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A Bridge Too Far (I'm an old paratrooper, so it hits home).
12 Strong (when the Special Forces A-Team went into Afghanistan early on).
Those are two that have been missed so far. They are both worth watching.
A Bridge Too Far was an excellent movie. Unfortunately it shows how “Monty” and the British Generals totally screwed up a military operation based upon their own hubris and narcissism. Too many allied soldiers died in that futile attempt. Another reason why Patton was not too fond of “Monty”. Yeah Patton wasn't narcissistic ...
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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The finest hours coastguard lifeboat Michael Collins. IRA Light Horsemen. battle for beershebs Mad Dog Morgan. Aussie killer
Band of brothers. really a series
Already mentioned, Zulu, u571, zulu dawn, hatfields
There are a lot of movies worth watching if they would put them on.
Masterpiece theatre did " to serve them all my days " !about a teacher in an english boys school; and "Danger UXB. I got into the one about the Norwegian princess and the nazis when I tuned in accidentally
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though. Thanks, Det Powell, ive been trying to remember the name of this unreal cop movie for 2 days. When i saw your post just now it popped into my head. The Onion Field. Unreal great movie. James Wood.
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Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though. Thanks, Det Powell, ive been trying to remember the name of this unreal cop movie for 2 days. When i saw your post just now it popped into my head. The Onion Field. Unreal great movie. James Wood. Joseph Wambaugh had a lot of good novels. He's basically the Clancy of cop stuff. The Choir Boys is a must read if you like that kind of stuff. Lots more, but you gotta know more than the average bear to appreciate some of them. Lines and Shadows was one of my favorites,but it's a little too real for most people to accept. It's a true novel about UC work on the San Diego/ Tijuana border 50 years ago.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though. Dawn Wells?
Epstein didn't kill himself.
"Play Cinnamon Girl you Sonuvabitch!"
Biden didn't win the election.
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though. Thanks, Det Powell, ive been trying to remember the name of this unreal cop movie for 2 days. When i saw your post just now it popped into my head. The Onion Field. Unreal great movie. James Wood. Joseph Wambaugh had a lot of good novels. He's basically the Clancy of cop stuff. The Choir Boys is a must read if you like that kind of stuff. Lots more, but you gotta know more than the average bear to appreciate some of them. Lines and Shadows was one of my favorites,but it's a little too real for most people to accept. It's a true novel about UC work on the San Diego/ Tijuana border 50 years ago. Thanks, Pat. Those people lived though schiett no one outside a world war should ever experience. I dont see how they can even relate to folks who had a normal life. They gave theirs away to make the scum pay. Unreal and unsung heros.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though. That's the way liberals feel about most of the movies written by and directed byJohn Milius. Evil gun owner, hunter and shooter, not a good communist, and even a Board Member with the NRA. That makes him and his movies baaaad! FWIW. L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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We were soldiers once,,and young.
Its not always easy to do the right thing, But it is always the right thing to do.
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"Retch" of Pat McManus fame. May not be a movie, but I've sure visualized a lot of his antics!
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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The Outlaw Josie Wells.
Libs hate to admit it though. Dawn Wells? Dawn Wells starred in a Western named Winter Hawk. The settlers were on a wagon train, it got stranded as I recall. There was a local tribe of wild Indians and the chief was Winter Hawk. At any rate, at the end, Dawn rode off into the sunset on the back of the war pony with Indian chief Winter Hawk! The Indian got the girl! They used to play it on tv about once every four months, haven't seen it in quite a while.
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"To Hell and Back"------Audie Murphy
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Unbroken and Hacksaw Ridge. Two of the newer movies I have liked.
Joe
Doing the right thing is not always the easiest thing. It still needs doing..
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13 Hours, the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
You remember Hilary's comment, "What difference does it make?"
"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen
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Sergeant York and not well known over there : Schtonk!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schtonk! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries
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Zulu (1964) Defense of the mission station at Rorke's Drift.
Counterfeit Traitor (1962) Swedish industrialist aids Allies during World War II.
Dam Busters (1955) British attack on German dams with specially designed bombs.
Lost Battalion (2001) AEF 308 battalion surviving being surrounded during AEF Argonne Forest offensive in World War I. Also a silent movie in 1919 that included several members of the battalion.
Hour of the Gun (1967) What happened after the gunfight at the OK Corral.
Pork Chop Hill (1959) One of the last battles of the Korean "Police Action" before the armistice.
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Superb retelling of events of 1941 through the the Japanese attack on Hawaii.
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