Posted on 06/06/2014 9:30:23 PM PDT by DemforBush
A brief clip from a great old movie with Dragnet's Jack Webb.
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Oh how I miss the good old days.
Here’s a little-known fact for ya, Sammy: Jack Webb turned down the role of Dean Vernon Wormer in “Animal House.”
Is it too early to head down to the slop chute for a beer?
webb wasn’t a Marine, however, he did the best acting portrayal of a Marine (and Gunny/T/Sgt)I have seen ever!
Bar none!
I have this and some info re ribbon creek, plt #71, etc. posted online...
Semper Fidelis
Dick.G: AMERICAN!
aka: Gunny G
******
Thanks - I had no idea.
As a kid growing up in the 1950’s, “The D.I.” was a gut check for kids in high school that were facing the draft. In my case (1964), I opted for the Naval Reserve and its delayed entry program. The program allowed me to go to college for a year's deferral and tack a year onto the end of my enlistment; my first enlistment wound up being 10 years instead of the usual six. Delayed entry allowed me to go onto active duty as an E-5 instead of an E-2 or E-3. That was a big difference. Entering active duty as an E-5 at 23 was very different than an an E-2 at 18 as far as maturity went.
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