Jumpin' Joe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beyrle
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
lol he got the objectives done all by himself? Who was the other guy you were talking about who took out 70 germans by himself?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_C._Summers
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Higgins
SSD 177
WW2 was won in a large part due to logistics (as is any war), it's funny the things that top commanders credit with winning the war.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Nah, Audie won the war. :)
These are the kind of stories most deserving for a film on them. Those would be awesome.
Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever.
Which is something I've never understood. There are a lot of amazing and heroic stories out there that studio's could go after. Instead we get re-make after re-make. Hell they're even remaking Red Dawn. Why not start making movies about some of our countries greatest warriors.
[quote="hairy_apple"]... and on and on. I believe it was a converted higgins boat that was my grandfather's first commerial fishing boat.[/quote]
SSD 177
[quote="Bizcuits"]Which is something I've never understood. There are a lot of amazing and heroic stories out there that studio's could go after. Instead we get re-make after re-make. Hell they're even remaking Red Dawn. Why not start making movies about some of our countries greatest warriors.[/quote]
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
lol I remember reading about the bear before :) That story reminded me of Hellboy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4
SSD 177
I heard today that 1800 WW2 vets die every day in the US. Lets keep this thread going with there stories. I think it would be a cool way to honor those guys who gave so much for the world.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
[quote="hairy_apple"]I heard today that 1800 WW2 vets die every day in the US. Lets keep this thread going with there stories. I think it would be a cool way to honor those guys who gave so much for the world.[/quote]
http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html
KWA M4
70 years ago today, Germany invaded Poland and WW2 started. Two days later England and France declared war on Germany. On the 17 September the USSR invaded Poland. By 6 October 1939 Poland was totally occupied. During WW2 Poland lost 6-7 million citizens. The invasion, occupation, and the holocaust cost Poland 20% of it's pre war population.
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies
KWA M4
there is a film company up in Oregon telling the story of the PAthfinders of the 504th and 508th. check out the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_Zaitsev
it looks okay, except for the 'speech' on the aircraft while in flight. aircraft are noisy, especially with the side hatch open, that's why jumpmasters have hand and arm signals to go along with the vocals, too hard to hear. i'd probably go see it, it is an untold story. most people don't even know what pathfinders are or what they do. it's about time.