What makes the story of the Japanese midget submarines at Pearl Harbor good for “War Stories”?
Well, what I love about “War Stories,” and I really do mean this … is the idea that we can put these people who have done daring, difficult and dangerous things in the service to our country and give them a chance to tell their story. … What I like about the whole thing, Derek, is that these people tell their stories. I ask the questions and I try to vector it in the direction that I think people in your age group are going to be interested in. The reason (I’ve) been focusing so much on World War II is that we’re losing (people). Why is it so important to you to reach my particular age group (twenty- and thirtysomethings) with this? Well, look, I’ve got youngsters … one of whom is probably younger than you are and the other three, probably, just a little bit older. I’ve (already) afflicted my kids by dragging them around every museum and battlefield east of the Mississippi over the last 35 years. But unfortunately, we don’t spend very much time teaching history. And quite frankly
