Historical Illiteracy?

I realize that, as a veteran, I appreciate the sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines that went before me. As a student of history, I appreciate the political and historical context of World War II. Thus, when it comes to things like The Pacific, and Band of Brothers, I've at least seen the series, if not read the books. Is this all that unusual? I ask because, on my memo board here at work, I posted a few lines from the St. Crispen's Day speech, and noted it was in memory of MAJ Dick Winters. Neither Freya, nor one of my other co-workers, (let's call him Sam), knew who he was...nor did they know what Band of Brothers is.

Freya is my father's age; Sam is a few years older than me. Am I expecting too much for them to have at least heard of the miniseries, even if they didn't know who Dick Winters was?

Oy.