The Boys in Company C

The Boys in Company C, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, Craig Wasson, James Canning, and Michael Lembeck, is a 1978 film about United States Marine Corps recruits preparing for duty, and their subsequent combat in the Vietnam War. It was among the first Vietnam War films to appear after the Vietnam Era, and was also the first role for R. Lee Ermey of Full Metal Jacket fame. The Boys in Company C is the first in Furies Vietnam War motion picture trilogy, followed by 2001s Under Heavy Fire and 2006s The Veteran.

This war drama, which prefigures the similarly bifurcated Full Metal Jacket, follows the lives of five young Marine inductees from their boot camp training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in 1967 through a tour of duty in the Vietnam War in 1968.In August 1967, a group of boys arrive at the USMC induction center. They include draft dodger Dave Brisbee, who is delivered in handcuffs by FBI agents. The other inductees include Tyrone Washington, Billy Ray Pike, Vinnie Fazio, and wouldbewriter Alvin Foster. As with Joker in Full Metal Jacket, Foster keeps a journal, and his entries provide the running narrative for the film. ........

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