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Posts: 3694 | Location: Central Virginia | Registered: November 06, 2006
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: Sometimes the Aussie diaglogue is hard to understand.
That's one major benefit of watching at home, on disc or streaming. If you run into something like a heavy Scottish/Irish/Aussie/etc. accent, simply flip on the subtitles.
I'd like to see this one, hopefully it gets to the USA on disc.
"But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley
I remember reading that the Aussies were feared both in Korea and Vietnam by the enemy and their tactical style was much different than the Americans. They liked to stay out for long periods and hunt and ambush the enemy, etc.
Posts: 35177 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: November 12, 2007
That's one major benefit of watching at home, on disc or streaming. If you run into something like a heavy Scottish/Irish/Aussie/etc. accent, simply flip on the subtitles.
^^^^^^^^^^ Yep. Good idea.
Posts: 17711 | Location: Stuck at home | Registered: January 02, 2015
Originally posted by PASig: I remember reading that the Aussies were feared both in Korea and Vietnam by the enemy and their tactical style was much different than the Americans. They liked to stay out for long periods and hunt and ambush the enemy, etc.
My dad said similar things about Korean Marines in his AO in Vietnam. He said that areas the Koreans pacified, stayed pacified.
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Originally posted by PASig: I remember reading that the Aussies were feared both in Korea and Vietnam by the enemy and their tactical style was much different than the Americans. They liked to stay out for long periods and hunt and ambush the enemy, etc.
Remember that the Aussies were already highly experienced in fighting that type of jungle counterinsurgency war, having successfully done so (albeit on a smaller scale) in Malaya alongside the Brits from 1950-1960. So they already had the skills and expertise needed when they became involved in Vietnam just a few years later.
Sorry for the necrobump but this film is available now on Prime Video. Highly recommended. No politics, no BS, no anti-America, just a really solid war film.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
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