Documentary, War
Jack Kelley volunteered for Vietnam. As an army captain, he routinely led his company of 140 men on patrols in the jungles near Biên Hòa. Ill-conceived orders came down from higher command: On June 29, 1966, Capt. Kelley was to spread his platoons 1,000 meters apart in order to cover more area while looking for Vietcong forces. During the patrol, the 3rd platoon stumbled upon an embedded Vietcong main force battalion. Outnumbered by nearly 10 to 1, the platoon was blindsided by a fierce attack. The triple-canopy jungle was dense and the terrain muddy, making rescue all but impossible. The film is a journey to understand what the filmmaker's father and seven survivors went through in 1966, and what they continue to go through today. Some volunteered for the army as teenagers. Others were drafted. Some went back to Vietnam years later with the hope of finding closure and peace.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
We Were Soldiers
Glazed
The Cu Chi Tunnels
Tunnel Rats
Deadly Nam
Cobra Mission 2
Combat in the Air - Close Support in Vietnam
Faith of My Fathers
I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Flight of the Intruder
The Big Red One
A Short Film for Laos
Coordinates of Death
Born on the Fourth of July
Rain
Casualties of War
The Veteran
First In, Last Out
The Quiet American
Hamburger Hill
SIMILAR MOVIES
We Were Soldiers
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2002
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.Glazed
IMDB 0 | May , 2006
Glazed, delves into the psyche of a listless veteran trapped in the past, yet fighting to live in the present. Through haunting images of war and love, we see the torment a soldier puts himself through as he tries to find a reason to go on.The Cu Chi Tunnels
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1991
During the war in Vietnam, thousands of people in the Vietnamese province of Cu Chi lived in an elaborate system of underground tunnels. THE CU CHI TUNNELS is the story of life underground told by the people who lived the experience.Tunnel Rats
IMDB 4.9 | May , 2008
During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.Deadly Nam
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2006
Cobra Mission 2
IMDB 2 | Sep , 1988
A Vietnam vet who specializes in freeing POWs goes behind enemy lines on a rescue mission with a group of mercenaries.Combat in the Air - Close Support in Vietnam
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1996
Faith of My Fathers
IMDB 6.1 | May , 2005
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich with military service.I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector to the Vietnam war.Flight of the Intruder
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 1991
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.The Big Red One
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1980
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.A Short Film for Laos
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2006
Part History Channel, part visual diary, and part mesmerizing abstraction, Allan Sekula’s video, A Short Film for Laos, 2006, takes the measure of day-to-day life in what the narrator describes as “the most bombed place on earth.”…Coordinates of Death
IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 1986
The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.Born on the Fourth of July
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1989
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.Rain
IMDB 4.5 | May , 2003
A German Shepherd Dog named Rain is trained to fight in the Vietnam War and his intelligence and courage in the face of adversity wins the respect and loyalty of his platoon.Casualties of War
IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 1989
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.The Veteran
IMDB 4 | Jan , 2006
Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to her father. Meanwhile, a war veteran is forced to relive painful memories of how he was left for dead by his own platoon, and the heinous crimes he once committed while in the line of duty.First In, Last Out
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1985
During the Vietnam War, the main threat to the strike packages was the V-750 (S-75) Dvina, the first effective Soviet surface-to-air missile (SAM). Better known by the NATO designation SA-2 Guideline To suppress and destroy this threat, the U.S. Air Force countered with the courage and skill of the Wild Weasels, who not only flew some of the most dangerous missions in Southeast Asia but also became pioneers in Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) operations. This documentary tells the story of the Wild Weasel program.The Quiet American
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2002
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.Hamburger Hill
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1987
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.