I once read the same thing about our troops in a terrible attack in Vietnam, the one concerning that movie "We Were Soldiers Once, and Young"—that in real life, some of the soldiers were calling for their mothers as they lay wounded and dying.
I imagine it is almost a primal response, and probably has always gone on in horrible warfare, but has been hushed up because of the heartrending shame our brave youths would feel if it were known. I cried for an hour after I read that account, having known many guys who went to Vietnam.
This is true.
In the 1949 movie Battleground there is a scene where one of our guys buys it and as he’s dying he’s calling out, “momma, momma...”
He was right down the street from where he “stay at” when this occurred and is why he was calling for his mom.
Heartbreaking either way.
I can see your point
My heart & prayers go out to you & all the youngsters that were lost in nam.
Their families too
His mother’s house was just 3 houses from where he was beaten to death.