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Band of Brothers once per year, without fail. Curahee!
The line I look forward to the most is: “We’re paratroopers lieutenant. We’re supposed to be surrounded.”
3 miles up; 3 miles down.
An annual audiobook listen for me is Winters' memoirs, Beyond Band of Brothers. Helps keep me grounded.
Oh, man. Fantastic show, but I find it really hard to watch because I know it's so damn accurate.
I admire your commitment, it should be in high school history classes. It shows better than anything I've ever watched, how hellish it was for everyone.
The D-day beaches, holy hell.
They did a great job of being even handed, and the final episode where the general is addressing his men was so well done, it's very moving.
I do this with The Pacific too. Masters of the Air was also really good