All time favorite movie : Across the Universe
Just watched this movie for the millionth time. The Beatles + Jim Sturgess = beyond perfection :’)
Mike Strank.
“I want to bring as many of you back home to your mothers as possible.”
His fellow marines would often describe him as a “Marine’s Marine”.
November 10, 1919 – March 1, 1945. Flag raiser. KIA in Iwo Jima.
“The video of US marines urinating on Afghan corpses does not shock me. Though their behavior is disgusting and unacceptable, I find the public’s reaction to this video far more troubling. People are not outraged that there are dead Afghans; they are outraged at the manner in which the dead are treated. This is indicative of our culture’s tolerance for war and war crimes – as long as they are done in a gentlemanly fashion.”
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