That was exactly my point. Whenever one answers the call of duty to our country, they are elevated into that rarified air. Can anyone say that anybody in the Armed Forces right now would not perform exactly the same way? Not one of you bashing me on here will step up and say that.
Your example of the Revolutionary War generation is very good also.
In the Greatest Generation, it was not only those who were called to fight the war who stepped up for America.
It was the people. The women on the homefront. Schools. Entertainers. The press. Especially the press. What a difference that would make.
Literally, the whole generation stood up. The naysayers did not sway them. They knew what they were fighting for.
This generation - would NOT. Has NOT.
Perhaps because, after decades of miseducation, they really do NOT know what they are fighting for...