Here is a great Clint Eastwood movie I just picked up a few days ago. I heard much about the film but never got around to watching it. It's personally one of my favorite Eastwood films from his large inventory. Clint Eastwood portrays a rough USMC vet deserving of more respect than is given and finds himself training a lax Recon unit...
One minor thing that seemed odd to me was the fact that the Cuban infantry at Grenada in the film were wearing what appeared to be Mauser pouches while wielding AKMs.
Plot summary from IMDB:
"Sergeant Tom Highway, a hardened, tough veteran of Korea and Vietnam returns to the United States for his last tour of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. He is assigned to training a recon unit. Their cool, trendy and 'hippy' approach to military life is a reminder to him that he is, in the words of his commanding officer, a major, "an anachronism" - useful only "in case of war". Conveniently, a war does arise (the invasion of Grenada in October, 1983) and successfully tests both his usefulness and the effectiveness of the new recruits. Written by Dave Cook {cookd@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca}
Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway has been in the Corps since the Korean War and would like to see some action and a victory before he retires. He requests to be transfered to the unit that he was once busted out of. Upon arriving the commanding officer knows of Highway's reputation, especially of his lack of respect for his superiors, warns him that he is going to keep an eye on him. Highway's assigned to train a recon unit which consists mostly of deadbeats. But Highway's determined to turn them into true marines and they are not exactly pleased with him, at first. And he is also trying to reconnect with his ex-wife. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com "
One minor thing that seemed odd to me was the fact that the Cuban infantry at Grenada in the film were wearing what appeared to be Mauser pouches while wielding AKMs.
Plot summary from IMDB:
"Sergeant Tom Highway, a hardened, tough veteran of Korea and Vietnam returns to the United States for his last tour of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. He is assigned to training a recon unit. Their cool, trendy and 'hippy' approach to military life is a reminder to him that he is, in the words of his commanding officer, a major, "an anachronism" - useful only "in case of war". Conveniently, a war does arise (the invasion of Grenada in October, 1983) and successfully tests both his usefulness and the effectiveness of the new recruits. Written by Dave Cook {cookd@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca}
Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway has been in the Corps since the Korean War and would like to see some action and a victory before he retires. He requests to be transfered to the unit that he was once busted out of. Upon arriving the commanding officer knows of Highway's reputation, especially of his lack of respect for his superiors, warns him that he is going to keep an eye on him. Highway's assigned to train a recon unit which consists mostly of deadbeats. But Highway's determined to turn them into true marines and they are not exactly pleased with him, at first. And he is also trying to reconnect with his ex-wife. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com "
). However, I will say Clint looked hard core in the uniform.
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