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Meshak · 12-13-2002, 03:48 PM

Yeah if you ever get a chance to sit and talk to a WWII combat vet, it's a great experience. My dad is in his 70's and is an IWO Jima vet. I continue to be amazed of the things he and his buddies went through and what they sacrificed.

In my opinion, no movie....and I think Saving Private Ryan was a good as it gets for realism, has been made that shows what it was really like.

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Missed it by 10 years Joe , I went by the big six-oh on Dec. 8th.
I don't think I'm the oldest on this forum though , there was a guy here who's 66 several months ago but I havne't seen him post lately. I believe I am the oldest in OTD.
I think the theme of this game is what draws the older people because when we were young there was a lot more press about WW2 and we kinda grew up with the stories. And every other movie released was about the war.
Lately there is a lot more interest in the war because sadly the WW2 Vets are dying off at a rate of about 1000 a week. Soon there will be no one left from the "last great generation" that fought and saved the world that we live in. Depressing isn't it ?

Okay, I'm 60 , now where in the hell is all that wisdom I'm supposed to have ? biggrin: biggrin: biggrin:[/quote]

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Meshak is Offline Junior Member Posts: 6 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South East U.S.	12-13-2002, 03:48 PM Yeah if you ever get a chance to sit and talk to a WWII combat vet, it's a great experience. My dad is in his 70's and is an IWO Jima vet. I continue to be amazed of the things he and his buddies went through and what they sacrificed. In my opinion, no movie....and I think Saving Private Ryan was a good as it gets for realism, has been made that shows what it was really like. __________________________________________________ ________ Missed it by 10 years Joe , I went by the big six-oh on Dec. 8th. I don't think I'm the oldest on this forum though , there was a guy here who's 66 several months ago but I havne't seen him post lately. I believe I am the oldest in OTD. I think the theme of this game is what draws the older people because when we were young there was a lot more press about WW2 and we kinda grew up with the stories. And every other movie released was about the war. Lately there is a lot more interest in the war because sadly the WW2 Vets are dying off at a rate of about 1000 a week. Soon there will be no one left from the "last great generation" that fought and saved the world that we live in. Depressing isn't it ? Okay, I'm 60 , now where in the hell is all that wisdom I'm supposed to have ? biggrin: biggrin: biggrin:[/quote]