The late 1980s saw a spate of Vietnam War movies ("Platoon," "Full Metal Jacket," "Casualties of War") as filmmakers and the country began processing in earnest the consequences of that conflict.
When I was a kid, back in the days when people still rented VHS cassettes from Blockbuster Video, I watched a lot of Vietnam films: Deer Hunter, Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket – that great canon of senseless slaughter.
In the next decade or so "Apocalypse Now," "Platoon," "Full Metal Jacket," and "Born on the Fourth of July" all received nominations and awards from the Academy.
The Grand Vintage cabernet sauvignon ($36 now, $39 in January), my favorite wine in this platoon, is opulent, fleshy, full of cassis, cedar nuances and spice.
They stopped the first boat they saw on the water--sure that it was full of a surprise platoon of crazy Iranians ready to eat a magazine of their bullets.
Police officers were waiting in the cold darkness, along with a growing platoon of reporters and a couple of cars full of anti-racist protesters.
Showcased throughout are carefully framed antique maps, shelves full of first editions of poetry, platoons of typewriters.
Moments later, as Smiley paused to talk to a merchant with a shop full of flour sacks, the popcorn crackle of automatic-rifle fire sounded from where his platoon stood guard at the end of the street.
I graduated high school back in 2005, full of testosterone, so of course I joined the army and volunteered for the battalion scout platoon.
Only Lieutenants Fox and Sweeney in Five and Six Platoons had a full complement of officers and NCOs.
