Platoon

On December 7, 1941, Daniel Inouye knew his life had changed. He explained that he was getting ready for church like any other Sunday until he heard an announcement on the radio announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor. Looking towards Pearl Harbor, huge amounts of smoke could be seen and three Japanese aircrafts soared above him. About a month after the attack, the United States government designated all Japanese Americans as 4C, enemy alien. “So here I was, 17 years old, who considered himself…

your usual day isn’t a so called ‘normal’ day, you don’t have sit down meals with your loved ones three times a day at the same time every day. I don’t know if Junger was trying to illustrate this, but that is how I analysed it as. The schedule of a platoon is not predictable, as there are endless hours of boredom until something suddenly happens; one can die at any second, “Pretty much everyone who died in this valley died when they least expected it, usually shot in the head or throat, so it…

platform for classroom instruction and that he also uses his Army experience and rely heavily on his NCOs, who have combat arms backgrounds. CPT Lewis stated that the Ranger handbook is the go to resource his team use in the classroom for squad and platoon tactics. (7) MSIII Instructor Interview: SFC Lambeth stated that both his personal and program morale was a nine. He stated that he enjoyed the job and the team that he was assigned to. SFC Lambeth did not have any issues with…

certain character, such as Charlie Sheen’s role as Chris in Platoon, does not have a family or any loved ones to talk about, the audience can connect with the feelings of loneliness and rejection that the character has just revealed. The cast of allied soldiers in war movies often comes from a diversity of backgrounds, religions, and cultures. A couple good examples of this diversity can be seen in the movies The Hurt Locker and Platoon. The soldiers in these movies come from different cities…

Shane Strate stated, “Although the platoon trusts him as their medic, he seems to be somewhat unstable mentally. After his friend Curt Lemon is killed, he systematically mutilates a water buffalo with his rifle. Towards the end of the novel, he comes unglued after a series of night marches…

There is a prestige group of Americans who don’t follow the typical lifestyle that regular citizens live in the United States. Their way of life is so unique that those who do not live it do not understand it. They are the 1%. They are the American Soldier. In this essay, I will give you a small snippet their way of life. You will get a better understanding of their jargon, brotherhood, and what it means to live within a military culture. What is a Soldier? Mainstream media portrays…

Things They Carried, published in 1990 is a semi-fiction and semi non-fiction book about the stories of O’Brien, his troops in Vietnam at war, and their loved ones back in America. In 1986, Oliver Stone released a war movie under the title of Platoon. Platoon focuses on a guy named Chris Taylor who volunteers to be in the military and how he deals with being in a dangerous environment that is nothing similar to what he’s been in before. Almost Famous directed by…

Good evening and welcome to Monday Night Football! Tonight, we will look back and highlight the career of Hall of Famer Frank Gifford! You are in for a real treat tonight! It all started in Bakersfield, California, where the young Gifford showed off his versatile skills to get him into the University of Southern California. From there, he emerged into one of the legendary figures in the NFL as a player for the New York Giants and broadcasting on ABC’s Monday Night Football. Early Life Struggles…

Sergeant First Class (SFC) Jonathan W. Miller has made significant contributions to the Military Police Corps Regiment and the United States Army throughout his 11 year career. His dedication and drive for mission accomplishment deserves special recognition for his service. SFC Miller has defined himself as the epitome of a professional, competent and knowledgeable NCO. His unwavering commitment and dedication to Soldiers, highlights the unquestionable character of this young noncommissioned…

justified. However, minutes prior to this interaction, those same German Soldiers were shredding apart Captain Miller’s company as the crawled up the beach. Many of the American Soldiers had to crawl through pools of blood and body parts of their own platoon mates. An absolutist would say that Captain Miller should have the two American Soldiers arrested and charged with the murder of prisoners of war. However, a relativist would oppose that view and say the American Soldiers actions were…