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"The War" (A Ken Burns Film) Part 2 of 4; Now airing 7PM Central 9-24-07
pbs.org ^ | undated | PBS staff

Posted on 09/24/2007 5:05:53 PM PDT by VOA

see link above...
This is an announcement of the airing of part 2 (of 4?) of
Ken Burns "documentary" on WWII.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: kenburns; pbs; politicalcorrectness; thewar; wwii
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To: mware

General Eisenhower knew, before talking with the paratroopers, that their casualty rate within 24 hours of their jump would be well over 50%.


81 posted on 09/25/2007 5:15:02 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Chanticleer
I recall a set of documentaries (I think the name was The War in Color) It did a segment on the skitter killers. Really interesting and they rarely got a mention in any other documentary I have seen.
82 posted on 09/25/2007 5:16:16 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: AU72

Sometimes when I look at the photos of the war I wonder if the guy got through it. At least the folks here at FR are going to know that the guy wearing number 23 in that famous photo made it through the war, and lived a long life.


83 posted on 09/25/2007 5:19:06 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: mware
It's too bad. They say that before the malaria control unit was formed, malaria killed more allies than did Japanese bullets. There's a book out on it now. It was based on the memories of one of the Skeeter Beaters, and some of the details are not completely accurate, but the overall feeling is. My Dad's one of the men on the cover.


84 posted on 09/25/2007 5:20:48 AM PDT by Chanticleer (I want God, I want Poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.)
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To: Chanticleer

How cool is that. Which one is your dad???


85 posted on 09/25/2007 5:23:38 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: mware

Front row, third from left, in helmet.


86 posted on 09/25/2007 5:26:31 AM PDT by Chanticleer (I want God, I want Poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.)
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To: Chanticleer

Thanks. Now when I see that photo or they mention the skeeter beaters, I’ll think on your father.


87 posted on 09/25/2007 5:28:35 AM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: mware
Thanks!

If you're interested . . .

Here's my father in The Navy Log

And here's more on the effort to fight malaria in honor of the Skeeter Beaters

88 posted on 09/25/2007 5:36:56 AM PDT by Chanticleer (I want God, I want Poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.)
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To: Liberty Valance

I have a picture of my Dad sitting on the wing of a P-51D named “Bulgin Betsy”


89 posted on 09/25/2007 7:05:45 AM PDT by wordsofearnest (Thompson-Hunter not Hunter Thompson.)
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To: mware; AU72

IIRC,
Eisenhower’s driver said Ike just...almost...started to weep on
the drive after that photo.

And I think I recall that some researcher managed to track down many
of the troopers in that photo and that most all of them survived
The Longest Day.
(unlike other groups)


90 posted on 09/25/2007 8:32:39 AM PDT by VOA
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To: VOA
Cornelius Ryan did a wonderful job researching for his book The Longest Day, same for A Bridge Too Far.
91 posted on 09/25/2007 12:23:42 PM PDT by mware (By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: Petronski

Weren’t the guys in the 28th the ones who broke and ran during the bulge while the real heroes in the Airborne divisions saved the day....

Just kidding. My dad was a BAR gunner in the 28th, 110th Rgt, 2nd Bn. Very few people know of the amazing stand they made. I just finished reading “Alamo in the Ardennes”, perhaps that book will make the story a little more well known.

Unfortunately, until the story of the Keystone Division gets the Hollywood/HBO treatment (and something better than “A Time for Trumpets”) the Bloody Bucket will Roll On in obscurity.


92 posted on 09/25/2007 4:45:01 PM PDT by M1911A1
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To: VOA
Those were different times...interesting that in tonight's episode, we learned that the first time the US public actually saw a picture of American casualties was in mid-1943 when "Life Magazine" published a photo of three dead soldiers on the beach at Tarawa - the theory during Vietnam was that so many turned against the war because they had a "constant diet" of pictures of the dead and wounded on the TV every night, but back in WWII when FDR insisted that a newsreel showing more of the slaughter at Tarawa be shown around the country, it only inflamed the public and made them more determined -"then we really wanted to go and kill Japs - excuse me for saying so" said one interviewee - different times indeed......
93 posted on 09/25/2007 9:06:33 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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I’ve seen the numerous posts about ‘The War’ being slowed paced. I got the same impression in the first episodes. But, now I’m beginning to adjust to the pace of the production and am enjoying the chain of information. The wealth of info is impressive. Too bad about ‘Babe’ and his loss during the Anzio break out.

I think I will be watching every episode, As many Americans as possible need to see this.

They might take a second look and think about the unity we had in WWII, and contrast that to the way things are now...And tire of it...Hopefully

94 posted on 09/25/2007 10:26:55 PM PDT by msnpatriot (Free Republic is my 1st stop!....After that check out my 'Political Watercooler' on googlegroups...)
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