re: unbelievable restored video/audio of Allied troops on November 11, 1918 (the end of WWI)

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the US pilot said, "Well, shame on him, because I was able to get back to base shortly after that." as if he'd been stuck in traffic or something.

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Yeah, another thing to consider is that these young men grew up listening to grandpa talk about his service in the Civil War. Historians have noted that some of these accounts are extremely exaggerated. IE, "Yep, there were 20 yanks coming at me and I got shot in the legs and arms 10 times or so, but I still managed to kill 10 of them with my knife until the rest ran away."

So, these kids in the trenches in WWI probably thought "Well, this ain't as bad as grandpa had it."