Randolph Scott stars as Col. Thorwald who is in charge of training a group of me they called Carlson's Makin Island Raiders during WW2.
Their job is to raid Japanese held islands and destroy them, along with every soldier on the island as well. The group is put together 7 weeks after Pearl Harbor.
The men are trained in every possible form of combat and soon the day comes when they are loaded onto a submarine and head for Makin Island. It's a very long battle sequence and very well done. This film served it's purpose as a way to bolster spirits of fighting men during WW2.
It's propaganda at it's best and it works well. The movie is very brutal for the time period, but war is hell as they say. The rest of the cast includes Noah Beery, Jr., Walter Sande, Rod Cameron, Robert Mitchum, Peter Coe, Milburn Stone and David Bruce.
Universal would make a lot of WW2 movies over the years, but this is by far one of the best ever. Check it out!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
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