Gerhard,

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:48:05 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

>...
> I wonder how Nam got that image of being the ugliest war ever. It seems the
> troops in Europe two decades earlier had a much uglier time.

Because it was the first one that civilians could see happening for themselves?  There were film crews with the troops - previous wars were only 
seen by the public via Hollywood and Elstree.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist