Def did not go as expected. What was expected to be a 40 min operation turned into a 24 hour fight for life.
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Black Hawk Down
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Def did not go as expected. What was expected to be a 40 min operation turned into a 24 hour fight for life.
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I shook a BHD members hand about 10 years ago... He told me the movie didn't do any justice but he didn't mind the checks!
Why would he be getting residuals on the movie?
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My first military squad leader was there as a Sniper, I posted about him before on ODT, big Red-Headed Scot, he had(1) confirmed and 2 possible kills on that day. Nicest guy in the world but a BEAST in a fight!!! When, I saw him 9yrs after the fight, he never spoke about it, we are still in contact!!!
At the end of the battle, as depicted in the movie, quite a large group of Rangers and Delta operators were left to run out of the city because there wasn't enough room for all of them in the relief vehicles. That was something of an outrage. Google "Mogadishu Mile"
Audie,Murphy. ...To Hell and back. WW2....movie star played himself and 7 years after the war he looked too young to serve. I meet a Medial of Honor Paratrooper WW2. Knew him for years before a friend told me about his Medial.
I asked him about his meeting Audie. He said they were on the same war bond train crossing the country. He said after a bunch of guys jumped of the train to go home they were chained at ankles.
He said the MP'S would wait at their families and take them back.
He said he jumped the train 3 times then the brass had the chains put on.
Look Magazine took pictures of them from the waste up.
He loved flying his remote control aircraft.
He said he and friend would go to Dobbins and fly. I now know why he had access to go on base.
I asked him about his meeting Audie. He said they were on the same war bond train crossing the country. He said after a bunch of guys jumped of the train to go home they were chained at ankles.
He said the MP'S would wait at their families and take them back.
He said he jumped the train 3 times then the brass had the chains put on.
Look Magazine took pictures of them from the waste up.
He loved flying his remote control aircraft.
He said he and friend would go to Dobbins and fly. I now know why he had access to go on base.
Zulu, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, American Sniper and 13 Hours are my favorite combat movies.
Two poignant scenes from these movies. The realization of the effects of PTSD by Chris Kyle in American Sniper and the observation that warriors aren't trained to retire in 13 Hours.
There are other great movies, but these come to mind.
Two poignant scenes from these movies. The realization of the effects of PTSD by Chris Kyle in American Sniper and the observation that warriors aren't trained to retire in 13 Hours.
There are other great movies, but these come to mind.
As good as the movie is, the book is better. More individual stories that were left out or consolidated in the movie..
