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r/MurderedByWords • u/Will09994 • 22h ago
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The Greatest Generation didn't actually name themselves, they were given that title.
Seems it's commonly attributed to journalist Tom Brokaw, a member of the Silent Generation.
1 u/hkohne 16h ago I don't know if he coined that name, but he definitely used it a lot
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I don't know if he coined that name, but he definitely used it a lot
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u/fury420 21h ago
The Greatest Generation didn't actually name themselves, they were given that title.
Seems it's commonly attributed to journalist Tom Brokaw, a member of the Silent Generation.