Easy Company paratroopers jump behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day and struggle to reunite in hostile territory.Easy Company paratroopers jump behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day and struggle to reunite in hostile territory.Easy Company paratroopers jump behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day and struggle to reunite in hostile territory.
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- TriviaIt is generally thought in the Army that Winters deserved a Medal of Honor for his attack at Brecourt Manor instead of the Distinguished Service Cross, but there was another Medal of Honor given in another D-Day action and there was a concern about giving out too many.
- GoofsIn "Day of Days", during the assault on the Brecourt Manor guns when "Buck" Compton throws a grenade at a fleeing German soldier which appears to explode on impact with him. This is no goof, as Compton (a baseball player at the university) timed the throw so the grenade exploded when close to the German. The grenades had timed fuses, and didn't explode on impact. (See Ambrose, Stephen, "Band of Brothers" page 97.)
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Richard D. Winters: Flash!
Pvt. John 'Cowboy' Hall: Shit!
Richard D. Winters: I don't think that's the correct reply, trooper. I say flash, you say thunder.
Pvt. John 'Cowboy' Hall: Yes, sir. Thunder, sir.
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Misdrop to Machineguns
Though one may not have seen the first episode in the series, it's still easy to appreciate from the limited introduction the mood of the story, and get into the plot, as the story explains itself throughout, all the while maintaining a fast pace and intensity. I was also struck by the lack of soundtrack or musical accompaniment that prevails in many action scenes in other movies or series. Despite this, and possibly because of this, the realism is increased if anything. The audience isn't spared the blood and carnage that has become a theme in recent war films, which, contrary to older ones that decreased graphic content and upped the heroics, goes to show the true nature of war as apposed to the "dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" view shown in John Wayne-esquire films. Rather than an inappropriate element that should be censored or taken down a notch, this should be incorporated into other films of the genre lest there be any false notions of the true nature of war-especially on a man-to-man level.
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- galen-robinson
- Mar 19, 2009
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