The camera captured something unthinkable: American veterans going back to Vietnam and embracing men who once tried to kill them. It’s a culminating chapter in the long journey home from war for these veterans and it punctuates the final episode of “The Vietnam War,” the epic documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
![The marines launched another phase of Operation Prairie IV on May 13, 1967. On May 16, Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines moved out on a platoon-sized sweep, supported by tanks.[td] Marines fight off an ambush. A claymore mine explosion minutes earlier cost the life of the platoon leader of Alpha Company. [cg]](https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/vietnam-stories/1967/495969.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_300/The%20Marines%20launched%20another%20phase%20of%20Operation%20Pr)
The year 1967 was a turning point in the war, a period of violent escalation when the U.S. military deployed larger troop formations, waged bigger battles and killed hundreds of enemy fighters. The Communists, meanwhile, learned from their losses, modifying their tactics to cope with vastly greater U.S. firepower and wear down American will.
We asked you which movies made about the Vietnam War got the most right and which got the most wrong. And boy, did you respond. Here is what you told us.
![The marines launched another phase of Operation Prairie IV on May 13, 1967. On May 16, Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines moved out on a platoon-sized sweep, supported by tanks.[td] After fighting back the NVA, wounded Marines - supported by their battle buddies - march back to the command post. Some men were blinded in the ambush and had to be carried. [td;cg]](https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/vietnam-stories/1967/489679.jpg/alternates/LANDSCAPE_300/The%20Marines%20launched%20another%20phase%20of%20Operation%20Pr)
