Thread: The Greatest Generation

Originally Posted by youenjoyme420

I loved my grandparents, but they were pretty bigoted. Neither of them liked black people (banned my aunts friend from being at the house because she dated a black man), my grandfather hated the Japanese, and werent to fond of homosexuals.

I loved them dearly, but they certainly weren't particularly open minded.

lIKE HOW Obama threw his Grandmother under the bus lol

Originally Posted by Gator Monroe

Your numbers are suspect (Link please)

After the United States entered World War II, a new selective service act made men between 18 and 45 liable for military service and required all men between 18 and 65 to register. The terminal point of service was extended to six months after the war. From 1940 until 1947�when the wartime selective service act expired after extensions by Congress�over 10,000,000 men were inducted.
http://www.selectiveservice.us/milit...ft/7-use.shtml



Over 16 million served
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...2.80.931945.29


10m is 5/8 of 16m.