About the (lack of) flags, though... Tom Hanks now has a cottage industry that mines the agony of G.I.'s in NW Europe. If he and his pals truly honor those men, consider this: those guys knew flags. From the flag emblems on their shoulders, to the flags flying above the CP, to the flags folded into triangles and given after Taps. Why in the hell couldn't Tom Hanks at least have shown one of those, for the love of God? Scores of our military men and women died on 9/11... do they not deserve better? Damn straight!
Ed
As an aside, my wife and I flew to Ft. Benning earlier this month to see our son graduate from basic combat infantry training. By circumstance, he had trained with the same battalion that my uncle had served in from Normandy to the Rhine. I saw the flags crossed in display, and when I lightly touched the battle streamers - Cherbourg, Frenzerburg Castle, Ardennes - I have to admit that the tears ran down my face. "Words have meanings," and so do symbols.
Amen. God bless and keep your son.