Stars in the Corps: Movie Actors in the United States Marines

by James E. Wise Jr.

Book Overview

A unique illustrated celebration of the relationship between Hollywood and the U.S. Marine Corps features the military histories of Steve McQueen, Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, Ed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557509492
• ISBN13: 9781557509499
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Great book

STARS IN THE CORPS. is a most entertaining and informative book. Well written and researched, it deals with the military service of a number of movie stars that served in the Corps through America's wars. Among the stars profiled, readers will find the opening chapter particularly interesting, since it relates the life and service of a much-decorated Vietnam Marine, Dale Dye. In case the name is not familiar, he was the military advisor for the movies, PLATOON, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, AND THE THIN RED LINE. He has also acted in a number of movies and television specials. The chapter about Lee Marvin is riveting. In every sense of the word he was a Marine throughout his life. His burial marker at Arlington reads, LEE MARVIN, PFC, U. S. MARINE CORPS. Many of the subjects and stories will surprise readers. What I liked about the entire read was the avoidance of tabloid innuendo. True to the theme set by authors Wise and Rehill in STARS IN BLUE, they focus on the service contributions of these men, which are often unknown to the American public.

Wonderful

Thank you for making my father John R. Post so happy to have someone care about something that consumed a great deal of his young life. He was so thrilled to receive your book and share it with me and all his military friends. It was a time to be remembered - for the friendship - not the death. And he may be different but he remembers every name of every person he spent time with during WWII and the Korean Conflict. Thank you for acknowledging his memory and caring about his fellow man. Thank you.