[tarheelswamprat]

James R. Schlesinger took over the CIA and purged the “broken down WWII vets”. Trust me, there was no respect back then.

Whatever Schlesinger may or may not have done inside the CIA, you're making the mistake of over-generalizing that institutional sub-culture to the rest of American society at large. The other posters are correct, there was no general disrespect of WW II vets in our culture.

[laplata]

Thank you.