Shame on me for not having read the book yet.
A couple years back I read a short article that Jack Smith (of ABC News) wrote
for the Saturday Evening Post about his experiences during the battle as a grunt.
Simply horrific.
I get the feeling that this won't be an "anti-war" or "pro-war" movie,
but more a movie about how some unsung heroes (to the general US public)
survived the height of battle.
Even the curmuddgeons among us might think about packing a few hankies for
this flick.
A couple years back I read a short article that Jack Smith (of ABC News) wrote for the Saturday Evening Post about his experiences during the battle as a grunt. Smith also hosted a TLC or History Channel (I can't remember which) documentary about the war, of which the fights at XRAY and ALBANY figured prominently. I seem to remember this program aired about two years ago.
I wonder if that special will air again to take advantage of the publicity of the film. Either way, Smith impressed me as no rubber-stamp liberal media-type. Possibly his experience at ALBANY with 2/7 Garry Owen may have had something to do with it.
Either way, if that documentary surfaces in the next few weeks, it would certainly be worth a look.