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Article: WWII vets: public perceptions and popular portrayals: WWII veterans have been the rage in certain circles for five years now. But has popular culture really captured their correct collective image?
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- VFW Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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Since the 50th anniversary of World War II in the 1990s, Americans have grown increasingly fascinated with that epic conflict. In the past dozen years, Hollywood has released several big-budget motion pictures about the war, most notably Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Historian Stephen E. Ambrose has published numerous books on World War II since 1990, and journalist Tom Brokaw's 1998 bestseller The Greatest Generation provided a catchy moniker for those who waged the war. WWII, it seems, has never been more popular. What factors have made it such a powerful popular culture phenomenon?
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