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	Platoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In an army, a platoon is a unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant assisted by a non-commissioned officer.
		A platoon is the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer.
		Specialist platoons may be led by a captain, assisted by a warrant officer or colour sergeant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Platoon (489 words)

	Platoon (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film, written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger and Forest Whitaker.
		Platoon, while not the first film about the USA's involvement in the Vietnam Conflict, was probably the first to devote its entire storyline to the effect of the war on the common soldier.
		Platoon's release was timely; during the mid-80s there was a softening of attitudes towards Vietnam Veterans that had taken over ten years since the war had officially ended in 1973 with the pullout of the last American soldiers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Platoon_(film) (2921 words)

	‘Platoon’ (R)
		"Platoon" is a triumph for Oliver Stone, a film in which a visceral approach to violence, which has always set him apart, is balanced by classical symmetries and a kind of elegiac distance.
		And in that way, "Platoon" is the first serious youth movie in ages, for at its heart, the war is treated as a rite of passage in its most intense form.
		A platoon is, after all, a fairly large group, and the highest achievement, perhaps, of Stone's writing is the vividness with which he has drawn the supporting players, and the clarity with which he's orchestrated our sympathies toward them.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/platoonrattanasio_a0ad90.htm (868 words)

	Platoon (automobile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.georgetown.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Grouping vehicles into platoons is one proposed method to increase road capacity without building additional traffic lanes.
		Platoon capability might require buying new cars, or it may be something that can be retrofitted.
		The automated highway system is a proposal for one such system, where cars organise themselves into platoons of eight to twenty-five.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Platoon_Mode (201 words)

	Platoon
		Tank 2 is the wingman in the platoon leader's section, and Tank 3 is the wingman in the platoon sergeant's section.
		The Avenger platoon is organic to divisional ADA battalions, armored cavalry regiments, and ADA brigades.
		The reconnaissance platoon in light infantry, airborne, and air assault battalions consists of 1 officer and 18 enlisted soldiers that are organized into a platoon headquarters and three squads.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/platoon.htm (907 words)

	platoon - definition of platoon in Encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.georgetown.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		See also Platoon (movie) and platoon (automobile) for the concept for reducing traffic congestion.
		A platoon is formed by at least two squads (usually 3 or 4) and is smaller than a company (typically there are 3 or 4 platoons per company).
		In the United States Army, a platoon is led by a First or Second Lieutenant, with a platoon Sergeant (pay grade E-7) as his or her deputy.
	encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com.cob-web.org:8888 /platoon (242 words)

	FM 7-7J Appendix A
		The platoon is the basic combat unit capable of maneuvering in the conduct of combat operations.
		The platoon sergeant may lead the dismount element when the mounted fight is the main effort and the situation dictates that the platoon leader remain mounted.
		The platoon master gunner is the BC for BFV 2 and the platoon leader's wingman.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/7-7j/Appa.htm (2362 words)

	Review: Platoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Platoon recounts the tour of duty of Chris Taylor, beginning when he arrives, fresh from basic training, and ending when he is helicoptered out after being seriously injured in a major battle.
		Platoon depicts several battles, including a massive one that takes place at night in which a frightening number of casualties are absorbed by the Americans, but the key scenes occur when Chris' platoon enters a Vietnamese village.
		Platoon is the first chapter in Stone's so-called "Vietnam Trilogy," which also includes Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven and Earth.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/p/platoon.html (1331 words)

	GameSpy.com - Preview
		This title (as well as Take 2's upcoming Vietcong) should help prove that there are ways to re-create the war that nearly tore America apart, and could signal the start of a whole wave of titles set in the jungles of Vietnam.
		While Platoon is officially licensed and has a similar theme to the 1986 film, it doesn't really follow the storyline too closely.
		Platoon covers the time period from late 1965 (as U.S. soldiers began to arrive in Vietnam in mass numbers) through the height of the fighting in 1968.
	archive.gamespy.com /previews/october02/platoonpc (496 words)

	The DVD Journal: Platoon: Special Edition
		Platoon was released in 1986, back when American filmgoers were naming their dogs and offspring after the brawny hero of Rambo: First Blood Part II, intoxicated by that film's dizzying bubblegum action, while concurrently beset by endless Chuck Norris Missing in Action sequels on cable television.
		Platoon was important, and it struck a nerve, rivatilzing the Hollywood war film and opening up a new, straightforward cinematic dialogue about Vietnam.
		Platoon is more valuable considered when observed within this cultural context, rather than as the sometimes dull, sometimes overindulgent, occasionally powerful film that it is. Sheen stars and narrates as Chris Taylor, a privileged white kid (and Stone alter ego) who enlisted because he felt that the draft was unfairly targeting poor minorities.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/p/platoon_se.shtml (778 words)

	Featuring Platoon Review at ActionTrip
		Platoon basically is a strategy, but some of its features as well as the lack of some other features that would typically be expected in a strategy game will severely influence gameplay.
		Realistic damage model is not really one of the trumps of this game; for instance, if your platoon stumbles upon a mine, several of your soldiers will probably fall to the ground, and then, seconds later, get up as if nothing had happened.
		Platoon is not for the faint of heart, but for all the wrong reasons.
	www.actiontrip.com /reviews/platoon.phtml (1629 words)

	Platoon for Mobile Review - Mobile Platoon Review
		Digital Bridges' Platoon, based on director Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning Vietnam drama from 1986, is an interesting, ambitious squad-based shooter.
		In Platoon, you maneuver a team of six soldiers through various jungle missions that range from stealing a jeep to saving an American prisoner of war.
		On the other hand, the gauges in Platoon are clear and unobtrusive in the upper screen corners.
	www.gamespot.com /mobile/action/platoon/review.html (874 words)

	Platoon
		The Wargamer's Platoon mini-site is dedicated to Strategy First's, Monte Cristo's and Digital Reality's' Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam, the PC real-time tactical war game released in November 2002.
		"Platoon, Strategy First’s real-time game of tactical Vietnam combat, puts you in the combat boots of American soldiers facing a wily and elusive foe, in some of the most rugged terrain on earth.
		PLATOON is brought to you in cooperation with:
	platoon.wargamer.com (462 words)

	platoon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about platoon (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.georgetown.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To heighten the excitement and confuse the guessers, a number of dry poles are laid before each platoon, upon which the members of the party "in hand" beat furiously with short staves, keeping time to the choral chant already mentioned, which waxes fast and furious as the game proceeds.
		I mentioned this noble idea to Harris, with enthusiasm, and was about to order the Expedition to form on the Gorner Grat, with their umbrellas, and prepare for flight by platoons, each platoon in command of a guide, when Harris stopped me and urged me not to be too hasty.
		When the ship rolled to starboard the whole platoon of dancers came charging down to starboard with it, and brought up in mass at the rail; and when it rolled to port they went floundering down to port with the same unanimity of sentiment.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com.cob-web.org:8888 /platoon (265 words)

	Platoon Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		It's clear that the training paid off — the actors have an easy camaraderie with one another that rides a knife-edge of tension arising from a combination of the situation they find themselves in, racism, and the pecking order that is an intrinsic part of the armed forces.
		The scenes at the base camp where the platoon divides into dope smokers and beer drinkers ring true, as do the many harrowing combat scenes.
		Platoon also has a heavy-handed good/evil paradigm with Tom Berenger as the callous Sergeant Barnes and Willem Dafoe as the moral Sergeant Elias.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=1205&Tab=Anatomy (780 words)

	Amazon.com: Platoon (1986) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Platoon put writer-turned-director Oliver Stone on the Hollywood map; it is still his most acclaimed and effective film, probably because it is based on Stone's firsthand experience as an American soldier in Vietnam.
		"Platoon" is one of those movies I think everyone should see at some point in their lives.
		Twenty years later, after PLATOON was released in 1986 and brought some of the horrors of the Vietnam experience to the public's media-jaundiced eye, at last the film can be seen and discussed critically.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301115430?v=glance (2878 words)

	The Entertainment Depot - PC / Mac / Console Gaming : PC - Reviews - Platoon
		Indeed, valiant efforts were made on both sides of the war, and it would take a skillful title to weight such acts for everyone involved, luckily, since Platoon is based on the movie it takes its name from, the scope of the game is limited to that of the United States.
		However, not only does it fails to be accurate with the movie, but it also presents a faceless enemy and ends up being a title that isn't much fun to play.
		Platoon showed a good deal of promise, and playing with all the units and vehicles does provide some fun, but overall, it fails to ultimately deliver on its potential.
	www.entdepot.com /pc/platoon/review.php (1492 words)

	WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !
		Platoon covers the period from the early days of the conflict (late 1965) to the height of battle in 1968.
		As you successfully carry out your missions, you will climb the ranks to become a Lieutenant and be responsible for a full platoon of infantry (up to 30 men) composed of specialist soldiers: (rifleman, sniper, scout, machine gunner, grenadier, engineer, commando...).
		Platoon’s game engine features tremendous visual effects: vertex shaders for character movement and grass effects, particle systems for explosion effects (smoke, fire), dynamic shadows for moving objects, environment mapping for reflective surfaces (windows, water and shiny metal) and a scalable level of detail system (L.O.D).
	www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=7101 (315 words)

	Platoon - VHS - Title P Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Platoon : the first casualty of war is innocence
		Unlike the glorification and propaganda overtones that are prevalent amongst those that retell the Second World War, by the time directors began to tackle the subject of Vietnam, a very different attitude was in the air and a more realistic and neutral position was...
		Platoon is probably one of the few films which has grabbed my heart, crush it and make me ball like a baby.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-p/platoon (292 words)

	The Platoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Platoon was formed in July 2000, it started off as a clan for players of close combat, and has since moved into other games like Operation Flashpont and Day of Defeat.
		From the end of May the current platoon server will be closed down, we will start sharing the GWG full time, both clans are playing very few matches at the moment and Tuesdays and Thursdays only one of the server is getting any use.
		On Monday a meeting was held between GWG and The Platoon to work out the date and location of this years Gathering, the gathering will be held on the 16th 17th and 18th of June, this also marks the 5th anniversary of the Platoon, the location is Eindhoven Holland.
	www.platoon-clan.com (926 words)

	CanadianGamer.ca - Platoon Review
		Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam
		Not only does Platoon aim to provide its players with a journey through four years of one of the world's most brutal wars, but also offer a unique, squad level combat experience as well.
		When you start the game proper, you'll be impressed with Platoon's depiction of the Vietnam environment.
	www.canadiangamer.ca /Reviews/Platoon/page1.shtml (526 words)

	Platoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But he gradually adapts and, as time goes by, begins to see that the platoon is divided into two groups.
		When the platoon takes some gruesome losses, an enraged Barnes kills some Vietnamese and orders the burning of their village, outraging the temporarily absent Elias.
		PLATOON is number 83 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
	www.videoflicks.com /titles/1016/1016405.htm (763 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - Platoon / DVD-Video
		Drawn from Stone's own experience in combat, PLATOON relives the fear, the heat, the jungle, the hatreds & the horrors that were daily life for young "grunts" in Southeast Asia.
		Seen through the eyes of a college drop-out, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), The war is a real nightmare - a private hell of fears from outside & in - with enemies on both sides of the line.
		Platoon is about as good as they come on DVD.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=510&partner_id=37128848 (313 words)

	Platoon
		In PLATOON, Oliver Stone draws on his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the brutality of guerrilla warfare: the heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy.
		An all-star cast of Hollywood's finest actors (including Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, and William Shatner) lend their voices to a motley assortment of furry CGI critters in the latest family comedy from DreamWorks.
		"Platoon is like the Wall -- a dark and unforgettable memorial to the dead of Vietnam and an awesome requiem to the eternity of war."
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/platoon (829 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Platoon DVD
		Winner of four Oscars, "Platoon" marked an important change in the approach to movies about Vietnam and the US public's reaction to films about the conflict.
		The opening dusty scenes look quite grainy, but once past those, "Platoon" shines with obvious care and attention in its transfer to disc.
		The impact of this was obviously lost on VHS, but a fresh new 5.1 mix for DVD adds sub-woofer thunder to the helicopters and explosions, and eerie jungle noise to the rear surrounds.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2001/09/11/platoon_1986_dvd_review.shtml (455 words)

	Platoon (1986) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Trivia: Prior to the scene where Elias' half of the platoon is smoking dope, the actors actually did smoke marijuana.
		Unfortunately for them, Willem Dafoe reported, by the time the stage was set and they actually filmed, everyone had come off their high and felt awful.
		Platoon is an idealised crayon-sketch of Oliver Stone's Vietnam experience, with its fair dose of guns, bombs, blood, rain, jungle, evil murderous Asian faces and similarly evil murderous Americans.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0091763 (630 words)

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