Remembering Edward Faulkner, born February 29, 1932 and passed away August 26, 2025.

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#TheGreenBerets: John Wayne leads Special Forces in Vietnam.

As war pictures go? Meh. 1st half overly procedural, 2nd half overlong battle w/VC + tensionless covert op.

As propaganda? Mission accomplished! Army is victim AND savior. Kid subplots manipulate emotions.

Yet it still entertains me.

Remembering Jack Soo, born October 28, 1917 and passed away January 11, 1979.

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The Green Berets and the Last Gasp of American War Mythology The unintended takeaway from John Wayne’s The Green Berets (1968) is that the Emperor — or, in this case, the Duke — has no clothes. This movie puts Wayne in the same conversation with Laurence Oli…

John Wayne’s The Green Berets tried to be Henry V for the Vietnam War. What it became instead was a fantasy bunker to hide from the truth.
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Absolutely Nothing Could Salvage John Wayne’s Biggest, Most Controversial Failure — Not Even the White House The Green Berets was John Wayne's most controversial film, as well as a huge critical failure, but a box office success.

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Happy birthday George Takei, born April 20, 1937.

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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #JohnWayne #War #TheGreenBerets John Wayne Starred in One of the First Vietnam War Movies, and Botched the Mission http://dlvr.it/THbTYf

Essential #HeartsandMinds just on @tcm. #TheGreenBerets is next.
Oddest. Vietnam. Double. Feature. EVER.