BINGO! Nailed it! Kudos to YOU!
There was even a Time magazine article from 1950 decrying the so called ‘Silent Generation’.
The ‘Silent Generation’ were too young to fight in WWII and too old to fight in Vietnam.
Harry Reid...San Fran Nan... Silent Generation.
The Silent Generation, 1925-1945 saw lots of war, the oldest in WWII, then Korea, and a lot of Vietnam, millions were drafted and served, but they were also the main figures of the hippie 1960s, that most people think of as boomers.