OT-Battle Movies

Luke · 05-01-2003, 06:45 AM

Just watched "All Quiet on the Western Front" for the first time in many years. Still left me numb at the end.

If any Lugers were showing, I missed them; as I was all wrapped up in the plot and the characters.

We had a dear, now-departed, friend, Mr. Roy Everett, who served in the infantry in that war. He was machine-gunned in the lower abdomen and upper legs, almost lost both legs, but went on to lead a productive life, finally serving in WW-II in an administrative position. He was reluctant to talk much about his time in the WW-I trenches, but when he did it brought home the horrors of trench warfare, especially the gas attacks.

Luke

05-01-2003, 06:45 AM	#20
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 7 Posts	Just watched "All Quiet on the Western Front" for the first time in many years. Still left me numb at the end. If any Lugers were showing, I missed them; as I was all wrapped up in the plot and the characters. We had a dear, now-departed, friend, Mr. Roy Everett, who served in the infantry in that war. He was machine-gunned in the lower abdomen and upper legs, almost lost both legs, but went on to lead a productive life, finally serving in WW-II in an administrative position. He was reluctant to talk much about his time in the WW-I trenches, but when he did it brought home the horrors of trench warfare, especially the gas attacks. Luke __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther