A true story i mean what in the world is going on here the black and white version seems to be acceptable the color when not are there different meanings or is this a revisionist cell and why in the world would anyone want to deny that iconic photographs its like the sailor kissing the young lady on times square in victory over japan i mean what is going on here go ahead well i dont know which exactly of which were acting exactly. We mean here more likely its that i want to image or west soviet soldier which are not their advantage or rights which was basically the central issue of Central Power you know nazi germany so for gates there was no problem with a slat you know it. Emits its like that you might or american soldiers would you not a flag. In the pacific during the war with japan you would seem. Were going to cause a scandal here well basically a lot of russians are now thinking what plane or on why that discrepancy and your theory i mean general Geoffrey Robertson had just show
Cork and a member of the Royal Irish Academy his latest book is churchill and stalin comrades in arms during the 2nd world war right gentlemen crosstalk roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want the house appreciate it or i let me 1st go to demon here in moscow you know d. M. A. Here we go again this is almost like our tradition with our calling jeffrey we do this every single year commemorating victory in europe over fascism and for every single year that we do it we find ourselves in more and more in a revisionist mode here i mean as i understand as were sitting down doing our chat right now is that facebook has banned a colorized version of the of the soviet banner over europe on the very very iconic one of showing victory in europe and you know ive searched around its a true story i mean what in the world is going on here the black and white version seems to be except for the color one. Not are there different meanings or is this a revision and sell and why in the
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World war ii museum. The date is may 23, 2012 and i am here today in norwich, vermont. State your full name. Clinton i am clint gardner, clinton gardner. I was born in new york city, 1922. What was life like growing up . Clinton my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was a baby. I was raised their, went to the town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. After that i entered dartmouth in the fall of 1940 and once my freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Britain was in bad shape. Looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted to volunteer or wait to be drafted. I decided i would volunteer, which amusingly enough give you a slightly Different Army serial number than if you were drafted. The we