![]() ![]() ![]() In a scene so obviously predestined that it hardly even needed to be shot, Dalton receives a “ dear John” letter immediately before a Viet Cong ambush, and the survivors are sent off on a weeklong R&R trip to Hong Kong immediately thereafter. Freewheeling ladies man Mickey mans the radio, while square-jawed, taut-sphinctered Dalton is the platoon’s de facto leader, driven by his all-consuming love for a gal named June ( Aimee Teegarden) back home. ![]() Portentously framed between the launch and landing of the Apollo 11 in July 1969, the film’s action begins in the war zones of Vietnam, with well-groomed GIs Mickey Wright (Hemsworth) and Dalton Joiner (Stowell) out on patrol.
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