Corrected entry: Col. Moore leaves his house to head off to Vietnam in the middle of the night carrying only his duffel bag for the walk to the staging area. But he arrives with an M16. Hard to believe that the armory is open all night.
bnemirow
30th Jul 2019
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Correction: The troops did not carry their weapons on the ship, they were loaded in the weapons rack, they did not see the weapons till the night they were going to leave the ship, that's when they were issued their ammo.
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Correction: Moore is a commanding officer about to deploy on operations so he could have ordered the armory opened at any time to be issued his weapon. Military units generally have a duty officer or small guard force present or on call overnight. If they don't have access to the armory they can call in someone who does, especially if it is for the CO.