>>88755903up to WWII the idea of awesome was the everyday fella as soldier, he was glorified, after WWII the idea of awesome was the celebrity, the one person above others. The word elite used to be a sneer, since then it's become a good word. Audie Murphy was the first attempt to make a celebrity out of a soldier, but he was a PTSD case who slept with a gun under his pillow, woke up crying from nightmares, beat his wife and stalked the streets trying to start fights with teens.
GI Joe was the everyman soldier.
