People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
My dad was a Methodist minister.
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.
I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
Don't throw away your conscience.
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.