The wounded platoon

Resource Information

The work The wounded platoon represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The wounded platoon

Statement of responsibility

written and directed by Dan Edge ; produced by Dan Edge and Christopher Buchanan ; reported by Christopher Buchanan, Dan Edge, L. Christopher Smith ; edited by Alex Archer ; A Frontline co-production with Mongoose Pictures in association with the BBC

Contributor

• British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
• Mongoose Pictures
• PBS Video
• WGBH Educational Foundation
• Archer, Alex
• Buchanan, Christopher
• Edge, Dan
• Smith, L. Christopher

Subject

• Television programs for the hearing impaired
• Combat -- Psychological aspects
• DVDs
• Documentary television programs
• Fort Carson (Colo.)
• Psychology, Military
• Soldiers -- Job stress -- United States
• Television programs for people with visual disabilities

Genre

• Documentary television programs
• DVDs
• Television programs for people with visual disabilities
• Television programs for the hearing impaired

Language

eng

Summary

"On November 30, 2007, 24-year-old Kevin Shields went out drinking with three Army buddies from Fort Carson, Colo., a base on the outskirts of Colorado Springs. A few hours later, he was dead -- shot twice in the head at close range and left by the side of the road by his fellow soldiers. Shields' murder punctuated a string of violent attacks committed by the three, who are now serving time in prison for this and other crimes, and it contributed to a startling statistic: Since the Iraq war began, a total of 17 soldiers from Fort Carson have been charged with or convicted of murder, manslaughter or attempted murder committed at home in the United States, and 36 have committed suicide. In The Wounded Platoon, Frontline investigates a single Fort Carson platoon of infantrymen -- the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry -- and finds, after a long journey, a group of young men changed by war and battling a range of psychiatric disorders that many blame for their violent and self-destructive behavior. Since returning from Iraq, three members of the 3rd Platoon have been convicted on murder or attempted murder charges; one has been jailed for drunk driving and another for assaulting his wife; and one has attempted suicide."-- Frontline website

Member of

• Frontline (Television program)

Cataloging source

NTE

Characteristic

videorecording

Dewey number

355.002

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned; audio described

LC call number

U22.3

LC item number

.W68 2010

Runtime

90

Technique

live action