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Oliver Stone Trivia
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- On September 14, 1967 he left for Vietnam and was assigned to the 2nd Platoon of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry, stationed near the Cambodian border as "Private Bill Stone" (fearing that "Oliver" was too effeminate).
- Did a tour of duty in Vietnam.
- In Vietnam Stone won the Bronze Star for Valor and the Purple Heart with First Oak Leaf Cluster. Stone was jailed for marijuana possession in Mexico at the age of 21.
- Shares the exact same birthday as good friend and star of some his films, Tommy Lee Jones. Both were born on September 15, 1946.
- Directed two comedians/comic actors in their first and only dramatic roles; John Candy in JFK and Rodney Dangerfield in Natural Born Killers.
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