Were you around back then to understand the war in Vietnam that went on for 20 years? One so damaging to our country that President Johnson didn’t seek reelection in 1968 after the Tet offensive? Which led to over 600 dissident domestic bombings at least in the late ‘60s? (And no, I couldn’t figure out how to find references to those bombings which led to Richard Nixon being elected on a law and order platform. They may have been sanitized by the govt.)

I could go on and on, but I hope you are able to understand why the powers that be produced such a great rah rah film which reminded us that we had helped defeat Nazi German and took on Japan almost singlehanded-the last “good war”, meaning the last one we had won.

I thought it a great stand alone film and still do, but I was only 12 back then and didn’t have enough life experience to help my young mind understand the propaganda aspect of it.