Posts from SXViper in thread „They Were Expendable (1945)“

That was the thing with the actors of the past. They just acted for the most part. There politics were there own buisness and they never tried to drag others into a media war. They were respectful enough of each other and never really got into a public war of words.

The actors of today on another hand think that just because they make movies that they are right in there thinking and that we should listen to them even though most have probably never researched on the stuff they are talking about.

Hi Jen, glad you found your answer and good to see you back here. hope to see you around more.

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Originally posted by ethanedwards@Sep 23 2006, 02:23 AM
Hi Vera,

Unfortunatley, the ones left behind,
were left to the mercy, or lack of mercy
of the invading forces.
Many suffered at the ends of enemy,
as P.O.W.s, with many never making it.
However, of course, many did survive,
until the islands were re-taken,
and live to tell their stories.

Best Wishes

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Vera, Bill, Keith, and anybody else interested.

If you want to see what happened to one of the death camps at the end of World War 2, try getting a copy of the movie "The Great Raid". Its the true story of a group of US Army Rangers who snuck into a camp near Cabutuaan in the Philipines during the last days of the war in the Philipines. The action and story itself is true to what actually happened but the parts involving the love story are just Hollywood sticking its nose into the film. I would still recommend it and I have seen it 3-4 times and I like it. The raid is the single largest prison camp rescue ever with over 500 soldiers/sailers being rescued, truly a incredible feat.

I have a book on which the movie was based on and it is a excellent book. Its is called "Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission" by Hampton Sides.

What the Japanese did was nothing short of the worst things that were done to the holocaust victims, except that most of these people were soldiers and sailors. The japanese thought that you should die fighting and never surrender even if it was inevitable thnat you couldn't win. They treated all those people on the Bataan Death March as cowards and had no respect for them at all.

I liked the film allot and would say it was one of the top 2-3 war films that Duke made. Waw not a huge fan of Montgomery but, he did a good job in his part. Now Donna Reed, WOW!! She was very nice looking in that movie.
The other thing I liked about the film was the PT boat's, we have very few movies that focus on the PT Boats and there crews throughout a entire movie and its nice to see the sailors get some recognition.