WWII-history channel

[DECK SWABBER 58]

Anyone watching?
Great stuff. Even if you don't have hd.

200 hrs. of never before seen film gathered from all over the world
the past two years. Mostly color.

My dad was one. Like everyone say's about all of them, he never
talked about it much. I guess I kind of took it for granted until he
died. At his funeral his casket was draped with an American flag,
at the end of the mass they folded it and handed it to my mother.
REALLY moved me. Not many of them left.

If any WWII vet's read's this, THANK YOU.

And THANK YOU to all the veteran's on this site.
PLEASE REMEMBER OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

 

[86 century]

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It's on the dvr for now.

 

[thefairlaneman]

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I have been watching some of it and it is very good.Wish my Dad was alive to see it. He was WW11 vet and was with the same outfit as Audy Murphy

 

[ENSIGN]

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Great series been watching all week

 

[Bob_VT]

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I have been watching some of it and it is very good.Wish my Dad was alive to see it. He was WW11 vet and was with the same outfit as Audy Murphy

1st/15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division..... I was assigned to the 3d Infantry Division and the Museum maintained many Murphy items and his name is the battle cry of the 1/15th Infantry to this day. When I was assigned to the 3d Infantry it was all in Europe but has since been moved to GA.

Go Marne!

 

[JB]

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I like it. It shows the personal experiences of grunts.

Been watching it all week.

 

[tallcanadian]

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We have the history channel as well, probably not the same as you guys. My father served for the Canadian Army and was on the Hitler line in Italy when he was wounded. I found a radio report that was taken place in the same valley and on the same morning that he was hit. It's very haunting.

http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/second_world_war/clips/9860/

 

[angus63]

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I was watching scenes from Saipan and the use of flamethrowers in the caves when my 12 yr old son walked down the stairs (I actually sailed to Saipan in the Merchant Marine and sat on the edge of those cliffs). He stood at the base of the stairs with eyes wide open for several minutes. I toyed with the idea of asking him to leave because the images were pretty intense and then a commercial started and we talked. He, like many of his peers, is big into video games including "Call of Duty". I think he was a bit surprised to discover that the "game" he plays actually occurred to real people and continues today in other places. We had a good little talk and I think he has a better appreciation for those who served and serve today. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the footage.

 

[WizeOne]

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On balance, a pretty good portrayal. Too many advertisements and repeats of introductions. The 'new' footage is pretty hard to pick out. Much of the footage was classic older stuff. They really cut and spliced to put it all together. They also jumped around too much and it kept me up too late each night.

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

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On balance, a pretty good portrayal. Too many advertisements and repeats of introductions. The 'new' footage is pretty hard to pick out. Much of the footage was classic older stuff. They really cut and spliced to put it all together. They also jumped around too much and it kept me up too late each night.

WAY TOO MANY COMMERCIAL'S. We bought a dvr last year. Greatest invention since electricity.

 

[JB]

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I would like it better if they wouldn't jump around from one theater to another, cover events out of sequence and get details wrong.

There is a lot of new material I haven't seen before and I do appreciate that.

And the commercials? ARGH.