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Platoon: Hell is the Impossibility of Reason
00:00 - 01:30
1m 30s
History
Literary Devices
cold war
vietnam war
soliloquy

A young recruit writes a letter to his grandma in which he shares his innermost thoughts about his experiences in the Vietnam War.

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  • 00:17 - 00:18

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