Comments for Joe Galloway: A day to remember the price of freedom at http://www.michaelyon-online.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.michaelyon-online.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:38:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.michaelyon-online.com/joe-galloway-a-day-to-remember-the-price-of-freedom.htm#comment-19101 God Bless our troops and their families, lets all remember them and all of those before them that have served our nation as that IS the point of Memorial day... we would not be where we are if they had not been where they were. - Alan Johnson Mon, 25 May 2009 04:22:00 +0100 http://www.michaelyon-online.com/joe-galloway-a-day-to-remember-the-price-of-freedom.htm#comment-19099 For anyone who has not seen or not familiar with the HBO movie "Taking Chanceƒ?, I highly recommend it for a Memorial Day "must see". It is out on DVD, I got my copy from Netflix. It is based on the true account, and the notes of an ƒ??after actionƒ? report submitted by a Marine corp. Colonel who accompanied the remains of a 19 year old marine, from Washington DC where the body was prepared to his family in Montana. It is without a doubt the most moving movie I have ever remember watching in over 60+ years of going to the cinema. It has no ƒ??actionƒ? scenes, no comedic relief, and no love interest. Just a narrative of that Marineƒ??s last journey from the point of being prepared for transport in Iraq, the body being prepared (there is nothing graphic, the most you see of that marine is a close up of hands and feet being cleaned, his personal effects being cleaned; and then the actual transport to his home town, by commercial carrier, as seen through the eyes of the colonel accompanying the remains. The special features section includes interview with the colonel (since retired) who wrote the report, the marineƒ??s parents, his sister, his best friend growing up, and his unit buddies. The colonel explained how he wrote the after action report; using over 20 pages of notes he took along the way, and typed up the night he returned home. How first a few of his friends read his report, and when they suggested he give it a wider circulation he sought and receive permission from that young manƒ??s parents. I wish it could be shown on TV every Memorial Day, to remind everyone what the ƒ??holidayƒ? Memorial Day represents. - Norm Roth Sun, 24 May 2009 05:03:00 +0100