WE WERE SOLDIERS (2002) | First Time Watching | Movie REACTION 

The cut off platoon did not sustain any fatal casualties beyond the first contact. Due to Sgt. Savage's leadership, all of the people on the mound survived the battle, even the trooper who was hit by the white phosphorus. Lt. Col. Hal Moore and Sgt. Major Plumley lived in to their eighties. Lt. Col. Moore served as an adviser on the set and made it a priority that the story was told correctly. There was a British man who was in charge of one of the companies, a man named Rick Rescorla who was in one of the buildings hit in the 9/11 attacks. He led his people to safety and went back in the building to attempt to rescue others. He was killed when the building collapsed. All of these men were lions.

"The real villain in this movie is war." Damn, that might be the best way to describe this movie I´ve ever heard.

Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson) died in 2017 at the age of 94 having retired as a Lieutenant General. For his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Bruce Crandall (played by Greg Kinnear) is currently 87 years old and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. For his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang he was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross but that was upgraded to the Medal of Honor by President Bush in 2007. Basil Plumley (played by Sam Elliott) died in 2012 at the age of 92 having retired as a Sergeant Major. After his retirement he ran the military hospital at Fort Benning for 15 years. Joe Galloway (played by Barry Pepper) died in 2021 at the age of 79. He co-authored the book (with Hal Moore) We Were Soldiers Once...And Young which became a bestseller in 1992. For his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang he was awarded the Bronze Star, the only civilian to win the award during the Vietnam War. Ed "Too Tall" Freeman (played by Mark McCraken) died in 2008 at the age of 80 having retired as a Major. For his actions during the Battle of Ian Drang he was nominated for the Medal of Honor but due to a clerical error by his commanding officer was deemed ineligible. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross but was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bush in 2001. One man who was in the book (he's actually the guy on the cover of the book) but not in the movie was a man named Rick Rescorla. Rescorla was originally born in Wales and served in the British Army before eventually moving to the US. Her served in Vietnam for a number of years earning a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. After the war he became the head of security for Morgan Stanley at the World Trade Center in New York. He was killed during the 9/11 attacks as he went back into the towers to bring more people to safety.

Crazy Horse was a great Sioux Warrior (Native American) Crazy Horse was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people

Oh wow. This was so good. Sweet Dad expresses the feelings from this one so well. Thank you guys for doing it. ❤❤❤

This is by far my favorite war movie ever. My father was assigned to MAC V in Vietnam. He passed away two and a half years ago. Enjoy this time with your father. As I watched him react, I can understand he is an honorable man. Enjoy the time with your dad, watch as many movies together and share with he world. The world needs it!

I’m always curious to see what other cultures feel about what American history is like told through movies especially conflict but I went to Vietnam recently for a whole month they love us out there despite the history it’s interesting

That poor cab driver. He didn't sign up for that. He looked like maybe a WWII vet. And I'm guessing he'd rather have been in the fight, instead of delivering that news.

Col.Hal Moore, was very insistent with Mel Gibson that his men be remembered correctly. Gibson told of Moore walking with at the Vietnam Wall war memorial. Gibson said Moore would point to a name saying "He had red hair, he had been married 6 months"

When the little girl said “nethodist” she was saying she wanted to be a Methodist which is a denomination of Protestant Christianity. She couldn’t say it very well so it came out nethodist. Lol. Years later General Moore and the Vietnamese Commander sat down to discuss this battle and the war in general. They both had great respect for each other and I believe would have been friends in life had they been from the same country, no matter what that country would have been.

This is my wife’s favorite war movie because it shows the wife’s side of the war.

I just recently found this channel. I am a disabled veteran, so your war movie reactions touch me deeply. I'm guessing your dad is close to my age. I love his comments and emotions - he is moved and not afraid to show it. love your interactions. I miss my father all the more when I watch the two of you. girls night was Friday nights with my mom and niece - that was our movie marathon night. I miss that, too.

Dude I love your dads reactions lol. Make sure he knows the love!

My favorite part of the movie is when the soldier carrying a wounded man back thru the lines says to Colonel Moore, "We're about to be overrun!" In the heat of the battle, surrounded and outnumbered, Moore replies, "Nah, we're gonna win this fight!" You could tell he believed it. He had absolute confidence in the abilities of himself and his men. That's the kind of man you want leading you into battle. At another point, after the RT operator called in the napalm strike that ended up hitting the US lines, Moore tells the man "You're keeping us alive now. You forget about that one and you keep 'em coming in. You're doing well, son." He didn't berate him or blame him, but rather encouraged and praised him. He knew the man could have been destroyed by that mis-drop. He was always putting his troopers first. That's an amazing leader. The bugle the American trooper took from the dead NVA is the same one the Viet Minh took from the dead Legionnaire eleven years before, the situation now coming full circle. At the family prayer, when the little girl tells her dad she wants to be a "Nethodist" like mommy so she can pray what she wants, she meant Methodist. Methodists are Protestant, while the dad was Catholic. Catholics often use formal prayer rituals, praying the rosary, saying hail Mary's, and making the sign of the cross, while most Protestants tend to pray informally. So the mom was in the background laughing at her husband's struggle to make good Catholics out of the kids. When the boy said the girl's refusal to pray her Hail Mary's was a sin, dad said, "No, it's not a sin, it just means the good Lord made you hard-headed." That's a really funny, down-to-earth scene that gives the movie a human touch and extra depth. "The Holy Ghost" is the way "Holy Spirit" was said in old English, and is the way it's used in the King James version of the Bible. You can still hear it used sometimes today. The final bayonet charge reminded me of the classic 1959 war movie "Pork Chop Hill" about the last and one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. This real battle raged as cease-fire talks were in their final hours. The Chinese negotiators demanded to be given this worthless hill. The American commanders didn't want to give in, but also were reluctant to reinforce the American battalion for fear of losing men for a hill they might have to give up, forcing the troops at the hill, cut-off and surrounded, to take matters into their own hands. Probably the best movie about the Korean War, and anyone who is a war film enthusiast should check it out.

I would hate to be the next American commander to face that Vietnamese commander. He was thoughtful and learned much from this battle. He will be hell to face.

This film just destroys you. Beautiful reaction. Love your dad so much.

"The real villain in this movie is war" The best description i ever heard about a war movie.

Crazy Horse was a Lakota Sioux warrior who fought the US Army to a virtual stand-still in the Black Hills of what is now South Dakota. He was murdered by a guard in prison a few months after his surrender. He is an American icon and hero.

The best Vietnam War movie, it leaves out the politics. On the American side, there was a British mercenary in this battle. Latter he was head of security of the Twin Towers, and went down with the buildings on 9/11. The greater post-colonial battles for France were Madagascar and Algeria, though Indo-China was a big defeat. All Quiet On The Western Front (original or remake) tells the German side of WWI. Letters From Iwo Jima tells the Japanese side of WWII.

We're taught to use mud to smother phosphorous. Not to say that trying to cut it out didn't happen, but it was the wrong action to take. Crandall "Snake Shit" really did point a gun at the rescue pilot, who pulled him out of his bunk for leading him to a hot LZ, but Crandall pointed the pistol at his groin. "You have the balls to face me, but you don't have the balls to face the enemy."

I highly recommend reading the book "we were soldiers once and young" it is by far the best book on war that I've read and the movie does it's best but it can't cover just what these young men went through and leaves out the ambush at LZ Albany

One of the most. underrated movies of recent decades.

I watched this as a kid and forgot about it, got me emotional now with 31

I'm from Australia my farther fought in the Vietnam war alongside the Americans. He was in the battle of long tang 1968. I remember when I was a young kid my farther would frequently wake up in the middle of the night after a nightmare.The effects of war does to people will break even the strongest man. I'd hate to live with such reality of memories.war Movies freak me out enough. I couldn't imagine what soldiers really goes through. Even if you win the battle or war ect. It must break the human Soul in a man forever. And the sad reality of the Vietnam war Americans and Australia didn't end up fighting for the flag or country. It was spot on to state they fought for themselves and comrades next to them. My farther now 75 years old. 60.000 Americans and 745 Australians never got to meet their grandchildren some of them not even got to see their own child born..

Amazing movie And an amazing reaction I’ve watched hundreds of RU-vid reactors viewing thousands of videos And this is unequivocally one of the best top five movie reactions that I have seen Thank you for your time and effort to shoot-edit and post this video

this movie Never Fails to get me no matter how many times I've seen it. every actor in the film was given the name and bio of the men they portrayed. even the non-speaking parts. it's got to be humbling to have that kind of an experience as an actor.

This is a moving movie. You can't help but FEEL the strife of all involved.

21:17 That actually happened by the way. Joe Galloway told that story, trying to rub that off his hands, to the day he died. Jim Nakayama held on for two more days before he died. Galloway tried to find his wife for 36 years, and then because of this movie she finally found him.

Originally, the Americans weren't allowed to use the enemies weapons, it was stupid back then.

That's wats up bro I'm Egyptian and Italian born in Cairo raised in the US may Allah give you many blessings my brothers

Love your reactions!

One of my favorite war movies. Sitting Bull was a prominent war chief among the Lakota Souix tribes . Custer was a General that lead troops against native Americans. He was outnumbered like Hal Moore. But Custer and his men were slaughtered.

Sam Elliott's character had epic lines

The thin red line is another great war movie I think you guys might enjoy. It's kind of in the same vein as this movie but in WW2 on the pacific front.

The #1 lesson our politicians learned from Vietnam was that if you don't want the population rising up en masse against war, you can't have a draft. We shifted to an all volunteer military which is why the protests against the Iraq War and the Afghan quagmire fizzled out.

Crazy horse is a Lakot (native american) war leader. He fought against the US government.

The Vietnamese were divided into two classes, the French educated, wealthy, urban, ruling class, who were Roman Catholic but were only 10% of the population . And the poorly educated or uneducated population divided between two main sects of Buddhism and some animism amongst the hill tribes.

His father seems like a good man. And he understands the world well, if not, at least he feels it.

You have to understand that Moore was the NEW 7th Cavalry they wanted him back because they didn't want another Gen Custer disaster. Hall Moore was a HERO

Joe Gallager quote ""Those who fought every war since then were the best of their generation," Galloway says. "They went, they served, they sacrificed. And they fought like tigers. They were noble."

I love watching you and you dad. Mine is gone now 6 years, but it kind of feels like he is with me watching you two.

I love your Dad! He has a real heart

Colonel Hal Moore writings were required reading in Air Force Leadership School. From his writings I learned what it means to lead and to always respect my enemy. For I will see my enemy in the Hall of Heroes and we will know one another as brother.

That whole Jimmy nakayama situation with him just having a baby and what happened with his legs is one of the only scenes in a movie that makes me emotional.

"Heroes only happen because someone screwed up." Me

You can look up joe Galloway to hear the real story told by the real photographer in the battle!

"War is the villain": about sums it up.

Before my last trip to Afghanistan, Snake Shit was in the area, and came to talk to us. He had some interesting stories to tell.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time, the real Hal Moore played by Mel Gibson actually helped a lot with this movie, I have watched this movie many times and it's such a sad movie with a great soundtrack.

4:28 "crazy horse" was the name of an Indian (native American) from the 1800s his tribe was one of the last Indian tribes that still raged war against the US Army and the government

For nan-military movies I’d recommend: - Interstellar - Bicentennial Man - Meet Joe Black - Tremors - Forrest Gump - Catch Me If You Can - Aviator - Seven - Event Horizon - Prometheus - Alien - Aliens - Immortals - 300

Sgt. Plumley was so much larger-than-life in real life, they had to tone his character DOWN for the movie! (He really was as he is portrayed in the film - and more...a major badass)

The second greatest scene in this movie is when Mel Gibson's Character Mailed the Vietnamese Soldiers Diary to the Vietnamese soldier Girlfriend or Wife out of his own personal Duty Respect and Honor as a Officer in returning a personal cherished item to have and pass on

I'm glad you reacted to this movie it's one of my most favorite movies of all time. It's based on real events told in a book. I've worked with and had friends who were in the Vietnam war. It was awful. I happened to know an older man who would crawl down in the tunnels and do hand to hand combat with the Vietcong.

My compliments on your reactions, you have a good father.

thank you gentleman...thank you..great reaction.

The tactic of using helicopters to carry troopers to battles was actually used from 1962 on. Initially it worked to great effect as they could land troops in front of the Viet-Cong/NVA soldiers and then move more behind them to cut off their line of retreat. It was an effective tactic with the South Vietnamese army but by 1965 and the US entry into combat the NVA had learned how to counter it. This was an excellent representation of how it was supposed to work in theory.

The director of this movie wrote “Braveheart”. Randall Wallace.

The opening scene was the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu.

Funny Story: Critics often criticized this film for having cliched dialogue such as the line like “tell my wife, I love her”. The real Hal Moore responded, “I’m sorry my men didn’t have the time to put much thought or originality in their final moments.” That got the critics to shut up.

I think Vietnam had a number of religions, including the Roman Catholic church brought by the French empire. Certainly also Buddhists, and I think some kind of religion like the Chinese polytheism. Various sects and practises. Obviously secularised under Marxist control. Like in China, many of the leadership and the early members of the Vietnamese Communist party were from the Christian community, because of the derivation of ideas like common ownership, redistribution of wealth and human equality and brotherhood from the teachings of Jesus and the prophets. When it came to hand to hand combat with bayonets and knives and so on, the Americans had a huge size advantage over most Vietnamese soldiers. They were considerably taller and heavier, because of more meat in the diet, and being better fed growing up in general. The Vietnamese wanted to get close so that the US couldn't use their artillery and air strikes as much, so they were incredibly brave and dedicated patriots.

I live your channel. You are both very insightful and thoughtful.

My Father was in this battle and subsequent battle after. He never said a word about it.

War, from the perspective of a soldier is always the same, it doesn't matter which side. Greets from Germany!

Awesome reaction gentlemen. God bless you both.

Look up Col Hal Moore. He was a great leader.

Great reaction guys. You have a new sub.

Sam Elliott without a mustache is a tragedy.

Great reaction.

crazy horse was an actual Indian/native American they call them now, he was a chief of the tribe eventually that the usa government broke treaty with repeatedly ,Crazy Horse or Tasunke Witco was born as a member of the Oglala Lakota on Rapid Creek about 40 miles northeast of Thunderhead Mt. (now Crazy Horse Mountain) in c. 1840. It was a time when cultures clashed, and land became an issue of deadly contention and traditional Native ways were threatened and oppressed.

Where are you from? I’m from Texas. That’s the first thing I’ve heard today that’s made any sense. (Lol)

Thank you for this. I was a 1st Cav Soldier but more recently from this. Great reaction.

The reporter was real, the pics he took were real, and he wrote this book

The Crazy Horse he was talking about was an American Indian chief that was a great warrior and leader of his people.

As 2024 fort brag has been renamed to fort Moore, in honor of both Hal and Julia

Excellent review. Thank you.

Great reaction keep it up guys.👍

Your dad's reaction is the same as mine at the same time, total respect!

the women who received the telegrams were actual wives of soldiers. so their emotions were more real

yes, that's right, the villain in this movie is war, not the Vietnamese, that's exactly right,,نعم ، هذا صحيح ، الشرير في هذا الفيلم هو الحرب التي هي صحيحة بالضبط

You should show you father the movies: - The Patriot (a fiction About the American Revolution and gaining Independence from the British) - Valkyrie (starring Tom Cruise). It’s based on a real mission to attempt to assassinate Hitler. - Full Metal Jacket. A movie based on the letters of a real life Marine during Vietnam. - A Few Good Men. It’s centered more around the community between soldiers and their higher ranking officers and how they treat the system and other soldiers. -

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I love seeing this. My grandpa got his purple heart there. He was never the same and the religion question. That's catholic. I only know because I was raised catholic.

Love these war movie reactions 💯

3:40 holy spirit ...holy ghost it goes both ways ....when I was younger we used to say holy ghost but sometime later on people kept saying holy spirit

Crazy Horse was a Native American Lakota warrior from the 19th century

Was a good movie!! Anyone knows about that book "Les guerres en Indochine?

Very touching reaction, thank you. You should watch 'Hacksaw Ridge', also an amazing true war story.

The best war movie ever.

Broken Arrow is sent over the radio when a nuclear weapon has launched, been lit or, been lost.

I have a feeling that you might both also like another Mel Gibson directed film called, "Apocalypto" . . .

أنه يتضمن كل اسم جندي لعبه ممثل في الفيلمنعم ، هذا هو واحد من أعظم أفلام الحرب التي رأيتها أيضًا ، وشاهدت الكثير منها ، واقعيًا ، حتى

Really like your dad! Take care of him!

A real war movie yes, but a true story as well.

Vietnam war was lost because of D.C. politics fighting was so obsessive between each other... and the U.S. could not come up with a strategy except climbing hills in Vietnam and killing each other.

21:15 there's the money shot....

Enjoyed the reaction. are you going to finish BOB

My father was in this war.

Look up a polish movie The 9th Rota, it is similar and a true story of a Russian Unit that held a mountain top in Afghanistan, it's another story of heroism that deserves to be told.

Watch The Last of the Mohicans