Tonight I went to see Flags of Our Fathers in the movie theaters. I had bought the book for my Dad a few years ago for his birthday or Christmas or something, and he had talked about how good it was. For those of you who don’t know, it’s about the Marines in the famous photo on Iwojima during World War II who raised the American flag, and about what the fighting was like there. It was definitely a good movie. When the credits were rolling at the end of the movie, there were real photos from Iwojima. Not a person left the movie theater during this, and no one said a word. It was almost…respectful.

It’s a little strange to think that just 60 short years ago the world was at war. Not that long ago. Now when you look around and see kids with the cell phones, newer and faster cars, music videos, all the pop culture scene…it makes you wonder if anyone thinks back to what happened during WWII, and all the sacrifices that were made.