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"Where Does America Find Such Men" A Song To Honor Our Solders.
This song is to honor our solders and heroes of our history who have sacrificed life ant limb for our country and many around the world to be free!
The Song Inspiration
Talk Radio Host Kirby Wilbur as he spoke about the book “The Bridges at Toko Ri”. The powerful story by James Michener depicts the dialogue the called endure when called into battle and the leaders response to that ultimate sacrifice..
The famous Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer, Ted
Williams, must have had a grimly ironic appreciation of The Bridges at
Toko-Ri when this film came out. After serving in the Marines in World War
II, Williams was called back to the Marines for the Korean War and for the
better part of two years flew the jets that you see Bill Holden flying here
in the Navy.
Just as the Korean War interrupted one of the best baseball careers of the
last century in real life, in this film William Holden is recalled from a
thriving law practice in Denver, Colorado, not to mention from his lovely
wife Grace Kelly and their two children. He flies carrier based jets bombing
targets in the Korean War wondering like Ted Williams what he did in life to
get called for two wars.
A few years earlier Warner Brothers did a fine film called Task Force which
depicted the history of naval aviation through the eyes of its protagonist,
Gary Cooper. The history went as far as the end of World War II and we were
still flying propeller planes.
Maybe today's viewer can identify with a film like Top Gun where the skills
are now a learned routine. But the Korean War was the first fought with jet
aircraft and pilots had to really learn and develop new skills to take off
and land on an aircraft at supersonic speed. Everyone, even the Russians,
were all new at this in 1950 when the Korean War started.
Some critics have said Grace Kelly was wasted in this part, basically doing
a role June Allyson perfected. Actually if you pay close attention, she's
not terribly different from her role as housewife and mother in The Country
Girl where she got her Oscar. She's just married to someone different is
all. She has a very effective scene with her husband's commander Admiral
Fredric March when she flies to Japan to be with Holden, taking along their
two children.
My favorite in this film however is Mickey Rooney. He plays a helicopter
rescue pilot and we first meet him and his co-pilot Earl Holliman rescuing
Holden from the deep blue sea. Rooney is an irreverent sort, on duty with a
green scarf and green top hat, looking like one of the little craitures from
Ireland. Quick to brawl, but a real friend when you need one, I love his
philosophy that you can say anything to officers as long as you put a sir on
the end of it. There weren't going to be too many promotions in his future.
The Bridges at Toko-Ri is filled with a lot of Cold War nostrums and dated
in that respect for today's audience. But it is a great tribute to those jet
pilots, the crews that supported them, and the families that loved them,
trying out those new skills in a brand new kind of war.
The Band!!
The Music from the Moss Brothers , Kevin and Dave clicked with the song. We are so happy with how the song has come out that words can not describe.
The band and engineers are listed below.
- Drums: Dave Smith
- Bass: Vocals Kevin Dale
- Acoustic Guitar : Vocals Jeff Moss
- Lead & Rhythm Guitars Mandolin Vocal Troy Moss
- Steel Guitar Tony
- Acoustic Guitar Lead Vocals Garret Lloyd King
- Recording Engineer Matt
- Mixing Engineer Steve Chandler
