Shad Heller is in the role of "Shellshock" in the film. Shellshock was an old Civil War veteran who was out of step with the rest of the "fighting men" in the end of the day flag ceremony. He was a funny old character, who could not march or carry his rifle as well as the others. The commanding officer got up in Shellshock's face and cut him to pieces in front of the other men and the crowd. Shellshock had "a heart of gold" no matter how he was treated by the commanding officer. At the end of the comedy sketch, as the flag was brought down and patriotic music played, Shellshock snapped to attention, carried out his duties perfectly, and showed respect for the flag as it came down for the day. The transformation from the goofy character to the proud patriotic Shellshock was abrupt, and when I saw Shad perform this routine about 1980 it not only made me belly laugh, but at the end, made a tear come to my eye. Shad was a FANTASTIC performer. For a better description of Shad as "Shellshock" I refer those of you with a copy of it to the SHAD biography that was released about 1981. (By the way, the Shellshock performance I saw in 1980 was a special performance...one time only...of the old sketch pictured in the above home movie shot in the 1960s. Back in the 1960's, Shad performed as Shellshock on a regular basis. Shad brought back the character for a photo shoot for the SHAD biography which was being written at the time. Terry Sanders was there, too, and is pictured in some of the shots in the SHAD book.)