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Support Our Channel : This color documentary, titled “I Am a Soldier,” was part of a series called “The Saga of Western Man” shown on ABC. Filmed in 1965 during the Vietnam War, the program captures the mesmerizing aesthetic of war. The documentary opens with nearly two dozen helicopters in flight, and a voiceover that remarks: “It is a different kind of war than we’ve ever fought. Even the weapons are new. Only the names of the fighting units are old: the 7th Cavalry, the 8th Cavalry, the 5th, the 12th, and the 9th … It is a different kind of country than we’ve ever fought in … it is no man’s land. In Vietnam today, you hold only the ground you stand upon.” At mark 01:30, the viewer is taken to a valley along the Song Bo River, where the 1st Cavalry Division is headquartered. Although it is a “different” kind of war, it still relies heavily on riflemen, such as “A” Company 1st Battalion 8th Cavalry. The camera pans the fresh faces of the enlisted me
