go tell it to the spartan that here in obedience to their order we lie and run the quote of heroditus and the father of western history which inspire this movie . in a more recent time line and this film be base in part on a vignette robin moore tell in the book version of green beret where american advisor bribe an arvn ( army of the republic of viet nam ) officer to launch a barrage in support of a republic of viet nam ( rvn ) outpost man by mountagnards . go tell it to the spartan show certain aspect of the american advisory personnel represent that they become very loyal to the vietnamese unit they work with . robin moore authoritative text on the subject and not to be confuse with the john wayne movie and would seem to bear this out . whether the loyalty extend so far a to join in a suicide mission at an outpost apparently write off and well that hard to say . yet the movie be a good primer on a subject that very difficult for most american to approach even today .