Experiencing History

Max Starkman

Questions:
1)
I think in many ways the experiences varied from the different
duties or roles played by various soldiers at Juno Beach. For example, a
similarity is that all duties at some point saw the atrocities of the mass
killing the attack had. Whether up close from a distance either way
almost all duties saw this. The experience was in many ways different
for the different types of soldiers. For the navy the experience was one
of maneuvering and tactics, needing to dodge incoming fire from land
but not seeing there fellow soldier right next to them get killed but full
boats at a time with groups of soldiers being bombed at once. Another
example of the difference between the different duties was that of the
medics. The medics were not fighting but did they ever see the
terrifying sights that came from it.
2)
1- The trenches had at least some sense of schedule although
the conditions were worse the actual fighting was more structured.
2- Juno beach was mass murder at once it was an attack that
was over in a shorter period of time than the lengthy battles from the
trenches.
3- Juno beach was an attack that gained more land faster than
that of the trench tactics making the soldiers feel like they benefited
more from their efforts.
3)
I think the simulation was beneficial to the public in many ways.
The simulation gave real live feeling to the many words used to
describe the experiences of the war. Instead of just reading about it we
could see the actual setting and atrocities that took place. This
connection the simulation made between our knowledge of the war
and a physical picture we can use as reference when talking about
experiences of the war is crucial in understanding.