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World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.

— Jim Webb

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Vietnam was the defining event for my generation. It spilled over into all facets of American life - into music, into the pulpits, in churches of our country. It spilled over into the city streets, police forces. And even if you were born late in the generation, Vietnam was still part of your childhood.

— Tim O'Brien

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

— Richard Holbrooke

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

— Michael Herr

I feel like I came from a generation where... We didn't have Vietnam. We didn't have World War II. Nothing cultural was thrust upon us to make men out of us, so you're kind of free to not grow up that way if you don't want to.

— Greg Mottola

My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll.

— Georgie Fame

You're not a baby boomer if you don't have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King assassination, a Beatles breakup, a U.S. defeat in Vietnam, and a Watergate.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

— Jan Peter Balkenende

✗Opposing Perspectives

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western World - between the comfortable security of the 19th century and the instability and flux of our own time.

— Robert Kennedy

My generation was the tail end of the Cold War.

— Mike Pompeo

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

— Tom Brokaw