PORTRAIT OF A PLATOON.

Autor: Ratnesar, Romesh, Weisskopf, Michael, Bennett, Brian, Roosevelt, Margot, Sanders, Eli, Sieger, Maggie
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Zdroj: TIME Magazine; 12/29/2003-1/5/2004, Vol. 162/163 Issue 26/1, p58-81, 16p, 4 Color Photographs
Abstrakt: Discusses the events and experiences of journalists embedded with a platoon in the United States 1st Armored Division in Iraq. Details of the platoon, with the background of each soldier; Responsibilities and tasks of the platoon; Experiences that the journalists were a part of including an act of insurgency against the platoon which resulted in the injury of one of the reporters and several soldiers; Explanation of the nick name Tomb Raiders that has been given to the platoon; History of the platoon in the war so far in Iraq; Events surrounding the death of a platoon member, Benjamin Colgan.
Databáze: Complementary Index
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