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Search - Stars in the Corps: Movie Actors in the United States Marines

Stars in the Corps Movie Actors in the United States Marines
Author: James E. Wise, Anne Collier Rehill

A companion volume to the popular Stars in Blue: Movie Actors in America's Sea Services by the same authors, this book is filled with more than thirty celebrity profiles of motion picture stars who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from World War I through Vietnam. Many readers will discover for the first time the contributions to the Corps... more » of such actors as Steve McQueen, Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, Hugh O'Brian, and Ed McMahon, and the heroic actions of Marines like Sterling Hayden, Brian Keith, Dale Dye, and Lee Marvin. Best remembered for his Academy Award-winning portrayals of iconoclastic film characters, Marvin played the most important role of his life in World War II. One of many surprises in this book is a description of his heroism as a member of the 4th Marine Division during the invasion of Saipan. Another is the fact that Marvin chose to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with a simple marker identifying him only as a Marine, not a movie star. Sterling Hayden, a well-known movie star before World War II, changed his name upon commissioning to conceal his movie identity. An experienced seaman and parachutist and a graduate of a British commando training school, he joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and aided Marshal Tito's partisans in their guerrilla warfare against the Germans, winning a Silver Star for rescuing pilots behind enemy lines. Dale Dye, a twice-wounded Vietnam veteran and Bronze Star recipient, has appeared in numerous war movies and become a respected technical adviser to Steven Spielberg, whose blockbuster Saving Private Ryan showcased Dye's acting and advising abilities. Dashing leading man Tyrone Power joined the enlisted ranks of the Corps and went on to receive his commission and aviator wings, logging hundreds of hours as a command transport pilot in Pacific combat zones. Harvey Keitel, whose long list of movie credits includes Taxi Driver and Pulp Fiction, joined the Marines at seventeen and served in Beirut, earning his high school equivalency diploma and developing a love of books in the Corps. Hugh O'Brian, known worldwide for his TV portrayal of Wyatt Earp and to movie buffs as John Wayne's close friend and last costar, became one of the Corps's youngest drill instructors. Rebel Steve McQueen learned to love the disciplined life of a Marine and developed skills that served him well in his civilian racing career. Accompanied by some never-before-published photographs, many of these revealing profiles are based on recent interviews with the stars or their families and friends. Battle reports, unit diaries, and personnel records were consulted to authenticate the details of their military careers. Filled with little-known facts and fascinating tidbits of information, this book will delight and inform the staunchest Marine supporter and most avid movie fan.

ISBN-13: 9781557509499
ISBN-10: 1557509492
Publication Date: 8/1999
Pages: 246
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Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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