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murdered by one’s fellow soldiers, as well as by the
enemy. In some ways,Platoonmight be considered
one of the most important salves that allowed Ameri-
cans to heal after one of their most divisive wars. In
1987, hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans
came together to parade through Houston, Texas, fi-
nally staging the welcome-home parade they had
never received on their return from combat.

Further Reading
Appy, Christian G.Working-Class War: American Com-
bat Soldiers and Vietnam. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 1993.
Lavington, Stephen.Oliver Stone. London: Virgin,
2004.
Stone, Oliver, and Charles L. P. Silet.Oliver Stone: In-
terviews. Oxford: University Press of Mississippi,
2001.

Toplin, Robert Brent.Oliver Stone’s USA: Film, His-

tor y, and Controversy. New ed. Topeka: University

Press of Kansas, 2003.

William S. Brockington, Jr.

See also Academy Awards; Film in the United States;

Full Metal Jacket; Iranian hostage crisis; Rambo; Reagan

Doctrine; Stone, Oliver; Vietnam Veterans Memorial;

Wall Street.

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The Event The University of California defeats

Stanford University with a bizarre, last-second

kickoff return

Date November 20, 1982

Place Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California

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Tom Berenger, center right, as Sergeant Barnes, inPlatoon.(dpa/Landov)