69K views · 1.7K reactions | #OTD in 1964, the sitcom GOMER PYLE - USMC premiered. The Marines gave the show their total cooperation and allowed scenes to be shot at Camp Pendelton. Even though the show was produced during the peak of American military presence in Vietnam, the war was never mentioned. Star Jim Nabors was made an Honorary Marine in 2001. Co-star Frank Sutton was a WWII Army vet who had been awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

64K views · 570 reactions | #OTD in 1964, the sitcom "Gomer Pyle - USMC" premiered. The Marines gave the show their total cooperation and allowed scenes to be shot at Camp Pendelton. Even though the show was produced during the peak of American military presence in Vietnam, the war was never mentioned. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

9.3K views · 208 reactions | Jim Nabors, best known as 'Gomer Pyle,' dead at 87 | Fox News Digital Originals | Facebook