[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

My parents were members of what Tom Brokaw described as the Greatest Generation. My father spent over 40 months in the SW Pacific Theater in the U.S. Army, my mother's brother was an Naval Aviator in the U.S. Navy, and my father-in-law served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater.

But what also needs to be remembered is that the defeat of the Axis Powers was total effort of the entire populations of not only the United States, but the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Far too many of today's younger generations have no concept of self sacrifice and the concept of society working as one to achieve an objective for the common good.

MTD, Sr.