The Lieutenant

TV Series
1963–1964
1h

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8.3/10

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The trials of a young U.S. Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton.The trials of a young U.S. Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton.The trials of a young U.S. Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton.

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Producers wanted to follow the tradition of marketing this show by selling a license to produce tie-in toys based on it. They offered this license to Hasbro. Hasbro, however, knew that such license deals often ended up with large amounts of unsold inventory, as demand for the toys would die out once the series had started, or especially after it ended. However, they liked the idea of a military-themed toy line, and this inspired them to create G.I. Joe.

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Edited from The Battle of Gettysburg (1955)

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My father's platoon was featured in this 1963 TV Show

Just found out through Ancestry Dot Com that my father's platoon was on the 1963 TV Show called the "The Lieutenant". He was among the Marine Recruits positioned in the front row during the initial 5 minutes of episode 3 in Season 1. The show was about the trials of a young U. S. Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton in San Diego. A Marine platoon is a subdivision of a company soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a lieutenant and divided into several sections. The Louisiana recruits were featured with Gary Lockwood and Robert Vaughn in the episode titled "The Proud and Angry".