Happy Veterans Day!

Today is the day in the United States where we honor our Veterans. Soldiers and Sailors and Marines and Air Force and everyone else who served this country. I grew up during an unpopular war (Viet Nam) and the mistake then was to transfer feelings about the war to those people who were fighting it - usually poor kids who had no way to avoid the draft, and were doing their best to serve their country. I think we have all learned from that mistake - no matter what we think about war, the people fighting it who served their country deserve our respect. Defending our freedom is the most important thing someone can do. Those who want to take away or limit our freedom must be fought, both abroad and in this country.

Like Independence Day, this would be a good day to read the Constitution of this great nation and learn about the Founding Fathers said our country's history. That's what those Veterans were fighting for. I find it amusing (and disturbing) that many Americans have no idea what the Constitution says, and couldn't pass the same US Citizen Test that some refugee who escaped some hell hole country must pass to become a citizen. So today's a good day to learn about the country those Veterans were fighting for. Our country.

These are from of my favorite war movies that show the courage of our men and women in uniform...

THE BIG RED ONE (1980) written & directed by the great Sam Fuller. Unfortunately this is the trailer for the re-release...



GO FOR BROKE (1951)...

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THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) directed by William Wyler. I cried while posting this... in a Starbucks.. I'm sorry.


A clip from STEEL HELMET (1951) directed by Sam Fuller...



FIXED BAYONETTES (1951) also directed by Sam Fuller...



THE BOYS IN COMPANY C (1978) directed by Sidney Furie...



Those are some of my favorites, and if there are any that you haven't seen - check them out. And take some time today to thank and be thankful to those people who served this country.



- Bill