12 Jul Screaming Eagles
Screaming Eagles, WWII movie starring Tom Tryon
(1956) During the night of the Normandy Invasion the 101st Airborne Division, known as “The Screaming Eagles” parachutes into France. Their job is to capture a bridge on the road to Utah Beach.
When I began to watch this movie I had high hopes … the highly celebrated 101st Airborne, D-Day, dropping into France.
I know it’s probably not fair that I watch many of my World War II movies while I’m on the treadmill. I never watch the entire movie in one session, but if it’s a great movie and I just can’t bear to leave it I might walk three miles.
On this one, each day I forced myself to walk one mile. It took forever.
There are other excellent movies that portray the 101st Airborne: A Bridge Too Far and Saving Private Ryan are two of them.
Screaming Eagles at amazon.com
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