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French assistants lived with the platoon of Negro West Point Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson, 24, recording the days leading up to Operation Irving on the central coast of Viet...
...Lleras, unlike his predecessor, is not afraid to take a stand. When Communist-led students went on strike across the country shortly after he took over last August, he threatened to bar them from graduation and, ignoring the country's sacred tradition of campus autonomy, sent a platoon of battle-ready troops into Bogotá's National University. When a band of 80 Castroite guerrillas went on a rampage in Colombia's remote southern interior, ambushing army patrols, slashing telephone lines and bombing roads and bridges, Lleras quickly moved to put down the insurrection. He not only...
Until now, that is. All these human vignettes, and many more, are part of a remarkable new 80-minute Viet Nam documentary. Titled The Anderson Platoon, the program suggested a greater understanding of what the U.S. is doing in Viet Nam than anything yet seen in France. "Politics don't interest me," says Producer Pierre Schoendoerffer. "I didn't want to modify anybody's opinion about the war, but only to show them how it was being fought...
...white soldier holding the hand of his Negro buddy who has been wounded tells of the brotherhood of battle without words. The mood is enhanced by rock 'n' roll and blues music. In one sequence, Nancy Sinatra sings These Boots Are Made for Walkin' as the platoon trudges through a swamp...
Schoendoerffer was deluged by complimentary phone calls after the showing of his documentary on the Cinqcolonnes à la une program, France's leading news show. U.S. TV officials who have seen it consider The Anderson Platoon the best documentary of the war to date. It may soon be shown on a U.S. network...