In Country: The Vietnam War on DVD
BAT 21 (1988) 
Director Peter Markle
MGM
Released 2000
Rated R
Image Credit: MGM
BAT 21 from MGM
Veteran actors Gene Hackman and Danny Glover each put forth an admirable effort in this story of a downed airman and his forward-air controller who tries to rescue him. Based upon actual events, the story illustrates a basic truth about men in combat: They seldom fight for “God and country”; rather, they fight for one another.
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Tour of Duty: The Complete Series (1987)
Directors Steven Caffrey and James A. Contner
Sony Pictures
Released 2005
Unrated
Image Credit: SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Tour of Duty: The Complete Series from Sony Pictures.
This unusually well-done television series, which ran for three seasons and is now available as a DVD set, comes very close to capturing the authentic experience of Vietnam “grunts.” Those of us in the 196th Light Infantry Brigade in 1972 – the unit and time period upon which the series is based – may quibble about details, but the production’s U.S. Army technical advisers did a creditable job.
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