Today’s film is a war movie with a scene that happens today. Watch and enjoy this motion picture tonight.
WE WERE SOLDIERS
A decade after the French lose their war in Vietnam, the United States gets involved. Lt. Col. Hal Moore is selected to test a new strategy of using helicopters to create airmobile forces and he moves his large family to Fort Benning Georgia to do so. After extensive training Col. Moore and his men are sent to Vietnam. On November 14, 1965 [40:30 to 1:12:51] the 2nd and 3rd air combat battalions of the US Army land by helicopter at Ia Drang in enemy occupied territory. They are immediately attacked by the Viet Cong and have to create an emergency-landing zone for the helicopters bringing in troops and supplies and taking out the wounded. They are split into two groups, but a reporter, Joseph Galloway flies into the combat zone. Meanwhile, back at Fort Benning, Julia Moore, the Colonel’s wife assumes the responsibility of delivering the casualty telegrams to their recipients. A night attack is repulsed, but an all out offensive the next day leads to the command almost being overrun. In response Col. Moore orders a “Broken Arrow”, where airplanes deliver bombs in support. This repulses the attack, but causes several American deaths as friendly fire. The Vietnamese plan a final assault, but Moore’s men attack first and with the support of helicopter gunships, overrun the Vietnamese base. They are then evacuated. Moore eventually returns home to his family.
We Were Soldiers Once … And Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway (Random House, New York, 1992) at page 55 gives the date of the airdrop.
Producers - Bruce Davey, Stephen McEveety and Randall Wallace
Director - Randall Wallace
Screenwriter - Randall Wallace
Runtime – 2 hours 18 minutes
Released – March 1, 2002
Starring – Mel Gibson as Colonel Hal Moore, Madeleine Stowe as Julia Moore, Greg Kinnear as Major Bruce P. Crandall, Sam Elliott as Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley, Chris Klein as 2nd
Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan, Luke Benward as David Moore, Taylor Momsen as Julie Moore, Devon Werkheiser as Steve Moore, Keri Russell as Barbara Geoghegan, Barry Pepper as Joe Galloway, Mark McCracken as Ed Freeman, Đơn Dương as NVA Lieutenant Colonel Nguyễn Hữu An,
Ryan Hurst as Sergeant Ernie Savage, Marc Blucas as 2nd Lieutenant Henry Herrick, Jsu Garcia as Captain Tony Nadal, Jon Hamm as Captain Matt Dillon, Clark Gregg as Captain Tom Metsker, Blake Heron as Sp4. Galen Bungum, Desmond
Harrington as Sp4. Bill Beck, Brian Tee as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama, Robert Bagnell as 1st Lieutenant Charlie Hastings, USAF
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