Directors: Ray Kellogg; John Wayne

Writer: James Lee Barrett

From a novel: The Green Berets by Robin Moore

Keywords: Action/Adventure, Vietnam War

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luke Askew	Actor	1937		Easy Rider
Bruce Cabot	Actor	20-Apr-1904	3-May-1972	Saved Fay Wray from King Kong
Jason Evers	Actor	2-Jan-1922	13-Mar-2005	The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Mike Henry	Football	15-Aug-1936		Tarzan, 1966-68
Jim Hutton	Actor	31-May-1934	2-Jun-1979	Ellery Queen
David Janssen	Actor	27-Mar-1931	13-Feb-1980	The Fugitive
Aldo Ray	Actor	25-Sep-1926	27-Mar-1991	The Green Berets
Jack Soo	Actor	28-Oct-1916	11-Jan-1979	Det. Yemana on Barney Miller
Raymond St. Jacques	Actor	1-Mar-1930	27-Aug-1990	Cotton Comes to Harlem
George Takei	Actor	20-Apr-1937		Sulu on original Star Trek
John Wayne	Actor	26-May-1907	11-Jun-1979	The Duke
Patrick Wayne	Actor	15-Jul-1939		Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

REVIEWS

Review by Lyn Anderson (posted on 5-Jul-2007)

Even though it was not considered a great film in its day, this film was the beginning of bringing about serious reflection of our involvement in Viet Nam. If you notice, it never depicts victory, but repetition, which is what Viet Nam was about. Lost a brother in the Marines in Viet Nam one year before this film was produced, Jim Hutton's part is very similar to my brother's job in the Marines, supply officer. The military slap-stick humor along with the seriousness of the day gives this film its great rating as a cause for reflection and real life as it was for those of us who lived through the Viet Nam war. My hat is off to John Wayne who produced this film, Jim Hutton, and the great participants in this film, who, unfortunately, most are gone now. However, their contribution to bring about awareness lives on. It definitely preserves a part of the American history, people, and culture of that time for generations to come.

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