Bluehawk Posted August 3, 2018 Share #251 Posted August 3, 2018 I love this thread... Got to wonder though - do they just not know, not care, or simply enjoy seeing pretty colors mixed together ("Oooo! This one will go with that one perfectly!") ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12A54 Posted August 3, 2018 Share #252 Posted August 3, 2018 Got to wonder though - do they just not know, not care, or simply enjoy seeing pretty colors mixed together ("Oooo! This one will go with that one perfectly!") ? Yes, all of the above. The average person (costume designers and audience) has utterly no idea what any of those ribbons are or what they represent, so it doesnt matter to them. Even in my military experience, a large percentage of fellow servicemembers had no idea what most ribbons meant or what order they should be arranged in. Only when an inspection, official photo, or promotion board came up did they bother with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 7, 2018 Share #253 Posted August 7, 2018 Not a ribbon rack. But the 3 Stooges with DSC's from their WW1 exploits. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 8, 2018 Share #254 Posted August 8, 2018 Not a ribbon rack. But the 3 Stooges with DSC's from their WW1 exploits. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted August 8, 2018 Share #255 Posted August 8, 2018 America's Forgotten Heroes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted August 8, 2018 Share #256 Posted August 8, 2018 What episode is that? Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 8, 2018 Share #257 Posted August 8, 2018 What episode is that? Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk I don't know, I didn't post this one, firefighter did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 9, 2018 Share #258 Posted August 9, 2018 I don't know, I didn't post this one, firefighter did. I don’t remember.I’ll try to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emccomas Posted August 10, 2018 Share #259 Posted August 10, 2018 Wow, a MOH ribbon over his right pocket. How wrong is that!? -Ski Just watched this movie. JFK was so impressed with the script that he allowed the film company to use the White House when he was not there. I could not get over Burt Lancaster's uniform with the MOH ribbon over his right pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share #260 Posted August 10, 2018 Kate Mara in Meagan Leavey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 11, 2018 Share #261 Posted August 11, 2018 Kate Mara in Meagan Leavey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Leavey_(film) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 12, 2018 Share #262 Posted August 12, 2018 Here is SFC Hulka's from STRIPES The DSC was for saving his men. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 12, 2018 Share #263 Posted August 12, 2018 More from STRIPES Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 12, 2018 Share #264 Posted August 12, 2018 Is it just me, or do those DSC’s from STRIPES look like slotted broch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 12, 2018 Share #265 Posted August 12, 2018 Few more frokm STRIPES. The Cpl is wearing a CMB, not often seen in movies. I wonder if he was a real Medic? CPT Stilman is wearing a pre WW2 American Defense ribbon and 2 Korean War ribbons. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 12, 2018 Share #266 Posted August 12, 2018 I get the impression that Viet Vet Medic is a real GI stationed at Knox and was an extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share #267 Posted August 12, 2018 From IMDB While playing the role of Corporal Briggs in the movie, Sam was actually an active duty Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army assigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky where the movie was filmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 13, 2018 Share #268 Posted August 13, 2018 From IMDB While playing the role of Corporal Briggs in the movie, Sam was actually an active duty Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army assigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky where the movie was filmed.[/size] Interesting. I cant imagine the DoD giving permission now a days to use a base to make a film like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted August 13, 2018 Share #269 Posted August 13, 2018 Hulka and Barncke got what looks like the same racks but slightly different order on the Koreas. Props guy must have been hot racking with the ribbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 13, 2018 Share #270 Posted August 13, 2018 Interesting. I cant imagine the DoD giving permission now a days to use a base to make a film like this. Yes indeedy, filmed at Knox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 13, 2018 Share #271 Posted August 13, 2018 Here is SFC Hulka's from STRIPES The DSC was for saving his men. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Wow, Sgt. Hulka has the American Defense Service Medal. Since Stripes came out in 1981, that means he had been on active duty at least 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 13, 2018 Share #272 Posted August 13, 2018 Wow, Sgt. Hulka has the American Defense Service Medal. Since Stripes came out in 1981, that means he had been on active duty at least 40 years. Yes. But at the end of the movie the show a newspaper stating he is retiring from the Army. You van actually read the write up.States he had 27 years in the Army, which means he would have enlisted in 53/54 timeframe. I took a pic of it.I’ll see if I still have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 13, 2018 Share #273 Posted August 13, 2018 Here is the Newspaper on DEC Hulka(Warren Oats) Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted August 13, 2018 Share #274 Posted August 13, 2018 I buy the premise of the 40 year thing due to the American Defense ribbon and the 27 year idea too, maybe the movie was supposed to have taken place in 1968 because I don't remember seeing any dates in the actual movie itself. Now the 40 year thing would put him as joining at the latest 1941 and the 27 years of service puts him up to 1968. So only other thing is maybe the events in the movie were supposed to have happened in 68 not the date as the movie was made. Darn the math is getting complicated these days. Now I have my head spinning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 14, 2018 Share #275 Posted August 14, 2018 I buy the premise of the 40 year thing due to the American Defense ribbon and the 27 year idea too, maybe the movie was supposed to have taken place in 1968 because I don't remember seeing any dates in the actual movie itself. Now the 40 year thing would put him as joining at the latest 1941 and the 27 years of service puts him up to 1968. So only other thing is maybe the events in the movie were supposed to have happened in 68 not the date as the movie was made. Darn the math is getting complicated these days. Now I have my head spinning. Nah, it was contemporary to that time, the ribbons snafus are just the typical Hollywood way, in most cases, not to mention the song Rubberband Man, a late 1976 song, was played in the club off post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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