Re: "Korean war vets missing from popular culture"

[Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>]

Cookie,

I liked the Frank Lovejoy movie about the Chosin
Reservoir battle.  It was titled, "Retreat Hell!" 
Lovejoy was a good actor.  I've got a copy on video.

Mike Davino

--- Riata5@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/13/2003 8:08:53 PM Central
> Standard Time, 
> AMPSOne@aol.com writes:
> 
> >  
> > I'm not sure how one would portray Korea and "get
> it right." It's only been 
> > in the last few years that somebody -- Mel Gibson
> -- finally did justice to 
> > the American Army we took into Vietnam (not the
> one that came back) and played 
> > it straight ("We Were Soldiers"). That makes up
> for a lot of the largesse of 
> > Oliver Stone and his ilk. Ditto the Rangers in
> Somalia with "Black Hawk 
> > Down". Perhaps now someone -- politically correct
> or not -- will do a decent 
> > movie on the Chosin Reservoir or, if it has to
> appeal to modern sensitivities, 
> > the life of black Naval Aviator Jesse Brown. 
> >  
> > You guys deserve a decent film.
> >   
> > Cookie Sewell 
> > AMPS 
> > 
> 
>    Thank you Cookie , I wish I would have said that
> , you hit the nail right 
> on the head , so to speak .
>   Thanks again       Jerry      KW        51-52
> 


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