Welcome to Veterans' Highway! (4 Viewers)

[rkymtnflyfisher]

No Blackhawk Down?

 

[retrofive]

Some have been covered here: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fury.838256/

 

[Chungas Revenge]

No Blackhawk Down?

I knew this was like kicken' a camp fire...Lot's of sparks...Incredible book!!! Great movie..Add as you see fit.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Black Hawk down (2001)

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Some have been covered here: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/fury.838256/

Lol... great thread with some interesting commentary!!

 

[dieseldog]

I thought I would post up a list of Military movies that are worth revisiting this weekend if the BBQ gets rained out. These are in no particular order of preference, and by all means, does not represent an inclusive list. Please feel free to add your own "picks"...Maybe a good venue to "debate" the all time top ten/twenty etc...

The Deer Hunter (1978)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
The Great Escape (1963)
Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Platoon (1986)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Big Red One (1980)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Flags of our Fathers (2006)
Das Boot (1981)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Apocalypse Now (Long version 1979)
Cross of Iron(1976)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
American Sniper (2014)


"It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it"
Robert E. Lee
Commander
Army of Northern Va

You said The Deer Hunter twice.

Add The Longest Day.
Add A Bridge Too Far.
Add The Blue Max.
Add The Devil's Brigade.
Add The Guns of Navarone.
Add Where Eagles Dare.
Add The Enemy Below.
Add Hell is for Heroes.
Add In Harm's Way.
Add Midway.
Add Pork Chop Hill.
Add The Sand Pebbles.
Add They Were Expendable.
Add Up Periscope.
Add Run Silent, Run Deep.
Add Von Ryan's Express.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

You said The Deer Hunter twice.

^Random neural firings....The Longest Day (1959), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Blue Max (1966) CLASSICS!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

The Wild Geese (1978)

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux?

 

[JohnnyC]

Any body else participate ?

http://www.gigofund.org/jeans/jeansfortroops.html

My sticker

 

[Cdbailey]

Hey guys,

Happy Memorial Day. Great thread--thanks to all for your service. I've been an active duty USAF PJ for nine years. Deployments really hampered my cruiser wrechin' time! You can usually find me lurking around trying to find a fix for something stupid I did to the truck.

The pics I attached are from the first day I owned it 7 years ago. I miss those days...when the truck was in one piece and got me places (like cross country twice when I barely knew how to change oil! Haha!). Even though it had no rear sill under those ugly as hell diamond plates (I didn't know sh*t when I was "inspecting" the truck), it was an animal. I truly believe that ignorance is bliss--once I learned what I was doing, nothing was ever good enough and the truck is rarely on the road these days.

I look forward to lifetime of adventuring with it, but first I have to put it all back together!!

Chris

 

[Solace in Solitude]

Welcome Chris!! Thank you for your service!! Good lookin' 40 - get it back together and enjoy it!! Or, just enjoy puttin' it back together!!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Welcome aboard Chris...Good friend of mine is/was(?) a PJ...Due to deployments over the last couple of years I've lost track of him. Your "community" is small enough you may know him. Does "RJ" ring a bell? He as an Army 18A, then cut bait and went of to the AF a few years ago....He'll ring me up every couple of years just to catch up....

Nice 40..My "mule" has it's stern wrapped in a "wee bit" of DP too...Always liked the green....!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

added "Retreat, Hell!" (1952)

Knocked out "Stalingrad and Cross of Iron"...Classics!! Doing the time warp forward this Sunday evening with "The Hurt Locker" (2008) -

 

[Chungas Revenge]

I am a little late with this but, anybody down in the TRI-State area you may want to head over to Huntington WV for
the Military & Veterans Appreciation Picnic.


What: Military & Veterans Appreciation Picnic


When: Saturday, May 30, 2015 from Noon to 4:00 P.M.

Where: Harris Riverfront Park, Huntington, WV

Who: All Military, Veterans and their guests

Why: To honor Military & Veterans who fought so valiantly for our freedom!

Bring: Any Proof of Military Service ~~~~ Bring Lawn Chairs

Entertainment: Music of the 1950s and 1960s

Free Food - Ice Cream - Fun and Games
First Come First Served! So Come Early!

Also on display

WV Vietnam War Traveling Wall



Cost: FREE ~ FREE ~ FREE ~ FREE ~ FREE ~ FREE

Sponsored by:

WV Marine Corps Coordinating Council – Ron Wroblewski, President

Vietnam Veterans of America, Tri-State Chapter 949



Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District– Kevin Brady, Executive Directo


VA Motto: “Never again will one generation of veterans abandon another.”

 

[Cdbailey]

Yeah man, RJ is at a unit in Cocoa Beach, Fl. He's a great dude. I see him a couple times a year when we're doin' water ops out there.

 

[Cdbailey]

How about "We Were Soldiers"...didn't see that on the list...

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Yeah man, RJ is at a unit in Cocoa Beach

Small world/small community...He and I used to hangout in Morgantown WV (WVU) together...He is a "great dude"..

When you see him tell him "Jeff" said hello and to "break squelch a little more often"....

Thanks for "posten' up" on the "Highway"!!!!

add We were Soldiers (2002)... Great book too..!

 

[Solace in Solitude]

We Were Soldiers Once and Young... was an excellent book!

As was the 'sequel' We Are Soldiers Still where Hal, Basil and Joe return to la Drang, with a group of the guys with whom they went through hell, and met up with some of their former enemy... a great read!

I thought the movie was well written, acted and directed!

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Add Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)