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''Memorial Day'' is a 2012 film about the war experiences of a modern soldier (Kyle Vogel in Iraq) and his grandfather (Bud Vogel, a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] veteran). Bud's experiences are told through [[FlashbackBPlot a series of flashbacks]] flashbacks while he explains his experiences to a young Kyle. [[MeanwhileInTheFuture Meanwhile]], an adult Kyle develops his own war experiences similar to his grandfather's.
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* GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.
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* FlashbackBPlot: Kyle's war experiences are shown in {{flash forward}}s.
* GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.
* GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.
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''Memorial Day'' is a 2012 film about the war experiences of a modern soldier (Kyle Vogel in Iraq) and his grandfather (Bud Vogel, a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] veteran). Bud's experiences are told through [[FlashbackBPlot a series of flashbacks]] while he explains his experiences to a young Kyle, while Kyle. [[MeanwhileInTheFuture Meanwhile]], an adult Kyle develops his own war experiences similar to his grandfather's.
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''Memorial Day'' is a 2012 film about the war experiences of a modern soldier (Kyle Vogel in Iraq) and his grandfather (Bud Vogel, a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] veteran). Bud's experiences are told through [[TwoLinesDifferentTimes [[FlashbackBPlot a series of flashbacks]] while he explains his experiences to a young Kyle, while an adult Kyle develops his own war experiences similar to his grandfather's.
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* TheWarOnTerror: Part of the film is set during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where a 23 year-old Kyle, now part of the US Army, fights in.
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''Memorial Day'' is a 2012 film about the war experiences of a modern soldier (Kyle Vogel in Iraq) and his grandfather (Bud Vogel, a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] veteran). Bud's experiences are told through [[TwoLinesDifferentTimes a series flashbacks of flashbacks]] while he explains his experiences to a young Kyle. [[MeanwhileInTheFuture Meanwhile]], Kyle, while an adult Kyle develops his own war experiences similar to his grandfather's.
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* {{The Nineties}}: Portion of the film is set in Memorial Day 1993, where a 13 year-old Kyle plays hide-and-seek in his grandfather's house with his friends.
* {{Turn Of The Millennium}}: The {{Present Day}} portions of the film.
* {{The War on Terror}}: Part of the film is set during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where a 23 year-old Kyle, now part of the US Army, fights in.
* {{War is Hell}}: The main theme of the film.
* {{Turn Of The Millennium}}: The {{Present Day}} portions of the film.
* {{The War on Terror}}: Part of the film is set during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where a 23 year-old Kyle, now part of the US Army, fights in.
* {{War is Hell}}: The main theme of the film.
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* {{The Nineties}}: TheNineties: Portion of the film is set in Memorial Day 1993, where a 13 year-old Kyle plays hide-and-seek in his grandfather's house with his friends.
*{{Turn Of The Millennium}}: TurnOfTheMillennium: The {{Present Day}} portions of the film.
*{{The War on Terror}}: TheWarOnTerror: Part of the film is set during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where a 23 year-old Kyle, now part of the US Army, fights in.
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''Memorial Day'' is a 2012 film about the war experiences of a modern soldier (Kyle Vogel in Iraq) and his grandfather (Bud Vogel, a [[WorldWarII [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] veteran). Bud's experiences are told through a series flashbacks while he explains his experiences to a young Kyle. [[MeanwhileInTheFuture Meanwhile]], an adult Kyle develops his own war experiences similar to his grandfather's.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: The things Bud saw and did in WWII clearly weigh on him 50 years later, though he's fairly well-adjusted overall. It's implied that his talk with Kyle, and the effect it had on the boy, is what prevents Kyle from ending up the same way after coming home from Iraq.
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: A wounded German officer shows Bud a picture of his son to try to convince Bud to take him prisoner and give him medical treatment. Bud [[LeftForDead leaves him to die]] and we see him collapse as Bud's unit pulls away.
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* FatalFamilyPhoto: A wounded German ''Waffen-SS'' officer shows Bud a picture of his son to try to convince Bud to take him prisoner and give him medical treatment. Bud [[LeftForDead leaves him to die]] and we see him collapse as Bud's unit pulls away.
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* [[spoiler: ChildSoldiers: One shows up near the end of Bud's war experience in 1945 as a [[TruthInTelevision member of the]] ''[[TruthInTelevision Volkssturm]]''. He succeeds in killing Bud's platoon sergeant, who was also his closest friend.
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* [[spoiler: ChildSoldiers: One shows up near the end of Bud's war experience in 1945 as a [[TruthInTelevision member of the]] ''[[TruthInTelevision Volkssturm]]''. He succeeds in killing Bud's platoon sergeant, who was also his closest friend.]]
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* [[spoiler: ChildSoldiers: One shows up near the end of Bud's war experience as a [[TruthInTelevision member of the Wehrmacht]]. He succeeds in killing one of Bud's close friends.]]
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* [[spoiler: ChildSoldiers: One shows up near the end of Bud's war experience in 1945 as a [[TruthInTelevision member of the Wehrmacht]]. the]] ''[[TruthInTelevision Volkssturm]]''. He succeeds in killing one of Bud's close friends.]]platoon sergeant, who was also his closest friend.
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* {{Nazis with Gnarly Weapons}}: When Bud was a soldier in 1944, he fought several of the Germans in Belgium.
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* {{World War II}}: Bud is a World War II veteran who fought in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
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* {{Yanks With Tanks}}: Shown in both World War II and the Iraq War.
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* {{Nazis with Gnarly Weapons}}: When Bud was a soldier in 1944, he fought several of the Germans in Belgium.
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* StuffBlowingUp: In both WWII and Iraq, there was plenty of things to blow up including grenades, [[BaaBomb IEDs]], [[DeathFromAbove airstrikes]], and artillery strikes.
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* StuffBlowingUp: In both WWII and Iraq, there was plenty of things to blow up including grenades, [[BaaBomb IEDs]], [[DeathFromAbove airstrikes]], and artillery strikes.strikes.
* {{The Nineties}}: Portion of the film is set in Memorial Day 1993, where a 13 year-old Kyle plays hide-and-seek in his grandfather's house with his friends.
* {{Turn Of The Millennium}}: The {{Present Day}} portions of the film.
* {{The War on Terror}}: Part of the film is set during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where a 23 year-old Kyle, now part of the US Army, fights in.
* {{War is Hell}}: The main theme of the film.
* {{World War II}}: Bud is a World War II veteran who fought in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
* {{Yanks With Tanks}}: Shown in both World War II and the Iraq War.
* {{The Nineties}}: Portion of the film is set in Memorial Day 1993, where a 13 year-old Kyle plays hide-and-seek in his grandfather's house with his friends.
* {{Turn Of The Millennium}}: The {{Present Day}} portions of the film.
* {{The War on Terror}}: Part of the film is set during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, where a 23 year-old Kyle, now part of the US Army, fights in.
* {{War is Hell}}: The main theme of the film.
* {{World War II}}: Bud is a World War II veteran who fought in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
* {{Yanks With Tanks}}: Shown in both World War II and the Iraq War.
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* StuffBlowingUp: In both WWII and Iraq, there was plenty of things to blow up including grenades, [[BaaBomb IEDs]], airstrikes, [[DeathFromAbove airstrikes]], and artillery strikes.
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* BaaBomb: In the opening scene, Kyle's unit encounters a dead sheep that they suspect might be hiding an IED. It turns out that it is and it is set off.
* BattleTrophy: The central story telling mechanism. Part of the story is Bud telling Kyle the history behind some of the pieces of his collection, and part of the story is Kyle building his own collection.
* BattleTrophy: The central story telling mechanism. Part of the story is Bud telling Kyle the history behind some of the pieces of his collection, and part of the story is Kyle building his own collection.
* DadTheVeteran: Old Bud has elements of this trope.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Both Bud and Kyle receive shrapnel wounds (Bud in the butt and Kyle in the thigh) that require them to be carried off the field but then they recover after short medical treatment.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Both Bud and Kyle receive shrapnel wounds (Bud in the butt and Kyle in the thigh) that require them to be carried off the field but then they recover after short medical treatment.treatment.
* StuffBlowingUp: In both WWII and Iraq, there was plenty of things to blow up including grenades, [[BaaBomb IEDs]], airstrikes, and artillery strikes.
* StuffBlowingUp: In both WWII and Iraq, there was plenty of things to blow up including grenades, [[BaaBomb IEDs]], airstrikes, and artillery strikes.
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* LeftForDead: Bud is placed in a situation where his unit is behind schedule and they have a wounded German officer to deal with, Bud decides to leave the German officer to die. [[spoiler: Later Kyle is put in a similar situation, but chooses to avert this trope by calling in a medivac for the wounded Iraqi.]]
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Memorial Day was a movie released in 2012 about the war experiences of a modern soldier (Kyle Vogel in Iraq) and his grandfather (Bud Vogel, a [[WorldWarII WWII]] veteran). Bud's experiences are told through a series flashbacks while he explains his experiences to a young Kyle. [[MeanwhileInTheFuture Meanwhile]], an adult Kyle relates develops his own war experiences similar to his grandfather's.
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* GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.
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* GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.it.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: A wounded German officer shows Bud a picture of his son to try to convince Bud to take him prisoner and give him medical treatment. Bud leaves him to die and we see him collapse as Bud's unit pulls away.
* InstantDeathBullet: Averted. Every character who is shot in the movie takes at least a few second to die. Many end up recovering from their wounds.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Both Bud and Kyle receive shrapnel wounds (Bud in the butt and Kyle in the thigh) that require them to be carried off the field but then they recover after short medical treatment.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: A wounded German officer shows Bud a picture of his son to try to convince Bud to take him prisoner and give him medical treatment. Bud leaves him to die and we see him collapse as Bud's unit pulls away.
* InstantDeathBullet: Averted. Every character who is shot in the movie takes at least a few second to die. Many end up recovering from their wounds.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Both Bud and Kyle receive shrapnel wounds (Bud in the butt and Kyle in the thigh) that require them to be carried off the field but then they recover after short medical treatment.
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GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.
GeniusBonus: Throughout the movie, references are made to the Eastern Meadowlark. Bud is a recreational birder and mentions the Eastern Meadowlark as having the most beautiful song of any bird. While Kyle doesn't show the same passion for birding, he makes mention of his grandfather's love of the Eastern Meadowlark. At the end of the movie, the song of the Eastern Meadowlark is played in the background, but it is not pointed out in any way so if you did not already know the song, you would not be able to recognize it.
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