The picture opens with a dedication to the 347,304 Purple Heart recipients from the Vietnam War.
"This film is dedicated to the 347,309 Americans who received the Purple Heart awarded for wounds suffered in the Vietnam Conflict."
"This film is dedicated to the 347,309 Americans who received the Purple Heart awarded for wounds suffered in the Vietnam Conflict."
Third of five Vietnam War cinema movies made between the late 1970s and late 1980s that featured actor R. Lee Ermey. The films include Purple Hearts (1984), Apocalypse Now (1979), Full Metal Jacket (1987) The Boys in Company C (1978) and The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988).
Sidney J. Furie performed a number of roles on this picture. Furie was a co-writer, the head producer and the director.
First of two consecutive back-to-back war movies for actor Ken Wahl whose next film would be the World War II tele-film The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985).