[Retain Mike]

My favorite line from the Band of Brothers TV series was said by Winters to the jeep driver who brought them the last ammo they got from a dump as they were going into Bastogne. He said they were going to be surrounded. Winters replied, "We are paratroopers. We are always surrounded."

[Netz]

I have not been to Normandy but it is my understanding the as a whole, the French do not really pay due credit to the US for WWI and WWII.

The entire upkeep of the Normandy area and cemeteries is funded by US taxpayers as I understand it.

Maybe in a few villages they pay homage but I heard that the rest of the country couldn't care less. Anybody want to set me straight on this issue?

[Netz]

Best series ever.

I loved it when Winters finally meets up with Sobel and tells him, “...you salute the rank, not the man”.

[GrouchoTex]

My Uncle was in Patton’s army that “liberated” Bastogne.
I put “liberated” in quotation marks because I don’t think the 101st thought they were being “liberated” in the true sense of the word.
I heard the one of the members of the 101st was told that they were surrounded by the Germans and replied “Poor Bastards”, referring to the Germans in his response.