*Every Memorial Day weekend, in between the barbecues, swimming, and laughing and drinking with friends and family, I try to think of the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country - they gave their lives in America's wars.
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I also try to watch a good war movie or two on TV over the Memorial Day weekend, which is my small way to honor those brave men and women.
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To kick off this Memorial Day, after my wife, my grown children and grandchild had gone to bed, I watched a midnight showing of Taking Chance.
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HBO offered a re-airing of their 2009 film about the true story of a Marine officer who escorted the body of Chance Phelps, an enlisted Marine who died in Iraq in 2004, home to be buried by his family.
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Kevin Bacon (seen in the below photo), a native Philadelphian, portrayed Lt Col. Mike Strobel, the officer who escorted Phelps home.
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Taking Chance was an intelligent and touching film. The film was a true tribute to our fallen Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen. I urge all to try and see this outstanding film.
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You can read about Taking Chance, via the below link:
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Below is a photo of retired Lt. Col. Mike Stroble.
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*Below is a photo of the late Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps.
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* My late father, Edward M. Davis, served as a chief petty officer with the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) frogmen in World War II, and my older brother, Ed Davis, served in the U.S. Army in South Vietnam. Both of them were fortunate enough to come home from war, as did I, having served aboard an aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War.
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But of course many American servicemen and women did not return home.
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We owe our freedom and liberty to those who sacrificed their lives defeating Nazism, Japanese imperialism, communism, Islamic fascism and other enemies of freedom.
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Memorial Day is a time to honor them.
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