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Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993
From Hanoi to Hollywood: the Vietnam War in American film. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-1586-6. Anderegg, Michael A. (1991). Inventing Vietnam: The War in Film and Television. Temple University Press. ISBN 0-87722-861-2. Hixon, Walter (2000). Historical memory and representations of the Vietnam War. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8153-3536-9.
Operation Keystone Robin (Charlie) [1] Redeployment of the 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment from South Vietnam to the United States: Jan 4 – 21: Operation Golden Dragon II [2] ROK 2nd Marine Brigade clear and search operation: Quảng Nam Province: 1: Jan 11 – Mar 29: Operation ...
The animated version is set in the Middle East rather than Vietnam, [3] and a trailer indicates that the action takes place after 1991. The manga follows three American soldiers (who are anthropomorphic animals) in the Vietnam War named Botasky, Packy and Rats. All three are in the recon team called "Cat Shit One". Each mission (or chapter ...
'Platoon' star Willem Dafoe breaks down his famous death scene from Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War classic. ... the Vietnam War-set movie awarded the then-31-year-old actor one of the most famous ...
The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, concerning the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action, persisted for many years after the war's conclusion. The costs of the war loom large in American popular consciousness; a 1990 poll showed that the public incorrectly believed that more Americans lost their lives in Vietnam than in World ...
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [1] although its official name is "directory assistance". [2]