'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

1943
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1h 28m

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Randolph Scott, Noah Beery Jr., Alan Curtis, Sam Levene, and J. Carrol Naish in 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island.The true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island.The true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island.

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Anecdotes
Harold Landon, who plays Frankie Montana, relates that the actors who played Japanese soldiers were actually Filipino and Chinese.

Gaffes
The U.S. Marines were not issued Garand semi-automatic rifles in wide numbers until after the Guadalcanal invasion, so it might be thought that the Raiders would have been using M1903 Springfield bolt-action rifles in the Makin raid in August, 1942, which happened as the Guadalcanal campaign began. However, as James Roosevelt, the President's son, was a member of the raiding party, the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, the unit in the raid, were issued the most up-to-date weaponry, which included Garands; the Makin raid was, in fact, one of the first combat deployments of the M1.

Citations
Lt.C.J.Cristoforos: A call has been issued by the commanding general for volunteers for a special battalion to be formed at once. Now this battalion will go into training for a particular combat duty overseas. Those men who can pass the severe requirements of this unit will be assured of immediate acts of service. The work involves close combat with the enemy, and only those men who are prepared to kill or be killed should apply. Those who accept it will be highly trained and will have every chance of survival. But it must be understood, the work is above and beyond the line of duty.

Générique farfelu
Prologue: "This is the factual record of the Second Marine Raider battalion, from its inception seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, through its first brilliant victory."

Connexions
Featured in Follow the Boys (1944)

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Dated, but not bad.

I've seen this film several times and it reflects the patriotism of America during WWII. It actually intertwines real history with Hollywood fantasy by modeling the story from the Marine Corps' Raider Battalion. Randolph Scott's Col. Thorwald is loosely based on Lt.Col. Evans Carlson's philosophies and his own experience in China. I enjoyed seeing Noah Beery, who would later become James Garner's dad in "The Rockford Files", and Robert Mitchum, already possessing his laid-back approach to acting. Most war-themed movies made during the war were aimed to boost morale and make our boys into the heroes they eventually became, although at times the dialogue was over-the-top. Still entertaining, and gives an idea what a war with a purpose was about.