Post by anthony on Feb 3, 2010 2:36:12 GMT
I was surprised to read in the following article that Seeley’s brave actions were “part of the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film ‘The Last Samurai.’” The Victoria Cross web site quoted is not a Victoria Cross web site but “Find a grave” which makes a much more credible statement “The Choshu samurai, making the best of a bad situation, signed a treaty and settled down to study Western strategy, tactics, and technology. These events were part of the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film "The Last Samurai."
WILLIAM H. HARRISON SEELEY
www.enterprisenews.com/news/x573995481/He-has-been-setting-his-sites-in-Stoughton-for-a-long-time
A Stoughton native, Seeley was the first American to win the Victoria Cross, Great Britain’s highest award for valor. He is the only American to have won the award outside of World War I. Seeley was born on May 1, 1840 and died on Oct. 1, 1914. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. “In 1997 a man came here from England – he was doing the history on (Seeley),” Hansen said. According to a biography on the Victoria Cross Web site, Seeley’s brave actions were “part of the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film ‘The Last Samurai.’”
William Henry Harrison Seeley
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7032981
First American citizen to win the Victoria Cross, Great Britain’s highest award for valor, and still the only American to have won the award outside of World War I. ... In the action, Seeley, serving on the HMS Euryalus, distinguished himself by carrying out a daring reconnaissance to ascertain the enemy's position, and then, although wounded, continued to take part in the final assault on the battery. The Choshu samurai, making the best of a bad situation, signed a treaty and settled down to study Western strategy, tactics, and technology. These events were part of the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film "The Last Samurai."
WILLIAM H. HARRISON SEELEY
www.enterprisenews.com/news/x573995481/He-has-been-setting-his-sites-in-Stoughton-for-a-long-time
A Stoughton native, Seeley was the first American to win the Victoria Cross, Great Britain’s highest award for valor. He is the only American to have won the award outside of World War I. Seeley was born on May 1, 1840 and died on Oct. 1, 1914. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. “In 1997 a man came here from England – he was doing the history on (Seeley),” Hansen said. According to a biography on the Victoria Cross Web site, Seeley’s brave actions were “part of the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film ‘The Last Samurai.’”
William Henry Harrison Seeley
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7032981
First American citizen to win the Victoria Cross, Great Britain’s highest award for valor, and still the only American to have won the award outside of World War I. ... In the action, Seeley, serving on the HMS Euryalus, distinguished himself by carrying out a daring reconnaissance to ascertain the enemy's position, and then, although wounded, continued to take part in the final assault on the battery. The Choshu samurai, making the best of a bad situation, signed a treaty and settled down to study Western strategy, tactics, and technology. These events were part of the inspiration for the Tom Cruise film "The Last Samurai."