You could have left that part out and your point would've been just as clear.This (and doing more audile belching & farting) is what I do on the rare occasions that I become a swingin' bachelor.
You could have left that part out and your point would've been just as clear.
After doing some research after the fact, the actual battle was quite different from what the movie portrayed. Not to mention this particular movie was based on the third island where Doss had seen action. He was already well known for his efforts from battles in the past (having already received two Bronze Stars).Great movie, intense, violent, yet left me with a good feeling at the end. Two itty-bitty things bugged me though. One, Vince Vaughn's helmet looked too small, but I realize he has a bulbous melon. Two, why didn't the Japanese soldiers cut down the climb netting? Maybe they did, but we kept putting it back up.
The netting may have been in a protected/covered location. In other words, they may have had cover fire from below protecting the anchor points.Great movie, intense, violent, yet left me with a good feeling at the end. Two itty-bitty things bugged me though. One, Vince Vaughn's helmet looked too small, but I realize he has a bulbous melon. Two, why didn't the Japanese soldiers cut down the climb netting? Maybe they did, but we kept putting it back up.
Toured the area, among others when I first got to Okinawa. Fascinating underground tunnels they had. We could actually see Hacksaw Ridge from the tower in Futenma. It's stands just above the surrounding areas maybe a couple miles from the air base. Strange to sit up there, decades later and think about how one the bloodiest battles occurred right where you're at. Local Okinawans went through hell as well.
Nowadays I fly past Doss's grave on a daily basis. Buried at the Chattanooga National Cemetary.
Hopefully get to watch the movie next week.
I had similar feelings when I was stationed at Zweibrucken Air Base, which is near the Seigfried Line. I got there in 1970 and most of the sites were fenced off but that didn't stop us from climbing over and exploring. Pretty amazing bunkers, shafts, underground RR (which we never fund). Really stupid as there's still unexploded ordnance sometimes, but hey, young and bulletproof saved the day for us.
I was over in Hohenfels playing in the woods for a few weeks about 16 years ago.Yep, same thing when I was stationed in GE. Fly around somewhere like Regensburg or Schwinfurt, look down and just think about what went on there 60 yrs prior. Or the hanger our aircraft were in that used to house FW190s.
That's one of the great things about being in the military. Getting overseas assignments, you get to experience a bit of their culture while seeing some cool historical landmarks.
do any of you like beer???
Toured the area, among others when I first got to Okinawa. Fascinating underground tunnels they had. We could actually see Hacksaw Ridge from the tower in Futenma. It's stands just above the surrounding areas maybe a couple miles from the air base. Strange to sit up there, decades later and think about how one the bloodiest battles occurred right where you're at. Local Okinawans went through hell as well.
Nowadays I fly past Doss's grave on a daily basis. Buried at the Chattanooga National Cemetary.
Hopefully get to watch the movie next week.
It's odd to see how much the city has grown into and over the Okinawa battle grounds. I can't imagine what returning vets must've thought/think when they see a modern city built up all over such hallowed ground.
One of Ernie Pyle's columns:Hacksaw Ridge is pretty well preserved. The houses are right up against it but you can still see the trails, monuments and tombs there. Place is crowded though. Futenma is like a runway cut out right in the middle of a densely populated town.
Saw Ernie Pyle's grave site on Iejima when I was there also.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Pyle