Favourite War Movies

[mariomike]

Just noticed on , "To Hell and back", Audie fired his Thompson holding by the sling. Presumably to control barrel rise.

He was certainly an artist with it.

 

[mariomike]

When The Battle of the Bulge movie came out, my father took me to the beautiful old Runnymede Theatre to watch it.

When they sang Panzerlied, the older men in the audience - they would have been late 30s or early 40s - not only knew the words, they sang along and stomped their feet!

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[mariomike]

This is a wartime documentary showing the World War II US (Army General Classification Test - AGCT).

Readers may wish to take the test themselves see how they would have scored ( just for fun ).

Army General Classification Test (AGCT) - Official Military IQ Test Online

The Army General Classification Test (AGCT) is a restored U.S. Army intelligence test with strong g-loading and modern norms. Take the 40-minute AGCT online and receive your full IQ score profile.

cognitivemetrics.com

The AGCT and Interview determined your job classification.

WWII Military Occupational Specialist Code Database | Strictly GI

Search our World War II Military Occupational Specialist (MOS) code database. Browse military occupation descriptions within the US Army during WWII.

www.strictly-gi.com

Saw a scene where a Draftee is asked if he wants to join the Army or Navy.

He replies, Navy.

The Recruiter takes a look at him, and stamps his file Army.

Also, test yourself for a civilian war job ( 1943 ).

Unfit for Service: Physical Fitness and Civic Obligation in World War II​

Unfit for Service: Physical Fitness and Civic Obligation in World War II (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[Retired AF Guy]

When The Battle of the Bulge movie came out, my father took me to the beautiful old Runnymede Theatre to watch it.

When they sang Panzerlied, the older men in the audience - they would have been late 30s or early 40s - not only knew the words, they sang along and stomped their feet!

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So lots of German veterans in the theatre?

 

[mariomike]

So lots of German veterans in the theatre?

The audience seemed high spirited.

After all, it was Germany's last major offensive.

They had lost France.

General Heinrich Hans Eberbach, CO of Panzer Group West, put it this way on 26 Sept., 1944:

The skilful and scientific use of your bombers was the cause of our defeat in France. Reinforcement in the Normandy area was almost impossible. France, in which all means of transportation were interrupted, was the cause of our defeat.