A Vietnam War Primer

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2006)

First a Disclaimer; I was not old enough to be involved in the Vietnam War, but was old enough to see all that went on at that time, my father being active duty at Paris Island in the Sixties, I grew up in the military community. Even if that had not been the case, I would hope that I could have watched We Were Soldiers and been objective as to it's premise. I emphatically contend that this is the ultimate, most compelling looking glass into what went on during that terrible time. The naiveté of the men who left was all too real. By the end of the movie, as with the war, our innocence was lost. As other reviewers have stated, the violence was indeed graphic but I do not believe it was gratuitous. Please, if you need to understand what the Vietnam War was about, at least on the ground, through the eyes of the men who really fought it, SEE THIS MOVIE!