In Popular Culture
In the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket (based on the 1979 novel The Short-Timers), the main characters are sent from Đà Nẵng to Huế to cover the fighting and the majority of the Vietnam scenes take place during the battle. In the 1985 book Word of Honor by Nelson Demille, the main character is accused of war crimes at the Battle of Huế. The Battle of Huế also appears in the video games Battlefield Vietnam (2004), Men of Valor (2004), Conflict: Vietnam (2004), Vietcong 2 (2005), and Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010), which covers the protagonists attempting to break into the MAC-V compound and subsequently fighting their way out.
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