Battle Cry: Difference between revisions
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Battle Cry: Difference between revisions
[[File:M1 Garand bayonet second.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand with M1 bayonet - .30-06]]
[[File:M1 Garand bayonet second.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1 Garand with M1 bayonet - .30-06]]
[[Image:battle16_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Pvt. Speedy ([[Fess Parker]]), left, carries the M1 Garand with bayonet fixed; Pvt. / Cpl. Dan 'Danny' Forrester (Tab Hunter), second from right, carries the same.]]
[[Image:battle16_sm.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Pvt. Speedy ([[Fess Parker]]), left, carries the M1 Garand with bayonet fixed; Pvt. / Cpl. Dan 'Danny' Forrester ([[Tab Hunter]]), second from right, carries the same.]]
Battle Cry (1955) was directed by Raoul Walsh (The Big Trail, White Heat, The Enforcer) and was based on the novel by Leon Uris. The film stars Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Anne Francis, and Fess Parker and follows the 2nd Marine Battalion while relegated to mop-up tours in the Pacific until finally assigned to a dangerous mission on Saipan.
The following weapons were used in the film Battle Cry:
Throughout the film, some Marines carry the M1 Carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingKorean War Era M1 Carbine, with Birch Stock, Adjustable sight, bayonet lug, and twin magazine pouch - .30 Carbine. Most of the World War II variations of the M1 Carbine were sent back to the Military Arsenals and retrofitted with the Bayonet Lug and adjustable rear sight.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe Marine on the left carries the M1 Carbine.
