Jack Webb in The D.I.

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[DemforBush]

A brief clip from a great old movie with Dragnet's Jack Webb.

[jstaff]

Oh how I miss the good old days.

[GreenHornet]

Here’s a little-known fact for ya, Sammy: Jack Webb turned down the role of Dean Vernon Wormer in “Animal House.”

[oh8eleven]

The recruits are calling Sergeant Jack Webb, “Sir.” Is that a script error, or was the military protocol different in those days?
Marine boots call their DIs "sir" to teach them how to speak to officers.
Don't know when it started.

[doublecansiter]

Is it too early to head down to the slop chute for a beer?

[gunnyg]

webb wasn’t a Marine, however, he did the best acting portrayal of a Marine (and Gunny/T/Sgt)I have seen ever!
Bar none!

I have this and some info re ribbon creek, plt #71, etc. posted online...

Semper Fidelis
Dick.G: AMERICAN!
aka: Gunny G
******

[zeestephen]

Thanks - I had no idea.

[MasterGunner01]

Before there was R. Lee Ermey as GySgt Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket”, there was Jack Webb as SSgt Moore in “The D.I.”. Webb owned the role as the crusty D.I. until R. Lee Ermey came along later.

As a kid growing up in the 1950’s, “The D.I.” was a gut check for kids in high school that were facing the draft. In my case (1964), I opted for the Naval Reserve and its delayed entry program. The program allowed me to go to college for a year's deferral and tack a year onto the end of my enlistment; my first enlistment wound up being 10 years instead of the usual six. Delayed entry allowed me to go onto active duty as an E-5 instead of an E-2 or E-3. That was a big difference. Entering active duty as an E-5 at 23 was very different than an an E-2 at 18 as far as maturity went.