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#260791 - 19/07/2005 05:16 Band of Brothers
Cybjorg
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I have been watching the series again over the past week. This prompted me to visit the web site where I discovered the following picture:



The caption for the picture reads:

Quote:
Easy Company's journey, from basic training in Georgia, to D-Day, to the Battle of the Bulge, and on to Hitler's Eagle's Nest.


Now does anyone else see something odd between the picture and the caption?

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#260792 - 19/07/2005 10:01 Re: Band of Brothers [Re: Cybjorg]
schofiel
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No, it's the correct route. They pushed north to the Dutch border after being withdrawn from active duty after their disastrous pre- D-Day drops. They were meant to re-group and re-supply for a later drop into Market Garden which didn't happen: they ended up in Belgium in foxholes and lost a lot of men by attrition.

I would recommend the Steven Ambrose book that forms the basis of the series - an excellent read which details their entire operational history through to withdrawal at the end of the war.

If you are referring to the rather dubious outline of the drawing, I can only say you have FAR too much time on your hands... (sorry I had to drop that one in)
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#260793 - 19/07/2005 10:14 Re: Band of Brothers [Re: schofiel]
Cybjorg
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I agree, the book is an excellent read.

I am referring to the map drawing, but you still haven't pinpointed what I was getting at. Perhaps Meatballman would recognize the error?

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#260794 - 19/07/2005 10:17 Re: Band of Brothers [Re: Cybjorg]
JBjorgen
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Yeah...I see the problem...That's not Georgia. If you go by that map they left from Darlington, South Carolina.

Which wouldn't have been a big deal if they hadn't labeled it "Georgia".
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#260795 - 19/07/2005 10:18 Re: Band of Brothers [Re: JBjorgen]
Cybjorg
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Yeah...I see the problem...That's not Georgia. If you go by that map they left from Darlington, South Carolina.


Leave it to a South Carolinian...

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#260796 - 19/07/2005 11:35 Re: Band of Brothers [Re: JBjorgen]
Roger
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Quote:
Yeah...I see the problem...That's not Georgia. If you go by that map they left from Darlington, South Carolina.


So, the fact that the Atlantic's wider than that didn't bother you, then?
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#260797 - 19/07/2005 11:57 Re: Band of Brothers [Re: Roger]
JBjorgen
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Or that England is apparently larger than the entire eastern US? Sure, but at least they didn't label them wrong.
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