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Fact or Fiction III

 

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Sergeant 1st Class Norm 'Hoot' Gibson leads his group of Delta soldiers to the 2nd crash site.  They find nothing.

After researching this I have only found that part of the 10th Mountain convoy reached the 2nd crash site and not Gibson.

FICTION

The 10th Mountain convoy composed of four Pakistani tanks, 28 Malaysian armored personnel carriers (APCs), and 150 American soldiers head out to save the pinned down soldiers in the city.

The convoy was predicted to have left the Pakistani stadium at this time.

FACT

Right before he dies, Corporal Jamie Smith tells Sergeant Matt Eversmann to tell his parents that he had fought hard.

Smith really did tell this to his comrades before he died; however, Eversmann was not there when he died.

FACT & FICTION

At around 1:55 AM some of the 10th Mountain convoy reaches the Rangers at Super 61's crash site.

Matt Eversmann's Chalk 4 was not actually there.

FACT & FICTION

The soldiers that are not badly injured must run all the way to the Pakistani headquarters.

The men really did have to run all that way.

FACT

Sergeant 1st Class Norm 'Hoot' Gibson tells Sergeant Matt Eversmann that he is going back out to save the other soldiers that are still pinned down.

It is not known if Gibson actually went back out to help other soldiers.

FICTION

Eversmann says, "Nobody asks to be a hero.....it's just that it sometimes turns out that way."

Sergeant Matt Eversmann never really said this; it was just a good ending to the movie.

FICTION

Eversmann says good-bye to his best friend Corporal Jamie Smith.

Matt Eversmann was not the soldier that actually went to say good-bye to Smith; Sergeant Watson was the solider that said good-bye to his friend.

FACT & FICTION

 


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