So... 7 year olds didn’t work durring the Depression?
40 year olds didnt land in Normandy?
I think the “Greates Generation” mantle belongs to those who would have been at retirement age durring the Korean War. Plenty of those lived through (and worked through) the Depression.
40 year olds didnt land in Normandy?
I think the “Greates Generation” mantle belongs to those who would have been at retirement age durring the Korean War. Plenty of those lived through (and worked through) the Depression.
Maybe 7 year olds worked - but they certainly weren't responsible for taking care of their family - their parents were.
The average age of a WWII soldier was 26 - so most of them were too young during the depression to have worried about feeding their children. The generation who retired during the Korean war were mostly to old to have fought in WWII - the army didn't take men in their late 50s and early 60s.