The Green Berets (1968)

George Beckworth: There is such a thing as due process.
Colonel Mike Kirby: Out here, due process is a bullet.

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Colonel Mike Kirby: You're what this is all about.

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Sybil Sutton: It's strange that we've never read of this in the newspapers.
Sergeant Muldoon: Well... that's newspapers for you, ma'am. You could fill volumes with what you don't read in them."

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The defensive battle that takes place during the second half of the movie is very loosely based on the Battle of Nam Dong, during which two Viet Cong battalions attacked a small outpost in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam which was defended by a mixed force of Americans, Australians and South Vietnamese troops on July 6, 1964. After the successful defense of the outpost, the commanding officer, CPT Roger Donlon, was awarded the Medal of Honor.
In the book "Green Berets" by Robin Moore, the main character is based on Maj. Larry Thorne (originally Lauri Törni, a Finnish soldier who moved to USA after WWII).
Most colonels were only in their thirties during the Vietnam War. John Wayne was 60 when this film was made and Bruce Cabot was 63.
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