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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:17:55 PM EDT
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The interviews with the real guys are what brings it home. Total respect for those gents.
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:20:54 PM EDT
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It's great and at the same time very difficult to watch .
The series is 15 years old having debuted just days before 9/11/2001. Almost if not all of the vets are gone now. With all sure respect to our living vets, we will never see such huge numbers of such giants of courage. |
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:22:00 PM EDT
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It's great and at the same time very difficult to watch . The series is 15 years old having debuted just days before 9/11/2001. Almost if not all of the vets are gone now. With all sure respect to our living vets, we will never see such huge numbers of such giants of courage. I believe Malarkey is the oldest still alive |
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:23:28 PM EDT
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Here's some action from Holland:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSvLWK5Z2A
Also, a point during the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne that always gets me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnMCjidL8Q
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Haven't seen it.  Here's some action from Holland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSvLWK5Z2A
Also, a point during the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne that always gets me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnMCjidL8Q
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:25:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:25:34 PM EDT
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We salute the rank, not the man!
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:25:46 PM EDT
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Damned good series, I can watch it over and over again. Agreed. Favorite episode is a tossup between the second half of the pilot where they take out the 105s at Brecourt Manor (sp?) or Crossroads. Both had pretty good firefights, but Crossroads in particular struck me. Going, literally, to the sound of the guns, and they're pulling everything they can off the dudes retreating: ammo, genades, probably other stuff too. That was a pretty powerful scene. |
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Posted: 2/4/2016 11:31:59 PM EDT
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Agreed. Favorite episode is a tossup between the second half of the pilot where they take out the 105s at Brecourt Manor (sp?) or Crossroads. Both had pretty good firefights, but Crossroads in particular struck me. Going, literally, to the sound of the guns, and they're pulling everything they can off the dudes retreating: ammo, genades, probably other stuff too. That was a pretty powerful scene. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Damned good series, I can watch it over and over again. Agreed. Favorite episode is a tossup between the second half of the pilot where they take out the 105s at Brecourt Manor (sp?) or Crossroads. Both had pretty good firefights, but Crossroads in particular struck me. Going, literally, to the sound of the guns, and they're pulling everything they can off the dudes retreating: ammo, genades, probably other stuff too. That was a pretty powerful scene. For me was the artillery fire they took at Bastone and what happened with Toye and Guarnere (don't want to spoil it) |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:24:05 AM EDT
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For me was the artillery fire they took at Bastone and what happened with Toye and Guarnere (don't want to spoil it) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Damned good series, I can watch it over and over again. Agreed. Favorite episode is a tossup between the second half of the pilot where they take out the 105s at Brecourt Manor (sp?) or Crossroads. Both had pretty good firefights, but Crossroads in particular struck me. Going, literally, to the sound of the guns, and they're pulling everything they can off the dudes retreating: ammo, genades, probably other stuff too. That was a pretty powerful scene. For me was the artillery fire they took at Bastone and what happened with Toye and Guarnere (don't want to spoil it) That one did have some chuckles too, though. "You think I overdid it on my top cover?" The Niagra River thing, etc. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:55:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:57:05 AM EDT
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My wife's Grandfather is (was)... Sgt. Floyd Talbert (Tab). A few pics of him. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/sgt_floyd_talbert_506e_zpssey13hb2.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth51_zpsvpkhpbwa.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth41_zpsfxtyglyk.jpg I have his discharge papers. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate1001_zpsvhtkpi3l.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate2001_zps05hm5b5o.jpg    
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Posted: 2/5/2016 6:01:27 AM EDT
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It's great and at the same time very difficult to watch . The series is 15 years old having debuted just days before 9/11/2001. Almost if not all of the vets are gone now. With all sure respect to our living vets, we will never see such huge numbers of such giants of courage. When we were kids those men were still fairly young. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 6:24:20 AM EDT
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My wife's Grandfather is (was)... Sgt. Floyd Talbert (Tab). A few pics of him. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/sgt_floyd_talbert_506e_zpssey13hb2.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth51_zpsvpkhpbwa.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth41_zpsfxtyglyk.jpg I have his discharge papers. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate1001_zpsvhtkpi3l.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate2001_zps05hm5b5o.jpg Major Winters said if he could have one man to have his back he would have picked your wife's grandfather. That's quite the compliment. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 6:46:51 AM EDT
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Major Winters said if he could have one man to have his back he would have picked your wife's grandfather. That's quite the compliment. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My wife's Grandfather is (was)... Sgt. Floyd Talbert (Tab). A few pics of him. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/sgt_floyd_talbert_506e_zpssey13hb2.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth51_zpsvpkhpbwa.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth41_zpsfxtyglyk.jpg I have his discharge papers. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate1001_zpsvhtkpi3l.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate2001_zps05hm5b5o.jpg Major Winters said if he could have one man to have his back he would have picked your wife's grandfather. That's quite the compliment. I just read that conversations book. Remembered that from it. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 6:49:04 AM EDT
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I read it years ago, unfortunately I left my book outside and it rained.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 7:40:59 AM EDT
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My wife's Grandfather is (was)... Sgt. Floyd Talbert (Tab). A few pics of him. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/sgt_floyd_talbert_506e_zpssey13hb2.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth51_zpsvpkhpbwa.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/guth41_zpsfxtyglyk.jpg I have his discharge papers. http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate1001_zpsvhtkpi3l.jpg http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd390/burbanite/Discharge%20certificate2001_zps05hm5b5o.jpg That is fantastic. Thanks for sharing! |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 9:11:45 AM EDT
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Yeah, I seriously need to. Is it available for streaming anywhere or do I have to buy the DVD's? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Haven't seen it. GTFO and hand in your Man Card on the way out the door... you'll get it back after you get back from picking BoB up at the store to watch tonight.  Can I retain my man card because I actually served in the 1-501st PIR, one of the units part of that whole mess? I'll allow it.
Seriously though, go watch the series. You do yourself a disservice for not doing so. Yeah, I seriously need to. Is it available for streaming anywhere or do I have to buy the DVD's? It's kind of borderline communistic that you have not... Stop hating America.....and git er done..... 
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Posted: 2/5/2016 9:14:39 AM EDT
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In the whole series this is probably my favorite scenes
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Posted: 2/5/2016 9:25:46 AM EDT
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Sobel (Ross from Friends) was a cocksucker of biggest kind. I enjoyed watching him get his just dessert. Fuckhead. (is that good acting then? hmmmm)
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Posted: 2/5/2016 9:38:55 AM EDT
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I have the DVD set and might watch it again this weekend
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Posted: 2/5/2016 9:51:07 AM EDT
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Sobel (Ross from Friends) was a cocksucker of biggest kind. I enjoyed watching him get his just dessert. Fuckhead. (is that good acting then? hmmmm) I loved the part where he cut the barbed wire fence during the training run when George Luz disguised his voice. Douche got pwned. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 9:55:28 AM EDT
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That series is my favorite thing ever put on film and I used to watch it regularly. I find it really hard to these days. All my Uncles who fought are dead. All these giants from my youth, guys that sat around in backyards and smoked and drank beer out of wooden cases and bullshitted about work at family parties when I was a kid. They were always heroes to me: Uncle Vince; in a recon platoon for years with Patton - got the Million Dollar Wound in the cleanup after Bastogne, more medals than anyone in the family but never ever ever talked about the War. Uncle Tom; 82nd Airborne- broken back from a mortar but went on to build the tallest buildings in Philly and made it to last year. Uncle Clyde; USN-some little repair ship in the Pacific - he made the War sound like McHale's Navy, but I have a picture of his ship after a Kamikaze blew up a tanker anchored near his ship - he just died a couple months back. Uncle Eddie; enlisted same day as Clyde but wound up on a sub-chaser in the Atlantic. Out of all these guys only my Dad (8th Army in '45 and in Japan for the Occupation) is alive. Sweetest man in the world, I've never heard him curse. But if you bring up 'Japs' he gets a whole different tone. Hates them. I gotta call him and take him to lunch today. I always post the same thing in these threads - I dread the day when that generation is completely gone. They weren't perfect, but my God, the things they did and built. I really wish I could go back to the 70s and 80s and hang out with them all again. I miss them. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 10:49:33 AM EDT
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I loved the part where he cut the barbed wire fence during the training run when George Luz disguised his voice. Douche got pwned. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sobel (Ross from Friends) was a cocksucker of biggest kind. I enjoyed watching him get his just dessert. Fuckhead. (is that good acting then? hmmmm) I loved the part where he cut the barbed wire fence during the training run when George Luz disguised his voice. Douche got pwned. That was priceless!  This was mine
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Posted: 2/5/2016 10:52:09 AM EDT
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Yep. Best war movie / series ever. This. The scene of the jump into Normandy is just insane... |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 10:56:28 AM EDT
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One of the comments on this video: "At 6.55 you can see a tiger tank running away from Spiers" |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:12:19 AM EDT
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Smoke?
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:12:40 AM EDT
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http://youtu.be/R6da9U6Xjd8
One of the comments on this video: "At 6.55 you can see a tiger tank running away from Spiers" Best scene of the movie. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:25:04 AM EDT
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Best scene of the movie. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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http://youtu.be/R6da9U6Xjd8
One of the comments on this video: "At 6.55 you can see a tiger tank running away from Spiers" Best scene of the movie. Needs this tacked on to it, though.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:37:46 AM EDT
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Yes, it's a great piece of film making.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:43:36 AM EDT
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Agreed. Favorite episode is a tossup between the second half of the pilot where they take out the 105s at Brecourt Manor (sp?) or Crossroads. Both had pretty good firefights, but Crossroads in particular struck me. Going, literally, to the sound of the guns, and they're pulling everything they can off the dudes retreating: ammo, genades, probably other stuff too. That was a pretty powerful scene. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Damned good series, I can watch it over and over again. Agreed. Favorite episode is a tossup between the second half of the pilot where they take out the 105s at Brecourt Manor (sp?) or Crossroads. Both had pretty good firefights, but Crossroads in particular struck me. Going, literally, to the sound of the guns, and they're pulling everything they can off the dudes retreating: ammo, genades, probably other stuff too. That was a pretty powerful scene. Here's a good summary of events for that fight, Easy Company – Band of Brothers – The Crossroads Battle Explained |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:46:36 AM EDT
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That was priceless! This was mine
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldwux1JVdf1qa6j6co1_400.gifhttp://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.Mf81fcce466eb7d411cff9fea62d94ceaH0&w=300&h=169&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sobel (Ross from Friends) was a cocksucker of biggest kind. I enjoyed watching him get his just dessert. Fuckhead. (is that good acting then? hmmmm) I loved the part where he cut the barbed wire fence during the training run when George Luz disguised his voice. Douche got pwned. That was priceless! This was mine
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldwux1JVdf1qa6j6co1_400.gifhttp://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.Mf81fcce466eb7d411cff9fea62d94ceaH0&w=300&h=169&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 Though Dick Winters would never admit it, numerous other respected Toccoa-Men have stated throughout the years that the reason Easy Co. was more successful than any other company in the battalion was because Sobel pushed them so much harder in training. He was by all accounts a tactical catastrophe and could barely do 30 pushups, but through his leadership Easy Co. trained harder and more than everyone else. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:53:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Agreed. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Wish they'd make a few more series in the same manner for Korea and Vietnam. Agreed. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I wish some of the other participants in WWII made their own BoB versions. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:54:07 AM EDT
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Though Dick Winters would never admit it, numerous other respected Toccoa-Men have stated throughout the years that the reason Easy Co. was more successful than any other company in the battalion was because Sobel pushed them so much harder in training. He was by all accounts a tactical catastrophe and could barely do 30 pushups, but through his leadership Easy Co. trained harder and more than everyone else. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sobel (Ross from Friends) was a cocksucker of biggest kind. I enjoyed watching him get his just dessert. Fuckhead. (is that good acting then? hmmmm) I loved the part where he cut the barbed wire fence during the training run when George Luz disguised his voice. Douche got pwned. That was priceless! This was mine
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldwux1JVdf1qa6j6co1_400.gifhttp://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.Mf81fcce466eb7d411cff9fea62d94ceaH0&w=300&h=169&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 Though Dick Winters would never admit it, numerous other respected Toccoa-Men have stated throughout the years that the reason Easy Co. was more successful than any other company in the battalion was because Sobel pushed them so much harder in training. He was by all accounts a tactical catastrophe and could barely do 30 pushups, but through his leadership Easy Co. trained harder and more than everyone else. Winters said in his book he never cared for Sobel and thought he was a goofball and a kiss ass. He was a good training officer, that's it. Sink knew he was a liability in combat and that's why he reassigned him before the invasion, |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 11:56:37 AM EDT
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Winters said in his book he never cared for Sobel and thought he was a goofball and a kiss ass. He was a good training officer, that's it. Sink knew he was a liability in combat and that's why he reassigned him before the invasion, Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sobel (Ross from Friends) was a cocksucker of biggest kind. I enjoyed watching him get his just dessert. Fuckhead. (is that good acting then? hmmmm) I loved the part where he cut the barbed wire fence during the training run when George Luz disguised his voice. Douche got pwned. That was priceless! This was mine
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldwux1JVdf1qa6j6co1_400.gifhttp://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.Mf81fcce466eb7d411cff9fea62d94ceaH0&w=300&h=169&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 Though Dick Winters would never admit it, numerous other respected Toccoa-Men have stated throughout the years that the reason Easy Co. was more successful than any other company in the battalion was because Sobel pushed them so much harder in training. He was by all accounts a tactical catastrophe and could barely do 30 pushups, but through his leadership Easy Co. trained harder and more than everyone else. Winters said in his book he never cared for Sobel and thought he was a goofball and a kiss ass. He was a good training officer, that's it. Sink knew he was a liability in combat and that's why he reassigned him before the invasion, Sink only reassigned him because a bunch of E Co NCOs mutinied. If you actually follow WWII, more American officers in the infantry, even the PIR, were like Sobel than like Winters. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 12:18:09 PM EDT
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Can I retain my man card because I actually served in the 1-501st PIR, one of the units part of that whole mess? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Haven't seen it. GTFO and hand in your Man Card on the way out the door... you'll get it back after you get back from picking BoB up at the store to watch tonight. Can I retain my man card because I actually served in the 1-501st PIR, one of the units part of that whole mess? Don't you realize that you'll never know what it's like to be a soldier until you've watched this TV miniseries? Lol. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:03:29 PM EDT
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In the whole series this is probably my favorite scenes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMk85ZsBh0Agreed. I watch the series once a year. Due to see it again soon... |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:07:14 PM EDT
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One of my favorite scenes.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:09:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:09:55 PM EDT
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Sooooo many good scenes. I even like the one where Winters is swimming in the lake. Oh and Eagles nest.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:10:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The interviews with the real guys are what brings it home. Total respect for those gents. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:11:58 PM EDT
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Thanks that was great. It really puts the charge in perspective. I changed the video. I didn't realize it wasn't in english.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 1:13:01 PM EDT
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Sooooo many good scenes. I even like the one where Winters is swimming in the lake. Oh and Eagles nest. His relationship with Nixon was pretty special. Pretty neat that Nixon got him a job at his parent's factory after the war and I believe that's how Winters met his wife. Nixon got married and divorced a few times and never could kick the booze. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 4:07:59 PM EDT
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His relationship with Nixon was pretty special. Pretty neat that Nixon got him a job at his parent's factory after the war and I believe that's how Winters met his wife. Nixon got married and divorced a few times and never could kick the booze. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sooooo many good scenes. I even like the one where Winters is swimming in the lake. Oh and Eagles nest. His relationship with Nixon was pretty special. Pretty neat that Nixon got him a job at his parent's factory after the war and I believe that's how Winters met his wife. Nixon got married and divorced a few times and never could kick the booze. Wikipedia says otherwise. That he stopped drinking during his last marriage. |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:01:52 PM EDT
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Great series!
"It's okay, we're in a dell" |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:05:48 PM EDT
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"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?"
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:11:23 PM EDT
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Great series! "It's okay, we're in a dell" "Like with fairies and gnomes and shit?..." |
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:17:34 PM EDT
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Watched it with my 14 year old SIL last year, very cool to see her getting into it. Not cool realizing how little is taught about it in her school.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:27:14 PM EDT
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One of my all time favorites. I could watch it over and over.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:32:03 PM EDT
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A truly excellent piece of film making.
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Posted: 2/5/2016 5:35:11 PM EDT
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Great series. I need to stop borrowing it from my father-in-law and just go ahead and buy it
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