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Archive for February, 2009

Taking Chance

February
23

I’ve been away on furlough, which was a good thing when I was in the Army but is a cost-saving measure in these troubled times.

On Saturday night HBO premiered its latest movie effort – “Taking Chance,’’ a docudrama based on the personal journal of Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michael Strobl’s experience escorting the body of Marine PFC Chance Phelps, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

I’ve never seen a movie quite like this – it’s not really a war movie and doesn’t make any political statements about Iraq. Mainly, it documents the dignified manner in which our fallen are treated, and the reactions of people Strobl meets on the journey to Phelps’ home.

If you saw it, I’d like to hear your reaction. If not, you should check it out if you get the chance. You might want to keep a box of tissues handy.

In the meantime, click here to see a trailer for the film.

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Belated Happy Birthday

February
2

Sorry this is a day late, but I couldn’t let the 108th birthday of America’s oldest living World War I veteran pass without notice.

Frank Buckles, of Charles Town, W. Va. reached the milestone yesterday. Buckles was honored by then-President George W. Bush at the White House last hear and feted by the Pentagon as “our last living link’’ to the “Great War,” also known as “the war to end all wars.’’

Click here to read more about Buckles.

Posted by Rich Liebson on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm | Digg
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KatieRich Liebson is a "military brat" who grew up on bases in the U.S. and Germany during his father's 23-year career as an Air Force enlisted man. Rich enlisted in the Army in 1976 and until his discharge in 1980 was assigned to the 78th Engineer Battalion in Ettlingen, Germany, as a public information specialist and translator. He's been a reporter at The Journal News and its forerunner, the Reporter Dispatch, for more than 20 years. During that time he's covered a variety of beats and has written frequently about veterans and veterans issues.
HemaHema Easley was born and raised in India, where she worked as a reporter for The Associated Press and United Press International. While in India she wrote about the insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir and covered the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict in the mountains of Kashmir. She joined The Journal News in 2002. She has covered municipal government in Westchester and now covers on social services in Rockland as well as military issues.

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