Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Join us for an episode with Dale Dye, an American actor, technical advisor, radio personality and writer. A decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, Dye is the founder and head of Warriors, Inc., a technical advisory company specializing in portraying realistic military action in Hollywood films. Dye talks about the emotional impact of the films he’s been a part of producing like The Pacific and Band of Brothers.

TOPICS COVERED:
● Dale’s Experience Training Young Actors
● The Mental Toll from the Military and Bringing the Realism of that into War Films
● Working with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and other Famous Actors

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Oliver Stone, Trade Papers, and Training Young Actors
05:09 – “Stand Down”: The Only Time the Actor Can be a Real Human
07:33 – Loyalty Between the Actors: Dealing with Mindsets
10:48 – Blacking Out During Set & One of Dale’s Most Iconic Acting Scenes
14:16 – 4 Academy Awards & Best Picture: Revealing the Reality of a Veterans Mentality
19:44 – Band of Brothers vs The Pacific: Always Learning and the War in ETO vs PTO
28:54 – Commissioned as an Officer and a College Degree in English and Literature
31:54 – A Plane Ticket to LA and a Dream to Make Better War Movies
35:28 – Enlisting in the Marine Corps, Combat Correspondent, and Baseball
41:31 – What’s Wrong with Most Military Movies
44:22 – Film Awards, The Pacific, and Working with Steven Spielberg
48:05 – Presenting Realism in War Films
51:01 – Final Thoughts

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