You may say the men who attacked at D-Day were not heroes - but they are in MY book! My uncle in the Merchant Marine, who had 3 ships torpedoed out from under him, was a hero in my book. My Dad, who came back once from a mission in WW@ with his plane riddled with bullets and scorch marks on the front of the plane (from flying thru burning wreckage), was a hero.
Certainly more so than someone who spent the same time going to college in the USA...
HERO: “a man distinguished by exceptional courage, nobility, fortitude, etc”
Someone who risks their life for their country, because they believe it is their duty, distinguishes themselves “by exceptional courage, nobility, fortitude” - particularly when compared to those who sat out the war.
> “You may say the men who attacked at D-Day were not heroes - but they are in MY book!”
You don’t read very carefully do you?
I never said they were not heroes; they said it. I said they were heroes and they corrected me.