Casualties of War Exhibit

There will be an exhibit for all of the guests to enjoy after dinner. The display will include:

1.

The soldiers from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, set fire to the village of Lieu An on the Bong Son plain during Operation Pershing.  The soldiers in the movie burned villages that were believed to be harboring Viet Cong.
Vietnam Photography

2. 

This is a tunnel used by the Viet Cong to move supplies and troops without being detected.  One of the soldiers in the movie fell in to one of these while trying to escape a mortar attack.learnnc.org

3. 

This image of the effect the war had on the jungle is very similar to some of the landscapes the soldiers walked through in the movie
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4

This is a photo of the C/229th base camp in Vietnam.  This was shown in the movie when the soldiers were at camp getting ready to go on the mission

Vietnam Pictures

5.

This is a US gun boat.  In the movie a gun boat saved the soldiers when they were attacked close to the river.

Gun Boat

6.

This is a wounded soldier being loaded in to a helicopter just like how Brownie was loaded in to a helicopter after he was shot in the movie.

Brittanica

7. 

This is a hootch.  This is what the Vietnamese lived in and what the soldiers in the movie took shelter in while on their mission.

Culture of Vietnam

8.  

This is a water buffalo in Vietnam during the war.  In the movie one of the soldiers shot at a water buffalo because he thought it was the enemy and almost gave away their position. 

Water Buffalo