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Friday, November 12, 2021

"A Holiday From Hell" 1967 - GIs on Leave From the Vietnam War

This 1967 color film production follows members of the United States Marine Corps to show tourist luxuries enjoyed by servicemen on R&R in Taipei, Taiwan during the Vietnam War. The film glosses over some of the more lurid aspects of the military R&R excursions, and the fact that they tended to promote social ills including prostitution, human trafficking and drug running in countries like Thailand, the Philippines and elsewhere.

VIDEO HERE  (26:49 minutes)