Many have written about what has been termed “the GreatestGeneration”— that stalwart group Of women and men who with conspicuous success saw their beloved nation through the desperation’s of the “Great Depression” and the weighty woes of World WarII and the Korean Conflict. This brief series of vignettes, packed with both humor and pathos, are very personal examples of the trials, turbulence snd triumphs that undergirded the careful crafting of patience, persistence, dedication and workforce skills all based on a long articulated and sought after but never fully achieved democratic value system—that produced a far from perfect snd still incredible “Greatest Generation”