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Gone is the all-too-familiar platoon situation, which he shared with eventual Vanderbilt transfer Mickey Kropf as a freshman, and then All-Ivy selection Brian Lentz ’03 as a sophomore...
...volunteered for the camps hoping to improve his skills as a carpenter. Instead, when he got there, he says, he was given alcohol, drugs and lessons in how to beat and kill. He was so good at the training that he was soon promoted to lead a platoon of youths. "I was told by the commander to rape," he says. "You can sleep with three or four the same night. I was enjoying it because I was only choosing the nice girls." Like several older boys who were interviewed, Daniel says he was also trained to torture his victims...
...dense mist swirls, then parts, revealing one man, then 10, then an entire platoon of guerrilla soldiers, all armed and battle-hardened. Their tattered fatigues are muddy and cover tattoos they believe will ward off cold and deflect enemy bullets. This apparition is part of the Shan State Army (S.S.A.), one of a handful of rebel outfits still fighting the Burmese government. The S.S.A.'s goal?an independent homeland for the Shan, Burma's second largest ethnic group?is all but impossible to achieve. But this is still rebel country, with steep, jungle-clad mountains and plunging ravines, where...
Your article "Portrait of a Platoon," about the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division Survey Platoon, nicknamed the Tomb Raiders, was thought-provoking [Dec. 29--Jan. 5]. After I read the profiles of platoon members, I felt I knew them like my family. Every American should be proud of them. The account of how TIME journalists Michael Weisskopf and James Nachtwey were injured after Weisskopf grabbed a grenade thrown into their humvee, saving the lives of several soldiers, gave sharp insight into what is really going on in Iraq. I understood what our troops face every day. Thank...
...dispassionate reading of your Portrait of Tomb Raider platoon leader Second Lieut. Benjamin Colgan, who was killed while on patrol, left me wanting to salute the memory of people like this brave soldier. He represents those stationed on all the battlefields of contemporary history who are defending liberty. Colgan's life and sacrifice offer a testament to courage and patriotism. EMMANUEL FRANKLYNE OGBUNWEZEH Frankfurt, Germany...