pdfangus
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saving Private Ryan was pretty good as well.
Hunter":qq7pahbw said:Kelly's Hereos.
Band of Brothers was a great series.
Need to watch The Pacific as I heard it was very good as well.
Ky cowboy":2ys3k7nl said:I think HBO is making anew series about b52 bombers, Tom Hanks and Spielberg are directing suppose to be a mini series too. As far as ww2 movies the fury with brad Pitt is a good one that hasn't been mentioned yet.
Son of Butch":21iqoyql said:Das Boot (1981) "40,000 men were sent out on German U-boats... 30,000 never returned"
If you haven't seen it...It's kind of a mental grind.
Story of one crew dealing with daily demands and suicidal missions coming down from superiors.
All the while knowing they're nothing more than an expendable resource of the third reich.
Caustic Burno":1gjyt1sl said:I was raised by those men.
As mentioned before had an uncle at Pearl the morning of, two more uncles that island hopped the Pacific.
Dad was in the Mediterranean campaign
along with Normandy .
I think very few today have the mettle of that generation.
Ky cowboy":qpg1w1fg said:I think HBO is making anew series about b52 bombers, Tom Hanks and Spielberg are directing suppose to be a mini series too. As far as ww2 movies the fury with brad Pitt is a good one that hasn't been mentioned yet.
warped04":3q5rnvwj said:Caustic Burno":3q5rnvwj said:I was raised by those men.
As mentioned before had an uncle at Pearl the morning of, two more uncles that island hopped the Pacific.
Dad was in the Mediterranean campaign
along with Normandy .
I think very few today have the mettle of that generation.
I had huge respect for my grandfathers. I believe the Boy Scouts back in those days (ending in my youth) was a recruitment for the military. One grandfather flew B26 over Africa (got shot down twice), and my other was a gunner on a battleship.
Although I agree with your statement about people today (trying not to get too off topic), and certainly true in the millennial generation, I think your seeing a huge movement in my generation (gen x), who are taking the "modern homesteading" as the beginning of bringing back that mettle. Although it's later in our lives, late 30's early 40's, we've seen what was lost and are trying to bring it back. Whether or not it takes, who knows. We are almost fighting the "city movement" over the last 8-12 years and taking our real estate "funny money" and slowing down life.
Caustic Burno":3mf72d8n said:I was raised by those men.warped04":3mf72d8n said:I love Midway, and Band of Brothers. The Great Escape was amazing, along with the Dirty Dozen. Tora! Tora! Tora! and Memphis Belle. I'm sure there are others. I'm a sucker for WWII movies, and sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. Maybe it's just because my grandfather flew a B26.
As mentioned before had an uncle at Pearl the morning of, two more uncles that island hopped the Pacific.
Dad was in the Mediterranean campaign
along with Normandy .
I think very few today have the mettle of that generation.
As long as you're gonna cheat then go with the Best War Movie Ever... Apocalypse Nowgreybeard":3ccavhiu said:I liked Battleground.
Porkchop Hill, but that was a Korean War movie.
pdfangus":3184azox said:In my part of the world we are seeing a lot of this...
younger families who want some acreage and a cow and some goats and chickens to produce their own food. willing to work to clean up tough land...learning a lot of stuff the hard way...but most are affluent enough to do it anyway...
greybeard":1can24xl said:I liked Battleground.
Porkchop Hill, but that was a Korean War movie.
Son of Butch":3dbdudn9 said:The Bridge Over The River Kwai
Should receive honorable mention for having best musical score with allied troops whistling the popular WWII melody
"Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" The song was whistled because the censors considered the lyrics too vulgar.
Hitler has only got one ball
Goring has two but they are very small
Himmler has something similar
But poor Goebbels has no balls at all