[dfwgator]

He said one thing that stuck with me - after visiting the camps, he "knew exactly why he was over there".

There was a Band of Brothers episode that dealt with the 101 encountering such a camp, the episode was titled "Why We Fight".

[wbill]

I saw it. Grandpa wasn't with the 101, though he was in the same general areas - his unit was cut off during the Bulge, he fought at Remagen, and a few other places.

He and I watched that awful 60s flick, "The Battle of the Bulge", together. Afterwards, I asked what he thought. He said, "It was a fine movie." (it wasn't, but he'd not speak ill of such a thing) ...."but no one in it looked cold enough."

From then on, that's how I measure a war flick - by how cold, wet, tired, and generally miserable the actors in it look. BoB probably got it close to right. "Saving Private Ryan" likely did pretty well, too, and there are a few others.

But, if you watch war movies in general, I never cease to be amazed at how well-groomed and clean the characters look. Maybe they get a smudge of dirt or two on their faces, for effect, but that's all. :-)