Prologue | Do We Get to Win This Time?
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The Power of Movies to Shape History
Movies like Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter and Full Metal Jacket create a Vietnam that never actually existed. That's how powerful movies are: They don't just depict history, they can also define it. But not everyone's definition of the Vietnam War is the same. And when you talk to people actually experience the war about the movies that try to capture it, you get a wide range of responses.
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