Gomer Pyle – USMC is an American television situation comedy originally broadcast from 1964 to 1969 on the CBS network.
It focused on Gomer Pyle, a naïve but good-hearted private in the United States Marine Corps who served in a non-combat role while stationed stateside.
The plots of the episodes often grew out of the contentious relationship between Pyle and his stern NCO, Sergeant Carter.
However, he wears the World War II Victory ribbon which was awarded to the Armed Forces through Dec. 31, 1946.
At the end of the show, Gomer discovers Carter subtracted incorrectly and was actually 36 years old, and not 35 as he believed.
In the second episode he reveals that he has earned five Good Conduct medals, was cited for bravery in Korea and has had three honor platoons in a row.
In "Come Blow Your Top" (Season 5, Episode 9), it is revealed Carter owns a sword from an enemy officer which he stated he captured at the Battle of Inchon (1950).
This feature, in combination with Pyle's genial nature and naïveté, drives the show's plot in most episodes.
Korean Presidential Unit Citation Carter also wears the USMC Expert Rifle and Pistol Expert badges Frank Sutton in real life served in the US Army in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Chuck Boyle's position for season 5 as the straight man putting up with Sergeant Carter's antics and sticking up for Gomer when actor Ronnie Schell returned to the series.
Boyle is the straight man for Carter's antics and he also sticks up for Gomer a lot of times.
Her catchphrase is "Well...actually..." Lou-Ann Poovie was introduced and appeared in three episodes in the show's third season.
Staff Sergeant Charley Hacker runs company "B" mess hall and served in the battle of Iwo Jima; unlike his feud with Whipple, Sergeant Carter's rivalry with Hacker is less contemptuous, and on occasion the two are able to put aside their differences.
United Nations Service Medal for Korea Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gray was born in 1925.
He was the officer in charge of the base on the show Gomer Pyle – USMC He served at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II in 1945.
He rarely smiles and most scenes with Gray are in his office as he sits behind his desk chewing out Sgt.
World War II Victory Medal Lieutenant Colonel George Van Pelt was born in 1911.
Corporal Johnson was born in 1944 and worked with Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter during the first season of the show.
He had a girlfriend named Rosie, whom Gomer snuck in to base to see him, although the rules strictly prohibited visitation until after four weeks of training.
Simpson once knocked Carter out during a boxing match with one punch, and makes fun of the platoon when Gomer messes up.
Nicknamed "The Rattlesnake", he was the Fleet boxing champion for four years: 37 KOs and only retired from the said position because he couldn't find someone brave enough to challenge him.
In "Cat Overboard", Carter and the other Marines laughed at Simpson when they learned about the romance magazines he reads aboard ship.
He got offended and told Carter off that his choice of reading romance magazines are none of his and the Marines' business.
Simpson has a strict rule on contraband, evident when he threw a pet turtle over board and confiscated a transistor radio.
Although angry that Gomer had snuck his pet cat, Henrietta, aboard ship, Simpson has shown compassion when he learned about her pregnancy and took her to the sick bay so some of his corpsmen can have some training in delivering kittens.