But I did not do so until I was working on my collection Two Cheers for Hollywood: Joseph McBride on Movies and a journalist, Joseph Connor, approached me for an interview about the film for World War II Magazine. Over the years I had been asked to write my recollections of my role in helping free John Huston’s banned World War II documentary Let There Be Light. They might die, or they might be wounded, but their spirit remained unbroken.” Everyone was a hero, and had medals and ribbons to prove it. Only a few weaklings fell by the wayside. In his words, “I think it boils down to the fact that they wanted to maintain the ‘warrior’ myth, which said that our American soldiers went to war and came back all the stronger for the experience, standing tall and proud for having served their country well. Naturally, Huston was furious about the film’s suppression and remained so all through the intervening years.
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