The next HBO/Spielberg/Hanks WW2 miniseries is a go... - Page 3

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-21-13, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

you should ask your self this question

The WWII series band of brothers are based on a novel
and the coming WWII series Masters of...

Is there a novel that could be made into a WWII series about the life on a DD, Sub, you name it.

Markus

I think Red October hit the nail on the head for the USN sub story, and I would think for the Kriegsmarine the canidate should be Iron Coffins by Commander Herbert A. Werner. It also covers the Battle of the Atlantic from 1941-1945.

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Actually it was the US Army Air Forces. It ceased being the Air Corps in June 1941.

Ah ,I always wondered when they changed it from Corps.

nikimcbee · 01-21-13, 08:51 PM

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They try to appeal to a dumbed down audience.

Can't argue against that.

mookiemookie · 01-21-13, 08:53 PM

I think Thunder Below would make an excellent movie. Fluckey was quite a guy.

nikimcbee · 01-21-13, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Yeah but you get to see Jon Bon Jovi get nailed with a hatch cover to the face!

Was? Keine Liebe fur mich?

nikimcbee · 01-21-13, 08:57 PM

That post, it was all in German!

nikimcbee · 01-21-13, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I think Thunder Below would make an excellent movie. Fluckey was quite a guy.

I think all of the Wahoo patrols, then transition to the Tang's patrols. That is still my pick.

You have the first patrol, with the pre-war tactics and poor leadership.

Enter Mush Morton, maverick, aggresive Captain.
Trains O'Kane...

Please don't tear apart the Royal Hawaiian.

Red October1984 · 01-21-13, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

That post, it was all in German!

KLAR! KLAR?! WHAT THE HELL IS KLAR?!?!?!

KLAR?!

YEAH!

KLAR STANDS FOR CLEAR!

Really?

Them Jerries should really put translations on all the levers/dials/buttons in their submarines in case we ever have to take control.

nikimcbee · 01-21-13, 09:25 PM

It was because of that real-life incident in U-571, all of the US Navy had to carry a German dictionary and travel guide on all ships, because of the "Keitel Incident."

So when the Navy captured the U-505, they were prepared.

Boarding crew: "The text, it's all in German still!

"
Crewman #2: "Fetch the dictionary!"
Crewman #1: Guten Tag. Wieviel kostet ein Bier?

Red October1984 · 01-21-13, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

It was because of that real-life incident in U-571, all of the US Navy had to carry a German dictionary and travel guide on all ships, because of the "Keitel Incident."

So when the Navy captured the U-505, they were prepared.

Boarding crew: "The text, it's all in German still!

"
Crewman #2: "Fetch the dictionary!"
Crewman #1: Guten Tag. Wieviel kostet ein Bier?

Because we really had a boarding crew go to sea on a disguised S-boat. We had said S-boat sail all the way to the middle of the Atlantic. (I assume they had to switch out all the torpedoes with gas tanks) and we boarded the U-571. After we had meticulously planned out the boarding of U-571 by a disguised S-boat using German speaking American crews, we forgot that darn dictionary....and when we came back later and got the U-505, the U-boat STILL had everything in German. Still!!! Man. Won't the Germans learn?

Damn that stuck up quartermaster...

Sailor Steve · 01-21-13, 09:47 PM

I'm surprised they even found the North Atlantic. The COB didn't even know the proper signal for "Dive".

Red October1984 · 01-21-13, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm surprised they even found the North Atlantic. The COB didn't even know the proper signal for "Dive".

Yea. I noticed that too. DIVE

HONK

HONK

....you better not....

HONK!

I haven't seen this movie in a few months. I might watch it again just as a joke. I have it sitting here between The Enemy Below and Crimson Tide on my shelf...I think it's time to watch this from a diffe....CRASH DIVE! HONK HONK HONK!

Time to go to an impossible depth and shoot a dead guy out of a torpedo tube.

Sailor Steve · 01-21-13, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg

Ah ,I always wondered when they changed it from Corps.

1860: U.S. Army Signal Corps establised.
1907-1914: U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division.
1914-1918: Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.
1918-1926: U.S. Army Air Service
1926-1941: U.S. Army Air Corps
1941-1947: U.S. Army Air Forces
1947-Present: U.S. Air Force

Stealhead · 01-21-13, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

1860: U.S. Army Signal Corps establised.
1907-1914: U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division.
1914-1918: Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.
1918-1926: U.S. Army Air Service
1926-1941: U.S. Army Air Corps
1941-1947: U.S. Army Air Forces
1947-Present: U.S. Air Force

September 18th 1947 to be exact birthday of the Air Force oddly ever since the Air Force has been having a hard time deciding what exactly it does.

I recall in 1997 two years after I enlisted that was the 50th anniversary to celebrate they changed the code for uniforms for the 2,000th time.The Air Force is the only branch
where they ask the troops for ideas and inputs on uniforms and gear and then when they look over the list they explain why everything suggested will not be permitted.They did for a week
in 1997 allow us to wear any former AF uniform so long as it displayed the correct rank at least where I was stationed at the time they did.I wore a pair of shorts because this was the standard uniform in North Africa and also in the South Pacific during WWII some officer disagreed with me so I had to go to my room and change obviously he did not appreciate my creativity being an academy grad.I notice that they never had a wear any old uniform day again.

August · 01-21-13, 10:39 PM

It must bug those Air-dales to no end to be replaced by a drone controlled by some pimply faced kid sitting at a console in some bunker. "Flying high into the wild blue yonder" is becoming a virtual thing.

Red October1984 · 01-21-13, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by August

It must bug those Air-dales to no end to be replaced by a drone controlled by some pimply faced kid sitting at a console in some bunker. "Flying high into the wild blue yonder" is becoming a virtual thing.

I'm not even in the air force yet and it drives me crazy. YOU CAN'T REPLACE HUMAN PILOTS!!!! Even jet combat from miles away is slightly annoying. I wish air combat never changed from WW2. That was the REAL flying.

It's sad.....I would've volunteered in a heartbeat for a job as a WW2 Fighter Pilot

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It was because of that real-life incident in U-571, all of the US Navy had to carry a German dictionary and travel guide on all ships, because of the "Keitel Incident." So when the Navy captured the U-505, they were prepared. Boarding crew: "The text, it's all in German still!" Crewman #2: "Fetch the dictionary!" Crewman #1: Guten Tag. Wieviel kostet ein Bier? __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm surprised they even found the North Atlantic. The COB didn't even know the proper signal for "Dive". __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It must bug those Air-dales to no end to be replaced by a drone controlled by some pimply faced kid sitting at a console in some bunker. "Flying high into the wild blue yonder" is becoming a virtual thing. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.