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To look at the few pages devoted to WWII, one would think that the U.S. was victorious on the shoulders of Rosy the Riveter, the 442nd RCT, and the 332nd Fighter Group. Oh, and Paul Tibbets and Curtis LeMay were war criminals.
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Exactly. "Social Studies" .....meh.
Events seem to be taught from a Collectivist view point .... not how individuals made differences in the big picture.... but how this protected class or that favored group helped out in the greater "struggle" that transcended the immediate problems at hand...... WWII "Social Studies" is more about how how these "special" groups advanced their cause than how and why WWII happened in the first place .....
I can guarantee you that more kids today are able to tell you about Crispus Attucks than are able to tell you about Daniel Morgan, Nicholas Herkimer, and Sam Adams,
combined.