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Title The wounded platoon / 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.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : PBS Video, [2010]
©2010

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 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD 616.8521 WOU    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen; stereo.
Note Originally produced for public television broadcast on May 18, 2010.
A FRONTLINE Co-Production with Mongoose Pictures in association with the BBC
Audience Not rated.
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.
Contents 1. Third Platoon's first year in Iraq -- 2. Fort Carson confronts a crisis -- 3. Third Platoon's second Iraq tour -- 4. "In Iraq, you've got to be numb" -- 5. Kenny Eastridge -- 6. Coming home -- 7. A reunion.
Language Closed-captioned; audio described.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Psychology, Military.
Soldiers -- Job stress -- United States.
Fort Carson (Colo.)
Combat -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for people with visual disabilities.
Added Author Edge, Dan.
Buchanan, Christopher.
Smith, L. Christopher.
Archer, Alex.
Mongoose Pictures.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Video.
Added Title Frontline, the wounded platoon
Frontline (Television program)
ISBN 9781608832248
1608832244
Standard No. 841887012270
Music No. FRL62812 PBS Home Video
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