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* Colonel Benjamin Vandervoot (played by Creator/JohnWayne) breaks his ankle parachuting into France. His response? "Put the boot back on and lace it up ''tight.''" He then proceeds to gather up his scattered men and lead them to accomplish their objectives while limping along on a broken leg and using a rifle as a crutch, until he had to be carried to continue onward.

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* Colonel Benjamin Vandervoot Vandervoort (played by Creator/JohnWayne) breaks his ankle parachuting into France. His response? "Put the boot back on and lace it up ''tight.''" He then proceeds to gather up his scattered men and lead them to accomplish their objectives while limping along on a broken leg and using a rifle as a crutch, until he had to be carried to continue onward.

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-->'''Gen. von Salmuth:''' The work has completely exhausted out troops.

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-->'''Gen. von Salmuth:''' The work has completely exhausted out our troops.


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* Admiral Jaujard of the Free French Forces delivering a simple, yet elegant message for his men:
-->Soon we shall be engaged in combat. To drive the enemy out, we must fire on our homeland. This is the price of liberty. Vive la France!
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* A team of engineers - led by Jeffrey Hunter - under constant fire rig up explosives to blow a hole into the Omaha Beach barrier. [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice They all die in the attempt but Hunter lives long enough to detonate the explosives]], opening a big enough gap for the Americans to charge in and win the day.]]

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* A team of engineers - led by Jeffrey Hunter - under constant fire rig up explosives to blow a hole into the Omaha Beach barrier. [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice They all die in the attempt but Hunter lives long enough to detonate the explosives]], opening a big enough gap for the Americans to charge in and win the day.]]
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* The bagpiper Bill Millin. The RealLife counterpart later met with captured German snipers and found out none of them would shoot at him because they all thought [[CrazyAwesome he was too crazy]] to be marching about playing that thing.

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* The bagpiper Bill Millin. The RealLife counterpart later met with captured German snipers and found out none of them would shoot at him because they all thought [[CrazyAwesome [[SuccessThroughInsanity he was too crazy]] to be marching about playing that thing.
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* Colonel Benjamin Vandervoot (played by Creator/JohnWayne) breaks his ankle parachuting into France. His response? "Put the boot back on and lace it up ''tight.''" He then proceeds to gather up his scattered men and lead them to accomplish their objectives while limping along on a broken leg and using a rifle as a crutch, until RealityEnsues and he has to be carried to continue onward.

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* Colonel Benjamin Vandervoot (played by Creator/JohnWayne) breaks his ankle parachuting into France. His response? "Put the boot back on and lace it up ''tight.''" He then proceeds to gather up his scattered men and lead them to accomplish their objectives while limping along on a broken leg and using a rifle as a crutch, until RealityEnsues and he has had to be carried to continue onward.
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* Colonel Benjamin Vandervoot (played by Creator/JohnWayne) breaks his ankle parachuting into France. His response? "Put the boot back on and lace it up ''tight.''" He then proceeds to gather up his scattered men and lead them to accomplish their objectives while limping along on a broken leg and using a rifle as a crutch.

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* Colonel Benjamin Vandervoot (played by Creator/JohnWayne) breaks his ankle parachuting into France. His response? "Put the boot back on and lace it up ''tight.''" He then proceeds to gather up his scattered men and lead them to accomplish their objectives while limping along on a broken leg and using a rifle as a crutch.crutch, until RealityEnsues and he has to be carried to continue onward.
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** And that [[TruthInTelevision really happened.]] Though not portrayed in the film, they were also both badly hungover at the time.

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** And that [[TruthInTelevision really happened.]] Though not portrayed in the film, they were also both badly hungover at the time. Believing that the weather conditions would be too bad for flying, they spent the previous evening getting drunk.
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-->''(cue the movie's title and the first eight bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony)''

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-->''(cue --->''(cue the movie's title and the first eight bars of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony)''

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