Classic War Movies- The Colditz Story (1955)

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Hi bill, and thank you for the kind words, adn I was indeed thinking of you guys too on our (formerly known as: Armistace Day) as well as our guys and also the German vets I have met. I told a couple of them a few years ago that I always do make it a point to think of them on that day too. You wouldn't believe at how much they appreciate that ;-))

I met two American WWII Vets the other day while eating at a restaurant I oove called; The Cracker Barrel. I noticed these Gents were wearing caps which announced they were WWII vets. We were leaving and I made it a point to stop at their table to shake both their hands as well as thank them for serving. Both were completely surprised but also expressd their greatfulness, that I was one who had not forgotten. I told them a little about my Grandfather whose ship the SS Fort Lee, was torpedoed by U 181-and at how my GF sometime after the war, somehow met one of the German Sailors who served on that Uboat that day his ship was torpedoed. They both really had soemthing in common and they became lifelong friends. The WWII vets I had been talking with, were very impressed and said it was OK for me to include honorable German vets, in my way of recognizing that special day. That sure felt great to here-because one would think that they might have thought different. It turned out that both men landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and served through to the end of the war-in different units of course. They both told me that they knew and were good friends with some WWII German Vets.

Thank you also about my foot. I had surgery on the left one Friday. he surgery went well, but the pains were severe the rest of Fri, all of Sat and Sunday and finally started to recede a bit today. If I stand for longer than about 30 minutes or do a lot of walking around, my feet start hurting abdly when they get tired. This coming Tuesday, I get to finally take the bandages off my right foot though I still feel some sharp pains in it at times. The left foot will be at least another 3 weeks in bandages. Im not looking forward to the day the stitches get taken out-as all I will have is a local, and I felt the stitches being taken out of my right foot and I could actually feel the cuttingings into my toes on the left foot because whomever was supposed to give me the knockout gas, did nto give me as much as i should have had-muh unlike what happened for my first surgery-whenall I remember was that I was wheeled into the OR, and I only remember being awake for a few minutes before a gas mask was placed on me and I was completely out-even during my full time in the Recovery Room.

Thank you also for the nice Christmas wishes. Im hoping to be back online steady like, by the 2nd week of Dec. If nto? hopefully by then I will be cleared to start walking again and will make my way to a library and use their computers ;-))

Thank you for your email address. I will send you one from one fo my better accounts-probably one of my Hotmail accounts. One of my best accounts is: Laughingsawfish@hotmail.com

Take care and best regards--Carl.

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Hi Carl,
Glad you are on the mend. I hope that everything goes well when they take the stitches out. I feel for you as when I was playing soccer for the Army I got kicked in the mouth and had to have 6 stitches inserted in my upper lip. They only gave me a local as well. When you give me your new address I have some military badges for you, I think you will like them. Once again mate, have a good Christmas and New Year and look after yourself.
Best Wishes
Bill

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Cheers Bill, thank you and, the mend is happening but, much slower than I wish ;-)) My left foot is still in a lot of pain and I still feel it in my right foot but, I can deal with the pain in the right foot but not the left with out having painkillers to take.

Ill send you the addy by PM as soon as I finish here ;-)) I am now in a Duplex and we live in the "A" marked unit.

I look forward to those badges with a lot of great interest. I would love to get to you a copy of 5 photo CDS of my WWII photos collection (not complete but about 14/15ths of it ;-))

I also want to make sure I can wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years ;-)) My Christmas wish is to be back in Corpus Christi before the end of this year ;-))

Take care Bill, and my best wishes to you and your friends and family. My best also for Smokey and her little bloke. ;-))

Sincerely yours--Carl.

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I have just received a DVD of the mini series "Colditz" with Jason Priestly, Damian Lewis and Tom Hardy. To me this is a load of rubbish. Has no bearing on the original story and is completey alien to Pat Reid's book. The original with John Mills and Eric Portman is still the way to go.
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Cleaned my movies watching soul with a Great great British War Classic today: The Colditz Story w/ Sir John Mills, Eric Portman, Anton Differing, Theodor Bikel and several other great actors.

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I read the book, If the movie is anything like the book, it should be fantastic!

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I read the book, If the movie is anything like the book, it should be fantastic!

Ive never read the book but--the movie is fantastic. The scroll message at the beginning of the movie says what you see is what happened.