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Thanks, Cjay2!

posted 19 years ago by kajunite
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I just watched this movie for the first time today and I got very emotional with it.

The most difficult aspect for me is the USA opposition to the mission! How dare they try to stop them from going to get the Americans! This is appalling and movies of this nature should be made periodically and diligently to shame the powers that be. We must make them aware that we will remind them as often as necessary of the ones who did not come home so they could have a Senate or Congress to make big bucks with.

There are still even today just over 1900 Americans missing in Southeast Asia but Ladybird Johnson is living well on the money she made off the war in Vietnam. Yes it is all big business and corrupt government, but we should still have the dignity and decency to bring back home ALL Americans even if nothing but the bones to be buried on the homeland.

Let's make another movie about this atrocity and remind the voters of our responsibility to make sure Vietnam never happens again, if we can. I came home from Vietnam but some still have not come home and I honestly can say that I am still not completely home because not all have returned even today.

Bring them ALL home!

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[–] kajunite 18 years ago

You were right about the movie. Many of the desserters were identifiable by the Army but they want people to believe that these MIA's and POW's were desserters but they weren't. Not all of them. If they had been then they would have told their families that. There is a site that is made up of families of POW's and they are still looking for the men. The embarrassment is what it is all about really, Cjay. America made a mess of things and don't want to admit it.

The movie proved that to me. VVA did bring several people home and have done some goodwill work with Vietnam in recent years. Vietnam gets along well with VVA and our government is uncomfortable with that as well.

The government will fight our movie project for all the same reasons.