Posted on Mar 23, 2024
5 Essential Films About the Vietnam War
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Can't argue with any of these
5 Essential Films About the Vietnam War
Posted from historyfacts.com
Vietnam War
Movies
Military History
Posted 8 mo ago
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I can (argue with the list, but after all it's subjective).
Where's "Platoon" and "We were Soldiers"!?
Where's "Platoon" and "We were Soldiers"!?
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MAJ Byron Oyler
I have to question the history experience of the author of this piece. Oliver Stone was an 11B and much of the equipment in Platoon as still used in the early nineties, I felt like I could smell the movie. LTG Hal Moore there is so much literature and video on him I do not understand how his movie did not make the list.
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As I was assigned to Hq, MACV, Ton Son Nhut I was especially drawn to "Good Morning, Vietnam.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Directed by MACV, the dreaded in-flight target change in my B-52 days :-))
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Yeah, I would have to say most of those movies are iconic but I would say that "Platoon", "We Were Soldiers" and "84 Charlie MOPIC" are missing from this list. I hadn't even heard of the Spike Lee movie. I will have to check it out. "84 Charlie MOPIC" is a very under-rated movie that also hasn't seen a lot of publicity and it is kind of hard to find these days but I think it portrayed the lives of a LRRP quite well. It felt more real to me than some of the block buster films.
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