Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 adventure film, that is loosely based on true events, as related by MAJ Jim Morris (USA, Ret.) which involved the U.S. Special Forces in 1968, in the tiny South Vietnamese village of Dak Nhe.
It's 1968, during the Vietnam War. A village that U.S. Forces are using to spy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has its sacred elephant killed by the North Vietnamese Army, because they were cooperating with the Americans. The villager...
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Operation Dumbo Drop is a 1995 adventure film, that is loosely based on true events, as related by MAJ Jim Morris (USA, Ret.) which involved the U.S. Special Forces in 1968, in the tiny South Vietnamese village of Dak Nhe.
It's 1968, during the Vietnam War. A village that U.S. Forces are using to spy on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has its sacred elephant killed by the North Vietnamese Army, because they were cooperating with the Americans. The villagers need an elephant for a ceremony that will occur within the week. Special Forces Captain Sam Cahill (Danny Glover), an easygoing man who is heading home, and his hotheaded replacement Special Forces Captain T.C. Doyle (Ray Liotta) embark on a mission to scrounge up another elephant. Enlisting the aid of a sneaky Supply Chief Warrant Officer Three David Poole (Denis Leary), a luckless farmboy 101st Airborne Specialist Five Lawrence Farley (Corin Nemec), and short-timer 101st Airborne Specialist Four Harvey Ashford (Doug E. Doug), they...
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