I went to Parris Island as a recruit in Sept 1977, made Sergeant in 1982 and went to DI school in Oct 1983. I was a DI in 3rd Bn H Co RTR from Jan 1984 to Jan 1986, and meritorious promotion to Staff Sergeant. Training recruits without question, was the most demanding thing I had ever done, but the most rewarding. Drill Instructor school kicked my ass but I graduated. Ron Higgins, Master Sergeant, USMC Ret. 23 1/2 years of service. Joining up kept me out of the penitentiary and gave me a purpose in life! I loved this movie growing up.
Great movie! Saw it when I was about 15 years old in the 60’s! I was 4F due to a birth defect, but my cousin joined the Corp upon high school graduation and after training, was shipped out to Vietnam Nam. Came back 18 months as a Sargent with two commendations! We were all so proud of him, but he never speaks about his experiences in Nam!
Man this was one of my favorite movies of all time. Jack Webb personified this role imo. (R. Lee Ermy did a fine job too in Full Metla Jacket). I wasnt in the Marines, I was in the Navy. I never met anyone as tough in boot camp as the men in this film. But this did bring back some memories. :)
I saw it in 1957, Boot Camp MCRD San Diego. Couldn’t believe the boots didn’t get slammed. We did. It was the “best” thing that ever happened to me. Webb did a great job.
After nearly 50 years, still proud, still motivated, gung-ho. Father served in Korea, me at the end of Vietnam, and my younger brother in the First Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom where we lost him.
God bless you! May your brother rest in peace? 1959 to 1971. First five years in tanks went back to tanks in December 68 after getting grounded because of my eyes! No more gunner with HMM 265. Semper Fi.
This is EXCELLENT, thanks for posting! I've been watching the D.I. ever since I taped it in 1978 or so, now have a beautiful copy on VHS! LOVE this movie!!!!
I went to see this movie the day before I left for PI in June 1957 - it was like landing on a different planet, but it was the best decision of my life
At the time, no, there wasn't. But as the years pass, I'm a little better able to see the humor in the experience. I was a "Hollywood" Marine out of MCRD San Diego so I missed the "benefit" of Parris Island. But Parris Island or San Diego, the blood is the same color.
I was in P.I. 1971 and happen to be in the wooden Barracks just like in the movie. Then in 1975 I was a D.I. Within the same Barracks that I was a recruit. Now that’s déjà vu. I want to thank all the marines that have served and are currently serving this great nation. And for those that are getting ready to go to boot camp good luck. For all do not make it.
My Dad took me to see the picture, and when it was over, his only comment was that he wished that his boot training at Parris Island would been that easy. When he had finished boot camp at P. I. in early 1945, he was shipped to San Francisco to await the build-up for the invasion of Japan. Thank God the A-bombs were dropped and he was never shipped over. But that was the only comment he ever made about his Marine Corps experience that I remember, in other words, he never talked too much about anything.
Watched JW as a kid then R. Lee after active duty.The rush smell noise and the fear of the unkown possibilities are never forgotten.The MC is designed for utmost attention to detail and MISSION.YELLOW FOOTPRINTS SAN-DOG 82' LEBANON 83' SAUDI 91' IRAQ 03'.ONCE AND ALWAYS! EYEBALLS!!! DAT SHIT IS REAL PEOPLE! SEMPER FI! AND TO ALL A PEACEFUL NIGHT.
Patrick Pence. USMC 1965 -- 69. Boot Camp at Parris Island SC. Vietnam early November 65 to late October 66. Always proud to have served my Country in the United States Marine Corps. Thank you and you are welcome.
KROQ in Los Angeles Had a DJ Called Frazier Smith in The Late 1970’s and 1980’s He Used All Those Rantz Jack Webb Used in The D.I. “ Tell That Broad To Stop Looking at Me”” or “” I Want a Swinging Blond That Owns a Liquor Store “” Semper FI Hoorah!
🗣I did my boot camp at PI🌴SC in 1976. And stayed in an old barracks just like that one for one week…. Just after the rifle range and before entering 3rd phase training. The DI said we had to wait till another barracks was available….(the modern brick type.) I had seen the movie 🎥 THE D.I. a few times already. And was awe struck when we ran into THIS BARRACKS. It was just like the one in the movie. 🇺🇸
I saw this movie after i finished my time in the Marines. I have to say that the movie was a lot easier than my time in the Marines. My Platoon Sargent made Mr. Webb seem to be an easier man to please than Gy.Sgt. Publico, all 5 foot tall of him. But I thank each and every one of my 3 Drill Instructors each and every day for making me a better and stronger man.
Sergeant Joe Friday must've taken a vacation after those long weeks and months of solving crime and helping his fellow officers out in L.A. to visit South Carolina! XD Seriously, the beginning where Jack Webb introduces Farris Island reminds me so much of the beginning of Dragnet.
I remember about the only time we could talk to each other and get away with it was at the wash rack when we were scrubbing our belts with toothpaste to make them white. That was from 1 May 1973 - 27 July 1973 in MCRD San Diego.
They used to have her performance in this movie at the club. Sadly, I see the scenes from this movie on YT have been mostly removed. dadgummit. I love her doing that song and had requested it be included by guy who originally included these clips. And he did so! It was here for years but it's gone now. dadgummit. Jackie (Monica Lewis) was still alive last I checked, well into her 90s. I didn't know how big she was as a singer (with many albums from that period) when I first saw this. I also noticed her on re-run on The Virginian a number of years ago. people criticize sometimes the way she looked in the singing performance...but I thought she rocked.
GrandesClassicos93 Yes, but in the final 1958-1959 season of Dragnet, Friday was actually promoted to lieutenant. When the show was re-launched in 1967, Friday returned to the rank of sergeant as if his promotion never took place. Jack Webb later explained it by saying that he wanted Dragnet to be accurate. Because LAPD lieutenants served in a supervisory role at that time and didn’t work cases, Webb had Joe Friday revert back to being a sergeant so he and Bill Gannon could investigate/solve cases during the weekly episodes.
I was in 3rd btn.the only one of 3 that had modern barracks.our drill instructors were ww2 and Korean War veterans. It was brutal back then we were punched kicked, etc.but I wouldn't trade that experience for the world.
R. Lee Ermey was a real Drill Instructor, and ad libbed quite a bit of his dialogue. We were NEVER allowed to use the term "D.I." That was for the Army. We always used "drill instructor."
@@DanielMartinez-fk9qb However, the remainder of his comment holds true. The drill instructor was never referred to as the D.I. It was always "Sir! Pvt. XXX requests permission to speak to the Drill Instructor, Sir! ". First and last word out of a recruit's mouth was always, an emphatic 'Sir!' ".
as of today 29-Aug-2020 Jacqueline Loughery is still alive at 90... born 18 April 1930... Don Dubbins Private Owens - Dubbins succumbed to cancer at the age of sixty-three... 17 August 1991...
Jackie Loughery and Monica Lewis they were HOT !!!!!!!!!!!! BUT notice the difference in the way they talk back than in the movies and the music in the background
I did too in '71. The floors would creak from age and the bulkheads must have had 20 coats of paint. We were told those barracks could burn completely down in 12 minutes.
Oddly enough, this movie was the primary reason I never wanted to give the Corps a chance. Lol. Then I was able to read my cousin's " yearbook" from the 50s at the PI. It became a hard "Oh hell no".
Went through basic training at MCRD in San Diego in 1970 served 3 yrs in the Corp then in 1973 when through basic at Fort Leanerwood,mo Army basic training was a cake walk compared to the marine basic training
@@faolangt7136 The rank structure changed the year after this pic was made. The Tech became E7 Gunnery Sgt (2 lower chevrons), E6 became Staff Sgt. The term Technical and Specialist had different ranks and meanings in the other services. At one time the Army had Specialists from E4-E8, as well as corresponding traditional ranks Corporal, Sgt, Staff Sgt, Sgt First Class, Master and First Sgt (both E8).
@@mwilliams1330 In the Navy we dared to be different. You won't find these terms anywhere in Navy rank structure until you reach commissioned officers; and then the Navy jumbles up that order, too. Just to confuse everybody -- except sailors. You're welcome.
EXACTLY !!! NO hands in trouser (NOT PANTS!) pockets!, NO smoking EVER in Dress Blues!, & NO "romantic" embraces EVER in dress Blues! '68-'70 RVN '83-84 F/2/24
You could bet on getting written up should you have the habit of putting you hands in your pockets or chewing gum and what about sun glasses. They were a no-no too, but what about our troops in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan. I would think sun glasses would be a +?
3:05: "This is one place you don't see a woman." Wrong Sgt Moore; wrong as rain. I am woman, HEAR ME ROAR. Gen'l Berger wants more female infantry commanders (that's a quote).
At the time the film was made, the statement was true. The recruit areas were exclusively male. I don't know how it happened, but one and only one time during my time in boot camp (July 1960, MCRD San Diego), I did see a WM (Woman Marine) officer on the company street. I have no idea what she was doing there.
@@tomveatch2994 I'm sure she didn't effect training. My basic company cdr: army '81, was a tiny, frowning, little capt who told me I needed to shave better. She might've been 5'2", 101. Ridiculous. At least we only saw her maybe three times in months.
I own a copy; Jack Webb is great in almost anything he did. So it is not important how accurate it is; Dragnet was great too and I'm sure it wasn't completely accurate. There is also Jack Webb as a blues trumpeter- 'Pete Kelly's Blues' I have copies of all of them. Classic 60's and 70's entertainment. Even the earlier version of Dragnet in b&w were great. I don't worry about total accuracy, I just enjoy them.
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I went to Parris Island as a recruit in Sept 1977, made Sergeant in 1982 and went to DI school in Oct 1983. I was a DI in 3rd Bn H Co RTR from Jan 1984 to Jan 1986, and meritorious promotion to Staff Sergeant. Training recruits without question, was the most demanding thing I had ever done, but the most rewarding. Drill Instructor school kicked my ass but I graduated. Ron Higgins, Master Sergeant, USMC Ret. 23 1/2 years of service. Joining up kept me out of the penitentiary and gave me a purpose in life! I loved this movie growing up.
Thank you for your service sir!
To all your great Marines who served & endured those rough boot camps. Thank you for your service. Semper Fi.
👍🇺🇸👍
As a Navy Corpsman, I can tell you that the Marines are as tough or tougher than this movie portrays. It was an honor serving with them.
God bless the Devil Doc's !. Semper Fi
Great movie! Saw it when I was about 15 years old in the 60’s! I was 4F due to a birth defect, but my cousin joined the Corp upon high school graduation and after training, was shipped out to Vietnam Nam. Came back 18 months as a Sargent with two commendations! We were all so proud of him, but he never speaks about his experiences in Nam!
Man this was one of my favorite movies of all time. Jack Webb personified this role imo. (R. Lee Ermy did a fine job too in Full Metla Jacket). I wasnt in the Marines, I was in the Navy. I never met anyone as tough in boot camp as the men in this film. But this did bring back some memories. :)
I saw it in 1957, Boot Camp MCRD San Diego. Couldn’t believe the boots didn’t get slammed. We did. It was the “best” thing that ever happened to me. Webb did a great job.
After nearly 50 years, still proud, still motivated, gung-ho. Father served in Korea, me at the end of Vietnam, and my younger brother in the First Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom where we lost him.
God bless you! May your brother rest in peace?
1959 to 1971. First five years in tanks went back to tanks in December 68 after getting grounded because of my eyes! No more gunner with HMM 265. Semper Fi.
1950's women dressed so nice. Really beautiful and graceful.
OOOHHH RAHHH! Still one of my favorite movies.
How does Jack Webb walk backwards and talk so comfortably I’ll never know simply amazing I would’ve fallen and lost my step after the third step😂😂😂😂
This film is the reason that I joined the MARINE CORPS in 1971 . . . the single most important thing I ever did in my life !.
This is EXCELLENT, thanks for posting! I've been watching the D.I. ever since I taped it in 1978 or so, now have a beautiful copy on VHS! LOVE this movie!!!!
They played this movie in my ROTC class in high school! Talk about serious motivation here!!
I saw the D.I. It was a great film. Jack Webb was great as Technical Sergeant Moore.
I went to see this movie the day before I left for PI in June 1957 - it was like landing on a different planet, but it was the best decision of my life
A Marine Corps Drill Instructor is a special human being.
They are the heart and soul of the Corps. God bless them all.
Semper Fidelis.
Noncoms are the backbone of any service.
This was great; yes, I'm an huge Jack Webb fan.
I loved this movie!
Oorah!
When I was in Boot Camp, there wasn't much to laugh about.
@JAKE GUS ??
At the time, no, there wasn't. But as the years pass, I'm a little better able to see the humor in the experience. I was a "Hollywood" Marine out of MCRD San Diego so I missed the "benefit" of Parris Island. But Parris Island or San Diego, the blood is the same color.
My dad and I watched this together one day. Makes me miss him. My dad was in the Navy during WWll and Korea as a SeaBee.
SeaBees rock!!!
I was in P.I. 1971 and happen to be in the wooden Barracks just like in the movie. Then in 1975 I was a D.I. Within the same Barracks that I was a recruit. Now that’s déjà vu. I want to thank all the marines that have served and are currently serving this great nation. And for those that are getting ready to go to boot camp good luck. For all do not make it.
I saw the DI a couple of nights before going to Paris Island. OOH RAA October 73 - December 1973 Platoon 3395 Company "I"
One of my favorite movies. Thanks for posting this. I've never seen it.
OK I'll be the smartass: How can it be one of your favorite movies if you haven't seen it?
I didn’t write this very well, sorry. I meant the trailer. I’ve seen the movie so many times I can’t count. 😀
@@RobertBosworth I was just joshin' ya bruh.
My Dad took me to see the picture, and when it was over, his only comment was that he wished that his boot training at Parris Island would been that easy. When he had finished boot camp at P. I. in early 1945, he was shipped to San Francisco to await the build-up for the invasion of Japan. Thank God the A-bombs were dropped and he was never shipped over. But that was the only comment he ever made
about his Marine Corps experience that I remember, in other words, he never talked too much about anything.
"Private Pyle, don't fall down! That would break my fuckin' heart!"
i love this movie
Love this movie. Should be more available. Blu-Ray, streaming, etc...
Can you imagine a movie ad like this today?
my biggest takeaway was Jack Webb smiled!
I thought he smiled too much in "Sunset Boulevard" ( 1950).
I wish I would have seen this movie before I went to boot camp in 1981.
General John Archer Lejeune / luh jern (CMC XIII )
would be proud of this fine gentleman.
Watched JW as a kid then R. Lee after active duty.The rush smell noise and the fear of the unkown possibilities are never forgotten.The MC is designed for utmost attention to detail and MISSION.YELLOW FOOTPRINTS SAN-DOG 82' LEBANON 83' SAUDI 91' IRAQ 03'.ONCE AND ALWAYS! EYEBALLS!!! DAT SHIT IS REAL PEOPLE! SEMPER FI! AND TO ALL A PEACEFUL NIGHT.
Semper Fidelis
Hats off to the United States Military.
Dave Canada
Our military mans the walls so we sleep safely. Thanks to all that served.
Patrick Pence. USMC 1965 -- 69. Boot Camp at Parris Island SC. Vietnam early November 65 to late October 66. Always proud to have served my Country in the United States Marine Corps. Thank you and you are welcome.
KROQ in Los Angeles
Had a DJ
Called Frazier Smith in
The Late 1970’s and
1980’s
He Used All Those Rantz
Jack Webb Used in
The D.I.
“ Tell That Broad To
Stop Looking at Me””
or “” I Want a
Swinging
Blond That Owns
a Liquor Store “”
Semper FI
Hoorah!
🗣I did my boot camp at PI🌴SC in 1976. And stayed in an old barracks just like that one for one week…. Just after the rifle range and before entering 3rd phase training. The DI said we had to wait till another barracks was available….(the modern brick type.) I had seen the movie 🎥 THE D.I. a few times already.
And was awe struck when we ran into THIS BARRACKS. It was just like the one in the movie. 🇺🇸
This is probably the first major film to deal with Marine bootcamp training in a realistic fashion.
I was in Boot Camp in 1957, and saw this movie. DI’s were mostly WWII or Korean War Vets. That was when to Corps “was” the Corps.
Outstanding !. The World's Finest US Marines. Semper Fi
Great movie
I saw this movie after i finished my time in the Marines. I have to say that the movie was a lot easier than my time in the Marines. My Platoon Sargent made Mr. Webb seem to be an easier man to please than Gy.Sgt. Publico, all 5 foot tall of him. But I thank each and every one of my 3 Drill Instructors each and every day for making me a better and stronger man.
Great film!
I think this is the pitch film for theater owners. The D.I. was an independent film so Webb would have had to go out and sell the movie.
@JAKE GUS WTF?
A commercial by J Webb, about the movie for the theater owners... Rotten Tomatoes that is a great movie...
Jack Webb looks so Handsome 😍
Awesome!
Sergeant Joe Friday must've taken a vacation after those long weeks and months of solving crime and helping his fellow officers out in L.A. to visit South Carolina! XD Seriously, the beginning where Jack Webb introduces Farris Island reminds me so much of the beginning of Dragnet.
"This is the barracks. Perris Island, South Carolina. I work here. Don't ask me why."
I never knew that the recruits were played by actual Marines.
Don Dubbins and Lin (the Captain) were also former Marines.
Hello. Indeed. Even a few Drill Instructors at the time portrayed recruits. A few other Drill Instructors *portrayed* a few other Drill Instructors.
Couple of the recruits in real life actually outranked Webb's character.
I remember about the only time we could talk to each other and get away with it was at the wash rack when we were scrubbing our belts with toothpaste to make them white. That was from 1 May 1973 - 27 July 1973 in MCRD San Diego.
If you'd showed up there about 3 years later I would've waved at you from the Navy RTC side.
Thank you, Marines
Jackie Loughery was the very first Miss U.S.A., 1952.
They used to have her performance in this movie at the club. Sadly, I see the scenes from this movie on YT have been mostly removed. dadgummit. I love her doing that song and had requested it be included by guy who originally included these clips. And he did so! It was here for years but it's gone now. dadgummit. Jackie (Monica Lewis) was still alive last I checked, well into her 90s. I didn't know how big she was as a singer (with many albums from that period) when I first saw this. I also noticed her on re-run on The Virginian a number of years ago. people criticize sometimes the way she looked in the singing performance...but I thought she rocked.
@@teller1290 And was also Mrs. Jack Webb.
jack webb sure likes playing Sgts. (Sgt Moore, Sgt Friday)
GrandesClassicos93 Yes, but in the final 1958-1959 season of Dragnet, Friday was actually promoted to lieutenant. When the show was re-launched in 1967, Friday returned to the rank of sergeant as if his promotion never took place. Jack Webb later explained it by saying that he wanted Dragnet to be accurate. Because LAPD lieutenants served in a supervisory role at that time and didn’t work cases, Webb had Joe Friday revert back to being a sergeant so he and Bill Gannon could investigate/solve cases during the weekly episodes.
i learned my general orders before shipping out to PI by watching this movie
I was in 3rd btn.the only one of 3 that had modern barracks.our drill instructors were ww2 and Korean War veterans. It was brutal back then we were punched kicked, etc.but I wouldn't trade that experience for the world.
That is what ANY of us Jarheads look for in a girl !!!! OOOO RAH !!! LOL
Good Movie
He has a nice smile
I LOVE THE SMELL OF OLIVE DRAB, IN THE MORNING!!!
Stanley Kubrick certainly saw this movie
Jack Webb is a WW2 veteran and was picked for the part of The DI
Not really. Look it up
R. Lee Ermey was a real Drill Instructor, and ad libbed quite a bit of his dialogue. We were NEVER allowed to use the term "D.I." That was for the Army. We always used "drill instructor."
I Beg to differ there. Was at Basic Training. At this time at Fort Sill back in 1987. The term used and still is Drill. Sgt.
@@DanielMartinez-fk9qb However, the remainder of his comment holds true. The drill instructor was never referred to as the D.I. It was always "Sir! Pvt. XXX requests permission to speak to the Drill Instructor, Sir! ". First and last word out of a recruit's mouth was always, an emphatic 'Sir!' ".
Interesting thing about this is that Mr. Webb WAS A MARINE!!
And so was Don Dubbins, who played Owens. He served in the Marines before becoming an actor.
@@recordman64 absolutely 😊 Lots of Marines in the movie. That's one reason why it was an awesome movie!
Nope. Jack Webb was never a Marine; he was in the Army Air Corps but didn’t make it through flight school. He was later given a hardship discharge.
@@dancooper6447 ty for letting me know. Other sources I found said he was. Lots of misinformation out there.
@@apatriot73_ - True. Jack Webb was one of my favorite actors of that genre - the tough DI and the no nonsense cop.
as of today 29-Aug-2020 Jacqueline Loughery is still alive at 90... born 18 April 1930... Don Dubbins Private Owens - Dubbins succumbed to cancer at the age of sixty-three... 17 August 1991...
Served in Our Beloved Corps, 26JAN68 - 23JAN70, shipped over, USMCR 01SEP83 - 15DEC84, HD as E-4. SEMPER FI !
Jackie Loughery and Monica Lewis they were HOT !!!!!!!!!!!! BUT notice the difference in the way they talk back than in the movies and the music in the background
Semper Fi slept in those old wooden barracks during receiving in September 1975 PISC
I did too in '71. The floors would creak from age and the bulkheads must have had 20 coats of paint. We were told those barracks could burn completely down in 12 minutes.
they don't make trailers like this anymore, if they did they would have given away the whole movie.
Oddly enough, this movie was the primary reason I never wanted to give the Corps a chance. Lol.
Then I was able to read my cousin's " yearbook" from the 50s at the PI. It became a hard "Oh hell no".
Went through basic training at MCRD in San Diego in 1970 served 3 yrs in the Corp then in 1973 when through basic at Fort Leanerwood,mo Army basic training was a cake walk compared to the marine basic training
Had you went thru Air Force basic training, it would've been like Club Med. 😎🍹
When I was in Boot Camp the D.I. Kept telling me to pull my head out of my ass
The slop chute..
He's smiling
1:02 did the armed forces all share rank structure back then? Technical Sergeant is the E6 rank in the Air Force
Good question, i wonder the same thing
@@faolangt7136 The rank structure changed the year after this pic was made. The Tech became E7 Gunnery Sgt (2 lower chevrons), E6 became Staff Sgt. The term Technical and Specialist had different ranks and meanings in the other services. At one time the Army had Specialists from E4-E8, as well as corresponding traditional ranks Corporal, Sgt, Staff Sgt, Sgt First Class, Master and First Sgt (both E8).
@@mwilliams1330 cool thanks for the info
@@mwilliams1330 In the Navy we dared to be different. You won't find these terms anywhere in Navy rank structure until you reach commissioned officers; and then the Navy jumbles up that order, too. Just to confuse everybody -- except sailors. You're welcome.
@@briane173 during the movie? You will also see that there are no Crossed Rifles. Like you'll see now.
Jack, Jack Jack. Hand in the pocket????? You ought to know better.
EXACTLY !!! NO hands in trouser (NOT PANTS!) pockets!, NO smoking EVER in Dress Blues!, & NO "romantic" embraces EVER in dress Blues! '68-'70 RVN '83-84 F/2/24
You could bet on getting written up should you have the habit of putting you hands in your pockets or chewing gum and what about sun glasses. They were a no-no too, but what about our troops in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan. I would think sun glasses would be a +?
What about his cover inside?
SEMPER FI CPL JON BROWN
He was perfect for a DI
Semper fi parris island 1969
Semper Fi, my friend.
The drill instructor, or DI, as he's known...yeah, I bet the DI is known by many names.
How many of them are unprintable?? ;)
Sempre Fi
Laugh only when the SDI allows you!
Hmmmm. warp back in time 1969
76 platoon 1036 Semper fi
😊
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She gave him advice about irritability.
I'm an old Marine and went through boot camp at San Diego. This is a very SILLY movie and and embarressment.
The premise of the movie sounds like GOMER PYLE. Just sayin' is all....
gives away too much
Love jack Webb but there is almost nothing realistic in the DI movie (a U.S. Marine vet.) and there are no "Tech Sgt's." in The Corps.
The movie was made in 1957. The Marine Corps changed some of the ranks.
@@OleJoe I stand corrected...I did not know that.
Sgt? Try again.
3:05: "This is one place you don't see a woman." Wrong Sgt Moore; wrong as rain. I am woman, HEAR ME ROAR. Gen'l Berger wants more female infantry commanders (that's a quote).
At the time the film was made, the statement was true. The recruit areas were exclusively male. I don't know how it happened, but one and only one time during my time in boot camp (July 1960, MCRD San Diego), I did see a WM (Woman Marine) officer on the company street. I have no idea what she was doing there.
@@tomveatch2994 I'm sure she didn't effect training. My basic company cdr: army '81, was a tiny, frowning, little capt who told me I needed to shave better. She might've been 5'2", 101. Ridiculous. At least we only saw her maybe three times in months.
2:30
I own a copy; Jack Webb is great in almost anything he did. So it is not important how accurate it is; Dragnet was great too and I'm sure it wasn't completely accurate. There is also Jack Webb as a blues trumpeter- 'Pete Kelly's Blues' I have copies of all of them. Classic 60's and 70's entertainment. Even the earlier version of Dragnet in b&w were great. I don't worry about total accuracy, I just enjoy them.
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