TODAY IS: The only calendar date that is also a command: March Fourth. And so on this day we are asked to Hug a GI, to thank them for the hard work they've done and sacrifices they've made to keep the land of the free free. The lonely plight of the GIs of WWII is the issue at hand in 1992's lovely A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, in which a group of American soldiers -- including Ethan Hawke and Gary Sinise -- discover themselves in an uneasy Christmastime truce with German troops in the French countryside. [today's movie at IMDb]

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