Inspiring Military Movies etc

[NotCompSavvy]

This is a superb film. However it's hard to watch with modern eyes. The Zulus are not the "bad guys" as they are fighting for their homeland. At least the film depicts them as brave and honorable warriors.

The Zulu's were great Warriors BUT if you speak to people directly from Africa since the Zulu's under Shaka wanted domination of vast region there is serious dislike for them from other groups .

Btw the original movie/series a work of art and the accounts were from one of the British officers so accurate --

 

[Twostep]

Historians have never understood why the Zulu regiment did not finish them off with another charge .

Some say they were called off due to another possible battle but all speculation .

You may want to watch some of the other Zulu movies. There was a lot of internal uproar within the Zulu upper class going on. And read up a bit on the main character.

 

[Twostep]

For something a bit different, I recommend "Paradise Road" about Dutch, English, Australian and American women in a Japanese POW camp in Sumatra.

There is quite a bit of literature about it.

 

[Irishdude]

The Zulu's were great Warriors BUT if you speak to people directly from Africa since the Zulu's under Shaka wanted domination of vast region there is serious dislike for them from other groups .

Btw the original movie/series a work of art and the accounts were from one of the British officers so accurate --

That's a good point. Sometimes indigenous people were themselves colonists, even slaveholders.

 

[Twostep]

That's a good point. Sometimes indigenous people were themselves colonists, even slaveholders.

You may want to research Barbary Slave Trade.

 

[Irishdude]

You may want to research Barbary Slave Trade.

Also a good point, although I was thinking about how native American tribes raided each other for slaves.

 

[rbtvgo]

The 1943 movie "Guadalcanal Diary" In particular the prayer by Corporal Potts played by William Bendix

"I’m no hero, I’m just a guy. I come out here because somebody had to come. I don’t want no medals, I just wanna get this thing over with and go back home. I’m just like everybody else, and I’m tellin’ you I don’t like it. Except maybe I guess there’s nothin’ I can do about it. I can’t tell them bums to head somewhere else. Like I said before, it’s up to somebody bigger than me, bigger than anybody. What I mean is I … I guess it’s up to God. But I’m not kiddin’ when I say I sure hope he knows how I feel.

I’m not gonna say I’m sorry for everything I’ve done. Maybe I am and maybe I’m not. When you’re scared like this, the first thing you do is start tryin’ to square things. If I get out of this alive, I’ll probably go out and do the same things all over again, so what’s the use of kiddin’ myself? The only thing I know is I … I didn’t ask to get into this spot. If we get it – and it sure looks that way now – well then I only hope he figures we done the best we could and lets it go at that. Maybe this is a funny kind of prayin’ to you guys, but … it’s what I’m thinkin’ and prayin’."

understand. I do.
Your fine.
It is what it is and it doesn't matter anymore. We did our best. We were young, niave, didn't know s_ _ _ but we went. Did was asked of us. Did our best to deal............................................and so we did and here we are.
By the way God knows how you feel. He knows how I feel so he knows about all of us.
Take a deep breath.
It's okay.
bob

 

[Twostep]

Also a good point, although I was thinking about how native American tribes raided each other for slaves.

We are going way off here:>)
You can then go to "bound servitude" on a number of continents or "bound to the soil" particullarly in Russia and the innumerable little Kingdoms and such on the other side of Europe. My mother visited the last serv of her Grand parents in a nursing home and made me tag along. She was the oldest of the oldest and thus responsible. Things were not overly generous at that time but there was always something to bring every week. She was not a pleasant person and used her power as house and key keeper to the fullest while she could.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

"To Hell and Back" (1955)

The true story of WWII veteran Audie Murphy, who holds the record of being the most decorated soldier in American history with 24 medals, including the Congressional Medal of Honor, is told in "To Hell and Back." It's based on his 1949 autobiography and is an account of Murphy's WWII experiences. Audie Murphy plays himself in the film, which served as the catalyst for his 21-year acting career.

Watch it for free. > To Hell and Back (1955)

I remember Audie Murphy. Never saw that movie though I'm sure I saw him in other things. I also never knew he was so decorated! He paid with his mental health for his service to this country, suffering from severe PTSD, which may have fueled his volatile temper. He was a talented co-writer of screenplays and songs. Tragically he died in a plane crash at age 45 with 5 others in May 1971.

 

[Bella]

 

[Lara]

Admiral McRaven...One of the Best Motivational Speeches​

I bought Admiral Raven's book years ago for my fatherless son to read.
This isn't a movie but is a 16 minute video of his inspirational speech

 

[Manatee]

I was a boy back during WW2, but I got a lot of laughs out of "Abbot and Costello in the Navy". The line "there's a tomato in the potato locker" was reference to a girl that was snuck aboard and hidden in a food locker.