I grew up watching ABC’s ‘Combat!’ and ‘12 o’ Clock High’ Tuesday evenings. One reason I liked ‘Combat!’ is that usually lacked humor, (except for comic relief, Shecky Greene) and ‘Group Hug’ happy endings.
I have parts of ‘Patton’ memorized. Likewise, ‘Sands Of Iwo Jima’. Had a uncle who fought there and survived.
I’m an airplane nut. 12 O’clock High was one of my favorites. Robert Landsing was the best actor but was only in it the first season.
Dad fought on Guadalcanal and Bougainville. He was shipped stateside before Iwo Jima. ‘Luckily” he got a nasty tropical disease from a mosquito. As a marine, and after he healed, they made him a guard at a naval prison up in Portsmouth.
He was about to be shipped back for the invasion of Japan when Truman dropped the bomb.
Dad never swore in polite company. ‘War Is Heck” he would say.