this film illustrate the bad part of survive war and the memory . for many soldier and men and woman alike and return home can be the beginning of real problem . i be remind of my father and his brother return from wwii . for one of my uncle the war be never over . he survive the d day invasion and something akin to the first 20 minute of save private ryan . for him the memory not only linger but torture him . he become an alcoholic a do several of my cousin and his son . jump ahead 60 year and place the soldier in a different war and in a different country and the result be the same . when i saw this at the kc filmfest and i be remind that there be somethings about war that never change . the idealistic young men and woman be not spar the emotional torment of what happen in iraq and and especially if you be against the war you will come away with more compassion for the soldier there try to do what they believe or have be tell be right . the tag line from the vietnam war film platoon say it all . the first casualty of war be innocence .