Texas Tech University

The Green Berets

Moving Image Item Number: 382VI2751
Pages
0
Media Type
Moving Image
Physical Location
D022.5C
Copyright Statement
1968 Batjac Productions Inc.
Number of Media
1
Language(s)
English
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
Format
VHS
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
02:15:00
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 1987
General Note
John Wayne stars in and co directs ths unabashedly red-white-and-blue depiction of America's Vietnam War Effort, his most forceful film statement ever on the nature of duty and courage during times of political uncertainties. Wayne personally wrote President Lyndon Johnson to request Pentagon assistance in filming and received all the military hardware--and then some--needed to create an impressive spectacle. Particularly dramatic is a long night battle in which the Special Forces camp is overrun by the enemy, then retaken. The ever-shifting perimeter, the mind-wracking cacaphony of explosion after explosion, the difficulty in distinguishing between friend and foe, and the nearly futile attempts at command communications during the chaos of battle vividly symbolize the war as it really was.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=382VI2751

Citation
The Green Berets, 382VI2751. 1987, David C. Martin Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=382VI2751, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
382VI2751, David C. Martin Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 17 Dec 2009 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]