A Great American History Learning Opportunity Is Being Missed

Tonight I did something I haven't done in awhile, well ofcourse after I returned from taking Jake deer hunting. I got home and I sat and watched a video game that was being played on the television through our Wii game system. I usually pay little attention to these games, but this game was different. This game is titled. "Call Of Duty 3" As I watched the game being played, it was a very realistic re-enactment of the combat action of World War Two that took place between the American and Allied Forces against the enemy German Forces, during and right after the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. As I watched this game and noticed the graphic detail of the grunt's faces and their actions and the massive firepower in the battles. I asked the boys that were playing it; "What Is The Name Of This Game?" They told me and I said to them; " The combat scenes yall are playing out there on the screen are events that actually happened during World War Two, Did Yall Know That?" I was surprised to hear them tell me that they did not know it was something that actually happened.I went on and told them of the great second World War and what all was at stake in it, and how many American soldiers lost their lives in it, and then began to tell them that I had 5 uncles that served in combat in that war two of which gave their lives, and one of which was awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor for his valorous acts in combat. I have no problem whatsoever with companies making video games of the past wars or the current wars. I think it is actually a good thing, it could be a great learning tool to inform America's youth of what this country and so many Americans have gone through to keep this country strong and free and to secure freedom for other nations around the globe. These video games now with their great detail in graphics show very close to what the actual combat looked like from the soldier's ground eye view of it, normally through the view of the sights of his rifle.In order to insure that the youth are getting the information they really need to get from these games, it would be even better to see an introduction included in the beginning of these games that tells how the events depicted in the game are of events that really took place. It should give the players the dates that it happened, the names of the war and the enemy country's name, and it should give detail about casualties, how many served, how many wounded and how many were killed in action. Just be a complete aid in learning about some of America's great history and it's history of great struggle and sacrifice. As I stated previously, I have no problem or hang-ups at all whatsoever with the making and distributing these games for sale to teenagers, I think it is a fine idea. I just realized tonight what a great learning tool that it could also serve to be as well, if only the maker's of these games would include that introduction in the beginning of the game. Because alot of the kids playing these games, don't even really know that what they are playing and participating in is actually a realistic piece of American History. They don't realize that they probably have an uncle, father, or grandfather that served a major role in the war that they are sitting there playing, and that could so easily be reversed.Think about it, American History is a class taught in highschool or was when I was a teenager, and yes it was kind of boring, books and all that in most cases aren't top priority in a teenage boys brain lets face it. But what the teenager doesn't realize, is that when he is playing the game, he is taking an active role in parts of American History Class and just does not know it. A great educational opportunity is being missed here, and it's too easy to correct it, not to.