[Rhodes22-list] The greatest generation

[Robert Skinner]

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Their story needs to be told and preserved. I cry every time on the
> drive home from my Mom and Dad's place, wondering if this will be the
> last glimpse of my family's piece of the "Greatest Generation".

I know you cherish them.

My parents and uncles have all gone.  They
were the embodiment of a culture that
reached its apogee with them.  There are few
such people left, and they stand out like
lone pines on a ridge top.

/Robert