WHAT MADE THE "GREATEST GENERATION" GREAT?

We were on a trip when the call came in telling us that one of my husband's uncles had died. Yesterday was the funeral, and as I sat in the chapel, then in the mausoleum, and on to the reception following the service, I observed his friends and remaining siblings, members of his generation, the generation some call "The Greatest Generation That Ever Lived," and it was a privilege.

That honor is a tough call. Were they greater than the generation of the Founding Fathers--those who risked their ...