Up the Bloody Boot/The War in Italy Quotes

“By September 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that fewer than 450,000 will remain with us; in just 20 years, the World War II generation will have gone the way of the veterans of World War I and the Civil War.”
― Matthew A. Rozell, Up the Bloody Boot/The War in Italy: The Things Our Fathers Saw-The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume IV

“Building on that blossoming interest, I created a simple survey for students to interview family members. I had hit upon something that every teacher searches for - a tool to motivate and encourage students to want to learn more, for the sake of just learning it.

I was haunted, though, by one survey that was returned. When asked to respond to a simple question, a shaky hand wrote back in all capitals: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GO THROUGH A NIGHTMARE LIKE WORLD WAR II.

He was right - nobody can interpret history like those who were there.”
― Matthew A. Rozell, Up the Bloody Boot/The War in Italy: The Things Our Fathers Saw-The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation-Volume IV