[KilgoreTrout]

An old professor of mine is teaching a first year humanities seminar. The first unit is "the warrior." Over many beers one summer night we got to talking about his lesson plans for that unit and BOB came up. He aired "Day of Days" for the kids this past Friday night.

Winters is an excellent character but Lipton is really the guy that keeps the company together.

The assault of the guns at Brecourt Manor is my favorite scene. Brilliant depiction of small unit tactics. I wish they did a better job explaining the significance of the tanks that show up at the end, though. The beach commander at Omaha ordered a tank platoon to Brecourt to relieve Winters' men. Those tanks crashed through the hedges to root out the remnants of the platoon that had been guarding the guns. Sink scratched off a letter informing Winters that those tanks were sent as thanks for eliminating the guns and for finding the map that showed German positions.