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Sterling LaLoge

A great reaction to a very interesting and thought provoking documentary. You may not have done a lot of talking but it was interesting to see your physical reaction at several points during the film. For someone that can read body language, even at the very minor skill I have at it, you gave a very poignant reaction. Just as a comment on the conditions they came home to.... As for having a hard time finding work it was mostly due to the fact that demobilization was such a fast process they basically dumped millions of men into the work force in a matter of months. So a shop that might have the capacity to hire 2 men would get 1000s of men applying for work. It became overwhelming. As for the lack of conversation after the war, I think it was the result of a number of things. Civilian guilt that they had not participated in the action. Being burnt out on sorrow. With such overwhelming numbers of families losing beloved members the public just did not have any further capacity to endure more pain when the war was over. And then a general non-comprehension of shell shock, what we call PTSD now. This was really the first war in human history that incorporated such brutality at such a industrial scale. And so the public thought that soldiers returning should be happy they survived and not dwell on the experience, but just move on with their lives.