In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 madeforcable movie directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur. The movie follows the plight of the officers as they attempt to save the animals that the Army no longer needs as it modernizes toward a mechanized military. The movie claims to be based on a true story but without firm evidence to support the claim.
Two years later, Lieutenant Marshall Buxton Craig Sheffer, arrives at his new post, where it is discovered during his interview with retiring Colonel Stewart Rod Steiger that he was so assigned because of a fight and that many of the others there are also because of insubordination. Lt. Buxton meets Sergeants Libbey, Quinlain Neil Melville, Mulcahey John Dennis Johnston, and Shattuck Robert Coleby, who together manage the herd of remounts.Col. Stewart is replaced as post commander by Col. Hardesty, on promotion. Hardestys mission is to aid in the transition to a mechanized army. To accomplish this, the horses at the outpost will have to be destroyed. Buxton is ordered to escort the animals to slaughter. While watching the horses being helplessly shot in a mass grave, Lt. Buxton decides, with the concurrence of Libbey and the others, to end the massacre and drive the remaining herd to safety. ........
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