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Martin "Marty" Maher, Jr. (June 25, 1876 – January 17, 1961) was an Irish immigrant from Ballycrine near Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland, who joined the United States Army in 1898 and rose to the rank of master sergeant.
Aug 31, 2017 · In 1898 at the U.S. Military Academy, a young captain named John J. Pershing swore in an even younger new recruit, Pvt. Martin Maher. Maher, who had arrived in his new country just two years...
Master Sergeant, US Army and beloved instructor at the US Military Academy. An Irish immigrant born in Ballycrine, County Tipperary, Ireland, he came to the United States in 1896 and worked for two years as a waiter and busboy in the Dining Facility at the US Military Academy at West Point before he decided to join...
The Long Gray Line: Directed by John Ford. With Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Donald Crisp. In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
The Long Gray Line is a 1955 American Cinemascope Technicolor biographical comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher and his autobiography, Bringing Up the Brass, co-written with Nardi Reeder Campion.
Aug 22, 2021 · Long Gray Line, The (1955): John Ford’s Fictionalized Biopic of Irish West Point Officer, Starring Tyrone Power. John Ford directed The Long Gray Line, a fact-inspired biopic of the life of Marty Maher, shot in CinemaScope.
Jun 26, 2020 · Set almost entirely on the grounds of West Point, John Ford’s 1955 bio-pic about the longtime officer Marty Maher is one of his grandest and heartiest films. Tyrone Power stars as Maher, a...
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