Those involved fought WWII honorably, but assigning them the "The Greatest Generation" label is inaccurate not to mention very arrogant.
Hardly.
david brokaw did that in order to sell his book of the same name.
The greatest generation has given us the aarp marketing machine, zombie democrat voters, dead voters, nursing home legally incapacitated voters, social security fear mongering, condo commandos, and the “I don’t care about the next generation” deficits.
There are rugged individuals who make things of relevance happen. Sadly it is the old axiom, defeat is an orphan and victory has many claim credit.