Movies of War

[Captain]

i just finished watching a movie called 'We Were Soldiers' starring Mel Gibson. Excellent film and its based on a true story.

But i also watched a documentary last night about the Australian soldiers who fought in Vietnam. There are no movies about their battles. Especially the Battle at Long Tan.

the documentary ended with a vet saying that 25 years ago, his father (a WWII digger), took him to the local Returned Services Leagues Club (RSL). the old diggers from WWI and WWII asked him to share his experiences with them.

They said to him that that wasn't a war and that he didnt know what a war was .

it was bad enough with the civilians but to have the old diggers turn them away, it was devastating. they were soldiers and they served their nation proud as their fathers had before them.