Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
You guys missed John Rastenberger in "A Bridge Too Far" - also known as Cliff on "Cheers".
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A Bridge too Far was a very good movie, especially for the time it was made. Attenborough took on a very difficult task in trying to portray the battle, and the major **** up, in the relatively short space of the movie, even though it was a long programme.
I was fortunate enough to be one of the 'extras', one of the hundreds of British Paras, parachuting somewhere way off in the background. Unfortunately, I didn't get to 'jump' one of the C47's, being in one of the C130's, above, and out of shot, of the Dak's as they flew over the DZ. Still a great experience though, even though we were given wooden mock-ups of Lee enfield No.4 rifles, in case we would be 'in shot' when leaving the DZ.
The book by Cornelius Ryan is worth a read, movies by necessity never will tell the full story. Turn off your DVD players, go for a walk, find the book and read it. Then you will understand what REALLY happened.
You guys missed John Rastenberger in "A Bridge Too Far" - also known as Cliff on "Cheers".
Sounds cool, but nothing special, just another jump. The only real difference was, that instead of just the Company Sergeant Major shouting at us, we had some bl**dy 'luvvy' doing the same!
But it was special inasmuch as we were dropping onto those DZ's.....
You guys missed John Rastenberger in "A Bridge Too Far" - also known as Cliff on "Cheers".