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** Well, imagine if you're one of the families of the unfortunate ones who died. What would you feel? |
** Well, imagine if you're one of the families of the unfortunate ones who died. What would you feel? |
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** Adding onto that note, the Cold War's proxy count is only speculative. You don't even get the joy of a numeral finality. And the stories, fictional and real, are every bit as harrowing. (Spy Came In From The Cold for one.) By the way, for a world war 2 one shot in the general style of a cold war film, and one of the most incredible jerkers ever, try [[Black Book]]. |
** Adding onto that note, the Cold War's proxy count is only speculative. You don't even get the joy of a numeral finality. And the stories, fictional and real, are every bit as harrowing. (Spy Came In From The Cold for one.) By the way, for a world war 2 one shot in the general style of a cold war film, and one of the most incredible jerkers ever, try [[Black Book]]. |
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* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ken+burns+civil+war+sullivan+ballou&hl=en&sitesearch=# My very dear Sarah: The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days ... ] |
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ken+burns+civil+war+sullivan+ballou&hl=en&sitesearch=# My very dear Sarah: The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days ... ]{{Dead link}} |
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** The Sullivan Ballou letter is sad. This troper remembers reading it as an assignment in her American History class last year and finding it more moving than a lot of the books she had remembered reading in English, even some of the sad ones. |
** The Sullivan Ballou letter is sad. This troper remembers reading it as an assignment in her American History class last year and finding it more moving than a lot of the books she had remembered reading in English, even some of the sad ones. |
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** this troper first read the letter when she asked her father for help with finding a monologue for drama class. when she finally entered 11th grade, her father handed her a copy to give to her teacher the day they started learning about the civil war. her teacher is a very large, very masculine man. he was crying as he read the letter aloud to the class. there was a beat, and someone whispered, " that's..so..sad." |
** this troper first read the letter when she asked her father for help with finding a monologue for drama class. when she finally entered 11th grade, her father handed her a copy to give to her teacher the day they started learning about the civil war. her teacher is a very large, very masculine man. he was crying as he read the letter aloud to the class. there was a beat, and someone whispered, " that's..so..sad." |