He points out that U.S.soldiers, before this generation, were fighting Asians - Japanese in World War II, then Koreans and Vietnamese.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

(MOIVE SOUND) Mixed in are harrowing memories shared by a generation of World War II veterans, like DiCaprio's character, as well as the Cold War tensions affecting so many lives in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

For generation II it is between one in 10, 000 and one in 1m.

ECONOMIST: Safety

If the pumps are knocked out in a Generation II reactor as they were at Fukushima Daiichi by the tsunami the water in the cooling system can overheat and evaporate.

WSJ: William Tucker: Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl

Not just the generation of World War II, but every generation must carry that burden.

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