World War Two Vets

Posted on Monday, May 27, 2013 by Post Scripts

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 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that approximately 1,462,809 American veterans from this war were still living. The survivors average age is 94. In a few short years their will almost no WWII Vets and for most their stories will go with them.

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2 Responses to World War Two Vets

  1. Peggy says:
    Monday, May 27, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Anyone interested is learning why WWII vets became known for being, “The Greatest Generation” I highly recommend Tom Brokaw’s book with the same name, available at Amazon. It’s full of individual’s stories that built this nation’s future.

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-Generation-Tom-Brokaw/dp/1400063140

    My dad enlisted during WWII just after graduating from high school and retired from Vietnam in Oct. 1968. The only thing he ever said of his years of service was the pain he suffered in his legs was from the freezing cold in the foxholes he was in.

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