The guy drank a lot, played football in college until he got kicked out because of bad grades, raised hell, got married and had three daughters, joined the Marines as a married man and then did died heroically in battle. I’m having trouble finding any warts.
In today's bizarro society, he would have been guilty of behaving as a man. Criminal masculinity.
I've told my own kids on numerous occasions about the perils of viewing history through current day morals. Everyone has warts, and personal demons. I can't imagine what our service members endured during WWII.
My philosophy regarding American history has not changed over the years: as a country, we have plenty of black marks in our history. However, there is no country in the history of the world that has done more to right those wrongs, and fight tyranny throughout the world.
I think I've done my part, 8+ years in the Army, which I will celebrate tomorrow by appearing at my grandson's elementary school for their Veterans Day assembly. I use these opportunities to explain to these youngsters the importance of Veterans Day.