Memorial Day (2012 film)

Memorial Day is a 2012 war film starring James Cromwell, Jonathan Bennett and John Cromwell, directed by Sam Fischer and written by Marc Conklin.

Premise
The film tells the 1993 Memorial Day story of a 13-year-old German American boy, Kyle Vogel (Jackson Bond), who finds his Grandpa Bud's (James Cromwell) World War II footlocker during a game of hide and seek. Kyle strikes a deal with his grandfather to tell the stories behind any three objects he picks out of the footlocker, and the film proceeds to flash back to Bud's combat experience with the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II while also flashing forward to Kyle's future experiences with the 34th Infantry Division, also known as the "Red Bulls," in Iraq.

The three objects that young Kyle picks:
 * Walther P38
 * Fragmentation from "potato masher" - Stielhandgranate (German for "stick hand grenade")
 * Picture of Bud with Sgt Jack O'Hara

Cast

 * Jonathan Bennett as future SSG Kyle Vogel - Iraq
 * James Cromwell as Grandpa Bud Vogel - 1993
 * John Cromwell as past LT Bud Vogel - WWII
 * Jackson Bond as young Kyle Vogel - 1993
 * Aaron Courteau as Frankie Califano - WWII
 * Sean Dooley as Sgt Jack O'Hara - WWII
 * Mary Kay Fortier-Spalding as Grandma Betty Vogel - 1993

Production
James Cromwell's son, John Cromwell, plays the young LT Bud Vogel of WWII.