One of two movies my parents took me to as a kid!
The other was “The Sound of Music”. (Hmm - I wonder how accurate that one was!? I’m thinking it might have been halfways okay?)
As for another accurate one: “We Were Soldiers Once and Young” was fairly accurate I believe.
The dirt was the wrong color. Should have been more red.
I've checked on that one. Based on actual people, but not very accurate.
Actually, “The Sound of Music” was not that accurate...the father in reality was a very warm loving father, Maria had a real streak of anger...the family had sold the rights to the story and had no say in the movie...there are several good books on the real story...
‘Soldiers’, when compared to the book, was a close as they could be considering the battle took three days over three different areas, and the movie was only 2 1/2 hours, I think...I know the producers worked closely with some the people portrayed to make it as close as possible
A close friend busts a gut whenever you mention John Wayne's movie ‘ Green Berets ‘.
My buddy was a Green Beret and served in Vietnam and brother, does that movie make him laugh.
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“WE WERE SOLDIERS” = 85% accurate
...per Lt. Gen. HAL G. MOORE (Ret.) & JOE GALLOWAY
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