Greatest generation

Silent Generation, generation of people sandwiched between the “Greatest Generation,” which fought World War II, and the “baby boomers,” the generation born during the surge in births in the United States and other countries in the years immediately following the war. The range of birth years

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We can and should revere the experiences, skills and knowledge of previous generations, but never should we be so naïve as to as to unfavorably compare them to who we are today. Indeed, the sacrifices and knowledge needed in the past don’t elevate the people of the past, rather what we don’t know and know how to do compared to them speaks to human evolution that makes each generation greater than the previous one.

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Generation X, children of the tail end of the Greatest Generation and the beginning of the Baby Boomers, were born between 1965 and 1981. rn

What Can the Greatest Generation Teach Millennials? via The Survival Mom -- The Greatest Generation had already learned and mastered some simple solutions to problems that seem to befuddle the younger leaders in our world. #millennials #greatestgeneration #advice #oldtimeadvice

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Take the lessons that our parents and grandparents taught us and pass them on to our own grandchildren. Yes, times have certainly changed and not everything in their day holds true in 2023, but I personally am a believer in their values and wisdom.

They were humble men who never bragged about what they had done or been through. They were loyal, patriotic, and level-headed. They were our Greatest Generation.

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