ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE VIETNAM

WARBy Christian Johnson

Music during the Vietnam war

1. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire 2. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys 3. You Were On My Mind - We Five 4. The In Crowd - The Ramsey Lewis Trio 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Help - The Beatles 7. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers 8. Catch Us If You Can - The Dave Clark Five 9. Yesterday - The Beatles10. I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher

The impact music had on the perception of the Vietnam war

Music was often used to help people support or be against the Vietnam war. More of them were used to increase Vietnam sympathizers.

Movies depicting the Vietnam war

We were soldiers Full metal jacket The deer hunter Good morning Vietnam The fog of war Path to war Platoon Hamburger hill Forrest gump

We were soldiers

on the morning of November 14th, 1965 American soldiers engaged the enemy, for the first time. These soldiers were the men of the 7th Air Cavalry Division. They were led by Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore and Sergeant Major Plumley. There were 395 U.S. soldiers. They suspected that Col Moore and his Cavalry soldiers would meet light resistance. They actually met was a large battalion, 2,000 - 3,000 regular enemy soldiers. They were not only out numbered but surrounded with no way out.

Full metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket is one of the more realistic Vietnam war movies; especially the boot camp. Drill Instructor Hartman was in fact, a real Marine Drill Sergeant during the Vietnam war. The first hour of the movie deals with a group of guys going through Marine Corps boot Camp on Paris Island, South Carolina, 1968.

Deer Hunter

Deer Hunter is about a group of very close friends who work in a steel mill in Pennsylvania during the Vietnam war. The story is set in the late sixties and these guys have decided to volunteer to join the Army and serve in Vietnam. Just a bunch of young, hard working, patriotic men. Quite a bit of time is spent getting to know this group of guys, and their families. Eventually three of the five good friends head off to war. After their tour in Vietnam nothing would ever be the same. The life that they enjoyed so much was over. Like every other war does to good men, it changes them, some physically and all mentally

Good morning Vietnam

Good Morning Vietnam is a story based on actual events in 1966 during the Vietnam war. Adrian Cronauer (Williams) is a young airmen sent to Vietnam to work as a DJ for the Armed Forces Radio Network. It was a good change for the soldiers in the field. Chonauer replaced an anal retentive lieutenant who liked play Polka and kiss the Sergeant Majors ass. As if a young twit of lieutenant wasn’t enough, he had the sergeant Major to deal with. The sergeant major pretty much hated everything and every body. Cronauer couldn’t do anything right in this guys eyes. His music wasn’t right, he didn’t like his humor, and he wanted the young DJ out! Luckily for Cronauer, the general enjoyed his show and the troops sent duffle bags of fan mail. What the troops want is what the troops will get was the Generals attitude. The only problem was that the Sergeant Major and the lieutenant would go out of their way and do whatever it took to get the DJ booted from Vietnam

The Fog of war

The Fog Of War tells the story Robert S. McNamara's life. 58,000 soldiers and Marines that were killed in Vietnam while he served as Secretary of Defense. hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians burned in the fire bombings of world war. This all required an intelligent person to call the shots and live with the consequences.

Path to war

Path To War is about the Johnson administration . Path To War is an inside look at when, why and how the war in Vietnam escalated into the disaster that it became. Vietnam was in fact a problem that was inherited from the Kennedy administration. One day in 1964, over 100 casualties were inflicted on our advisors. Our camps had been infiltrated and bombs were set off inside the wire. President Johnson went to war in inches, over the next six years and 58,000 men died for his failed policy.

Hamburger Hill

Hamburger Hill is about the 101st Airborne division fighting in the Ashau Valley in the rugged hill country if VietnamThe films covers the mental aspect of combat soldiers and one brutal battle that took place in 1969 in Vietnam. In the end we witness a slaughter for hill 937 that they won’t even hold if they can take it from the VC.

Platoon

Platoon is about a platoon of Infantry fighting in the jungles of Vietnam in 1967. Taylor is from a family with money and he volunteered to serve in Vietnam. The FNG Taylor gets a crash course in survival in Vietnam, his platoon sergeant is completely off his rocker. He has a death wish and he could care less who dies with him. In fact he’s about as likely to shoot you as the enemy.

Some facts about the Vietnam war

58,148 killed in Vietnam 304,000 Wounded in Action 86% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians 13% were African American 1% Other Average age of the American soldier killed in action

was 23 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were

volunteers 91% of Vietnam Veterans say they are glad they

served 87% of the American people hold Vietnam Vets in high

esteem

How accurate are they..

Most of the movies are an accurate interpretation of what happened during the Vietnam conflict, some things that happened may have been worse than what was shown in some movies like Forrest Gump, in which case the war was not the main focus of the movie.