We Were Soldiers (2002) ♡ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING!

[@Centane]

First got copyrighted and blocked, this new is everything copyrighted cut out directly on KZbin. Our original edit was 45 minutes long ♥ Thank you if you watched the previous one and also joined in on this one

[@Randomizer939]

It doesn't matter, most saw it before YT mods got back to work to being assholes 😘 PS: YT mods, you kinda suck at your work, slow and mental... neither works. Usually people get sacked for that, but I guess not you.

[@scottlilley3077]

Try The Killing Fields from 1984 starring Sam Waterston and Dr. Haing S. Ngor about the friendship of 2 men amidst the Cambodian Khmer Rouge revolution in the 1970's. You will love it!

[@ScarriorIII]

You need to try 13 Hours (2016). Much like Black Hawk Down but with a smaller group of people you get to know and more recent history.

[@keeftaylor834]

One of the many soldiers not depicted in this movie is Rick Rescorla, despite his image being the cover of the book "We Were Soldiers Once, And Young," co-authored by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. He was born and raised in England during WWII and immigrated to the US and decided to serve. He fought most valiantly in the Ia Drang campaign, and throughout his tour in Vietnam. He would later be employed by Stanley Morgan if memory serves me correct at the World Trade Center. He predicted a terrorist attack in the basement of the WTC before it occurred. After the 1993 bombing, Mr Rescorla knew this would be a target again...and conducted evacuation drills regularly. On 9/11, Rick saved countless lives and was last seen going up the tower to find more people. His last known words were to his wife on a cell phone call, "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."

[@dallasyap3064]

Yeah, Rick Rescorla was left out. His efforts in the tower during 9/11 helped save hundreds or even more lives.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Ed "Too Tall" Freeman and Snake Shit Crandall both earned the Medal of Honor for their actions in Ia Drang.

[@Bourbon_keeps_me_sane]

During the Gulf War, Joe Galloway was our imbedded reporter. Gen McCaffrey said he was the only reporter he trusted to tell the truth about what was going on. RIP, Joe. RIP, Gen Moore.

[@garytomblin3572]

I'm really glad you and your editors didn't cut away and paid respects by showy the memorial at the end!

[@Centane]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@johnstrickler2238]

As a person, I want to thank you for watching this movie. My uncle fought with Col Moore in the Ia Drang. As a vet, I thank you for remembering those of us who have gone before to pave the way for future generations.

[@waltshields5483]

The opening scene where the French Mobile Group 100 was wiped out happened at the Mang Yang Pass. The French lost around 2000 men. They were buried at the top of the pass with all of them facing toward France. My first hump in Vietnam was in the Ia Drang Valley. Hated it then, hate it still today.

[@keeftaylor834]

God Bless you sir. Thank you for your service, and welcome home. I once met an ARVN soldier here stateside that was captured by NVA forces in April 1975 in the Ia Drang area. After "reeducation" for 10 years he was one of the last men from his company captured, and thankfully escaped to Thailand, and immigrated to the US.

[@Waterford1992]

The convoy was also several miles long and the battle happened over the course of a few days.

[@mikealvarez2322]

To a limited degree, I know what you must have gone through. My best friend did 2 tours of duty as a combat Marine in Vietnam. I know what the war did to him. He died in 97 a victim of Agent Orange.😢 So I sincerely thank you for your sacrifice and the sacrifices of those who loved you at the time.

[@Bakura5445]

For historical context, Hal isn't happy about about taking over the 7th Cavalry because it's bad luck to command a unit that had been wiped out. General George Armstrong Custer lost the battle of Little Big Horn (and the entire 7th Cavalry Regiment) in 1876 when due to his arrogance and incompetence, he was overrun by superior numbers of Plains Indians Warriors.

[@fastecp1]

AKA Custer's Last Stand. Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and his soldiers were dead.

[@ronweber1402]

Ya I don't understand why the army wouldn't have designated them by another unit number instead as one as besmirched as Custer's.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

@@ronweber1402"Unit Lineage" is a thing in the military. You can't just conjure a new unit out of thin air.

[@lawrencewestby9229]

Custer's ranks can be a bit confusing. In the Civil War he attained the rank of Major General of volunteers and that of Major in the regular army. After the war he became a Lieutenant Colonel in the regular army and was such when he died at Little Bighorn.

[@ronweber1402]

@@Ryan_Christopher Why not? It's an artificial construct to begin with.

[@Heywaitwhat]

Thanks! Good job love. Keep up the good work 💪

[@mikealvarez2322]

Kamilla, here is something few people know. Don Duong, the actor that played Colonel Nguyen Huu An, was criticized by his fellow Vietnamese and the government for his portrayal of Col. Nguyen Huu An. They objected to the opening scene where he tells his men to kill the wounded French soldiers. He was denied the right to participate in any future film making (is this where our cancel culture got the idea?) and his passport was confiscated. He wrote a letter to his sons and they brought it to the attention of the press. People flocked to Don's side and the Vietnamese government relented and allowed him to move to the US with his family. Don Duong died in 2011 at age 54 from a heart attack and a brain haemorrhage.😢

[@wiseguy01]

No, as the US government made it literally illegal for news papers to criticize the USA joining WW2 and the USA deported Charlie Chaplin for speaking his mind. Americans have never really valued freedom of speech. You just pretend to.

[@A_Qwynide]

12:45 - For families who've served, you've said goodbye numbers of times. You've said goodbye for months, slowly, in your own ways. You've also said "there are no goodbyes, just 'i'll see you when you get home'" - Being gone is impossibly hard, dealing with the hardship of goodbye doesn't change that. Sometimes, pretending to be asleep or slipping away quietly is actually a mercy, not something to be missed.

[@MarcoMM1]

A quick word about Joe Galloway… he was awarded the Bronze Star with “V” device (meaning for valor) for assisting wounded soldiers during this battle while risking his own life. He was the only civilian to be awarded the Bronze Star for valor for actions during the Vietnam War. COL Moore's wife helped change the Army in how it supports the spouses of soldiers. You should check it out because she did so much! Also, the parts filmed on the base were filmed on fort benning which as of last year was renamed Fort Moore. Keep up the good work.

[@curtism-w6b]

Civilian? Wasn't he in the army? But a photographer?

[@MarcoMM1]

@curtism-w6b yep civilian he was a newspaper correspondent and columnist. During the Vietnam War, he often worked alongside the American troops. You can search if you want.

[@curtism-w6b]

@MarcoMM1 I will. I thought he was a military journalist which means he was in the army already.

[@mikealvarez2322]

My late first wife was an Occupational Therapist Intern at the VA Hospital in Gainesville, Florida in the late 1960s. On many a day she would come home in tears and I could tell she had worked with a severely injured Vietnam War vet. I was often not home as I was also a full time student and working. There was one young soldier that had suffered a head wound that really got to her. Of course she bottled up her emotions when she was on duty.😢

[@4Kandlez]

You have such a pure heart Kamilla. Mel Gibson is a very talented actor/director, there's no one better at conveying the heartache of the people left behind when a loved one is taken away.

[@nicholascrespo9003]

The pilot focused on in this movie, Bruce Crandall, earned the Medal of Honor for the flight missions he led during this battle. A true testament tp ARMY aviation.

[@McPh1741]

I enjoyed this movie. I read the book afterwards. I found it on the care package table while I was deployed to the UAE in 2002. I was surprised that the movie is literally half of the book. That little narration at the end about their sister battalion (2nd Battalion, 7th Cav) being ambushed and nearly wiped out was the second half. This was a good movie though. The charge at the end is fictional and a lot events have been compressed to put them in the movie but it's still well made and a great tribute to those who were there. The 7th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army was commanded by General George Custer and suffered a major defeat in 1876 against the Native American Sioux at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 5 of the 12 companies were wiped out and the 210 men led by Custer were massacred along with him. It was thought to be a bad omen to have the 7th Cavalry designation at the time.

[@sydneycarton9973]

My father served 13 months in Vietnam. When it was time for him to come back he called to let us know he was on the way. But he was taking space available military flights, so we didn’t know the day or time he would land at the base. One morning a yellow taxi pulled up in front of our house when we were getting ready for school, bringing out farther home. The scene at the end of the movie with Col Moore returning was very accurate.

[@mikealvarez2322]

I honor your father's service and sacrifice. Men who are deployed to war zones are away from their loved ones and this is a great sacrifice. I also honor your mother who had to deal with the possibility of her husband's death or wounding plus keeping things together at home.❤

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

It is a strange thing to return from deployment. You just come back and it all lands on you, and the harder thing to understand for me was that it lands on everyone around you. That they have held their breath the whole time and even the relief can be a shock to everyone.

[@joshuawells835]

The 7th Cavalry under George Armstrong Custer was defeated by Crazy Horse at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Over 200 US cavalrymen were killed. The remainder of the 7th would later be involved in the Wounded Knee Massacre. In short, the 7th has a reputation.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The granade the Vietnamese soldier threw at the American soldier causing his face to catch fire is a phosphorus grenade. Pouring water on it only makes it worse. You have to cut it out or it will burn through the victim. The Japanese / American Soldier, Jimmy Nakayama died 2 days later from his burns. In a documentary I saw about the battle Joe Galloway talks about carrying the man to the helicopter and how skin and muscles from his ankles came off in his hands.

[@michaelallen3894]

Galloway relates that story in Vietnam in HD the History channel series. It's heartbreaking.

[@gazoontight]

White phosphorus ignites spontaneously on contact with air, and it is almost impossible to extinguish. Given enough time it will burn through anything, even concrete. One soldier was digging the burning chemical out of the other soldier with his bayonet. Horrible stuff.

[@P-M-869]

In Feb '63 my father was transferred from Syracuse, NY to Daytona Beach, FL. We were well into SC before I figured out why a white building was called a Colored Restroom. The camps and such things in Vitnam were named after soldiers who had died being a hero. Another movie to watch in a John Wayne movie "Green Beret". What the Cornel's wife did, brings tears to my eyes, every time I watch it. A Tour was for 12 months.

[@SilentBob731]

37:15 This is "Sgt. MacKenzie" by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie. "Sgt. MacKenzie" is a lament written and sung by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie (1955-2009), in memory of his great-grandfather who was killed in combat during World War I. Hauntingly beautiful...

[@ferdnerkel]

This movie is one of the most accurate representations of warfare ever made. It hits home for me as former military even though I never experienced combat directly, mine was all long distance fighting.

[@wakebacon8301]

Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) was a great leader, reading about his life after watching this movie was interesting. Basil L Plumley (Sam Elliot) was such a bad ass, He and Sam became great friends, He attended Plumley's funeral when he passed away.

[@rowenatulley852]

The scenes with the telegrams kills me every time. I recommend the movie Taking Chance. It's one of Kevin Bacon's finest films . . .

[@michaelragnarsson3476]

The thing I love most about this film is how they try to show all different POVs and how war affects not just the men on the field but also the people at home and even the enemy

[@TMConstructionOntario]

This is gonna be another hard one..Thank you to all the Vietnam vet's, ya'll got treated like sh1t by everyone and did not deserve it.

[@scottdarden3091]

Your welcome

[@mjtribby6328]

Great movie. Great reaction. I cannot control my emotions every time I watch this movie.

[@ogulcanavsar5665]

What's even crazier is that after this battle a portion of this unit were told to walk to their next objective. They had to walk because the commander didn't want to create the image of a retreat (or so I heard). Once they arrived at their objective they got ambushed. Then the portion that had returned to base and barely had any time to rest were told to head back in to reinforce them. I believe this battle took place at "LZ Albany".

[@dennisholland8369]

Every soldier fills out a will.

[@tripsixx5802]

The grenade that burned the soldiers face so badly and had to be cut out was white phosphorus. You have heard of it in previous reactions just didn’t realize it, in Fury when war daddy says get some willy pete in there and then the other soldier tells his friend save the ammo they’re cooking, that’s what it was, willy pete is military jargon for white phosphorus

[@tonydeluna8095]

Brings back old memories! Love this movie! I was back in high school when this came out 2002

[@Centane]

[@ThorWildBoar]

My wife cared for our babies when I got deployed. My youngest was 2 months old and I returned when he was 14 months. My girl had it much worse than me and I devote myself to her every day since.

[@gsaugust]

Thank you, a great true movie and I enjoyed your viewing it .

[@samuel10125]

I love this movie for how it handles both the American and the Vietnamese Randell Wallace directed this as an anti-war movie. But to give a little happiness many years later Hal Moore went to Vietnam and met yhe Vietnamese Commander he was fighting against and they became good friends.

[@craigmarshall8377]

The NVA strategy at Ia Drang was to engage the Americans and create as many casualties as possible. The reporter wrote the book on which this movie was based.

[@mack7882]

Thanks for watching, an underrated and too often forgotten film about the Vietnam war. Also one that shows some rare views of the enemy in a human way, and that shows the wives of the soldiers and their burdens and sorrows.

[@DerekSansone]

This movie started rough showing some of French experience. I'm glad they gave us that background. Also, glad (as an American veteran) that they showed wives experiences. They fight their own war. At time, there was so much division & anti-war sentiment in the country, wives & kids at home dealt w/it. Appreciate your reaction to this even if you're not American. It's important for us all to learn (not only) our own, but each other's history (as there's so much shared history also).

[@CrustyRetiredMarine]

Old saying amongst Marines, “The hardest job in the Marines is being married to one.” I’m sure it applies to the other services as well.

[@skiptrace1888]

Centaine, I am astonished at your real genuine reaction to the horror of war. I served in the U.S. Army in Iraq. I thought about writing a book about the war. But I realized that words cannot convey the essence of war. But your tears and anguish and chagrin and being dumbfounded can capture for a moment, the absurdity of what we call war. Thank you for that! You get my love, hugs, and kisses, and my most heartfelt gratitude !!! May our Lord Jesus Christ bless you and honor you with all the desires of your heart! ❤😂🎉😊🎉😊❤

[@smily4]

Not sure if you noticed but the actor who played Galloway, the photographer/videographer, was the same guy who was the sniper in Saving Private Ryan. Also, I really do appreciate your reactions, especially to war movies and shows, even just saying nothing, as sometimes, as you said, "you can't say anything to do justice to it."

[@johnortmann3098]

I got through the first one OK. Nice job.

[@frantaf]

I love helicopters, beatifull and elegant machines. TV medical/helicopter series Medicopter is one of my favourite.

[@benschultz1784]

Moore was upset about his unit being named the 7th Cavalry because the original 7th Cav. was massacred to a man at the Battle of Little Bighorn by Lakota Sioux warriors, and Moore thought it was bad luck. White phosphorus ("Willy Pete") was initially developed by the British during WWI as a smokescreen generator, and later learned of its incendiary capabilities. The use of white phosphorus (or other incendiary weapons like napalm) are considered war crimes by the UN.

[@timcook6566]

Several years back I was messing around on Facebook and found what I thought was a fan page dedicated to SGM Plumley. It was his personal account, and we started chatting. I won’t go as far as to say that we were friends though, as he was older than my father and I was just a a specialist 4 when I got out of the army.

[@zooks527]

The black and white photos during the battle scene are the actual ones taken by Joe Galloway.

[@scottdarden3091]

Colonel Moore made sure Bruce Crandall ( Snake Shit) and Ed Freeman ( Too Tall) received the Medal Of Honor for their actions at La Drang.😊 The story of Joe Galloway's Great Grandfather's meeting in Galveston every year to buy shoes is true.😊 And Lt Colonel Crandall did pull a gun on the commander of the Mediavac unit but it was in his room while he was sleeping that night.

[@lukenshazard127]

My wife’s favorite war movie because of the wive’s perspective.

[@ColdWarShot]

Colonel Hal Moore, would go on to rise to become the a pivotal General in the post-Vietnam War Army. He went on to become the Deputy Chief of Personnel of the Army, and made a lot of changes and improvements in the quality of life for soldiers. He implement social programs, and brought the army out of the worst recruiting and retention crisis in its entire history. Fort Benning in Georgia was renamed Fort Moore in 2023 both in recognize of him and his contributions to the Army and that of his Wife.

[@duanelavely5481]

This battle took place in 1965. I arrived "in country" during the Tet Offensive in 1968. I remember leaving our apt. with my wife still in bed. During my 1 yr. tour of Viet. she filed for a divorce. After Tet, I was sent to relieve troops sent to S. Korea in response to the hijacking of the USS Pueblo by N. Korea. We were then relieved 2 mos. later by Ca. Nat. Guard & returned to Viet. with the assistance of Air America (CIA airlines). I've always felt guilty about my Viet. duty. 1.) I still feel that we deserted the S. Vietnamese people resulting in untold deaths. 2.) Surely someone that didn't make it back would have done more with their life than I have so why me? I don't know why but I have to watch all of the war movies & reaction videos even though they make me cry. This movies reminds me how young we were. I remember having to go to the base hospital to have a bandage changed & seeing a row of large laundry carts parked along the outside wall of the hospital. Each cart was full to overflowing with bloody linens from surgeries the night before due to a major fire fight. I also remember an irreverent twist on the 23rd Psalm often seen engraved on cigarette lighters, "Yea, though I walk through the Shadow of the Valley of Death, I will fear no evil: for I am the evilest son of a bitch in the Valley". Memories?

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

The guilt in returning home and knowing the war goes on is a real feeling. That your friends and fellow service members keep fighting while you go home safe is a guilt that wore me after I got back from Iraq. My uncle who was a Ranger in Vietnam did 3 tours, all in combat units, and along with jokes about why he went back was that feeling of guilt that his friends were still over there and he couldn't rest back home.

[@Smokeater4444]

Thank you for viewing part of the History of my War , I am a Vietnam Veteran & it took me A LOT of years before i could watch this all the way through TOO REAL !! War isn't pretty & NEVER SHOULD BE SHOWN As such , War should be the very last Opt. & one worth the awful cost of War , In the Words of a Disabled Lt. USMC Remember its not about the War , Its about the Warrior & to me there is NO SUCH thing as an unwounded Veteran , Once you see War , You NEVER really stop seeing it, Custer's Unit 7th Cav was wiped out at the Battle of the Big Horn in the late 1800's , & you could smell the NVA or VC before you could see them , Food drinks Cigs all different smells BUT they could smell us too ,Hand Salute from an Old Tired Veteran , Keep learning REAL History & Learn from it , Be the Person that makes it worth us giving our lives for

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

My uncle was a forward observer and in his last two tours a Ranger in Vietnam. You mention smells being a trigger, my uncle could not eat rice or eat a restaurant where they served rice after his tours. The smell of rice cooking was so prevalent in the villages and he said "The whole country smelled like rice." Thanks for your service.

[@loadmastergod1961]

That was a white phosphorous grenade, aka Willie Pete, useful for burning thru doors, artillery barrels etc. Burns at 800c iirc. That's why they had t cutt it our of his face

[@fastecp1]

Excellent Film and I loved your reaction. Platoon (1986) is another great Vietnam War film. It is based on the actual life experiences of writer and director Oliver Stone, who served as a U.S. infantryman in the war. It stars Charlie Sheen. Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter are also two great Vietnam War movies worth watching.

[@zedvar3806]

He wasn't happy because Custer and his soldiers were massacred in one battle against the Sioux.

[@michaelnewsham1412]

Almost every commentator skips the last words of the Vietnamese commander: "Such a tragedy. They will think this was their victory. So this will become an American war. And the end will be the same, except for the numbers who will die before we get there."

[@animalcharitychannel]

The women/wives in this movie killed it.. Just like Adrian in Rocky supporting actresses can be absolutely phenomenal

[@texasdustfart]

This is my Wife's favorite war movie as it shows what she went through when I went to war.

[@tvdroid22]

Custer was massacred at the Battle of Little Bighorn 1876, so no, he wasn't happy about his unit being renamed the same as Custer's, especially in light of what they were headed into.

[@jacobstewart3428]

On her personal time, she needs to watch the operations room on this battle. It's awesome. So much more happened they couldn't show

[@christopherallen4935]

I can tell you as someone who has left their family for combat that you don't sleep. You spouse doesn't either but they let you be because most know you need that time before you face what could be your end

[@ididthisonpulpous6526]

I think for everyone who has been deployed the night before deployment is sleepless. I just rechecked my bags over and over and went back through my place again and again making sure I got all I needed. Than you just gather up and wait all day to get a bus and than longer to get a flight. All in all like 2 days for me to get to Kuwait for Iraq. The waiting to be able to call or email home to say you are okay was even longer.

[@michaelevidente6300]

Recently, to distance itself from a contentious past, the US Army renamed military installations previously named after Confederate generals. What was once Fort Benning in Georgia- Home of the Ranger Regiment, the Airborne School, the Armor School, the Infantry School- is now named Fort Hal Moore (Mel Gibson's character). Hal Moore had stayed in the Army after Vietnam and risen to the rank of 4-star General. 2 of his kids later followed him into the Army.

[@tomswift3482]

No matter how many times you see this one, it is always a difficult watch. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway's book on this, and the follow up battle, is stunning. In May, of last year, the training base in Georgia - Fort Benning, was renamed Fort Moore, in honor of Hal Moore, and his wife, Julia, for their "meaningful and lasting contributions" to the Army.

[@tonym362]

Thank you, in remembrance of my brothers P-02E / L101.

[@mickt3390]

Loved this movie v,,,,,bruce willis tears of the sun ,,,brutal movie as in hard hitting

[@dallasyap3064]

7th Calvary was the same unit designation as a previous US Army unit in the 19th Century led by General Custer. This unit, along with the General, was decimated in the 1870s by a group of various native American tribes, which the US government was fighting to eliminate (as part of America's expansion). So when Hal heard about his unit being given this designation, well it's bad luck and not very re-assuring. Also this war, the Vietnam War, was fought between North Vietnam on 1 side, and South Vietnam and America on the other. It's pretty much a continuation of a previous war fought by North Vietnam against the French in the 50s, First IndoChina War. Also appreciate your emotions to the reactions of this movie, which wasn't an easy one either.

[@eriklehman5782]

During the onset of Vietnam the army indeed wasn't ready for the amount of casualties, they had cab companies delivering telegrams to the widows and in the scene where Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Geoghegan went around to deliver the telegrams. After the military received pressure from the families of the fallen as well as Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Geoghegan, the U.S. Armed Forces set up casualty notification teams that are used today to inform the next of kin of the death and to help the families as best they can.

[@lidlett9883]

The grenade was White phosphorus grenade. Once while phosphorus starts burning it creates its own oxygen. So when it was under then it will keep burning. The only that can be done is dig it out before it burns through bone

[@nickstansell7700]

I love all your reaction videos, I’ve been following you since Band of Brothers. Your one my favorites ☺️

[@CPLChavez]

Kamilla I have been waiting for this one for you to react to. I work in the auto parts industry and one of my customers, his name is Frank, was there when this happened. He served as an MP (Military Police) on the base in Vietnam. When this battle happened, he Volunteered and flew with Snakeshit several times as one of his door gunners. I asked and he said this movie was pretty closely accurate on what it showed and who the men were. With one exception. He said Sam Elliots portrayal of Sgt. Maj. Plumley was close but the real Plumley was meaner, nastier and scarier in person, he said with deep admiration and respect. But overall, the filmmakers and cast did a good job. I look forward to seeing many more of your movie reactions and anime reactions in the future. May i suggest an Anime for you to watch that quietly was released in 2021, Eighty-Six. (Just do the main episodes of 1-23, the half episodes are only fillers and not needed, and watch the episodes all the way through.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The actor that plays the N. Vietnamese General is Vietnamese.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Was Vietnamese. He died in 2011. See my comments about him.

[@4Kandlez]

Good casting then

[@bigwrig0485]

Thank you for leaving the war memorial and names scene in. Not alot of reactors do that.

[@shabut]

That last scene goes full Gibson for the record

[@stevenhardman8579]

He wasn't happy about being given the name 7th calvary cause Custer, the former leader, was slaughtered

[@McPh1741]

Great reaction as alway. Another really good war movie that tend to fly under the radar is the 2005 movie "The Great Raid" starring James Franco. It's base on an actaul event and is about 80% accurate. I hope you consider adding it to your watchlist. Another one of my favorites is 'The Beast" aka "The Beast of War" from 1988 starring Jason Patrick.

[@jaykaufman9782]

The first scene of "We Were Soldiers" shows the Viet Minh (predecessor to the People's Army of Vietnam) massacring French wounded in the Mang Yang Pass on 24 June 1954. This became a huge issue in Vietnam after the film was released. The filmmakers went out of their way to show the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley from all points-of-view: American military, military wives, a civilian reporter, and the North Vietnamese. The film ducks the issue of PAVN murdering American wounded. The official US Army casualty numbers are 234 killed and 242 wounded; there was usually a 5:1 ratio of wounded to killed in Vietnam. The explanation is the PAVN shot all the wounded Americans they found on the ground at Ia Drang. The Communists already took no prisoners among South Vietnamese and Laotian soldiers; after the Ia Drang it was clear they also massacred Americans, and afterwards the U.S. never left wounded men behind, and medevac achieved the 5:1 ratio. (The North Vietnamese did take airmen shot down over North Vietnam prisoner, and tortured them for military information, propaganda, etc.) This was a sore point with Communist propagandists and their admirers around the world. They ignored the unending crimes by their side and played up the smallest incidents by South Vietnamese, Laotians, Cambodians, Americans, South Koreans, and Australians. Decades later Hanoi is still hyper-sensitive about their war crimes. Vietnamese film star Ɖương Dơn played Colonel Nguyễn Hữu An (1926-1995), commander of PAVN forces at the Ia Drang. Duong Don (1957-2011) was one of Vietnam’s most famous celebrities. He appeared in fifty films and won several awards, including the Vietnamese equivalent of the Best Actor Oscar. The government approved Duong Don’s appearance in "We Were Soldiers." The authorities apparently skipped the part of the script involving the French, and after the film’s release the authorities punished Duong Don for the reference to the 1954 massacre of the wounded of Groupement Mobile No. 100! The Vietnam Actors Association expelled him, ending his career. The government barred him from leaving the country. Mel Gibson and the other filmmakers of "We Were Soldiers" protested the treatment of their former cast member, raising a stink. But almost no other Hollywood actor, director, or producer spoke up for Duong Don. The Communists relented, but Duong Don’s career was over. He and his family fled to the United States, but he couldn’t find work in Hollywood. He did a single South Korean film and died in exile a dozen years ago.

[@dallasyap3064]

Thx for the info. Just shows how these commies always chant and scream hysterically when their enemies do bad even a little bad sh*t but when they're the ones doing it, ohh it's ok, it's not wrong, we're doing it for country etc. I've heard and read about people complained about atrocities etc committed by America or enemies of commies in general, but they never about the commies themselves. I feel bad for the actor Duong Don.

[@texastea.2734]

As of 2023 Fort Benning has been renamed fort Moore in honor of hal and his wife, during this battle and later war juila worked hard to revamp the casualty notification system which was just a telegram from western union to explain this its simple due to just how many men were dying in ww2 and Vietnam led to them simply sending telegrams, to what we have now which in a officer and chaplain, hal would go on to become a LT general (3 stars) and go on to command forces in korea where he would go to revamp the draftee/conscripts army of Vietnam to the modern day volunteer army we have now. While the final charge never happened during the end of the 3rd day the NVA were exhausted and withdrew, also a relief column from the 2nd battalion of the 7th cavalry(the sister battalion of hals) was coming in on foot with south Vietnamese rangers and other other army personnel. After hals battalion left the 2nd battalion was ordered to evacuate at LZ- Albany thinking the NVA had full retreated the column moved slowly and with guards lowered and right before they reached the new LZ a renewed NVA division ambushed the 2nd. It was evening and pitched black so the US men had no idea were to go with majority of the company’s were cut off with only the head of the column making it the LZ. Thought the night the men formed circles and shoot at anything that moved but the NVA were everywhere so they couldn’t breakout, it’s reported by the men who made it Albany they could hear screaming throughout the night as whole squads were massacred and the wounded were unable to be attended, the following morning the Air Force resumed bombing the valley and sending supplies/support to rescue what remained of the 2nd battalion. After the war in 1984 the the commander of the NVA forces Nguyễn Hữu An and Hal would reunite with other survivors of the battle to reconcile and forgive each other. this would help start the diplomatic overtures between Vietnam and the USA in late 80s early 90s A sad/hopeful fact: The daughter of the man who was shot and killed ( Thomas Metsker) right after he let his friend take his place on the helicopter bitterly blamed the friend for her father's death for years. She would see in a newspaper about a 25 year reunion of the veterans of this battle and decided to attended the reunion to try to get some closure and talked to the man (Ray Lefebvres). From their conversation, she realized what close friends he and her father were and that he would have given his life to save her father if he could. This finally gave her some peace. Afterwards, she said that on her way to the reunion, she was apprehensive and expected to meet mentally unhinged killers (which was how Vietnam vets were stereotyped), but instead, she met a bunch of old guys who had mellowed with age who loved and respected her father greatly and treated her with the utmost kindness and consideration. She said that instead of a scary bunch of killers, they reminded her of a bunch of teddy bears. Overall the battle in movie would go on to set the tone for the war, we would count our victories in bodies and leave only for the NVA/VC to comeback rinse and repeat for 10 years… His interview after the battle kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWHdeZSkgc2Wm5Isi=Sx45DazprXWryaTJ A tribute by the fort for his funeral kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWGTeaKigb6hfassi=ZJ2neQ1HgYbBMlIq

[@danielcook11]

White phosphorous was melting his flesh. He used his knife as a barer to stop it.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The best Vietnam War movie and the most accurately historically, besides WE WERE SOLDIERS is HAMBURGER HILL. It amazes me that so few people have reacted to it. Check it out. BTW, for all the PLATOON, APOCALYPSE NOW, and FULL METAL JACKET there is a Lt. Col. that fought in that war that says those movies do not portray the men he knew fighting in Vietnam. I wish I could remember the Lt. Col's name.

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[@harmandeepsingh6598]

Fort Bragg is called Fort Moore now.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

Fort Bragg was renamed Fort Liberty. It was Ft. Benning that was renamed Ft. Moore.

[@azmusiclover3384]

I know you're not a US citizen, but you owe it to yourself to go to Washington DC and visit the memorials and learn how US soldiers sacrifices have moulded the world. Hope you get the chance! You're Amazing! ❤

[@jrpearcey9352]

Freedom

[@NoneYaBidness762]

Former 1st Air Cav checking in.

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

Growing up we had a nursing home near us on the weekend's we saw returned soldiers getting pushed around in wheelchairs with no arms and mo legs blind burn scars with eyes burnt closed ive never seen a movie that shows the true horror napalm falling short on our troops burnt beyond recognising Senseless waste of life

[@ReaderMindSoul]

Life is beautiful 1997 one of the best movie to react !

[@sgtcrab2569]

X- ray was a draw. Albany was a big loss. Sgt E -5 US Army 65-68!

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

doggone youtube 😖 ALWAYS NICE to see your smiling face 👍☺

[@curtism-w6b]

Everybody is a gangster until it's time to do gangster 💩. When it goes down, you have to get aggressive enough, quick enough.

[@gallendugall8913]

One of the few war films to provide insight into why so many relationships break up during a war. The stress of constantly being exposed to news about the war, usually reported in terms of casualty numbers, is emotionally exhausting.

[@gazoontight]

Watching again.

[@Fa1con87]

You should also check out windtalkers for another side of WW2

[@williambranch4283]

Outnumbered 20 to 1.

[@OLDFa_t7205]

Add “Streets of Fire” 1984. to your list of movies to watch. This is an under rated rock & roll type of movie. With performances of hit songs from the 1980's. A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped. Including Rick Moranis, William Dafoe, Bill Paxton, Amy Madigan and others.

[@buffmaloney]

Sometimes your facial expressions can say more than any words.

[@Thedailynerd]

If you're looking for war movies my best recommendations would be. Full metal jacket Hacksaw ridge Stripes 13 hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi For non-war movies I think you should do Ghostbusters Ready player One Ender's game Hotel Rwanda Remember the Titans Brian's song

[@REN..X12]

⭐️💛⭐️ All my love 🇺🇲

[@GeoffNelson]

Always a good cry

[@curtism-w6b]

"That's scarier than any horror movie." Yeah, because it's real. Monsters aren't.

[@dennisholland8369]

You need to watch Galloway the reporter interview.

[@fasttruckman]

Best true war story you could have watched.

[@Ccarnage8]

This video(link below) explains what the burning stuff was from the grenade attack on the american soldier in the movie. It was a phosphorus grenade. kzbin.infot0tMkpfSsA0?si=ZCUlOaNtnPGRogOJ