@MilHistNow I'm a history teacher, some years back a couple students asked if I'd seen it. Of course I said. At Christmas they got me a copy. After school one day I made popcorn and got them a couple colas, we watched it projected onto the screen in my classroom after school. Great memory.
@history_under That series is a magnet, despite inaccuracies. Ken Burns Civil War series is like that to me as well. I 'binge watched' it every winter heading into a new re-enacting season. Been on the sidelines there too long. Your CW episodes make me want to wear wool again. Thanks!
@history_under Glad you posted it, thanks. My great uncle was held by the Japanese for 4 years in Manchukuo. He spoke about it very little. He knew I had an academic interest and fed me small bits he allowed himself to share. This video provided another glimpse into that experience.
@history_under JD, this brings a tear to my missing those days of HGO. That was my favorite hunting show, ever. Regular guys that could relate easily, insane great advice, and a brutal honesty often missing from that genre.
@TonyPannWBAL Yep, work in a place without windows, I get to work in the dark and the only daylight I see is at the end of the day. Much of winter that barely hits an hour. Summer months I get to see daylight. Easy vote for me.
@history_under Agreed. Though not the USS Indianapolis, when I read 'Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors' by James Hornfischer; I thought of that scene in Jaws.
@CwNewbie11@KenBurns@VTHistory25@history_under@CivilWarTrails@Battlefields @projectpast1565 Curious as well about the controversial part. I note, though, in the series he is referred to as an 'author' and not a 'historian'. It doesn't take anything away from the 3 volume story, but the distinction mattered in production. I'd be curious to know, why?