The real story of Vietnam

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2002)

As an American soldier of this time and place I would like to thank Hal Moore and Mel Gibson for bringing this story to the screen. No other film has ever come as close to the truth as this one has. I was very fortunate in 1967 and 1968. I was in the Central Highlands but never saw this much hell. For that I can only thank God.
The details of the movie were even worse in the book. It's a heartbreaking story but it needed to be told. I'm also glad that the politics of the time were not part of the plot. As the title says... "We Were Soldiers". Thats all it was about. That was enough.