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Help identify the rank, title, etc. of the Army recruiter in “Stripes” (1981)
January 31, 2015 | Silly

Posted on 01/31/2015 8:34:17 PM PST by Silly

Dear FReepers:

I’m writing a short work which contains a tangential reference to a character in “Stripes” (1981), Morgan, the Army recruiter who interviews John (Bill Murray) and Russell (Harold Ramis).

Can you kindly help me identify the recruiter’s rank, etc., from this screen shot? (See comment #1 for a link to the the full scene.)

(BTW, this information is not in IMDb’s Trivia and Goofs pages — I checked.)

Also, as a side question for you real military experts (not essential to the piece), can you tell me whether the rank that our FReepers identify from Morgan's movie uniform is consistent with that of real-life recruiters from that era (early 80s)? Just curious about it. I know movies do not always research things perfectly, especially in non-so-serious films.

Thanks for your help! If my piece gets published, I’ll post a link here.

— Silly


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To: FortWorthPatriot
CORRECTION: His left sleeve...
81 posted on 02/03/2015 9:31:01 PM PST by FortWorthPatriot ("If this be treason, make the most of it." - Patrick Henry, 30 May 1765)
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To: FortWorthPatriot; cva66snipe; boop; Vermont Lt; Gay State Conservative; Tucker39; OneWingedShark; ..
Thanks to all of you, “FReeper Research” is now officially part of the record at The Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), on the bottom of their Trivia page for “Stripes” (1981):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083131/trivia

I originally posted this thread to do research for a NYTimes story I am preparing for submission (thank you!). But after you all so ably and quickly identified Morgan’s rank, and with such clear consensus, I decided to submit it to IMDb. It was recently approved and now appears on that page. Movie buffs are now in your debt.

I do appreciate having assistance like this from time to time, to verify arcana, as I continue to publish in the Paper of Record.

Still being,
82 posted on 02/14/2015 9:33:52 AM PST by Silly (Read Silly's NYTimes items at tinyurl.com/ddklenk)
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