I believe that the motivations for the "hippie" movement came from the yuppies. Many of the soldiers during WWII were young men who grew up during the Great Depression and had either scene the lasting impact of WWI or there parents were involved and shared their stories. Needless to say WWI influenced their lives. During that time it was known as "The Great War", because it was the worst combat that the world had ever seen, with weapons such as the machine gun, mustard gas, tanks, and airplanes all being used for the first time in war. That generation that had not only heard war and the devastation of the Great Depression also experienced war first hand in North Africa, France, Italy, Germany and all over the Pacific. Their mentality upon return
