I think all the talk about the “Greatest Generation” is bunk. Every generation has its heroes. I fought in Vietnam and 58,000 comrades did not come home. Most were Boomers and they were a part of their own “Greatest Generation.” Give it a rest.
I fought in VN, too. We did a pretty good job for what we had to deal with and under the circumstances.
My father spent his 20s in WII and his 40s in Vietnam. As did a good number of his friends. Many of them were in Korea as well.
He’s 90 now, I’ll tell him you send your regards.
>> Every generation has its heroes.
And today’s generation is given yet a harder rap.
I suspect the poster was referring to the traditional values we all recognize as unfortunate artifacts of the past.