Hello All, This afternoon I went to see the movie "The Great Raid" ...it was a very good movie. It starts with news footage then fades into the movie, from the moment it starts, you are drawn in and it never lets go. I had always heard about the Bataan Death March, but not much was ever said, or rather I had not heard much about what had happened to the men who actually survived the march. I would highly recommend every one go see the movie...even more stay when the movie is over and watch the credits. It is during the credits that they show the old newsreel photos of the actual rescued prisoners and the rangers that rescued them. I just can't fathom how these men survived the Japanese Prisoner of war camps. In all honesty, I can't understand how anyone can treat another human being the way they treated our men. It is important that we all understand our history, what men and women gave up for us, without this knowledge or understanding there is no way any us can understand how blessed we are. As the credits rolled, and I watched the old news reels, I watched the men in awe, I saw them through eyes of gratitude and appreciation. The news reels helped, it took the "Hollywood" out of the film and the reality of "this really happened" back in...the real face of survival, the real heroes, it removed the face of the Hollywood actors. We got to see the actual men portrayed in the movie. As we walked out of the movie theater, the new Trace Atkins song was playing "Arlington", really brought everything full circle. The men were real, the sacrifices are real and the reality of it all sometimes is not very pretty. With the anniversary of VJ day it is a great movie to see. It is a reminder that there are many men of valor in this world that we never hear of or know their name...but even so they exist and the sacrifices they gave are real. Thanks, Denise