Jake McLaughlin Biography

Jake McLaughlin was born in Paradise California. He worked on a crab boat in Oregon and as a security guard at Universal Studios before joining the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division where he served as a dismount infantry S.A.W. (Squad Automatic Weapon) gunner during the invasion of Iraq which in turn make him a qualified expert marksman on the M-249 S.A.W. M-240 BRAVO 50 CAL. machine gun and the M-16 & M-4 assault rifles. For his efforts he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal Combat Infantry Badge Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Army Good Conduct Medal and four army achievement medals for his service during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Also his photo was featured in a 2003 issue of Soldier Of Fortune magazine and in 2004 he was written about by author David Zucchino in Thunder Run a novel about the push to Baghdad.
After his stint in Iraq he was living in Chico California doing concrete work when he heard about the casting session for In the Valley of Elah specifically the part that Paul Haggis was auditioning actual vets for several parts. He was cast as Specialist Gordon Bonner the most remorseful of a group of squad members that threaten and ultimately participate in the death of a former infantry member in this film that explores themes including the Iraq war abuse of prisoners and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following active combat.

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