Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-215 days agoJust meet an 86 year old Vietnam veteran with 2 Purple Hearts, and he said "Platoon" 1986 was the movie that best portrayed his Vietnam experience.www.imdb.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down11
arrow-up195arrow-down1external-linkJust meet an 86 year old Vietnam veteran with 2 Purple Hearts, and he said "Platoon" 1986 was the movie that best portrayed his Vietnam experience.www.imdb.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-215 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-215 days agoIt’s interesting that the link you posted indicates the purple hearts he received were probably part of the surplus manufactured in WWII, in anticipation of the losses they expected in the invasion of Japan, which never happened.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoWho is the “he” you are referring to?
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoThe veteran I met today, in the post.
It’s interesting that the link you posted indicates the purple hearts he received were probably part of the surplus manufactured in WWII, in anticipation of the losses they expected in the invasion of Japan, which never happened.
Who is the “he” you are referring to?
The veteran I met today, in the post.