I mean, how graphic can they be? Did these old guys get together and invent some new curse word which is 10 times stronger than the "F" word? It's Ken Burns, for Christ's sake. He does documentaries. It's not like he's some nut trying to push the boundaries of television. Ask any old veteran about the war, and I'm sure you're likely to hear some cursing or racial slurs.
I myself had an elderly relative who fought in the campaign against the Japanese. When asked about it, he would launch into curse-filled tirades and say oh-so-politically-incorrect things about the Japanese.
But that's the FCC for you. Perhaps the most useless government organization in the United States.
I think they determined that Ken Burns' core audience were those picky 2 to 5 year olds. Particularly foul language might undermine those WWII veterans' credibility.
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