True, but his was the only interview stating why people joined up. This implies, at least in my book, that this was a mainstream point of view. When in reality, it was very most definitely not the norm., according to most people who were there at the time.
If this was the only show you saw about WW2, as it might be in the future, in say ,a high school, you'd come away with a vastly different view of why people joined.
Why, you might think they just joined because they didn't have any other opportunities, which is often the reason the left gives as the reason young men join the service today.
What a striking co-inkydink that is !
Many guys did join to “see the world” . Happened during WWI and the Civil War and every other war too.
Friend of mine’s father joined cause he was dirt poor from Alabama & never had a pair shoes till he got in the army.
Many young men & women join today for the experiences.
You deny that?
You missed the lady from Alabama talking about how the successful Marine recruiter who avoided her mother for a year, because Momma was so mad that he’d recruited “her little boy”.
May be, but only if you're looking for things to criticize the series about. Other participants talked about signing up, and why; some for patriotic reasons, some not. Doesn't mean they didn't believe in their mission.
There were men who were interviewed who had been left behind on Bataan who were mighty critical of Douglas MacArthur. Doesn't mean they weren't patriotic soldiers, they were just stuck in a horrendous situation which none of us could even imagine in our worst nightmares. In my opinion they earned the right to criticize MacArthur or anyone else, for that matter.