Loyd is from Shreveport, has family in the Fort Polk area and remembers seeing the original Tigerland arches when he first came to Fort Polk in 1991. "This is where I started my military career ...

(Rated R. 101 minutes. At the Roxie Cinema.) In "Tigerland," a scabrous drama about Army recruits bound for Vietnam, Joel Schumacher makes a startling about-face from the big-budget gloss ("St ...

The 5th conducted training at what became known as Tigerland, and Fort Polk sent more Soldiers to Vietnam than any other Army installation. The 162nd saw action in World War I and World War II and ...

Polk, LA, for infantry training before leaving for war. The final week takes place in Tigerland, a swamp similar to Vietnam. Jim Paxton has enlisted; he wants to experience everything and write ...

It’s a model the Army would continue to use decades later, as it prepared soldiers for service in Iraq and Afghanistan. The villages became known as “Tigerland” after Tiger Village on Peason ...

2000’s Tigerland. Often described as a Vietnam War movie, the film never actually leaves North America, largely taking place at a U.S. Army training camp created as a replica of the Asian ...

With Tigerland he draws on both strengths ... while Shea Whigham is also a standout as uptight army-boy Wilson), while Matthew Libatique’s cinematography (also utilised by Darren Aronofsky ...