What will happen once the war generation has all died?

[Badpaladin]

What about those that had no choice in the matter?

[Aeluron Lightsong]

What about those that had no choice in the matter?

Obviously yes them to, I was thinking after the draft :/

[Deleted]

I feel most sorry for the poor bastards forced to serve, like in Vietnam. Ending conscription is the best move most first world countries have done.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

I feel most sorry for the poor bastards forced to serve, like in Vietnam. Ending conscription is the best move most first world countries have done.

Indeed, though I'm glad for our military now but conscription....sucks donkey balls.

[Giants41]

Not sure anything but i hope we do. I think its important to learn from them though because they have experienced so much compared to our generation.

[Grummgug]

Probably the same thing that happened after the Civil War. After that war, the Union soldiers were in this club/veterans organziation called the GAR, or Grand Army of the Republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

The GAR reached its largest enrollment in 1890, with 490,000 members. It held an annual "National Encampment" every year from 1866 to 1949. At that final encampment in Indianapolis, Indiana, the few surviving members voted to retain the existing officers in place until the organization's dissolution; Theodore Penland of Oregon, the GAR's Commander at the time, was therefore its last. In 1956, after the death of the last member, Albert Woolson, the GAR was formally dissolved.

The GAR was a presence for about 80 years after the Civil War, then faded away. WWII vets should largely fade away by 2025.

Someone from WWII will be its version of Albert Woolson - the last veteran to die.
http://localhistory.morrisville.edu/...t/woolson.html

[Wælcyrie]

Probably the same thing that happened after the Civil War. After that war, the Union soldiers were in this club/veterans organziation called the GAR, or Grand Army of the Republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic

The GAR reached its largest enrollment in 1890, with 490,000 members. It held an annual "National Encampment" every year from 1866 to 1949. At that final encampment in Indianapolis, Indiana, the few surviving members voted to retain the existing officers in place until the organization's dissolution; Theodore Penland of Oregon, the GAR's Commander at the time, was therefore its last. In 1956, after the death of the last member, Albert Woolson, the GAR was formally dissolved.

The GAR was a presence for about 80 years after the Civil War, then faded away. WWII vets should largely fade away by 2025.

Someone from WWII will be its version of Albert Woolson - the last veteran to die.
http://localhistory.morrisville.edu/...t/woolson.html

I just came back to this forum for the first time in years and I just saw this post and realised the date 2025.
Damn and it’s 2025 now.

[Shadowferal]

I for one find myself enlightened after reading this thread...but for reasons related to the years past and how they compare to today.

[Biglog]

The VFW has largely been the GAR of modern times for WW1 and WW2 vets. As the surviving WW2 population dwindled so did those places, though they've been used by later Korean/Vietnam/ME vets too. But there are fewer and fewer of those VFW buildings around and the ones left are increasingly repurposed for small local civic events.

[Wælcyrie]

Also my granddad passed in 2015.