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re: Question for combat veterans that actually watch war movies
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:21 am to Wolfhound45
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:21 am to Wolfhound45
Hang in there, brother. Wishing the best for your mom. 
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Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:23 am to Wolfhound45
Talked to an old timer, 92 at the time, who had landed on Omaha Beach first day. He said he was able to watch Private Ryan till the end but laughingly admitted he almost pissed his pants during the landing scene : those sounds of bullets everywhere, he called it a pinging sound, was scary as hell. He also commented on the smell, something that can not be duplicated in movies. The smell of cordite was almost overwhelmingly powerful as was the smell of blood, it was everywhere.He also said that he ended up semi buried by 4-5 bodies after an explosion feet away & they had all evacuated their bowels, that stench was all over him. An uncle fought in the Pacific and : hated the Japanese & anything Japanese till the day he die.He also hated MacArthur also as much.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:26 am to Wolfhound45
Well, if you get a break, drinks are on me
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:30 am to threedog79
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what is the most realistic combat movie?
While not a movie, there is a documentary titled "Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force." Uses archival footage and eye-witness accounts.
A lot of folks don't realize just how much of a nightmare it was for those bomber crews; especially when flying unescorted before the P-51 came along. More Eighth Air Force airmen lost there lives in WWII than the entire Marine Corps. Plus an additional 21,000 served in POW camps after surviving a shoot down.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:32 am to threedog79
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My family members that saw combat WWII, Korea, and Vietnam never talked about it, but for those of you that served, what is the most realistic combat movie?
Edit to say that all of the above family members NEVER watched any combat movie...would walk out of the room if one came on the. One family member served in all three...man was hard core. Finished out WWII, infantry in Korea, and a gunner on a Huey in Nam. Unreal what he probably saw. He was considered an “ol man” in Nam
It’s hard to out-do documentaries, and Restrepo is about as good as it gets on that front. I can really only speak to Iraq/Afghanistan.
I recently watched The Outpost, and that was a pretty damn good depiction. The combat scenes in American Sniper were pretty good (minus the ending given Kyle’s penchant for exaggeration). Generation Kill gets a lot right as well.
The Hurt Locker was not accurate in the least.
I’ve always heard that the guys who were in Mogadishu think Black Hawk Down got it mostly right.
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 10:42 am
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:38 am to northshorebamaman
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The thing movies can't capture is how vivid and colorful and surreal everything is. At least for me.
And the smell. And the heat/cold. Hard to convey that in a movie.
I could live to be 150 and never forget what Iraq smelled like.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:47 am to AbuTheMonkey
My ex husband went to Desert Storm and just my experience of being here with babies while they are across the world fighting is enough to keep me from watching war movies. He has been a drug addict ever since he returned (thanks to the "candy man" military doctor/and ptsd I am sure- he was injured and his battle buddy lost multiple limbs).
I have remarried and my husband now watches war movies only if I am not home and I did not do well at the WWII museum in nola, especially the movie. I thought the two wars were so far separated that the history wouldn't affect me but it did.
I have remarried and my husband now watches war movies only if I am not home and I did not do well at the WWII museum in nola, especially the movie. I thought the two wars were so far separated that the history wouldn't affect me but it did.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:53 am to Keltic Tiger
quote:This only sort of pertains to your post but it's a quiet saturday morning, I'm smoking a bowl, and this topic has me feeling all reflective for some reason so frick it.
Talked to an old timer, 92 at the time, who had landed on Omaha Beach first day. He said he was able to watch Private Ryan till the end but laughingly admitted he almost pissed his pants during the landing scene : those sounds of bullets everywhere, he called it a pinging sound, was scary as hell. He also commented on the smell, something that can not be duplicated in movies. The smell of cordite was almost overwhelmingly powerful as was the smell of blood, it was everywhere.
What those guys experienced was orders of magnitude more intense than anything I ever saw and their mission was actually critical but looking back it just feels reckless. Like wtf was I even doing there (obviously the WW2 guys probably didn't ask themselves this)?
It might be part of the reason a lot of guys don't talk that much about it. It gives me the same feeling I get when I think about drunk driving back then. "what the hell was I thinking?".
Not trying to take away from how anyone else feels about their time.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:57 am to Swamp Angel
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There is absolutely no fricking way that a movie could portray the noise and hell that results from a short 155mm HE round impacting 200 meters in front of your position.
Danger close (way close) with 2,000 pounders. Fun times! It’s a goddamn miracle no one lost their head to shrapnel. The concussion alone, up close,...
As an audio nut, I’d love to see them reproduce that experience. You’ll have people puking on themselves in the theater.
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 10:59 am
Posted on 3/27/21 at 10:58 am to northshorebamaman
quote:
it's a quiet saturday morning, I'm smoking a bowl,
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:03 am to northshorebamaman
How long did you hang around after the invasion?
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:08 am to upgrayedd
6 months that time. I was allowed to come home with the advance party because I'd only been back from a previous deployment 4 months earlier.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:15 am to northshorebamaman
Damn.
Where was the previous deployment?
Where was the previous deployment?
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:17 am to upgrayedd
Djibouti 
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:21 am to northshorebamaman
Gross. I thought that place was just for the USMC.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:28 am to upgrayedd
It was French originally. I don't know who ultimately took control. Was joint initially.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:31 am to threedog79
Jarhead
That being said the dude who wrote was a shitbird and his reference of the “suck” was not on point.
That being said the dude who wrote was a shitbird and his reference of the “suck” was not on point.
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 11:32 am
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:34 am to TexasTiger90
Did y’all finish the movie and make him sit in the food court for a few more hours? Or did y’all leave as well?
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:44 am to chew4219
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Generation Kill
I really enjoyed this series, and have always wondered what actual Desert Storm vets thought of it.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:46 am to lostinbr
quote:Generation Kill was OIF
I really enjoyed this series, and have always wondered what actual Desert Storm vets thought of it.
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