Off topic, but related. I came of age during the Vietnam war and so had a predilection to ignore the contributions of warriors and the science of war.
Then I moved to an area around the Mason Dixon line, over which the US civil war was pitched. It opened my eyes.
We as a country have done an excellent job of preserving and staffing civil war battlefields. The outcome is that it is possible to learn about the nature of war, opposing POVs, extraordinary heroism, wartime leadership, wartime politics and the civil war experience of the common person.
It's a reason I love my country. My country invites me into its history and I always learn meaningful life lessons from that.
The Vice Admiral's recording struck me in the same way - breathing life into a historical moment. There is just a lot of value in that IMO.