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Something that struck me from a portion of the reading was how hard it must have been on loved ones who were awaiting their sons, brothers, husbands or boyfriends return home. In the reading it mentions that letters are sent to wounded soldiers family members. The letters weren't specific - just a "seriously injured" category and a forwarding address. I can't even imagine having that little information about a loved one. All in all, I think that the film primarily focuses its attention on how it would have been to be a veteran returning to home, and somewhat avoided the situation of how life really was for those who had been left behind. - Elle Weaver | Something that struck me from a portion of the reading was how hard it must have been on loved ones who were awaiting their sons, brothers, husbands or boyfriends return home. In the reading it mentions that letters are sent to wounded soldiers family members. The letters weren't specific - just a "seriously injured" category and a forwarding address. I can't even imagine having that little information about a loved one. All in all, I think that the film primarily focuses its attention on how it would have been to be a veteran returning to home, and somewhat avoided the situation of how life really was for those who had been left behind. - Elle Weaver | ||
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| + | When Fred is packing up to leave Boone City, he lets his parents keep the citations for his medals. He tells them they just came with his K-rations, and they don't mean much to him. Does this mean that his citation was like a fill-in-the-blank that lots of people in his situation (whatever exactly that may have been) got, something that they were all issued? Or that the citation was just so insignificant that it merely came with rations? Paul Fussell reveals the dishonesty behind writing medal citations, and Fred's attitude toward his is that it is also essentially meaningless. Whatever it may be, his parents take pride in it, so that's one mission accomplished. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
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