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Jul 5Liked by A Good Wilderness

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’.

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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.

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