QIs the village massacre based on any actual events?
AYes, and it's probably a composite of several of them. The most famous is the My Lai massacre, believed to have been perpetrated by Lt. William Calley. Oliver Stone quite plainly wrote the scene to be reflective of My Lai and probably many other lesser known incidents of misconduct by American military personnel.
QIs there a Nazi flag on the American tank? Why?
AYes, it was likely meant as an ironic statement by the tank crew.
QWhy did Taylor drop a grenade after the battle was over?
AAs stated in the trivia, Charlie Sheen improvised this, as he felt Chris would be suicidal by the end of the movie, having murdered Barnes in cold blood and seen the horrors of what the men fighting on the same side as him would do to each other and innocent people during the conflict. Taylor picked up the grenade, but once one of the other soldiers made their way to him, he probably felt it was better to live and get shipped home to be with the ones he loved.
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