Saturday, June 19, 2010

The coolest chopper we'll probably see all year, R Lee Ermey's chopper "Gung Ho"



Everyone's favorite Gunney Sgt, R Lee Ermey, possibly best known for his character Gunnery Sgt Hartman, in the movie "Full Metal Jacket" or you may have seen his recent tv shows on the history channel... Mail Call, and Lock and Load.

On his show Mail Call, a guy wrote in to ask the origin of the term Gung Ho, and this video http://www.history.com/videos/origins-of-gung-ho#origins-of-gung-ho has the response... it boils down to a uncertain origin, but the best known origin is from the movie of the same title "Gung Ho!" with Randolph Scott in 1943Read more: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-06-19T20%3A53%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=14#ixzz0rN2Pb1Va










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