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English
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Description
U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive-- a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could...
2) Semper fi
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When his reckless younger brother is given an unfair prison sentence, a Marine Corps reservist is torn between his by-the-book code and loyalty to family.
Publisher
Dreamworks Home Entertianment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. When Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the event becomes a symbol of hope for the families at home, the three surviving men are pulled from combat and sent on a tour across America to raise desperately-needed bond money. It is a trip that brings out the truths of both that symbolic act, and of their...
Publisher
Warner Home Video [distributor]
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
World War II drama about the Merchant Marine and Navy gun crews who did battle with enemy submarines and risked their lives to deliver supplies and munitions to allied troops.
5) Megan Leavey
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A film based on the true life story of a young marine corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1964, 2006
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (760 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gomer Pyle, the goofy local mechanic on "The Andy Griffith show" has left Mayberry to join the Marines. Stationed at Camp Henderson in California, his country bumpkin ways repeatedly get him into hot water with his hilariously short-fused superior, Sergeant Vince Carter, as he foils every attempt by Carter to keep him in line. But as much as Carter wants to dislike Pyle, they can't help but develop a special kinship.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Elegance Bratton's inspirational and deeply moving retelling of his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned...
9) Jarhead
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they...
10) The marine
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Triton has just been discharged from Iraq. His wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a group of diamond thieves on the run. Now Triton needs to save her and goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness in order to save her. The only, and best, weapon that Triton has is himself.
11) Megan Leavey
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true life story of a young Marine Corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an IED explosion injures...
12) Generation kill
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 470 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents a uniquely epic and intimate portrait of the first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines of the First Recon Battalion--a new breed of American soldiers.
13) Jarhead
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the deaths of 47 sailors on an ill-fated training exercise are blamed on a single despondent crew member, the ship's hardened captain supports the Navy's official position in order to save face. But a skeptical lieutenant with a different theory risks his own reputation and his career to discover the truth behind the tragedy.
15) Taking Chance
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. As Strobl crosses America's heartland, he will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional journey...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1957
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A World War II Marine sergeant and a Roman Catholic nun are both marooned together on a South Pacific island, hemmed in by surrounding Japanese troops. The sergeant does his best to make the nun's ordeal less painful, but is torn by his growing love for her. The nun is equally fond of the sergeant, but refuses to renounce her vows. Their unrealized ardor mellows into mutual respect as they struggle to survive before help arrives.
18) Stateside
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mark lands in the Marine Corps and meets Dori before he ships out. Mark and Dori are a perfect match of misfits introduced by a friend, Sue, whose mother, is suing Mark. Dori has left the bright lights of Hollywood to fix her life and find help for her schizophrenia. At boot camp, Drill Instructor Skeeter, is on a mission not only to train, but to make a man out of the rebellious teenager. Mark and Dori cling to their romance in spite of the obstacles...
19) Heartbreak Ridge
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A grizzled Marine Corps lifer, beginning his last tour of duty before mandatory retirement, leads his combat-ready platoon during the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada.
20) Man down
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer returns from his tour in Afghanistan, he finds the place he once called home in no better shape than the battlefields he's left behind. Desperate to find his estranged family, son Johnathan and wife Natalie, Gabriel is aided in his search by his best friend Devin, a hard-nosed Marine. Before long, the two intercept Charles, a man with vital information concerning the whereabouts of Gabriel's family.
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