re: Saving Private Ryan gripe

Both of my grandfathers were in the service during WWII, the one that stayed state side told me tons of stories. The marine that was on the beaches at Okinawa & Peleliu never wanted to talk about it,

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My grandpa only ever told me the funny stories from the war

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Same here. You'd think WW2 was one big adventure if he talked about it. He never talked about what it was like to be responsible for bombing cities or any of that.

In fact, he did tell some grim stories (people being maimed or injuries) and those also were in a comedic light. History has shown again and again that people on rough war situations react with comedy. I remember listening to something recently that was citing soldiers in WW1 singing beady songs about the dead. They weren't be disrespectful. They were just trying to cope with situations they didn't have the capacity to take in.