“The example of Private Jackson in “Saving Private Ryan” comes to mind for some peculiar reason.”
I never could bring myself to watch that movie.
“Praying can happen while other things are being done too...”
Definitely. “Pray without ceasing.”
“I will probably not make it to the box car.”
Ditto. My ancestors’ genes will kick in — hopefully. Am in DAR, so we had many fighters in the 1700s. Also, one was the last martyr to be burned at the stake in England in 1611. We pretty much fight for right when the SHTF.
The opening scene of the Rangers hitting Dog Green on Omaha Beach was one of the best depictions of industrial age warfare put on film. Organized murder and Spielberg did not pull any punches depicting the effect of modern weapons on human bodies.