True, although today's standards blow it sometimes, too. I just watched (in bits and pieces) 'Rescue Dawn', about Lt. Dieter Dengler's shoot down and epic escape from Laos in 1965. There were guys walking around a USAF base near the end in Woodland cammies, which didn't come out until the mid Eighties. (grumble)
Thanks for the “Rescue Dawn” reference. My son and I watched that a year or two ago and I couldn’t remember the name of the movie. My son (14 now) said “his name was Dieter something” ????!!! We also enjoyed “We Were Soldiers Once and Young” a year or so ago. I’m not for the gore and crap in most action flicks, and it is the rare exception that he gets to watch a “R” movie. But, I make exceptions when it is depicting a true story with a great motive behind it.
>>>> I just watched (in bits and pieces) ‘Rescue Dawn’, about Lt. Dieter Dengler’s shoot down and epic escape from Laos in 1965. <<<<
Aside from the camo problem, you should watch it start to finish.
IMO it’s one of the great recent films, Christian Bale does an incredible acting job as Dengler, and the rest of the cast is also pretty darned great.