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re: Rewatching Band of Brothers today
Posted on 5/29/18 at 7:41 am to SECMAN16
Posted on 5/29/18 at 7:41 am to SECMAN16
I watch BoB every Memorial Weekend. My dad was a paratrooper in WWII. He was in the 508 PIR not 506 like BoB. He never talked about his service in WWII, even though I asked often because I was a history major. I hope BoB gave me a glimpse of what it was like. Dad was 18 when he served. Amazes me when I think about that.
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Posted on 5/29/18 at 7:53 am to LSUDonMCO
I have it on DVD, and need to make another rewatch. It is the greatest mini-series ever on television, IMO.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 2:08 pm to LSUDonMCO
Man, I binged almost the entire thing yesterday.
Their first jump during the invasion at night with the planes and anti-aircraft artillary is one of the most intense scenes I've ever seen in a movie or TV.
You're sitting on a couch at home scared shiteless.
Their first jump during the invasion at night with the planes and anti-aircraft artillary is one of the most intense scenes I've ever seen in a movie or TV.
You're sitting on a couch at home scared shiteless.
Posted on 5/29/18 at 3:35 pm to LSUDonMCO
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I watch BoB every Memorial Weekend. My dad was a paratrooper in WWII. He was in the 508 PIR not 506 like BoB.
My great Uncle was a Marine in Okinawa, so I watch the Pacific too. And then when the war ended he was stationed in Shanghai for 5 years to help rebuild that country.
I also have a great Uncle on my Mom's side who served in Africa under Rommel. My grandparents and extended family were displaced persons from Croatia and first got shipped to Poland in a camp and then to army barracks in Austria.
And in Austria, every living boy got conscripted into the Army. A great Uncle was little more than a teenager and got captured in North Africa and was shipped to Texas as a POW. He said it was the greatest time in his life as they got to go to town and pick up girls...and it got him out of the war. He was shipped back to Austria after the war and lived to be 90.
So sort of odd, that I have relatives on each side...my mother was a child during the war living in Europe and my great Uncle on my Dad's side was fighting in Okinawa.
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