Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-22 months agoJust meet an 86 year old Vietnam veteran with 2 Purple Hearts, and he said "Platoon" 1986 was the movie that best portrayed his Vietnam experience.www.imdb.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up195
arrow-up195external-linkJust meet an 86 year old Vietnam veteran with 2 Purple Hearts, and he said "Platoon" 1986 was the movie that best portrayed his Vietnam experience.www.imdb.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareBaroqueInMindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWtf is a “people heart”? You mean Purple Heart?
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThank you for kindly bringing my attention to that error. It was a very important point and I’m glad I was able to correct it.
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoIt’s interesting that the link you posted indicates the purple hearts he received were probably part of the surplus manufactured in WWII, in anticipation of the losses they expected in the invasion of Japan, which never happened.
minus-squareBaroqueInMindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWho is the “he” you are referring to?
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe veteran I met today, in the post.
Wtf is a “people heart”? You mean Purple Heart?
Thank you for kindly bringing my attention to that error. It was a very important point and I’m glad I was able to correct it.
It’s interesting that the link you posted indicates the purple hearts he received were probably part of the surplus manufactured in WWII, in anticipation of the losses they expected in the invasion of Japan, which never happened.
Who is the “he” you are referring to?
The veteran I met today, in the post.