Ronald Spiers really did such a thing, and he is still a hero in Band of Brothers (Winters even acknowledges this really happened in his own autobiography)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrRarZyjGgc

Anyone care for a smoke?

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Down Periscope

Funny/stupid comedy that military buffs would enjoy.

The whole time I was thinking it is kind of a shame Kelsey Grammar died so young.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Did anyone mention Revenge the one about the Partizan brothers in WW2 with Daniel Craig. Solid flick.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

That's one on my guilty pleasures list

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

You joking that his career died?

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Elections have consequences.

No. I actually thought he died. Realized today when I looked up when he died that it hasn't happened yet.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Das Boot is probably the best war movie ever made.

Der Untergang is one of the best as well. Yes they're both German and I'm pretty drunk.

Das Boot was pretty good. Would be awesome to watch if you were gay.

Cheesy in spots, but I still love Midway.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

God, I love that movie. Made my son watch the bombing scenes. Aren't they making a new one? It was pretty honest, too, about how we got pretty damn lucky....

I still remember lining up outside the main Ford City movie theater as a kid, and coming out charged

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Actually, it's awesome to watch if you know German, which you don't fucking know, obviously.

"Eine Reise ans Ende des Verstandes." Translation---"A Journey to the End of Reason."

The soundtrack is likewise brilliant. The Germans have always been master composers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbAc-H44Uw

Zero budget film about the Kurland pocket

https://youtu.be/AIfnRILh1V4

I liked that movie a lot. The scene where he shot the guy who beat up his brother and tried to take things over was a good one. The guy who played Craig's big brother also had a number of good scenes in the movie.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Maybe the most "real" war movie that I have seen is "We Were Soldiers" with Mel Gibson and Sam Elliot. I liked it because it not only told an accurate story of the first Air Cav unit in Nam but it also told the story of the families that were left behind and the suffering that they experienced.

The best line in the movie was delivered by Elliot who played Gibson's sergeant major. Gibson was talking about feeling like Custer at one point when he and his forces were surrounded. Elliot responded. "Sorry Sir, Custer was a PUSSY...…..You ain't".

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

When Trumpets Fade. It is a bleak and brutal look at the fighting in the Hurtgen forrest . Basically the USA fed divisions in they got ripped up and then rotated to the sector that became the Bulge. Decent cast. HBO flick.

A midnight Clear. Nice little flim about a truce during Chirstmas during WW2 tween American and Germans.

Either of the Zulu movies.

'Not really a movie, Generation Kill. Shows the absolute absurdity of shit at times. The opening scene actually has the guys having the embedded reporter going into the PX and buying them batteries for their night vision equipment because they are not allowed to do so .

As for the Midway movies they are making two, One called Midway the other called Dauntless. word are both are not that good.

If you watch any History channel the shooting of prisoners was a lot more frequent than we are led to believe. You watch the interviews with the vets and they are like what were we supposed to do with them? It was more frequent with SS,after the Malmendy episode and really frequent with the Japanese.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Uncommon Valor


The Boys in Company C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdoUHoP1fo0

The movie kinda sucked but the booked rocked,
On Eagles Wings. How H Ross Perot got his people out of Iran after the revolution.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I play golf with a guy who was a Marine in Nam. He said that is the most accurate portrayal of what it was like over there.

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I liked U-571, especially near the end when were they trying to escape the German battleship. Hearing those depth charges explode in the theater were great.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Its on IFC right now.

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Yes! Wait....I think we discussed this...how you could feel the bombing in your feet?

Ford City...what a place that was.

Why would you think I don't know German?

Yes it was. Now it's the Quarry in Hodgkins for me.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

That's how I view it and most veterans probably also. It took a lot of the bullshit commonly associated with war movies out of it and focused on what actually happens in combat and also what happened at home with the families. It is my understanding that the colonel depicted in the movie died a couple of years ago. I think that he was one of the consultants on the making of the movie.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip