lee harvey
Ex-Bluelighter
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- Jun 24, 2005
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I'm glad some other people love this series as much as I did. I was really impressed with the authenticity of it. Blue, I also felt the shivers down my spine when the greenlight switched and they jumped and it was a breathtaking view of the deep blue night sky filled with flak explosions, death, anti aircraft fire, and total chaos parachuting right into the heart of hell.
One of my favorite episodes was #3 CARENTAN when they were ambushed and pinned down on the road out of Carentan. The scene with Blith in the Foxhole scared shitless. I don't remember the exact quote but one of the CO's said to Blith " You know why you laid in that ditch all day instead of find your company and fight? Blith answers: "Because I was scared" CO says: "No Blith, we're ALL scared. You laid in that ditch all day because you have hope, you have hope that you'll live through this. The second you realize you're already dead is when you become an effective soldier."
That sequence was pretty intense whe the Tiger tanks were pounding their dug in positions and Hallelujah the Sherman armored division rolls up and wastes the Germans.
Also the scenes where Winters keeps having flashbacks of killing the young German soldier, that hit home. Especially knowing that in those last desparate days of the war, Hitler sent every last young kid he could at us, usually to their death, 14-year-olds with rifles.
Shit, every episode was great. I liked at the end where they finally infiltrated the Eagles Nest and found Hitlers personal photo albums.
I watched the series pretty much all the way through and I could not stop watching it. And during the battles scenes I was totally riveted and zoned out like I was there. I can't believe how brave some of these people were. It gave me a healthier appreciation for my grandad 89 years old who fought in that war. I recently went through his trunk of WWII stuff, very interesting pieces of history.
One of my favorite episodes was #3 CARENTAN when they were ambushed and pinned down on the road out of Carentan. The scene with Blith in the Foxhole scared shitless. I don't remember the exact quote but one of the CO's said to Blith " You know why you laid in that ditch all day instead of find your company and fight? Blith answers: "Because I was scared" CO says: "No Blith, we're ALL scared. You laid in that ditch all day because you have hope, you have hope that you'll live through this. The second you realize you're already dead is when you become an effective soldier."
That sequence was pretty intense whe the Tiger tanks were pounding their dug in positions and Hallelujah the Sherman armored division rolls up and wastes the Germans.
Also the scenes where Winters keeps having flashbacks of killing the young German soldier, that hit home. Especially knowing that in those last desparate days of the war, Hitler sent every last young kid he could at us, usually to their death, 14-year-olds with rifles.
Shit, every episode was great. I liked at the end where they finally infiltrated the Eagles Nest and found Hitlers personal photo albums.
I watched the series pretty much all the way through and I could not stop watching it. And during the battles scenes I was totally riveted and zoned out like I was there. I can't believe how brave some of these people were. It gave me a healthier appreciation for my grandad 89 years old who fought in that war. I recently went through his trunk of WWII stuff, very interesting pieces of history.
