"My Father Died Twice": Family History, Memory, and the Life of a WWII Veteran
Historical Journal of Massachusetts
; 50(1/2):198-235, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2208080
ABSTRACT
In popular culture the generation that lived through the Great Depression and World War II is often mythologized. THE PASSING OF A MYTHOLOGIZED GENERATION According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), just 325,574 of more than 16 million World War II veterans remained alive in 2020, before Covid-19 dramatically thinned their ranks. The passing of this generation exacerbates the romanticism attached to those who endured both the Great Depression and world war. [...]films were regularly recycled on television, where my father viewed them numerous times.1 In 1998, he made a rare trip to the cinema to see Saving Private Ryan, although he had been cautioned not to go as he was suffering from heart disease.
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Historical Journal of Massachusetts
Year:
2022
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Article
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