In a 1968 film, he played Col. Michael Kirby, the leader of a group of Green Berets
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The Green Berets (film) - Wikipedia  The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film set in Vietnam, featuring John Wayne, Jim ... When asked by Green Beret Colonel Mike Kirby (John Wayne) if he had ever been ... Also introduced is the ARVN base camp strike force leader Captain Nim ... One day, Sergeant Muldoon, while supervising a group of U.S. Seabees...
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The Green Berets (1968) - IMDb  Drama  Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. ... about a cynical war  The Green Berets -- John Wayne stars in this classic war film .... Kirby and a select group of his men are then ordered on a special mission to ... Instead he was widely ridiculed by a rabid leftist press.
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F.J. Kelly, Green Beret Leader In Vietnam War, Is Dead at 78 - The ...  Jan 4, 1998 ... Col Francis J Kelly, commander of Green Berets during Vietnam War, dies at age 78 (M) ... Special Forces Group, the Green Beret unit assigned to Vietnam, he ... the day in 1968 when Colonel Kelly took his family to the movie theater at ... Mike Kirby, but she said that her father had a mixed view of the film.
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Movie Review - - Screen: 'Green Berets' as Viewed by John Wayne ...  Screen: 'Green Berets' as Viewed by John Wayne:War Movie Arrives at the Warner Theater. By RENATA ADLER. Published: June 20, 1968 ... There is inadvertent humor: "He's dying," a Negro medic says, thoughtfully spooning Jim Beam bourbon ... Col. Mike Kirby . . . . . John Wayne George Beckworth . . . . . David Janssen
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The Green Berets (1968) - Synopsis - IMDb  When asked by Green Beret Colonel Mike Kirby (John Wayne) if he had ever been to Southeast Asia, reporter Beckworth replies that he had not, prompting a...
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Predator (1987) - IMDb  Action  A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves ... With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia ... Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the .... A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major "Dutch"...
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IMDb: My All Time War/Military/SpecialForces Movie Collection ! - a ...  Feb 1, 2012 ... A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order ..... A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group ..... takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer. .... Image of Alien: Resurrection ... Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987 TV Movie).
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Audie Murphy - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times  Find the location of Audie Murphy's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a ... Audie Murphy, the most decorated American warrior of World War II, found a new kind of ... Murphy was unaware that he was the most decorated soldier until the Army ... Actor James Cagney saw a Life magazine cover story on the freckled,...
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Stripes (film) - Wikipedia  Stripes is a 1981 American buddy military comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young, and John Candy. Several actors including John Larroquette, John Diehl, Conrad Dunn and ... Their commanding officer is the arrogant and incompetent Captain Stillman.
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The Green Berets: The Amazing Story of the US Army's Elite Special ...  Editorial Reviews. Review. War at uncommonly close quarters. Time magazine Once in a ... Robin Moore is the bestselling author of The French Connection and The Hunt for Bin Laden, .... know many of them, to include Sgt Barry Sadler, who wrote and sang the song, The Green Berets, from Vietnam era Berets to the
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The History Place - Vietnam War 1961-1964  May 1961 - President Kennedy sends 400 American Green Beret 'Special Advisors' to ... January 11, 1962 - During his State of the Union address, President ... Their primary mission, he has told them, is to protect him from any coups in Saigon. ... August 26, 1963 - Ambassador Lodge meets President Diem for the first time.
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Oliver Stone's Platoon Buddies Recall the War 20 Years Later - People  May 11, 1987 ... Stone was actually in several platoons, and since the film's release, ... for Platoon, Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning movie about the Vietnam war, are ... who served three tours of duty in Vietnam, the second with Stone. ... Danna's souvenirs of war include a Soldier's Medal and a Bronze Star, as well as a heroin...
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How Alec Baldwin Lost His Jack Ryan Role After 'The Hunt For Red ...  Feb 27, 2015 ... Alec Baldwin wanted to reprise his role of Jack Ryan for 'Patriot Games' ... in 1990, and it was arguably the first blockbuster of the decade. ... Sean Connery was praised for his portrayal of Soviet Captain Marko ... So, how did Baldwin miss out on assuming the part of Clancy's CIA hero in a string of films that...
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Barry Sadler Discography at Discogs  He served as a Green Beret medic and Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He is most famous for his 1966 hit "The Ballad Of The Green...
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Film History of the 1960s  During the early to mid 1960s, Hollywood looked to literary works and the history books for .... And John Wayne's portrayal as leader of elite US Army's Special Forces in the .... Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello Beach Party Films: ... Annette Funicello - still under contract to Disney, was legally forced to not appear in a...
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Apocalypse Now (1979) - Greatest Films  Like they said, he had an impressive career, maybe too impressive, I mean perfect. ... He encounters the commanding officer of the Air Cavalry as an American military archetype. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore [Kill-Gore] (Robert Duvall) is a hawkish, ... during the liberation of the beach area the next day: "Charlie don't surf!
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Special Forces (United States Army) - Wikipedia  The United States Army Special Forces, known as the Green Berets because of their distinctive .... In June 1952, the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was formed under ... Department of Defense has authorized U.S. Army Special Forces Command to ..... Then Kennedy authorized the Green Beret as a mark of distinction,...
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Free Flashcards about VIETNAM - StudyStack  21, 1968, THE BATTLE FOR THIS MARINE OUTPOST MAY HAVE BEEN AN NVA DIVERSION ... IN THIS FILM, MEL GIBSON PLAYED LT. COL. HAL MOORE, WHO LED HIS MEN IN THE FIRST MAJOR U.S. LAND BATTLE OF THE ... YEAR OF THE HEADLINE: "U.S. ABANDONS SAIGON, VIETNAM WAR ENDS", 1975.
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'Die Hard' cop fights gang of terrorists: 1988 review - NY Daily News  Jul 14, 2015 ... This photo shows Bruce Willis in a scene from the 1988 film, "Die Hard ... He goes to the high-rise office building where she works for the ... Which is why the terrorists headed by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), have elected to take it over. Their object is $600 million worth of bearer bonds in the Nakatomi vault...
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Path to War - Wikipedia  Path to War is a 2002 American biographical television film, produced by HBO and directed by ... The film stars Michael Gambon as President Johnson, Alec Baldwin as Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Donald Sutherland as...
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Platoon: 1986 Best Picture - Fikkle Fame  Sep 8, 2014 ... More Oscar-nominated films from 1986: Aliens, Star Trek IV: The Voyage ... HEARTY PHRASES $1000: In this 1986 film, Clint Eastwood plays a Marine sergeant who prepares young recruits for the Grenada invasion