In 1965, as the United States entered the Vietnam War, ... The M-65 field jacket was, of course, born out of necessity and therefore had to be as functional and versatile as possible.

Vietnam War movies are often harrowing and uncomfortably realistic, as seen in films like Hamburger Hill, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket. advertisement. Collider.

Did you know duct tape played a crucial role in the Vietnam War? From field repairs to life-saving hacks, this versatile adhesive became a soldier's best friend. Discover its fascinating history ...

Vietnam War reporter Michael Herr, who helped write ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ dies at 76 June 24, 2016 More than 9 years ago By Adam Bernstein ...

At its core, Full Metal Jacket is an exploration of the breakdown of the human psyche under the immense pressure of war. Based on Hasford’s 1979 novel The Short-Timers, the film takes audiences ...

7. Full Metal Jacket (1987) Stanley Kubrick should be more often thought of as the supreme anti-war moviemaker. Split between the harrowing boot-camp tyranny of R. Lee Ermey’s drill instructor ...

The field jacket has a long-standing pedigree in military history. With many iterations over the years, none remains more iconic than the M-65, a style first introduced by Alpha Industries to outfit ...

The 1980s saw a wave of Hollywood films about Vietnam, including First Blood, Hamburger Hill, Good Morning Vietnam, Casualties of War and Born on the Fourth of July.Foremost among them is the ...

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy. These 10 ...

The recent death of Kevyn Major Howard, the actor who portrayed Rafterman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 Vietnam War film “Full Metal Jacket,” has rekindled memories of the real Marine who ...

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy.

And in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” (1987), the war was nothing more than a charnel house. Ever since, American films have largely eschewed the tidy morality and view of combat that ...