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A 6 page book review that chooses 8 of the numerous profiles that Brokaw offers in his book The Greatest Generation. This text discusses the lives of men and women who went through World War II and this research paper shows why Brokaw's assessment is correct. No additional sources cites.
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write this text. Brokaw relates how the personal stories of individuals were not related easily--"They didnt volunteer them. I had to keep asking questions or learn to stay back a
step or two as they walked the beaches themselves" (xxi). For example, Brokaw heard two men (Harry Garton and Gino Merli) discussing their experience on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
They both remembered how the hillside was studded with land mines. The first men to try to get up this hill lay dying, their legs and bodies shattered. However, these
soldiers had injected themselves with morphine, so they were still conscious. They were calmly directing others how to get up the hill. "They were human markers," said Garton (xxiii). As
this suggests, Brokaw heard tales of courage, fortitude and tenacity, which led him to the conclusion that this was the "greatest generation any society has ever produced" (xxx). Considering
how the WWII generation is dying at an ever increasing pace from old age, Brokaw wanted to pay tribute to them, to honor them, while many of them are still
with us. Brokaw writes that he is "awe of them" and, after reading his book, many of his readers share this opinion. The book consists of 47 vignettes arranged
in eight categories: ordinary people; home front; heroes; women in uniform and out; shame; love, marriage and commitment; famous people; and the arena. In each of these categories, Brokaw tells
the stories of individuals. The following examination of his text looks at a few of these stories. Thomas and Eileen Broderick (Ordinary People) Thomas Broderick, as a 19-year-old premed
student, first joined the Merchant Marine, but did not find that service to be sufficiently challenging to him. Against, the judgement of his parents, his draft board, and his superior
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