Army Veterans React to Classic War Films

“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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[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

We've done a TON of movies on Vets React, but there are always more. What movie should we react to next?

[@MsBritanie73]

"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

[@stuartgorka989]

"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"

[@NabGer]

Veterans react to the final shootout scene in “The Veteran”

[@micaiahgrossmann8058]

Gotta do Battle: Las Angeles for another sci-fi react video

[@SavageCips]

Please react to Kelly’s heroes!!!

[@thomasohanlon1060]

The Sd. Kfz. 7 was the primary mover of Germany’s famed 88 mm cannon. So yes it was real.

[@chuck.reichert83]

The "FAMO"

[@thomasohanlon1060]

@@chuck.reichert83 FAMO if I remember right was an abbreviation of the manufacturer Fahrzeug Motoren-Werke or something to that effect.

[@sinister47]

Colloquially known as a “half-track”

[@chuck.reichert83]

@@sinister47 the "FAMO" as it was nicknamed was a rather large halftrack

[@chuck.reichert83]

It was actually the "9" not the 7

[@VicFromFallout]

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.

[@Janzer_]

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."

[@VicFromFallout]

@@Janzer_ Bronson was B29 rear gunner

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

@@VicFromFallout often the first point of attack for Bf-109 pilots.

[@b22091]

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.

[@JohnMalik]

And won an Academy Award for Best Supporting actor. Was it Cool Hand Luke or Naked Gun? Someone help me out.

[@superkjell]

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.

[@skeeterclovis7163]

Merchant marines are not veterans. They aren't even part of the military lol

[@superkjell]

@@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.

[@skeeterclovis7163]

@@superkjell 36,000 lol I think your numbers are probably way off as well.

[@superkjell]

@@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.

[@superkjell]

@@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.

[@Absaalookemensch]

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.

[@craigplatel813]

Scout sniper section in WWII wasn't like what snipers were later

[@Absaalookemensch]

@@craigplatel813 Have you ever read about the battle of Saipan?

[@Voucher765]

@@Absaalookemensch My friend Eugene Iconetti was there with the Marines. He's 98 going on 99 now

[@davidanderson3684]

And Aldo Ray UDT 17 served ww2!

[@fabricio4794]

No Audi Murphy.....sad

[@kirkstinson7316]

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

[@wadewilson8011]

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.

[@johnclawed]

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.

[@BearClawTN]

Don't forget the depot under the chateau as well. Once the fuse was lit, that magazine was bound to go sky high.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@wadewilson8011 These reaction videos are more a way for them to flex their knowledge and us normies don't know how it "really" is...

[@hawkmaster381]

You guys didn’t do yourselves any favors by not watching the entire movie of Dirty Dozen. It made you make erroneous assumptions.

[@XM110]

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.

[@DarthTwilight]

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.

[@xraydeadgirl]

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.

[@DarthTwilight]

@@xraydeadgirl Dang, dude. That's some hardcore stuff.

[@Andrewlang90]

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

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

JT and Tyler Merritt, also broke down We Were Soldiers at the 7:35 mark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWaQf6GkadppfJI

[@emmanuelawosusi2365]

@@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany interview wildland firefighters

[@firefighteruppy9121]

@@emmanuelawosusi2365 And ask them if you can start a chainsaw by just the cord while you're riding a bike like Howie Long!

[@johncasamassa462]

Read Hal Moore's book on leadership.

[@muddybootknight6319]

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

[@charlesmullins3238]

Sam’s one of the best

[@snakesvt]

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

[@charlesrice7701]

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.

[@MongoHunts]

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!

[@VicFromFallout]

In Dirty Dozen was 1938 12-ton German half-track Sd.Kfz. 8

[@limasierraone7107]

Thank you for this LOL

[@Mauther]

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.

[@mitchellneu]

“This is what we call a classic.” Finally giving The Dirty Dozen some recognition, thanks gentlemen!

[@red.5475]

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.

[@johnclawed]

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.

[@wendellbenedict4793]

​@@johnclawedfrankly my fuhrer I don't give a damn! LoL

[@Stay_at_home_Astronaut81]

Charles Bronson was 47 years old, at the time of filming. He was a gunner on a B-29 in the Pacific, flew 25 missions.

[@brycefelperin]

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.

[@history9034]

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.

[@Aqueox]

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.

[@justaruztyspoon668]

@@Aqueox The French Waffen SS division was known as the SS Charlemagne, well renowned for how effective in combat they were.

[@Aqueox]

@@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.

[@MandolinMagi]

@@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.

[@DangerIncFilms]

@@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.

[@billrich9722]

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.

[@patrickdevine1085]

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.

[@TysonGibby]

MOVIE: "Kelly's Heroes" - Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, etc. You know, a bunch of legends.

[@patrickflanagan3762]

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.

[@abramwarpness6053]

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.

[@stilgaardfremen73]

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

[@TheRedleg69]

Yea, he was mixed in with a couple other people to make one character so people could follow better.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

He's mentioned in the book which is one of the best books I've read

[@charlesmullins3238]

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

[@nathanieljohnson2346]

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.

[@khoshino9621]

The captain of the airliner was also Ivan on Magnum PI. As in “Hey Ivan, did you see the sunrise?”

[@REAPERSPAPASANSUPPLY]

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.

[@johnrandolph1989]

The Dirty Dozen is one those films that are so good.😎 Hollywood better not remake it ever.😡

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

CLASSIC!!! They remake everything else. Let's keep our fingers crossed, they leave it alone.

[@C4RL1NN]

I’d actually be totally ok with it if, and only if, Quintin Tarantino made it. I mean inglorious basterds was an incredible movie.

[@thomasohanlon1060]

But in a way they did it was The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission a 1985 made-for-TV

[@jamesyeh364]

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.

[@johndawhale3197]

@@C4RL1NN Tarantino is overrated.

[@cliffhigson7581]

The soldier Sam Elliott says about the weather man to was Ryan Hurst from "sons of anarchy " as "opie".

[@snakesvt]

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.

[@joecampitiello3643]

Bronson was a decorated wwii vet who was a true badass, so was many of the other actors in the dirty dozen

[@earth7551]

Agreed will never see the likes of these legit tough guy's again

[@jimw966]

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 👏🏻👏🏻

[@hourglas]

I cannot begin to describe my disappointment that he did not say "mortar-cycle". But instead said "mortar motorcycle". Such a missed opportunity.

[@eviloverlordsean]

"is he driving a mortar motorcycle?" f-ing classic

[@wadewilson8011]

Not everyone "enjoys" stupid puns.

[@hourglas]

@@wadewilson8011 username is a Deadpool reference but you don't like puns. Lmao. Gtfo 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@spookerredmenace3950]

George Kennedy in the dirty dozen is also Captain Ed Hocken from the Naked Gun movies and Police Squad tv show

[@iBusinessLogic]

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.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

@@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

[@michaelkidwell913]

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.

[@michaelkidwell913]

EDIT (the upper left corner as you look at it)

[@paulmiddlemass6465]

I commented similar. That part of the uniform regs came in way after this movie

[@OneKnight1234]

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

[@TonyAndrea725]

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

[@tracysw100]

The halftrack in "The Dirty Dozen" was an 18ton halftrack used for tank recovery and heavy towing duties Sdkfz 9 FAMO.

[@89sirmonk]

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.

[@Reaper7Podcast]

Awesome show fellas…thanks for not dawgin out the movies like some other KZbinr’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!!!

[@taoliu3949]

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.

[@joec3675]

Best line ever "If we don't get outta here, we're all gonna be speaking it!"

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

I've never seen Sam Elliot without a mustache. I'm going to have to go back and watch that movie! Lol

[@brentboling7946]

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.

[@danielvillarreal6610]

Greetings from a 2nd-generation US Army soldier in Taipei, Taiwan-11A5SLA. I loved the Dirty Dozen scenes and I wish you guys had shown the scene with the raiders reciting poetry over their terrain model to memorize their plan to raid the French chateau. I was never taught that planning and rehearsal technique in my US Army days, but if it’s good enough for Lee Marvin, it’s good enough for me! Great video, guys!

[@johndavis6338]

Well, there's the next movie I'm going to watch. Being able to pick out actors most people have never heard of except TCM watchers is an art!

[@gator-freighterlpd-1334]

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.

[@jamesgunnyreed]

The truck is a German Half Track. The SdKfz 251 model.

[@mrf54me]

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.

[@jakefoley93]

Best comment ever

[@johncasamassa462]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome Work Guys, Thanks 👍👍👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you all for the video 👍🏻 We were Soldiers with Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott & so many other actors that was a killer cast & movie. I seen all the movies in this video it's kind of sad when people are still making technical mistakes even now

[@douglaslorin739]

Awesome selection of movies! BTW, I recognized another actor. @18:23, the bald headed gentleman is Martin Balsam who played Admiral Husband Kimmel in the 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora! The good Pearl Harbor movie!

[@brianwilliams3260]

That Hal Moore look him up! He came up with the Huey Calvary. Show him respect

[@KyleCowden]

We were conducting an air mobile exercise onboard Bragg. At the end of the exercise, we were ducked down in the reeds in about 2' of water. It was dusk, the Western sky was still light but the sun was below the trees. The water started to dance before we heard the UH-1s the first one skimmed the tree line and the other four in trail. The way the glint of sunlight came through the last bird and reflected off the lead ship, I'll never forget.

[@johnnyrocket9372]

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.

[@johnclawed]

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.

[@sheldonf]

Thank you and well done. Nice mix of comedy without being disrespectful.

[@dawsonsears3606]

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

[@jomaxfortyfive1817]

The halftrack is the FAMO Sd.Kfz 9. It was a 18-ton heavy recovery vehicle and was used to recover and tow heavy artillery and also the Tiger tank.

[@anthonyrogers3027]

The broken arrow scene is still my favorite, even a season fighter pilot knows what his or her responsibilities are during that situation and they did a good job showcasing this.

[@iBusinessLogic]

Charles Bronson was 43 years old when the Dirty Dozen Filmed. He was born in 1921. He served in WWII as a Corporal in the U.S. Army Air Corps 39th Bombardment Group, 61st Bombardment Squadron. He was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam-based 61st Bombardment Squadron within the 39th Bombardment Group, which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle

[@jonfloate3891]

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.

[@TokyoCraftsman]

You should do “The Devil’s Brigade”.

[@phillipallen3259]

My father-in-law was a Crewchief for four tours in Vietnam. A friend of his was a pilot at LZ X-ray his first pointed out two minor mistakes in We We're Soldiers. Bad ass movie!

[@rodlepine233]

1938 12-Ton Sd.Kfz 8 Prime Mover 1938 12-ton German half-track "Sd.Kfz. 8" prime mover. Prior to joining the Littlefield collection this particular vehicle was driven by Lee Marvin in one of the closing scenes of the motion picture The Dirty Dozen.

[@OCRay1]

The Green Beret guys had nothing but praise for We Were Soldiers. Don’t try to be cool

[@abovethenoise1718]

We were soldiers was about 7 Cav not 1st, because when he was given the designation it threw the colonel and he stopped in his tracks and made note of the fact that that was Custer's unit. A unit that was wiped out at little big horn. The movie is based off a book that was called, we were soldiers once and young, and I do recommend that people read it, it is excellent but it is very long.

[@sfcjones2590]

I have read that book atleast 3 times. I even met LTG(Ret) Hal Moore at Benning when my son graduated basic.

[@abovethenoise1718]

@@sfcjones2590 who was it, in the book, that came out naked to return fire with a pistol wearing nothing but a gun belt? I died laughing when I read that

[@joshstiltner]

Many, many, years ago you could walk down the “spine” of the unit and see a display case with mementos from the 1983 Delta Force movie. Pretty cool.

[@Swearengen1980]

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.

[@robertbennett106]

The German Halftrack in The Dirty Dozen was a Sd.Kfz.8 DB8. IT'S A REAL THING!

[@brianjones7907]

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 ..

[@unluckytourist]

I was just listening to a podcast about Delta Force. They mentioned that Charlie Beckwith walked off the movie in disgust, because originally they had pitched it to him as a "serious" historical film. The producer, who became legendary for making some of the trashiest movies of the 80's, then told him he was going to make an authentic and respectful account of Operation Eagle Claw, only this time the Americans would win.

[@jasonturner6411]

My step dad the late William Franklin "Frank" Russ was a spec4 with the 11th Air Assault Test Division prior to the division changing patches to the First Cavalry Division. After arriving to Ahn Khe, South Vietnam, base for the 229th Aviation Battalion (Air Mobile/Air Cavalry) and the 7th Cavalry Regiment. Setting up camp was not fun to him especially having to sleep in one man tents then the monsoon season hits! LOL

[@richardgarrett5322]

Come on dudes. At that point, the grenades were detonating a fuel-air mixture in the bunker. You gotta watch the whole thing.

[@macD723]

In the movie We Were Soldiers, the part about the Huey/Bell 212 helicopters brought back memories. I joined the AF back in the 80's, and the one thing I wanted to do is fly jets. But, I didn't have 20/20 vision. I was in AF Tech school, and was talking to my commander, a full bird, at a branch party we had. I told him why I joined (to start as a pilot, and move on to flying to and from the ISS. At the time, projection plans were going to make it very big) and why I couldn't. He told me I could swap to Army and be a Warrant Officer and fly them, but over 90% were road so hard, they'd wash out, and most had to go to a psychiatrist to be "de-programed", because the training actually made you crazy. You had to be crazy to "map the terrain". You flew so low, and in heavy gun fire. Many years later, I worked for a company that worked on the 212/412 Bell helicopters. The company was a branch of the original manufacturing company of Bell, which started in Fort Worth TX, but then moved to Canada. Our facility was in PA, and my boss's father was one of the founding members that started the company. Unfortunately, the main plant wanted us gone. They eventually sent us a financial planner that first worked for the place in Canada. I knew that was a bad move, considering the main plant wanted us gone. I was one of the last hired, so I was one of the first mechanics gone. Even the boss, the son of the guy that started it was canned and replaced. It was eventually bought out by our rival in Canada. There are only a couple of people left that I worked with. That shop has never grown to the size it was when I was there. I would say it was a hostile take over.

[@DiMeNsloNs1]

Chuck Norris does not do push ups, he pushes the world down.

[@johncasamassa462]

😂😂😂😂

[@savagehenry7873]

The boogie man checks under his bed for chuck Norris at night

[@anthonyd507]

My father was a door gunner as well! 155th AHC. He’s in his 80’s now and still works full time.

[@faeembrugh]

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.

[@Hitman21Alpha]

Have yall done Heartbreak Ridge? if not, you should.

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

Oh we have. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/op6Zfn-Vh5iYsKs

[@sharoncarter4086]

Jariko you are a funny guy. Loved watching you three, super fun xxx

[@AdamJohnson-dr2ri]

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!

[@cesaralarcon5228]

I’ve been waiting forever to see them watch “The Delta Force”

[@BlackRifleCoffeeCompany]

You're welcome.

[@johnclawed]

Also in The Dirty Dozen, it wasn't just grenades at the end. They poured a lot of gasoline into those vents first.

[@tomrodgers6629]

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."

[@patrickdevine1085]

They poured 50 gallons of gas into the air vents before tossing a shit load of grenades in and then Jim brown did his 100 meter sprint dropping a frag into each air vent along the way. So when the frag went off it set of some of the other frags and in turn ignited the vapors from the gas and then the gas.

[@fredlandry6170]

My uncle Ernest was in the Army way back in the 50’s stationed in New Jersey, he was part of an Artillery crew.

[@redgtr]

Really missed the opportunity to cut in Boondock Saints with the "you and your fucking rope" 😂

[@Rowingstud]

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.

[@amann2547]

I was in 8/229 AVN at Knox - our hangars looked almost *exactly * like the hangar in We Were Soldiers. Loved seeing my old unit crest on the front of Snake's Huey. But as an E8... I was never a "d*ck just to be a d*ck" (I hope)

[@erika_itsumi5141]

My Grand father was First air cav door gunner Loach, got there in 67 he passed away 23 evening of December. He was 68 y-o

[@lorddemonoss3945]

Sam Eliot character is awesome 👌 3:40 here 👏 I didn't recognize him right away. Seriously took me minutes.

[@BearClawTN]

I saw this movie with my Dad years ago because he wanted to see it. I was afraid it would trigger his PTSD. But when my Dad, former pilot for the Navy and Air America, saw that A-1 Skyraider on that big screen he was all smiles. He even started cheering when that prop job did that strafe run. He told me later that he flew that plan for both Air America and the Navy. Of course, he called it the A-1E Avenger, though I think it sounded better that Skyraider. He said that you could do a low speed strafe over a target area the size of a football field and anything in it would be turned into cranberry sauce.

[@jessesilva4768]

I was part of the we were soldiers cast. Also a us army infantry combat veteran. To go over a few facts from someone who was there this movie was one of the most accurate war movies created by Hollywood because what most don’t know is that the pentagon appointed capt. chip Colbert of the 75th ranger regiment to be the liaison to the film. Aside that Gen. Moore, Maj. Bruce Crandall and Joe Galloway were on set ensuring that the film was not over fabricated to shit the needs of typical Hollywood. All the helicopter scenes were authentic except for one that was CGI but all the tight formations and low altitude flying was legit. I was a door gunner in most scenes. This film was also not about the 1st Cav. It was about the 7th Test Cav. I took on the part because my uncle was part of this unit and is also an inductee in the infantry hall of fame in Ft. Benning Ga. Finally not all of this movie was filmed in Ft. Benning the combat scenes were all filmed in Ft Hunterligget ca as well as over Camp Roberts Ca. This movie would have done much better but we released at the same time as Black Hawk down, one of the people portrayed in the movie black hawk down (Kenny Thomas) was actually with us in this movie as he rejected being part of the BHD cast.

[@darthrevan-]

Dirty dozen is my 103 year old grandfathers favorite movie he served in the 1st infantry division US army from 1941 to 1968

[@magnoliaflowers4861]

Whether you are a soldier, an ex-soldier, a civilian, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore's name should always be uttered with the deepest respect. No movie can ever truly show what he and his men went through.

[@swk38]

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

[@geraldbizot5770]

How about some POW movies like The Great Escape, Harts War, Stalag 17, Hanoi Hilton.

[@geraldbizot5770]

Von Ryans Express, Empire of the Sun, Bridge Over the River Kwai

[@Ken-wu6hr]

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

[@mako88sb]

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.

[@zacharystockton1489]

I just watched the dirty dozen last week. It was my grandpa Jessie's favorite movie. He was as he put it a thumper in Nam. My grandpa Charles was a door gunner, first air cav. His photo in uniform is mean mugging my house for protection.

[@starkparker16]

Bronson was in a bomber crew that flew over Europe in WW2. He probably did see some stuff.

[@iBusinessLogic]

Actually Japan... B-29 door gunner

[@mikemallory8892]

I watch The Dirty Dozen couple weeks ago, it's a great Sunday Afternoon movie.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

All war movies with Telly Savalas (including "Escape To Athena") are blockbusters forever.