When Will World War II End in Japan?

Foreign Policy ^ | Aug 15 | By Alexander Wooley

[ansel12]

My interest was in TV, but those movies you listed aren’t even about civilian characters whose character is labeled as a distant Vietnam War veteran. they are war movies.

Archie Bunker was identified as a WWII veteran, a lovable character, Ward Cleaver, Beaver’s dad was a WWII vet, Andy Griffith’s Andy Taylor, was a WWII vet, The Skipper on Gilligan’s island WWII, and in modern shows I have seen lovable sit-com characters who could be Korean War vets such as Frasier’s dad.

They even make comedies of the other wars, McHale’s navy, MASH.

[GingisK]

Oh, now I understand your viewpoint. Maybe this has to do with the 60s hippies now in TV-show roles. They were anti-war and anti-vet to the point of being very poisonous. They merely carried that into their careers, and it remains targeted at their own age group. It appears their hard feelings do not extend to the veterans of previous wars or even recent ones.

Hippy types can never be confused with deep thinkers.

[ansel12]

Aside from how you misuse the word hippie, the Vietnam vets were treated much, much worse by the old writers and TV executives of the late 60s and 1970s, when they were almost always portrayed as mentally unstable and sniper killers.

Did you know that the strongest support for the Vietnam War was from the under 30 age group, an age group that voted 52% for Nixon in 1972?

[pepsi_junkie]

My dad served in '52ish in Japan and the American forces were still "occupying forces" and the US military was running the country.

Regarding peace with the Soviet Union, whatever, that doesnt exist and Russia is not equal to them. It would be like if we had a treaty with East Germany, oh well, that's over by default isn't it?

[GingisK]

Aside from how you misuse the word hippie

I don't think I an misusing that tag. They are leftist flower-children.

The ill feelings from that period will probably never be forgotten. They see us as "Lt. Calley", and I see them as "Jane Fonda".