We Were Soldiers, Not Baby Killers

Opinion Journal ^ | 03/04/2002 | BRENDAN MINITER

[outlawcam]

That was my initial impression as well.

[Fred Mertz]

Negative, I have not met him.

[Squantos]

If yer looking for people who break things very well I'm available :o)

One of "the" primary test's I suggested on any new product for the troops was to put said product in the hands of the troops for about 6 weeks straight. Not just armor drivers either. Cooks, bottle washers and ditch diggers, male and female. After 4 weeks go over it with a fine tooth imspection and reinforce or redesign everything they broke .

GI will show ya the errors of the designers ways everytime. Stay Safe !

[Snow Bunny]

Hi SLB, I am so glad you have the book and also are going to see the film too. I read the book last summer, it is excellent and so is the film.

That is interesring about Savage too. Thanks for the ping.

[Rightfield14]

"Bed wetters"--I like that!

You might want to go check out Mr. Yoho's column on "We Were Soldiers" at http://www.american-partisan.com. I also posted it on Free Republic.

[Critter]

I read the book and saw the movie.

The movie was pretty good, but I would have liked it more had I not read the book. The book was gripping. I started reading it at 4:30 in the afternoon, and I didn't put it down til the wee hours of the morning.

In the begining of the movie, they show the Vietnamese killing french captured and wounded. What the movie doesn't show is the Vietnamese doing the same thing to American soldiers, and I have to wonder why. Killing of American wounded played no small part in that battle, and was a major point made in the book.

I was hoping that Americans would be able to finally see what kind of animals our guys had to fight there. The commies in Hollywood couldn't allow that truth to be seen I guess.

The movie also leaves out the battle at LZ Albany, which was at least as nasty as the fight at XRay. A lot of wounded killed by vietnamese there too.

Go see the movie first, then buy the book. It's a "must read"!!!

[Critter]

There are far too many untold stories of valor from Vietnam. I think I'll get that book. Thanks for posting it.

I like to go to The Khe Sanh Veterans Homepage once in a while and read about the Hill Battles of 1967. It's a long read, but there are literally hundres of acts above and beyond the call of duty. Those guys make me proud to be an American.

[My Favorite Headache]

Just saw this movie...it has become my favorite movie of all time. I was blown away. Goodfellas held on to that spot for a decade. The run is over. This movie was perfect.