Believe it or not, I've recently used that line from this movie, when someone was wasting my time, and not doing their job: "Well just give me a minute" and I answered "I'll give you hell, and call it a minute!"
I remember walking into the Marine Corp recruiting office because of the dress blues, sign up at 18 in 1976. Best years of my life, wish I would have stayed in. If only I knew then, what I know now, life would have turned out differently. Semper Fi.
Joining the ARNG in 1982 was the best I did for my family. I stayed in for 21 years and because of military retirement benefits, I don't have to worry about medical bills. TriCare for Life has given my wife excellent care through some very trying circumstances. We would have been bankrupt if we didn't have my DD214. There were other benefits, confidence gained through hardship, and the ability to work with nasty disagreeable people (both civilian and active duty), and pride in accomplishing tasks that other men turn into jelly. I was fortunate in having excellent DI's at Ft Sill and a mentor in my National Guard Unit.
I walked into the Marine recruiting office back in ‘83. Scored high on the ASVAB, but held up at MEPS due to birth defect. My life would have been different and probably better if I was able to join.
@@cardinalbob1 There's no shame in having a medical problem. You made the hardest decision which is to join an elite force. I know from experience how bitter your disappointment was. I tried to join the Special Forces but was unable to get the required security clearance because of drug use. I was very disappointed.
My Drill Sergeant in Basic Combat Training was a SGT Moore. Fourth Squad, 4th Platoon, Co. D, 6th Battalion, 2d BCT Brigade, Ft. Jackson, SC. Graduated August 1974. Yes, after all of these years I can still recall it. I also can still recall all of my assignments thereafter.
I saw this in 1958. Always been fascinated by it. I've tried to track down the real Marines who were in it. About 10 years ago I found Hillbilly. He was a nice guy happy I tracked him down. Was was traveling A lot at the time and was able to get him a coin from the Guard Detachment in Amman. He was very grateful and I was happy to do it.
I heard Moore's DI buddy went to Hollywood after this and was never heard from again. I think his name was John Brown. Do you know anything about him? Man, he was great in this film.
App. the "ugly" boot in the platoon (just after the sand flea search) was played by Richard Kiel, all 7'2 of him. Doesn't look that tall here. Thought the USMC height limit was about 6'8, and all the boots were Marines. Great movie; Father was at Ft. Jackson at the time and the soldiers weren't allowed to see it.
Slight correction to Jack Webb’s opening comments. A recruit does not become a “combat ready Marine” after 12 weeks of boot camp. Following boot camp privates are sent to Infantry Training Regiment in either Camp Lejeune or Camp Pendleton. Following that training privates are assigned to the Fleet Marine Force as infantrymen or to specialty schools for those not having an 0300 MOS.
It's obvious you aren't a Marine Vet yourself, I doubt any sort of Vet, do some background since you're doing videos. The campaign hat is the clue, the story takes place after April 1956. That's when a Parris island DI led his recruits on a disciplinary hike into a swamp, Ribbon Creek, at night and drowned 6 of them. The DI was court martialed and convicted of homicide. The Corps revamped it's training program and the DIs received the campaign hat as distinctive headgear, it had been obsolete since the early days of WW2. The Army picked up the hat again soon after too. That sort of boot/basic training continued into the early 1970s for sure in both the Marines and Army I experienced it. It certainly wasn't anything close to combat and was a rite of passage. Today, the film Full Metal Jacket and Lee Ermey, a former Marine DI himself gets the nod for a realistic depiction of a 1960s DI at P.I. but the Webb performance was a lot better. Not a word of profanity out of him and he was just as bad ass as Ermey was.
Dad was a mustang. Three years of ROTC he went straight to Pendleton to ship out for Korea. Age 17 hand to hand combat. Two tours Korea. Was a DI for several years. Three tours VN. Highly decorated, separated after twenty-three years. Everything R Lee Ermey said in FMJ, me and brothers had already heard. FMJ was comedy to us. R Lee borrowed a lot from Jack Webb's steller performance.
It wasn't always like that. I went to Paris Island October 1986. Back then only Grunts went there. All others went to MOS school after boot leave or recruiter assistance.
@@ba1100string I was sent to San Diego for boot camp in 1968. When we were given our MOS, there was a lot of 0311 and 0361. I was a 2851, aviation radio tech. And I never worked in my mos. After that, Pendleton for ITR.
What's very interesting is that this shows that the recruit training command actually cares about the folks. As an eighteen year old recruit in the USMC I never felt that. It was just hard AF. and those DI's felt like the enemy.
I saw this movie not long before I went through basic training with the Army in 1969 at Ft. Leonard Wood as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. I was scared shitless. I know that if was in the Marines, especially if I was trained by a D. I. like Sgt Moore(Jack Webb), I would have been recycled several times.
After he busted flight school, he applied for and received a hardship (or compassionate, as sometimes known) discharge as he was the sole support for his mother and grandmother. Possibly the potential loss of the additional flight pay didn’t allow enough to support them so he was granted the discharge on those grounds.
IIRC, he was a drill sergeant in the Army. My Dad was at Ft. Jackson in Basic when the D.I. came out in '57 and said the soldiers were not allowed to see it. The "entertainer" Monica Lewis, also played a singer in " The Sting II" in '83, when I went to Ft Jackson. RIP badge #714.
This movie was filmed in my hometown. I saw it for a $.25 cent ticket at the Lyceum which was across the street from the commissary. I was 10 years old at the time. Nine years later I was in my hometown for my own stint in the Crotch.
Thanks for making this video. I never saw the movie, just clips of it on UA-cam or other military shows/programs. Enjoyed your commentary regarding the making as well. 👍
This was one of many movies that helped to influence my joining the military. My dad served in WWII, my uncles served in Korea and Vietnam. I had wanted to join the Marines at 17, my mom expressly forbade that. She didn’t want me to end up like my uncles that served in ‘Nam. The streets were worse, we compromised and I wound up in the Navy, much to my uncles’s dismay ( I was totally rebellious).
thanks for the comment man!!!, I know what you mean, my family would let me go into the Marines either. It had to be the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. but not the Marines...Navy is a great branch, my middle brother and my father both served in the Navy, and of course, my Dad switch over to the Army for 27 years after spending 3 Navy, in the U.S.A.S.A. during WWII, Korea, Vietnam...I thank your family for their service and their sacrifice...🙂
From what I understand, this movie was the inspiration for professional wrestler Bob Remus to create his most famous persona: the character of evil forner Marine D.I. Sgt. Slaughter. It's come out over the past few years that Remus was never actually in the USMC, but such was the success of the character that most people could really care less whether or not he was a real Marine.
with all of the the DI's that i knew not 1' liked or cared for this movie but most like DI loyce from the boys in company C' who was played by Lee ermy'
After boot like with army you go to service school. For infantry it's the school of infantry, for West Coast it's Pendleton and the east Coast is Camp Gieger. And so on
Great Movie, Too Bad the Story Took in 1947 Before President Harry Truman Ordered the Armed Forces to.Integrate. The Movie Had One Puerto Rican or Cuban Marine.
You never forget your DI at Parris Island. 50 years later I can still smell his breath.
I know what you mean,they leave a lasting impression
I'll never forget the Navy Chief who was my Company Commander in boot camp in 1971. Maybe not as intense,, but just as memorable.
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Thanks for this. I've only seen this movie more times than I can remember.
Believe it or not, I've recently used that line from this movie, when someone was wasting my time, and not doing their job: "Well just give me a minute" and I answered "I'll give you hell, and call it a minute!"
I have the book "My Name's Friday" by Michael Hayde and it has a great writeup on "The DI". Seen the film several times as well.
I remember walking into the Marine Corp recruiting office because of the dress blues, sign up at 18 in 1976. Best years of my life, wish I would have stayed in. If only I knew then, what I know now, life would have turned out differently. Semper Fi.
I think many of us have those same thoughts😀
I went to Boot Camp in '76 also. Plt.161 Parris Island.
Joining the ARNG in 1982 was the best I did for my family. I stayed in for 21 years and because of military retirement benefits, I don't have to worry about medical bills. TriCare for Life has given my wife excellent care through some very trying circumstances. We would have been bankrupt if we didn't have my DD214. There were other benefits, confidence gained through hardship, and the ability to work with nasty disagreeable people (both civilian and active duty), and pride in accomplishing tasks that other men turn into jelly. I was fortunate in having excellent DI's at Ft Sill and a mentor in my National Guard Unit.
I walked into the Marine recruiting office back in ‘83. Scored high on the ASVAB, but held up at MEPS due to birth defect. My life would have been different and probably better if I was able to join.
@@cardinalbob1 There's no shame in having a medical problem. You made the hardest decision which is to join an elite force. I know from experience how bitter your disappointment was. I tried to join the Special Forces but was unable to get the required security clearance because of drug use. I was very disappointed.
My Drill Sergeant in Basic Combat Training was a SGT Moore. Fourth Squad, 4th Platoon, Co. D, 6th Battalion, 2d BCT Brigade, Ft. Jackson, SC. Graduated August 1974. Yes, after all of these years I can still recall it. I also can still recall all of my assignments thereafter.
E 4 2 smoking Pt,Best damn company in BCT. 1974. Ft. Polk LA. do it again if I could.
What you didn’t know is, Jack Webb served in the United States Air Force if I remember correctly.
He served in the U.S.Army Air Corp during WWII😃Which Later became the U.S,Air Force
I saw this in 1958. Always been fascinated by it. I've tried to track down the real Marines who were in it. About 10 years ago I found Hillbilly. He was a nice guy happy I tracked him down. Was was traveling A lot at the time and was able to get him a coin from the Guard Detachment in Amman. He was very grateful and I was happy to do it.
I heard Moore's DI buddy went to Hollywood after this and was never heard from again. I think his name was John Brown. Do you know anything about him? Man, he was great in this film.
App. the "ugly" boot in the platoon (just after the sand flea search) was played by Richard Kiel, all 7'2 of him. Doesn't look that tall here. Thought the USMC height limit was about 6'8, and all the boots were Marines. Great movie; Father was at Ft. Jackson at the time and the soldiers weren't allowed to see it.
Slight correction to Jack Webb’s opening comments. A recruit does not become a “combat ready Marine” after 12 weeks of boot camp. Following boot camp privates are sent to Infantry Training Regiment in either Camp Lejeune or Camp Pendleton. Following that training privates are assigned to the Fleet Marine Force as infantrymen or to specialty schools for those not having an 0300 MOS.
It's obvious you aren't a Marine Vet yourself, I doubt any sort of Vet, do some background since you're doing videos. The campaign hat is the clue, the story takes place after April 1956. That's when a Parris island DI led his recruits on a disciplinary hike into a swamp, Ribbon Creek, at night and drowned 6 of them. The DI was court martialed and convicted of homicide. The Corps revamped it's training program and the DIs received the campaign hat as distinctive headgear, it had been obsolete since the early days of WW2. The Army picked up the hat again soon after too. That sort of boot/basic training continued into the early 1970s for sure in both the Marines and Army I experienced it. It certainly wasn't anything close to combat and was a rite of passage. Today, the film Full Metal Jacket and Lee Ermey, a former Marine DI himself gets the nod for a realistic depiction of a 1960s DI at P.I. but the Webb performance was a lot better. Not a word of profanity out of him and he was just as bad ass as Ermey was.
The “D.I.” depicts pretty much my Boot Camp experience in February 1965, less the profanity 😂 Semper Fi
Dad was a mustang. Three years of ROTC he went straight to Pendleton to ship out for Korea. Age 17 hand to hand combat. Two tours Korea. Was a DI for several years. Three tours VN. Highly decorated, separated after twenty-three years.
Everything R Lee Ermey said in FMJ, me and brothers had already heard. FMJ was comedy to us. R Lee borrowed a lot from Jack Webb's steller performance.
After boot camp, a basic marine goes to ITR, Infantry Training Regiment. After that he goes to whichever school that his MOS dictates.
It wasn't always like that. I went to Paris Island October 1986. Back then only Grunts went there. All others went to MOS school after boot leave or recruiter assistance.
@@ba1100string I was sent to San Diego for boot camp in 1968. When we were given our MOS, there was a lot of 0311 and 0361. I was a 2851, aviation radio tech. And I never worked in my mos. After that, Pendleton for ITR.
Don't forget Basic Infantry Training(itr)
I would've been one myself, but I couldn't get my head in the jar!!! So off to the Navy!!!
What's very interesting is that this shows that the recruit training command actually cares about the folks. As an eighteen year old recruit in the USMC I never felt that. It was just hard AF. and those DI's felt like the enemy.
I know what you mean...😀
they LOVED you.
They do, but you sure as HELL aren't going to realize it.
Great movie one of my all time favourites
I saw this movie not long before I went through basic training with the Army in 1969 at Ft. Leonard Wood as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve. I was scared shitless. I know that if was in the Marines, especially if I was trained by a D. I. like Sgt Moore(Jack Webb), I would have been recycled several times.
Correction: no disrespect, Jack Webb was never a Marine. No idea why he was so avid about the Marines and LAPD.
He was Army Air Corps, washed out of flight school, but never forgot basic training
Jack Webb admired the Marines and law enforcement. And he did an extremely admirable job depicting both. He brought honor to them.
After he busted flight school, he applied for and received a hardship (or compassionate, as sometimes known) discharge as he was the sole support for his mother and grandmother. Possibly the potential loss of the additional flight pay didn’t allow enough to support them so he was granted the discharge on those grounds.
But he looked perfect in his fatigues
IIRC, he was a drill sergeant in the Army. My Dad was at Ft. Jackson in Basic when the D.I. came out in '57 and said the soldiers were not allowed to see it. The "entertainer" Monica Lewis, also played a singer in " The Sting II" in '83, when I went to Ft Jackson. RIP badge #714.
Jack Webb was an innovator in tv and films ,l still watch dragnet on you tube.
I remember walking into the recruiters office. Because I was tired of being hungry.
Lots of men and women have much better lives because of their military experience. The military can be your ticket to a wonderful and thrilling life.
Jack Webb was never a Marine, he was in the army airforce ww2.
This movie was filmed in my hometown. I saw it for a $.25 cent ticket at the Lyceum which was across the street from the commissary. I was 10 years old at the time. Nine years later I was in my hometown for my own stint in the Crotch.
Only.metal.huts.at.p.i..in.1956.or.1957..i.as.there.
It was filmed in 1956. 8 years before I arrived at Parris Island. The Squad Bays looked the same in 1964
They looked the same in 1968. The hardwood flooring of those WW II wooden barracks soaked up a lot of sweat over the years.
Looked the same in Aug 67. Plt. 1025
Platoon 1009 Oct 65
*I was on Paris IsLand, Aug. thru Nov. 1964* D.I. HaRRis
*GOD!!!! Wut If we were in the same PLaToon!!!!*
When Jack Webb passed away the LAPD flew the missing man 👨 formation in his honor 🎖 🥇 and retired badge 714
Thanks for making this video. I never saw the movie, just clips of it on UA-cam or other military shows/programs. Enjoyed your commentary regarding the making as well. 👍
You are very welcome, thanks for your comment...😀
Those women were women. They’re RARELY like that anymore….
Loved Monica Lewis, RIP beautiful. Can't find that clip on here anymore.
Ironically I was in Plt 193 and graduated Parris Island in December of 1976 SEMPER FIDELIS 🇺🇸🫡✊️
"the next time you jump me, Joey, you make it look like something"
This was the movie that made me want to become a Marine.
When I was in, it was called AIT (Advanced infantry training)
Jack Webb was a great American.
This was one of many movies that helped to influence my joining the military. My dad served in WWII, my uncles served in Korea and Vietnam.
I had wanted to join the Marines at 17, my mom expressly forbade that. She didn’t want me to end up like my uncles that served in ‘Nam. The streets were worse, we compromised and I wound up in the Navy, much to my uncles’s dismay ( I was totally rebellious).
thanks for the comment man!!!, I know what you mean, my family would let me go into the Marines either. It had to be the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. but not the Marines...Navy is a great branch, my middle brother and my father both served in the Navy, and of course, my Dad switch over to the Army for 27 years after spending 3 Navy, in the U.S.A.S.A. during WWII, Korea, Vietnam...I thank your family for their service and their sacrifice...🙂
Hill Billy was the same rank in real life as Webb in the movie, a Gunny Sergeant.
I was born in 1957 and joined the Marine Corps in 1975 at 17.
Me too.
Me too
Me three.🤕
Same here brother , Semper Fi , the Island
As a Marine, we would never refer to them as a D.I. They were Drill Instructors. SFMF
From what I understand, this movie was the inspiration for professional wrestler Bob Remus to create his most famous persona: the character of evil forner Marine D.I. Sgt. Slaughter. It's come out over the past few years that Remus was never actually in the USMC, but such was the success of the character that most people could really care less whether or not he was a real Marine.
thats go to know , thanks for shareing
Wow! I never saw thet introduction to the film by Jack Webb. Thanks
Thanks for watching...😀
with all of the the DI's that i knew not 1' liked or cared for this movie but most like DI loyce from
the boys in company C' who was played
by Lee ermy'
I like the scene with Owens mom the best. She is tougher than the MARINES
Love it
After boot like with army you go to service school. For infantry it's the school of infantry, for West Coast it's Pendleton and the east Coast is Camp Gieger. And so on
I like the D.I. . My two brothers are former Marines. Semper Fi.
No disrespect,but there are no former Marines. Once a Marine always a Marine. Sempre Fi.
They hate it when you say Ex Marines. There okay when i say former Marines. I do see your point. Semper Fi.@@frankcorral4981
Virginia Gregg was in a ton of dragnet episodes
Those are Jack Webb's dirty hands. Webb and the women were the only civilians in the movie.
Thought there was actual scenes from the movie.
it was Jack striking the v 7
Kool.that's good to know,thanks for the comment...😀
My father inlaw Kenneth cochran was a di at Paris Island in the mid 60s he was a good man like weeb
I joined in 1975 but never cared for Webb
Jack Webb was in fact a Marine himself.
Nope. Army Air Corps. He was discharge after failing flight school, because he was the sole support of his mother and grandmother.
yep....@@chrismckenna4689
Negative, he was not.
Jack Webb was a military failure.
LEE MARVIN WAS A MARINE AND WANTED THIS DI ROLE!!
R I P JACK WEBB MARK VII LIMTED
Great Movie, Too Bad the Story Took in 1947 Before President Harry Truman Ordered the Armed Forces to.Integrate. The Movie Had One Puerto Rican or Cuban Marine.
The movie was in 57 not 47. The Marines were integrated, I know, as I served 58-61.
@@codyhilton1750 I Know the Movie was Made 1957 But the Story Took Place About 1947 the Boot Owens' Lost a Brother in Pacific War. Semper-Fi, Mac'