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D-Day Down to Earth: Return of the 507th
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This film recounts the history of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment through battles in World War II and the culmination of its story 60 years later. Men from the 507th dropped into Normandy on D-Day and fought in several crucial engagements. After the war, the regiment was disbanded and its accomplishments nearly forgotten until 2002 when surviving members returned to Normandy to take part in events that gave completion to their story.
Release Date: 2005
Director: PBS Home Video
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25, 2006
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If I had but one WWII film it would be this one., October 28, 2006
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Reviewer: centrist from From the middle of America.
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Pros:
This film manages to capture the character of the brave.
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Not enough intellectual weight for a college class.
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We have an insatiable appetite for WWII documentaries not because we think there may yet one fact we haven’t learned about military tactics or political figures or outstanding generals of another era. Nor do we watch them because we have too much time on our hands, nor to unwind after a hectic day. War documentaries won’t entertain that way, or not usually. But this is a delightful film precisely because it gives us what we want. We want to see heroes of another time, real American heroes. Relevant WWII footage is played while actual paratroopers of the 507th tell their stories. These soldiers were misdropped on D-Day some 20 miles wide of their target, and went on to fight one of the bloodiest small arms battles in history over a French causeway. Later these same paratroopers were sent into the Battle of the Bulge, and they were dropped yet again behind enemy lines to be the first of the Allies onto German soil. They led the march to victory in Berlin. Two thirds of the original 2004 men of the 507th were lost in the 4 weeks of the war. Captions give all the relevant historical facts--and all this in 56 minutes
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