Former U.S. Senator

Bob Kerrey

1 article 1999

Bob Kerrey is a former U.S. Senator from Nebraska who served from 1989 to 2001, a Medal of Honor recipient for his service in Vietnam, and a former presidential candidate. He later served as president of The New School in New York City. He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard in 1999 reflecting on generational legacy.

WORLD OF OUR FATHERS

March 8, 1999 · Bob Kerrey, Magazine, Books and Arts

Anyone whose parents belonged to the generation that Tom Brokaw chronicles in The Greatest Generation has heard many times a phrase about the struggles they faced: "You kids don't know what it was like."