Perhaps one of the greatest if not the greatest depiction of war and military put on screen, Band of Brothers premiered 20 years ago today.
If you've never seen it, go watch it. If you've seen it already, it may be a time to watch it again.
If you want similar level of authenticity (but a very different atmospherics), I highly recommend Generation Kill. While it will never be Band of Brothers, it's probably the best regarding modern day war and military.
Dick Winters, "Lt Sobel does not hate Easy Company Pvt Randleman. He just hates you."
I watch some of the select episodes often, Crossroads, D-Day, Points, Turning Point, Patrol...
I didn't either, but several morning shows have been talking to the actors from Band of Brothers yesterday and today talking about the close proximity of the days.
Time to start watching again.
And then it was noted in the credits at the end of the episode how textbook their assault was that it is still taught and used as an example by the military.
Operation overlord aka the Battle of Normandy is hard to fathom. I can't imagine the fear of running into machine gun fire as soon as the door dropped. Saving Private Ryan did an amazing job capturing the horror of the battle.