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If you get the opportunity, I highly recommend the movie (recommended on this forum). Taking Chance. It is available for free viewing on Amazon Prime or you can go to youtube and rent it for $2.99.

Taking Chance is a 2009 American historical drama television film (based on true events) directed by Ross Katz. It is based upon the experiences of Marine Colonel Michael Strobl (played by Kevin Bacon), who escorted the body of a fallen Marine, PFC Chance Phelps (posthumously promoted to lance corporal), back to his hometown from the Iraq War.

The film was the most-watched HBO original in five years, with over two million viewers on the opening night, and more than 5.5 million on re-airings. Critics often attribute this success to its apolitical nature, not directly depicting nor offering an opinion of the war in Iraq.

Bacon received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. The film received ten nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Emmy for "Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie.

I'll be watching it for a 2nd time this evening. It is that meaningful.