Flags Of Our Fathers

This week I decided to take a break a Seinfeld and mix it up with an interesting movie I saw last week. The movie was about the famous statue that you will remember of the soldiers in the Vietnam war pushing up the United States Of America's flag on top of a major hill after battle. The statue is extremely inspirational and shows the determination behind each soldier working as a team to accomplish a task.

However, unless you know about past wars or have seen this movie, you are not sure who those guys are. When the United States finally captured this famous hill, there were many casualties to look down on. The general felt it was a good idea to plant a flag on top to dedicate it to the men that have fallen. Well, after the captain hears about this flag, he decides he wants it to show the president. So they are forced to take it down. The general decides to put another flag up on the hill. This is where we captured that famous statue. It was not the first men to the top of the hill but instead the second men who did not earn this honor or at least that is how they felt. The movie documents how these men were captured in a picture and sent back to the states to promote the war.

The command of the armed forces thought it would be a good promotion to get the people of America to donate money through the purchase of bonds. Everyone praised the three men that were still alive from the picture. The problem was that the men felt sorrow and regret because they were not the original soldiers to mount the flag. It was as if they were taking credit for the heroics of the first men to the top of the hill. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has the stomach to watch the battle scenes. It is interesting to learn about this movie which is based on an entirely true story. I will admit to not knowing that the men in the picture were the second men on the top of the hill and were mounting this flag with no battle going on and for the much, no activity at all around them.