how did the big red one get its name
its shoulder patch
title: The Big Red One text: title, which was more a companion novel than a novelization of the film, although it features many of the scenes that were originally cut. Fuller was a World War II veteran and served with the 1st Infantry Division, which is nicknamed "The Big Red One" for the red numeral "1" on the Division's shoulder patch. He received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart during his service. He was present at the liberation of the Falkenau concentration camp. In November 1918, a private, using his trench knife, slays a German soldier, who was approaching with his arms raised and title: The Big Red One text: The Big Red One The Big Red One is a 1980 epic war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller starring Lee Marvin alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Siegfried Rauch, Bobby Di Cicco, and Kelly Ward. Based on Fuller's own experiences, it was produced independently on a lower budget, shot on location in Israel as a cost-saving measure. It was heavily cut on its original release, but a restored version, "The Big Red One: The Reconstruction", premièred at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, seven years after Fuller's death. Fuller wrote a book, with the same title: Call of Duty 2: Big Red One text: Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a side-story/expansion of the original game "Call of Duty 2", which was released on PC and Xbox 360 in the same year. "Big Red One" differs from other games in the "Call of Duty" franchise in that it focuses on a single Allied formation in World War II: the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, which goes by the nickname "Big Red One" due to their title: The Big Red One text: the Normandy Campaign, the liberation of France where they battle Germans inside a mental asylum, and the invasion of western Germany. The sergeant's German counterpart, Schroeder, participates in many of the same battles and displays a ruthless loyalty to Hitler and Germany. At different times, he and the sergeant express the same sentiment that soldiers are killers, but not murderers. During the advance across northern France, the squad crosses the same field where the sergeant killed the surrendering German, where a memorial now stands. The squad's final action in the war is the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. title: The Big Red One text: to produce (he says Fuller wanted him to play the Robert Carradine part) but then Bogdanovich pulled out and brought in Gene Corman to produce. The restored version adds 47 minutes to the film's running time, bringing it much closer to the form Fuller imagined before the studio took it away from him. Film critic Richard Schickel — who praised the 1980 version in "Time" magazine when it was released — took the lead on the restoration, which relied on footage found in a old Warners Brothers vault in Kansas City. He was aided by editor Bryan McKenzie and Bogdanovich.