Review of Flying Leathernecks

. . . but their uncle met them halfway up, and told them not to bother. If you do not want to devote 102 minutes to the World War Two Docudrama FLYING LEATHERNECKS, that pretty much sums up its entire plot. "Grif," Jack and Jill's maternal uncle, is fighting this war with a chip on his shoulder. His rich brother-in-law "Texas" is one of his subordinate pilots. This presents a conflict of interest. Every time Grif's squad gets a new mission assignment, Grif must choose between blind obedience to a military order or protecting his post-War future, since Texas has promised him a plum position in the Private Sector. These missions are so dangerous that the unit chaplain already has been killed. Consequently, Grif's boss is getting writer's cramp, barely able to keep up with notes to the next-of-kin of all the guys his unit is losing. Grif grows increasingly mutinous, challenging his boss to fist fights. But, as luck would have it, they both get promoted, and sent to fight Japanese kamikaze pilots just off Okinawa. When Texas' plane's engine fails, Grif finally is able to resist the urge to send Jack and Jill's Daddy readily available help. Since his boss is wounded shortly after Texas buys the farm, Grif gets promoted to the squad's top job. This is called the American Way.