Would you hold it against your 20 going on 21 year old step-son for not showing up to his step-brother's funer?

No such thing. Trucks and SUV's have the highest resale values of any vehicles. For $5500, you're looking at a 10-15 year-old compact, like a Ford Ranger of Chevy Colorado.

You may find a (extremely) used full-size truck, with 200,000+ miles. For that price, expect high miles, over 10 years old, and low quality.

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.