Rescue Dawn question (Minor spoilers inside)

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: pontifex
you're not dawn any more....

Yes I am

 

[Uppsala9496]

My dad was a door gunner from '66 to '68 (worked scout and gunships). He told me that pilots would identify themselves via their callsigns (established before each sortie) after a pickup to authenticate who was being rescued.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: pontifex
you're not dawn any more....

Yes I am

i meant your user name

 

[murban135]

Originally posted by: binister
It is based on a true story so the ending should come as no surprise.

When he is on the chopper after being rescued one of the soldiers has him pinned down and is screaming at him to "authenticate" which he eventually replies "rescue dawn." They subsequently ask him 2 more questions which he answers and the chopper pilot says "confirmed!" and everyone laughs and hugs.

I understand these code words are used to identify friendlies but are they also used to identify specific soldiers? When a soldier goes out on a mission are they individually assigned a code word to use?

Very good movie, the acting was different but it really portrayed how terrible the situation was.

I have not seen the move but it sounds pretty close to how it is still done. Your specific information comes off an ISOPREP card.

Link

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I tried watching this movie on PPV the other day, but turned it off half way through as it was boring as heck.

I actually thought about doing that, but I stuck it out in hopes that the movie would get better at some point. It didn't.

I'm a huge Christian Bale fan, which is why I picked this one up at Blockbuster. The movie sucked, but the acting was good across the board. The blame lays somewhere between the writer, director, and editor IMO. It was too long, and really failed at a satisfactory ending. Not even worth the rental in my book.