DDD
Well-Known Member
Last night on PBS the first 2.5 hour segment of "The War" was
shown. In total the documentary is suppose to be 11 or 12 hours.
I'm not sure how old you have to be to appreciate the program but
certainly it has meaning in my family. I was born in l940 and
it was probably l950 before the aura of "The War" had disipated
and my generation moved on to Rock and Roll.
The documentary is particularly signicant because the WW2 vets
are dying off rapidly and those vets mostly kept the horror of
"the good war" to themselves. My Dad never spoke in details. I
only remember once when he got teary after the war when my friend
Judy asked him "did you see my Daddy's plane crash?". He had. I
had nightmares for awhile thinking of Judy's Daddy. My eldest
sister married an attorney who was a Marine and had shrapnel
scars from fighting in the islands. He never, ever, ever would
speak of the war.
The times were different in the 40's and 50's. Now, in 2007, these veterans are sharing the horrible truth for the first time.
I was so moved. I was horrified. I was ashamed. I was proud.
Did any of you ever watch the wonderful, long Civil War series
that was on PBS years ago? It was later marketed and it was the
best documentary we had ever seen. Our library has multiple copies of it. This WW2 documentary is on the same plane. It
stresses that WW2 has always been referred to as "The Good War"
BUT those in the know....know....there is no such thing. DDD
shown. In total the documentary is suppose to be 11 or 12 hours.
I'm not sure how old you have to be to appreciate the program but
certainly it has meaning in my family. I was born in l940 and
it was probably l950 before the aura of "The War" had disipated
and my generation moved on to Rock and Roll.
The documentary is particularly signicant because the WW2 vets
are dying off rapidly and those vets mostly kept the horror of
"the good war" to themselves. My Dad never spoke in details. I
only remember once when he got teary after the war when my friend
Judy asked him "did you see my Daddy's plane crash?". He had. I
had nightmares for awhile thinking of Judy's Daddy. My eldest
sister married an attorney who was a Marine and had shrapnel
scars from fighting in the islands. He never, ever, ever would
speak of the war.
The times were different in the 40's and 50's. Now, in 2007, these veterans are sharing the horrible truth for the first time.
I was so moved. I was horrified. I was ashamed. I was proud.
Did any of you ever watch the wonderful, long Civil War series
that was on PBS years ago? It was later marketed and it was the
best documentary we had ever seen. Our library has multiple copies of it. This WW2 documentary is on the same plane. It
stresses that WW2 has always been referred to as "The Good War"
BUT those in the know....know....there is no such thing. DDD