Well, actually, I missed putting up a post. Mac is without computer at the moment so putting up a tribute to servicemen and servicewomen would be difficult from a BB. That's an acronym for Blackberry in case you were wondering. Anyway, I spent most of my Monday on the couch going in and out consciousness and old war movies. The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Hero's, Midway, Pearl Harbor, you name it.. they were all on and I saw bits and pieces of most of them during my time awake. However, there was a movie on HBO that I caught the last 45 minutes of and I hate that I didn't catch it from beginning to end. What I saw was fantastic. The movie is "Taking Chance" and to give you a quick insight it is a story based on real life events of a volunteer military officer, Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl who accompanies the body of 19 year old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming. Below is a quick plot summary that I acquired from IMDB:
In April, 2004, casualties mount in Iraq. At Quantico, choices focus on increasing troop strength or only replacing casualties. Lt. Col. Mike Strobl crunches numbers. Stung by his superior's rejection of his recommendation because he lacks recent combat experience, Strobl volunteers for escort duty, accompanying the remains Pfc. Chance Phelps, killed at 19. From Dover to Philadelphia by hearse, from there to Milwaukee and on to Billings by plane, and then by car to Phelps' Wyoming home - person after person pays respects. Kind words, small gifts, and gratitude are given Strobl to deliver to the family on this soul-searching journey.
It is and was a very moving film and I would recommend watching it for anyone regardless if you have friends or family enlisted in active duty or not. The trailer doesn't do it justice, but here it is anyway.
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Hey i have this movie if you want to borrow it!! It is excellent!!
-Robin W.
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