The "narrative" was simply "these young men weren't just grainy black-and-white historical artifacts". I'm old enough to have grandkids in high school; my elder

The "narrative" was simply "these young men weren't just grainy black-and-white historical artifacts". I'm old enough to have grandkids in high school; my elder grandfather was just old enough to have signed up as the war ended. A hundred years is a long time - long enough for the dust of history to start replacing the reality of the thing.