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I knew a Lancaster navigator who was shot down over Denmark, and escaped.
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Behind the scenes with Dale Dye:
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To the historians here, how come the USAAF folks in WWII seem to mix/match their shirts and ties to their jacket? In the various promo material (and in historical photos), folks posting together would be wearing the same shirt/tie/jacket combo but the shirts and ties would be different colours.
E.g. lighter olive drab shirt with black tie, darker shirt with tan tie, tan shirt with tan tie, tan shirt with black tie…etc
Meanwhile the pants would also be either olive or tan, but the jacket would be olive.
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United States Army uniforms in World War II - Wikipedia
Without a doubt, they were well dressed.
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I guess that’s always a relative question.United States Army uniforms in World War II - Wikipedia
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Without a doubt, they were well dressed.
Were uniforms back then “well dressed” compared to their civilian peers, or are we looking at it compared to modern clothing/uniforms? Would WWII RAF uniforms be considered “well dressed” compared to current RAF uniforms, given that their dress uniform essentially hasn’t changed?
The other point is that Hollywood isn’t going to have their heroes in ill-fitting uniforms. I don’t think I saw a single person in Top Gun Maverick with a faded baggy flight suit or crappy-fitting khaki uniform, but I’ve seen plenty (including Americans) of those in real life.
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The Bloody 100th gets its own show...
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Saw the first two episodes. Not disappointed. It definitely doesn’t tone down the violence and danger, and the best confirmation was from a podcast by a former US Marine and a civilian - they review the book and by Chapter 4 the Marine says “I know we chuck shit at Air Force but I could never do what those bomber crews did.”
Also, some of the “cheesy dialogue” is actually direct quotes from the book.
Also, some of the “cheesy dialogue” is actually direct quotes from the book.
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How the GI influx shaped Britain's view of Americans
It is now 70 years since GIs first landed on British soil to join their allies during WWII. The British image of America was changed forever.
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"impressively smart and fashionable."
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How the GI influx shaped Britain's view of Americans
It is now 70 years since GIs first landed on British soil to join their allies during WWII. The British image of America was changed forever.www.bbc.com
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Over paid, over sexed and over here
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Over paid, over sexed and over here
Under paid, under sexed, and under Eisenhower. ☺
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Just watched episode 1. It was okay.
I had the feeling that, had I read the book, more of the inter-personal relationship stuff would have been clearer to me. The combat scenes were quite good. It was obviously CGI, but pretty damned good CGI.
I had the feeling that, had I read the book, more of the inter-personal relationship stuff would have been clearer to me. The combat scenes were quite good. It was obviously CGI, but pretty damned good CGI.
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Yeah, there is a lot of context that is missed if you either hadn’t read the book, or don’t know a lot about the bomber war.
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The bomber stuff I understood very well- but, yeah I could see the average person reaching for Wikipedia or Youtube pretty fast for a primer on WW2 USAAF bomber tactics.
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