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Legend has it we still don’t know
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I think their point was more about fighting than winning, so the reply doesn't quite work.
We've been a nation at war for the entirety of zoomer's lives until just a couple years ago. Who does the OP think is fighting in those wars? It was Gen X & millennials, and then zoomers.
I really don't know. I think their argument relies more on their perception of the generations than fact.
How many people volunteered for Vietnam compared to WWII?
I think that factors into the equation.
I found this
https://www.uswings.com/about-us-wings/vietnam-war-facts/
Dunno about the validity of the claim though
But they put "Fact:" there so you know it's true.
Seems like it could be true
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2x491p/volunteers_versus_those_drafted_in_vietnam_vs_wwi/
No, the reason she used "storming the beaches of Normandy" and not idk, "the beaches of Da Nang", is because Normandy is associated with the beginning of a turn in fortunes of that conflict which ultimately led to Allied victory. Nobody would fucking care about Normandy if the Nazis won.