My Dad was in the RAAF in WW II & my mother's dad was in both World Wars. They both knew many US serviceman personally, my mother's sister married one!

They both had views which they would not shout out about about how'the only way not to be shot up by Yanks' was if they were not there... and that the Yanks couldn't be allowed to have full auto fire weapons cause they would run out of ammo too quickly...

The more things change, the more they stay the same... just got more deadly weapons.

I personally know many nice, intelligent Americans.