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The Bloody Hundredth

They couldn't hit their targets, and they were much more,themselves, a target {\an8}for...

They couldn't hit their targets, and they were much more,
themselves, a target {\an8}for German fighter defense.
So the force was being slaughtered

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They couldn't hit their targets,
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and they were much more, themselves, a target
00:00:06.214 --> 00:00:09.926
{\an8}for German fighter defense. So the force was being slaughtered.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:31
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Playtone,Amblin Television,Herzog & Company

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Movie Summary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
Every few cubic feet of this pile contains a plane, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:12
Every few cubic feet of this pile contains a plane,
Probably the most dreadful thing that one could expect was to be shot down. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
Probably the most dreadful thing that one could expect was t...
Being young and thinking that we were immortal, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:09
Being young and thinking that we were immortal,
I knew how much my mother worried about me, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:13
I knew how much my mother worried about me,
Airmen were given parachutes but not trained how to use them, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:25
Airmen were given parachutes but not trained how to use them...
The next thing he remembers, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
The next thing he remembers,
I was taken to a German Air Force airfield - The Bloody Hundredth 00:10
I was taken to a German Air Force airfield
I got interviewed by this guy, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
I got interviewed by this guy,
I had just gotten first lieutenant about three days before. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
I had just gotten first lieutenant about three days before.
And he hands me a 3-by-5 card, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:10
And he hands me a 3-by-5 card,
The Germans had spies in the United States - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
The Germans had spies in the United States
So, they relax you - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
So, they relax you
This cagey interrogation technique - The Bloody Hundredth 00:19
This cagey interrogation technique
There were 30 or 40 of us in the boxcar. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:05
There were 30 or 40 of us in the boxcar.
I can remember walking through the gate, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:12
I can remember walking through the gate,
And there was about a 10- or 12-foot space between the big fence, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:09
And there was about a 10- or 12-foot space between the big f...
We were told not to go over the small fence, or we'd be shot. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:05
We were told not to go over the small fence, or we'd be...
The American POWs who were there, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:10
The American POWs who were there,
The minute they saw us come in, well, they-- - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
The minute they saw us come in, well, they--
You're finally here." - The Bloody Hundredth 00:24
You're finally here."