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Beaverhausen

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5. I think I really wanted to watch it because my 98 year old Dad just passed away last week

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 12, 2024, 08:35 PM

Feb 2024

My dad enlisted the day he was eligible and was weeks away from being sent overseas when the war ended. But my uncles and my father-in-law were in the thick of it.

I think we need to keep telling this story.

And yes, I loved Memphis Belle.

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Masters of the Air on Apple+ is wonderful [View all] Beaverhausen Feb 2024 OP

Yes it is well done. The CGI is spectacular. And it has a plot and character development. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #1

I have to wait for another medium become available Historic NY Feb 2024 #2

Tweech his own. I was not impressed. Yes the CG is neat but the story has been told so many times that mitch96 Feb 2024 #3

I think I really wanted to watch it because my 98 year old Dad just passed away last week Beaverhausen Feb 2024 #5

My old man was a machinist mate on a heavy cruiser in WW2..Normandy, Cherbourg and other fights in the med. mitch96 Feb 2024 #6

Gave Uncle Ken nightmares again jrandom421 Feb 2024 #4

Excellent Auggie Mar 2024 #7