Bet You Didn’t Know These Facts About The “Alien” Films

An IRL Marine Sergeant

Al Matthews, who plays Marine Sergeant Apone in Aliens, was in real life the first black Marine to be promoted to the rank of sergeant in the field during service in Vietnam.

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