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movie 'Courage Under Fire' true story?

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Jason Romero

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Apr 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/8/97
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hi, this is playing on cable this month.
are all the events that were shown true?
some of the stuff , like the guy who (spoiler)
uh, oh well the way the Lou Diamond Phillips
character was portrayed seemed kinda enhanced
to add some excitement to the bleak movie

thanks, Jason


Chris Borg

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Apr 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/8/97
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Not only is it not true story but woman have woman the congress medal of
honor b4. I saw the Cable ad where the voice over said based on a true
story but its wrong.


Jason Romero (ja...@best.com) wrote:
: hi, this is playing on cable this month.

Matt Oki

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Apr 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/10/97
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ja...@best.com (Jason Romero) wrote:
> hi, this is playing on cable this month.
>are all the events that were shown true?
>some of the stuff , like the guy who (spoiler)
>uh, oh well the way the Lou Diamond Phillips
>character was portrayed seemed kinda enhanced
>to add some excitement to the bleak movie
>
>thanks, Jason
>

No, it was based on a novel by Patrick Sheane Duncan, a Vietnam vet who
directed '84 Charlie Mopic.'


Matt


Alex Fung

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Apr 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/11/97
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Jason Romero (ja...@best.com) writes:
> hi, this is playing on cable this month.
> are all the events that were shown true?
> some of the stuff , like the guy who (spoiler)
> uh, oh well the way the Lou Diamond Phillips
> character was portrayed seemed kinda enhanced
> to add some excitement to the bleak movie

COURAGE UNDER FIRE is not a true story. No Congressional Medals of Honor
have been given for Gulf War activities. There has been one woman who has
been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in its history - I have no
idea whom she is, or what she received it for. (In COURAGE UNDER FIRE, a
point was made that the Karen Walden character, played by Meg Ryan, could
be the first woman to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for *combat*.
In real life, a woman may or may not have already been decorated as such -
for all I know, Congressional Medals of Honor might only be given for combat
situations. Hey, I'm Canadian.)

--
Alex Fung (aw...@freenet.carleton.ca) | http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aw220/
"Unlike you, I'm tolerant of weirdness."
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, CROOKED HEARTS

jouetj...@gmail.com

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Jun 19, 2014, 1:34:35 AM6/19/14
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Nope its fiction there was a woman who was awarded a medal but she was a doctor. So tgey had ti embellish a little but i appreciate any film that denzel does. LOU diamond was good too. It made you think about the armed forces and what they go theough when they come home. Altameyer was a good example. All around good movie! ! Pass the popcorn lol!

w.gil...@gmail.com

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Mar 10, 2017, 4:59:18 PM3/10/17
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Still a good movie!

mattp...@gmail.com

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Aug 16, 2018, 4:09:50 AM8/16/18
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