A while back, someone had posted about the movie “A Bridge Too Far”. It’s based on the book by the same name, written by Cornelius Ryan. Ryan also wrote “The Longest Day” about the Normandy Invasion, which resulted in the star studded 1964 Film by the same title. Both books are favorites of mine as are both movies. This video examines what the film got right, as well as where they missed the mark or exaggerated some stories. It’s 38 minutes, but pretty well worth it, with good information about the film and the battle itself. 7mm
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The music of the film was composed by one the the Brit airborne guys, so that part of the spirit of the thing is accurate. In the "Longest Day" Richard Todd played the commander of the outfit he was in, the one that took the Pegasus Bridge.
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Thanks for the link. Brung about a couple of hours of googling fer me. Looking up who this or that guy was...
Most German Generals survived the war, which is more than can be said for the landser they commanded.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
Had an Uncle, Sgt Lloyd Flint 82d Airborne killed there at Nijmegen Bridge. He had been wounded by machine gun fire on D Day and recovered in time for Market Garden where a grenade got him. Right after the war some of the guys in his unit came by our house about an hour or so fro Ft Bragg where my aunt was staying at the time and brought some of his things to her. I was only three years old so don't really remember it but one thing she got which she gave to me was a big book with a lot of photography about the 82d and their campaigns from North Africa till the end of the war. Cool book still got it.
Had an Uncle, Sgt Lloyd Flint 82d Airborne killed there at Nijmegen Bridge. He had been wounded by machine gun fire on D Day and recovered in time for Market Garden where a grenade got him. Right after the war some of the guys in his unit came by our house about an hour or so fro Ft Bragg where my aunt was staying at the time and brought some of his things to her. I was only three years old so don't really remember it but one thing she got which she gave to me was a big book with a lot of photography about the 82d and their campaigns from North Africa till the end of the war. Cool book still got it.
Had an Uncle, Sgt Lloyd Flint 82d Airborne killed there at Nijmegen Bridge. He had been wounded by machine gun fire on D Day and recovered in time for Market Garden where a grenade got him. Right after the war some of the guys in his unit came by our house about an hour or so fro Ft Bragg where my aunt was staying at the time and brought some of his things to her. I was only three years old so don't really remember it but one thing she got which she gave to me was a big book with a lot of photography about the 82d and their campaigns from North Africa till the end of the war. Cool book still got it.
Had an Uncle, Sgt Lloyd Flint 82d Airborne killed there at Nijmegen Bridge. He had been wounded by machine gun fire on D Day and recovered in time for Market Garden where a grenade got him. Right after the war some of the guys in his unit came by our house about an hour or so fro Ft Bragg where my aunt was staying at the time and brought some of his things to her. I was only three years old so don't really remember it but one thing she got which she gave to me was a big book with a lot of photography about the 82d and their campaigns from North Africa till the end of the war. Cool book still got it.
My great uncle was a Sgt in F Company 2/504 PIR for Market Garden. He was killed the first part of October somewhere around Nijmegen.
When you think of all the actual combat the 82d saw: North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D Day, Market Garden, Battle Of The Bulge, You wonder what % of them that were involved in all of those campaigns survived the war.
Yeah the 82nd was definitely involved in a lot of action. As far as I can tell he made it to the unit just prior to the Italy campaign, but I never got a chance to ask my grandmother whether he had been involved in that or not. I finally saw some of his service paperwork after she died.
