:46:01
Yes, sir, it was
a real nice funeral.
:46:03
Marine Honour Guard came
all the way down from Atlanta
:46:07
in their fancy uniforms.
:46:08
Fired their rifles
up in the sky.
:46:11
Thank you.
:46:12
The drums was beating.
:46:14
'Course it was nothing
like the big war
:46:16
100 years ago
down here.
:46:20
But there was Billy
and Bruce-- Bruce Crabtree...
:46:26
Andy Henderson.
:46:27
And the Rutledge boy,
Lance.
:46:30
Yeah, Lance.
He was a nice boy.
:46:33
For the life of me,
:46:34
I still can't quite
figure that war out.
:46:36
Why we had to go
all that dang way to fight it
:46:40
and why's we had to lose
so many young men.
:46:44
Can't figure it out.
:46:47
But we got a proud tradition
here in this town.
:46:51
Billy's great-grandfather
was at the First Bull Run.
:46:54
My pa was
over in France in '18.
:46:57
Don't forget, you were
over in the Pacific in '44.
:47:01
Guadalcanal.
:47:02
Is that right?
:47:04
Yeah. Well, I guess
this family's fought
:47:06
in every war that, uh,
this country's ever had.
:47:10
I reckon we're ready
to do it again
:47:13
if'n we have to.
:47:17
'Course they never did know
what done happened and all.
:47:21
There was a letter
from a colonel,
:47:25
I think it was.
:47:27
Colonel Moore.
:47:28
That's right,
Colonel Moore.
:47:30
He said there was
a bad ambush one night.
:47:33
Said that Billy distinguished himself
in the fighting.
:47:37
He also told us that
Billy died real quick.
:47:40
That's good
that he died quick.
:47:57
I was
his squad leader.
:47:59
I didn't know Billy
real well.