The top mistakes in We Were Soldiers http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1941 en Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:55:12 +0000 27180 Just after Lyndon Johnson announces that the air mobile units will be sent to Vietnam (1965), a dance/party scene has everybody dancing and singing 'Hold On I'm Comin' by Sam and Dave. It was a hit, but not in 1965. It was a mid/late 1966 hit, almost a year after that party. The Ia Drang Valley battle took place in November, 1965, before that song was recorded. 13978 Towards the end of the movie, at the last fight scene, you see the 1st air cav charging the NVA. As they go over a hill, you see the NVA waiting for them and then a helicopter gunship hovers down and kills all of the enemy. The gunship was using mini-guns which fires 6,000 rounds a minute. These were not used in Vietnam until late 1967. and were not in-country in 1965. In 1965, the gunships had two Flex M-60 machineguns on each side. 22504 The helicopter pilots wear two-tone Nomex fireproof gloves - these were not in use yet in 1965. Black leather flying gloves were issued back then. 24499 Right before they deploy to Vietnam, Mel Gibson describes to his soldiers what a diverse group they are. He lists off the various ethnic and racial groups that comprise the 1st Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. Among them are Hispanics, which is the wrong term for the time period, since Hispanic is a neologism coined in the '80s. 20499 In the beginning where the soldiers are ambushed. One person goes to blow the trumpet (puts it in his mouth) and then the next frame has an up close shot bringing it up to his mouth again.