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Mail Call

  • 2002-2022
  • 8 Seasons
  • History Channel
  • Documentary
  • TVPG
  • Watchlist

Military experts field viewer questions related to the American armed forces. Topics include the role of D-day paratroopers, the precision of Civil War cannons and the effectiveness of night-vision technology.

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R. Lee Ermey

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No one gets in Hollywood's face like R. Lee Ermey. The former drill instructor and 11-year Marine Corps vet has made a nice second career for himself as the go-to actor to fill hard-edged military-man roles, including a much-lauded turn in Full Metal Jacket. For the past three seasons, he's been happily barking answers to viewer questions on Mail Call, the History Channel's combat technology show-and-tell series. "I get to drive tanks," Ermey says of the show that starts its fourth tour of duty on Jan. 11 (10 pm/ET). "I get to blow things up and shoot weapons." Fortunately, the only thing he's shooting today is the breeze with TV Guide. TV Guide Online: What's the coolest thing you've blown up on Mail Call?R. Lee Ermey: Some old ammunition over in Iraq. We worked with the explosive boys, and they had a dummy in a flight suit in the bottom of a pit. Its head was a watermelon. They cut Saddam Hussein's face out of a picture, pasted it

Wed, Jan 7, 2004

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Mail Call: Ermey's Hottest Rides
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Mail Call: Ermey's Biggest Bangs
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Mail Call: Hurlburt Field To The Ac-130
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Mail Call: P-51S And P-47S To The F-14 Tomcat
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Mail Call: Air Force Museum To The B-25 Mitchell Bomber
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Mail Call: Gunny Goes High Speed
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