I envy you guys in Europe and North America for the easy availability of World War II movies. In my country, World War II movies on TV are rare. The last locally made WWII movie about the Bataan campaign was filmed more than three decades ago. There was a Hollywood film made on the rescue of US POWS held in a Japanese camp in Nueva Ecija about two or three years ago.

Anyway, all I have seen lately is Warbirds on National Geographic Channel and the various WWII stuff shown on Discovery Channel and NGC.
A friend also gave me a copy of the first episode of Rat Patrol. I remember it as a kid but I now that I've seen it again, I'm surprised that it was barely over 30 minutes long.

What I wish to do (when I have the time) is incorporate the battle sequences of Saving Private Ryan with The Longest Day. I could probably do that too with Pearl Harbor and Tora Tora Tora. My buddies and I used to that with Star Wars and Star Trek films, splice them up and dub it for fun.

What I really want to do is get my Dad (a retired Phil. Air Force colonel) all the John Wayne WWII pics. He was a teenager during the War and told me tales of how they had to trek on foot from Northern Luzon, pass through the mountain city of Baguio, then down the plains of Central Luzon to escape the advancing Japanese troops. They were strafed several times, too, he added.

I also had an uncle who was a major during Bataan and when I compare his stories with some war movies today, realism it seems has flown out the window.