History is always a story told by the historian. I was lucky my granduncle finally told me about WW I. There was a Look or Life magazine article with some pictures of troops lining up to get on ships to go over there. He said, “Cannon fodder.” Which he might know since he was one of them.
My next door neigbor was a member of the "Fighting 69th" during WWI. He lost a leg. He told some great stories from the perspective of the combat soldier. My father and four of his brothers served in WWII. Unlike the Civil War series, there are plenty of WWII veterans who can counter/correct Burns' version of history. I am sure that we will be hearing some of those as the series goes along.