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A 5 page research paper that contrasts and compares the 2002 film We Were Soldiers to the book of the same name. The writer analyzes the movie for historical accuracy and concludes that while the movie is primarily accurate, it deviates significantly from the actual Vietnam War era battle for dramatic effect. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_khdrang.rtf
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What actually happened is often altered to enhance the drama or to make a thematic point. To a certain extent, sources indicate that this is what happened in the 2002
film We Were Soldiers, which is based on the real-life battle of the Ia Drang Valley, which was the first major American battle of the Vietnam War. The film is
based on the book We Were Soldiers Once...and Young by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Retired) and Joseph L. Galloway. Basically, the filmmakers stayed true to the spirit of the
book, but, in typical Hollywood fashion, took certain liberties from fact in order to enhance the drama. The first of half of the movie introduces the major characters and
particularly focuses on Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Mel Gibson). Moore is leading his men, roughly 400, into the first major American battle in the Vietnam War, which will take place
in the Ia Drang Valley. The hour of the film that is devoted to battle chronicles what takes place over 4 days in 1965, as Moores forces are faced by
much larger contingent of Vietnamese soldiers. General William C. Westmoreland has commented that this battle was "as fierce as any every experienced by American troops," as Moores men "beat
back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We Were Soldiers, Joe Galloway indicates, that "Finally,
after three decades, Vietnam veterans have a film they can be proud of" and that "Hollywood may have gotten it right for once."ii In this article, Galloway particularly indicates his
approval of the tone of the movie, as there is "no whiff of the political wrangling at home that would eventually orphan this war and isolate and denigrate the young
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