Reply #14: 'The war' will always be WWII to me [View All]

[Oeditpus Rex]

I was born almost 11 years after it ended and I'm a WWII buff, but I think even in modern vernacular the Vietnam conflict is "Vietnam" and the same for Korea.

I saw all three of those presidents on teevee. I remember Kennedy's funeral pretty clearly and I have a foggy memory of watching bits of the coverage of the 1960 elections. (I wanted Kennedy to win; I remember arguing with my sister on the way back from going with our folks to vote: "Kennedy!" "Nixon!" "Kennedy!" "Nixon!")

My folks certainly heard FDR on radio.