This came from The Chicago Tribune: Letters, Talk of the Town
“When my dad was a few chapters into “The Greatest Generation” by Tom Brokaw, he put it down, saying it had become repetitious. He then told me his generation didn’t do anything any other generation, given the same circumstances, wouldn’t have done.”
This from a Santa Fe friend
“My father is not a generation. He is from a clan. We are Santa Clara. He served in WWII. We do not call our elders ‘Greatest Generation.’ We call them our elders. I served in Nam. In The Veteran’s Dance that opens every pow-wow, my father and I move in the dance circle shoulder to shoulder. I am not a Baby Boomer. I am my father’s son.”
This, from another friend, San Luis Valley
“My dad is a rancher. He was in the Army during the war. He just got all these medals recently. They didn’t award medals to many Latinos in WWII. He says he’s not from “The Greatest Generation,” but the ‘Latest Generation,’ in term of his war medals coming so late, in terms of the government not recognizing him and his three brothers who served. I wrote the letters for my dad to get his medals. It took a long time. My dad says my generation should be called “Pride of Our Fathers.”