Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel of the same title by Nicholas Proffitt. It stars James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones and D. B. Sweeney. The movie, set in 1968 and 1969, attempts to examine the meaning of the Vietnam War entirely through the eyes of the members of "The Old Guard", the stateside-based elite Army unit whose duties include Presidential escorts and military funerals at Arlington. See also List of United States Regular Army Civil War units References Bibliography U.S. Army. "Regimental Home". (U.S. military website.) 3rd United States Infantry Regiment. Retrieved on 18 October 2009. First American Regiment at ArmyHistory.org. Accessed on 10 August 2008 McKeeby, Eric M. (30 June 2004.) "MDW commander visits deployed Old Guard unit". (U.S. military website.) US Military District of Washington PAO. Retrieved on 4 October 2007. McKeeby, Eric M. (11 May 2004.) "U.S. Army Capt. Michael J. Trotter: Company commander juggles Old Guard's diverse missions in Africa". (U.S. military website.) Defend America. Retrieved on 4 October 2007. (22 May 1997.) "Lineage and honors information: 3rd Infantry (the Old Guard)". (U.S. military website.) United States Army Center of Military History. Retrieved on 4 October 2007. Eanes, Colonel Greg. (2013). "The Old Guard in the Philippine Insurrection". Retrieved on 8 February 2014 External links History of the 3rd Regiment of Infantry The promotion of Private David Radford Martin, of Gray, Knox County, Kentucky to Corporal, of Company C, 3rd US Regiment of Infantry, on 19 January 1914 at Madison Barracks, Jefferson County, New York Ethan Morse (11 Nov 2021) The Mistake That Haunts This Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Morse (served 2001-2006) films a series on The Old Guard, including Staff Sergeant Adam Dickmeyer Military units and formations established in 1784 0003 United States Regular Army Civil War units and formations Military units and formations of the United States in the Philippine–American War Military units and formations of the United States in the Spanish–American War Military units and formations of the United States in the Indian Wars Infantry regiments of the United States Army in World War II 003d Infantry Regiment 1784 establishments in the United States Guards regiments Ceremonial units of the United States military