:21:02
Uncle Bobby was killed D-Day,
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and Preston D-plus-one-Day.
:21:07
My father Fritz was shot down,
:21:09
and May 20th my uncle Eddie
was shot down in Burma.
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So within this very tight timeframe
:21:17
my grandparents thought
they had lost every son,
:21:21
and when they realised Fritz was
alive they went looking for him.
:21:26
Fritz was then brought out
and sent home
:21:29
because he was the only
known survivor of the family.
:21:32
It was 18 months
before Uncle Eddie escaped
:21:35
from a Japanese prison camp.
:21:39
There is a legacy of honour
that goes with this family
:21:43
and that's why we're very proud.
:21:46
The sight of that Western Union
kid riding up to a house
:21:51
just struck terror into your heart.
:21:54
Now, imagine
what it must have been like
:21:57
to get three telegrams
in the course of the war.
:22:01
Imagine getting three
in the same day.
:22:08
Freedom doesn't come for free.
:22:10
Those gold stars in the windows
:22:12
meant their boy
wasn't gonna come home.
:22:15
They put it in the window
and you knew at that house
:22:20
the husband or son...
:22:23
had paid the last
full measure of devotion
:22:26
and they were never
gonna see him again.
:22:31
And that's why we're free.
:22:33
Because he gave his life.
:22:36
This movie is about the veterans.
:22:39
It's for the veterans
of World War Two.
:22:42
We talked about that often
when we made the picture.
:22:46
It's important
to keep telling the stories
:22:49
to understand what
the basis for this was.
:22:52
The more you talk
about the horrors of war,
:22:55
the less likely you are to try
to get involved in another one.