Early in their adulthood these Americans born between the late 1920s and mid-1940s were dubbed “The Silent Generation.” Critics seemed miffed by the group’s lack of creativity and its ...

who summed it up in his anthem My Generation) were actually from the tail-end of the Silent Generation born during or before the war. Baby Boomers enjoyed free student grants, low house prices and ...

His son, Steve, died unexpectedly in 2011. He probably didn’t know it, or care, but Mr. Gehrs was a member of The Silent Generation, a category for Americans born between 1925 and 1945 ...