A well done war movie, very emotional, heart breaking, a 10

Rating: 10/10 (6 June 2003)

This is a true story of the 7th Calvary, sent into the Vietnam conflict. Well trained but outnumbered, the group is sent into a battle lost before it was fought. Of approximately 400 American soldiers, 25% were lost to Vietnamese fire. Trained and dropped by helicopter into the center stage of enemy territory, outnumbered by thousands they fought with courage and heroism led by men who were genuine leaders. The odds against them, some will die and some will live but none will ever forget the experience of 3 fighting days. Three stories in one, the American soldiers in battle, the second, families left at home and the stresses of personal loss and 3rd an insight into the Vietnamese strategies. I found it to be an excellent movie, I own it among other war movies and feel my money and my time have been well spent with this well acted story. I only buy movies that measure up to a 10 for my collection and this is one of them.
The names of those lost is this battle are engraved on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C.