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From military heroes to community leaders to ordinary citizens, he profiles men and women who served their country with valor, then came home and transformed it: Senator Daniel Inouye, decorated at the front, fighting prejudice at home; Martha Settle Putney, one of the first black women to serve in the newly formed Women’s Army Corps; Charles Van Gorder, a doctor who set up a MASH-like medical facility in the middle of battle, then opened a small clinic in his hometown; Navy pilot and future president George H. W. Bush, assigned to read the mail of the enlisted men under him, who says that in doing so he “learned about life”; and many other laudable Americans. To this generation that gave so much and asked so little, Brokaw offers eloquent tribute in true stories of everyday heroes in extraordinary times.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780812975291","publication_date":"20010501","publisher":"Random House Publishing Group","slug":"the-greatest-generation","subtitle":"","title":"The Greatest Generation"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"HIS027100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"World War II History","score":0.767,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Veterans' Stories","score":0.7629,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027110","confidence_band":"medium","label":"U.S. Military History","score":0.7579,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"HIS027100","confidence_band":"medium","label":"World War II History","score":0.767,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Veterans' Stories","score":0.7629,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS027110","confidence_band":"medium","label":"U.S. Military History","score":0.7579,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BIO008000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Military Lives","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BIO026000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Personal Memoirs","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS037070","confidence_band":"high","label":"20th-Century History","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"World War II History","score":0.767,"slug":"world-war-ii-history"},{"label":"Veterans' Stories","score":0.7629,"slug":"veterans-stories"},{"label":"U.S. Military History","score":0.7579,"slug":"u-s-military-history"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in true stories of the World War II generation","Readers drawn to profiles of service members and community leaders"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Tom Brokaw"],"book_id":"9780593743881","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593743881.jpg?v=6c3c947a692fcc3e","score":0.7812,"title":"Never Give Up","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593743881"},{"authors":["Stephen G. 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