Brad Pitt Goes to 'War' with S&W M1917

[hjdca]

Picture of Pitt's 1917

Here is a pic of the 1917 by brother generated off the TV at the end of the movie when Norman was picking up the 1917 off Pitt's lap.. You can clearly see the woman's face in the grips, very cool. Also, check out the cylinder turn line, it's been used alot against the Germans. What a great gun idea for a movie ! Really excellent, well done, and realistic.

 

[ironhead7544]

I mean absolutely no disrespect, but how was drafted into the Marines? The only scenario I can image is if he was drafted into the Army and a Marine recruiter selected him to fill a quota.

When you were drafted, you went to an induction center and were classified.
Service needs were paramount. I know folks who joined the AF/Navy to avoid the Possibility of being assigned to the Army/Marines.
Let's pick on my Dad. In WWII He was longer in the tooth than most draftees. They kept moving the bar until he was drafted.
When he got down to Camp Shelby, MS he was examined and classified.
Too old for Army - Marines. The Navy needed 'skill' rating folks,
Navy it is. When he finished Boot Camp up in Idaho, he was a Carpenter's Mate 3rd Class.
In the The post draft world that you are familiar with, the Recruiters compete head on for the young Americans who are willing to risk it all and defend the country.
Tom what his name said that the WWII folks were the greatest generation.
They were great!
But I'm not so sure that the present generation aren't the Greatest Generation. They are all volunteers.
God Bless Them All![/QUOTE]

IIRC, the Marines drafted 2 times during the Viet Nam war. They did not fill their quotas for those 2 months. I believe this was the only times it ever happened. One of those months was in 1969 as I knew a guy that went in that way.