As a Vietnam war veteran, I personally had a lot of problems with this movie. I suspect it was so revered by the Hollywood chosen because they were all the liberal type who didn't like John Wayne very much. This movie is the antithesis to John Wayne's movie The Green Berets. I guess the truth might be somewhere in between.
Chester 
P.S. Keith, just because I don't like this movie doesn't mean I don't appreciate your effort in posting about it.
