998 HBO movie A Bright Shining Lie. This was the story of the John Paul Vann. The movie begins with him being buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The movie studio recreated his burial at Arlington national cemetery substuting the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
In front of the casket, is a line of Officers in Dress Blues. I am the 3rd officer from the right with the short hair. Most of the people wearing the dress blues were civilians. There were a handful of former or current soldiers used for the rifle salute.
The full movie of A Bright Shining Lie is available on YouTube. It is also an excellent book. The full length movie is available on YouTube for free.
https://youtu.be/fafc0ThP7R0
The movie studio recreated his burial at Arlington national cemetery substuting the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
In front of the casket, is a line of Officers in Dress Blues. I am the 3rd officer from the right with the short hair. Most of the people wearing the dress blues were civilians. There were a handful of former or current soldiers used for the rifle salute.
The full movie of A Bright Shining Lie is available on YouTube. It is also an excellent book. The full length movie is available on YouTube for free.
https://youtu.be/fafc0ThP7R0
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I was in two documentaries, but I was not the focus of them. They were both filmed in the jail where I work and I just happened to make it into a couple of scenes.
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David Martin profiles Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen as he prepares to take orders from a new Commander-in-Chief and expresses his fe...
Awesome, you Just reminded me. In 2008, Admiral Mike Mullen came to our forward operating base with 60 minutes Tagging along. I did not get in the final view of the footage but I was there and I have it here. Admiral Mike Mullen was also very easy going and he was giving out his admirals coin and you could pose with him.
We also had most of our duffel bags stuck in connex box in Pakistan. He was able to order it to our forward operating base Farah in Western Afghanistan. It arrived a couple days later.
https://youtu.be/EJwrazj4xW4
We also had most of our duffel bags stuck in connex box in Pakistan. He was able to order it to our forward operating base Farah in Western Afghanistan. It arrived a couple days later.
https://youtu.be/EJwrazj4xW4
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I actually had a chance to be an extra in a movie a few years ago. It was a small indie film, and I was just walking through a crowd scene. I didn't have any lines, but it was a cool experience being on set and seeing how everything comes together. The most memorable part was when they filmed a scene near a café, and I was supposed to pretend I was reading a book, but I couldn't stop smiling because I was so excited.
By the way, if you’re ever looking to watch movies with subtitles, I found this site filme subtitrate on https://zfilmeonline.net/category/movies/ that has a pretty good collection. It’s great if you want to enjoy foreign films without missing any details.
By the way, if you’re ever looking to watch movies with subtitles, I found this site filme subtitrate on https://zfilmeonline.net/category/movies/ that has a pretty good collection. It’s great if you want to enjoy foreign films without missing any details.
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Yes. I was in some low budget dog movie that must have gone straight to video, and “Why do fools fall in Love?”, where I played a cop. I was supposed to be in “Independence Day”, but they got a bunch of NG guys and didn’t need me. Was supposed to be in a war movie that was filmed just across the border from San Diego, in Mexico (big name production which I forgot), but my short term (turned long) active duty orders came through three days before filming started.
Almost forgot, in Germany in the late seventies, our Combat Engineer company was training in a small German town (bought by the Germans for close combat training only) when we were informed that we would be in the background of some shots for a film. Loretta Swift (TV MASH) was in the scene. We only saw them from afar. And yes, combat engineers trained for fighting in the streets (at least we used to).
Almost forgot, in Germany in the late seventies, our Combat Engineer company was training in a small German town (bought by the Germans for close combat training only) when we were informed that we would be in the background of some shots for a film. Loretta Swift (TV MASH) was in the scene. We only saw them from afar. And yes, combat engineers trained for fighting in the streets (at least we used to).
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