There appear to be (at least) two variants of the tough talking Marine, the

gruff yet endearing and the psychopathic.

 

John Wayne's SGT Stryker in Sand of Iwo Jima (1949) is the former and

Ernest Borgnine's character in From Here to Eternity (1953) is an example

of the latter. (Borgnin's character was in the Army not the Marines, but

the type of role is not service-specific.)

 

Hope this helps.

 

Peter Latham

 

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