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Gung ho! the story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

A dynamic documentary-like war movie highlighting the heroism of Colonel Evan Carlson's marine raiders. Taking us from the grueling and intense training to the attack and successful destruction of superior Japanese forces on Makin Island.

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  • "A dynamic documentary-like war movie highlighting the heroism of Colonel Evan Carlson's marine raiders. Taking us from the grueling and intense training to the attack and successful destruction of superior Japanese forces on Makin Island."@en
  • "A dynamic documentary-like war movie highlighting the heroism of Colonel Evan Carlson's marine raiders. Taking us from the grueling and intense training to the attack and successful destruction of superior Japanese forces on Makin Island."
  • "The real-life raid on Japanese-held Makin Island, one of World War II's most daring missions, is vividly dramatized in this action-packed wartime classic based on the eyewitness account of U.S. Marine Corps hero Captain W.S. Le Francois. Exploding with gritty, realistic battle action, this stirring drama chronicles the transformation fo a rag-tag buch of misfits into the legendary Second Marine Raider Battalion, a highly trained fighting unit willing to risk their lives to reclaim the Pacific for America."@en
  • "Based on the factual story by W.S. LeFrancois, covers the creation of the second Marine raider battalion, seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, and details the events that led to its first explosive victory."@en
  • "Based on a true story, this 1943 film follows the exploits of the gung ho misfits of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion in the South Pacific during World War II, from their inception just seven weeks after Pearl Harbor to their first victory."@en
  • "Based on the true adventures of Colonel Evans Carlson and the two hundred men of the Marine Raider Battalion who embarked on a death-defying mission to take Makin Island in the Pacific, on August 17th, 1942. This raid was one of the early major American victories of World War II."@en
  • "Based on the true story of Colonel Evans Carlson and two hundred Marine Raiders embarking on a death-defying mission to take Makin Island from the Japanese. This raid on the important Pacific Island was one of the early major victories of World War II."
  • "Based on the true story of Colonel Evans Carlson and two hundred Marine Raiders embarking on a death-defying mission to take Makin Island from the Japanese. This raid on the important Pacific Island was one of the early major victories of World War II."@en
  • "Story based on the 2nd Marine Batallion's assault on Japanese-held Markin Island on August 17, 1942."
  • "Based on the story of Colonel Evans Carlson an his Raiders, a fighting force that scored one of the early major victories of World War II, on Mekin Island."@en
  • "Story based on the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion's assault on Japanese-held Markin Island on August 17, 1942."
  • "Two hundred Marine Raiders embark on a death-defying mission to take Makin Island from the Japanese in this World War II saga."@en
  • ""This factual account chronicles the Second Marine Raiders Battalion, from its inception seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, through its first brilliant victory ... Nicknamed "Carlson's Raiders," their legendary battle cry, "Gung Ho!" wrote a new page in the annals of war.""@en
  • "Based on the experiences of Captain W.S. LeFrancois in World War II."@en
  • "Depicts the factual record of the second Marines Raider battalion, from its inception seven weeks after Pearl Harbor through its first victory."@en
  • "This is the action-packed factual story of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, from its birth only seven weeks after the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the Raiders first victory on the South Pacific island of Makin."@en
  • "Based on the experiences of Captain W.S. LeFrancois in World War II."
  • "GUNG HO! is the true story of a special battalion picked from the toughest men in the U.S Marines and given the dangerous mission of recapturing Japanese-held islands in the South Pacific during World War II. Hollywood tough guy Randolph Scott stars as their commander, Colonel Thorwald, who recruits and trains the soldiers--collectively known as "Carlson's Raiders"--in all imaginable forms of combat, culminating in an explosive battle sequence at the Japanese stronghold on Makin Island. The film, which also features a great performance by legendary icon Robert Mitchum, introduced the expression "gung ho" to the American vernacular and was an important piece of morale-raising propaganda during U.S. involvement in World War II."
  • "The story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders. "Based on the factual story Gung Ho by Lt. W.S. LeFrancois, U.S.M.C.""
  • ""This is the factual record of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, from its inception seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, through its first brilliant victory"--Opening credits."@en
  • "Today this ultra-patriotic film may seem over the top, but it was just what America wanted and needed in 1943 - the height of WWII."@en
  • "Based on the true adventures of Colonel Evans Carlson and the 200 men of the Marine Raider Battalion who embarked on a death-defying mission to take Makin Island in the Pacific on August 17th, 1942. This raid was one of the early major American victories of World War II."
  • "Based on the real life events that cover the creation of the second Marine raider battalion, seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, and details the events that led to its first explosive victory."@en
  • "Adventures of the Marine Raider Battalion and their raid on Makin Island on August 17th, 1942, in the Pacific during World War II."
  • "Adventures of the Marine Raider Battalion and their raid on Makin Island on August 17th, 1942, in the Pacific during World War II."@en
  • "Presents a fictionalized version of a true incident during WWII: a raid on an important Pacific island by a group of Marines. Contains realistic, bloody battle scenes."@en
  • "Responsible for organizing a battalion to raid the Japanese-held Makim Island, Colonel Thorwald (Randolph Scott) recruits his volunteers from the less-desirable prospects such as barroom brawlers, misfits and borderline psychos. Under his training and leadership, the battalion is forged into a tough fighting unit ready for the fierce battle."@en
  • "Traces the exploits of Colonel Evans Carlson and his Raiders, a fighting force of marines who successfully raided Japanese-held Makin Island in August 1942."@en
  • "Tells the story of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, the group formed seven weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The battalion's purpose was to raid Japanese-held islands and claim them for the United States. Led by Colonel Thorwald, the men endured grueling combat training in preparation for their first mission: to annihilate the much larger and firmly entrenched Japanese garrison on Makin Island."@en

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  • "Drama"
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