MacArthur(1977)&PATTON(1970) - Theme music March
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@CaptainAmerica322 hear! hear! (hoor! hoor! in afrikaans)
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my mother (who thinks that macarthur and cats are EVIL) may disagree but I FOR ONE THINK THAT MACARTHUR WAS RIGHT AND TRUMAN WAS WRONG!! THERE IS NO SUBSTITUE FOR VICTORY!!!!! IF ONLY PATTON COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A FREE HAND TO FIGHT THE EUROPEAN WAR THE WAY HE CHOSE TO, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TO HAVE DEALT WITH THE COLD WAR FOR 45 YEARS!
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Does anyone have the General Douglas MacArther March they, could put on youtube?
Our High School Band Director friend wrote the music to this march, and I played it many times. Later I became member of the !st Cavalry Division, MacArther's own.
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You have to add ADM William J. Halsey. Hit hard, Hit fast, Hit often. "There are no great men. Just great challanges that ordinary men by circumstance are forced to meet".
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@CJLinton- Well, flat-out refusing to see "MacArthur" makes little sense when you have such a strong opinion about "Patton". I don't expect you'd like it, though, since the two are somewhat similar.
See, I think I get what you're looking for in a war movie. Most people- including me- consider "Gods and Generals" to have been a crashing bore, too loaded down with every last detail to be very entertaining. Very few war movies are like that one.
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@CJLinton- No, we could not. That would be tragic.
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@Jurassic0Al Of course i'll reply... can't have people thinking you know what your talking about can we?
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@Jurassic0Al With regards Macarthur I cant comment on a film I have not (and have no wish to) see.
What I regard as a good war film are those that get everything right, Gods and Generals probably being the best one (even though the Antietam scenes were cut at the editing stage). If history is to be represented on screen (and a lot of money spent doing so) then it should be done right, otherwise its complete fiction and in my opinion is disrespectful to the people being portrayed in the film.
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@CJLinton- Just tell me, old buddy, old chum, because I'm curious- if you believe "Patton" to be a terrible war movie, what do you see as a good one? I mean, you made no comment on "MacArthur", which is present here also, for one thing.
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@luxxma1984- Yes, true. It was politics of the time, but there should have been signs, and no doubt there were, that the Soviets weren't the good friends they were officially. I mean, did you ever hear of what they did when a B-29 landed in their territory? Locked up the crew and stole the plane. Copied it and said, "Great Soviet aircraft!" Yeah. They stole our f*ckin plane. Good friends indeed.
I like to think that Patton, in regards to the Soviets, was ahead of his time.
I believe there are more than a few rugged, and bold men these days. Just look at the men of the 173rd in Korengal Valley. Or the Marines on the offensive in Helmand, or the Canadian combat troops in Kandahar. Look at the brave Marine and Army grunts who fougth in the battle of Fallujah, or the 3rd ID's bold Armored assault into the heart of Baghdad. The Brits holding out during the siege of Sangin. It's just modern society doesn't respect the warrior as much anymore, and you never hear about it
CaptainAmerica322 2 years ago 22
Both Macarthur and Patton had some of the lowest casualty rates in their respective theaters. As has previously been said both were independant thinkers, too bad we don't have more like them today.
ml1911 2 years ago 15