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Entry #637087, added on 02-21-09 @ 10:51 pm EST
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Taking ChanceEntry #637087
[As an HBO movie that just premiered tonight, there is no Amazon entry]
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I knew going into this movie that it would be heart-wrenching, and that I would cry, probably more than once. I was right. As the wife of a Desert Storm and Somalia veteran, I tend to be deeply touched by stories involving veterans and active duty soldiers. They make me feel selfishly glad that my husband made it home, even though we met many years after his military service.

Taking Chance is based on the journal of Lt. Col. Mike Strobl which he kept while escorting the body of fellow Marine Chance Phelps to his home in Wyoming. Strobl had never met Chance, but volunteered for the escort duty. I was touched by the portrayal of the full military honors accorded to all our fallen heroes, but even more touched by the average civilians who stopped what they were doing along the way to also pay their respects.

In this age of media overload, it's easy to see the statistics from Iraq and Afganistan and just see numbers. I think we all need the reminder once in a while that each and every one of those numbers represents a brave man or woman who gave everything they had to protect us, and that each and every one of them left people behind. I will no longer ever be in an airport and see a soldier in full uniform without wondering if they are on this ultimate of honorable duties.

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