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2. They Were Expendable - Wikipedia

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   They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed.The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of ...

3. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three - Wikipedia

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   These five officers were all that remained of this squadron as a result. Three officers and fifteen enlisted men were killed in action or died as prisoners of war, seven evaded capture as guerrillas on Leyte, and 38 POWs were liberated after the war. The squadron's exploits were immortalized in the book and film They Were Expendable.

4. Fleet Obsolete - Wikipedia

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   Fleet Obsolete boats as boat in restoration: Patrol torpedo boat PT-48 the last of the 77-foot Elco Naval Division, completed 15 September 1941; Patrol torpedo boat PT-459, 78-foot Higgins Industries, New Orleans, completed 23 March 1944.

5. John D. Bulkeley - Wikipedia

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   Bulkeley's PT-boat heroics in defending the Philippines from Japanese invasion in 1941-1942 was the subject of the novel "They Were Expendable" by William Lindsay White in 1942, which was turned into the big screen epic They Were Expendable three years later by director John Ford, starring John Wayne, with Robert Montgomery playing a somewhat ...

6. 'We were expendable': Downwinders from world's 1st atomic ...

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   As the film notes, there were about a half-million people — mostly Hispanics and Native Americans — living within a 150-mile (241.4-kilometer) radius of the blast.

7. List of black-and-white films that have been colorized ...

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   They Died with Their Boots On: 1941: 1988: Turner Entertainment [3] [673] They Drive by Night: 1940: 1988: Color Systems Technology [674] They Live by Night: 1948: 1992: Turner Entertainment [675] They Were Expendable: 1945: 1988: Turner Entertainment [3] [676] They Won't Believe Me: 1947: 1993: Turner Entertainment [677] Thicker than Water ...

8. ‘Expend4bles’ Review: A Few of the Old Boys Are Back, Now ...

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   Having teamed up with Desha, an ex-Expendable played by the Thai martial-arts star Tony Jaa, he’s ready to sneak back to the rest of the team as they infiltrate a ship outfitted to look like a U ...

9. ‘Expend4bles’ Review: A Few of the Old Boys Are Back, Now ...

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