Yeah, I've known a number of veterans of WW II over the years. Even had a few of them among my troops when I was a battalion commander in the MDDF back a few years ago. (And you can bet that was an odd feeling.)
I haven't watched any of the PBS special. Might do so someday. I don't know.
I guess I took history a few years after you did. We actually got into WW II, through it, and into the post-war US of the late 1940s. I never learned anything about the Korean War (other than that it happened) until I saw MASH. It just somehow didn't make it into the curriculum. My guess is that it was within the direct experience of the people who were teaching me.
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Date: 2007-10-01 02:52 pm (UTC)I haven't watched any of the PBS special. Might do so someday. I don't know.
I guess I took history a few years after you did. We actually got into WW II, through it, and into the post-war US of the late 1940s. I never learned anything about the Korean War (other than that it happened) until I saw MASH. It just somehow didn't make it into the curriculum. My guess is that it was within the direct experience of the people who were teaching me.