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Originally posted by ZzZ:
My greatest disappointment on this was Private Ryan. Did you notice that there was not one afroamerican soldier in the whole movie? And that right after Amistad which has been a financial desaster for Dreamworks and Spielberg in special ... What I read in books says that about 30% of the US forces personell had been afroamerican people. Most of them in the lower rank (cannonfood ... that kind of peole that most Generals would use for a mission like Omaha beach).
ZzZ
I know this is offtopic, but just a comment. Back in WWII the American military was segregated ie Afro-Americans (and even Japanese Americans to some extent) served in different units from caucasian Americans. You can probably find a listing of such units somewhere. As for the later parts of the movie I don't recall the 101st Airborne (or was it the 82nd in the movie?) having a segregated battalion or regimental combat team at the time. I could be wrong about that though.
Re: Sneak Attack, (an idea based upon Pearl Harbor)
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