[Mears]

“——the greatest generation in US history.”

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I don’t even know if I agree with that.

The term was never used until Tom Brokaw wrote his book.

U.S. history has some pretty impressive generations.

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[sasportas]

Granted, leftist Tom Brokaw is not a good recommend, his book aside, believe what you want but I see it as the greatest. The fact that both my parents, and just about every body I knew of that generation in the little southern town I am from served in WW2, which has little bit to do with what I said.

My dad was in the 2nd Armored Division under Patton early on in the war, then was sent to the Pacific theater. Originally a tanker, he was retrained in amphibious assault craft. He was a wave leader of Amtracks in the invasion of the Philippines. He was in the famous “Wildcat Division,” the 81st, which fought at Anguar (Pelilu).

[jmacusa]

Yeah, but what generation of Americans were ever called on to do so much, nothing less then save the world?. The Second World War was the single most cataclysmic, ferocious, life altering event in human history. Every America man, woman and child rose to the occasion and America's true character , it's moral authority and colossal industrial might destroyed the most evil and malignant forces ever to threaten the peace of the world.