Veterans "oral" histories

[427TJ]

"Saving Private Ryan" was one of the best war movies ever made. No gung-ho bullshi_, but rather the awful horror of combat. My wife and I went to see it and when the movie ended the theater kept the lights at a dim setting and none of the patrons moved for about five minutes. All you could hear were snifs and coughs as people got themselves together, me included. Oh, and when the P-51 Mustangs came in and knocked out the German armor the whole theater cheered. Nice to see real WWII fighters used in a movie instead of models.

Yes, "We Were Soldiers" was another fine movie. Casting Sam Elliot as the grizzled old sergeant was a master stroke. Not as explicit as Private Ryan but every bit as good.