Platoon (film) Dye, who played Bravo company's commander Captain Harris, is a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran who also served as the film's technical advisor. The movie is "Dedicated to the men who fought and died in the Vietnam War." The film score was by Georges Delerue. Music used in the film includes "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber, "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, and "Okie From Muskogee" by Merle Haggard (which is an anachronism, as the film is set in 1967 but Haggard's song was not released until 1969). During a scene in the "Underworld," the soldiers sing along to
The Man Who Was Thursday published as part of "The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton" (D. J. Conlon, 1986–). On 5 September 1938 "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" presented an abridged radio-play adaptation, written by Orson Welles, who was a great admirer of Chesterton. This was almost two months before the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast. The adaptation omits some of the metaphysical and theological discussions and treats much of the whimsical and comedic asides more seriously. Almost all of "Chapter 14: The Six Philosophers" is left out, in which the greater part of the metaphysical speculation is found. It was reported