Lee marvin military record

Known for his portrayal of villains and tough guys, he was a recognizable figure in everything he appeared in. What many might not realize is that he served in the US Marine Corps prior to embarking on his Hollywood career. In fact, he participated in numerous assaults in the Pacific Theater.

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Robert E. Marvin was expelled from many of them for misbehaving, with him regularly caught smoking cigarettes. He also once threw a classmate from the second floor of his boarding school. Marvin eventually found himself at St. While he started out as a quartermaster, he became a sniper scout after finishing the School of Infantry. He participated in 21 assaults on Japanese-held islands , among them Eniwetok and Saipan-Tinian.

While participating in the attack on Mount Tapochau during the Battle of Saipan on June 18, , his sciatic nerve was severed by machine gun fire. He received an additional shot to the foot from an enemy sniper. Marvin spent the next 13 months receiving treatment in naval hospitals and was medically discharged with the rank of private first class.