No guns roar, but hit the heart

Clarissa 2022-04-01 09:01:18

Looking at the theme of the private soldier on the cover, the preconceived idea is that it is probably a film similar to "Saving Private Ryan".

When he clicked to enter, the protagonist's face was dark, and another thought came out. Could it be that an old man with a mid-life crisis died on the battlefield?

As the plot unfolds, everything makes his own ideas so naive. The whole film does not have a hint of war, only the narration of the news anchor reporting the Iraq war.

The theme of the film—the body guard, looks heavy, but the film does not use bleak tones to contrast and render, on the contrary, the colors appear warm and natural. At the end of the film there is a hint of cloudiness. On the contrary, during the escort process, the expressions and actions of various people made the film extremely heavy - the body left the army, watching the officers and soldiers slowly raise their right hands; the first driving boy said in the words, "What is the meaning of what to do? The flight attendant asked softly to bring the cross; the captain said that he wanted to remember the name of every dead soldier he had carried... and so on, everyone was watching a life leave in their own way.

If the whole story is like this, I think it is exaggerating patriotism. Fortunately, some airport security inspectors do not buy it. Of course, maybe he does not know that the protagonist is the officer who escorts the remains. The most memorable thing is the Vietnam War veterans in the small town. I thought that the protagonist poured out and wanted to go to the battlefield, but when the veterans interrupted - "Don't think that going to the battlefield is called blood..." Respect, cherish, and the whole film is like this.

The full sense of ritual in the film has to be associated with the rendering of patriotism, but I still prefer to think of it as respect for life. Wipe fingers and fingernails, rinse watches, crosses, and put on the final dress when the body is disposed of; the national flag is covered, the coffin is of high quality, the funeral home memorial hall is neatly arranged, and the national flag is finally lowered in half, and the soldiers fire their guns... This is for us It can be regarded as a very standard, and the sense of honor of "death in battle is also glory" arises from the bottom of my heart.

But fortunately, the pity, compassion, and sense of honor shown by various passers-by A just offset it. Every time this kind of compassion is reprinted, the protagonist's slowly raised right hand is manifested to the extreme. Later, the seemingly ritualistic habitual action urges the eyes to moisten. What really makes people cry is that Chance's car dealership will be on the road, and the overtaking trucks, cars and cars behind him will turn on their lights and drive on the road in arrays, like countless people giving them to him. Chance lights a lamp to light the way home.

When I saw the last one, I thought of "The Fallen Leaves Returning to the Roots", both escorting the remains and returning the fallen leaves to their roots, one with great glory and one with life like an ant.

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Suddenly I remembered an American soldier who was honorably killed. In addition to the honor he deserves, is there some more substantial pension? In almost all cases such as the delivery of the remains or the death notice, there are two kinds of objects, a letter of condolences from the commander, and the relics of several soldiers, and there is no mention of money. It can be seen that Laomei's understanding of life and money.

The following information comes from the Internet

United States - $1 million

After a U.S. soldier was killed in battle, his family immediately received about $650,000 in cash, plus a monthly subsidy of $948 for the fallen soldier's spouse, or $237 for each child until they died or got married . In this way, an American soldier can get at least millions of dollars in pensions after being killed.

Japan - $800,000+

After the death of the British soldiers stationed in Iraq, the pension is only one tenth of that of the American soldiers, only tens of thousands of dollars. South Korea has also raised the standard of pensions for fallen martyrs in recent years, but it is only more than 300,000 yuan. Japan's subsidy for fallen martyrs is also very high, up to more than 800,000 US dollars, and it is estimated that it is also the country with the highest pension except the United States.

Compared with the United States, Russia's pension is far behind, only 700,000 yuan.
After the sacrifice of a soldier in a certain country, the pension part is described as follows: "It is not the most, but it is very reasonable and humane. After the soldier sacrifices, the family members can receive the soldier's salary for the next 40 years at one time, and pay the salary every month. There will be subsidies, and the troops will visit them from time to time. The families of the martyrs and their children will have preferential policies for further education, entrepreneurship, loans, etc., which is the most practical for them.”

2018-8-30

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Taking Chance quotes

  • LtCol Mike Strobl: [Noticing Annie had typed "HOT soldier" into her phone] Actually, it's Marine.

  • LtCol Mike Strobl: I stayed home. I was trained to fight. If I'm not over there, what am I? Those guys, guys like Chance... they're Marines.

    Charlie Fitts: And you think you're not? Want to be with your family every night - you think you have to justify that? You'd better stop right there, sir. You've brought Chance home. You're his witness now. Without a witness, they just disappear.