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Summary: Very interesting, easy to read and great publicity...!
Review: Grateful to read in print actual accounts of Veterans. There should be more personal accounts documented from personal interviews. Young people need to learn of these personal, true experiences. Much to my chagrin was the reference to "Medal of Honor Winners".Our family received the Congressional Medal of Honor that my brother 'earned'. He didn't 'win' the Medal. It was not a game that he competed in. My brother, Cpl Horace Marvin "Bud" Thorne, Serial#32012364,9th Armored CCB, 89th Cav. Recon, Troop "D", killed in The Battle of The Bulge in Belgium on December 21, 1944 was 'awarded' The Medal of Honor posthumously. We are very proud and my sister and I crusade for elimination of the word 'winner' and encourage everyone to refer to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients'.
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Summary: A gut wrenching experience that brought tears to my eyes.
Review: Thank you Mr. Brokaw for finally writing an account of this almost forgotten generation. It was a wonderful and scary time but everyone did what was expected without a whimper. Sometimes I wish for those times back when everyone was proud to be an American. From one of those who still flies the Flag .
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Summary: Factual but with an emotional touch.
Review: Tom Brokaw provides a book which extends beyond dry facts and makes the events and lives come alive for the reader with the personal accounts of the people he interviewed. Highly memorable.
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Summary: Interesting stories - dry writing
Review: You would have to be dead to not be touched by the stories in the book, but I found Mr. Brokaw's writing style a bit dry. The writing ended up sucking the life out of the stories.
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Summary: Such an accurate delight!
Review: Talk about reviewing our roots. I'm the same age as Tom and from S.D. so it was a pleasure to revisit my childhood.
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Summary: This book is a must read for history lovers.
Review: I just finished The Greatest Generation and I enjoyed it because of the great humanity that the author displayed as he carefully wrote each story. I also enjoyed the book because of the great respect that I felt the author gave to the men and women in his book. I had feelings of sadness, elation, and pride as I read the book.Finally, I believe that Tom has made a great contribution to the understanding of not just one generation but several generations.
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Summary: Emotional and thought provoking hit !
Review: Brokaw's book will grip you from the beginning and remind you of members of your family who sacrificed through a time unlike any other in history. This generation (age 60's and 70's now) had a remarkable desire to persevere while under unfortunate circumstances yet lived on to build respectable lives where hard-work and integrity abound. Five star book & try to catch the 1 hour MSNBC special featuring some of the book's examples.
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Summary: A Book To Memorialize Every Veterans' Day
Review: An excellent tribute to those whom we owe a debt of gratitude and the many more that are not mentioned due to space constrictions.Read this book and then reread it each Veterans' Day as a reminder of what brave people have done in the past and to appreciate the importance of your own continuing role in our country by maintaining standards of personal integrity. An excellent book by an excellent newsman.
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Summary: If you don't buy this book, there's something wrong with you
Review: David Letterman put it most succinctly - If you don't buy this book, there is something wrong with you. It is a great book and should be read by every American. It inspires us to be more like our parents and grandparents, a generation that didn't always have its hand out for something it was "entitled to". These people gave everything they had for the cause of freedom, and against oppression
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Summary: WWII Korea and Nam Vet says OUTSTANDING
Review: A truly well researched, easily read and going to be a must for my kids and theirs. I did notice reference to a "2000 man battalion" -Not in our army sir. Quintessential must be Brokaw's facorite word. Recommend to every citizen not of this generation.
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