Tonight I watched the first episode of the PBS documentary, The War. I know I am one of the last few people around who haven’t seen this so I won’t attempt or pretend to write a review. If you haven’t seen it, get off your ass and do so.
If you’re not lucky enough to have someone wonderful in your life to give you great and thoughtful birthday presents, you will have to go buy one, but it will be well worth it (I suspect it is no longer being re-broadcast on TV).
As I said, I watched the first episode (of seven?) this evening. I watch many World War Two documentaries and will go so far to say that I have seen more than there are which I have not.
Many things struck me in this first viewing, not the least of which the unabashed honesty displayed by certain veterans in their experiences and actions. Certainly, the whole experience has been very moving for me and I will continue to comment in more detail as I progress through the series.
