Sponsor |  iamdone | Sep 25, 2007 7:57pm | omg. tonight's show... the story about Babe and all. :(
it really brought it all home for me. i have a ship log and some pictures of my grandpa when he was in this war. it was so interesting to see what was going on in the rest of the war while following along with where he was at the time. |
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|  barrelhead | Sep 25, 2007 9:17pm | | Tonight's episode 3 was the most interesting yet. |
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Sponsor | | Vortexfugue | Sep 25, 2007 9:21pm | | Tomorrow night is the Normandy landing, I think that's going to be even more interesting. I expected Babe to die, it seemed to be moving in that direction. The episode took a positive turn with breaking off the beach head, his letters were upbeat, then his sister was reading her letter to him... then I knew what was coming next. :( |
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 |  3195453 | Sep 25, 2007 10:21pm | | This was an interesting episode. I had no clue the racial tensions were that intense and volatile in the war towns. |
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Sponsor | | Vortexfugue | Sep 30, 2007 11:23pm | | I found part 5, FUBAR, to be the best episode yet! I even shed some tears when the soldier read the letter he never sent to his wife. And the major who can never again see a Thanksgiving dinner without breaking down was almost too much. So much of this I never stopped to think about before. And the desecration of the dead by some of the Allied soldiers, wow. I never realized there were so many unnecessary excursions with no tactical value that ended up being places to be mowed down in. Yep, great episode, FUBAR indeed! |
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| | barrelhead | Oct 2, 2007 8:55pm | | Altogether an excellent series. |
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| | 3195453 | Oct 3, 2007 10:20am | | An amazing series that didn't seem to gloss over the snafu's or the fubar's. Sledge's story was poignant. |
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Sponsor | | Vortexfugue | Oct 3, 2007 10:41am | | Yes, a most amazing and fascinating series... I enjoyed every minute of it! |
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| | barrelhead | Nov 12, 2007 9:36am | | I just bought the book, and looking forward to reading. |
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