“I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945 that knocked me for a loop. The article explained that a military plane had crashed in an impossibly remote valley of New Guinea that had been nicknamed Shangri-La.” WorldDifferentWarStoriesMilitaryPlanesWar Of The WorldsChicagoValleysArticlesWorld War IiWorld War IJuneDifferent WorldsLoopsGuineaShangri Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“I'm not a World War II buff. I know a little bit about it, I was taught the other side of the story in school, so it was unfamiliar to me, the idea of a German resistance, and yet it was considerable.” KnowsWorldLittlesIdeasWarStoriesSchoolBitsSidesTaughtLittle BitResistanceWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IUnfamiliar Author:Bill Nighy
“Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did not come from any real, personal life experience; this was all the residue of the accumulation of Rafael Sabatini, O. Henry, all the short-story writers that I'd been reading.” WorldWarRealStoriesReadingExistenceWar Of The WorldsShort StoryWorld War IiLife ExperienceWorld War IPersonal LifeAccumulationPouringCartoonistStory WritersO Henry Author:Will Eisner
“I'm a Veteran. I was in the Navy, in the submarine corps. I come from a military family. Both of my grandparents were in World War II and retired as officers. One fought in the Pacific and one fought in Europe. The whole family was in the war. I grew up exposed to it and hearing the stories, but the stories I heard weren't kind of the whole "Rah, rah, rah! We saved the world!" They were about the personal price and the emotional price.” WorldKindWarWholeStoriesHeardMilitaryEmotionalGrewGrew UpEuropeHearingSavedWar Of The WorldsOfficersExposedWorld War IiWorld War IGrandparentVeteranNavyRetiredPacificMarine CorpsWhole FamilySubmarinesMilitary Family Author:David Ayer
“I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject comes up, it is almost impossible to talk about anything else. Readers don't want to hear about anything else. They go gaga about love. If a lover in a story wins his true love, that's the end of the tale, even if World War III is about to begin, and the sky is black with flying saucers.” IfsWorldWantLoveTryingWarEndsStoriesWinningBlackImpossibleSkySubjectsParticularReaderLoversCome UpFlyingTalesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IDeep LoveGagaFlying Saucers Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in World War II, World War II is simply not comprehensible.” IfsWorldShouldWarStoriesCareWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War INazi Author:Peter Bergen