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Offline DiabloTX

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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #30 on: December 28, 2008, 04:24:15 PM »
Wrongway left out one, and probably the best written one:

Parachute Infantry - David Kenyon Webster

Malarkey is particularly hard on Webster and he doesn't have a lot of good things to say about Nixon either.  All in all the books are a must read if your a BOB fan.
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2008, 05:07:37 PM »
Even in the tightest "families" brothers feud and sometimes dislike each other. It doesn't mean they don't have a bond. I salute them all for having been there and done what they did. We owe them for their sacrifices.
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2008, 05:41:51 PM »
I have never seen it, but it looks like an amazing series. 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GxNGOmxkL4I&feature=channel_page  This is a VERY well done montage for the series...  makes me want to watch it even more. 
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #33 on: December 28, 2008, 05:48:37 PM »
Quote from: Oogly50 on December 28, 2008, 05:41:51 PM
I have never seen it, but it looks like an amazing series. 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GxNGOmxkL4I&feature=channel_page  This is a VERY well done montage for the series...  makes me want to watch it even more. 
Wow, you've never seen BOB?  I suggest renting or wait until History channel runs it again, they run the whole series a couple times a year, best war movie or show ever made, your guaranteed to love it, and best part it's about 12 hours long.
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2008, 07:05:55 PM »
Quote from: Selino631 on December 27, 2008, 02:42:38 PM
Band of Brothers is my favorite mini series next to Generation Kill :rock

My favorite line is when George Luz says:

"hey paul this guy here says the GERMANS... are BAD!!" in the "why we fight" episode.

Eh, I perfer, "Gory gory what a helluva way to die, gory gory what a helluva way to die, gory gory what a helluva way to die, we ain't gonna jump no more."

Or, "She's taking the dog... She doesn't even like that damn dog!!"
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2008, 07:09:16 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on December 28, 2008, 05:07:37 PM
Even in the tightest "families" brothers feud and sometimes dislike each other. It doesn't mean they don't have a bond. I salute them all for having been there and done what they did. We owe them for their sacrifices.
 :salute

In one passage Malark writes at one reunion Nixon, who apparently had a bit too much hooch, was calling out Compton and generally belittling him.  Malark stood up, got Nix's attention, and yelled, "How many silver star's you got, Nix?"  Nixon quickly shut up.
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2008, 11:42:48 PM »
I read Parachute Infantry at least a half dozen times in high school.  I was very pleased when Webster had an episode featuring him.  He made no attempts to conceal that he was in company of what I'd call better soldiers.  I can see where the way he thought and his outlook on experiencing the war wouldn't gel with those of a typical parachute infantryman.
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Re: Band of Brothers
« Reply #37 on: December 29, 2008, 12:18:14 AM »
Ambrose describes Webster as a "keen observer".  Talk about restrained understatement.  Webster was a journalist first and foremost, which makes his book all that much more extraordinary.  It definitely has a different perspective on the experiences and he really pulls no punch.  Like you I thoroughly enjoyed his book.
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