The Duke is surely the prototypical tough-talking movie GI and Audie Murphy movies have played their part, but the TV probably influenced more of my generation than movies did. Sad to say, my images of tough-talking junior officers come from SGT. Bilko and Gomer Pyle. For, as they say, it's a long,long way from Iwo Jima to An Officer and a Gentleman. And, interestingly, there were no tough-talking guys in M*A*S*H. Gene Walz University of Manitoba ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]