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Old 06-07-2015, 10:23 AM
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Personally, one of my favorite movies is Saving Private Ryan. Seen it at least 10 times. After time #3 or so, I simply cannot watch the first 20 minutes of that film anymore. It no doubt captures (as well as a film can) the horror those men went through early in that operation. Hard to imagine how so many of the early ones on those beaches survived at all.
I watched "D-Day in HD" on the History channel yesterday. The interviews with survivors and the graphic film did a good job in painting the horror of that invasion. 85% casualties in the first wave on Omaha Beach. They even had commentary from a German soldier who was defending the beach and later was inland.
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