I don’t know...some of the stories of our men in Fallujah and Afghanistan are pretty inspiring. We have tough guys still.
We just don’t tell the tales the way we used to.
I spend a lot of time around college athletes. They are smart, healthy, and motivated. If THEY are the ones to take care of me when I am old, we will be fine. If THEY are the ones we need to call on (draft, as we did in WWII) we will be fine.
My dad served in the China-Burma-India Campaign.
He flew a C-46 freight hauler over the Hump.