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  2. Platoon Leader (film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $1,348,771 (US) [1] Platoon Leader is a 1988 war film set in the Vietnam War and directed by Aaron Norris (Chuck Norris 's brother; this is his only film without his brother in the cast); it stars Michael Dudikoff and Michael DeLorenzo and was filmed in South Africa. It is loosely based on James R. McDonough 's memoir of the same name.

  3. Platoon Leader (memoir) - Wikipedia

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    959.704/38 19. LC Class. DS559.5 .M4 1985. Platoon Leader is a memoir by James R. McDonough. [1] It is narrated by McDonough in first person view and tells of his story in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant in command of 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne). It was loosely adapted into the 1988 film Platoon Leader.

  4. Rick Rescorla - Wikipedia

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    Rick Rescorla. Richard Cyril Rescorla (May 27, 1939 – September 11, 2001) was a British-American soldier, police officer, educator and private security specialist. He served as a British Army paratrooper during the Cyprus Emergency and a commissioned officer in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He rose to the rank of colonel in ...

  5. Ernst Jünger - Wikipedia

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    World War I. World War II. Ernst Jünger (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈjʏŋɐ]; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel. The son of a successful businessman and chemist, Jünger rebelled against an ...

  6. Michael Lee Lanning - Wikipedia

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    Upon graduation from Texas A&M in 1968, Lanning was commissioned a second lieutenant and received infantry, airborne, and ranger training at Fort Benning, Georgia.After a tour as a platoon leader in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC, he reported to Vietnam where he served as an infantry platoon leader, reconnaissance platoon leader, and rifle company commander in the 2d Battalion ...

  7. Philip Caputo - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.philipcaputo.com. Philip Caputo (born June 10, 1941) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for A Rumor of War (1977), a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War. Caputo has written 18 books, including three memoirs, five books of general nonfiction, nine novels, and one book of short stories.

  8. The Interpreter (2005 film) - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $80 million. Box office. $162.9 million. The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, and Jesper Christensen. It was the first film shot inside the United Nations Headquarters, as well as the final feature film directed by Pollack before his death in ...

  9. 'Platoon' star Willem Dafoe breaks down his famous death ...

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    Speaking of memorable, Dafoe's dual performance as Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin in 2002's Spider-Man instantly put him in the canon of great cinematic super-villains.And Spidey fans cheered ...