European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse la did jump Plu is anal in ii Sibli in isl in ill Lii Iii din1 hell i in a Liri Pri Ltd it 1 Gul tin i stuff Rigil hut in1 Melvil d ii incl ii of in. The Way tin1 Nii isl Iuli Iii i Tilv ii hit it Lilmon hips in Between soldiers. The Basic Trittle of Vietnam is not what you up in screen. It just More in the Beckett led the depressed ind Dis Jusli d. Llu snid Hie knew very Well la Iii i rho h inflame a Man s , i his Clivine Stry and smoke up his Jeri a i. And Ihn Usnyk of men win died. Had been dishonoured dishonoured the movie As , As definitive Vietnam also troubled the til her veterans. Interviewed separately after praising the look and fee of the film for transporting them Back in time each expressed reservations especially about the Way the men been portrayed. Dennis Xiv As a Lern Ajic Grunt was in llu1 first wave of marines to hit the Butch in Vietnam in i jci.5. He was in Many fire i Alsand came out three Linus wounded. He i in Lio especially liked the i Ilcisin of the firefights in t heltion and some of the other touches. What he was t too impressed with was the platoon itself it s hard to imagine an outfit carrying on like . No group is lighter than men in combat. You t in t slay alive unless you ire platoon was a Bunch of undisciplined Guys running around with rags on their head. I did l Sec any rags on Heads in combat and i never saw any sergeant stick a new Guy up walking Point. Creel Way to get the whole outfit blown in in another thing in the movie everybody started hacking on the new Guy right away putting him Down. We sure never did that. We look him right in. There was a closeness you never found anywhere else. Still it s the most real silk movie yet. Naw i never Felt like lumping for cover or bursting inn . It s us a movie i m seeing it Albert Archibald is sex combat Engineer who served in Vietnam about the same time is the in Hun in platoon he said he enjoyed the picture very my h. Up to a print a my of the details were quite Good. Quite a few things were very accurate. But some things were nol very accurate. Anybody who that s the Way the american Soldier was i think h taking some literary License. Some Holly Wood lit erne. The american soldiers i knew were a lot More compassionate a lot less crazy than the men in a Saloon. I though the drug stuff was overplayed. The ruthlessness was overplayed. All the infighting Between the americans the druggies crazies sadists All thai was overplayed. It just did l happen thai much in my War. The soldiers i knew were Brothers nol All the Lime but most of the time the Bonds that developed were incredibly Strong. As a Young lieutenant i Runnel that you matured very rapidly Over there or you Gol killed. Or shipped out. I know i was born in Alabama. But i grew up in Vietnam platoon As War Archibald said comes close incl no Cigar. The Battle scenes were about As gory tis a director would dare put on i screen bul nothing in comparison to real War. A Prelly realistic innit till the Basic 111,11 ies in the storyline tile Wiy Ihu men were Sels in k fur i Ricardo Kul Letl a irl Enlil Heller with the big hot Raed in Vietnam s cities Durini let do than i can with the Spruill unil Jungle , he would definitely see it i ii i Suine of i i live i Utise. Injun a to inns is a i. In i ii twin it Wisn t like line 41 killing Kukri Viet Cunis Yuu knits or one helicopter wipe Gull a while North in tikinif.1 base. But i m s4ime of in.1 Soufl in plot ten Uliey kind of went m l re nerd tin. I Ike the dope Styli i hey really go Iii Iii Ktal on the dupe Luil. Iliev really love the Sci a stuff. It s a wonder Iny of use or Impi id our by h Livic " a Terr i 26, 1987 sir pvt
