| Posted by dead On News/Activism 11/04/2005 8:51:37 AM CST · 104 replies · 2,588+ views NY Post ^ | November 4, 2005 | Kyle Smith AFTER a review of Anthony Swofford's 2003 Desert Storm memoir "Jarhead", one old grunt wrote, "I remember hearing exactly the same stories about Korea and Japan from the NCOs when I went in, and I passed on my own versions of those legends to the replacements who came through Vietnam. Of course, gullible civilians were always fair game." Apparently not much happened to Swofford when he was in the Marines in the Gulf, and his disappointment is palpable in Jake Gyllenhaal's portrayal in the movie of "Jarhead." Swofford wanted some hard-core guts-and-glory, and if he didn't see some he'd create... |