Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-222 hours 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-up183arrow-down10
arrow-up183arrow-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-222 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-221 hours 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-up1·21 hours agoWho is the “he” you are referring to?
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours 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.