Combat Zone: Inchon 1950

[187th ARCT]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you all know about a documentary series that I worked on, called "Combat Zone." This Saturday's episode is about the 1st Marine Division and the Inchon landings. I was in charge of all the wardrobe, which was a lot of work but a lot of fun, too.

"Combat Zone: Inchon" will air this Saturday, February 24th, at 9 PM PST/EST on the Discovery Channel (check your local listings). For more information, visit:

dsc.discovery.com/convergence/combat-zone/episode/epiosde.html

I hope you will be able to check out the show, and let me know what you all think.

By the way, here are some photos of the reenactment, which were filmed in Southern California in July '06:

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- Ryan Hurst (aka "511thPIR" on the WW2 Reenactors Forum)

[Woodard]

Looks awesome, I saw one shot of the Marines where they looked tired and dirty that really looked good. Where on earth did you find those North Korean caps?

[John Abshire]

Looks great! I cant wait to see it. I will be sure to tell everyone I know about it...hey Woodard...there is some really good show comming on Tomorrow night, so I suppose you better get some Beer so we can watch it and I can live out my dream of being Dale Dye.

Also, where did you find those Hats and uniforms? The N. Korean ones!

[187th ARCT]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies. Regarding the North Korean uniforms: we rented those from a place in North Hollywood called Western Costume. They have a HUGE selection of military uniforms from different nations and time periods. The uniforms that we rented were actually Chinese military uniforms, according to our sales rep. We then rented some Soviet shoulder boards and sewed them on ourselves. As for the caps, they might be Chinese too, I'm not sure. We just added red star pins to the front (which might have been North Vietnamese).

I hope you all like the show!

[ringneck]

Ryan, own Reconvoy Advisory and work for Front Row Center Productions out of Romulus MI(I'm out of L-ville KY). Do wardrobe, tech adv, weapons rentals, and more recently production design. You get another project and we can handle it. Our specialties are:

Korea
50's-60's-70's-80's-90's sateside/peace time
Vietnam
Grenada
Panama
Desert Storm
Balkans

I have enough to outfit 10-15 people in any one of those periods. For stuff shout out here I can get armor, Class III, civillian or additional wardrobe, cars, beaucoup extras w/military expierience, custom prop/stunt prop manufacture, licensed pyro, on site security from former and off-duty police, etc. If there's travel its mostly just me, wardrobe, weapons relplicas, maybe extras

Plus lots of expertise on 50's-80's civillian aspects. I've designed some 70's living room sets for FRC's upcomming films and drew up the wardrobe sketches for all the characters.

If you need references contact me.

BradLaGrange [e-mail]

[187th ARCT]

Thanks Brad. We are currently on hiatus, but we're hoping to get renewed for a 2nd season. We did most of our filming in SoCal, but we did occasionally go out-of-state. I'll let you know if anything comes up.

By the way, the reenactors that we used were Dale Dye's "Warriors Inc." Good guys to work with, but we had to rent all of their wardrobe. We rented the USMC helmets, utilities, leggings and "boondockers" (actually Army service shoes) from Western Costume. All of the web gear and weapons came from a place called ISS Props, also in SoCal. The web gear was a mix of originals as well as reproduction items from Jerry Lee of "What Price Glory."

[ringneck]

Ryan

Yeah, get ahold of me when you go back in production. I'm sure any costume/gear rental you all need will be much cheaper from me than the W. Coast costume joints. I have several ex-military who work with me for actor "boot camp" too.

Your pictures look great though! Had to miss the show tonight but I'll be looking for it on re-runs.

Shoot me an email at [e-mail] I'll get you some photos of us doing VN. We're waiting for warm weather to get our Grenada-Panama-Desert Storm

BradLaGrange

BradLaGrange

[Piperjohn]

To any who missed it, it will be shown again tonight on the military Chanel 08-06 at 8:00 and 12 midnight.

[caffrey]

Hey, that looks really cool. Let us know if any more opportunities come up, as several of us actually live in Southern California.

I'm familiar with Western Costume. But I didn't know they had Chinese wardrobe! Maybe I should pay a visit...