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If you get a chance, check out the USA today Friday edition in the entertainment section. It has a huge article on Spielberg/Hanks on the new mega series and its already rated 4 STARS------- EVEN BEFORE AIRING ONCE YET!!! Can't wait for this fantastic series to come out on DVD.........Stryker

Lancer: my friends and I did the same thing as you describe. I remember I had 57 tan guys for years!!!! We would always invade islands, kill japs, and conquer the objective--whatever that was. Germans were "incorporated" into japanese troops, and the Marx GI's were ALWAYS marines. We never...

this is an incredible photo!!!!!................stryker

I totally agree Rob, great animation on thse poses, as everyone had to climb over that wall--unless they blew a hole in it. Figarti did a great job on those guys! I hope they address wounded marines and Corpsman administering sulfa--lots f that happened. There is a famous picture of two...

Thanks Rob, Terry, Kingtoot and everyone else rooting for the Marines.....Stryker

Damian: The LVT-1 and 2 were NOT equipped with a ramp, thus the men would have to go "over the sides". By Iwo Jima, much better equipped and armored LVT's would be in service and the earlier models would have been relegated to strictly rear-echelon supply details. I have never seen an LVT-1...

Paul: remember this amtrack right from Quantico!!!!..........Stryker

Re: Great Book on Marines & Korean War Gary: I'll agree with you on 2-3 of them. Try Strong Men Armed by Robert Leckie, who is one of the men, featured in the up-coming Pacific mega series. I have never read a better book..............Stryker

March 14th, ROB USMC FOREVER

Maybe I do!!!!!...............Stryker

Rob: you are right, I'm just glad that Spielberg and Hanks finally got around to remembering what alot of us have known for years--and MOST of all the vets who marched across that theater of operations and conquered one island after another, until there wasn't anything left to fight. In 1945...

Rob: to each his own, I however, will gladly stick with the Marines........Stryker

Just stating his views on things concisely--since he has produced BOTH SERIES! His exact comments were, this series is the most realistic, expensive, and intense that we or anyone else has ever done. Perhaps if YOU disagree with him, why don't you write him a letter and tell him he's really...

absolutely zeroooooo comparison--will make that and everything else look like bozo's circus......................stryker

I agree with you 100%!!! This series is taking over all else!!!! Stryker

For those of us who care, HBO has released the date for its premier showing of its MARINE CORPS masterpiece--March 14th 2010. There is also a new trailer and one of background from Spielberg and Hanks. I liked what Spielberg had to say in this. If you don't care, disregard................Stryker

That sounds great, I can fill up my display cabinet thenwith USMC history!!.............Stryker

thanks britfarmer, as I understand,-- this series is to go from the revolution to present times?...............Stryker

Terry: you are right, I will have to look at them--while I'm ordering them.............Stryker

Does anyone on this segment of Treefrog, know when the first new figures will be out on the USMC?..............Stryker