It is the film's willingness to address the characters' struggles in a relatable way that keeps "Best Years" modern. Cartoonist and war correspondent Bill Mauldin may have put it best in a letter he wrote to Goldwyn praising the film as "the first honest-to-God sincere thing I've seen about the war and its aftermath."
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