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).
You must be very proud of your Dad——and your Mom too.
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Brokaw really makes a credible case for these people. He calls them “the greatest generation any society has ever produced”
He starts his Greatest Generation with the folks who lived during the depression then went to war and ends with what they did post war.
Thanks. I think I’ll read the book again.