firefighter Posted August 14, 2018 Share #276 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. The newspaper is dated 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 14, 2018 Share #277 Posted August 14, 2018 The newspaper is dated 1981 That would mean Hulka came into the service in June 1954, not even enough time to finish Basic and AIT and get over to Korea to qualify for the Korean Serbice Medal (cut off date 27 July 1954, the Armistice period) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted August 14, 2018 Share #278 Posted August 14, 2018 Well I guess that throws all theories out the window all the way around, just chalk it up to that's show biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 14, 2018 Share #279 Posted August 14, 2018 Well I guess that throws all theories out the window all the way around, just chalk it up to that's show biz. HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD.......DA DA DA DA DA HOLLYWOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 14, 2018 Share #280 Posted August 14, 2018 That would mean Hulka came into the service in June 1954, not even enough time to finish Basic and AIT and get over to Korea to qualify for the Korean Serbice Medal (cut off date 27 July 1954, the Armistice period) But he also has the American Defense medal, prior to 07DEC41. LoL!! So even if he joined in November of ‘41 he would have 40 years of service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettow Posted August 14, 2018 Share #281 Posted August 14, 2018 But he also has the American Defense medal, prior to 07DEC41. LoL!! So even if he joined in November of 41 he would have 40 years of service. Only if they were consecutive years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 15, 2018 Share #282 Posted August 15, 2018 Only if they were consecutive years.. True. Good point. Well hi Service stripes match the 27 years, 9 stripes x 3 yrs/ea = 27 years. They got that right. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 15, 2018 Share #283 Posted August 15, 2018 Sgt O'Rourke from SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 15, 2018 Share #284 Posted August 15, 2018 Cpl Walter 'Radar' O'Rilley. Injured from a landmine. Said it was one of the few time's Hawkeye saluted someone. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperParatus Posted August 27, 2018 Share #285 Posted August 27, 2018 Was there "Stolen Valor" in the Godfather movies? In the opening wedding scene Michael Corleone is shown as above wearing the ribbons for the Silver Star, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart among others. In part two of the series Michael is giving testimony under oath and clearly states that he was awarded the Navy Cross however in the only scene in the series to show him in uniform there is no ribbon for the Navy Cross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 27, 2018 Share #286 Posted August 27, 2018 Was there "Stolen Valor" in the Godfather movies? In the opening wedding scene Michael Corleone is shown as above wearing the ribbons for the Silver Star, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Purple Heart among others. In part two of the series Michael is giving testimony under oath and clearly states that he was awarded the Navy Cross however in the only scene in the series to show him in uniform there is no ribbon for the Navy Cross! Maybe it was a pending award that didnt go through til years later, or an upgrade from the Navy-MC medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 28, 2018 Share #287 Posted August 28, 2018 Maybe it was a pending award that didnt go through til years later, or an upgrade from the Navy-MC medal? Here's a site on this No mention of a NC from what I can see, don't think it's in the book either, I'm imaging the mention of the NC in Godfather II was a script error https://bamfstyle.com/2015/09/02/godfather-michael-usmc/ On his EAME Ribbon with Star Device, I always fancied he was initially Ships Detachment and was in on Torch on one of the Battleships and or Cruisers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted August 28, 2018 Share #288 Posted August 28, 2018 This is from a, of all places, political forum. ‘There is actually a simple explanation for the Navy Cross not being seen. The action it was awarded for was prior to Part 1, but the award took time to process so was not awarded until after that scene. During WWII it was not unusual for awards to take months or years to finally be awarded, especially if there was any question of their being upgraded (MOH) or downgraded (SS) by further review. And this may also be a case where he was awarded a Silver Star, but it was upgraded to a Navy Cross after the opening scene. For the E-A-ME, he could also have been a Marine technical advisor for one of the many amphibious landings that the Army conducted. Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, there were many of them. And while Marines did not participate, they were there as advisors.’ Mushroom, Oct 19, 2017 #2 Pretty much what i had said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 28, 2018 Share #289 Posted August 28, 2018 This is from a, of all places, political forum. ‘There is actually a simple explanation for the Navy Cross not being seen. The action it was awarded for was prior to Part 1, but the award took time to process so was not awarded until after that scene. During WWII it was not unusual for awards to take months or years to finally be awarded, especially if there was any question of their being upgraded (MOH) or downgraded (SS) by further review. And this may also be a case where he was awarded a Silver Star, but it was upgraded to a Navy Cross after the opening scene. For the E-A-ME, he could also have been a Marine technical advisor for one of the many amphibious landings that the Army conducted. Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, there were many of them. And while Marines did not participate, they were there as advisors.’ Mushroom, Oct 19, 2017 #2 Pretty much what i had said. I know it's just a movie, but it's fun to hypothesize So don't think it was he was a Advisor to the Army in the ETO seeing how he was a Private or at best Junior NCO, would these guys be officers! he only becomes an officer, a Maverick, in combat in the Pacific, and seeing he has two campaign stars on his A&P ribbon means he was out there fairly late, say either the Marianas (2nd, 3rd, 4th Mar Div,s) and or the Palaus (1st Mar Div) with then service on either Iwo or Okinawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 28, 2018 Share #290 Posted August 28, 2018 Charlton Heston did actually serve in the Army Air Forces during World War II where he served as a radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25 with the 11th Air Force in the Aleutians. However, I'm guessing this picture is from a TV or film role, though I don't know which one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 25, 2018 Share #291 Posted September 25, 2018 From the new Magnum P.I. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 25, 2018 Share #292 Posted September 25, 2018 Fred G Sanford telling war stories and thinking he's Patton Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cull canyon Posted September 29, 2018 Share #293 Posted September 29, 2018 I hate it when these actors like Steven Segal cant salute correctly. It seems like a tech advisor could show him in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 30, 2018 Share #294 Posted September 30, 2018 William Demarest as M/Sgt Heffelfinger USMC, his rack in the wartime movie Hail the Conquering Hero, quite a bit of Fruit Salad, WWI, Banana Wars, and the current war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share #295 Posted October 28, 2018 Jeff Daniels as William Donovan in "The catcher was a spy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share #296 Posted November 9, 2018 Marlon Brando in Reflections in a golden eye. I've read someplace that the picture of Kurtz in the dossier in Apocalypse Now is a modified pic of Brando from this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share #297 Posted November 11, 2018 R. Lee Ermey in "The boys in Company C" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 15, 2018 Share #298 Posted November 15, 2018 Jethro from The Beverly Hillbillies. He's supposed to be a four-star General but he's wearing an O5-O6 hat Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 15, 2018 Share #299 Posted November 15, 2018 Good find on The Beverly Hillbillies FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted November 15, 2018 Share #300 Posted November 15, 2018 What I love about that Jethro uniform is that the program did not even start to begin to be serious about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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