French writer and director Pierre Schoendoerffer left indelible imprint on Hollywood’s framing of Vietnam War. His experiences as documentary film maker embedded to French Army during First Indochina War resulted in widely praised 1965 live action film *The 317th Platoon*, while his coverage of US Army during Second Indochina War ended as famed 1967 documentary *The Anderson Platoon*. Both films heavily influenced m…







