Today the word "hero" has been diminished, confused with "celebrity." But in my father's generation the word meant something.
Celebrities seek fame. The take action to get attention. Most often, the actions they take have no particular moral content. Heroes are heroes because they have risked something to help others. Their actions involve courage.
Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima by James Bradley with Ron Powers. May 2000. p.260
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