any hint that the war would soon end. From role models‚ the Green Berets were reduced to nothing more than an image of war America would never win‚ much less fought. Robin Moore’s novel‚ The Green Berets‚ recounted his four- month experience with the Green Beret team in Vietnam. Moore portrayed them as true- life heroes. What he didn’t expect was his book would also serve as an effective antiwar manifesto. It revealed several Green Beret secrets that enlightened the American public on what is really
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Jeramie Mann Vietnam War History Green Beret Film Analysis In the film The Green Berets‚ the director‚ John Wayne incorporates many anti-communism and pro South Vietnam messages and themes. For instance‚ the demonstration of why America should be fighting the war is in the very beginning of the movie‚ and goes over many reasons why we should be fighting communism. Another‚ at the very end of the film when Hamchuck asks “What will happen to me now?” and Kirby responds with “You let me worry about
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The Green Berets and Casualties of War The films I chose to do my comparative paper on are The Green Berets and Casualties of War. Both of these films deal with issues concerning the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was viewed as unpopular and pointless by society; The Green Berets objective was to gain support for the Vietnam War. The film puts great emphasis on liberal war journalist George Beckwith (David Janssen). Beckwith originally doubts America’s involvement in the war‚ but after spending
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a soldier and It is the pride and honor of being chosen to wear the Green Beret. This song was written by then Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler when he was training to be a Special Forces medic (Wikipedia‚ 2014). This song wants to show how soldiers honorable for example‚ in line 7-8 says “One hundred men will test today But only three win the Green Beret”. these lines show the difficulty of being soldiers and hardness to get Green Beret. In line 9-10‚ “Trained to live off nature’s land Trained in combat
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determined the tracks they had found on three of the secondary roads at the back of the post‚ heading south‚ must have been their evacuation route. Unfortunately‚ he had lost a Company in the process of clearing the post and tracking the Green Berets. The Green Berets caused the most damage‚ but that was their job wasn’t it. On the plus side‚ he knew they were being watched
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basic training‚ and the instructor will do a assessment on me to see if I am fit for the job. Basically to see do I have to physical and mental strength to handle what Green Berets do. After this‚ it will be a course called the Special Forces Qualification course (SFQC). This is where I really begin my training to become a Green Beret‚ in this course I will be training for about a year long‚ and I will be training from small unit tactics to survival skills‚ and also have to learn a new
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We Were Soldiers vs. Platoon After watching both of these films I noticed how combat was portrayed in the movie Platoon was different from the movie we were soldiers In the movie we were soldiers it was portrayed around several different officers it was focused on them and how they carried out their mission and how they took care of their men also they showed how on a platoon level and squad level were able to follow the battalion commander on the battlefield some example of 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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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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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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