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In Reply to: As someone who actually was in Vietnam... posted by EdM on May 26, 2005 at 07:13:59:

attack on a flat beach would have been toast. Sure, Duvall's character could have been unscathed but all around him would have been toast. Great examples of your experiences, though.
Like I said, Sheen wasn't believable and that was a major problem. Hopper was also in-credible.
I must say that Brando few moments make the film worthwhile, but hardly so as a classic.

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Believe me, there are always Col. Kilgore's around . . . - mr grits 10:52:08 05/26/05 (1)
My unit had Ivy League CO's but that's a different story. AN just says it all with the craziness. (Being in an Intel/Photo unit we traded camera film for steaks and whiskey all the time. We had two john boats at our villa. One for fishing and the other for water skiing. We took off all federal holidays and partied. Once our supply sgt. came in excited because a helicopter unit wanted to give him a Cobra gunship. Of course, we had no pilot or place to land it. But why? The chopper wasn't in the company property book and they had to ditch it before the CMMI inspectors got there. Craziness.)
Everybody who went to VN could write a very amusing and/or terrifying book.

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- Tim O'Brien has written the best Vietnam book(s). nt - tinear 15:08:43 05/26/05 (0)
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