Was the D-Day scene of World War II in the movie, Saving Private Ryan overrated? - Quora

Answer: My dad was part of the landing shown in the movie "Saving Private Ryan.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Was the D-Day scene of World War II in the movie, Saving Private Ryan overrated? Steve Kezop 420 votes My dad was part of the landing shown in the movie "Saving Private Ryan." He was a combat engineer and landing three minutes into the invasion. I grew up hearing his war sto... Read More » Why should modern Japan keep on apologizing for past war crimes? Feifei Wang, American made in China 854 votes I had written several answers regarding imperial Japan and their war crimes during WWII, and more importantly why Chinese and other Asian countries would keep "whining" (as... Read More » What is meaning of blue water navy? Jon Davis, Writer and Blogger on Military, Veterans, and Middle Eastern Affairs. 576 votes Blue Water Navies are considered navies that have an international focus. They function in the deep waters (blue) across the globe. Today that would most clearly be the Uni... Read More » When a jet is on the deck of an aircraft carrier, ready to take off, there is a large metal plate behind the plane. What is its function? Tim Hibbetts, Kayaking up Denial 542 votes Joe Hollemon's answer is great and I'm going to show it here : It is a Jet Blast Deflector (JBD). ...  Read More » What is your personal method for waking up early? Paulo Knabben, Entrepreneur/Pharmacist 8.8k votes I wake up at 5am every morning, consistently, for 6 months now and I'm so used to it that I'm able to get out of bed even before the alarm starts ringing. Here's my 2 simpl... Read More » Guns and Firearms: What is it like to be held at gunpoint? Michelle Victor, The Official Tech Guru at Quora 2.7k votes The other morning, I was leaving my girlfriend's house, when a man I had seen many times before in the neighborhood, suddenly appeared in front of her house, greeted me the... Read More » Why does the USAF need the F-35 when the F-22 has not been used in combat? Preston Timms, Student, Military technology enthusiast, wanna-be Android developer 457 votes You can't have your bombs and drop them too. You're probably thinking, what? What's kind of an answer is that? ... Read More » How much did the US supplying Russia help Russia win in World War II? Igor Markov, EECS Prof at Michigan - currently at Google 333 votes According to the Wikipedia (Operation Barbarossa): Joseph Stalin, during the Tehran Conference in 1943, acknowledged publicly the importance of American efforts during a di...  Read More » Who is the luckiest person on earth? Mohamed Saleh 10.6k votes in 1983 a 19-year old boy named George suffered from extreme obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). His case was very severe that he had to quit school and job. Also he had t... Read More » How has the burning of the Library of Alexandria affected the world, and where would we be if it never happened? Tim O'Neill, Atheist, Medievalist, Sceptic and amateur Historian 328 votes While the idea that the world would somehow be vastly different if the Great Library had been preserved is a cute one, it has very little basis. Firstly, the size of the L... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is the best answer to any question. Unsubscribe from this email.

How do billionaires like Bill Gates pay for everyday items, with cash, credit, check...? - Quora

Answer: I once went down for a late afternoon snack in my building's cafe on M.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest How do billionaires like Bill Gates pay for everyday items, with cash, credit, check, some other way? Ian Mikutel, entrepreneur, UX guy, blogger, podcaster, runner, golfer, tea drinker 2.1k votes I once went down for a late afternoon snack in my building's cafe on Microsoft's Redmond campus and Steve Ballmer, at the time CEO of Microsoft, was standing at the pastry ... Read More » Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? Andy Lee Chaisiri, Game Designer, Art Director, & Pokemon Professor 373 votes American English is older than modern British English That sounds counter intuitive and weird, but what I mean is that the kind of English Americans speak today is closer t... Read More » Can the U.S. Air Force break the Russian Air Defence? Igor Markov, EECS Prof at Michigan - currently at Google 367 votes Assuming a limited conflict (not a large war) the short technical answer is no - because Russian Air Defense includes a large number of relatively small and cheap short-ran...  Read More » As an adult, what is the most shocking contradiction to history you learned as a child? Geoffrey Widdison, Engineer, reader, thinker, dreamer. Scientist, scholar, Latter-Day Saint. 352 votes That there were wars in which America was pretty indisputably the bad guy. I knew, as a teenager, that countries always try to paint themselves in the best light. And I un... Read More » How do Chinese people study? Sion Sci, kaiser fan 302 votes I can't give you a definitive description, but I can show you some pictures! The "Chinese way of studying" can be summed up by the slogan "只要学不死，就往死里学", which roughly tra... Read More » How do restaurants use psychology to manipulate our spending and eating habits? Neil Eisenberg, Get at least 3 sides to every story before you judge. 5.6k votes The next time you dine out, take along a copy of this list and count how many of the following psychological ploys your favorite restaurant uses. 1. Restaurants utilize p... Read More » How tired are people of complaints about Barack Obama? David MacDowell Blue 647 votes I'm more weary of the types of complaints. Most of the time it doesn't even consist of genuine criticism of policy but petty kindergarden-schoolyard stuff. Rants about St... Read More » What is the most underrated travel destination which turns out really amazing? Olena Petrosyuk 793 votes Iran. I would have never expected it but the country is beyond stunning. It took us months to plan the itinerary around Iran. Weeks to select the best spots we want to see.... Read More » What is the most isolated scheduled passenger plane flight path? Ian Davies, Gainfully unemployed 1.4k votes Anonymous is right, QF63 looks pretty lonely. This is its flight path, which as you can see is pretty much a straight line. That landmass it passes over is the Kerguelen I... Read More » Why don't Chinese like to wear make-up, like Koreans and Japanese? Chen Haicun 422 votes There are the three prized art in Asia commonly practiced by celebrity and common Asian alike. This is not as funny as it seems. Korean's plastic surgery Japanese makeup...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is the best answer to any question. Unsubscribe from this email.