On the line!

Rating: 10/10 (19 August 2007)

It has taken me some time to watch this movie, let alone any other of this event, the Vietnam War.
I sat through the video of this, and watched each and every micro second. The only other time I watched a similar movie was "Good Morning Vietnam". I figured with Robin Williams in it, that it would be more a comedy sort of, but my wife turned it off during the part of the young troops in the truck headed for the front.
This movie, "We Were Soldiers...And Young" fits in with what I know, what I experienced, and my feelings since. People have to remember, it was a movie, not a full blown documentary. You want a documentary, turn to PBS, you want a movie, turn to Hollywood. But as a movie, it should be seen today, by all. The men who were there, who lived and suffered, and those who died in the real place, must not be forgotten. And that goes for all us Vets. Guess that I am now ready to see some of the other videos I collected about this event. My son bought and packed those that he learned to be amongst the best. He gave it to me as a Veterans Day gift a few years ago. I finally opened it the other day. He also served in the military, saw a bit of action in the ME.
As the credits rolled, so did my emotions. They say that grown men don't cry, yes they do. Only an unconnected fool wouldn't. A lot of times you hear someone putting down the "enemy" for whatever, but don't you believe it. They are human, they had families, and they fought, no matter their cause, they fought like soldiers for their nation. See this movie. Understand it. Read the book, remember it. And on each Memorial Day, on each Veteran's Day, follow me as I toast several buddies who did not come home, then those who did, and finally, those serving today. I hope and pray that we never again have to make our soldiers wait years to be formally recognized by our own government for the sacrifices they were ordered into by that government. Public opinion is expected to be divided, expect it, cherish that. Because that is part of what we in America need to defend, the right to ones opinion, yea or nay, it is our right of freedom.