Fragments

I have watched this program since it first started, being a former Marine this is the first one that I have watched that for some reason really hit me. When it was over I had the "watery eyes". I guess when you've been in a war it never really leaves you mentally. It's been now, 50 years since I've been back. As much as I hated it I would do it again, for this country. I can't really explain why it hit me so hard, all I know is that war was the worse for us Baby Boomers. We had no real leadership and to this day still have no idea why we were there. I would alway fight for what we have in this country and I guess that is why I volunteered. Besides the fact that I came from a family that always volunteered. Fathers, grandfathers etc. I hope that in this country we alway have people that are willing to sacrifice. I did lose my best friend from High School over there and to that I regret, along with the other nearly 60,000 that were true heroes. This particular one was really done well.

"Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" was originally by Credence Clearwater Revival, but this version was sung by Jonathan Clark. This episode got to me the same way the ep with Charles Durning got me. My father is a vet of both Vietnam and Korea, but he never saw combat. And despite not seeing combat, he refuses to talk about what he heard from other soldiers. It was that bad. I can't even begin to imagine. As a Gen Xer, I want all the Vietnam vets who are still with us to know how much you are loved and supported.

Charles Robinnson should get a supporting actor nod for this one

"Have you ever seen the rain..." a perfect play-out of a well-crafted and respectful case which looks back to the Vietnam War of 1969-70. Magee gets to understand his father better (and, frankly, much more deeply than when The Admiral was still alive.

The condemned man has been imprisoned for 48 years and the episode is set in 2018.

A good set of teamwork as Casey becomes a permanent employee.

The Marine LT. Has a crisis of conscience, and sends his wife his audio tape regarding his decision. The audio tape never gets delivered, and another Marine is sentenced to life in prison for 'fragging his C. O.' 50 years later the audio tape is delivered, found behind a wall-mounted shelf in an old post office undergoing remodeling. The audio tape reveals a bombshell in the case of the imprisoned Marine.

The story was good, up until the last 10 minutes. The resolution, the boogey-man of 'the white guy was a racist', was disappointing. If the resolution had been, 'we lied about the situation for the benefit of the LT's wife', it would have been a better ending. But, by this time, NCIS had tipped toward the more liberal side in their scripts.