Taking Chance is an HBO original movie staring Kevin Bacon. The story is based on actual events about how a Lt. Col. Michael Strobl (Kevin Bacon) volunteers to escort the body of 19 year old Marine Chance Phelps back to his home in Wyoming after being killed while serving his country in Iraq. The movie is less about the war as it is about our country and its heroes. It is a quite movie that is patriotic without the fanfare. The movie shows how our military honors its dead and how we as Americans honor our fallen. The movie gets an "A" and our soldiers get an "A+."
With today being Memorial Day I think this movie is a perfect film to remind us why we celebrate Memorial Day. It is not about the big budget movies, the backyard BBQ, or even the Indianapolis 500. Instead it is about remembering those who have served and given their lives in service.
We celebrate the soldiers who willing volunteer to put their lives on the line for their fellow Americans. We celebrate the soldiers of today and yesterday from the American Revolution to the War on Terror. We celebrate those who stormed the beaches of Normandy and faced death at Pearl Harbor. We celebrate those who fell in the jungles of Vietnam and fought for freedom in Korea. On Memorial Day we celebrate the American Soldier. A friend to every American Citizen.
“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay downs his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
