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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/band-of-brothers-veteran-buck-compton-dead-at-90/2012/02/27/gIQAd4xmeR_story.html  
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wut?
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
wut?
RTFA?
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I did.
Never seen Band of Brothers... so... meh.
That seems to be the "hook" here. Not much of a "hook" if you haven't been a fan of that particular show/movie/whatever.
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He was the sarget that the men loved who got Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome. Band of Brothers is my favorite war movie series
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Abaddon_Ambrosius posted:
Sorry. I'm totally ignorant. My bad.
I'll just be going now.
Oh ok. Fair enough.
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He was the Lieutenant that the men loved who got Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome. Band of Brothers is my favorite war movie series
Fixed.
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Oh yea thanks. I liked him. War is hell and hard on the mind.
I know a customer who has a BAD case of that
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Koneg posted:
I'm a Band of Brothers Butt-Buddy and Fanboi
Got it.
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The Assault on Brecourt Manor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgbnhjnrm5c
The tactics used by Lt. Winters and Lt. Compton in this assault are still taught at West Point today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A9court_Manor_Assault
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The assault on those guns is my favorite war scene of all time. So great and it shows such great tactics.
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AA its a quality series.
Not sure about any 'hook' other than you are pwning yourself by not watching it and experiencing the personal stories of a few of the greatest generation of Americans.
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RIP Buck. 
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Band of Brothers is probably the best war depiction I've ever seen.
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paulg_68 posted:
Band of Brothers is probably the best war depiction I've ever seen.
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RIP
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paulg_68 posted:
Band of Brothers is probably the best war depiction I've ever seen.
I dunno about that... it's definitely good for sure...
The storming of Normandy scene in the beginning of Saving Private Ryan - was the most intense cinema I've ever seen by a long long shot.
Of course the Bastogne episodes of Band of Brothers were pretty goddamn gnarly too...
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Cawlin posted:
Of course the Bastogne episodes of Band of Brothers were pretty goddamn gnarly too...
... and the attack on Carentan, and the counterattack on Carentan, and the Crossroads, and Market Garden...
And that gawd damn insane run by Lt Speirs at Foy. You know he really did that? I bet Speirs needed a wheelbarrow everywhere he went just to haul his balls around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6floyf8QAU
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