[Blessed2BNTV]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Th book, "The Greatest Generation" talks about this problem or diversity.

The WWII veterans viewed their responsilbilities as something that needed to be done without question, and set forth to build the USA after the war. They were an industrious group of people who were tying to make up for lost time and believed very deeply in marriage, and building a life together. They were a generation who went without many material things for the greater good. Divorce was out of the equation for them.

The generation they raised were different, as they never talked about the war, and their children had no idea of what a big deal their fathers/mothers went through. In a sense, they felt they needed to change the system, without the hard work and sacrifice of their parents.

We are the most powerful nation on earth and most people today seem to think it was always this way. When we entered WWII, we were the 17th world power. We came out of the war as number 1, and have enjoyed that rating, since then. Many of the initially men trained before thee war broke out, were very overweight/out of shape, and not representative of what it took to win the war. Source is FDR by Jean Edward Smith.

I for one, am guilty of the same type of thinking, as I never realized until twenty years ago what a deal time war hero my uncle was. He worked hard all his life, was married to my aunt for 75 years and raised a family without one complaint. Did he have something to complain about. The answer is yes, but he just kept his mouth shut, and solved his own problems. He never wanted to relive the horrors of war, and only sought a better life in the USA for his family and children. The same for my parents as they never talked about the depression and how it affected them. They were hard times they always hoped their children, would never have to know.

That is the difference going forward as many of us don't understand the previous generations sacrifices to build a better America. I guess thus has been said of many generations, since the country was formed.

Beautifully stated Joe.