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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 2609250" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>I agree about the first few minutes of Private Ryan... the guys I talked to who were there said they were seriously freaked out by the beach landing scene.</p><p></p><p>But... I dunno, seems like from stories I heard, some of the stuff from Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, that some of it was right on. Especially the sitting around waiting, then the crazy ridiculousness of the battles - like the hidden sniper scene in FMJ, the 1000-yard stare, stuff like that. 'Nam was a strange war, by all accounts, nothing like most of the others. No clear objectives, no clear mission... even Iraq and Afghanistan typically had small mission objectives, at least I think so.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, not a vet, just talked to a bunch, including luckily some WWII guys. Even met one or two from WWI a few years ago. I never got to know my dad, who was 101st in 'Nam, but it would have been interesting to get to hear his perspective.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 2609250, member: 9374"] I agree about the first few minutes of Private Ryan... the guys I talked to who were there said they were seriously freaked out by the beach landing scene. But... I dunno, seems like from stories I heard, some of the stuff from Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, that some of it was right on. Especially the sitting around waiting, then the crazy ridiculousness of the battles - like the hidden sniper scene in FMJ, the 1000-yard stare, stuff like that. 'Nam was a strange war, by all accounts, nothing like most of the others. No clear objectives, no clear mission... even Iraq and Afghanistan typically had small mission objectives, at least I think so. Again, not a vet, just talked to a bunch, including luckily some WWII guys. Even met one or two from WWI a few years ago. I never got to know my dad, who was 101st in 'Nam, but it would have been interesting to get to hear his perspective. [/QUOTE]
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