Military and War - The Anderson Platoon

The Anderson Platoon is a documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War. The director, a French veteran of the Indochina war (La 317e Section), returned to follow a platoon of American soldiers for six weeks at the height of fighting in Vietnam in 1966. The documentary discusses the background and fate of the soldiers and emphasizes how much American culture pervades the soldiers behaviors in the midst of jungle life and fighting.