CONTEST – WWII in HD
It’s time for a new contest! On January 26 A&E Home entertainment (History Channel) is releasing the DVD and Blu-ray edition of WWII in HD. We have a DVD copy to give away!
We will pick the winner this Friday (Jan 29, 2010), US residents only, sorry!
You can enter the contest in 2 ways, plus a bonus entry option!
Contest entry:
1) Send us an email with your name and reply email address to steve (at) wwarii.com
or
2) Follow us on twitter and re-tweet the following message: “CONTEST-Follow @WWarII and retweet this message to enter to win a DVD set of WWII in HD http://wp.me/pcyqd-9I”
BONUS ENTRY
To get a bonus entry complete one of the two methods above and share a piece of personal WWII history or other accurate WWII trivia you find interesting, as a reply to this post, or over at our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/WWIIHistory.
If you aren’t the lucky winner, or would like to pre-order your own set of WWII in HD, check the links below.
Here’s the pre-order link for the DVD set:
http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=108161&v=history_show_wwii-in-hd&pagemax=all
And for the Blu ray edition:
http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=108164&v=history_show_wwii-in-hd&pagemax=all
You can find more information about the WWII in HD here: http://www.history.com/content/wwii-in-hd
Good luck!
*Terms & Conditions – This contest is for 1 copy of WWII in HD (DVD) from A&E Home Entertainment. The DVD is brand new (sealed) and was provided by the publisher. All entrants must complete the entry task(s), or in case of any issues an email to steve@wwarii.com. All information provided will be kept confidential. Entries must be received by January 29, 2010 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time. Contest winner will be drawn at random and notified after the close of the contest. The DVD will be shipped directly to the winner. US residents only.
About The Author
My great uncle was killed on his 24th mission during Operation Market Garden. He was a co-pilot in a B-24 was his mission was to drop supplies to the paratroopers. His plane was flying third in formation and the formation had to make three passes before they were able to drop supplies. The first pass, the bridge that was supposed to be a navigation point had been destroyed and they missed the turn. The second pass, other planes were over the target. By the time they made the third pass at treetop level, many of the bombers were shot down by the Germans who were now ready for them. Half the crew survived as the pilot and my uncle tried to hold the plane steady for crash landing (this is per one of the crew–can’t remember which one). They landed in a pond and as they hit the embankment on the other side, the plane flipped over and broke in half. My grandpa in 2001 was able to return to Holland where they had found the farmer on whose land my great uncle crashed.
My Dad was in the 12th Defense Battalion, HAAG (Heavy Anti-Artillery Group) Battery “C” attached to the 1st Marine Division, III Amphibious Corps. He received 2 stars on his campaign ribbon for Cape Gloucester and Peleliu. While on Peleliu, one of his buddies got shot in the head while my Dad was standing right next to him at the entrance of a cave that they thought had been secured. That was the closest he said that he came to “combat”…he was a fire control man for the 90mm AA guns, and did fire missions on caves on Peleliu (and later on small surrounding islands from Ngeregong.)