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10-02-2007, 08:07 AM
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Yes, it is a very good series - have seen bits and pieces. Amazing courage and comraderie.
My uncle was shot down over France in '44 or '45. He'd graduated from Harvard and was headed for Harvard Medical School. He was one of the few who could have avoided the draft. To a man, everyone whose opinion he respected advised him to enter medical school, but he had a higher calling. 
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10-02-2007, 04:58 PM
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Should be required viewing for all residents of US (legal and illegal).
Enjoy, Rich P
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10-02-2007, 07:41 PM
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I think Burn's Civil War documentary is one of the best documentaries ever made ... but I stopped watching The War after the third episode ... while I enjoyed parts of it ... and I teared up when the telegram came from Italy ... even though I knew it was inevitable ... for me it seemed to drag on ... and on .... and on.
We owe the men and women who fought (and died) in WW II a tremendous debt of gratitude (I am glad that the Memorial in DC was finally erected before all of them had died) ... most of the WW II vets that I have known over the years (I'll be 60 next Jan.) are very humble and don't consider what they did as "any big deal" ... but Burn's documentary reminds us that what they did was a "very big deal".
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10-02-2007, 09:03 PM
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Once again Ken Burns has put together a series that most documentarians(is that a word?) can only dream about. Pretty much everything this guy has done has been of the highest caliber. His subject material has been quite diverse and yet he always seems to be incredibly well informed.
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10-02-2007, 10:51 PM
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Watching it now. Damn good!
My Grandfather fought in WWII over in New Guinea. I look back on this generation with much respect, and find it sad knowing that an entire generation of these guys is quickly fading away into the chapters of history. These guys had stories to tell, if you could get them to open up. They were young, and fought like hell, and took this country to being #1. Fast forward 60 years: When I look at so many of the young, imature, idiot gang bangers, drug dealers and low life 18~20 year olds these days with no class, manners, or concern for anyone but themselves, it just depresses me. I can't imagine some prick with his baggy jeans around his ass being in the armed forces. He'd trip, and get his ass shot. AND NO,,, NOT all young kids today are like this, but the average number of loosers has to be alot higher now then what it was in 1941.
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