littlebuddy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Richard Todd as Major John Howard at "Pegasus Bridge" in The Longest Day. ( Todd was actually "there" on D-Day with the British Airborne boys) He was actually asked to play himself in the film but said he didn't do anything out of the ordinary during the landings!! WANTED : RAF 1940 PATT FLYING BOOTS WANTED : DINGHY TYPE K ,TYPE A " ALWAYS WANTING USAAF ITEMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING " "WOULD ALSO LIKE 487th FS AND 515TH BS RELATED ITEMS " "Illegitmi non carborundum" Link to post Share on other sites
littlebuddy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Kenneth Moore as Douglas Bader in "Reach for the sky". Believe it or not this is one of my favourite films ever , behind the Wizard of Oz !! WANTED : RAF 1940 PATT FLYING BOOTS WANTED : DINGHY TYPE K ,TYPE A " ALWAYS WANTING USAAF ITEMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING " "WOULD ALSO LIKE 487th FS AND 515TH BS RELATED ITEMS " "Illegitmi non carborundum" Link to post Share on other sites
littlebuddy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I don't know if I have missed it ?? but who played Morgan in Memphis Belle ?? WANTED : RAF 1940 PATT FLYING BOOTS WANTED : DINGHY TYPE K ,TYPE A " ALWAYS WANTING USAAF ITEMS IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING " "WOULD ALSO LIKE 487th FS AND 515TH BS RELATED ITEMS " "Illegitmi non carborundum" Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I don't know if I have missed it ?? but who played Morgan in Memphis Belle ?? Nobody. It wasn't a character thing...it was a generic crew. "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Anthony Hopkins as Richard Nixon in "Nixon" (commander in Chief) Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams in "Amistad" Link to post Share on other sites
kammo-man Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Adams was punk rock for sure Link to post Share on other sites
gwb123 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 It's interesting how close some of these are.... and how others are just way off... Gil BurketOmaha, NESpecializing in Fakes and Reproductionsof the Vietnam Warburkcats@hotmail.com "One is easily fooled by that which one loves." Moliere: Tartuffe Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Fred MacMurry as Eddie Rickenbacker in "Captain Eddie" Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 It's been mentioned to me that there are no "military women" from the movies featured here. Good point. I can't bring one to mind but if anyone out there can....? "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
uniformcollector Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Glenn Close as Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer in Serving in Silence Will Twomey In Honor of: USA General John Wickham (1928-) USAF Colonel Bernie Fisher MOH (1927-2014) USMC Sergeant Al De Vito (Chosin Reservoir Survivor) (1926-) USA Cpl. Macedonio Leyba (Bataan Death March survivor) (1917-2007) Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Lee Remick as Kate Summersby in "Ike" Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Thanks gentlemen! "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Jaclyn Smith as Florence Nightingale?! ( Yeah...that's what I thought too! ) "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
124cav Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Who was the actor that ported Truscott in Patton? Always looking for WW2 Cavalry,Pack Mule and Constabulary horse platoon stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 His name was John Doucette. "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 William Witney as AAF General Curtis LeMay in "The wild blue yonder". "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Jude Law as Vassili Zaitzev in "Enemy at the Gates" Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Ed Harris as Major Erwin Koenig in "Enemy at the Gates" Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Bob Hoskins as Nikita Khruschev in "Enemy at the Gates" Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Alexei Petrenko played Josef Stalin in a BBC tv drama "World War 2 behind closed doors". "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Henry Fonda as Admiral Chester Nimitz in "Midway". "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Glenn Ford as Admiral Raymond Spruance in "Midway". "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
world war I nerd Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Robert Duval as Joseph Stalin in "Stalin" Link to post Share on other sites
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