Re: [MV] New Movie, Air Cav in Vietnam

From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sun Dec 30 2001 - 11:47:29 PST


When I was at Lettterkenny some years ago on the MVPA tour....they had brand
new A1s in abloe ground fule storage tank, converted into garages after
WWII....they were new with the billy kits still in place...pretty cool...

Jon
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Subject: Re: [MV] New Movie, Air Cav in Vietnam

>
> In a message dated 12/30/01 3:48:46 AM, tonycastagno@verticalthought.com
> writes:
>
> >found another ride
>
> We Were Soldiers Once... was an 'approved' DOD script and so they got a
bunch
> of trucks free from the US Army. I did a little consulting for the
> transportation coordinator to help him get it right. It'll be interesting
to
> see how he did. The Army even cam up with some M151A2s for him to use.
Since
> the film takes place in 1966 I told him he'd need to at least modify the
> front fenders and ditch the composite lights of the A2s to look more like
A1s
> at a distance.
> Jeff
> TacticalTruck.com
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