The movie (film) "We Were Soldiers..." depicted the year 1965. The war evolved over the years into GI's depicted in Oliver Stones film, "Platoon" which took place in the late 1960's.
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail was established in 1959. NVA began infiltration during that time; first "contact" between US and NVA elements occurred in 1962 (See Film: Bright Shining Lie). ____ The Vietnam War was between North and South Vietnam. All other participants were invited to assist. Some countries, such as the US, assisted more than others.
The film was made in Melbourne, Australia and was produced by The Salvation Army Limelight Department in 1900.
South Vietnamese military personnel (ARVN's mostly) had to be very careful about hating their government. Getting "pinned with the label VC" was not to be taken lightly by ANYONE in South Vietnam. Frontier justice could be administered just about anytime by anyone...as the news media found out during a "certain execution" caught on film, and shown world wide; in 1968.[[Democratic]] [A+LS] Students :)
The US Army encountered NVA regulars, in force, for the first time at the Ia Drang fight in '65 (see film; "We Were Soldiers..."). But US troops encountered them as early as '62 (see film; "Bright Shining Lie"). Out and out NVA invasions supported by their T54 tanks occurred during the 1972 Easter invasions, and the final NVA assault occurred in '75...it was their TANKS that crashed thru the south's capital's gates in 1975...not their infantrymen!
The film "For the Boys" depicts the travels of entertainers Dixie Leonhard and Eddie Sparks during World War II. They travelled from North Africa to the Pacific, bringing their act to the soldiers.