The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Jan 27 1989
•2h 37m
•Action, War
A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it.
Cast
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Wings Hauser
Cpl. Joseph L. 'Nard' DiNardo
R. Lee Ermey
Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Robert Arevalo
Cao Van
Margaret Gerard
Capt. Kathy Flanagan, MD
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