Tom Brokaw - War Quotes

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They were a new kind of army now, moving onto the landscapes of industry, science, art, public policy, all the fields of American life, bringing to them the same passions and discipline that had served them so well during the war.

Tom Brokaw

Women of the World War II generation, who had demonstrated so convincingly that they had so much more to offer beyond their traditional work, were the under-pinning for the liberation of their gender, even as many of their husbands resisted the idea.

Tom Brokaw

The World War II generation did what was expected of them. But they never talked about it. It was part of the Code.

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A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

Tom Brokaw

Pearl Harbor led us into a great war and out of a great depression. This new war on terrorism will be fought less conventionally, and it could lead us into a deep recession.

Tom Brokaw