Millions of people around the world have read and loved Tom Brokaw's book about the World War H generation and how ordinary people, through lives of duty, honor, and courage, gave us the America we have today. Thousands of people wrote letters to Brokaw about how The Greatest Generation provoked a reevaluation of their own lives and the experiences of their parents and grandparents, bringing families together around a core of memories and beliefs -- stories of war, love, family, faith, and country. From the thousands of letters he received, Tom Brokaw has selected some that capture in raw and beautiful detail everyday lives richly lived, lives of courage, achievement, and honor, rooted in a core of values that made a people and a nation great.