We reduced Germany to rubble and put the rising sun to bed. It set the stage for almost half a century of unprecedented prosperity.
We stopped the spread of communism in Europe and Asia, and fought international terrorism. We rebuilt our enemies and lavished foreign aid on them
I was born in 1942, almost at the midpoint of the 20th century โ the American century. Americaโs prestige and influence were never greater. Thanks to the โGreatest Generation,โ we won a World War fought throughout most of Europe, Asia and the Pacific.