Russ Thurman
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Between 1967 and 1968 he was a Marine Combat Correspondent in Vietnam
with the 1st Marine Division ISO, along with wartime buddies Gustav
Hasford (author of "The Short Timers", the novel which inspired Stanley
Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"), Bob Bayer (now editor of the LA Times)
and Dale Daye (adviser of several highly successful movies like "Saving
Private Ryan" and "Platoon")
Hasford included him in "Short Timers" as the "T.H.E." Rock.
Hasford included him in "Short Timers" as the "T.H.E." Rock.
