When watching films like ‘The War’ and ‘Band of Brothers’ it is evident why those who lived through a Great Depression and then fought for the very freedom we still enjoy are known as ‘The Greatest Generation’.
Indeed. And most of them, I think, would dislike that description of their generation, for the same reasons Elwood accepted thanks and then redirected it. Doing the job, sacrificing when necessary, remembering others who suffered and died--this was their modus operandi. We who have come after them can learn from their example.
When watching films like ‘The War’ and ‘Band of Brothers’ it is evident why those who lived through a Great Depression and then fought for the very freedom we still enjoy are known as ‘The Greatest Generation’.
Indeed. And most of them, I think, would dislike that description of their generation, for the same reasons Elwood accepted thanks and then redirected it. Doing the job, sacrificing when necessary, remembering others who suffered and died--this was their modus operandi. We who have come after them can learn from their example.