Chuckanut
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
In a more serious vein, I honestly believe that what's called "the greatest generation" in Tom Brokaw's words were in fact something very special.
I am often reminded that the people of "The Greatest Generation" - most of my older relatives who are now long gone, - lived through a Great Depression and at least one if not two World Wars.