Gung Ho -
Chinese words meaning "Team Spirit" or "To Work In Harmony"
and the title of the sitcom GUNG HO/ABC/1986 about a Japanese management team
which reopened an automobile plant in Hadleyville, Pennsylvania. near Pittsburgh.
The series was based on the theatrical movie Gung Ho
(1986) directed by Ron Howard.
Gedde Watanabe and Scott Bakula
The term "Gung Ho" was
adopted by Marine Lt. Colonel Evans F. Carlson as the slogan for his battalion,
(a.k.a. "Carlson's Raiders") whose surprise attack on Makin Island during World
War II inspired the motion picture Gung Ho! (1944).
