National D-Day Memorial Fundraiser

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In case you missed the original post, it is at http://www.ptcruiserlinks.com/forum/...TOPIC_ID=13795. To date, you have contributed $270.00.

Today, I am beginning a contest. The individual who makes the largest contribution (postmarked by January 17th, 2006 and received by January 24th, 2006 will receive the following three DVDs. The largest contribution so far has been $50. If the same person makes multiple contributions, I will combine them. Past contributions count toward this contest.

D-Day the 6th of June. Starring Robert Taylor, Richard Todd, Dana Wynter, and Edmond O'Brien. In this 1956 electrifying film, Robert Taylor portrays Captain Brad Parker, an American officer on the front lines on June 6, 1944 - D-Day - when 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes, and 4,000 ships will come together to invade Normandy and determine the world's future. And since Parker and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter), the day's fighting will also determine which of the two men can return home to her. Also featuring Edmond O'Brien, D-Day the Sixth of June is a moving story of courage and sacrifice both on and off the battlefield.

The Longest Day. This 1962 film brought to us by Darryl Zanuck (trivia - this is who I was named after) has 48 international stars and is nearly three hours long. It was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Cinematography, Black and White; Best Effects, Special Effects; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White; Best Film Editing; and Best Picture. It won the first two. Tells the story of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII. There are dozens of characters, some seen only briefly, who together weave the story of five separate invasion points that made up the operation. England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On the other side of the Channel the Germans still expect the invasion at Calais, and anyway the weather makes them think nothing is likely to be imminent. Eisenhower decides to go. Hitler sleeps on. The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, the US, Britain, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day. The longest day."

Saving Private Ryan. This 1998 film by Steven Spielberg won 5 Academy Awards including Best Cinematography; Best Director; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing; Best Film Editing; and Best Sound. It was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration; Best Makeup; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score; Best Picture; and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. During WWII, Chief of Staff, General Marshall is informed that three of a woman's sons have been killed and that she's going to receive the notifications of their demise at the same time. And when he learns that a fourth son is still unaccounted for, the General decides to send a unit to find him and bring him back, despite being told that it's highly unlikely that he is still alive and the area that he was known to be at is very dangerous. So the unit consisting of 8 men are sent to find him but as stated it's very dangerous and one by one, each of them are being picked off. Will they find him and how many of them will still be alive. This film is also nearly three hours in length.

In case of a tie, the earliest postmarked donation will receive these DVDs. Over 7 1/2 hours of entertainment. Please help us reach our goal.