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"Restrepo" The Sal Giunta story

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edited January 2011 in A Moving Train
Whatever your opinion is on the war in Afghanistan is you really should watch this documentary
by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
Here's a 15 min clip


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvUdruvb ... ature=fvwp

http://restrepothemovie.com/
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  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,898
    Saw him on 60 Minutes a while back. Was very humbling to hear a Medal of Honor recipient refer to himself as a mediocre soldier. Will have to check this out.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Seen it. I remember thinking how out of place those soldiers seemed in that environment. They just came across as pretty clueless.

    A bunch of MTV generation Americans in the mountains of Afghanistan really isn't the best mix.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,898
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Seen it. I remember thinking how out of place those soldiers seemed in that environment. They just came across as completely clueless.

    A bunch of MTV generation Americans in the mountains of Afghanistan really isn't a good mix.

    But yet they were completely surrounded and almost beaten and were able to get every solider back.

    That valley sounds incredibly scary. Soldiers are scared to take a shit during the day because of how dangerous it is.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Seen it. I remember thinking how out of place those soldiers seemed in that environment. They just came across as completely clueless.

    A bunch of MTV generation Americans in the mountains of Afghanistan really isn't a good mix.

    But yet they were completely surrounded and almost beaten and were able to get every solider back.

    That valley sounds incredibly scary. Soldiers are scared to take a shit during the day because of how dangerous it is.

    Not all of them came back. And they ended up abandoning that outpost in the end. Which makes you wonder if it was all worth it.
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,898
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Seen it. I remember thinking how out of place those soldiers seemed in that environment. They just came across as completely clueless.

    A bunch of MTV generation Americans in the mountains of Afghanistan really isn't a good mix.

    But yet they were completely surrounded and almost beaten and were able to get every solider back.

    That valley sounds incredibly scary. Soldiers are scared to take a shit during the day because of how dangerous it is.

    Not all of them came back. And they ended up abandoning that outpost in the end.

    No? I thought they got everyone back, not necessarily alive, but I thought they got everyone.

    And I am not saying whether it was worth it or not, just was impressed with what I heard about Giunta's actions.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    No? I thought they got everyone back, not necessarily alive, but I thought they got everyone.

    And I am not saying whether it was worth it or not, just was impressed with what I heard about Giunta's actions.

    The fella with the latin name copped it. - Martinez or something. He was killed during the big firefight in the valley.
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