To: musicman
Was he actually a “Leatherneck”.?
8 posted on
04/15/2018 4:36:22 PM PDT by
Don Corleone
( lose the gun. save the cannolis.)
To: Don Corleone
"Was he actually a “Leatherneck”.?"
Yes.
19 posted on
04/15/2018 4:42:46 PM PDT by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Don Corleone
21 posted on
04/15/2018 4:43:58 PM PDT by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: Don Corleone
“was he actually a Leatherneck?”
Yes, enlisted at 17 in 1961, medically discharged in’72.
Great actor, greater American. He claimed to have been blackballed by Hollyweird after voicing his views on Barry. I assume this was true.
To: Don Corleone
Yes. He was a Marine, and also a drill instructor. Stanley Kubrick brought him on originally as only a technical advisor. However Ermey obviously was so qualified he got the part.
To: Don Corleone
Enlisted at age 17 in 1961. Medically discharged in 1972.
73 posted on
04/15/2018 5:32:17 PM PDT by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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