Surviving U.S. veterans of World War II
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[edit] Number of U.S. Veterans
16,112,566 individuals were members of the United States armed forces during World War II. There were 291,557 battle deaths, 113,842 other deaths in service (non-theater), and 670,846 non-mortal woundings. In November 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that approximately 1,711,000 American veterans were still living.[1]
[edit] Medal of Honor Recipients
During this conflict 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously. Additionally, the only Medal of Honor recipient in history for the United States Coast Guard received the Medal for his actions during this war.[2] As of December 30, 2011, there were 13 living World War II Medal of Honor recipients.[3].
[edit] Mortality
Approximately 850 American World War II veterans die every day.[4] The median age for a World War II veteran in February 2009 was 86 years.[5]
[edit] Survivors Associations
There are numerous U.S. World War II survivors associations. Some include allied veterans as well. Among the more well-known are: American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, Normandy Veterans Association, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II, and the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society.
[edit] See also
- List of Easy Company (506 PIR) veterans
- Last surviving United States war veterans
- List of surviving veterans of World War I
- Surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War
- Texas Military Veteran Video Oral Histories - Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University
[edit] References
- ^ "Fact Sheet: America's Wars". United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 2011-11-11. http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets/fs_americas_wars.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Statistics". US Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/mohstats.html. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "Living Recipients.". Congressional Medal of Honor Society. http://www.cmohs.org/living-recipients.php?p=1. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "VA Benefits and Health Care Utilization". United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 2010-02-01. http://www.va.gov/VETDATA/Pocket-Card/4X6_spring10_sharepoint.pdf. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
- ^ "FY07 Annual VA Information Pamphlet (February 2008)". United States Department of Veterans Affairs. http://www1.va.gov/vetdata/docs/Pamphlet_2-1-08.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
