The Marines
Wednesday, February 21, 9:00pm
CHANNEL 24 (WEDH)
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Director John Grant's documentary examines the culture of being a marine. Included: recruit training during boot at Parris Island, S.C.; a tour of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. Also: comments from retired general Michael Hagee.
To: RaceBannon; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; Ajnin; ...
On PBS tonight at 21:00 East Coast Time
2 posted on
02/21/2007 5:48:18 AM PST by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
To: RaceBannon
Thanks for the ping, will let sons know and set my recorder also.
To: RaceBannon
6 posted on
02/21/2007 2:19:33 PM PST by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
To: RaceBannon
9 posted on
02/21/2007 5:06:44 PM PST by
nutmeg
(National Security trumps everything else.)
To: RaceBannon
OOH-RAHH!! DVR is set, I hope this isn't some hatchet job?
11 posted on
02/21/2007 6:39:40 PM PST by
marine86297
(I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
To: RaceBannon
Thanks, would have missed this.
12 posted on
02/21/2007 6:46:37 PM PST by
SJackson
(restoring the Jews to their homeland is a noble dream shared by many Americans, A Lincoln)
To: RaceBannon
Watching with you Jim...
This is GGGGrrrrrrreeeeaaaT!
Semper Fi...
14 posted on
02/21/2007 7:15:43 PM PST by
Wings-n-Wind
(The answers remain availtble; Wisdom is obtained by asking all the right questions!)
Best USMC documentary I've ever seen. Well done!!
17 posted on
02/21/2007 7:31:15 PM PST by
clintonh8r
(American supremacy: Anybody got a problem with that?)
To: RaceBannon
thanks for the heads up. I was a little wary because it is PBS, but it turned out to be outstanding!
19 posted on
02/21/2007 7:33:18 PM PST by
fnord
(497 1/2 feet of rope ... I just carry it)
To: RaceBannon
I'm surprised PBS aired something as well done as this was.
Semper Fi
20 posted on
02/21/2007 7:46:57 PM PST by
opbuzz
(Right way, wrong way, Marine way)
To: RaceBannon
Excellent show. My son is currently deployed in Afghanistan, and I cried through the whole show.
26 posted on
02/22/2007 11:18:24 AM PST by
murron
To: RaceBannon
Since it was on PBS, I thought it would be crap.
It was outstanding!
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