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[Rustyt1953]

Whether raw or fried, oysters w/hot sauce are an epicurean delight in my book. I watched an episode of "Man vs Food" where Adam Richmond ate 16 dozen raw oysters in a sitting. Two dozen is the most I have ever done.

Eat what you like. I do.

 

[DWalt]

My sole oyster eating experience was my mother’s oyster dressing. She always made it for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners when I was a kid. Some tradition in her family. I ate it only because I had to. Oysters were already shelled and came in a cylindrical container with a transparent lid. Oyster Dressing Recipe | Alton Brown | Food Network

 

[SMSgt]

Oysters? No way, not fried, stewed, chowtered, raw, nothing. Cannot stand the taste.

 

[Ugly Hombre]

"They Were Expendable" is a great book along with "They Fought Alone" about the Mindanao resistance .

I Met Lt Ramsey who led the last Cavalry charge against the Japanese invaders in the war. Got to talk to him for a while stateside and got a signed copy of his book. Lovely wife and he was a real gentleman warrior. "Lt. Ramseys War".

26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts - Wikipedia)

All three books are great- old school American/Philippine courage and will power to the hilt.

My F.I.L was a Philippine Scout survived the battle the march and the P.O.W. camp got out and joined the partisans.

Was at Clark for a while- we should have never left I think both Cano's and Pinoy's realize that now. To late.

Same with Taiwan. The Chinese on Taiwan had a riot when we left- because we left.

Sad as hades..

 

[Tam 3]

Frank Wead got credit for writing the screenplay for the movie.

regards,

Tam 3

 

[NYlakesider]

Frank Wead got credit for writing the screenplay for the movie.

regards,

Tam 3

I remember a John Wayne movie that he (His name) played a big part in WW2. (Wings of Eagles) Some where in my stash of stuff I have the paper back book detailing his role in the war effort!

 

[GaryS]

Knowing what I've read about Ford, he might have fallen into a bottle of whiskey. Which does not mean he was not one of the greatest directors of all time. He also served in the navy during WW2.

Robert Montgomery was not only an actor, he served on PT boats. Plus, he was the father of Elizabeth Montgomery.

It is scheduled to be shown on TCM on Friday 5/26, 11:15PM CDT. Set your timer.

Looking up some history about it, John Ford is credited as being the director. But he was somehow injured early in production, couldn’t work, and Robert Montgomery not only starred in it, but he also took over as director.

 

[Chuck24]

For a movie about PT boats, they spend an awful lot of time walking around in the jungle. Growing up in the Hampton Roads area,you could see a lot of Pt boats converted to fishing boats. Still a couple running around in Poquoson.

 

[31FordA]

“They Were Expendable” is a great book, I got my copy at the Maritime Museum in Philly. It’s also a good movie.

There are two other really good books about the fighting in the Phillipines, in addition to “They Were Expendable”. The previously mentioned “Lt. Ramsey’s War” about the fight for Bataan and the guerilla resistance to the Jap’s, and “They Fought With What They Had” about the efforts of the Far East Air Force in the first six months of the war. They are all good accounts of the heroic efforts of men with their backs against the wall.

 

[GaryS]

"Indestructible" is a great book about the war in the Philippines. It's the story of Paul "Pappy Gunn" who was a retired naval officer who live in the Philippines before the war. More than that it is also about his family who were interned by the Japanese during the war.

Gunn was flying people out when his family was captured. He spent the rest of the war working to liberate them and the territory.

He is credited with developing most of the modifications to the B25 to turn it into a ground attack aircraft.

The book also goes into his families life as civilian POWs in the Philippines.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Another good read. I have downloaded the movie as well.

 

[Beemerguy53]

Another good read. I have downloaded the movie as well.

The Great Raid is a terrific movie. I've written on here before about Sgt. August (Augie) Stern, who was one of the Rangers on that mission. After the war, Augie became a Baltimore firefighter, and spent his entire career at Rescue 1 in downtown Baltimore. It was my great honor and privilege to work with him in the last years of his career...

August T. Stern Jr., 82, firefighter, veteran who helped rescue POWs

 

[Tex1001]

Watching "They Were Expendable" still makes me emotional.
Scene where military personnel were only partially evacuated
based on a lottery system was humbling. Those left behind
became part of the death march.
Robert Montgomery was underrated.

 

[Ugly Hombre]

Naomi Flores - Wikipedia

Here is the story of a Igorot girl who was the prime force behind the "Miss U" American/Philippine spy ring that saved a lot of American POW's by smuggling in food and medical supplies.

Anthem Opinions: A Daughter Saluting Her Mother....in "Keeping the Spirit of '45 Alive"

Unreal courage just amazing and never got the credit she deserved- she did not do it for credit- did it because she loved both countrys and hated the invaders.

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There is a movie about her "Code Name Looter" I have my contacts in the P.I. looking for that for me. another best story little known..

POW Camp O'Donnell and Camp Cabanatuan

"Naomi Flores ("Looter"), a licensed vegetable peddler, hid the loot in the bottom of rice sacks and took them to the camp. Once or twice a week, the rice detail from the camp picked up the sacks of rice and took them to the mess hall, where the goods were removed and delivered to one of six officers designated as "helpers."

"Miss U" by Margaret Utinsky | Goodreads

 

[bigmtnman]

I have the same first edition ... from a flea market for a buck. The movie itself I have watched many ..MANY times from boy to old man. I recognize it as one of the most MELANCHOLY movies I have ever seen. It never fails to hit me right in my patriotic, greatest generation appreciating gut !