It was the Depression. Economy was a shambles. Pearl Harbor was attacked sneakily. American rallied to the call to arms. We persevered and won battles after battles. The newspapers were full of stories of the War in the Pacific as well as the European conflict. We were fighting battles on two fronts. Eventually we won both and because the most powerful nation in the world. The economy rebounded and still is. A lot of people became men, women, and heroes. Many of them hoales and immigrants like the second generation Japanese boys who made up the 442nd and 100th battalions. They are all the GREATEST GENERATION and are immortalized in a memorial in Washington DC. I will never forget that, and we must teach our children why were born in such a wonderful nation.