#did y’all see the air force removed curriculum on the tuskegee airmen

[headfullmanythots]

the way the rage and desperation sets in so quickly for the soldiers in the pacific is so interesting to me. barely 3/4 of the way into the first episode they’re already exhausted, dirty, and angry. it’s such a stark contrast to mota and bob, where we see more melancholy or determination. can’t help but wonder if the intense onset of rage is somewhat contributed to by racism that makes it easier to be so careless about human life if the enemy is considered so other?

but also, i think the contrast in the attitudes of the soldiers in the pacific vs bob/mota speaks to the differences between the european and pacific theatres of ww2. i’ve read that the two fronts were almost entirely different wars, and that soldiers returning from each front could hardly relate to each other in the aftermath