{"id":15164,"date":"2020-06-25T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-real-story-behind-da-5-bloods\/"},"modified":"2020-06-25T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:30:00","slug":"the-real-story-behind-da-5-bloods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-da-5-bloods\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Real Story Behind \u2018Da 5 Bloods\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3500e011f86\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3500e011f86\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-real-story-behind-da-5-bloods\/#Lets_talk_about_the_real-life_Black_soldiers_who_inspired_Spike_Lees_Netflix_joint_about_the_Vietnam_War\" >Let&#8217;s talk about the real-life Black soldiers who inspired Spike Lee&#8217;s Netflix joint about the Vietnam War.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Real Story Behind \u2018Da 5 Bloods\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Kieran Fisher<\/span>                    <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>June 25, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_talk_about_the_real-life_Black_soldiers_who_inspired_Spike_Lees_Netflix_joint_about_the_Vietnam_War\"><\/span>Let&#8217;s talk about the real-life Black soldiers who inspired Spike Lee&#8217;s Netflix joint about the Vietnam War. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Real Stories<\/strong>\u00a0is an ongoing column about the stories behind the movies and shows. It\u2019s that simple.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>The contributions of African-American soldiers to the Vietnam War effort have been ignored by Hollywood throughout the years. That\u2019s just the truth. Until <strong>Spike Lee<\/strong>\u2019s <em><strong>Da 5 Bloods<\/strong><\/em>, no movie about the infamous war has centered around their experiences, even though 23% of American combat troops at the time were Black men. Prior to Lee\u2019s film, the only other movie to explore the topic with any detail was <em>Dead Presidents<\/em>, which mostly takes place in a post-war urban setting and doesn\u2019t spend too much time in the jungle.<\/p>\n<p>Black soldiers made up 1\/4 of all American troops during the conflict, but they\u2019re footnotes in history compared to their white counterparts. This particular war was the first in which people of color were considered fully integrated members of the military, having been segregated from the white soldiers in previous conflicts. In 1948, the Executive Order 9981 brought an end to segregation in the armed forces, but units were still separated by color until well into the 1950s. Unfortunately, the Vietnam War didn\u2019t position Black and white troops as equals, as the former group was often given the most dangerous front line missions.<\/p>\n<p>The divisive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> issues in America stemming from the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, coupled with the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, found their way into the military at the time. Black soldiers were understandably angry about the assassination of King, and the racist white soldier didn\u2019t provide any sympathy or support for their comrades-in-arms. For example, some of the military\u2019s Ku Klux Klan members celebrated King\u2019s murder by burning crosses at Cam Ranh Bay, and Confederate flags were displayed as prominently as Old Glory from the inception of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Black soldiers weren\u2019t afforded promotions back then, and their heroics have been forgotten by history. <em>Da 5 Bloods<\/em> is a fictional story, but it\u2019s a tribute to the forgotten heroes of the unpopular war. Furthermore, the film directly references some of the Black soldiers who bravely fought for their country courtesy of conversations among the characters, along with archival footage of the actual soldiers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI would be the first cat in line if there was a film about a real hero, you know, one of our blood. Somebody like Milton Olive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Milton Olive III<\/strong>, who is the subject of a conversation in the film, was a real-life soldier who made history by becoming the first Black man to win the Medal of Honor. He joined the army when he was 18, surviving through some of the conflict\u2019s most brutal eras during his military tenure. He didn\u2019t make it home alive, though, as he dived on top of a grenade to save his platoon during a Vietcong ambush in 1965. The soldier\u2019s bravery was acknowledged by President Lyndon Johnson posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>Olive\u2019s heroism didn\u2019t go unnoticed by his platoon either, and some of them haven\u2019t forgotten about it. In an interview with HistoryNet, Doug Sterner, a veteran who witnessed the soldier\u2019s sacrifice first-hand, described it as \u201cthe most incredible display of selfless bravery I ever witnessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olive wasn\u2019t the last Black soldier to earn the prestigious medal during the war. <strong>James Anderson Jr.<\/strong>, a member of the Marine Corps, was given the award two years later after he too sacrificed his own life to save his comrades. Like Olive, Anderson jumped on a grenade during an unexpected ambush, saving his allies without a second thought. Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) does the same for his friends in <em>Da 5 Bloods<\/em>, in a scene that\u2019s evidently a tribute to Olive and Anderson\u2019s sacrifices.<\/p>\n<p>Several Black soldiers went on to win the Medal of Honor as a result of Vietnam, though some of them didn\u2019t receive their accolades until years later. Lawrence Joel\u2019s story is arguably the most heartwarming tale, as he lived long enough to see a parade held in his honor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Da 5 Bloods<\/em> might focus on the Vietnam war, but Lee is out to make a broader point about African-Americans and people of color who serve their country. The film also mentions <strong>Crispus Attucks<\/strong>, a dockworker of Black and Native American heritage who was killed in the American Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n<p>While Lee\u2019s films condemn the worst aspects of America\u2019s racial history, <em>Da 5 Bloods<\/em> also highlights the patriotism of the troops that Hollywood films don\u2019t pay enough attention to. As he told Vanity Fair: \u201c[African-Americans] always believed in this country. That is why we fought for this country, even knowing we were slaves, in the Civil War. That is the reason why I show Milton Olive III [and] Crispus Attucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/da-5-bloods-real-story\/#utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=da-5-bloods-real-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to watch Movies or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#The Real Story Behind \u2018Da 5 Bloods\u2019&#8221; Home Columns Movies Kieran Fisher June 25, 2020 Let&#8217;s talk about the real-life Black soldiers who inspired Spike Lee&#8217;s Netflix joint about the Vietnam War. 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