"Time had no meaning, life had no meaning"- FUBAR

Only having watched a small part of Burn's film I can only speculate how wonderful the rest of it would be. This film is exactly what we idealize for connecting to the public about history utilizing local stories, photographs, streaming footage, letters and personal accounts to really connect to the audience. The veterans interviewed are brave enough to discuss these very personal experiences, discuss heroic feats on their part, and are presented as unbelievably strong.

Burns seems to support the accounts with photographs and video footage, which probably are dominantly from that particular time or event. But he also probably used a lot of general footage or photographs of soldiers, fighting, and the warfare that may not have necessarily been from that particular discussed event or time period; but the truth is who would know other than him and who captured the photography?

This film is different in that you aren’t seeing a bunch of academic historians’ opinions or knowledge of WWII, some never even soldiers themselves. Rather you hear firsthand accounts from veterans, letters, video, photographs, and journals right from the heart of the conflict. I really enjoyed the film, even though it discussed some of the more viewed "failures" from the war, it was compelling and amazing.