The Unknowns {trailer for a movie about The Tomb Of The Unknowns and the soldiers who guard it}

http://www.theunknownsmovie.com/ ^

[shove_it]

The Unknowns is a documentary film by U.S. Army Veterans Neal Schrodetzki and Ethan Morse.

[shove_it]

I just received this in an email from The Old Guard Association. They expect to make a full movie including the selection & training of the soldiers who serve as "Tomb Guards". No word yet on when the movie will be released.

[US Navy Vet]

Already have one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_of_Stone

[ken5050]

Wasn’t there a movie a while back about the troops that guard the Tomb? Was James Caan in it..I seem to remember something like that

[piytar]

Thanks for the heads-up. My father, who service included guarding the Tomb, will be very interested!

[shove_it]

Yes, the movie was adapted from the book of the same title by Nicholas Proffitt who served in The Old Guard in 1962-63 when I was there, tho’ I did not know him (see reply #2.) Proffitt later became a war correspondent for Newsweek in Vietnam which gave him inspiration for the book along with his Old Guard service. Proffitt was awarded a Distinguished Member of the Regiment (DMOR) posthumously by The Old Guard in 2013. I watch that movie every time it comes around on TV. It’s a real tribute to the guys who did not make it back from VN and the guys who did but were so unjustly maligned when they arrived home.