I think that it is a real testament to the USA, and our soldiers, on how we handled being the victors in WWII, to see the success of Germany and Japan, and our good relations with those nations. But those those grudges that our father’s had were understandable.
You are right on.
And people in battle weary countries always preferred the GI over any other countries troops. At the end of the European theater of war, refugees and others headed away from the Soviet troops and went toward the Americans and British.
That's just it....he'd say it, but with a smile on his face. He thought it was funny too.