We Were Soldiers | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2023
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It is humbling to see a young lady with such compassion these days. I feel alot of Americans these days could care less about the sacrifices that our brave men and women have given for the cost of their freedom. You, Dasha give me hope for all humanity.
I had an uncle who served in Vietnam. He lost both his legs in an explosion; one was blown completely off, the other was so damaged they had to amputate it. He spent the entire night outside, pulling himself up a hill, before his position was relieved by US troops and he was found. He survived his wounds, lived and got married, saw his kids, grandkids, and one great grandkid, and he just recently passed from cancer a few years ago. He was one of the best men I ever knew.
War/legalized killing. Feels like ya gotta be crazy to survive. That cognitive dissonance to be savage yet believe rules enough so you don't go too far. I guess that's the big fear. To go that far then never come back. Even if it's what governments consider allowable.
My uncle was a good guy, he was everybody's sarge over there.
What he told me about it, ya gotta do what everyone else is or they'll kill you. Goodbye officers I guess.
Seem kinda ghetto. A bit too normal seeing peer pressure and bullies do the same thing.
Sometimes people go just as far here. We'd just call it gangs.
Oh and by survive I don't mean physically. Just that, "That's the me in survival mode until I reach civilization." kinda survive.
RESPECT 🫡
Agent orange cancer I presume? Nasty stuff, my grandfather was in the big one before the "rainbow herbicides"
total respect
16:37 The daughter of the officer who was shot and killed after saying "He's hurt worse than me" and letting his friend take his place on the helicopter blamed the friend for her father's death for years until she finally attended a reunion of the 7th Air Cav to talk to the man so she could get closure. After their conversation, she realized what good friends he and her father were. She realized that he would have given his life to save her father if he could and that her father would have willingly done the same for his friend. That made her realize that there was nothing to blame this man for and that her father died doing what he believed in which was helping his friends.
A funny and cute note about her going to the reunion. She said that on her way there, she expected to meet a bunch of scary, cold blooded killers. Instead, she met a bunch of nice old gentlemen who were extremely kind and respectful to her and told her how much they loved her father. Afterwards, she said that because of their kindness (and probably also because many had put on weight in their old age) they reminded her of a bunch of teddy gears.
25:22 Charlie Hastings, the Air Force Combat Controller who was guiding in the air support, credits Col. Moore for helping him keep his head together after that drop went tragically wrong. Though he was an Air Force officer, Col. Moore still considered him part of the "family" like considered the rest of the men under his command, so when Charlie was seriously wounded in another operation with a different unit, Col. Moore told the Army hospital "Take good care of him. He's one of ours."
24:14 One of the real vets said that Sgt. Plumley absolutely did yell "Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves!" he said "When someone says something like that to you, you remember it!"
The North Vietnamese attacked the area where the wounded were collected thinking it would be a weak spot, but because most of the wounded men there who couldn't walk or stand could still fire a weapon, it turned out to be one of the most strongly defended positions.
Doc Carrara and Joe Galloway have confirmed those are the exact words Plumley shouted in the rear area med station
I met Colonel Moore at Fort Hood when this movie was released. It felt like a true honor. I was in the 7th Cavalry so it was literally meeting part of my unit’s history. Powerful reaction.
This is about a true event. I am a Vietnam Era Veteran, I did not serve in country. It hits home, because some of my High School classmates died over there. The photographer is who wrote this story. The picture of the North Vietnamese Solder's wife was returned to her years after the war ended.
Thank you for your service 🇺🇸
Thank you for your service. God Bless America!
🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for your service!
@@davidward9737 I mean there’s always people still stationed stateside…. My dad volunteered for the Air Force during Vietnam when they instituted the draft, left the USAF for a couple years and then re-enlisted. He was stationed in Germany in the ‘70s and then from 1983-1991 when he retired. He was never deployed during Desert Storm though…. enough didn’t that the base was still fully functioning
My step-grandfather also was in the old Army Air Corps and remained stateside during WWII, but then went to Korea during THAT conflict
Thank you for your service sir 🙏.
I was born just 10 days after this battle. 2 years later, a picture was taken. 3 servicemen. 1 uncle a soldier, about to leave for Vietnam, 1 uncle, a Marine just got home from Vietnam, and a 2 year old future Navy Corpsman , your's truly.
The country band- Big & Rich's song The 8th of November is about this battle.
Colonel Moore and SgtMaj Plumbly are absolutely legendary, sadly both have now passed on.
I highly recommend the book "We Were Soldiers Once, and Young" by Joe Galloway. It is an amazing read and is at the same time, touching and horrifying.
Joe Galloway is the reporter, in this movie the black and white still photos are some of the actual pictures taken by Mr. Galloway during this battle.
My friend was an extra in this film, a real soldier not an actor. He was grateful for the film being made and the use of real soldiers where possible.
Thank you for this "reaction" Dasha! Your tears mad ME cry too. Vietnam was a horrible war. We won every battle but "lost" the war because of politicians scared of the Soviet Union getting more involved. My Dad did three tours ( a year each) over there and he is HAUNTED to this day because of it, he's 80 now. He won't admit it, but Mom says he still, often, wakes up in the night screaming. Makes me cry. You're a wonderful person Dasha with a kind heart. If you ever want to visit the Vietnam memorial in D.C. please let me know. I will pay for your trip.
She is great at that.
Dasha has a unique way of "Seeing the big picture" ... it's really heartwarming.
The efforts (and complaints) of Julia Moore is the inspiration and backbone for the casualty notification system the US military has to this day. That is her legacy like the battle itself was her husband’s.
What stands out in this movie are the scenes showing the wives. From getting together to help each other out at a new post, to the emotional roller-coaster of knowing that their husbands are fighting for their survival and not all of them will. It's a side of war that is usually not shown.
Dasha has such a big heart and a beautiful soul. One of my favorite war movies of all time. Phenomenal cast and performances.
My most favorite fact about this movie was when critics berated the film’s “corny last word dialogue”, the real Hal Moore came to the film’s defense stating “I apologize that my men couldn’t be original or creative in their final moments.” That got the critics to shut up real quick. 😂
Both pilots were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions.
It's just the Medal of Honor.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (the wall) is among the most solemn and moving places I've ever visited. I'll never forget my time spent there.
Have a good break. One of the soldiers in this history, was a British mercenary ... who later was head of security when the Twin Towers came down on 9/11. He died taking care of the victims when the building came down. This is the best movie about the start of the Vietnam War. My older brother and cousin fought there just a year after this time.
@@Remington61189 Yep, one of a kind
he was not a mercenary, i saw a documentary on him, he emigrated to the US and joined the army. His former general looked up his record before he contributed to the documentary and was surprised because Rescorla's company had by far the fewest casualties in his initial company. He was a career soldier before joining a company based in the Twin Towers. He led his people out and say I done my bit, but he volunteered to assist the firefighters going up a tower. None of them came out. RIP.
I hope you know that those towers coming down was a very dramatic prime example of controlled demolition
That monument at the end of the movie was the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC. It has the name of every American that died in Vietnam, there are 52,000 names on it
This is a good movie. LOVED YOUR REACTION.
! The Huey Heliocopters hold a special place for me. My Uncle, dad's youngest brother, was a door gunner during the Vietnam War on the Huey, and he has told us stories of watching helicopters on both side of his heliocopter being shot and exploding in the mid air. I am lucky he survived being hit and crashing several times. Never forget war vetrerans regardless of the country they served! They have seen trauma most of us never will.
It really hurts to see Dasha cry 😢
Some Vietnamese actors in the movie had actually been in the North Vietnamese Army.
I love your reactions, you pick up details that most viewers miss and your empathy is contagious. Where are you going?
Great reaction Dasha!! Please do the following movies: 'Apollo 18 - 2011', 'Batman - 1989', 'Batman Returns - 1992', 'Below - 2002', 'Dredd - 2012', 'Equilibrium - 2002', 'Halloween - 1978', 'Judge Dredd - 1995', 'Mortal Kombat - 1995', 'Superman - 1978'.
The Patriot is a must see
A movie about a real WWII hero is depicted in the movie "To Hell and Back" about Audey Murphy, the most decorated US Solder of WWII. He went on to be a movie star, including this movie.
I remember when he was interviewed about the actions that lead to him receiving the Medal of Honor, and he was asked how he found the courage to do it, Audey Murphy answered "They were killing my friends." Later, at a time when psychiatric problems were stigmatized and considered shameful, Audey Murphy spoke publicly about his own struggles with PTSD in the hope that it would encourage veterans from WW2, Korea, and Vietnam who were experiencing problems to seek the help they needed. He was hero on and off the battlefield, and he did it for the sake of his fellow soldiers.
no he wasnt that was mcarthur
@@jmoliere1207 What are you talking about? Every word is true, if MacArthur said any of it he was stealing from Murphy
This movie is historically correct more than most.
9:00 This speech reminds me of something an artist who was sent into combat with troops in WW2 said in a documentary called "They Drew Fire" (the army wasn't sure that photographs could capture the emotion of being in combat, so they sent sketch artists as well as photographers). He said that the closer to the front lines, closer to where the fighting was, soldiers would take care of each other without regard for race, religion or class distinctions. He said "It was kind of like heaven. That sounds strange, doesn't it? You wouldn't think it would be like that, but it was."
There are no racists, or atheists, in foxholes.
When I saw this in a theater and the movie ended, people stood in total silence and did not move until the credits were finished.
As usual Dasha a great review. Here's a little bit of trivia. The officer who gave his place on the chopper only to be shot and killed was Captain Tom Metsker. His daughter Karen Metsker would go on to marry Joe Galloway the photographer and the co-author of We Were Soldiers Once (the other co-author was Lt. Gen Harold G. Moore).
The water on the grass is called "morning dew".
A "creek bed" is the deepening in the earth, in which a creek _(ручей)_ runs _(or has run in the past)._
Dasha another great Mel Gibson film you'd love is "The Patriot" about the trials of a family during the American war for independence, it would also give some history and insight about how America won its freedom from the British. "The Thin Red Line" is a beautifully filmed movie about the first major land battle in the Pacific in WW2, philosophical, thought provoking and introspective. "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is a romance set during true events in WW2, where enemies try to hold on to bonds of love and friendship as the war closes in. Patreons please consider suggesting these films.
My favorite scenes in this film are when Col. Moore is told they're going to be overrun, and he says "Nah, we're going to win this fight." He had absolute faith in his men and himself. When the the misdropped napalm airstrike hits the American perimeter, Moore tells the horrified RT operator who called it in, "You're keeping us alive! You forget about that one and keep em coming in. You're doing fine." Moore knew the man needed words of encouragement, not blame. That's a leader. That's a man you want leading you into battle.
The Patriot is as historically accurate as Wild Wild West. It's pure nonsense. Mel Gibson is famous for making some of most notoriously counter-factual "historical" films of all time.
@@ididthisonpulpous6526 I hate to say it, but he's right. The Patriot was ... terrible from an historical standpoint.
Very sincere reaction. My Dad was there in this and subsequent battles.
Brings tears every single time I watch it.
R.I.P. Pops !
My dad served in Viet Nam and this is the movie he watches most. My mother has told me stories about how the wives hung together when the men were overseas. It was very hard because they weren’t even sure where the troops were. There was no easy communication except writing. Watching this is rough because it could have been us getting a telegram but we were blessed and didn’t. I was very young and mostly remember after Dad got out. I was born on November 20, 1965.
The cast of this movie is stellar.
Water on the morning grass is called dew. LZ is Landing Zone.
It never gets easier watching this.
This was my dad's unit in Vietnam, just got there after this happened. I'm an army vet too, so we went and saw this in the theater. It was quite emotional for both us. He always said he'd like to have gone back to visit because it is a beautiful country. You should also watch The Patriot.
His wife was the glue that held his life together. She definitely handled home and as much of a warrior as Hal Moore was, she was an equal. Amazing woman. In terms of the actual depiction of tactics, COL Moore make all the right calls to counter the offensive against him and it helped to see their success. I was a 1st CAV Trooper... very proud to see this reaction!
"Gary Owen" was the fighting song of the 7th Cavalry.
The photo Galloway took that's on the cover of the trade paperback version (which I have) is of Rick Rescorla, and Englishman who joined the US Army. He survived fighting in Vietnam, and died on 9/11, going back to get more people out of the towers.
This battle was the first time NVA regulars faced the US Army in battle. The Army used the new HU-1 (later UH-1) helicopter to shuttle soldiers to & from battle, and to maintain a mobility the French never had in Vietnam.
The Army just wasn't ready for this battle. The men were, for the most part, but the Army itself wasn't. For example, they handed the notice telegraphs to cab drivers because they didn't know what else to do. There was no emotional support team to deal with the notices, and the reaction of the wives.
Because of how much this film references Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, I have to strongly recommend that you watch Son of the Morning Star (1991) sometime. While Son of the Morning Star is not available on any of the major film streaming services, lax copyright enforcement has allowed multiple copies of it to exist on RUclips.
The final advance was indeed done with fixed bayonets, but it was slow, methodical and nerve wracking, clearing out hardcore NVA who were concealed after they dug in to withstand the preceding air and artillery. However, that's not as cinematic as a headlong bayonet charge, so it was altered for the movie.
Both the Americans and the North Vietnamese claimed success. For the Americans, the battle proved the viability of the airmobile strategy. For the North Vietnamese, it proved that they were capable of holding their own against the powerful American military.
My dad is a Vietnam vet although was in the Air Force - Da Nang, either 1969 or 1971 I can’t remember. This is so hard to watch…. but your empathy touches my heart as always
Morning grass water is called dew. This is where the drink Mountain Dew gets its name.
My sister was married to a UH-1 pilot. There are three different types of those helicopters: medical evacuation ("medevac"), gun ships and transport (also called "slick"). He flew a slick. He had 95 windshields shot out and lost three co-pilots.
If only those who start wars had to endure it, they might not start it to begin with. But there is always evil in the world so sometimes it becomes a necessary evil. Great reaction Dasha. Rest well on your break and have some fun.
We start every war and every crisis. We want energy and cheap labor so we and our love ones can have the best life they can have. We vote out those who can’t provide that.
We are the cause with our large vehicles for our children, large houses with high environmental cost, our large yard with water demands, with our instinct gratification, with our need to be heard and seen, our…
What is the net cost of each of our existence?
The mirror
Use it.
@@KC-bv9kf So go live in a mud hut, and huddle over a dung fire.
@@KC-bv9kf "Every war and ever crisis" now that's some hubris for you. Americans aren't gods so don't treat us as such.
Some people just take it upon themselves to kill each other. There is about a genocide every decade and most times we aren't involved. Sometimes we supply the arms but the news might put a want ad sized article on page eight and forget about it.
We all too often overlook and just let it happen when it's not in our interest or in the interest of our allies.
i had an uncle who served in ww 2. my stepdad was in korea. my dad was in vietnam. i was in iraq. we are all in humanities family and that has always been the sadist part of war. however greed and power will always be a driving force in war and people will die on both sides. as long as there are power hungery people out there we will always have wars. men and now women will have to go. without them tiriny will be a big part of this world. lives will be lost familys will be broken. before children may grow up without their dad but today today it could be dad or mom mabe even both. the real men that died in that battle showed real courage and so did their wives. they knew it could happen though they did'nt want it. after serving 20 years in the reserve army, regular army, and national guard i feel a kinship to every name on that wall so i felt your heart felt tears while you watched this movie. they were real and i thank you. though we did'nt serve at the same time they were my brothers as are all men who have served. once again thank you dasha you have a very big heart. after seeing your reaction i once again believe my service was worth it.
My Uncle wasn’t Air Cav. But he is on that wall. LCPL Michael G. Merriman D CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF, USMC. He’s with all the other Marines from every war, resting easy, Semper Fi! God Bless all our fallen men and women. Gone But Never Forgotten!
A creek is a little stream, tiny river. A creek or river bed is the bottom of the creek or river.
"The greatest misfortune is a battle lost, the second greatest a battle won..." Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor at Waterloo
I believe that Broken Arrow originally was used in the event of a nuclear weapons accident. The soldiers in Vietnam began using it as you heard here. It was a declaration that a force was being over run. All ground attack aircraft in the area were to respond.
The women definitely do talk like that. It's an Army thing called the Family Readiness Group. Since I was married while in the Army, and my wife lived in a different state, I had to go in her place to represent my family. Ordered to go. I hated it. The only guy in the room, and everyone asking questions as if I had insider information about what would be happening, or what did happen, and they'd try to find out what their husbands were up to.
I saw this in the cinema with my friend's father who was a volunteer that fought against the Tet offensive. Vietnam was rough on alot of youngsters. I didn't want him to since he'd had bad PTSD. I held his hand in the theater when it got intense for him.
I had talked to him before AND after. This movie doesn't even scratch the surface.
He said 'HAMBURGER HILL' was a closer representation of war (minus the music) and I love that soundtrack
I lived in that house (9:36) & (10:23) on Eames Ave. the only house with an enclosed front porch from 1960 to 1965...or 2nd to 6th grade.
a very hard film to watch, very distressing. unimaginable how horrible it was for those who lived through it. greetings from Chile.
Yeah… my dad was in Vietnam a few years after these events… my in-laws and their older kids lived through the events depicted in Black Hawk Down (THAT war is still ongoing)…. three of my relatives fought in the Korean War-one of them killed
I can’t imagine 😭
All Mel's movies are based in truth or true story, and very violent yet beautiful. He also directed Hacksaw Ridge, true story about Desmond Doss.
All of Mel Gibsons movies are based on truth or a true story? 😂😂🤣🤣
@@wedgeantilles4712 yes, there is a difference. Hacksaw Ridge and Once we were Soldiers, were based on true stories, of those individuals. Truth would be, Braveheart, or say, the beginning of saving Private Ryan.
Dew. Morning dew. LZ. Landing zone.
The actor who played Gibson's Sgt. Maj.
("What are you, a F-ing weatherman? ")
Is Sam Elliot. Played Virgil Earp in TOMBSTONE (1993).
Barry Pepper (photographer, Joe Galloway) was the sniper (Pvt. Jackson) in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998).
Once again, i'm very impressed with you reaction. Have a nice break -
when he was told that he was made the 7th cavalry and he said like "custard". he meant the man that lead the 7th cavalry against the Soux nation and died to a man. that already was awmonous
This was filmed at Fort Hunter Liggett in California. My unit (NMCB3) were conducting a field exercise and had to hike out of our camp. This was a safety precaution because they were firing live artillery for scenes in the movie.
In the mid 1970's I worked briefly with a guy that was in this battle. As in this movie it was his first time in combat. while he went on to other fights he mentioned that he was never as afraid of anything as he was during this one.
The droplets of water on grass in the morning is called 'dew'.
I have been fortunate enough to meet Hal Moore on a couple of occasions. He is the type of man that takes the oxygen out of a room when he enters, just his presence is awe inspiring. But for a man of his stature, he is the most humble guy you would ever want to meet. He held until his death that it was his men who were the true heroes, he just had the privilege of serving with them.
I’m not sure if you know about the Vietnam wall at the end. There’s over 58,000 names on that wall of Americans who died in Vietnam. The names are listed in order by the date of death. Think about it, that doesn’t include the South Vietnamese, North Vietnamese or civilians that died. It is estimated 2,000,000 civilians died on both sides, over 1,000,000 north Vietnam soldiers died. and at least 200,000 to 250,000 S., Vietnamese soldiers. These totals do not even include other countries involved. All these are estimates of course, even the experts who projected the numbers don’t know for sure exactly how many died.
Troopers were mounted infantry. They rode into battle areas and then dismounted and fought on foot"
Sometimes they were also called Light Cavalry or Light Horse
My friend’s dad was one of the platoon leaders in the battle.
“I don’t like this job mam, I’m just trying to do it” Hits so hard.
An excellent movie and an excellent book, which also details the follow up battles after this one. Just about every Mel Gibson movie is worth a watch and there are a lot of them. I think you would really enjoy his character in Conspiracy Theory. Oh, an LZ is a Landing Zone. Thanks for the reaction.
The year 1967 hopes were high success as they say was a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Lessons would be learned in Vietnam. Class and hell was utterly in session.
Dasha FYI Hal and Julie Moore chosen as the new namesakes
of the US Army base Ft Benning.
LTG Moore was soldier to his bones.
Julie Moore was Instrumental in casualty notification and family matters...
You literally skipped over the best part of the movie I watched to the very end of this video to see that. In the end when Joe Galloway is on his typewriter and the voice over comes in and says “We who have seen war, will never stop seeing it. In the silence of the night, we will always hear their screams. So this is our story for we were soldiers once, and young.” This is how every veteran feels myself included “We were soldiers once, and young.”
Thank you for this. Most of my wife's students detest this country, refuse to stand for the pledge, and know nothing of sacrifice nor the sacrifice that people have given for this country. Thank you for being empathetic and appreciative.
Medivac helicopters originally had orders not to land in a hot landing zone because of the risk of being shot down full of wounded and killing everyone they were trying ti save. Gutsy pilots and the realization that getting wounded to medical care ASAP made a dramatic difference in survival rates changed that policy.
It's tough to watch Dasha watch movies like this when you know how it turns out. She seems so sweet and watching her get teary eyed is tough to see.
Feedback: This was a FANTASTIC review! You perfectly balanced the movie content and the commentary and kept in thee key movie footage. Thank you.
The water on the grass is called Dew, said like do, sort of. Mountain Dew is named after it.
LZ is Landing Zone.
Broken Arrow means whatever they decided it means. The unit here was the same as General George Custer's unit in the late 1800's who lost nearly his entire force to the Native Americans at the Battle of Little Bighorn, in South Dakota. Broken Arrow was probably chosen to reflect that battle.
The real events were that heavy bombers came in and blew the top off the mountain. Many of the US troops walked out and were ambushed a few nights later in Part 2 of this battle. It was a very even fight. One soldier said something like " We killed 238 of them and they only got 235 of us, so I guess we won."
I served in the same unit but long after the Vietnam War. I did serve during Desert Shield/Storm
This is one of my favorite war movies! Just second to "All quiet on the western front".
Fun fact, here in Germany the movie was called "We were heroes".
'In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war,
But it wasn't.
It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting.
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was 19.'
'Nineteen' by Paul Hardcastle. (1985)
3:21 One of the high ranking North Vietnamese officers (might have actually been Gen. Võ Nguyên Giáp) said that they won because "Ten of us were willing to die to kill one of you" meaning the "body counts" and "kill ratios" the American military was using as measures of success were less important than the North Vietnamese people's unbroken commitment to keep fighting and to keep enduring hardship/sacrifice as much as necessary to win the war.
Good lord, are you getting paid by them?
@@eq1373 If I were, I'd ask them to pay for the half of my right leg they took.
The loudest voices in America wanted to end the nightmare of the war by quitting and going home ASAP. That wasn't an option to the North Vietnamese because they WERE home and because they considered South Vietnam part of their home under foreign occupation and run by a puppet government, so they absolutely believed that the only way they could end the nightmare was to win. Like they say in sports "They just wanted it more."
Probably one of my favorite movies of all time.
Great reaction. Combat movies can be very emotion filled. But anytime they try to show a glimpse of the fight from both sides. Not just us against them but we are all the same with loved ones thinking of us as we go into harms way.
1 sad thing is that Rick Rescorla was left out in this movie. But everything else is amazing.
Please watch the scenes that did not make into the movie, you will see somethings that are real eye openers.
The real men are, beyond the norm in all respects. Good reaction Dasha, as always.
Around 18:min you see Greg Kinnear 'Snake' pull out a .38 stub nose. I was passed down an 'identical' piece my kin used as a backup piece. It's not long range accurate at all but w/ hollow points at close range sure gets the point across and is very compact.
It a great example of how something can be terrifying while it's happening but hilarious when you look back at it, one of the officers was shot through the armpit, and, because the wound had incapacitated him so badly that couldn't get back up, he told his second in command to take over. Almost immediately, the second man was shot in the chest and fell down next to the first man. Fearing that he might die from his wound, the second man told the first man "Tell my wife I love her" to which the first man replied "I'm hurt worse than you are, you stupid son of a bitch!" Fortunately, they both survived their wounds and lived to tell the story. Though a scene depicting the incident was filmed, it was left out of the final movie because it didn't suit the overall mood of the battle.
A 'creek bed' is Кровать Крик basically a Place that water travels like a river but less water and slower flow
LZ means Landing Zone...... so a Landing Area for Aircraft. Also just because a Unit is cut off and Surrounded doesn't necessarily mean they are lost. The 101st in Bastogne during World War 2 were cut off and surrounded by German forces and they triumphed.....
Hello Miss Dasha !!! The water on Grass in the morning 🌅 is called Dew !!! First Warmest Regards from the Sunshine State of Florida the USA 🌞 like button 🔘 has been Illuminated 😁👍👍
LZ stands for landing zone !!!
this is a great movie and honor the Vets and the wife that was at their sides
Who's not given enough credit in this movie is Bruce "Snakeshit" Crandall. During the battle, he flew 22 missions in a Bell Huey helicopter into enemy fire to evacuate more than 70 wounded and bring ammunition and supplies to United States forces.
He was not trained as medic evacuation pilot. But do so anyway because the medevac pilots said the landing zone was to hot with enemy fire. Over the course of the battle Crandall flew four helicopters that were so badly damaged they were not allowed to fly again. By the end of the war. Crandall had flown 900 missions.
Broken Arrow is a US Military Term that can mean 1 of two things:
1. In a Non combat situation a 'Broken Arrow' is a lost or downed Nuclear Armament, be it a plane carrying Nuclear Bombs or a Nuclear Missile that was fired and didn't explode.
2. In a Military situation, like this movie portrays, a Broken Arrow is the 'Oh Crap' button meaning a Military Unit is being overrun so they need ALL Air Assets, naval bombardment and Artillery strikes prioritized. It's a horrible sight to see.....
Dashas empathy is unmatched
I’m glad you liked the shoe store joke😂
This movie is one of the few war movies that spends time showing the familes and wives of the men and some of their sacrifice too.
I’ve been to that Vietnam memorial with all the names. It really hits you, the cost of waging war. Maybe all wars should be remembered in such a way, showing the price paid in blood, sacrifice, the lives lost, the human potential wasted, and lives broken. Maybe then people would think, really think, if the price is worth paying and the sacrifice worth making.
I met Hal Moore (Lt Gen. Retired) at a book signing for the book this film is based on. hell of a guy
“Wars come and go but my soldiers they stay eternal” Tupac shakur
Mel Gibson, also Directed “Hacksaw Ridge”…which is one of the most amazing “war movies” ever made.
I would very much urge you and every Reaction channel to also do the movie “Taking Chance” - starring Kevin Bacon.
“Taking Chance” is about a fallen young U.S. Marine and the escort of his remains to his family. It is truly an superb movie…
At 21:40 He's the amazing sniper in "Saving Private Ryan."
The final scene with Mel Gibson standing in front of the Wall, gets me every time. There is a song called 'More Than A Name On A Wall', by the Statler Brothers. Give it a listen, it's very moving.