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THE FT. HOOD SENTINEL
By Daniel Maloney
III rp lic AlTairs
By Rudi Williams
A erican rces In form atio S erv ice
The nominations for the 62nd annual Academy Awards were
released recently and the categories exemplify the varied subject
matters each film portrays.
Among the nominees are: Born on the Fourth of July Glory Do the
Right Thing Driving Miss Daisy and Enemies A Love Story.
All of these films have one thing in common: They’ve relied in
some form or another on history to set the scene or play a critical
role in telling the story.
Movies have been since their inception a distinctive part of
Americana reflecting and sometimes influencing our history.
This year’s nominees cover a wide range of the American character
past and present.
Oliver Stone’s second Vietnam-era epic Born on the Fourth ofJuly
follows the life of Vietnam veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic
giving audiences an authentic look at a troubled time in American
history.
Kovic experiences sweeping changes of attitude from a gung-ho
Marine who serves two tours in Vietnam to an activist against the
war that left him paralyzed from the chest down.
REGARDLESS OF the views expressed in the film it captures
distinct moments in the history of this country. The Red Scare of the
late ’50s and early ’60s the war in Vietnam and the 1972 Presiden-
tial campaign.
Glory which follows the rise of the all-black 54th Massachusetts
Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War is filled with authentic
Civil War battle scenes and takes much of its script from letters
written by the commander of the regiment.
Driving Miss Daisy depicts the relationship between an aging
woman from the South and her black chauffeur during segregation
in this country.
Enemies A Love Story follows the life of a Jewish death-camp
survivor who finds anew life in New York as he struggles to cope
with his feelings for three different women.
Do the Right Thing Spike Lee’s controversial film expresses the
tense relationship between blacks and whites in an inner city
neighborhood. The action centers on a neighborhood pizzeria and the
film draws a close resemblence to real-life incidents that have
occurred recently in America.
Incidents real and imaginary fact or fiction make the movies
interesting and fulfill the two-fold purpose of educating and enter-
taining.
ALTHOUGH EACH of these movies are reflective of American
history they lack the ability to influence because they are trapped
in the past (with the possible exception of Do the Right Thing).
Films that cause the American people to rethink their stance on
issues or provoke change in their attitudes are original in subject
matter and timing. These films do more to promote social change
and test the psyche of film-goers.
Films starring James Dean have taken on a personality all their
own but it was the actor and not the subject matter that influenced
the teens who flocked to watch them.
His screen presence and hard-living on-the-edge lifestyle contin-
ues to attract a cult following.
However the film Rebel Without a Cause popularized the notion
as early as the mid-’50s that refusing to obey authority and adopting
an almost ‘loner” attitude epitomized the essence of cool.
A film few people got a chance to see when it was initially
When he was 5 years old James Klugh harvested com peas
tomatoes and other crops and picked cotton on his family’s small
farm near Greenwood S.C. At 7 he was tending cows hogs and
chickens plowing the fields and chopping wood working alongside
his father mother brothers and sisters.
By the time he reached junior high school Klugh knew that
farming wasn’t for him. The seventh of 10 children he wanted to
become a doctor. His parents hadn’t been to college but they
encouraged the children to go. Most of them did by helping each
other pay expenses.
His career goals changed over the years but not his ambition to
succeed. His humble roots spurred him on to excel in the career he
chose: soldiering. He set to work at being the best he could be and
today he’s an Army major general.
He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the all-black
South Carolina State College in 1953. For Klugh if one degree was
good two must be better. He 1 water earned am aster’s degree in public
administration from Shippensburg (Pa.) State College and also
graduated from the Army infantry and chemical schools the Com-
mand and General Staff College and the Army War College.
DESPITE HIS obvious qualifications the Army Chemical Corps
was out of his reach in the early 1950s. The Army was still in the
infant stages of desegregation whose jobs were for whites only.
The few black officers on active duty in those days were normally
relegated to motor pools or supply rooms as assistant supply offi-
cers.
“When I came in you could count the number of black generals
with one finger colonels probably with five fingers” said Klugh the
Army’s assistant deputy chief of staff for logistics at the Pentagon.
‘There were no black first sergeants or sergeants major in my
regiment. The highest-ranking sergeants were E-6s and they were
cooks supply or motor sergeants. There were five black officers out
of 170 all captains and lieutenants.
“I don’t know how many black generals colonels first sergeants
and sergeants major there are today because they’re getting pro-
moted every month” said Klugh whose first job in the Army was as
a motor officer.
The military services desegregated but the pace was slow. “Offi-
cers’ clubs were not supposed to discriminate but you knew when
you weren’t wanted” said Klugh. “I paid officers’ club dues at Fort
Benning Ga. but it was clear my presence was not desired. And you
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released finally hit the big screen and video markets in the latter
half of the ’80s.
The Manchurian Candidate was banned after a short release
almost 30 years ago. The reason behind the banning was political.
The book by the same name written by Richard Condon told the
story of a handful of U.S. soldiers captured during the Korean
conflict and brainwashed.
ONE OF the soldiers was given the command to assassinate the
President of the United States.
The command was to be executed only at a pre-arrannged time and
under the control of the manipulators.
The movie accurately portrays the plot spelled out in the book and
culminates in an ending that keeps audiences on the edge of their
seats.
So you may ask W hat’s the problem?
The movie was initially released on the heels of President John
Fitzgerald Kennedy’s assassination causing the Warren Commis-
sion then investigating the tragedy to call for a ban because of the
film’s sensitive nature.
Interesting to note the affect movies can have on institutions as
powerful as the United States government.
The best part however is the timeliness of the film even when
seen in these times. A classic never wears out its welcome.
Forgive me for calling attention once again to the 1960s (I mean
we’ve all seen enough bad movies about yippies becoming yuppies
and trying to figure out if their beliefs were real or only fashionable
as they sip wine coolers and drive BMWs) but one movie that
actually influenced the “drop out of society attitude” in America
before it became fashionable was Easy Rider.
The film told the story of two “drop outs” who finance a motorcycle
trip to New Orleans for Mardis Gras by selling drugs.
A POIGNANT part of the film occurs at the outset when the
character played by Peter Fonda (who along with Dennis Hop.per
starred produced and directed the movie) takes off his watch and
tosses it in the dirt as he kickstarts his “Hog” and sets out in search
of America to the blasting sound of the song Born to be Wild by
Steppenwolf.
Along the way Hopper and Fonda give a ride to an aristocratic
somewhat eccentric lawyer played by Jack Nicholson (his first
movie role) after meeting him in the drunk tank of a Southern jail.
They also encounter “rednecks” who don’t quite see eye-to-eye
with the “long hairs” attitudes or demeanor.
The ending caused a major controversy between the creators of the
film and the distributors who wanted a somewhat happier ending
then the one planned by Hopper and Fonda. In the end the creators
of Easy Rider won out and the movie uses the final scene to convey
the tension underlying that turbulent decade.
Innumerable references have been made about the film as the
ultimate portrayal of the 1960s. But those references were made by
people of the 1980s.
Which brings this cinematic commentary full circle.
No one truly knew how to react to the film when it was initially
released because it set a precedent and caused people to think about
the stagnation of their lifestyles. It generated a thirst for seeing
America even though the film’s outcome was negative.
MUCH LIKE the book On the Road by Jack Kerouac that set the
wheels of the “Beat Generation” in motion and obviously had an
effect on Fonda and Hopper. Easy Rider helped to stir the imagina-
tion and spirit of those who experienced it.
When films are as powerful and original as these they fulfill the
dual-responsibility of educating and entertaining the audience.
Hopefully Hollywood and the moviemakers of today will seek the
higher plain and continue the tradition.
would run into other kinds of things. Segregation was more overt
than it is today. The teachings ot my parents and my college mentor
helped me deal with that pretty well. Several classic incidents
happened to me that only made me grow stronger.”
KLUGH SAID some whites thought blacks were not smart
enough to be officers or senior non-commissioned officers and tried
to belittle them any way they could. He recalled one incident in
which a white major who once suggested that his son an 11th
grader could outscore any of five black officers in a comprehensive
test.
Harnessing his anger Klugh told the major “I’ll take a compre-
hensive examination with you spot you 50 points bet you a case of
beer and I’ll come out on top.” Taken aback the major said he’d
finished college too long ago to take the examination. Later the
regimental commander told the major he had arranged for an
educator at the University of South Carolina to administer the test.
“The major wouldn’t participate” Klugh said with a laugh. “In the
presence of all 170 officers of the regiment the commander told
them the story and pointed out that the major had backed out. He
declared me the winner and told the major to put a case of beer in the
trunk of my car I didn’t even drink beer.”
Klugh’s trials and tribulations and those of thousands of other
black officers and non-commissioned officers are an important part
of black military history. Blacks should know about the difficulty of
climbing up the ladder of acceptance from slavery to the present he
said.
“We miss the boat sometimes because we don’t know anything
about the past” said Klugh. “In war-fighting we teach a lot of
history we talk about how the great strategists fought various wars
the history of this country is just as important and it strengthens
our people.”
“BLACKS CAN gain strength from learning about the accom-
plishmenst of such people as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” the
general noted.
“But many people particularly young blacks and whites don’t
know much about him or the entire civil rights movement of the ’60s.
And they try to excuse themselves by saying they weren’t around
then.”
‘The struggle of blacks the contributions and progress we've
made ought to be understood by everyone including blacks thum
selves” said Klugh who has traveled to and spoken at most of the
historically black colleges nationwide.
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but not everything is Hoo Ah.
Flat tires dirty weapons extra
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As to the origins of the expres-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
You know once again the Ameri
can Indian was slighted.
First discovered by Europeans
exploring the land of the Mohi-
cans lacrosse was the first “All-
American” sport and by rights
should be singularly distinctive
in our culture.
Thursday February 22 1990
‘Hoo Ah’ causes
constant confusion
PRESIDIO of San Francisco
(ARNEWS)
Hoo Ah is generally a positive
statement (not to be confused
with ‘Gesundheit’) that can be
substituted for any of the fol-
lowing expressions: Yes’ ‘Way
to go’ ‘Congratulations’ or Have
a nice day.’ Some sergeants even
use it in lieu of ‘Good night
sweetheart.’
A couple of weeks ago Lt. Col.
Bruce Beals wrote about football
being the All-American sport. We
of the 31st Air Defense Artillery
retorted with our idea of what the
All-American sport was ranging
from running to sex. Then we got
serious...
However unless you went to
Hofstra West Point John Hopkins
Northeastern University or some
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continued to pass the news us-
ing the same expression or so
the story goes.
The Pentagon sought to have
Hoo Ah made into an acronym
for ‘Here’s One of Our Heroes’
(Pentagon staffers can’t spell)
but soldiers have never accepted
the official version anyway.
But seriously Hoo Ah is noth-
ing more than a greeting or ac-
knowledgment which when used
by professional soldiers implies
spiritual and mental toughness
determination confidence self-
discipline and mutual respect.
Its use also indicates the indi-
vidual’s dedication to mission
accomplishment along with a
strong commitment to and con-
cern for fellow soldiers the unit
and the community.
If you should ever receive a sol-
dier’s Hoo Ah don’t reach for
your handkerchief. We’re just
saying Yes’ ‘Good job’ or ‘It’s a
great day to be in the United
States Army.
other school in the Northeast
lacrosse might as well have been a1*
sport from Mars. I never played
but I watched and those are some
tough individuals.
I can imagine Indians wickering
their own sticks and playing with-
out the gloves helmets and pads
used today. I have seen collisions
in the heat of a game that re-
minded me of a grisly car wreck.
Think of those Indians (and they
were hardy souls to be sure) hit-
ting into each other picking them-
selves up and going at it again. No*
medics there. 1
So to our Native Americans a
tip of the hat and a realization of
the true order of things.
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