Casualties of War: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - In November of 1966, the Vietnam War was in full swing and the desperation of the scenario was weighing heavily on both sides. Atrocities were being committed but the war machine would not be denied until the early 1970s. Of all the terrible stories to emerge would be a piece by Daniel Lang first published in the New Yorker magazine in 1969, based on true events from that November. As I started to watch this film, I was expecting just another Vietnam movie. I dig them, don’t get me wrong – I really liked Full Metal Jacket – but I went in thinking I knew what to expect. I was wrong, shocked, and horrified.

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