[DaveTinCT]

Read the book by Dr. Stephen Ambrose. The series followed the book to a "T".
I also think the series was better than Saving Private Ryan.
I read recently that Spielberg is mulling over the idea of an Iwo Jima movie. I hope so.
Dave T

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[IHaveNOFriendsAndISuck]

ya, the book is amazing. im half way through.
i hope that iwo jima movie comes true.

[snow]

Having read Steven Ambrose's book and watched the TV show, I was interested to read up more on the men of Easy company. There's a really good link here:
http://www.101airborneww2.com/bandofbrothers.html

it evaluates each episode one by one stating which things were slightly exaggerated etc. There's some good pics as well.

Actually the series has a lot more in it than the book. They did a lot of their own interviewing, etc. and Dick Winters came over to act as advisor, etc. They also put things in he chose to leave out of the book.

I think it is nice Ambrose has popularized so many of his subjects in recent years, but I think he leaves a lot to be desired as a writer. He writes ABOUT history, but is not a historian. He clearly grew up seeing the G.I.s and vets as larger than life heros and his own peronsal opinions and prejudices come through too much - i.e. he clearly has a hero worship thing for tough guys and personal distain for anyone who shows any frailty or weakness and it shows up in all his books from the Lewis and Clark one through Band of Brothers.

But I always wanted someone to do a movie based on his Pegasus Bridge book, about the British 6th Airbourne glider troops that lead the first attack at midnight on D-Day.

I would have loved to have had his job!

As for Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers is a GREAT book. If you want to get a good feeling for what it is really like to go to hell and back read that book. It is written by the son of one of the "flag raisers" who found a shoebox full of momentos in the closet of his late father and who decided to investigate into why his father refused to talk about it, and why the flag raisers were haunted by the fact everyone made heroes out of them when all they did was raise a flag and a lot of other guys on Iwo did far more heroic stuff than they.

Clearly one of the best books ever written about the front line Marines fighting the Japanese.

Perhaps that is what they are thinking of making into a movie.

As for Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers is a GREAT book. If you want to get a good feeling for what it is really like to go to hell and back read that book. It is written by the son of one of the "flag raisers" who found a shoebox full of momentos in the closet of his late father and who decided to investigate into why his father refused to talk about it, and why the flag raisers were haunted by the fact everyone made heroes out of them when all they did was raise a flag and a lot of other guys on Iwo did far more heroic stuff than they.

Clearly one of the best books ever written about the front line Marines fighting the Japanese.

Perhaps that is what they are thinking of making into a movie.

[W. Voss]

I wish I could see BOB but I live in Canada and I can't afford it.

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[FuBarGrn]

I think it is coming out on VHS/DVD sometime in the future......

[hossy904]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FuBarGrn:
I think it is coming out on VHS/DVD sometime in the future......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Fall 2002, I read somewhere...easy to find on KaZaA, though poor quality.

That provided link for more BoB/Easy Company info a couple posts above was EXCELLENT! I'll have to go back a few times to read it all, but what I read was great. Thanx!

[DaveTinCT]

Yes, Flags Of Our Fathers was excellent. I read that one about... a year ago? Time flies.
Dave T

[FrAgMaN]

Yea the BAND OF BROTHERS was the best ive seen:......BUT

Lets not forget that the war wasint just about U.S of A..There were other country's that didint Fair so well.......


I hope this doesint upset any of u nice guys

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[SickTwan.NL]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by W. Voss:
I wish I could see BOB but I live in Canada and I can't afford it.

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look for it on kaZaA

[Manny]

Just wondrin'
Has anybody read "The Guns of Navarone"?
Is it any good?

[mizat0]

if u wanna read an excellent book on the 101st Airborne; pick up a copy of "Seven Roads to Hell, Screaming Eagle at Bastonge"

[dynomite]

The Iwo Jima movie is very likely to happen, although we probably won't see it till 2004-2005 is my guess.

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