Boosters: Pre-1946

Will all those born before 1946, please rise and remain standing?

Tom Brokaw calls you the greatest generation, and he's right. Sociologists call you the boosters. You comprise both the GI Generation and the Depression Babies. The Trotsky saying that anyone who wants to lead a peaceful life has chosen the wrong century in which to be born applies to you more than any other generation.

Born pre-1946, you are the generation that survived the depression, was transfixed by the 1939 New York World's Fair, defeated the Nazis, stalled the Japanese, saved the world for democracy, led the greatest economic expansion in history, created a structure for peace, built the Interstate Highway System, put a man on the moon, and created the suburbs.

In the words of one of your comedians, Red…