“We were so clueless as parents, as citizens. We had no clue that the military did all that.

And at that time, when Chance was K.I.A., families were not allowed to go to Dover. But because of the movie, that’s why they built the family center. Remember how they could never show flag draped coffins? There was a big deal about that.

I was like, ‘No. The public needs to see this.’
They need to see it’s not dishonorable. It’s not disrespectful. And because of the movie, they changed public policy. And they built that center for the families at Dover so that when your loved one is flown to Dover from overseas, you can go visit them one last time.”