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The D.I. with Jack Webb - The Sand Flea Burial Detail
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Posted on 09/27/2014 8:14:56 PM PDT by DemforBush

My favorite scene from the great old Jack Webb movie, The D.I....

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: jackwebb; movies; sandflea
Part one is available for watching, but just to set up this clip: Pvt. Owens, the platoon's screwup, slapped a sand flea after being ordered to take cover and freeze. So, now Sgt. Moore is going to drive home to the entire platoon the consequences of killing a sand flea against orders.

Btw, several of the actors in this film (and this scene) were actual active duty Marines. The big guy Testo was a PFC, and Rodriguez and Hillbilly were E-5 and E-6, respectively.

1 posted on 09/27/2014 8:14:56 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush
I remember the scene, film, the theater, my date, and our pre-movie dinner, the whole sweet summer evening, as a college student home for the summer. My yen for those times is so deep that it hurts.

A nice but wistful memory for me, thanks!

2 posted on 09/27/2014 9:39:26 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: DemforBush

Parris Island, 1989. This and ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’ were the two movies we were allowed to watch. Kinda funny, I bought my Dress cover used, and the name inside it was Owens.


3 posted on 09/27/2014 11:15:15 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Youtube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: DemforBush

I watched TO HELL AND BACK tonight. It’s sad that not many people even know who Audie Murphy was. When he died the network news gave the story a minute and a half.


4 posted on 09/28/2014 1:10:40 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: DemforBush

Was it a male or female sand flea?


5 posted on 09/28/2014 1:11:49 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

It was a male flea, sir!


6 posted on 09/28/2014 3:54:39 AM PDT by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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To: real saxophonist

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+d.i.+jack+webb&qpvt=the+d.i.+jack+webb&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=B474009A3EFCE894CE51B474009A3EFCE894CE51


7 posted on 09/28/2014 5:08:44 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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To: DemforBush
Here's the full movie if anyone is interested:

The D.I.

Great movie, BTW.

8 posted on 09/28/2014 5:18:48 AM PDT by Jed Eckert (Wolverines!!)
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To: DemforBush

When I got my Boot Camp leave in the fall of 1966, the local TV station’s “movie of the week” was this flick - it ran constantly, and it was a hoot watching...


9 posted on 09/28/2014 6:21:30 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
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