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BigmanPigman

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6. The first 20 minutes is bloodbath.

Reply to redwitch (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2024, 07:27 PM

May 2024

I cry when I see it, no matter how often.

I visited the cemetery and saw the old caissons still in the ocean. No one on my tour knew what caissons were and how those behemoths went across the channel to create a false harbor. I finally figured it out.
It is called the Mulberry Harbour...incredible engineering!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour

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I decided to watch Saving Private Ryan today. [View all] redwitch May 2024 OP

Excellent movie. Irish_Dem May 2024 #1

When you have time Beachnutt May 2024 #2

Saw it for the first time quite recently. Mme. Defarge May 2024 #3

There's bad news and good news regarding that bone-rattling scene on Omaha Beach. Aristus May 2024 #16

Hate to admit I've never seen it senseandsensibility May 2024 #4

My father was a heavy machine gunner who landed on Omaha Beach on D-day. elocs May 2024 #5

I don't know how anyone can experience that and remain sane. redwitch May 2024 #9

The first 20 minutes is bloodbath. BigmanPigman May 2024 #6

I saw it in the theater ok_cpu May 2024 #8

The actor portraying the elderly man at the gravesite who weeps Torchlight May 2024 #7

Saving Private Ryan opening cemetery scene + Omaha Beach Scene [4K HDR] Celerity May 2024 #10

Great movie... and the emotion is THOUSANDS of years old. WarGamer May 2024 #11

The first time I saw it the scenes just tore me up. My old man was there but he was on a heavy cruiser mitch96 May 2024 #12

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Watch "We were Soldiers" Beachnutt May 2024 #14

As a Vietnam vet, I can tell you that is absolutely true. MarineCombatEngineer May 2024 #17

You do need to go visit the Normandy gravesite. Both my wife and I were shocked and saddened when we saw all Wonder Why May 2024 #15

It wasn't Saving Private Ryan but a documentary I saw that Nixie May 2024 #18