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Red Tails Delivers Stunning Special Effects, But No Substance: Movie Review
Red Tails reduces one of World War II’s most compelling stories to the intellectual level of a Disney cartoon. But the special effects are great. (nycaviation.com) Más...
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had a feeling this would be the case
Still undecided on whether it's worth paying the $22 to go see it...
They were B-17s not 25s
Most everyone on these pages learned to fly without the need to fight a second battle simultaneously. Without regard to the preceived quality of the movie, let's all honor the men who had to fight for the right to fight for their country.
Amen. Most of us on here are too young to remember them firsthand,as most that are left are in their late 80's or early 90's now; BUT, read the history books instead of relying on Hollwood to be totally accurate. We may be too young to remember them but I can dang sure remember the segregation and the way things were; to boot, everybody talked about the North and the West being different but it was the same as down South, just not as open. The service wasn't much better; as it officially was intergrated in the 60's, it may have been as an organization but not every member agreed to it in private.
Actually, President Truman ordered the military services to fully integrate all memebers, including blacks in 1947. Granted, it took about 10-15 years to sink in. I was in the USAF in the early 1960s and we were integrated. No problem on base, but off base it could be something different, especially in the south. I was an instructor for 2 years at Keesler AFB in Biloxi Mississippi and you can bet it was segrated there.
I was in USAF in the late sixties, and as you say, official policy was intergration. More subdued on base but still there; off base, it really didn't matter what part of the country. It was especially bad overseas, both in SE Asia and in Europe, and you still come across it in places, running deep undercurrent.
