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Courage Under Fire

Movie (1996)

"A medal for honor. A search for justice. A battle for truth."

A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At first all seemed in order then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses....

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Released:	Jul 12th, 1996
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Denzel Washington
plays Nat Serling

Meg Ryan
plays Karen Walden

Lou Diamond Phillips
plays Monfriez

Michael Moriarty
plays General Hershberg

Matt Damon
plays Ilario

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Movie Goof (factual errors): The Huey had long-range fuel tanks installed and they disconnected them to drop them on the tank to destroy it. In real life, it takes about an hour to uninstall the long-range tanks and if they are full of fuel you can not unhook them from the over head hook they are connected to. You have to drain all the fuel out to get enough slack to unhook them.
The unit portrayed in the movie, commanded by LTC Serling, is the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR). The Regiment was comprised of heavy tanks (M1A1) and fighting vehicles (Bradly FV M3). The unit as such no longer exits. It is now known as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker) which fights as an infantry (non-tanks) unit.
This was the first movie produced by Fox 2000 Pictures to be released in theatres.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Col. Serling is in the motel room looking at a photo of the mother and daughter sitting on a porch swing, the view of the back of the photo shows it is substantially wrinkled. When the front of the photo is shown it is unwrinkled.

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