How many people now believe that as the generation that fought in World War II deplete, (cont.)?

I would agree to some extent. many people have become selfish, for lack of a better word. However, I also beleive that many people do still care, we just don't see the many small acts of generosity that go in. They don't make the news as often, they don't get the recognition they should, so maybe thats the problem. its not that the generosity and responsibility to one's fellow man had completely gone, its simply that we just don't hear about it or know about it near as much as we used to.

The young vets we have coming home today are the countries only hope. They are better then the WW II vets because they all Volunteered WW II guys all knew they were going to get drafted. So when they tell you "I joined up the day after Pearl Harbor" It was join or get drafted.

The WW II vet abandoned the Viet Nam veterans.

Their benefits were tremendous but the Viet Nam vets. go squat!

When I got out my GI bill did not even pay for my tuition.

One old WW II guy told me to stop complaining. They pay your tuition, books and give you $170 to live on. What more can you ask for?

I reminded him that all we got was the $170 and nothing else. What he was describing is what the WW II vets got.

We did not forget the Iraqi and Afghan vets. Their GI bill is the same as WW II vets. Along with a much improve (although not perfect) VA. The VA sucked in 1973. They treated Vet like, well very badly.

I am also an Afghan (2001) and an Iraqi vet (2003).

AIVA.org These are great people who were behind the New GI bill. Join!

Yes you are very correct. The regulations placed on corporate America in the early and mid 20th century have been lifted by all our politicians for monetary gain and power.

I don't think people are nearly as respectful toward each as we used to be. I blame the Baby Boomer generation. Many of them have been very selfish. The "Me" generation have behaved irresponsibly, and the Gen Xers, Y's, and everyone else who has come after are stuck cleaning up their mess.

In my all so humble opinion, the majority of young people of today have absolutely no respect for anything or anybody, including themselves..they have come to believe that they're "owed" everything just for being born...I also believe that they're in for a very sad awakening...

I don't see how that's remotely true. WWII generation and baby boomers all grew up with lynchings, bombings, segregation, eugenics, the highest teen pregnancy rates (America's teen pregnancy rate peaked in 1957), open sexual discrimination, higher STD rates and higher crime rates. They just had a shiny veneer to present to the world to hide it, as well as a "war-hero can do no wrong mentality" in the case of the veterans.

well if you consider why the US got involved in the war to stop genocide in Europe you have to wonder why people dont want to stop genocide today in Africa.