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Kino Studio Classics Reveals June Lineup Including Works From Nicole Kidman, Audrey Hepburn & More
Kino Lorber Studio Classics and Kino Cult have unveiled the details of their June 2025 4K UHD and Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Nicole Kidman, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, George Clooney, Warren Beatty, and more. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below: AUDIE MURPHY COLLECTION V Street Date: 6/10/25 Synopsis: This collection features three rousing westerns starring American hero Audie Murphy. Walk the Proud Land (1956) – His Faith Built a Fortress in a Wilderness of Hate! Audie Murphy (Posse from Hell), the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history, aptly portrays a 'very special hero and the central figure in one of the most interesting stories of the American frontier' (The Hollywood Reporter). Appointed as an Apache Agent in 1874 by the Department of the Interior at the age of 23, John Philip Clum (Murphy) is sent to a reservation in San Carlos, Arizona, to take over the Army's position. After trying to empower and teach self-governing principles to the Apaches, he is faced with opposition not only from the Native Americans but also from the men in charge of the Army troops. Helmed by Murphy's frequent director Jesse Hibbs (To Hell and Back, Ride a Crooked Trail) in gorgeous Technicolor and CinemaScope; and with a cast featuring the legend Anne Bancroft (The Restless Breed) as Clum's housekeeper and ally, Pat Crowley (The Square Jungle) as his wary new bride, and Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger) as the great Geronimo. Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) – He stalked him…fought him…befriended him…but in the end he knew he'd have to kill him! Audie Murphy (Hell Bent for Leather) is Seven Jones, a Texas Ranger so green he doesn't even know how to use a six-shooter, and his first assignment is to accompany the veteran Sergeant Hennessey (John McIntire, Apache) on a mission to capture the notorious gunslinger Jim Flood (Barry Sullivan, Forty Guns). Despite his inexperience Jones manages to capture Flood—and the two form an unlikely friendship as they encounter vicious bounty hunters and vengeful locals on the rugged journey to the jailhouse. This whip-smart western written by Clair Huffaker (Posse from Hell) has some surprises from the cunning Flood that will push the newfound skills of Jones to their limits. Directed in blazing color by Harry Keller (Quantez) and featuring Venetia Stevenson (Day of the Outlaw) and Kenneth Tobey (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral). Bullet for a Badman (1964) – He had to kill or be killed . . . as he fought the deadliest duel in frontier history! Once a Texas Ranger, now a hunted killer, Sam Ward (Darren McGavin, TV's Kolchak: The Night Stalker) is on a warpath for vengeance and he has his ex-partner Logan Keliher (Audie Murphy, No Name on the Bullet) dead in his sights. Married to Ward's ex-wife Susan (Beverley Owen, TV's The Munsters) and stepfather to his son, Keliher is a man of honor—a retired ranger, forced to face off against his former brother-in-arms. But when the two men are attacked by Apaches, they must join together to survive against incredible odds. Bullet for a Badman is a terrific tale of gritty frontier redemption where friends can turn deadly enemies in the wink of an eye and the quick-draw of a six-gun. Directed by R.G. Springsteen (Showdown) and co-starring Ruta Lee (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), Skip Homeier (The Tall T), George Tobias (Rawhide) and Alan Hale Jr. (Destry). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary for WALK THE PROUD LAND by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani | NEW Audio Commentaries for SEVEN WAYS FROM SUNDOWN and BULLET FOR A BADMAN by Western Film Historian Toby Roan | Theatrical Trailers (All 3 Newly Mastered in 2K) | Optional English Subtitles SABRINA (4K UHD BLU-RAY) Street Date: 6/17/25 Synopsis: Hollywood legends Humphrey Bogart ( The African Queen ), William Holden ( Stalag 17 ) and Audrey Hepburn ( Roman Holiday ) star in this classic Cinderella story directed by the brilliant Billy Wilder ( Sunset Boulevard , Some Like It Hot , The Apartment ). Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie's all work, Holden's all playboy. But when Sabrina, daughter of the family's chauffeur, returns from a stay in Paris all grown up and glamorous, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of Hepburn's delightful charms. Sabrina scored 6 Academy Award nominations for the year 1954, including Best Actress for Hepburn, Best Director for Wilder, Best Screenplay for Wilder with Ernest Lehman ( North by Northwest ) and Samuel A. Taylor ( Vertigo ) based on Taylor's hit Broadway play, and an Oscar win for Edith Head's iconic costumes. Provocative, romantic, bubbling with laughter— Sabrina is simply irresistible! Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, Author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Writer Julie Kirgo and Writer/Filmmaker Peter Hankoff | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scan of the Original 35mm Elements | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, Author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Writer Julie Kirgo and Writer/Filmmaker Peter Hankoff | Audrey Hepburn – Fashion Icon: Featurette | Sabrina's World: Featurette | Supporting Sabrina: Featurette | William Holden – The Paramount Years: Featurette | Behind the Gates – Camera: Featurette | Paramount in the '50s: Retrospective Featurette | Sabrina Documentary | Theatrical Trailer | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles DEEPSTAR SIX (4K UHD & BLU-RAY) Street Date: 6/17/25 Synopsis: NOT ALL ALIENS COME FROM SPACE! From producer/director Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of the Friday the 13th and House films, comes this action-packed underwater sci-fi thriller starring Taurean Blacque ( Hill Street Blues ), Nancy Everhard ( The Punisher ), Greg Evigan ( B.J. and the Bear ), Miguel Ferrer ( RoboCop ), Matt McCoy ( The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ), Nia Peeples ( North Shore ), Cindy Pickett ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off ) and Marius Weyers ( The Gods Must Be Crazy ). Far below the surface of the unforgiving sea, the daring crew of DeepStar Six are explorers in a forbidding world of impenetrable darkness and unimaginable pressure. They have invaded the icy fathoms into which no human has ever ventured. Their mission is to establish a top secret Navy base on the ocean floor. But something's down there and the crew of DeepStar Six are about to make a startling discovery—there's no escape from the terror of the deep. DeepStar Six will plunge you into the depths of fear… save your last breath… to scream. Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by James G. Chandler and Ash Hamilton | Audio Commentary with Director Sean S. Cunningham and Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac | Audio Commentary with Screenwriters Lewis Abernathy and Geof Miller | Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview with Composer Harry Manfredini | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by James G. Chandler and Ash Hamilton | Audio Commentary with Director Sean S. Cunningham and Visual Effects Supervisor James Isaac | Audio Commentary with Screenwriters Lewis Abernathy and Geof Miller | Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview with Composer Harry Manfredini | From the Deep: Interviews with Creature Effects & Special Make-up Designer Mark Shostrom, Creature Supervisor Greg Nicotero and Creature Artist Robert Kurtzman | The Survivors: Interviews with Actors Greg Evigan and Nancy Everhard | Water Damage: Interview with Stunt Coordinator Kane Hodder | Original EPK | Extended Vintage Interview Clips | Behind-the-Scenes Footage Image Gallery | Theatrical Trailer and TV Spot | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles ROCK, PRETTY BABY! Street Date: 6/17/25 Synopsis: Rock, Pretty Baby reigns as one of the first and best of the '50s rock 'n' roll films! It's a real jumpin' good time, featuring 16 vintage musical numbers by Rod McKuen, Henry Mancini, Bobby Troup and Sonny Burke…plus the acting talents of teen heartthrobs Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause) and John Saxon (The Unguarded Moment)! Saxon plays high-school senior Jimmy Daley, who yearns to be a professional musician, much to the disappointment of his father (Edward C. Platt, North by Northwest). Jimmy sets out to prove he can make it in the L.A. music world, pawning the law books his father gave him to buy an electric guitar for his jazz-rock band with wisecracking ladies' man Angelo Barrato (Mineo). They get off to a shaky start, but they're soon getting ready for a major talent contest that could prove to be their big break. Luana Patten (Fun and Fancy Free) is the other half of Jimmy's boy-girl interests, while Fay Wray (King Kong) plays his charming and understanding mother, and Shelley Fabares (Clambake) adds a cheeky performance as his adolescent sister named Twinky. Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative by Universal Pictures | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Remastered in 2K) | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles PROMISE HER ANYTHING Street Date: 6/17/25 Synopsis: Blondes, brunettes, redheads. Babes are no problem for adults-only filmmaker Harley Rummel (Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait). But a baby is nothing but one comic complication after another! When an attractive single mom (Leslie Caron, Gigi) finds out the pediatrician (Robert Cummings, The Carpetbaggers) she's sizing up for the altar hates kids, she leaves the baby in Harley's care—and that sparks a riotous, romantic free-for-all! A sharp script by A Shot in the Dark and The Exorcist writer William Peter Blatty and delightful direction by Arthur Hiller (helmsman of classics like Love Story, Silver Streak, The Out-of-Towners and The In-Laws) keep the sizzling romance and zany gags zinging along in this laughfest described by Time as 'an amiable, entertaining fiction…Beatty, in his first light comedy role, shows an unexpected flair for foolishness.' Featuring the swinging title song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, and performed by Tom Jones! Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Author Dwayne Epstein | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles LAW AND ORDER Street Date: 6/17/25 Synopsis: Law and Order is a rip-roaring Western that explores the Wyatt Earp myth, with a screenplay by the legendary John Huston (The Maltese Falcon). It stars John's father Walter Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) as Frame Johnson, a thinly veiled stand-in for Wyatt Earp, who takes the marshal job in Tombstone, Arizona and soon comes into conflict with the corrupt Northrup gang, leading to one of the earliest and most thrilling depictions of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Brilliantly directed by Edward L. Cahn (It! The Terror From Beyond Space) and co-starring Western icon Harry Carey, Law and Order is a true masterpiece of the genre. Bonus Features: WITHOUT HONOR – 1932 Western starring Harry Carey (60 minutes, Preserved by Library of Congress) | Audio Commentary for LAW AND ORDER by Max Allan Collins, the Author of Road to Perdition, with Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast | Audio Commentary for WITHOUT HONOR by Film Historian Toby Roan | Conversation with Filmmaker/Film Historian Bertrand Tavernier about LAW AND ORDER THE PEACEMAKER (4K UHD BLU-RAY) Street Date: 6/24/25 Synopsis: George Clooney ( Out of Sight ) and Nicole Kidman ( The Interpreter ) strike sparks when they join forces to stop a nuclear terrorist in this explosive action-adventure. When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, brilliant U.S. nuclear specialist Dr. Julia Kelly (Kidman) discovers the accident is really part of a diabolical plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is crack Special Forces Colonel Thomas Devoe (Clooney), whose brash, take-no-prisoners style clashes with Kelly's more diplomatic approach. Putting aside their personal differences—and their budding romance—together they race against time as they track the last remaining warhead to the steps of the United Nations in this taut apocalyptic thriller directed by Mimi Leder ( Deep Impact ) and co-starring Armin Mueller-Stahl ( Eastern Promises ).. Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Journalist Laurence Lerman | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scan of the Original 35mm Elements | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Journalist Laurence Lerman | Stunt Footage (5:36) | From the Cutting Room Floor: Deleted Scenes (3:01) | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles ROAD TRIP (4K UHD BLU-RAY) Street Date: 6/24/25 Synopsis: Comedy legend Tom Green ( Freddy Got Fingered ) brings his outrageous brand of humor to this raucous tale of four college buddies who party hardy on a Road Trip Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calls, 'a wild, whacked-out ride!' Josh ( Garfield's Breckin Meyer) has a major problem—besides the fact he's in college in Ithaca, NY, and his longtime girlfriend Tiffany is in Austin, TX. A video of him getting funky with the luscious Beth ( Crank's Amy Smart) was mistakenly mailed to Tiffany and now he has three days to get to Texas before the tape does! 'You could get whiplash from laughing so hard,' says Good Morning America's Joel Siegel, about this riotous raunch-fest from the year 2000 featuring high times, hotties and a hit soundtrack with Kid Rock, Run DMC and Buckcherry. The hilarious cast includes Seann William Scott ( The Rundown ), DJ Qualls ( The New Guy ) and Fred Ward (Remo Williams). Directed by Old School, The Hangover , War Dogs and Joker mastermind Todd Phillips! Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master of the Theatrical Cut by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative! | NEW Audio Commentary by Hats Off Entertainment's Joe Ramoni | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master of the Theatrical Cut by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative! | HD Master of the Unrated Cut by Paramount Pictures! | NEW Audio Commentary by Hats Off Entertainment's Joe Ramoni (R-Rated Theatrical Cut) | Even Been on a Road Trip: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (4:55) | Eels Music Video: Mr. E's Beautiful Blues (3:54) | Road Kill: Deleted Scenes (10:54) | Two Theatrical Trailers | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles MOUSE HUNT (4K UHD BLU-RAY) Street Date: 6/24/25 Synopsis: You'll delight in this hit comedy that's a rip-roaring and rambunctious good time for both kids and adults alike! The Birdcage 's Nathan Lane and There's Something About Mary's Lee Evans play down-on-their luck brothers Lars and Ernie Smuntz, who don't think much of the crumbling old mansion they inherit…until they discover that their dilapidated estate is actually worth millions. But before they can cash in, they've got to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant: a tiny and tenacious mouse. What might seem like child's play becomes an epic battle of hysterical proportions. This mighty mouse-terpiece was written by Adam Rifkin ( Small Soldiers ), directed by Gore Verbinski ( Pirates of the Caribbean ) and features Christopher Walken ( Wayne's World 2 ) as Caesar the Exterminator! Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Hats Off Entertainment's Joe Ramoni | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master by Paramount Pictures – From 4K Scan of the Original 35mm Elements | NEW Audio Commentary by Hats Off Entertainment's Joe Ramoni | From the Cutting Room Floor: Deleted Scenes (14:29) | Theatrical Teaser (1:26) | Theatrical Trailer (2:04) | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles RUSTLERS' RHAPSODY Street Date: 6/24/25 Synopsis: Tumblin' Tumbleweeds! The Wild West goes wacko when the Greatest Fast-Drawin', Fancy-Dressin', Silver-Spurred, Geetar-Playin', Singing Cowboy movie matinee idol Rex O'Herlihan (Major League's Tom Berenger) hits the saddle in Rustlers' Rhapsody, a cockeyed, affectionate send-up of the '40s B-movie western. Classic saddlebag stereotypes and clichés get turned on their ear when our fearless hero, fully dressed in white and atop his dancing horse Wildflower, rides into the tackiest town west of the Pecos to do good deeds and defy desperados. Written and directed by Hugh Wilson, who was responsible for the hilarious Police Academy, the rootin'-tootin' Rustlers' Rhapsody also stars G.W. Bailey (Short Circuit), Marilu Henner (Johnny Dangerously), Andy Griffith (Spy Hard), Sela Ward (The Fugitive), Fernando Rey (The French Connection) and Patrick Wayne (Big Jake). Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Heath Holland, Host of Cereal at Midnight Podcast with Max Allan Collins, the Author of Road to Perdition | Theatrical Trailer | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles I, MADMAN Street Date: 6/17/25 Synopsis: Book store clerk Virginia (Jenny Wright) loves to lose herself in a good novel, but when she cracks the spine of a horror pulp called I, Madman, she conjures the book's monstrous author/villain Malcolm Brand (Randall William Cook). As grisly murders begin to occur around her, Virginia finds it difficult to distinguish fact from fiction, and even more difficult to convince anyone that the hideous character is real. Brand, who reconstructs his disfigured face by carving away the flesh of his victims, is one of the more memorable horror villains of the 1980s (the decade that gave us Jason, Freddy, and Chucky). Director Tibor Takács cleverly frames Brand's appearances in DePalma-style setpieces, doling out shock and suspense in careful measures, making I, Madman an unforgettable cinematic page-turner. Bonus Features: Audio commentary by Director Tibor Takács and Actor and Artistic Supervisor Randall William Cook | Much of Madness, More of Sin, a Visual Essay by Chris O'Neill | Ripped From the Pages: The Making of I, Madman, Featuring Interviews with director Tibor Takács, Actor and Artistic Supervisor Randall William Cook, Screenwriter David Chaskin, and Actors Clayton Rohner and Stephanie Hodge | Behind the Scenes Footage with Commentary by Randall William Cook | Theatrical Trailer SUGAR HILL Street Date: 6/24/25 Synopsis: Pray you never cross a woman out for revenge and her squad of zombie hitmen! When a black nightclub entrepreneur gets taken out by the mob, his girlfriend, 'Sugar' Hill (Marki Bey), calls upon the voodoo high priest Baron Samedi to summon up the undead to carry out an unholy plan for revenge. Packed with horror, action, and loads of 70s funk, Suger Hill will slay you! Also starring Robert Quarry (Madhouse). Bonus Features: Audio commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell, and Nathaniel Thompson | Audio commentary by director Paul Maslansky | Interviews with Actors Don Pedro Colley, Richard Lawson, Charles Robinson, and Director Paul Maslansky | Theatrical Trailer | Radio Spots THE BLUES UNDER THE SKIN Street Date: 6/24/25 Synopsis: In the early 1970s, during a resurgence of interest in the Delta blues, celebrated music documentarian Roviros Manthoulis traveled to the Mississippi Delta to capture on film the remnants of the authentic American blues. Filming intimate conversations and stunning performances by such blues legends B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mance Lipscomb, Bukka White, and Roosevelt Sykes, Manthoulis explored the emotional and sociopolitical factors that make the blues the most expressive and hauntung of musical forms. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, The Blues Under the Skin dramatizes the tumultuous relationship of a young couple (Onike Lee and Roland Sanchez) as they struggle to overcome the barriers of poverty and prejudice that keep them from finding happiness together. Virtually unseen in the U.S., The Blues Under the Skin is a thrilling rediscovery, an untapped cask of musical performances that document not only a range of vanishing musical forms, but provide a priceless glimpse of a vanished culture in the 1970s South. Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Film Historian Daniel Kremer | Interview with director Robert Manthoulis (29 min.) | Deleted scenes (9 min.) featuring performances by Big Boy Crudup and Willie Dixon | Original Trailer | 2024 Re-release Trailer
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26-05-2025
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‘We Owe Them Something'
[Editor's note: What follows are President Ronald Reagan's remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on the morning of Memorial Day in 1986, after placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.] TODAY IS THE DAY WE PUT ASIDE to remember fallen heroes and to pray that no heroes will ever have to die for us again. It's a day of thanks for the valor of others, a day to remember the splendor of America and those of her children who rest in this cemetery and others. It's a day to be with the family and remember. I was thinking this morning that across the country children and their parents will be going to the town parade and the young ones will sit on the sidewalks and wave their flags as the band goes by. Later, maybe, they'll have a cookout or a day at the beach. And that's good, because today is a day to be with the family and to remember. Arlington, this place of so many memories, is a fitting place for some remembering. So many wonderful men and women rest here, men and women who led colorful, vivid, and passionate lives. There are the greats of the military: Bull Halsey and the Admirals Leahy, father and son; Black Jack Pershing; and the GI's general, Omar Bradley. Great men all, military men. But there are others here known for other things. Here in Arlington rests a sharecropper's son who became a hero to a lonely people. Joe Louis came from nowhere, but he knew how to fight. And he galvanized a nation in the days after Pearl Harbor when he put on the uniform of his country and said, 'I know we'll win because we're on God's side.' Audie Murphy is here, Audie Murphy of the wild, wild courage. For what else would you call it when a man bounds to the top of a disabled tank, stops an enemy advance, saves lives, and rallies his men, and all of it single-handedly. When he radioed for artillery support and was asked how close the enemy was to his position, he said, 'Wait a minute and I'll let you speak to them.' Share Michael Smith is here, and Dick Scobee, both of the space shuttle Challenger. Their courage wasn't wild, but thoughtful, the mature and measured courage of career professionals who took prudent risks for great reward—in their case, to advance the sum total of knowledge in the world. They're only the latest to rest here; they join other great explorers with names like Grissom and Chaffee. Oliver Wendell Holmes is here, the great jurist and fighter for the right. A poet searching for an image of true majesty could not rest until he seized on 'Holmes dissenting in a sordid age.' Young Holmes served in the Civil War. He might have been thinking of the crosses and stars of Arlington when he wrote: 'At the grave of a hero we end, not with sorrow at the inevitable loss, but with the contagion of his courage; and with a kind of desperate joy we go back to the fight.' All of these men were different, but they shared this in common: They loved America very much. There was nothing they wouldn't do for her. And they loved with the sureness of the young. It's hard not to think of the young in a place like this, for it's the young who do the fighting and dying when a peace fails and a war begins. Not far from here is the statue of the three servicemen—the three fighting boys of Vietnam. It, too, has majesty and more. Perhaps you've seen it—three rough boys walking together, looking ahead with a steady gaze. There's something wounded about them, a kind of resigned toughness. But there's an unexpected tenderness, too. At first you don't really notice, but then you see it. The three are touching each other, as if they're supporting each other, helping each other on. I know that many veterans of Vietnam will gather today, some of them perhaps by the wall. And they're still helping each other on. They were quite a group, the boys of Vietnam—boys who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support from home, boys who were dodging bullets while we debated the efficacy of the battle. It was often our poor who fought in that war; it was the unpampered boys of the working class who picked up the rifles and went on the march. They learned not to rely on us; they learned to rely on each other. And they were special in another way: They chose to be faithful. They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time. They chose to believe and answer the call of duty. They had the wild, wild courage of youth. They seized certainty from the heart of an ambivalent age; they stood for something. Join now And we owe them something, those boys. We owe them first a promise: That just as they did not forget their missing comrades, neither, ever, will we. And there are other promises. We must always remember that peace is a fragile thing that needs constant vigilance. We owe them a promise to look at the world with a steady gaze and, perhaps, a resigned toughness, knowing that we have adversaries in the world and challenges and the only way to meet them and maintain the peace is by staying strong. That, of course, is the lesson of this century, a lesson learned in the Sudetenland, in Poland, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Cambodia. If we really care about peace, we must stay strong. If we really care about peace, we must, through our strength, demonstrate our unwillingness to accept an ending of the peace. We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does. That's the lesson of this century and, I think, of this day. And that's all I wanted to say. The rest of my contribution is to leave this great place to its peace, a peace it has earned. Thank all of you, and God bless you, and have a day full of memories. Share
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21-04-2025
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Greenville gears up to honor local war hero with Audie Murphy Day
Hunt County will pay tribute to one of its most celebrated sons on May 17 during the annual Audie Murphy Day. The event honors the legacy of Audie Leon Murphy – the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II – and recognizes the contributions of all military veterans and those currently serving. The daylong celebration is hosted by the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville and features a full slate of activities, speakers and special presentations. A native of Hunt County, Murphy was not only a war hero but also found success in Hollywood and as a songwriter. His remarkable life will be the focus of events held at two key locations in Greenville: Fletcher Warren Civic Center and the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum. The morning's activities will take place at the civic center, located at 5501 Business Hwy 69 South. Highlights will include guest speaker Seth Paridon, host of The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast, who will present 'The Drive to Victory: Admiral Nimitz's Island-Hopping Campaign & the Defeat of Japan.' Also speaking is author Terrance Furgerson, who will discuss wartime industry in his talk on 'The Dallas Story: The North American Aviation Plant and the Industrial Mobilization during WWII.' Adding a Hollywood connection, actor Kent McCord – best known for his role in the TV series Adam-12 and a personal acquaintance of Murphy – will join a live Q&A via Zoom. The celebration kicks off early, but the festivities begin the night before, on May 16. The classic Audie Murphy film 'Ride Clear of Diablo' will be screened at the Texan Theater at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. Afternoon and evening events on Saturday will move to the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum at 600 Interstate 30. While events at the civic center are free, regular museum admission rates will apply: $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and veterans and $3 for students. The event is supported in part by the City of Greenville's hotel/motel occupancy tax revenues and the WWII History Roundtable – Audie Murphy Chapter. For a complete schedule or more details, visit or call the museum at (903) 450-4502.
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01-04-2025
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WWII history group to host free presentation about post-war German-US relations
The Audie Murphy Chapter of the WWII History Roundtable will host another free program at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville. The upcoming lecture will be about the aftermath of World War II in Germany, and will be presented by Texas A&M University history professor Adam Seipp. The title to Seipp's lecture is 'GI's, Germans and the End of War 1944-1946,' and his area of expertise/research is war and social change in modern Germany, German-U.S. relations and the Holocaust. His current research projects include one examining the U.S. military's role in concentration camp liberation and the aftermath of the Holocaust, and another dealing with the social history of the U.S. military presence in West Germany. The Audie Murphy Chapter was launched in the summer of 2023 by a group of World War II historians and enthusiasts as a way to enjoy their shared interests. Seipp's presentation is scheduled for April 24 at 7 p.m. at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum.
