OT: Saving Private Ryan

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: denisonh

More like If you don't want to die when your house burns down, be prepared for it when it does.

Forward thinking and preparation are the best ways to prevent bad things from happening.

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

Let him who desires peace prepare for war

Vegetatus

Isn't that like saying "let him who doesn't want to play football prepare for the kickoff?"

BTW where at in N. VA are you from Denisonh, Rockwellville? Which defense contractor do you work for? [:D]

[denisonh]

It is called having smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and an evacuation plan. Walking though procedures in case of a fire with family members to ensure they what to do in the case of a fire, so that your evacuation plan can be conducted without panicing, or put the fire out before it becomes catastrophic.

And not playing with matches, or building a bonfire in your living room help as well.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: denisonh

More like If you don't want to die when your house burns down, be prepared for it when it does.

Forward thinking and preparation are the best ways to prevent bad things from happening.

I would have thought the best way not to die from your house burning down would be to avoid playing with matches. [:-]

[denisonh]

Alexandria, and I am an Army Officer that works manpower planning.

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: denisonh

More like If you don't want to die when your house burns down, be prepared for it when it does.

Forward thinking and preparation are the best ways to prevent bad things from happening.

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress



Isn't that like saying "let him who doesn't want to play football prepare for the kickoff?"

BTW where at in N. VA are you from Denisonh, Rockwellville? Which defense contractor do you work for? [:D]

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Sarge

[;)]

Guess some have never read philosophy

Sarge, you are about as gifted a thinker as I am a graphic artist!

I still love your artwork though.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: denisonh

Alexandria, and I am an Army Officer that works manpower planning.

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: denisonh

More like If you don't want to die when your house burns down, be prepared for it when it does.

Forward thinking and preparation are the best ways to prevent bad things from happening.

Oh my swammi powers failed me a little on that one. I must have gotten the signal for "defense contractor" confused with "mr. pocketbook". [:D]

Uh oh, I better throw a little winkie in here just to show I'm kidding. Don't want to be shot as a traitor to the 1000 year Reich. [;)] [8|]

[Sarge]

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: Sarge

[;)]

Guess some have never read philosophy

Sarge, you are about as gifted a thinker as I am a graphic artist!

I still love your artwork though.

Maybe you should do a search as who Vegetius was ,or better yet pick up a book

[denisonh]

It is a hard decision, to try to be funny or be a horse's a$$.[:D] Go for both, why not.

Maybe you can translate you post for a slow foot like myself (Mr Pocketbook, 1000 year reich)

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: denisonh

Alexandria, and I am an Army Officer that works manpower planning.

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

Oh my swammi powers failed me a little on that one. I must have gotten the signal for "defense contractor" confused with "mr. pocketbook". [:D]

Uh oh, I better throw a little winkie in here just to show I'm kidding. Don't want to be shot as a traitor to the 1000 year Reich. [;)] [8|]

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Sarge


Maybe you should do a search as who Vegetius was ,or better yet pick up a book

Sorry Sarge, books on your coffee table don't count. [:-] [:D][>:]

[Sarge]

Enough, flame elsewere

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: denisonh

It is a hard decision, to try to be funny or be a horse's a$$.[:D] Go for both, why not.

Maybe you can translate you post for a slow foot like myself (Mr Pocketbook, 1000 year reich)

At ease soldier. I'm just joking around. Or am I the one who should be standing at your attention? Remember I'm a civilian.

[m10bob]

Some of you guys my age (who have also seen this film) have already beat me up about this, but I really liked that Japanese movie released in the 80's called "ZERO"..It had a lot of really nice model planes flying around, with some life size replicas that would make Hollywood envious.
The Movie closely followed events from Saburo Sakai's book "Samurai" (intentional or otherwise).
The planes in the film include different Zeroes, P'38's, P 39's, P 40's, Wildcats, Corsairs, Betty's, Hellcats, etc..Perfect genre for WITP..
Like the film "PH", it included the gratuitis "love interest" segment, (not needed in a war flick,) but get past that and it's a great popcorn movie.[8D]

[denisonh]

Just trying to make heads or tails of some of your comments, or should I say insinuations?

ORIGINAL: Gary Childress

ORIGINAL: denisonh

It is a hard decision, to try to be funny or be a horse's a$$.[:D] Go for both, why not.

Maybe you can translate you post for a slow foot like myself (Mr Pocketbook, 1000 year reich)

[\quote]

At ease soldier. I'm just joking around. Or am I the one who should be standing at your attention? Remember I'm a civilian.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: denisonh

Just trying to make heads or tails of some of your comments, or should I say insinuations?

Is that really what you were trying to do? In what sort of way were you trying to make "heads or tails" of them? And no I don't think we are Nazi Germany. Please forgive my hyperbole.

[Yamato hugger]

Is there a ransom demand for this thread hi-jacking?

(<- only because no one has used it yet [:D])

[witpqs]

A lesser known war movie that is quite good is The Cruel Sea.

[Micah Goodman]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

I don't know, guys. I'm a little older, and my Dad served in the So Pac in the Corps. I've known a lot of parishioners who are now talking, very quietly about their experiences, including a number in the ETO. A lot of them talk about the things in Private Ryan being all too real - including shooting prisoners, on both sides. And one thing that those who had seen the movie also said was that the opening scenes were almost realistic enough to take them back - but you have to multiply it over 9 km or so.

I am currently reading a book about combat veterans of World War 2. One of the things that the author did mention is the fact that if POW’s survived their initial capture their chances of survival were pretty good on both sides in the ETO at least. A church that I attended as a kid in California had a pastor that was a B-24 pilot in WW II. He got shot down over Romania and was captured by some very angry Germans who lined him up against a wall. He said eight guys pulled the trigger four times and not one round fired. He decided right there and then that the big guy had a plan for his life and swore that if he survived the war he would devote his life to God. My Grandfather who was a Korean and Vietnam War vet often spoke with him about his war experiences some of which I found out later haunt him to this day.

He said something very profound to me after I graduated basic, ‘It doesn’t do you any good surviving a war if what you did to survive kills your soul.” I took me a while to understand what he meant and thankfully I never fired a shot in anger while I was in the Army so I never had to cross that bridge.

On a lighter note another book I read was about a member of the 101st Airborne during D-Day. A group of about thirty paratroopers attacked a fortified position held by a company of German soldiers. The Germans broke and fled because they were convinced that they were under attack by a force that outnumbered them. So the final battle scene in SPR is not completely out of the bounds of possibility.

My favorite war movies, 12 O’clock High, Das Boot, Band of Brothers, All Quiet on the Western Front, We Were Soldiers, Black Hawk Down, When Trumpets Fade, and The Longest Day.

I hated, The Thin Red Line, Platoon, Patton, and Sands of Iwo Jima.

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Yamato hugger

Is there a ransom demand for this thread hi-jacking?

(<- only because no one has used it yet [:D])

Hi Yamato hugger, only that greater understanding of the world be revealed. And even then I may still keep the hostage. [:)]

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Damn, 27 flying Spits... Wonder if there's more than 10 flying in the entire world today?

There sure are Mr T.

A couple of years ago when I went to the 'Flying Legends' at Duxford there were 13 Spits in the air at the sametime. Was a truly fantastic sight and sound it was [8D]

[Terminus]

I'll bet... Have to find some time to go visit Duxford, methinks...

[Speedysteve]

Yes you should. A couple of great museums there and also hangars you can go wandering around in. Whilst in there you may see some guys restoring an engine or plane or two.

Of course if you wait until next Julyish time there will be the Great Warbirds day and a load of flying WW2 aswell [8D]