User blog comment:Larry Foulke "A Brother In Arms"/Usean Continetal War of 2004/@comment-4436775-20120105015209/@comment-4436775-20120107060430

Ok, first of all the movie is based off of [|the battle of Ia Drang] early in the Vietnam war. In the movie, the Americans are pinned down and call on air support. Friendly american planes then begin to napalm part of the valley. However, one of the bombs was dropped short of its target and hit allied forces, therefore being regarded as friendly fire. One of the allies that got friendly fired was then brought to a medevac helicopter, where the film's camera did a shot of his face. 1/4 of his face was natural. 1/4 was all bloddy. And the other half was a resemblence to a baked potato (all charred and peeling off.)