- Dale Dye
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Dale Dye 
Born October 8, 1944
Cape Girardeau, MissouriOccupation Marine, Actor, Radio host Years active 1964– Military career Allegiance United States of America Service/branch United States Marine Corps Years of service 1964–1984 Rank 
CaptainUnit 
1st Battalion 5th MarinesBattles/wars Beirut Awards Bronze Star
Purple Heart (3)Dale Adam Dye (born October 8, 1944) is an American actor, presenter, businessman, and retired U.S. Marine Captain who served in combat during the Vietnam War.
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Early life & Marine service
Dye was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the son of Della Grace (née Koehler) and Dale Adam Dye.[1]
Fellow Marine correspondent Gustav Hasford dubbed him "Daddy D.A" (as he was among the oldest of the correspondents) and included him as a character in his first semi-autobiographical Vietnam novel, The Short-Timers, and more extensively in his second, The Phantom Blooper. The movie based on Hasford's first novel, Full Metal Jacket, included the "Daddy D.A" character (played by Keith Hodiak), though neither the character nor Dye's name is explicitly mentioned in the dialogue.
In his book Dispatches, journalist Michael Herr provides a vivid picture of Dye during the chaos of the Tet Offensive and the Battle of Huế:
"And there was a Marine correspondent, Sergeant Dale Dye, who sat with a tall yellow flower sticking out of his helmet cover, a really outstanding target. He was rolling his eyes around and saying, 'Oh yes, oh yes, Charlie's got his shit together here, this will be bad,' and smiling happily. It was the same smile I saw a week later when a sniper's bullet tore up a wall two inches above his head, odd cause for amusement in anyone but a grunt."
Founding Warriors, Inc. & other work
After his retirement in 1984 from the United States Marines, Dye founded Warriors, Inc., a California company that specializes in training actors for realistic military portrayals, for movies of the war genre. In the 1986 movie Platoon, he played Captain Harris and served as military technical adviser. He also wrote the novelization based on Oliver Stone's screenplay.
Dye has also appeared in some of the films of which his company has served. He played a role in the movie Casualties of War and also played Colonel Robert F. Sink in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, on which his company also worked, and is now beginning a directing career. He appeared in Outbreak portraying Lieutenant Colonel Briggs, a US Army officer. He plays Theodore Roosevelt's superior officer, Colonel Leonard Wood, in the TNT miniseries Rough Riders. He has a small role in Saving Private Ryan as an aide to General George Catlett Marshall as well as a role playing the Admiral's aide, Captain Garza, in Under Siege and Under Siege 2. He has another small role in Spy Game as Commander Wiley during the rescue sequence, in Mission Impossible as Frank Barnes of CIA, in JFK as General Y, and in Starship Troopers as a high-ranking officer in the aftermath of the Brain Bug capture.
Additionally, Dye used to host a Sunday evening radio show on KFI AM 640, Los Angeles. He occasionally does fill-in. Dye has also been involved in the Medal of Honor series of video games as a consultant. He was a character in Medal of Honor: European Assault as well as Medal of Honor: Rising Sun and was featured in two tracks on Hoobastank's CD Every Man for Himself. He has also hosted The History Channel's documentary series The Conquerors. He consulted for Lucas Art 2008 scheduled Fracture video game as well as appearing in a cameo role as Col. Robert Sink (Commander of the 101st Airborne Division's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment) in a video game Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.
Dye has also worked on the HBO companion piece to Band of Brothers, the ten-part mini-series The Pacific, which was shot in Australia.
Dye was also the technical adviser for the 1994 Oliver Stone movie Natural Born Killers.
Dye has played himself in "Entourage" teaching Vince to scuba dive in preparation for his role in "Aquaman".
Dye currently plays Col. Porter in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He appeared in the 2011 Tom Hanks film Larry Crowne.
Military awards
Dye's military decorations include:
Bronze Star with 'V' for Valor (Vietnam 1968)
Purple Heart (3)
Meritorious Service Medal (Okinawa)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Navy Commendation Medal (2) with combat 'V' (Vietnam and Beirut)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Navy Achievement Medal with Combat 'V' Device
Combat Action Ribbon (2) (Vietnam and Beirut)
Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation (4)
Navy Unit Commendation (2)
Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal (4)
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Vietnam Service Medal (8)
Humanitarian Service Medal
Sea Service Ribbon (4)
Overseas Service Ribbon
RVN Staff Service Medal - 1st Class
RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm
RVN Civil Action Unit Citation
RVN Vietnam Campaign Medal- Legionnaire, Order of Saint Maurice (Ancient and Honorable Order of Infantrymen)
Filmography
Film Year Film Role 1986 Platoon Capt. Harris Invaders from Mars Squad Leader 1989 Always Don Born on the Fourth of July Infantry Col. Casualties of War Capt. Hill The Favorite French officer 1990 Kid Garvey Fire Birds A.K. McNeil The Fourth War Sgt. Ma. Spontaneous Combustion Gen. 1991 JFK Gen. "Y" Servants of Twilight 1992 Under Siege Capt. Nick Garza 1993 Heaven & Earth Larry Cover Story Jack 1994 Endangered Guarding Tess Charles Ivy Natural Born Killers Dale Wrigley Blue Sky Col. Mike Anwalt The Puppet Masters Brande 1995 Outbreak Lt. Col. Briggs Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Capt. Nick Garza 1996 Sgt. Bilko Mission: Impossible Frank Barnes 1997 Trial and Error Dr. Stone Starship Troopers General 1998 Saving Private Ryan War Dept. Colonel 1999 A Table for One Vernon Harpwood 2000 Rules of Engagement Gen. Perry 2001 Spy Game Cdr. Wiley 2003 Missing Brendan Gen. Temekin 2005 The Great Raid Gen. Kreuger 2007 Music Within Capt. Ruzicka 2010 Knight and Day Frank Jenkins 2011 Naked Run Harry Larry Crowne Cox Television Year Title Role 1987 Billionaire Boys Club Defense attorney 1988 Supercarrier Capt. Henry K. 'Hank' Madigan Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set Assistant Director 1989 The Neon Empire Chief Bates 1990 The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson 1991 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis Maj. Green L.A. Law 1992 Raven Col. Paul David Mackay Dead On: Relentless II Capt. Rivers 1995 JAG Sgt. Maj. Hollis 1996 Space: Above and Beyond Maj. Jack Colquitt Within the Rock General Hurst 1997 Rough Riders Col. Leonard Wood 1998 Seven Days Gen. Cole Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday Capt. Halsey Lang JAG Col. Bill Cobb 2001 Band of Brothers Col. Robert Sink 1999 Air America Capt. Gage Mutiny 2000 The Others Capt. Ken Radley 2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out SWAT Lt. 2005 Entourage 2006 Las Vegas Sgt. Burn Commander in Chief Gen. Peter Allyson 2007 The Loop Ralph Somkin Chuck Gen. Stanfield 2010 Cold Case Al Wasserlauf Entourage 2011 Falling Skies Col. Jim Porter See also
References
Further reading
- Herr, Michael (1977). "Chapter 2: Hell Sucks". Dispatches. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 70–85.
External links
Categories:- 1944 births
- American film actors
- American military personnel of the Vietnam War
- Living people
- People from Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal
- Recipients of the Purple Heart medal
- United States Marine Corps officers
- University of Maryland University College alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Maurice
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