Spielberg Pacific movie

[John McGillivray]

Originally posted by Lynx45
http://www.sproe.com/l/lcvp.html

The ten LCVPs used in Saving Private Ryan were found stored in the desert at Palm Springs, California and were then transported to St. Austell, Cornwall, England were they were overhauled by Robin Davies of Square Sail. In order to give the appearance of more landing craft, each LCVP had different hull numbers painted on each side.

In reality, the 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions did not use LCVPs, but instead went to shore in British LCAs (Landing Craft, Assault). In the film itself two modified LCMs (Landing Craft, Mechanized) were used for the Charlie Company Rangers, with the ten LCVPs being used in the background.

Here is a nice piece of miss-information from the same site.

http://www.sproe.com/c/caen.html

Montgomery was NOT the commander of the 2nd British Army. He was the commander of 21st Army Group. This consisted in June and July 1944, of ALL Allied land forces in Normandy including both Bradley’s 1st US Army and Dempsey’s 2nd British Army.

P.S. I sent an e-mail to the web master to complain of the error. I will let you know what answer I receive, if any.