Marines in the Making
A look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.
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"A Smith called Pete narrates this short about the training and conditioning of Marines in this wartime, Oscar-nominated short subject. Don't take the nomination too seriously; in 1942, everyone got short-listed for an Academy Award, like a participation trophy. We get to see the trainees stripped to the waist, learning to fight dirty. We get to see them marching in a complicated drill to "Garryowen"; and we get to hear an improbably young-looking Stephen McNally recite a poem about his rifle...."
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The "My Rifle" creed read at the end of the film was written by Major General William H. Rupertus, USMC (1889-1945). It was first published in the Marine Corps Chevron on 14 March 1942 at San Diego. In the past, every Marine recruit was required to memorize this creed.
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A look at U.S. Marine Corps combat training during the first year of World War II, including conditioning techniques adapted from athletics, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional drills.