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I will watch as well, but I have been sorely disappointed so far. Even though I had been conditioned to expect something of a victim fest, I was surprised that it is clearly the central theme. I suppose that he will find some way to downplay and demean VE and VJ Days, winning does not seem to be fashionable these days.

Even though I had been conditioned to expect something of a victim fest,
I was surprised that it is clearly the central theme.

I hope some reputable group like The Media Research Center does an
intense anaylsis of the series.

At the rate it's going I get the feeling (without analyzing) that
PBS and Burns decided "no more than 30 minutes of real war documentary
between each "America was awful then" gripe-session".

I'm all for mentioning the downsides for some of our citizens who
got a raw deal while serving honorably.
I guess Burns thought "only college professors, some Ivy League students
and Dennis Kuchinich (sp?) would watch if I had ONLY the gripe-sessions
in a documentary on WWII".