The Longest Goodbye

"Some 16 million Americans served in the military during World War II. On the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 2001, about 5.5 million were still living. This year, as we prepare to mark the 70th anniversary, the number is closer to 1.5 million, and it drops by almost a thousand a day." (Adam Kirsch, New York Times, "Is World War II Still ‘the Good War?")