G.I. Generation

G.I. Generation (also known as the Greatest Generation and the WWII Generation) is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1900s as starting birth years and ending birth years ranging from the mid-to-late 1920s.

Demographers William Stauss and Neil Howe coined the term "G.I. Generation" in their 1991 book Generations: The History of America's Future and use 1901–1924 as birth years. The initials "G.I." of "G.I. Generation" is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue". This cohort is also referred to as the "WWII Generation".

Pew Research Center defines this cohort as being born from 1901 to 1927.

The term The Greatest Generation comes from the title of 1998 book by American journalist Tom Brokaw, which profiled American members of this generation who came of age during the Great Depression and went on to fight in World War II, as well as those who contributed to the war effort on the home front. In the book, Brokaw argued that these men and women fought not for fame or recognition, but because it was the "right thing to do."

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