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World War II: From the Frontlines

The U.S. Marines are heading for Tarawa. Among them is 17-year-oldJoe Varucene from...

The U.S. Marines are heading for Tarawa. Among them is 17-year-old
Joe Varucene from California. {\an8}I was just as scared as anybody. {\an8}But I don't know, I felt I was doing
something and I felt good about it. I was gung-ho

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The U.S. Marines are heading for Tarawa.
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Among them is 17-year-old Joe Varucene from California.
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{\an8}I was just as scared as anybody.
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{\an8}But I don't know, I felt I was doing something and I felt good about it.
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I was gung-ho.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
247
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:59
Uploaded
Mar 23, 2024
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary, history, war

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Movie Summary

Through vividly enhanced archival footage and voices from all sides of the conflict, this docuseries brings WWII to life like never before.
S01 • E01 [announcer] ...and how the Royal Navy, using nearly a thousand ships, - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:15
[announcer] ...and how the Royal Navy, using nearly a thousa...
S01 • E05 {\an8}When we landed, my regiment turned right - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
{\an8}When we landed, my regiment turned right
S01 • E06 It's April, and in Europe, every day brings news of another German defeat. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
It's April, and in Europe, every day brings news of ano...
S01 • E05 The Germans pulled back, and we went straight on towards Paris. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
The Germans pulled back, and we went straight on towards Par...
S01 • E02 {\an8}My ship, HMS Barham, was like a floating city. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:11
{\an8}My ship, HMS Barham, was like a floating city.
S01 • E01 [Hunn] We arrived back home at Margate. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:13
[Hunn] We arrived back home at Margate.
S01 • E05 Suddenly, they started to ring all the bells of the city. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:06
Suddenly, they started to ring all the bells of the city.
S01 • E02 We were the greatest navy in the world. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:07
We were the greatest navy in the world.
S01 • E01 DUNKIRK - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:14
DUNKIRK
S01 • E04 All of a sudden, there was planes coming over and they bombed. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
All of a sudden, there was planes coming over and they bombe...
S01 • E03 I liked the heavy machine gun best. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:06
I liked the heavy machine gun best.
S01 • E05 I said, "Ah! What are those tanks?" - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:13
I said, "Ah! What are those tanks?"
S01 • E04 It was just magnificent. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:07
It was just magnificent.
S01 • E03 August 23rd. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:09
August 23rd.
S01 • E01 It takes the Nazis 21 days to take the rest of France and roll into Paris. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:26
It takes the Nazis 21 days to take the rest of France and ro...
S01 • E04 So, I told one of the guys, I says, "That's the island I want to go to." - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
So, I told one of the guys, I says, "That's the is...
S01 • E05 Eleven weeks after D-Day, - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
Eleven weeks after D-Day,
S01 • E02 David Holmes is part of a task force - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:11
David Holmes is part of a task force
S01 • E04 What Joe doesn't know is that 5,000 Japanese soldiers - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:08
What Joe doesn't know is that 5,000 Japanese soldiers
S01 • E03 Down below, the Panzer regiments have arrived. - World War II: From the Frontlines 00:05
Down below, the Panzer regiments have arrived.