Turns out Rick Strahl had almost exactly the same issue. It turns out that SvcTraceViewer does not show the actual on-the-wire message. However, his blog outlines a procedure to proxy through Charles (or in my case Fiddler 2, which is free) to see the actual message.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.