SHAKEY'S HILL (THIS IS AN EXCELLENT STORY ABOUT THE PERSONAL LOSS OF ONE MAN)

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SHAKEY'S HILL
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EXCELLENT 5-STAR DOCUMENTARY
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In 1970, CBS cameraman Norman Lloyd followed a battalion of American soldiers into the jungles of Cambodia. The mission was to seek out substantial weapons and supplies caches being used by the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War.  As the battalion closed in on the location of the caches, they encountered a growing resistance from the North Vietnamese forces.  Lloyd's surreal footage and intimate interviews take audiences through each firefight leading up to the operation's climax, which became known as the taking of
“Shakey's Hill”
– infamously named by those who were there after the battalion's youngest soldier –  a stuttering 19-year-old who lost his life discovering the first weapons cache. The operation and subsequent discovery of the massive caches is considered one of the most successful operations of the American Forces during the war. This documentary contains interviews taken in 1970 from Cambodia, as well as retrospective interviews with the soldiers collected in 2004, exploring not only the events leading up to the mission's success, but also the after effects of war on the soldiers some 35 years later. (Approx. 52min.)
(Note: A personal favorite of mine which I highly recommend).
See Related DVDs on
Healing and Reunion
:
An Ocean Away
;
Goin' Back: Vietnam
;
Operation Reunion
;
Above DVDs Sold Separately
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GOD
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