Adrian Cronauer, a radio comedian, is dispatched to Vietnam to inject levity into the lives of the troops. Cronauer delights the G.I.s, but his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, is taken aback by his irreverent view of the war. While Dickerson tries to censor Cronauer's broadcasts, Cronauer pursues a relationship with Trinh, a Vietnamese girl who shows him firsthand the horrors of war.
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Adrian Cronauer, a radio comedian, is dispatched to Vietnam to inject levity into the lives of the troops. Cronauer delights the G.I.s, but his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, is taken aback by his irreverent view of the war. While Dickerson tries to censor Cronauer's broadcasts, Cronauer pursues a relationship with Trinh, a Vietnamese girl who shows him firsthand the horrors of war.
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