Vets Pick Their Top Ten Vietnam War Films

Vets Pick Their Top Ten Vietnam War Films

1. Hearts And Minds
2. Go Tell The Spartans
3. Dear America: Letters Home From
4. Platoon
5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
6. Anderson Platoon
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Born On The Fourth Of July
9. Jacob's Ladder
10. The Ninth Configuration

REFERENCES:

http://members.aol.com/warlib/10viet.htm

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Otis Willie
Associate Librarian
The American War Library
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com

References:
Posted by: Otis Willie

> 1. Hearts And Minds
> 2. Go Tell The Spartans
> 3. Dear America: Letters Home From
> 4. Platoon
> 5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
> 6. Anderson Platoon
> 7. Apocalypse Now
> 8. Born On The Fourth Of July
> 9. Jacob's Ladder
> 10. The Ninth Configuration

Twilight's Last Gleaming? You gotta be shittin' me Oats! And you
forgot *Purple Hearts* ("FLAME THE ENGINE! FLAME THE ENGINE!")

And where the fuck did the boys in Company C go? (I thought they were
cute.)

And what about *Ulzanna's Raid*? Yeah, I know, but it was an
allegory, man. (You *do* know what an alegory is, don't you?)

Jones

References:
Posted by: "Pepperoni"

>Jones, You're trolling again.
>Please try again.
>Top 15 Vietnam War films are listed below.
>(green Berets included for Honorable Mention)

You forgot *Saigon 1975, Year of the Cat* Low budget, but good.

Jones

>
>
>84 Charlie Mopic
>Siege of Firebase Gloria
>Good Morning Vietnam
>Deer Hunter
>Green Berets
>The Quiet American
>Tigerland
>Sao Thang Tam (The August Star, 1976)
>Canh Dong Hoang (Wild Field, 1979)
>Me Vang Nha (Mother is Not At Home, 1979)
>Chuyen Co Tich Tuoi Muoi Bay (A Fairy Tale For 17-Year-Olds, 1987)
>Bao Gio Cho Den Thang Muoi (When the tenth month comes, 1984)
>Ve Noi Gio Cat (Back To Hard Place, 1982)
>Moi Tinh Dau (First Love, 1977)
>Ho Chi Minh - Chan Dung Mot Con Nguoi (Ho Chi Minh - Portrait Of A Man).
>
>
>Pepperoni
>
>
>
>"!Jones" wrote in message
>news:485p00db4g6bda9dqj0g3jpabdgbg29l9o@4ax.com...
>> References:
>> Posted by: Otis Willie
>>
>> > 1. Hearts And Minds
>> > 2. Go Tell The Spartans
>> > 3. Dear America: Letters Home From
>> > 4. Platoon
>> > 5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
>> > 6. Anderson Platoon
>> > 7. Apocalypse Now
>> > 8. Born On The Fourth Of July
>> > 9. Jacob's Ladder
>> > 10. The Ninth Configuration
>>
>> Twilight's Last Gleaming? You gotta be shittin' me Oats! And you
>> forgot *Purple Hearts* ("FLAME THE ENGINE! FLAME THE ENGINE!")
>>
>> And where the fuck did the boys in Company C go? (I thought they were
>> cute.)
>>
>> And what about *Ulzanna's Raid*? Yeah, I know, but it was an
>> allegory, man. (You *do* know what an alegory is, don't you?)
>>
>> Jones
>

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:46:22 -0600, !Jones
wrote:

>References:
>Posted by: Otis Willie
>
>> 1. Hearts And Minds
>> 2. Go Tell The Spartans
>> 3. Dear America: Letters Home From
>> 4. Platoon
>> 5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
>> 6. Anderson Platoon
>> 7. Apocalypse Now
>> 8. Born On The Fourth Of July
>> 9. Jacob's Ladder
>> 10. The Ninth Configuration

Can believe "A Face of War" is not on it.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/fil...p?film_id=1675


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"In this world, things are complicated and are decided
by many factors. We should look at problems from different
aspects, not from just one."

"On the Chungking Negotiations"
(October 17, 1945),
Selected Works, Vol. IV, p. 54.

Chairman Mao Tse-tung

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message
news:397p00dkfiek05hv72flicphtdtjdpkvjv@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:46:22 -0600, !Jones
> wrote:
>
> >References:
> >Posted by: Otis Willie
> >
> >> 1. Hearts And Minds
> >> 2. Go Tell The Spartans
> >> 3. Dear America: Letters Home From
> >> 4. Platoon
> >> 5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
> >> 6. Anderson Platoon
> >> 7. Apocalypse Now
> >> 8. Born On The Fourth Of July
> >> 9. Jacob's Ladder
> >> 10. The Ninth Configuration
>
> Can believe "A Face of War" is not on it.
>
> http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/fil...p?film_id=1675
>
>
Much less "Full Metal Jacket". "Green Berets" out to be there for its
propaganda value. I was in that one, in the scene where "Puff" rains death
from above on the VC after they raze the hospital. I was a VC.

-*MORT*-

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 0306 GMT, in talk.politics.guns John A. Stovall
wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:46:22 -0600, !Jones
> wrote:
> >References:
> >Posted by: Otis Willie

(Snip-O-Matic)

> Can believe "A Face of War" is not on it.
>
> http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/fil...p?film_id=1675

Otis Willie (and his inumerable sockpuppets) is a self-aggrandizing troll who is
in love with the sound of his own voice. A legend in his own mind, as it were.
"Vets" had nothing to do with compiling that list.

Jones, You're trolling again.
Please try again.
Top 15 Vietnam War films are listed below.
(green Berets included for Honorable Mention)


84 Charlie Mopic
Siege of Firebase Gloria
Good Morning Vietnam
Deer Hunter
Green Berets
The Quiet American
Tigerland
Sao Thang Tam (The August Star, 1976)
Canh Dong Hoang (Wild Field, 1979)
Me Vang Nha (Mother is Not At Home, 1979)
Chuyen Co Tich Tuoi Muoi Bay (A Fairy Tale For 17-Year-Olds, 1987)
Bao Gio Cho Den Thang Muoi (When the tenth month comes, 1984)
Ve Noi Gio Cat (Back To Hard Place, 1982)
Moi Tinh Dau (First Love, 1977)
Ho Chi Minh - Chan Dung Mot Con Nguoi (Ho Chi Minh - Portrait Of A Man).


Pepperoni



"!Jones" wrote in message
news:485p00db4g6bda9dqj0g3jpabdgbg29l9o@4ax.com...
> References:
> Posted by: Otis Willie
>
> > 1. Hearts And Minds
> > 2. Go Tell The Spartans
> > 3. Dear America: Letters Home From
> > 4. Platoon
> > 5. Twilight's Last Gleaming
> > 6. Anderson Platoon
> > 7. Apocalypse Now
> > 8. Born On The Fourth Of July
> > 9. Jacob's Ladder
> > 10. The Ninth Configuration
>
> Twilight's Last Gleaming? You gotta be shittin' me Oats! And you
> forgot *Purple Hearts* ("FLAME THE ENGINE! FLAME THE ENGINE!")
>
> And where the fuck did the boys in Company C go? (I thought they were
> cute.)
>
> And what about *Ulzanna's Raid*? Yeah, I know, but it was an
> allegory, man. (You *do* know what an alegory is, don't you?)
>
> Jones

There is a little movie called "Platoon Leader" that I always liked.

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:51:33 -0600, in talk.politics.guns William
Hughes wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 0306 GMT, in talk.politics.guns John A. Stovall
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:46:22 -0600, !Jones
>> wrote:
>> >References:
>> >Posted by: Otis Willie
>
>(Snip-O-Matic)
>
>> Can believe "A Face of War" is not on it.
>>
>> http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/fil...p?film_id=1675
>
>Otis Willie (and his inumerable sockpuppets) is a self-aggrandizing troll who is
>in love with the sound of his own voice. A legend in his own mind, as it were.
>"Vets" had nothing to do with compiling that list.

Hey! Asshole! The Oats wrote the most widely read book on the
Vietnam War and he saved that general's life... what was that guy's
name? You know... the one with the stars on his collar.

Jones

"!Jones" wrote in message
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>
> Hey! Asshole! The Oats wrote the most widely read book on the
> Vietnam War and he saved that general's life... what was that guy's
> name? You know... the one with the stars on his collar.
>
> Jones

That would be Jimi Hendriks. Or maybe David Bowie, the guy that fought at
the Alamo.