RATION books - paying 10 shillings for a leg of lamb which served us for Sunday lunch carved cold on a Monday, with remnants stewed on Tuesday - Elvis Presley - and then The Beatles - Rolling Stones - courting my future wife - getting engaged - and married in 1964 - 1st beloved daughter born 1966 - LAST time my West Ham team (Moore, Peters and Hurst) WON the World Cup for England! Great days...! FONDLY recalled ; )).
The Korean War for one, joining the military 2 weeks after graduating from HS, stationed in Japan 1961 -1964.
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.