That generation.
Something about that generation.
Damm, if we only had it now!
The old guy I used to hang glide with about 30 years ago was an army doctor in WWII. He once rolled his truck off a logging road on his way up to the launch site with me and several other guys in the back. Fortunately he was belted in and all the harnesses and equipment in the back where I was padded us up a bit.
When the truck stopped rolling on a flat spot about a hundred feet below the place where we left the road it was upside down. We got out and he was fine but suspended by his seat belt. I saw him reach for the buckle and yelled “no”, but it was too late. The only serious injury out of about 6 of us was his neck which got strained from falling 6 inches onto his head. Some of the expensive hang gliders didn’t fare so well. If they get a ding in the tubing the entire tube needs to be replaced. It can cost a lot, but they did help to protect the canopy we were in and the roof of the truck.
That generation for all their greatness had an unshakable belief and trust in the goodness and righteousness of government. Is that what we need more of today? What need are people with their moral character, work ethic, common sense and bravery tempered with the independent fervor and distrust of central government of our founders.