Is Tom Hanks in the Second World War?

Carson: I wonder how much our fascination with these sorts of incidences would be different had we actually experienced the incidences themselves. Carson: How is Tom Hanks exploring a subject that he's interested in because there is no answer, right? We don't know how Tom behaves in the Second World War versus,. and I think, you know, I was trying to think ahead of time, it's funny not to change the subject at all.