[Ads-l] soldier

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From another review of the same bad movie:

2019 http://reelreviews.com/midway-movie-review :
It is nice that Emmerich and company chose to pay homage to ALL the
soldiers [including Japanese] who lost their lives at Midway.

JL

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 9:46 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> How did I miss that one?
>
> JL
>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 9:28 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > _led_ the aircraft carrier
>>
>> _commanded_ the aircraft carrier, dammit!
>>
>> Bring back the draft!
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 7:01 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > In other words, 'any member of a military or naval force.'
>> >
>> > I thought I'd posted one of these a few years ago, but maybe not. I
>> might
>> > have chosen to ignore it. This one's  brand new:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6924650/reviews?sort=userRating&dir=asc&ratingFilter=0
>> >
>> > Along the way, we meet other famous American soldiers: Admiral Chester
>> > Nimitz (Woody Harrelson) Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet;
>> Vice
>> > Admiral William "Bull" Halsey (Dennis Quaid) who led the aircraft
>> carrier
>> > USS Enterprise; Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance (Jake Weber) who took over
>> > the Enterprise for the Battle of Midway [etc.].
>> >
>> > JL
>> >
>> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
>> truth."
>> >
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>> --
>> -Wilson
>> -----
>> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
>> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
>> -Mark Twain
>>
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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