and becoming an elite Navy unit’s first female trooper.

I won’t let you down again."

It’s enough to make you cry.

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(And guess what?

It turns out camo is totally her color.

But inSteven Spielberg’selegant biopic, he’s deceptively so.

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Plus, there’s that scene ofWill Smithpunching an alien in the face!

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“Great principles don’t get lost,” Smith says.

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“They’re right here.

You just have to see them again.

America is advanced citizenship.

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“It’s the kind of “funny” tune that gets taken seriously.

Celebrating our wild disparity?

It puts you where they stood.

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But something good and decent rose from their sacrifice.Anthony Breznican

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