Posted on 07/28/2005 7:54:57 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
The damn fools didn't even wake him up until mid day!!
"Make the right wing strong" bump.
They didn't and reaped the harvest of their folly.
true, true. They would have been better off never waking him and doing as they pleased. Thank God they didn't
Have you seen Saving Prvt Ryan and/or the longest day? Both good. The longest day is like a clean version of SPR
Omaha Beach was tough enough to take without German armor counterattacking. It was critical to keep them off the beaches.
I've seen both movies. The Longest Day was cleaner but I thought it was a much more complete telling of D-Day.
Band of Brothers was also excellent.
Never seen Band of Brothers. Saving Private Ryan gave a better picture of what life was like for a soldier, The Longest Day was, as you said, perhaps a better account of the D-Day invasion.
He married Grandma after he got back from the war, they had four kids, weathered the depression, he worked the factories in Pittsburgh, eventually making tour boss. He died in 1969. RIP, Grandpa Alfred.
Toby Keith's video "American Soldier" features reenactments of American soldiers from various wars, including a doughboy wearing that recognizable WW I helmet climbing out of a trench with a bayonet and charging the German lines. It's nice to see WW I being memorialized, since it's usually the forgotten war.
Band of Brothers is on DVD. I highly recommend it.
I noticed that as well. That video is very powerful.
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Good for another bump.
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