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More then WOW, that movie made Marines cry. I did as well. LES for all of us.
i had never seen the whole movie before, just the last 30 minutes, and when i saw the scene with the typist catching the names, just one small job being done well, and with concern by an anonymous typist....wow. the scene with the car making the long dusty drive past a iowa corn field, and the mother opening her front door....it made me weep. so when i understood what the 'steamboat willie' character stood for, i was amazed by the ...quality of the story and acting. my late almost father in law was a paratrooper, and while he was delighted to talk to me, someone new about his stories, there were times when his face closed off, and he went back. that movie should make you cry.