I’m watching it. John Wayne just broke his ankle in a swamp and is walking north to drop off point for the paratroopers. Many of the paratroopers fell on the French town north of the destination and were massacred by the Germans in the town square.
It was announced this morning (maybe this afternoon) that 90% of first wave of guys were lost!
He played in many American and British war films, with one proviso: that he would always play an evil German, not sympathetic guy for he stated that no Nazi should ever be mistaken as anything but evil.
I was always amazed by that.
I thought about my favorite scene today as Trump and Macaroni stood at the overlook at Colleville, gazing out at the channel.
My top scene is when the Kraut in the bunker sees the invasion fleet appear out of the fog. Chills every time I watch the movie.