Can We Ever Repay the Greatest Generation?

Chron Watch ^ | 30 May 2004 | Barbara Stock

[cyclotic]

I can buy into the Greatest Generation from the perspective that when their country called, they went. 400,000 died, hundreds of thousands, even millions were injured yet, when they came back, they went to work. Man did they work. They took a large, rural country into a superpower. Built cities, infrastructure, businesses, homes upon homes, colleges and families.

Were they the best of the best? probably not, but when the job needed to be done, it was done.

They pulled together as a team to defeat the Nazis and the Japanese. Then, they pulled to gether as a nation to build the America we live in now. For that, I honor them daily.

For that, they can be called

[cyclotic]

Strike the last sentence---editing error

[PISANO]

IMHO our founding fathers were the greatest generation. That is NOT to minimize the tremendous sacrifice that the WWII generation made to sustain FREEDOM and our way of life. Each generation to one degree or another has to rise to the challange of the times.

Today's fight for Western Civilisation against a nationless enemy that has NO compunction about using NBC weapons is at least as diabolical as past enemies and just as evil.

Today the greatest generation's granchildren are fighting this war and are doing their job with HONOR and making their NATION PROUD.

[nopardons]

Thanks and I agree with your post #31. :-)

[Porterville]

Yeah, the baby-boomers can shut up their liberal brethren.