That is becoming one of my new pet peeves.
The Greatest Generation did NOT save the world from the Nazis.
An amazing group of men and women, a subset of that generation, saved the world from the Nazis.
The vast majority of the elderly who today are whining for free drugs and other goodies had precious little to do with the task of ridding the world of that tyranny.
It was a large subset. Unlike today, you did not have a large portion of the population who wanted us to lose because it would benefit their political party. You did not have the NYTIMES leaking classified info. You did not have party leaders on the other side of the aisle acting like genuine traitors. It was different then.