ditto that, did it even better with band of brothers.

Platoon is miles ahead of Band of Brothers

+360SRH 2 exactly, lets put it this way -- Platoon is legendary, one of the best movies ever created by mankind, Band of Brothers is cool but it doesnt even touch Platoon

spearPYN Platoon is so good mainly because it's an anti-war movie, rape, drugs, racism, atrocities, fragging etc.. Hollywood would never support this, it's an independent.. Band is a pro war movie, it's good but made for TV

AllBrushed Models BOB was NOT a “pro war movie”. That’s an idiotic comment. It was the true story of men in WWII. Platoon was Oliver Stones biased view of a war he hated.

Lol... Don’t call him a soldier in person. He’s a Marine. What’s the difference? Trust me, he’ll tell you.

I always knew there was a special about him.

Not to mention Oliver Stone wrote and directed it based on his own experiences with the 25th in 67-68 and wanted to make it real.

thank you for your service, welcome home, soldier

well i dont know but i think i've also seen charakters with that 25th infantry division patch AND the patch from the 1st cavalry at the other sleeve.... is that even possible? oO did those two divisions work so close together that they mixed their men? :D

Geez.... A patch on the left shoulder means you are active in that unit... A patch on the left shoulder means you were previously in that unit .. Many guys did two tours in RVN and could have served with 1st Air Cav in the Highlands, came back for another tour and were sent to the 25th Inv which was south of where 1st Air Cav was working.. Those 2 units did not "work together" in the Vietnam war. Such is the case of Ron Kovic , a marine who came back for a second tour of duty. Sadly, his second tour cost him big time. From movie "Born on the Fourth of July". Hope this explains it Also Oliver Stone served with 3/22 Inf , 25th Infantry Div same timing as me ( his second tour). We were probably near each other many times especially at Fire Support Base Burt

Patch on RIGHT shoulder is PAST unit.....

peter rech In 69-70 the 25th Div, 1st Div,11th ACR, 1st Cav, 199th LIB, and 82nd Abn were all in III Corps. We crossed paths a number of times. I appreciated Platoon’s attention to detail with insignia, radio protocol, etc. It was obvious to me someone knew what they were doing. I attempted to comment on this in No Country For Old Men when several characters pronounced it Nam instead of Nom, as I heard it pronounced 100% of the time.

He became officer later?

he also worked on saving private ryan

Paul Verhoeven must have ignore Dye's advice...

He presumably passed the All Arms Commando Course while on exchange, and was presented the green lid with USMC capbadge. Pretty common. Looks like RM capbadge here though.

Yuh. Um...about that...

An unknown actor back then!

@@ricomajestic Similar to George Clooney and Brad Pitt, Depp really did pay his dues and work his way up as an actor and people can forget that he was the teenager in Nightmare On Elm Street who gets eaten by a bed.

He was the translator

I'm more of a Sgt. Bilko man.

Barnes doesn't have a problem with you as long as you follow orders. If you don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down.

In my opinion Elias is better because at least he doesn't kill innocent villagers and his compassionate

Better off not surviving

Randy Cheow Charlie doesn’t have any compassion for you.

Platoon takes place in 1967-68. When did dingle or what year was He with that unit? [( B co 2nd battalion 9th infantry Regiment of the 25th infantry division (electric strawberry)]

No it isn't mate, it was written and directed by Oliver Stone, based on his experiences with the 25th infantry division near the Cambodian border in 1967-1968.

If it was based on Oliver they should have shown more of him loading artillery shells and not running around as a rifleman foot soldier grunt.

I'm not sure why you think he was an artilleryman, maybe you read somewhere he was in 3rd Battalion when he was with the 25th? Well there is a 3rd artillery battalion in 25th infantry, but he wasn't in that unit. He was in the 3rd battalion 21st INFANTRY regiment, a grunt, a rifleman. a large amount of the events depicted in the film Stone experienced firsthand.

Thats the Royal Marine Corp crest, not USMC.

Not just a Green Beret A Royal Marine Commando (British RN) Beret. Very Odd.

Royal British Marines wear them. Question for you Mr. Dickey-what is an 'ex Marine"?

He did the Mountain leader course with 42 Commando. So I think he has earned the right to wear it

***** Mountain leader course is peanuts compared to the final 4 Commando courses

harvey keitel what planet are you on? The Mountain leader course is one of toughest in the British Military. as indicated by its 20% pass rate. A Royal Marine Commando must go through an eight-month training course, starting with a week-long selection, in order to qualify as a Mountain Leader. If it's peanuts, then why does the Brigade Patrol troop, the elite reconnaissance unit of 3 Commando Brigade select Royal Marine Commandos who are Mountain Leaders, and not those who are just Commandos. Mountain Leaders are not strictly-speaking Special Forces, even though their standards of selection and training are considered by some to be as hard, if not harder, than UKSF units. Mountain Leader Training includes climbing cliffs free climbing (without ropes) mountaineering survival resistance to interrogation (RTI) training ice climbing arctic survival arctic navigation long distance skiing long range reconnaissance training

Do you even know what the final four commando tests are, you think Dye could pass all those in proper time? If not then he doesn't have what it takes to wear that green lid.. There's no strict time limits with your Mountain leader camping course.. That's why RMC entry age limit is 33.. It's fucking brutal. I love Dale but he's not a RMC

Nope RM tests have an age limit of 33, because they are backbreaking only Chris Terrell (55) did them all but that guy is a beast, watch "the 55 yr old commando" docu, and tell me if you think old Dale could do that, while being out of training for so long, and eating donuts on Hollywood sets, many people have died in Dartmoor during these tests. I can guarantee Dale has not ran 32 miles across Dartmoor with full kit, in under a STRICT time limit of 8hrs or swung around on the tarzan assault course, in a STRICT time of 13mins, there is also a parkour vid of those guys trying to pass it, it broke them.

Yes he was.

yer he is the major who do not want to send a party out looking for ryan until the general reads the letter to the mother

He did voiceover work for at least two of the original "Medal Of Honor" games. Also had a character modelled after him that shows up in the final mission in "Medal Of Honor: European Assault." He's done a hell of a lot of work on a lot of movies, and has even became quite an actor in his own right (re: Col Bob Sink from "Band Of Brothers"). In his commentary track on "Platoon," he tells a lot of funny stories, one of them being the brief scene he had with Berenger, Dafoe, and Mark Moses (the guy who played Lt. Wolf) right after the incident at the village: "So here I am in my first big movie scene: Tom Berenger, William Dafoe, Mark Moses...and broke-dick weenie Dale Dye with his hair colored brown." A lot of interesting anecdotes, observations, and historical context packed into that track. Dye definitely brings a shit-ton of authenticity as both an advisor and an actor; like the late R. Lee Ermey, he just gives off a vibe that you pretty much can't fake or learn in an acting class...you can just tell he's a guy who's lived the things he does in his movies. Though I will give props to Tom Berenger for getting about as close as any actor with no military background I've ever seen. I think a lot of it is that sort of Midwestern every-man quality he has; I knew quite a few NCOs and SNCOs in the Marine Corps like him (and Dye, for that matter).

Colonel Robert Sink

Yes, and he also ran a boot camp for the Band of Brothers actor's also. You can find it here on KZfaq.

walshy353 Maybe he just likes how Berets look?

Hmmmm yeah that's shifty

Because he also completed Royal Marine Commando training, it being harder than USMC training, I would wear it too if I were him.

I highly doubt he passed all four commando tests in his old age, only 55yr old Chris Terrell has done that being outside the 33yrs entry age limit... Dale is fit but he's not that fit.. Chris barely did it, he failed a couple times but finally passed.

@@ScreaminModelKits presumably did the AACC while serving in the USMC. He doesn't strike me as the sort of person that would wear something he hasn't earned.

I loved Platoon but I agree that Charlie Sheen wasn't really that believable and convincing in the movie and he wasn't any more believable in Navy SEALs as a Navy SEAL or ''Team Guy'' but I do understand that the movie inspired a lot of people to join the SEALs( and other branches of the military besides the Navy).

Do you even know what Beret it is?