I Am Interested In Ww1 and Ww2

@Montanaman

Lots of good movies, mostly older.

For WW1: [i]All quiet on the Western Front, Paths of Glory, 1917.[/i]

For WW2: [i]The Longest Day, Patton, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Enemy Below, The Bridge, Valkyrie, Downfall, Saving Private Ryan,[/i] and [i]Casablanca [/i]and [i]Schindler's List[/i], if you include non-combat movies.

@Thinkerbell Hacksaw Ridge. Fury.
In Harms Way. The Green Berets.

@Thinkerbell My dad said that Saving Pvt Ryan was the most realistic WWII movie at that
time. He has since passed away. It was a little hard for him to watch, but he was OK with it.
Dad didn't have any remorse, or guilt for the things he had to do, a lot of guys did.
Dad just said, "They were trying to kill us, we fought back" It was the age old, kill or be
killed. Remorse and guilt did not play into it for him. He also wasn't in charge, he was
just a lowly rifleman, that did what he was told. That's him with his squad, back row without helmet. That's him with his squad, back row without helmet.

@DogMan Awesome Personal Family memorabilia. 👍👍🤗🤗❤️❤️😎😎

@Montanaman Yes, I received a lot of stuff after he passed away. He kept it from me
because he knew I would ask too many questions, and dredge it up. Along with his
2 bronze stars, purple heart, and military documents. I got two scrap books that his
mother kept with every letter he wrote home. Along with newspaper articles about him.
He spent a little over 1 year on the front line from Anzio to northern Italy.

@DogMan That's so Amazing 👍🤗❤️💜💖

@DogMan

Nice-looking fella.

And I'm glad he didn't suffer from PTSD.

May he rest in peace. ❤️

@Thinkerbell Thank you, He was a good man. He did however have war nightmares off
and on, throughout his life, even in hospice. But it never transferred to his daily life.

@DogMan My oldest 1st cousin was KIA near Anzio :(

@Montanaman A very good WW1 movie that didn't get much recognition was was [b][i]The Lost Battalion[/i][/b]

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@Heartlander Do you know what year? or Division he was in?

@Heartlander He was probably fighting at the Gustav Line south of Rome.
which was part of the Anzio area. My dad started near Naples, and they fought
their way north to the Gustav line.
The Germans left Rome an "Open city" so that we would not have to
destroy it. Dad's regiment, 350th regiment of the 88th Infantry, were the
first ones into Rome. They partied a lot in Rome, dad even mentions a
girlfriend he had there for a short time before they fought north to Arno
and the Po Valley

@DogMan Yes, April 1945. Buried at Florence

He was with the 88th Infantry Division, 349th Infantry Regiment

@Heartlander A little history about Anzio and the Gustav line: The British were at a
stalemate with the Germans. My dad told me about some of this. I also did some
research. The U.S. 88th Infantry relieved the British. They wore British uniforms
so the Germans would not know what was happening. They moved equipment at
night. Once the move was complete, they changed back into their uniforms, and
broke the line, and pushed the Germans north. There were other divisions fighting
in that area. I have only researched the 88th. They were all part of the U.S. 5th Army

@DogMan Thanks for sharing that. I would have been but 3 at the time and have faint memories of blimps flying overhead and black-out drills.

He was the oldest son of my mom's oldest sister. 19 at the time. I remember my parents kept and cherished one of the last letters that he had written. As I recall, it was on that thin, near see-through paper with redacted sentences. All letters from GIs were screened by the army.

@Heartlander Yes, I have some of those type letters too. They were small, like they were
reduced somehow. Do you know when he entered service? I'm from Waterloo Iowa.
My dad worked at the John Deere factory there