Factual error: French commando Philippe Kieffer is wearing the ribbon of the Military Cross throughout the film. He was actually awarded the MC in July 1944, a month after D-Day.
The Longest Day (1962)
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Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Starring: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Eddie Albert, Red Buttons, Bourvil, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Jean-Louis Barrault, Paul Anka, Pauline Carton, Wolfgang Büttner
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Brigadier General Norman Cota: I don't have to tell you the story. You all know it. Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach: those that are already dead and those that are gonna die. Now get off your butts. You guys are the Fighting 29th.
Trivia: The private of the 82nd Airborne F-Company who accidentally lands on the St Mere Eglise bell tower has become sort of a local celebrity. On the 50th anniversary of D-Day, a dummy on a parachute was hung up on the tower in his memory, and is still there.