dcram76 — 10 years ago(February 08, 2016 01:54 AM)

When I first watched this movie during the scene where Ron and his team are ambushed and he gets his injury, I was a bit dumbfounded by his actions. Now, I was never in combat so it is easy for me to say, but my whole thought was "hey, you marines are in an open field being ambushed by well-fortified NVA. Why are you not staying pinned down?" I felt he made a bad choice keeping himself standing on his knees after his weapon was jammed(this is where he got shot in the spinal cord), and should've pinned himself to the ground instead because he was an open target by that time.
I questioned that alot because I thought that was how those guys were trained.
However, I watched a later scene when he is at home in his backyard talking to his old high school buddy and saying that he tried to be John Wayne that day and should've stayed pinned down instead.
I could get chewed out for even mentioning this post but I was just curious.