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3 unusual facts about When Trumpets Fade


Hürtgen Forest

In 1998 HBO made a film about the Battle of the Hurtgen forest, When Trumpets Fade.

When Trumpets Fade

Manning then tries to back out of responsibility by asking to be filed on a Section 8 (mentally unfit due to combat stress), but is refused.

This film portrays the actions of an American soldier, David Manning (Ron Eldard), during the World War II Battle of Hürtgen Forest, a battle between the United States Army and German Wehrmacht which took place from September 14, 1944 to February 10, 1945 on the Western Front.



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