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22 Boom – Academy Awards Special – Episode 28
Jan 22nd
In this television special 22 Boom hosts Dan Culberson’s Hotshots Reviews of Academy Award Winning Movies Alice in Wonderland, Blue Valentine, The Town, Country Strong, Inception, The King’s Speech, Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right, The Fighter, The Social Network, and our Music video section with 3OH!3 – My First Kiss and Best Coast – Crazy For You.
Videos in this Episode
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22 Boom Academy Awards Special Intro -
Alice in Wonderland – Movie Review -
Blue Valentine – Academy Award Nomination -
Blue Valentine – Movie Review -
The Town – Academy Award Nomination -
The Town – Movie Review -
Country Strong – Academy Award Nomination -
Country Strong Movie Review -
Inception – Academy Award Nomination -
Inception – Movie Review -
The King’s Speech – Academy Award Nomination -
The King’s Speech – Movie Review -
Black Swan – Academy Award Nomination -
Black Swan – Movie Review -
The Kids Are All Right – Academy Award Nomination -
The Kids Are All Right – Movie Review -
The Fighter – Academy Award Nomination -
The Fighter – Movie Review -
The Social Network – Academy Award Nomination -
The Social Network – Movie Review -
3OH3 – My First Kiss -
Best Coast – Crazy For You -
Outro
Dick Winters 1918-2011 American Hero
Jan 12th
Major Dick Winters, who died on January 2 aged 92, was one of the US Army’s most revered service
men of the Second World War; his exploits were later chronicled in the book and television series Band of Brothers.
FROM INDEPENDENT As commander of E Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Winters and his company proved instrumental on D-Day in ensuring the successful American landings at Utah and Omaha beaches. He would later lead his paratroopers through the forests of France, Belgium and Holland before ending his war in Hitler’s alpine retreat.
The 2nd Battalion’s specific remit for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 was to secure “Causeway 2”, which linked Utah Beach to the hinterland. The Germans had flooded the fields in between and the planned night-time capture of the causeways was vital in ensuring the eventual success of the amphibious landings.
The operation did not get under way smoothly, as Allied aircraft were faced by withering flak which forced troops to be dropped far away from the target area. Furthermore, the aircraft containing E Company’s Commanding Officer and First Sergeant was shot down, making Winters effective commander.
To make matters worse, Winters had lost his weapon during the drop, and 90 per cent of his men were unaccounted for. But he and 13 other members of “Easy” Company did manage to set up headquarters in a farmhouse, where at daybreak they received intelligence that four German 105mm Howitzers, manned by a full platoon, were firing on Utah Beach; they were ordered to destroy the guns.
In the ensuing attack, Winters ordered half of his squad to unleash an enveloping hail of machine gun fire, while another section of his men took the left flank and hurled hand grenades at the first gun. With this Howitzer duly disabled, the remainder of Easy Company (with the aid of “Dog” Company) made a full assault on the German trenches, spiking the other guns with TNT.
FROM WKIPEDIA
Major Richard “Dick” D. Winters (January 21, 1918 – January 2, 2011)[1] was a United States Army officer and decorated warveteran. He commanded Company “E”, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.
Winters parachuted into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day, and fought across France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and eventually into Germany. Later in the war, Winters rose to command the 2nd Battalion. Following the end of hostilities Winters was discharged from the army and returned to civilian life, working in New Jersey.
In 1951, during the Korean War, Winters was recalled to the Army from the inactive list and briefly served as a regimental planning and training officer on staff at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Although issued orders for deployment, he was not sent to Korea. After his discharge he worked at a few different jobs before founding his own company and selling farming products.
Winters was featured in a number of books and was portrayed in the 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers by Damian Lewis. He was a regular guest lecturer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He retired in 1997.
Inside Boulder TV News on BC1
Sep 27th
Inside Boulder News – January 4, 2012 from Boulder, Colorado on Vimeo.
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