From: Dave Merchant (kosh@nesys.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 13:24:05 PDT
Don't know if you guys saw it, but last night on History Channel
we got a nice bit of onboard and inside a restored Sherman.
Thought I saw a credit to IWM, but not sure.
Anyway, they re-enacted with both Brit and US gear,
and were willing to take it out in the mud. Quite nice.
Also good interviews with Brit and US veterans,
and good pix of hedgerow conditions.
..and of course, the usual load of weak research and facts!!
Up till now, I had been unaware that all of the Shermans were built by
the Detroit Arsenal, and that the war ended with the taking of Paris,
and that no Shermans were used outside the ETO!! (LOL)
I think there would be a good market for the raw footage
for some of these History Chan shows, without the fast-cut editing
and BS narration.
-Dave Merchant
At 01:21 PM 5/2/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>You are correct Bill, and the show with the jeep sounds good too.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Chambers [mailto:bchambers@hoovers.com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 2:57 PM
>To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
>Subject: Re: [MV] Good shows on the History Channel
>
>
>Not to sound rude:
>
>"how the U.S. Army turned the tide in ... the Pacific against ...
>Japan"...????
>
>Wasn't the Pacific the only place in history that a US Army General was
>removed from commnading USA units and a Marine General put in charge?
>As on Siapan when Holland M. Smith USMC relieved Ralph Smith USA as
>commander of the division (27th I believe).
>Not to offend my fellow vets of the USA, but they won Europe, but the
>Marines won the pacific.
>
>I love the history channel, but I know that some of their "historians and
>experts" are not truly qualified.
>
>Manditory MV comment: the show on the Jeep sounds great.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jess Minton [mailto:pd.minton@worldnet.att.net]
>Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:17 PM
>To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
>Subject: [MV] Good shows on the History Channel
>
>
>Tonight on the History Channel!!
>8pm Central
>9:00PM - 10:00PM
> Battle History of the U.S. Army
> Soldiers across the Sea
> Beginning in World War II, we see how the U.S. Army turned
>the tide in Europe and the Pacific against both Germany and Japan, and how
>the tragic demolition of the great fighting machine during demobilization
>at war's end found the Army fighting for its life against a surprise attack
>in Korea and an Asian Dunkirk! TV G
>
>9pm Central
>10:00PM - 11:00PM
> Big Rigs of Combat: Jeeps
>
> Looks at the American soldier's best friend in WWII--the
>Jeep. A "Blitz Buggy" could serve as a combat car, a snowplow, or
>ambulance! Its name derived from the designation "General Purpose", and the
>original design served as late as 1983 in Grenada before being replaced by
>the High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HUMVEE). TV G
>
>Enjoy
>Jess
>
>
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Dave Merchant
kosh@nesys.com
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