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Sgt. MacKenzie" is a lament written and sung by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie (1955-2009), [1] in memory of his great-grandfather who was killed in combat during World War I. It has been used in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers and the ending scene of the 2012 film End of Watch .
"Sgt. MacKenzie" is perhaps a departure from their normal style, as its drumming and piping are subdued, and it is primarily a vocal piece. It was featured in the soundtrack to the film, We Were Soldiers (2002), and in the movie End of Watch (2012). [2] [3] Joe Kilna MacKenzie died after a long illness, on 28 April 2009. [4]
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young (1992) by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway , it dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.
Charles Mackenzie (Australian politician) (1837–1921), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Charles Mackenzie, 19th-century English actor who performed as Henry Compton Sgt. Charles Stuart MacKenzie, World War I Scottish soldier, subject of the lament -- " Sgt. MacKenzie " -- written and sung by his great-grandson Joseph Kilna Mackenzie
Nicknamed “John 3:16” by his fellow soldiers, Sgt. De Roo dreamed of returning to Iraq in peacetime after the war as a pastor. ... and knowing they were in God’s hands brought them security ...
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf said, "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young is a great book of military history, written the way military history should be written." [ 7 ] Since at least 1993, the book has been on the Marine Corps Commandant's Reading List for Career Level Enlisted.
The regiment was raised by Francis Humberston MacKenzie, Chief of the Clan Mackenzie and later Lord Seaforth, as the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs) on 8 March 1793. [5] First assembled at Fort George in July 1793, [ 6 ] the regiment moved to the Channel Islands in August 1793, [ 7 ] and embarked for Holland in ...
WASHINGTON — The House sergeant at arms, who was the head of the D.C. National Guard during the attack on the Capitol, told the Jan. 6 committee that the law enforcement response would have ...