If I go tell my mom I'm going to mow the lawn, should she be afraid I may be shot down in the yard? heh [img]
Those photos are amazing. I just wanted to point out, that the second photograph is sort of shown in the Pearl Harbor movie, with the Japanese...
hmm.. i never knew about this guy, Dorie Miller.. and I thought I saw what you described in the trailer for the movie Pearl Harbor.. just checked...
"I'm the boss.. need the info": http://www.philsch.k12.pa.us/it/EC/IMedia/USSMason.html http://www.hnn.navy.mil/Archives/000128/cmdrcol.htm
Well, Patton was a decoy along with a lot of his army in Italy. Also, the Allies were feeding the Germans misinformation that the landing would...
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erich Hartmann: He disobeyed orders to shoot children??? As a German, he must have got himself...
I think that during the war, Germany was very strong. Probably the strongest. They were building the best tanks, planes, and had the best...
For most of the French and English, and Americans, with the exception of North Africa, were working on the offensive. They had been ed and...
Well, I did go and see the movie, and I have to say that I enjoyed it for the most part. It kind of pisses me off that this could have been such...
I don't think Germany was doing good after the war. They had lost everything. The Russians had taken part of Berlin and divided the country. It...
http://www.movieheadlines.net/default.php3?reviewid=112 Good review. Gives some very good insight into the movie. I'm going to see it on Sunday....
Actually, on subs, and pretty much all of the armed forces in ww2, blacks were only allowed to do non-combat jobs, like cook, or mechanic, etc. As...
Just to clarify, the black man was a cook, as you see when they are en route to U571. He is then on the deck taking in prisoners when the U.S. sub...
I saw "The Battle of the Bulge" on AMC a while back, and although the Germans speak English in the movie, it's a really cool movie, with lots of...
Well, if it is indeed, fiction, I hope it is a good film, without too much hollywood. ------------------ "Goddamn it, you'll never get the Purple...
I was referring to the U.S. Glider Infantry. I wasn't aware that Germany even had Glider Inf. Units. ------------------ "Goddamn it, you'll never...
Glider Infantry usually suffered heavy losses. This was usually do to: 1) Enemy Fire on the way down 2) Crap on the ground like Large sharp...
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0215750 Enemy at the Gates About the Sniper skirmish between Germany's Konig and Russia's Zeitsev. Looks like it is...
One of my favorite and the most rich in information about the invasion of Normandy is http://normandy.eb.com ------------------ "Goddamn it,...
I'm wondering what everyone's thoughts are on the atomic bomb? Do you think it was justified? Do you think invading Japan would have been a better...