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Aristus

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1. "Fury" was an ugly little film. Even as a die-hard tanker, I couldn't bear to watch it more than

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2022, 01:45 PM

Oct 2022

twice.

The one thing I think it captured well was the endless bickering that goes on among the members of a tank crew. This whole "a bond forms, stronger than that between brothers" thing is a little overstated. My tank crew in the Gulf, we couldn't stand each other. We were a good crew; we worked the tank well; but that didn't translate into personal affinity. I don't know what would have happened if we had ended up serving in combat.

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"Fury" was an ugly little film. Even as a die-hard tanker, I couldn't bear to watch it more than Aristus Oct 2022 #1