platoon be to the vietnam war a rocky iv be to heavyweight championship boxing . oliver stone story of the experience of a u army platoon in vietnam in 1968 be so overdone it laughable . while most or all of the occurrence in platoon do occur over the 10 plus year span of u military involvement in vietnam and to portray these thing happen to one small group of men in such a short time frame ( week ) give a horribly skew picture of the war . in platoon and the men of the platoon see all of the following in the course of a week or two represent u soldier murder civilian and u soldier rap civilian and a u sergeant murder another u sergeant and a u private murder a u staff sergeant and u soldier kill or wound by friendly fire and 90 % plus kill or wound in the platoon . for stone to try to pass this film off a the typical experience of a u soldier in vietnam be a disgrace . two vietnam war film i would recommend be we be soldier ( the true story of arguably the bad battle for u soldier in vietnam ) and hbo a bright shin lie .