D-Day

Originally posted by Surtur
We can never forget the great sacrifices the USA and its allies made this day.

RIP to those who lost their lives fighting for freedom
RIP to those who survived the battle, but have since passed on
Best wishes to those who are still alive

The world owes you a debt that can never be repaid.

To my fellow posters: this thread is meant to celebrate the lives of those who fought, please refrain from being negative

Originally posted by Stringer
We should of dropped more nukes, imo.

Started rewatching Band Of Brothers, watched the Day Of days episode yesterday then realised halfway through that it was D-Day.

Originally posted by samhain
Started rewatching Band Of Brothers, watched the Day Of days episode yesterday then realised halfway through that it was D-Day.

Yeah I started rewatching Band of Brothers last week, I'm on Bastogne now.

Originally posted by Surtur
Yeah I started rewatching Band of Brothers last week, I'm on Bastogne now.

Haven't watched it for about 15 years or so now, still looks just as good today. You can only tell it's old because of the star-studded cast all looking a lot younger.

Yesterday 'Saving Private Ryan' was on. Damn those first 20 minutes are still jaw-dropping.

So many young lives ended so quickly. Those vets who were at the 75th anniversary celebration were truly blessed on two counts: surviving That Day, and then living long afterward.

Originally posted by samhain
Haven't watched it for about 15 years or so now, still looks just as good today. You can only tell it's old because of the star-studded cast all looking a lot younger.

First time I saw that film was in Basic training. Our Drill Sergeant wanted to show us how good we have it. We didn’t watch the whole film, but skipped us through the worse of the war.

Scared the shit out of me.

Originally posted by Stringer
We should of dropped more nukes, imo.

For Once I agree with ol String Cheese... Once we got done with teh Germs and Jap....ANESE we should steam rolled the Sov into a Glowing Shit Pile. They did turn out to be WORSE THEN HITLER!!!!!

Originally posted by samhain
Started rewatching Band Of Brothers, watched the Day Of days episode yesterday then realised halfway through that it was D-Day.

What?

You only realised after rewatching?

How do you miss this scene the first time?

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Originally posted by jaden_2.0
What?

You only realised after rewatching?

How do you miss this scene the first time?

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Lets Blame the Poor Leftwing Controlled Education System.

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]Lets Blame the Poor Leftwing Controlled Education System. [/B]

Sounds good to me. They should make Band of Brothers compulsory viewing in school. And everywhere else.

Parts of the Mulberry harbour were still intact 20/years ago.

My favorite WWII movie is Downfall with the late Bruno Ganz. Private Ryan is American propaganda, but I enjoy this scene:

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Seeing how dysfunctional the US army is compared to Axis is great.

"American propaganda." 🙄

Sure it is. 🙄

In the Long run we shouldn't have lost the llives of those Americans to save Europe or England... They weren't worth the blood.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
What?

You only realised after rewatching?

How do you miss this scene the first time?

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You misunderstood what I said. I wasn't saying that I didn't recognise the episode took place during D-Day, rather that I was watching the episode on June 6th completely coincidentally and only clicked it was the anniversary about halfway through. Jeebus, you'd have to be pretty thick to not know that the episode is set on D-Day, pretty sure they even use the phrase D-Day in the episode too.

Ah right. 😄

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