It is about a group of soldies in the 101 Airborne during WWII.
They have interviewed several of the real participants during the shows.
One ex- soldier stated that in his small town ( Mid-West as I remember) 3 young men couldn't join, got 4F deferments. Two of the three committed suicide because of the shame.
And now we have this crop of young 'Americans'.
I heard of an incident in a local school today. I won't relate the details for fear of starting an ugly thread war. What I will say is that there and many hyphenated Americans that look at the WTC disaster with indifference.
Both of my grandfathers were deferred from service in WWII because they were farmers. (Apparently owning a farm was a deferment reason, I guess we all need to eat...) Anyway, if I asked about WWII, and if they were ever drafted, and similar info, they always made some quick answer and then changed the subject. I could be wrong, but I think they held some guilt or shame about not taking bullets like their same aged countrymen.
Fast forward 50 years, and a military dodger gets elected president. Go figure.