What was your favorite war time movie or war time romance movie.. Mine was " From Here to Eternity"

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91. Yes, he was. He wasn't on Iwo Jima, though.

As he was dying from ALS, his war buddies would visit him and they swapped stories. I was lucky to learn a little more about his war experiences because all he would tell me was that it was "hotter than hell" and that the Pacific had nasty typhoons. I knew he'd been through some shit because I happened upon a picture of him and some buddies goofing around on a beach after being evacuated from Guadalcanal and I hardly recognized him. It looked like he'd lost 100 pounds. He came back with malaria and had occasional bouts of it until the late 1960s. We always had a bottle of quinine water in the cupboard just in case. He was an avid hunter before the war, but never went again after he came home.

After he died, I found an old cigar box stuffed with ribbons and medals, including a Purple Heart and a Silver Star. I still don't know where he earned them. One day after visiting hours were over at the nursing home, one of his buddies sidled up to me and said, "You know, your dad was a real hero." I thought, heck, I know that -- he'd always been mine.

I miss you every day, Dad, and thank you.