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Memorial Day - Best Military movies to watch over this special weekend- (Vanity)
05/26/2011 | 4everontheright

Posted on 05/26/2011 10:01:16 AM PDT by 4everontheRight

One of my favs that I have in my collection is "The Longest Day"....I did see where the Western Channel is doing the John Wayne all day salute on Memorial Day....anybody got favs they watch over this weekend?


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Looking for what everybody else is watching over the weekend as far as military/war movies......hey, and while you are at it...thank a veteran!!
1 posted on 05/26/2011 10:01:18 AM PDT by 4everontheRight
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I’ll probably watch some of “In Harm’s Way,” along with “Heartbreak Ridge” on the Military Channel.


2 posted on 05/26/2011 10:04:04 AM PDT by abb
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To: 4everontheRight
I like Gods and Generals,
Gettysburg,
and The Alamo...

3 posted on 05/26/2011 10:05:20 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: 4everontheRight
Patton, The Enemy Below and The Great Escape top my list. Also, want to show the wife Downfall, which she hasn't seen (but is great!)
4 posted on 05/26/2011 10:06:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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Is any channel showing all the "Band of Brothers" episodes? That series is becoming one of my favorites!

"Midway" is always good, in my book.

5 posted on 05/26/2011 10:07:08 AM PDT by Lou L (The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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To: 4everontheRight
Mel Gibson's The Patriot is pretty good...worth watching this weekend and over the Fourth of July.

The Great Raid is a somewhat obscure film about the 6th Ranger Battalion's liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison camp in January 1945.

Gods and Generals was not particularly well received by critics, but IMHO, is much better than the prequel, and fleshes out the human dimensions of Jackson, Chamberlain, and Lee.

6 posted on 05/26/2011 10:07:56 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: 4everontheRight

Any of the John Wayne WW-II movies are good...


7 posted on 05/26/2011 10:08:10 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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Any of the John Wayne WW-II movies are good...

Especially, "The Longest Day."

8 posted on 05/26/2011 10:09:06 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 4everontheRight

I don’t know if they are on TV this weekend, but my favorite war movies are black and white movies from the late 1940’s.

A Wing and a Prayer (best war movie made during the war)
Battleground
Sands of Iwo Jima
They Were Expendable
Go for Broke (the story of the Nisei 442 Regiment)

I don’t like war movies that show actresses wearing 1965 hairdos and use California National Guard tanks painted with German colors.


9 posted on 05/26/2011 10:09:09 AM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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A Bridge Too Far

Band Of Brothers


10 posted on 05/26/2011 10:09:44 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Public employee unions are the barbarian hordes of our time.)
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If you’re looking for something different from the regular classics, check out Restrepo. It’s on-demand from Netflix, and well worth your time and money. I just got back from Afghanistan in December, and that film captures the nuance of outpost living perfectly.


11 posted on 05/26/2011 10:09:49 AM PDT by Steel Wolf ("There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate." - Ibn Warraq)
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To: 4everontheRight

The Big Red One!


12 posted on 05/26/2011 10:10:04 AM PDT by Syntyr (Happiness is two at low eight!)
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To: abb

IMHO, the best WW II movie..
Twelve O’Clock High”


13 posted on 05/26/2011 10:10:07 AM PDT by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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To: 4everontheRight

I have Battleground (Van Johnson) and Attack (Jack Palance) queued up on Netflix streaming.


14 posted on 05/26/2011 10:10:19 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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The History Channel is advertising a new movie on the battle of Gettysburg on Monday Memorial day. Trailer looks really good. Loved the Ted Turner version and have that DVD in my collection. Also as favorite war films goes, The Enemy Below with Robert Mitchum is one of my favorites. And of course high on my list is The Battle for Britain.
15 posted on 05/26/2011 10:10:23 AM PDT by fish hawk
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg

ping


16 posted on 05/26/2011 10:10:42 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: 4everontheRight

Audie Murphy’s first film, which was a reasonably accurate portrayal of his heroics during WWII.


17 posted on 05/26/2011 10:11:13 AM PDT by Wolfstar ("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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To: 4everontheRight

“Run Silent, Rund Deep” Clark Gable.


18 posted on 05/26/2011 10:11:41 AM PDT by Broker (Mabuhay!)
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To: 4everontheRight

TORA! TORA! TORA! Great film as well as the rest of them mentioned in this thread. And although fictional I’ll add Where Eagles Dare and Kelly’s Heros.


19 posted on 05/26/2011 10:13:23 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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"...and use California National Guard tanks painted with German colors."

Kelly's Heroes ... a real freakin' Tiger tank!

20 posted on 05/26/2011 10:13:23 AM PDT by BlueLancer (You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there.)
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