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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Generations | ||
| The Time of their Lives | 3 | |
| Ordinary People | ||
| Thomas and Eileen Broderick: Insurance Agency Owner | 17 | |
| Charles O. Van Gorder, MD: Surgeon | 25 | |
| Wesley Ko: Printing Business | 37 | |
| James and Dorothy Dowling: Highway Superintendent | 45 | |
| Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond: Anglican Priest | 55 | |
| Lloyd Kilmer: County Clerk and Real Estate Executive | 61 | |
| Gordon Larsen: Powerhouse Operator | 69 | |
| John "Lefty" Caulfield: School Principal | 77 | |
| Home Front | ||
| Charles Briscoe: Boeing Engineer | 89 | |
| Dorothy Haener: UAW Organizer | 96 | |
| Heroes | ||
| Bob Bush: Lumber and Building Supply Business | 105 | |
| Joe Foss: U.S. Marine Corps Pilot | 115 | |
| Leonard "Bud" Lomell: Lawyer | 125 | |
| Women in Uniform and Out | ||
| Mary Hallaren: Colonel, U.S. Army, Women's Auxiliary Corps | 139 | |
| Jeanne Holm: General, U.S. Air Force | 139 | |
| Marion Rivers Nittel | 151 | |
| Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach: Teacher/Real Estate Agent | 151 | |
| Alison Ely Campbell | 151 | |
| Margaret Ray Ringenberg: Women's Air Force Service Pilot | 163 | |
| Mary Louise Roberts Wilson: U.S. Army Nurse Corps | 173 | |
| Shame | ||
| Martha Settle Putney: History Professor | 185 | |
| Johnnie Holmes: Real Estate Investor | 193 | |
| Luis Armijo: Schoolteacher | 203 | |
| Nao Takasugi: California State Assemblyman | 215 | |
| Norman Mineta: California Congressman | 215 | |
| Love, Marriage, Commitment | ||
| John and Peggy Assenzio: Salesman/Teacher | 233 | |
| The Dumbos | 241 | |
| Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson: Governor and Senator | 249 | |
| Jeanette Gagne Norton | 257 | |
| Daphne Cavin | 257 | |
| Famous People | ||
| George Bush: President of the United States | 273 | |
| Ben Bradlee: Journalist | 281 | |
| Art Buchwald: Writer | 287 | |
| Andy Rooney: Journalist | 293 | |
| Julia Child: Chef | 299 | |
| Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion: Chemist | 303 | |
| Chesterfield Smith: Attorney, President of the American Bar Association | 307 | |
| Al Neuharth: Founder, USA Today | 319 | |
| Maurice "Hank" Greenberg: CEO, American International Group | 319 | |
| The Arena | ||
| Mark Hatfield: U.S. Senator | 333 | |
| Robert Dole: U.S. Senator, Presidential Candidate | 341 | |
| Daniel Inouye: U.S. Senator | 349 | |
| Caspar Weinberger: Secretary of Defense | 357 | |
| Lloyd Cutler: Counsel to Presidents Carter and Clinton | 365 | |
| George Shultz: Cabinet Member | 369 | |
| Arthur Schlesinger: Historian | 369 | |
| Ed Guthman: Journalist, Press Secretary to Robert F. Kennedy | 377 | |
| The Twilight of their Lives | 381 |
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Brandon Lewis
reviewed The Greatest Generation on June 02, 2011 The Greatest Generation
I have a strong interest in history, so I found this to be a fascinating peek into the lives of the WWII generation.
This is a series of little real-life vignettes about various people who served in the war in various capacities, and the effect it had on their lives after they returned to civilian life. These are stories of profound loss, life-long love, deep and abiding friendships. There are stories about women who blazed trails in careers previously closed to women because they stepped in to fill vacancies created by men who'd left to fight. It's the story of how black people coped with prejudice on the battlefield, and ended up being treated worse than the German POWs they guarded. It's about ordinary men (and some famous ones) who were so changed by their war experiences, that they moved beyond the boundaries of their inconsequential lives and went on to achieve greatness. It's about the absolutely deplorable way we treated Japanese American citizens.
As this book was actually written in 1998, many of these people are gone now. Fifteen years from now, 99% of these people will be gone, taking with them their collective memories of events that defined and shaped a whole generation. The history of events in World War II will be confined to dates, places and events recorded in history text books. I for one am deeply grateful to Tom Brokaw for giving me the opportunity to "meet" these people. Some of the stories made me cry. My deep and heartfelt thank you to all the veterans who have ever put themselves in harm's way to help make the world a better place. And rest in peace to the million men and women who have given their lives for their country.
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