Ken Burn's The War

[lizbud]

I don't have a way to record them so I'll be watching again tonight.
This is shown without commercial intervention so I'll pray the pups don't
need to go outside for that 2+ hours.

It made me feel so sad for the Japanese Americans who were deprived of
their rights because of the war.

[elizabethann]

I found it interesting the other night when it was said the Japanese thought the American POW's were cowards because they were captured and didn't die for their country.

All I could think of were current events. The Japanese from WWII remind me of the people who strap bombs on their backs today and die for either their country or their relegion.

I also thought it was interesting that in Alabama, here we are in WWII and they're thinking of segregation! It's like...helllloooo...we're at war. Now's not the time (nor is there ever a time) to talk about segregation! But in the middle of WWII? Amazing.

[RICHARD]

To get a glimpse of what American POWs went thru read the book "Flyboys".


Interesting and shocking!
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Another 'must read" is Hiroshima by John Hershey.

Intense and a good reason for not letting anyone use nukes again.

[RICHARD]

INteresting fact about Wednesday's program.

I think the total loss for one Pacific campaign was 16,000 men-
I forgot what the newspaper headline in the series said about the Japanese losses.

That was over several weeks?

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It made me think about the same kind of war and the same kind of numbers should a 'global' was be fought today.

We's have to dress the enemy up in uniforms so we would know who we were fighting and then pull out of the conflict because of all the soldiers lost.

[Lady's Human]

Unfortunately I missed the entire series. Ken Burns' documentaries are excellent. I went to the PBS website to see if the series was available on DVD, and it is........yours for only $129!

[Grace]

Unfortunately I missed the entire series. Ken Burns' documentaries are excellent. I went to the PBS website to see if the series was available on DVD, and it is........yours for only $129!

No, the series isn't over. There are three more new episodes, tonight, Monday and Tuesday. If you have a VCR or some sort of recording system, check out the PBS listings. This series has been repeating episodes left and right, so you may be in luck.

[lizbud]

No, the series isn't over. There are three more new episodes, tonight, Monday and Tuesday. If you have a VCR or some sort of recording system, check out the PBS listings. This series has been repeating episodes left and right, so you may be in luck.

Thank you for mentioning that because I posted incorrectly before. There
are three left & one is being shown here at 8pm.

Oh, LH, you can buy the book for $38.00.

[RICHARD]

Unfortunately I missed the entire series. Ken Burns' documentaries are excellent. I went to the PBS website to see if the series was available on DVD, and it is........yours for only $129!

a 365 dollar donation to PBS gets you the top ten songs of the era, the companion book and the entire series.......

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Burns did the Boob Mahrer show on HBO.

Mahrer asked him about the newest Hollowwood movies to be released about the Iraqi war....The Boob asked him if he would tackle the current war.

Burns replied that he thought WWII was a "necessary war" and the Iraq conflict wasn't

Straight from the mouth of a Hollow wood moron.

As if war was necessary.

[lizbud]

Burns replied that he thought WWII was a "necessary war" and the Iraq conflict wasn't

Straight from the mouth of a Hollow wood moron.

As if war was necessary.

Unfortunately, it was Richard. Don't you remember the air raid sirens
from the drills we did in grade school & at home? Maybe not.

[Edwina's Secretary]

a
Burns replied that he thought WWII was a "necessary war" and the Iraq conflict wasn't

Straight from the mouth of a Hollow wood moron.

As if war was necessary.

When did Ken Burns become Hollywood????? Or Hollow Wood??? Whatever that means!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Straight from the mouth of a Hollow wood moron.

As if war was necessary.

I just think calling someone a moron because you disagree with a statement he made is a little...<<shrug>> off-base? And way too common lately on PetTalk.

[joycenalex]

LH , reserve it at the library on monday

... and it is........yours for only $129!

FWIW

[RICHARD]

One interesting aspect about this program are the interviews.

I know a man who was in Europe during WWII.

After a few weeks of being around while I painted his house, he told me a story about working in the motorpool and having to recover a jeep that had broken down.

He went on about being sniped at and shooting the soldier in the tree who was firing at him.

He stopped and got the 'far away look' in his eye.........

I told him that it sounded pretty scary.

I then thought to myself, "Jeez, I wonder what he is thinking."

I guess he knew what I was thinking.

"He is probably still in that tree, I didn't stop to see, we got the heck out of there", he said.
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To this day I think about the matter of fact way he told the story. After some more thought, I had to remind myself that this guy was being shot at.

Maybe, in the years since the incident he was able to put the it into perspective.

I don't know, but these men are national treasures and do deserve an audience.