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MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
4. It's a recurring problem. Knowledge of history fades over time.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 11:39 AM
Jan 2019

Nobody remembers WWI at all any more. My maternal grandfather fought in that war, and I remember stories he told, but I'm pretty much the last generation who will have heard them from participants.

My father flew B-17s in WWII, but his great grandchildren are barely aware that that war ever happened.

I served in the USAF during the Vietnam War era, but have no stories, since I was never in-country.

Now, I'm old. I heard WWI stories. Soon enough, there won't be anyone around to tell Vietnam war stories.

Knowledge of history fades quickly, I'm afraid. After three generations or so, there's nobody left who has heard the stories from those who experienced that history.

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