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To: nuconvert

Based on would be fine. He has a compelling story. And in a sane time it would be a good film. I read the book when it came out and thought it would be a great movie. First black navy pilot probably did have a few problems here and there. He had to be a cut above to be the first one selected. The centerpiece of the film was that he was down on the ground after being hit by ground fire, trapped in his plane. His white squadron mate crash landed his corsair in the same field so he could help him. There was a 24 hour effort to try to free him from the cockpit and rescue him, with helicopters going back-and-forth to the remote snowy North Korean mountain meadow.
The story could and should have been an inspiring tale of a white and black working together, and of a white pilot who belly landed his plane to aid a black squadron mate and that communist Chinese were the enemy. And that those two men were fellow Americans first.

But in this woke era. But CGI and grievance fanning is more important.
And if they turned it into a MiG15 dogfight they blew it.


21 posted on 11/25/2022 7:58:18 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DesertRhino
His white squadron mate crash landed his corsair in the same field so he could help him.

That is a critical point sadly missed by some.

Crash landing the second plane meant that pilot wasn't going to fly his plane out to safety, he knew they both would have to be rescued out under difficult and rapidly deteriorating circumstances.

He intentionally and with a clear mind put himself in that very life-threating position in an effort to rescue his fellow warrior.

28 posted on 11/25/2022 9:05:40 AM PST by frog in a pot (We are all "frogs in a pot", and it is time to jump out.)
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