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The Green Barreis
John Wayne's film may have been pioneering a whole new genre, the over-the-top Vietnam War Epic. But in its treatment of non-white, non-American characters, the Green Barreis was also very much rooted in Hollywood's past. The end result had plenty of explosions, and lots of war movie cliches. You think Hamchunk is going to die too but at the end of the movie, he's walking hand in hand with Wayne on the beach.
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