Soldier trapped in the bomb crater...

He gave himself something, remember when Calluchi finally took out the machine gun nest, by himself, and brought Small back in. He said "He was crocked to the gills". ----- ----- The main reason I posted this, was to let you know "Eight Iron Men" was finally released on DVD earlier this year. I just found out a few days ago. ----- The movie is being sold at Amazon.com, but I prefer to buy DVDs in local stores so I'll be checking out stores for it. ----- I hope the DVD has some great extras. ----- ----- Rusty


"On screen Winona stands out like a polar bear on black velvet" Timothy Leary about his Goddaughter

It seemed quite clear to me that whether wounded or not, he got wasted on morphine in order to deal with the situation he was in. In other words he became a drug user under the stress of combat.

This is something that seemed to be "self-censored" from war histories, memoirs and movies for many years. I only started to notice a few references to drug misuse in WW2 since about the year 2000.

An interesting point in an otherwise very forgettable movie. The other point of interest being the presence of Lee Marvin.

Did he ever get to eat his piece of cake?

Better to relieve the pain rather than squirm and moan giving away his position. I have seen movies where individual soldiers carried morphine, before D Day landing I believe the received them.