The newly formed second Marine Raider Battalion face a frightening first mission during the early days of WWII: to rout the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island. Gritty and realistic, Gung Ho! relies on actual combat footage and a cast of reliable Hollywood tough guys, including Randolph Scott as Col. Thorwald, Noah Beery Jr. as Cpl. Kurt Richter, and a young Robert Mitchum in one of his earliest roles as the swaggering Pig-Iron Matthews!
