relate it to the movie Platoon. Both the novel and the movie demonstrated how the men behaved and reacted to the gruesome effects of war and even when the war was over how those emotions and memories stayed with them for the rest of their lives. Both the author and director used methods of interpreting a story by fusing universal truths and sorrow together to bring about a better understanding of the characters and the upsetting events that took place. The movie Platoon starts off with a young
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this extracted material. The text may contain passive voice‚ misspellings‚ grammatical errors‚ etc.‚ and may not be in compliance with the Army Writing Style Program. "Prepare a Platoon SOP" You are a squad leader in 3rd Platoon. Your platoon sergeant gave you an order to write a platoon SOP for the entire platoon (16 personnel) for the M4 or M4A1 carbine’s weekly maintenance. • He instructed you to date the SOP with today’s date‚ your unit address and office file symbol‚ and to use the
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In the movie Platoon‚ the author‚ Oliver Stone‚ tells us a story about an American soldier in Vietnam during the war. The story is mostly based on his own experience when he went there. Even though the story is fictional‚ he keeps it really realistic and the more close possible to what was reality in Vietnam. He shows how that war was hell for the soldiers we sent there and also for the local population. Oliver Stone produced Platoon to show his disapproval of the war in Vietnam‚ because that war
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REACTION PAPER THE WOUNDED PLATOON Kevin Shields‚ a 24-year old Army Soldier‚ went out drinking with three Army buddies on November 30‚ 2007‚ from Fort Carson‚ Colorado‚ a base close to Colorado Springs. A few hours later‚ he was dead. He was shot twice in the head at close range and left by the side of the road by his army buddies. Shields’ violent murder accentuated one of many violent attacks committed by the three Army buddies‚ who are now serving time in
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Being currently in the military I have mixed reactions when viewing this video. I perform the same role as “Doc” Krebbs did‚ but for the Air Force Reserve. There is a lot to consider when discussing this documentary. It was well constructed in the sense that those interviewed held various positions representing nearly every step of the larger process that is the war. First I would like to discuss the issue of battle itself. Few of our nation’s military actually sees combat‚ it is largely support
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troubles during this time‚ but only the soldier ’s who fought in that war knew the true madness that was Vietnam. Oliver Stone began writing Platoon because the Vietnam War was "a pocket of our history nobody understands." (Schuer t24) Platoon is a movie which should be viewed by everyone‚ not only for its cinematic qualities but for its historic insight as well. Platoon is an Orion Pictures production‚ filmed in 1986. Written and directed by Oliver Stone it tells the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not
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desired setting of a scene if the medium used involved visual concepts. However‚ Wilfred Owens poetry manages to give the reader an extremely vivid idea of what the conditions were like for the people whom he describes. Like Oliver Stone‚ in his movie Platoon‚ Owen uses some very simple concepts to set the scene in his writing‚ such as mud‚ or loud noises‚ which convey not only the setting‚ but also the mood that goes with it. For example‚ in the poem Duce et Decorum Est‚ in
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I believe that every one thinking about joining the military should definitely consider watching the film Platoon for multiple reasons. The first reason is that at the beginning of the movie Taylor walks by body bags and they say “is that what I think it is” that shows him how real of a situation he is in. A life or death situation. The movie also shows characters having major psychological problems when going through and after the war. The soldiers thought it was okay that they were going to rape
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Rocio Rodriguez Platoon: The Film on the Vietnam War “Somebody once wrote: ‘Hell is the impossibility of reason.’ That’s what this place feels like. Hell” (Platoon). The controversial issues concerning Platoon were not on the film itself‚ but about how this film portrayed the war in Vietnam and the affects the war had on the soldiers morally‚ physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally. Oliver Stone directed and wrote the screenplay‚ using his own experiences as a reference. Oliver Stone chose to
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SUBJECT: Platoon Sergeant Duties 1. Students serving in the position of Platoon Sergeant in the Transportation Deployment and Distribution Senior Leaders course are responsible for the successful completion of the following duties: a. Maintaining good order and discipline. b. Conducting Platoon accountability formations in accordance with FM 3-25.5‚ Drill and Ceremonies. Reports any Soldier absences to SGL. c. Maintains Student First Sergeant‚ adjacent Platoon Sergeant
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