My dad went through the battle of Okinawa where he and two buddies survived, out of a company of 120 men. Those two men remained to each other as if they were brothers.

As a Vietnam vet I can only say that you will never forget the guys that did not make it.

I can watch movies about WWII but cannot watch any movie about Vietnam. I am not sure I like watching war movies any more and find myself avoiding them.


>I watched a very interesting and moving docu the other night, following the exploits, trials and tribulations of a group of 8th Cav, in armoured hummers, on patrol in Iraq (the misfits?). During the filming 2 of their comrades were killed in ambushes and such (not on camera). It was extremely moving to see their reactions to these, some being good or best buddies with the fallen, during the memorial services, and so on, how the captain cried when he was giving a morale boosting speech to his troops after the deaths, how they all cried and hugged each other. It was a far cry from the gung-ho, lock'n'load image that cinema alwya sgives the US troops.
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>Also I noticed that some of them wore different helmets - shorter at the back, and flat to the forehead in front, with no curved protruding rim. Is this a new issue, or is it for a specific purpose, anyone know.