Reporter Addie Goss reports this on Wyoming Public Radio:
A film about a Wyoming soldier killed in action in Iraq will be shown on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Dubois. The HBO film "Taking Chance" tells the story of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, who died in 2004 while defending the rest of his convoy during a firefight outside of Baghdad. His body was escorted home to Dubois by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl. Strobl says that journey was a remarkable one: "From the hearse drivers or the flight attendants or the cargo handlers, the ticketing agents, the pilots, they all were very moved by Chance and his sacrifice." The film chronicles that journey. It will be screened at Dubois High School on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle features reporter Karen Cotton interviewed actor Kevin Bacon (shown in HBO photo above), Lt. Col. Strobl and Chance's father, artist John Phelps, in a series of articles that you can read on her blog at wtecriticscorner.wordpress.com/.
