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Ronnie gave his life for his country. We salute and honor him for his service. In the video at the right, listen at 45 seconds into it and a visitor talks about how his cousin died in Vietnam. He was a pilot on a helicopter than was extracting troops when they crashed and fell feet to the ground, killing all aboard.

He only had several more weeks to serve when he died. They said prayers, listened to patriotic music from Gino Cuppini's band, sang a few songs, saw a jet fly overhead, watched a Huey land and take off, enjoyed sweltering temperatures in the 90's, unveiled a new name on the Wall, and listened to one man's story of the bravery and heroism of the American fighting man.

One Vietnam veteran said to his buddy, "Make it about 30 degrees hotter and twice the humidity and you'd have typical day in Vietnam. The other vet said, "Yeah, add a few bullets, some bombs, water snakes, swamps, jungles, monsoon rains, people trying to kill you, a little Agent Orange and I'd feel right at home.

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Watch options. Storyline Edit. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.

Two generations. Two wars. One story. Action Drama History War. Rated R for some war violence. Did you know Edit. Ironically, in this film Soria plays an Iraqi soldier. Goofs There is no way young Kyle at the size he was shown could have carried the loaded footlocker by himself. WW2 era footlockers empty would weigh about 30 pounds approx. Adding all the items in there would have made it at least pounds approx. User reviews 30 Review. Top review.