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Originally posted by Sgt_Freeman.:
Whoever we like the best. The cool ones seem to always die first.

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Married,kids,good job,slept with you're Secretary once.
well,if you're never been SHOT AT,by more than 2 people,you're missing out on something,kid!''
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Joe E. Mann
Private First Class Joe E. Mann landed on 17 September 1944 on the dropzone B between the Dutch villages Son and St. Oedenrode. He belonged to H-company of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. H-company should capture the traffic bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal in the village Best. Although this bridge was not on the direct route to the North, general Maxwell D. Taylor considered it an important alternative for the bridge in Son.
During the fights for a German ammunition store on Monday 18 September Joe Mann was wounded twice.
On the 19th the fights were in the close vicinity of the bridge. Joe Mann, with both upper limbs being in arm slings, was sheltering in a trench together with six other wounded men, when a German hand grenade landed close to him. Being unable to use his arms because of the wound dressings, he shouted "Grenade", lay back to take the main force of the explosion with his body and a few moments later was dead. Although a few of his comrades received shrapnel wounds, he had saved their lives.

For this courageous deed, Joe Mann was posthumously awarded the highest American order, "The Congressional Medal of Honor".

[The monument in the Joe Mann Theatre]

In the Joe Mann Theatre a monument was unveiled by his parents on 17 September 1956. This open air theatre is situated opposite to the museum park.

[The memorial stone at the Boslaan Zuid, close to the bridge]



In the woods at the Boslaan Zuid, in the immediate vicinity of the bridge where his heroic act took place, a memorial stone was unveiled in 1984 by Joe's sister.

Also Lieutenant Colonel R.G. Cole of the 101st Airborne Division was awarded "The Congressional Medal of Honor".
On 11 June 1944, in France, Lt. Col. Cole led his battalion across heavy enemy fire. As a result of his heroic action a bridgehead on the river Douve could be established.
On 18 september 1944 he was killed during the fights for the bridge in Best.

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I'll see you on the beach!

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Originally posted by ironcrush:
lol and i forgot to ask...is that screen up above from the X-Box version cause the PS2 is not that good looking at all...and yes, I know that version was much worse and everything but that screen is outstanding for a last generation shot.

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Originally posted by ironcrush:
lol not anymore...I have a 360 now, but sadly my BIA experience came from a PS2...but seriously I'll be P.O.ed if thats what BIA was supposed to look like and I got the shabby version...o well, still a huge fan