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To: rktman
Disagree with The Alamo and Fort Bliss. I'd add The Bridges at Toko Ri.

A Bridge Too Far is also on my list, but for personal reasons. It was released a few months after I got my wings at Airborne School. The scene portraying BG Gavin opening his legs just before impact always give me the willies, even 40 years later.

If I learned one thing at Jump School, it was "keep your feet and knees together."

During my tour in Germany, I visited Arnhem and the battlefield. IIRC, the Hartenstein Hotel was the location of the museum.

48 posted on 05/30/2016 8:00:17 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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To: Night Hides Not

Weird. I thought of the Bridges of Toko Ri when I first read the list. Think Micky Rooney in that ditch.


52 posted on 05/30/2016 8:03:04 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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