Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2004 The soldier's return: films of the Vietnam War Michael James Noreen Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Noreen, Michael James, "The os ldier's return: films of the Vietnam War" (2004). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 16165. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/16165 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The soldier's return: films of the Vietnam War by Michael James Noreen A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English (Literature) Program of Study Committee: Charles L.P. Silet, Major Professor Leland Po ague Hamilton Cravens Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2004 11 Graduate College Iowa State University This is to certify thri{the master's thesis of Michael James Noreen has met the requirements of Iowa State University ... Major Professor For the Major Program 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. A CHANGING WAR 1 CHAPTER 2. COMBAT FILMS: THE GREEN BERETS, PLATOON, 5 FULL METAL JACKET, AND HAMBURGER HILL CHAPTER 3. THE SOLDIER'S RETURN 18 CHAPTER 4. THE WAR STILL REMAINS 47 ANNOTATED FILMOGRAPHY 50 WORKS CITED/WORKS CONSULTED 52 1 CHAPTER 1 A CHANGING WAR Beginning in the mid-1960s the Vietnam War became, for filmmakers, fertile ground in which to re-establish the war film genre.