...have so many owed so much to so few.

This morning I watched perhaps the greatest air war movie of all time.  The Battle of Britain.  Such great air battle scenes of Heinkles, ME-109s, Hurricanes and, of course, Spitfires. 

Of course that was just the beginning.  B-17s bombing Berlin.  D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, The defeat of word not allowed Germany.  Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, The Philippines, Hiroshima.  We call them the Greatest Generation.  The generation that produced mine.

Have we lived up to the hope they gave us or have we squandered it?  Too early to tell just yet.  The Jury is till out.  My great grandchildren will be the ones who decide.

Noel

Many don't realize the huge sacrifice Great Britain made and the hardship they endured during WW2.  We tend to focus a lot on the American contribution and D-Day and such, which to be fair was considerable and many sacrifices were made, but the UK, and Russia, contributed just as much and more to defeating the evil empire.

My grandfather was in the UK, Italy, and Germany during WW2 and I loved listening to him tell his WW2 stories.

I have a great respect for that generation, and not just for WW2.  They lived through the Great Depression as adults, fought in WW2, and then built this country back up following the war.  The following generations?  Mmm, not so much.

Dave