Product Details

• Actors: Jim Holt, Mark Lee, Brett Climo, Alyssa-Jane Cook, Grace Parr
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Vietnamese
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304462689
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #336,413 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

America's Mandarin (1954 - 1963) To stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam - supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon. LBJ Goes to War (1964 - 1965) With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, Lyndon Baines Johnson determined to prevent it, and South Vietnam on the verge of collapse, the stage was set for massive escalation of the undeclared Vietnam War.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars we were young and brave, February 6, 2002

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greg henry - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vietnam:They Were Young and Brave [VHS] (VHS Tape)

AWESOME documentary on the 1/7th Cav main battle in Vietnam.. highly recommend it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars unbiased and informative, May 11, 2004

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Alan Clark (Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vietnam: Chronicle of War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This series, presented by Walter 'most trusted man in America' Cronkite is good for anyone one wanting to view an unbiased account of the Vietnam war. There is no Barber's Adagio over the footage, no critical narration - it lets the footage and facts speak for itself - boo-koo information as a VET would say.

5.0 out of 5 stars Must See Documentary about Vietnam, January 11, 2012

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Charles L. Bland (Amherst, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vietnam:They Were Young and Brave [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was a brief and very telling anecdote to the later "feel good" film, We Were Soldiers" of the same battle, the Ia Drang Valley battle of Nov 14-18 1965. This brief documentary includes reminiscences of participants including Colonel Moore of the First of the 7th Air Cav, and Colonel Anh of the NVA and his superior officer, who were in command of the battle. It is far more honest in its representation which includes memory of the haymaker ambush by the NVA after the main battle was over (the Americans thought). The battle was highly significant since General Westmoreland chose to ignore the disastrous ambush and take his lesson from the main battle, which the US "won" in terms that had little application in Vietnam, and also Secretary of Defense Macnamara may have concluded, based on this battle, that the war was unwinnable in any terms the American people would accept, yet kept his counsel for three more years. The Hollywood film, we were soldiers, based on Col. Moore's study of the battle, was dishonest and a disservice to Colonel Moore and all the brave soldiers on both sides who fought this battle. It came out just in the wake of 9/11 and as we were gearing up for Iraq and may have fed the need for Americans to feel good about themselves, but it was an historical atrocity which this earlier documentary repairs.

Charles Bland Niagara Falls NY