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Originally Posted by GirlySports
But soldiers were viewed as heroes in WWII. Even in movies.
Just seems to me like the 70s was a dark period and the government and everyone threw the soldiers under the bus.
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Personally I would be more inclined to describe it as an era of unusual freedom of speech and opinion, resulting in largely justified atmosphere of general criticism and distrust of public powers.
The wave of cynicism involved did catch a lot of soldiers in a crossfire that was in many ways unfair, but then again a notable amount of those soldiers agreed that they indeed should be ashamed of what they had taken part in, despite the perceived lack of options.