I have a good friend who is serving in the Marine Corps.

Last year on Veterans Day he told me to check out this film called Jerabek. Very sad story, but proud.

Synopsis - "JERABEK is an intimate portrait of one family that confronts the tragedy of war. Ryan Jerabek wanted to get out of Green Bay, Wisconsin, see the world and do something different. Moved by what happened on September 11th, the honor student and varsity athlete joined the Marines and left for boot camp weeks after his high school graduation. Nine months later, he was killed in Iraq. The film chronicles, over two years, the changes in the lives of his family as they struggle with the cost of losing one son and the price of holding on to another. Beyond politics, headlines and statistics, JERABEK offers a candid, personal look at the toll one death takes."

You can watch it here. Please don't let the commercials deter you.

[link to www.hulu.com]