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My problem with the movie.

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In Reply to: RE: I presume you saw the movie then. I guess yer mileage varied ^ posted by Road Warrior on March 07, 2010 at 19:54:33

I remember vividly when the battle of Ia Drang Valley went down. While
the film is a more or less faithful telling, it does not show the level
of desperation on both sides nor the dedication nor fanaticism of the
NVA in their first strong showing: both sides won; both sides lost; it
was a battle of strong portent, in that it pretty clearly showed what
was going to happen in 'Nam. It was really major; bigger than Tet. A lot
of good men died those days. Regards,

J.R.

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I saw a lot of desperation portrayed - Road Warrior 10:25:20 03/08/10 (0)
about as well, at least, as actors could do it. I really enjoyed the extras package on this one, the interview with the Major (name escapes me) was excellent. Did you read the book? The part of the book they left out (reasonable considering the time it would have taken to tell the tale) about the loss of basically an entire company the day after the battle who were inexplicably sent back to base walking thru the jungle by an unnamed officer kind of put a damper on our "victory" the day before.

Edits: 03/08/10

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