We Were Soldiers Lighter Moments

Yes they are Maj Marty Hogan . Good morning brother.

Very good use of the word of the day Lt Col Charlie Brown . Have a great day !

Thank you SGT John " Mac " McConnell Good morning to you as well.

I've heard the term, obv, though not for some time, of course...my only problem with the film was with the principal actor involved, who shall remain nameless, who doesn't exactly strike me as particularly morally palatable, at least to my perhaps admittedly misanthropic tastes, to have the one to have been allowed to play Lt. Gen. Half Moore...the rest of the film was well cast, however, having read as much as I have about that actor, him being in that role rather esp left me flat, to tell the truth, I found the book quite considerably more detailed, certainly...the same was true about the Hacksaw Ridge film, I'd have been considerably more enthusiastic had it been done by Clint Eastwood, being as he'd been Army, I believe, rather than having been directed by that same main actor from the We Were Soldiers film, who, so far as I know, was never in, either here, or in Australia...that he makes good films on occasion, doesn't alter that, in the case of the Braveheaet film, the film is, in multiple places, pretty abysmally historically inaccurate, the actor who'd played Sgt Maj Basil Plumley (or was he CSM, I think?) was well cast, of course, I forget his name at the moment, he rater perfectly captured the physiognomy and personality, as did the actor playing the war correspondent, who'd been the coauthor of the book with Lt Gen Moore, the one who'd been awarded, I'd read, a Bronze Star as a civilian war correspondent for what he'd done in that battle...historical figures of the caliber of Lt. Gen.Moore ought, I think, to not be allowed to be depicted by actors of such clearly questionable personal behavior, as that actor has been quite well known to exhibit, regardless of any seeming level of cinematic talent, I realize, of course, that is purely my own worm's-eye view, obviously, and that many of you, certainly, might not agree...I just rather think that Clint Eastwood did a quite beautiful effort, on Lfags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, plus he had the virtue of having actually been in himself as well to lend such films considerably greater credibility...military films, to my mind, should generally be left to those, like Capt Dale Dye, with really serious or genuine military experience...Unbroken was an exception, as, though Angelina Jolie hadn't been in, the story of Louis Zamperini was so clearly inately compelling that the film screenplay practically wrote itself, plus, he'd actually been able to help her personally, I'd read...I realize Lt Gen Moore and the war correspondent likely helped the main actor in the film, however, his off-screen behavior, I'm afraid, just left rather an unpalatable taste in my mouth, plus, knowing how historically inaccurate the Braveheart film was, only contributed to my no longer being willing to watch the We Were Soldiers flick, regardless of the caliber of the other performances...somehow, I can't quite manage to extricate my views of a film, from the personal character and/or behavior of those involved with it, regardless of their ostensible talent...I realize that such a viewpoint on my part might perhaps be rather provincial, as well as maybe even mid-Victorian, however, I've rather decidedly settled on that thought process, such as it is, even if also admittedly perhaps somewhat personally narrow minded...however, as I'd said, those are, of couse, purely my own views, as I'd said, obviously....

Same here Maj Robert Thornton . Probably will never use it again. Have a great day !

PO3 Bob McCord - LOL ! Now that is funny !