My dad used to talk about this when I was a kid... well... his entire life. And I can relate. He sounded a lot like I probably sound when I still talk about the A-Team:

"And then, and then Mr. T did this and.... ahhhh... it was awesome."

"How old are you again?"

"40."

Anyway, hearing about that all my life, when I finally got to watch it, Thank you MeTV, I felt obligated to take the opportunity. After all, Combat! And All in the Family were the only television shows I ever heard my father reference.

And.... WOW.

It humanizes. The Nazi soldiers are just, well, soldiers. They to... read the rest.