Military history professor Bill Allison rates more Vietnam War movies, such as "Forrest Gump ... and the nighttime attacks of the Tet Offensive in "Full Metal Jacket" (1987).

this absorbing and enlightening three-hour documentary takes you into the core of the action to witness what it was like to be an American soldier in the Vietnam War. The fighting is recounted in ...

Military history professor Bill Allison rates Vietnam War movies, such as "Apocalypse Now ... such as the battle of Huế during the Tet Offensive in "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) and "Platoon ...

Frequently, and this may be an uncomfortable truth for many, the documentary works best when we are thrown into the action ...

especially those born after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, images of that cataclysmic and controversial conflict were forged by Hollywood: "Apocalypse Now." "The Deer Hunter." "Platoon." "Full ...

Nowadays, The Green Berets is typically mentioned only in contrast with later Vietnam War movies like Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. Critics noted that Wayne’s depiction of Vietnam was absurdly ...

When the Vietnam War ... did America go to war? Why did so many young men have to die? And how could we as a country move on? By the end of the 1970s, there were a slew of movies that dealt ...