Additional Images Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Charles Whittlesey (Rick Schroder ) checks the time, Colt M1911 in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Whittlesey with his M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Major Whittlesey slides a new magazine into his M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boom! Headshot .Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hammer of McMurtry's M1911 draws back as he runs out of ammo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Leak advances at German soldiers, revolver in hand. He manages to overextend himself and his welcome. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his Luger P08 at a carrier pidgeon. Said pidgeon was Cher Ami, who, despite being wounded, managed to return to H.Q. and inform them that US Artillery Batteries were firing on the 308th. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Lipasti (André Vippolis ) cleans his M1917. Error creating thumbnail: File missing American soldiers from K Company, 307th Infantry aim their Enfield's. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Abraham Krotoshinsky (Arthur Kremer ) struggles to load a 5-round stripper clip into the chamber of his rifle. This scene, including Major Charles Whittlesey's (Rick Schroder ) encouragement, is reminiscent of Episode 3, Carentan , in Band of Brothers , when Captain Winters (Damien Lewis ) trys to help Pvt. Albert Blythe (Mark Warren ) fire his M1 Garand during the Battle of Bloody Gulch. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Krotoshinsky succeeds in firing. Close inspection shows that the rifle has not yet been rechambered for another round. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sharpshooter Pvt. Bob Yoder (Rhys Miles Thomas ) takes aim at a nuisance German sniper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Satisfied with a successful kill, Yoder works the bolt on his Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An over-the-shoulder view of Major Whittlesey as he works his Enfield. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Lipasti fires at German Sturmtruppen with his M1917. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier works the bolt on his VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser at advancing American doughboys during the first assault. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier guns down an American counterpart. Note the straight bolt handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire on an American reconaissance airplane. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier checks a dead American. Note the long hand guard and flat tangent sights, identifying the rifle as a Czech Mauser as opposed to a Mauser Gewehr 1898 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier aims his VZ-98/22, giving us a good look at the bolt-action mechanism and the rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The aforementioned German soldier holds his Czech Mauser on Pvt. Lowell R. Hollingshead (George Calil ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German sniper aims his Mauser Gewehr 1898. The prominent tangent sights suggest an authentic Gewehr 1898 rather then a Czech Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sniper presents the rest of his rifle and himself, presenting a nice target for sharpshooter Pvt. Bob Yoder (Rhys Thomas Miles ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henchman and Hollingshead rest by their Hotchkiss during a lull in the fighting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good look at the stripper-clip feed of the Hotchkiss. Hollingshead is holding a Chauchat light machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the Hotchkiss can be seen behind Pvt. Henchman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Phillip Cepeglia (Daniel Caltagirone ) shows the Chauchat to the new arrivals. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Lowell R. Hollingshead (George Calil ) with the Chauchat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hollingshead advances, Chauchat slung. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hollingshead with the Chauchat. You can see the bullets in the magazine. When the gun was fired, the proximity of the magazine to the ground caused a problem with jamming. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Abraham Krotoshinsky (Arthur Kremer ) replaces the "banana-clip" magazine in the Chauchat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire the Maxim MG08. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An abandoned Maxim, crew K.I.A, in a machine gun nest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sgt. Gaedeke (Jamie Harris ) pulls the pin on a Mills Bomb. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier arms the Model 24 Stielhandgranate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same grenade, sailing towards some unfortunately doughboys. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sturmtruppen opens up with his Flammenwerfer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good shot of the gas tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pvt. Jacob Rosen (Michael Goldstrom ) wrestles with a Sturmtruppen for control of the gas tank, managing to get the latter to burn several of his comrades alive. Discussion Am changing this to MOVIE instead of TELEVISION. Though it was a made for Television, it was a MOVIE, as are Direct to Video Titles or cable movies. Television refers to recurring episodic series. MoviePropMaster2008 17:34, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
I'm going to screencap the rest of this movie when i have the chance.-Oliveira 16:47, 10 June 2009 (UTC) "Gewehr 98s" Those aren't actual Gewehr 98s in the pictures. Long handguards and no Lange sight. They're probably Czech 98/22s.
1 Handed vs. 2 handed grip In the pictures it seems only Captain Holderman is using a 2 handed grip on his 1911, but all other officers with pistols were using a 1 handed grip. Was the 2 handed grip taught during WW1 or did James just prefer the 2 handed grip over a 1 handed grip?
--MarineCorps1 02:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Maybe it was just the actor's preferred method of holding it. Some might be more comfortable with the 2 handed grip. Crackshot 03:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC) The One handed grip was taught to military and law enforcement in the early 1900s carried over from the previous eras of revolvers and even handguns before those. 2 hand grips that are the standard now came slowly but eventually replaces the 1 hand grip only and the 1 hand grip is taught in the event your other hand is disabled or you are holding something else if your other hand. Excalibur01 04:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Actually, yes, that explains it. In the movie, Captain McMurtry is wounded by shrapnel, so he would have to use the 1 hand grip on account of his other arm being useless. Crackshot , 05:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
