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SYNOPSIS
Major Capers
The Legend of Team Broadminded
Major Capers: The Legend of Team Broadminded is an unflinching biographical documentary showcasing the extraordinary life of Major James Capers Jr., an American hero and one of the most decorated Force Recon Marines. Capers, along with his team "Team Broadminded," overcame significant adversity and stereotypes, executing over 50 classified missions that changed history.
This documentary chronicles Major Capers' journey from his roots as a sharecropper's son to a decorated Marine serving in Vietnam and undertaking covert operations in Africa and Eastern Europe.
For the first time, Major James Capers Jr.'s story, once deemed classified, is revealed. He participated in 50 classified missions, sustained 19 battle wounds, and became the face of the iconic "Ask a Marine" recruitment campaign.
Nearly a decade in the making, the documentary features personal battlefield audio recordings, never-before-seen photographs, personal videos, and classified documents, including original mission orders. It includes interviews with surviving Team Broadminded members, Pulitzer nominee Marine author Frank McAdams, and first-hand accounts from Major Capers himself.
These once classified files are now open, and the incredible story of Major James Capers Jr. can finally be told.
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LEGEND
The rumors are true...
…Capers participated in over 50 Black Op missions...
…While withstanding enemy fire, his first time in battle, he rallied his 12 Marines with their limited ammunition, and tactically prevented an insurgency force of more than 100 insurgents.
…Capers performed multiple amphibious assault landings… Rescued 16 Recon Marines who were being overcome by 1,000 Viet Cong…
... Without being seen or heard, led 5 men for 5 days deep into enemy territory with limited food and ammunition to retrieve the bodies of U.S, pilots and TOP SECRET materials.
…On a CIA sanctioned TOP SECRET Mission, Capers teamed with a turned VC soldier and went behind enemy lines to rescue American POWs…
…Heavily wounded, Capers & Team Broadminded continued to advance to victory using the river as a tactical concealment advantage and ambushed the North Vietnamese Army killing hundreds of hostile forces.
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FEATURED MISSIONS
Short descriptions of featured missions...
Lebanon (1958) – President Eisenhower sends troops to Lebanon to halt a possible coup...
Operation Deckhouse IV (August 1966) – 3rd Force Recon team are sent on an amphibious assault to clear the DMZ of Viet Cong forces and secure the area for incoming Marine forces... 3rd Force Recon rescues 16 Marines overcome by 1,000 NVA while preventing enemy troops from crossing into South Vietnam.
B-57 Recovery Mission (1966) – A Top Secret mission to recover the contents and pilot remains from a Bomber that has crashed in enemy territory... The plane is rumored to have highly sensitive materials that included a nuclear bomb...
Song Troui River (December 1966) – Recover the body of a missing Marine in the Song Troui River... They find the body and discover 200 rounds of unexploded ordnance hidden by the NVA.
Operation Doubletalk (1966) – A Top Secret mission to rescue American, Australian and South Vietnamese POWs located 20 miles behind enemy lines.. A rescue chopper arrives but almost leaves Capers behind who is singlehandedly holding off the enemy.
Khe Sanh (February 1967) - 3rd Force Recon is sent to the undermanned Khe Sanh base, if overrun, is a gateway to South Vietnam. The unit is sent to patrol, infiltrate NVA territory and kill high value targets.
Phu Loc (1967) - The weary & undersized 3rd Force Recon is sent on a search and destroy patrol to locate an NVA regimental base in Phu Loc. With no logical explanation of how the chopper could have taken off and flown under hostile fire with no fuel, the surviving members believe that the “hand of God” intervened to save them.