Any man that is still alive that fought as a marauder. Thank you my man you have my upmost respect you are a warrior to the core. Thank you for your service.
Unfortunately I don’t think there’s any left, if not, very very few. My grandpa was but he passed in the late 80s. Wouldn’t ever talk about what he saw with anyone except for his buddies at the bar. Died of Leukemia. Have his Purple Heart and bronze star stashed away. They have to be the most hardcore unit out of the pacific theater. No tanks or jeeps or anything, just mules and knee high mud going into a suicide mission. All of them were crazy.
Director Sam Fuller served in the First Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Battalion in World War II. He participated in landings in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy and fought to liberate Falkenau, a death camp, in the very last combat of the European war. He earned a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He freely admits to sanitizing and stylizing combat. "I lie with the camera. I lie like hell. I don't want people to leave." He always strove to honestly and explicitly portray the emotional and mental truth of combat, though, as filtered through his own experience. The Steel Helmet is also a great example. I highly recommend the documentary The Typewriter, The Rifle and The Movie Camera for more insight into Fuller.
Yeah it is a HollyWood movie ... but then again I remember my dad laughing kinda in discuss and saying " It's not even close to what went on, and a lot of fluff at that " then got up and walked out of the T.V. room. That was around time this movie hit the Saturday Night at the movies runs on T.V. around 65 or so if you are mature enough to remember the 60's. Oh and after all he should of known ... He was one of the original marauders ... he was there from the beginning the real deal, bronze star and all.
Bless your dad or his memory. I never met a Maurader, but I've met veterans of World War 2, including my own father and uncles, naturally. They were a different breed.
0:16- I bet this is another beach party movie. 1:33- Hmm, pretty good, but read it sounding even MORE like Charlton Heston. 2:56- Ah, a punch, the manly slap.
Some inept individual DNR'd major parts of the movie--it could've been so much better had they left the grain intact like they have for the majority of their releases.
my grandfather was kermith christian buckner, he was in charge of the mule "eleanor", when he seen this movie, he got up and yelled "i didn't die over there", they killed him in the movie for some reason, and also had a different nickname, it was buckeye, because of buckner, later was denied va benefits with his heart condition, his heart exploded and died, family had to sue the state of north carolina to get his military funeral, think i was 7 years old
Dis film wod blow your mind up back from China in America or supposed sow exactly get elvis arronn presley in 30 seconds exactly korrect try to catch the world in action james bond penny drops exactly korrect queen the works the lott redd robbearrirhe dub six irl
Any man that is still alive that fought as a marauder. Thank you my man you have my upmost respect you are a warrior to the core. Thank you for your service.
Unfortunately I don’t think there’s any left, if not, very very few. My grandpa was but he passed in the late 80s. Wouldn’t ever talk about what he saw with anyone except for his buddies at the bar. Died of Leukemia. Have his Purple Heart and bronze star stashed away. They have to be the most hardcore unit out of the pacific theater. No tanks or jeeps or anything, just mules and knee high mud going into a suicide mission. All of them were crazy.
Director Sam Fuller served in the First Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Battalion in World War II. He participated in landings in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy and fought to liberate Falkenau, a death camp, in the very last combat of the European war. He earned a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He freely admits to sanitizing and stylizing combat. "I lie with the camera. I lie like hell. I don't want people to leave." He always strove to honestly and explicitly portray the emotional and mental truth of combat, though, as filtered through his own experience. The Steel Helmet is also a great example. I highly recommend the documentary The Typewriter, The Rifle and The Movie Camera for more insight into Fuller.
Yeah it is a HollyWood movie ... but then again I remember my dad laughing kinda in discuss and saying " It's not even close to what went on, and a lot of fluff at that " then got up and walked out of the T.V. room. That was around time this movie hit the Saturday Night at the movies runs on T.V. around 65 or so if you are mature enough to remember the 60's. Oh and after all he should of known ... He was one of the original marauders ... he was there from the beginning the real deal, bronze star and all.
Bless your dad or his memory. I never met a Maurader, but I've met veterans of World War 2, including my own father and uncles, naturally. They were a different breed.
In Memory Jeff
One of my best friends only he was about 1 million years older than me was exactly happy that I knew who he was as a marauder, and what he did
My Uncle Howie Thibault was one of the fabled Marauders … RIP Uncle Howie
Claude Akins actually served in the pacific and Burma.
Jeff Chandler's last hurrah
One of my favorite WW2 movies but I have many
Two Words: Samuel Fuller
0:16- I bet this is another beach party movie.
1:33- Hmm, pretty good, but read it sounding even MORE like Charlton Heston.
2:56- Ah, a punch, the manly slap.
Jeff Chandler Last Movie, May He R.I.P.
Got this movie on Blu-ray today! Been looking for it for quite a while after watching it on TV some years ago on a Saturday afternoon!😀🤠🔫🌴🌴🌴🌴🥥🍌🍜🇺🇸🇯🇵🇲🇲
So, do you recommend it? I have never seen it.
Reader 66 Yes it's quite a good movie plenty of action in it!😀🤠🔫🌴🌴🇺🇸🇯🇵🇲🇲
I’d like to check it out
Some inept individual DNR'd major parts of the movie--it could've been so much better had they left the grain intact like they have for the majority of their releases.
my grandfather was kermith christian buckner, he was in charge of the mule "eleanor", when he seen this movie, he got up and yelled "i didn't die over there", they killed him in the movie for some reason, and also had a different nickname, it was buckeye, because of buckner, later was denied va benefits with his heart condition, his heart exploded and died, family had to sue the state of north carolina to get his military funeral, think i was 7 years old
Looks like a good movie im gonna have to watch ;)
It is. I highly recommend it. There's another good movie you might like called "Objective Burma", starring Errol Flynn.
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it is a good movie
Killer war movie
The British also had a long range penatration unit known as the 'Chindits ' made up of British and Australian troops.
Dis film wod blow your mind up back from China in America or supposed sow exactly get elvis arronn presley in 30 seconds exactly korrect try to catch the world in action james bond penny drops exactly korrect queen the works the lott redd robbearrirhe dub six irl
Aqui se ve bien amigos como los combates en Birmania fueron terribles contra los japoneses.