SEALs Hope Film Blitz Draws Recruits -- Stars and Stripes/AP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Navy SEALs never expected the film "Act of Valor," starring real, active-duty Navy SEALs, to be this big.
Five years ago, commanders allowed a small, independent film company into their elite ranks to turn real-life training exercises into a feature-length movie in hopes of drumming up recruits fast.
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