Re: Landing craft?

Posted by Michael Arenas from 1Cust66.tnt10.atl2.da.uu.net on August 18, 1998 at 17:17:03:

In Reply to: Re: Landing craft? posted by Michael Arenas on August 18, 1998 at 17:08:37:

: :
: : After viewing the movie "Saving Private Ryan" I could not believe that
: : the stratagic military people of the time would not think of installing
: : some kind of heavy calibre macine gun on the landing crafts for cover
: : to give the soldiers a small fighting chance? If the movie is accurate
: : as portrayed, this was a turkey shoot as soon as the doors opened. Does
: : anyone have insight on this thought?

: : Norm

The landing craft thing is true!

I can confirm that this is absolutely accurate.
On occasions the entire crew of these landing crafts were killed before the doors were completely opened. I saw this on " The Making Of..." on an HBO special.

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