What was stated as a story of John Ripley and Le Ba Binh and their fight during the war was little about the actual acts.

I had hoped it was a deep story of the 1972 offensive that had not been covered much but other than some of Ripley's heroics on the Dong Ha Bridge mentioned by interviewees little more was stated.

It jumped and spent most of the time in post Easter Offensive with Ripley watching TV showing clips of antiwar clips (Fonda. Kerry) and long scenes of Le Ba Binh in re-education camps after fall of South Vietnam.

In some selected clips, the whole story was not given. For example, when Vietnam was split, the south was supposed to have elections (did not). Diem was not a saint (Reagan clip),that all the South Vietnamese wanted the US there or even the Thieu government.

What was missing was any real mention of Johnson's refusal to expand the war, the false projections (media got this right) we were winning, and Nixon administration handling the peace deal so not a balanced account.

The look and feel of the dramatic sequences was more of a reality show.

This is my sencond review - the first one is... missing :)

First of all, I have to say the film was ok. Part original footage part acted, did not expect a masterpiece here.

What was mind blowing to me was the original footage of some of the prominent member of the anti-war movement (John Kerry, Jane Fonda).

These people were actually promoting the communist propaganda. Oh, I am sure, they thought they were doing a good thing, promoting the peace, stopping the killing, but man it was heartbreaking to watch them parroting the communist lies.

Now, some 50 years later, their political descendants are talking about re-education again. Back then it was real concentration camps for re-education, today it's done within companies and the government.

Here's a picture I will never forget: Jane Fonda parroting Soviet propaganda.

That was First of all, I have to say the film was ok. Part original footage part acted, did not expect a masterpiece here.

What was mind blowing to me was the original footage of some of the prominent member of the anti-war movement (John Kerry, Jane Fonda).

These people were actually promoting the communist propaganda. Oh, I am sure, they thought they were doing a good thing, promoting the peace, stopping the killing, but man it was heartbreaking to watch them parroting the communist lies.

Now, some 50 years later, their political descendants are talking about re-education again. Back then it was real concentration camps for re-education, today it's done within companies and the government.

People should watch this one; it will tell you a lot about todays world...

Here's a picture I will never forget: Jane Fonda parroting Soviet propaganda.

That was a punch in the gut!

While I didn't serve in Viet Nam, I remember that time well, and I served with people who did. This movie is a mix of docudrama and interviews with veterans. Those that pan that concept apparently don't watch much on the History Channel. Most of the negative reviews I read, if you click on the profile of the reviewer, you find that their negative review of this movie is the ONLY review they have posted. THAT should tell you that they specifically had a reason to bash this film. At least one reviewer called it political propaganda, but that's just what the TRUTH looks like when it isn't what you want to hear!

Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and their FTA group, committed treason, and they should've gone to prison for that. John Kerry did as well and instead ended up as a lousy Secretary of State who made a terrible deal with our enemies in Iran. The description of the changes in America and the predictions of John Ripley came true. We are living that today. Disputing that fact is futile. The decline of mainstream media in this country began when Walter Cronkite went to Viet Nam and came home and his editor told him to "report what he thought", not just "what he had seen". From that moment on, news reporting became propaganda.