Re: Combat films

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 21:47:54 EST, RWHofrich@aol.com wrote:

>Heartbreak Ridge (hey, again not that realistic, but it's the Marines
and 
>supposed to be CLNC--even though it obviously wasn't filmed there)

Not that realistic??? It is SO unrealistic as to be hilarious. The
Grenada
raid was a horrible botch up job... but this film isn't about Grenada,
it's
about some fictional event they call Grenada. See "Secret Armies" by
James
Adams, it has a very good chapter on the Grenada raid. 

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@interlog.com
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