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  1. 04-15-2018 06:37 PM #1
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    Sad news.....

     



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  3. 04-15-2018 06:47 PM #2
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    We were in at the same time though I never ran across him. His portrayal of the senior drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket was right on the money for that time period. While watching the movie, if I closed my eyes, I could see and hear my senior drill instructor from 1961. RIP, Gunny
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    I met him at an event we had at Firebird International Raceway about 15 years ago. Nice guy.
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    What the???
    I clicked on the link and got a VigLink promo for shoes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
    What the???
    I clicked on the link and got a VigLink promo for shoes?
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    R Lee Ermey, from real life to film.........RIP
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    Sad to hear, I was also going thru boot in 61 . We had a D.I. just like him!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RichB View Post
    We had a D.I. just like him!
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    All three of my Drill Instructors were Korean war vets and they had a vocabulary unlike any I had heard. Clint Eastwood's Gunny Highway in Heartbreak Ridge was fairly close, especially in the opening scenes, but R. Lee Ermey as Gunny Hartman was pretty much spot on.
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