In 1940, only 9% of adults had served in the military, but just one decade later, that figure had more than quadrupled to 37%, and peaked at 44% in 1970. Since then, however, the share of veterans has declined each…
Since then, however, the share of veterans has declined each decade. World War II veterans totaled around 500,000 in the U.S. in 2020, and the Census Bureau estimates that by 2030, only 8,000 WWII veterans will remain. Researchers ranked states by each location’s World War II veteran share of the 85-and-over population.With the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021, the U.S. entered its first period of relative peace in two decades. While the U.S.
The U.S. population of veterans boomed in the middle of the 20th century, with the introduction of a military draft in 1940 and the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War II the following year. In 1940, only 9% of adults had served in the military, but just one decade later, that figure had more than quadrupled to 37%. Between veterans of WWII, the Korean War in the 1950s, and the Vietnam War in the 1960s, the share of adult veterans peaked at 44% in 1970.
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