more to the story....

Rating: Null/10 (25 September 2007)

While admittedly a good flick and from the point of the Rangers, there was more to the story, and I think that is important, as well. The Alamo Scouts were VERY involved in this action, as well as others, but received little recognition in the movie.
from http://tinyurl.com/yqh8dt :
"Among the Alamo Scouts who earned medals for that successful rescue mission was PFC (later Command Sgt. Major) Galen Kittleson. He also participated in the Cabanatuan raid. Twentythree years later in Vietnam as a Special Forces NCO he led an unsuccessful attempt to rescue Green Beret LT Nick Rowe from his U Minh Forest prison. In 1970, Kittleson was on the team that penetrated North Vietnam for the Son Tay POW camp raid. CSM Kittleson is the only soldier to have been involved in four such missions in two different wars." The book "Raider," released in 2002, depicted Kittleson's life as a soldier and prisoner-of-war rescuer.
Galen Kittleson was a family friend and neighbor. Amazing guy. I hope people that are interested in this movie will do a little more reading and exploring to find out more of the story... Unfortunately, he passed away in 2006. (http://www.alamoscouts.org/raider/galen.htm)