are there still ww2 veterans alive?
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On 75th anniversary of V-E Day, about 300,000 American WWII veterans are alive. ... About 300,000 U.S. World War II veterans are alive in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has published projections of the number of living veterans from 2015 to 2045.
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The reality was that of the 16 million Americans who served in the armed forces during World War II, fewer than half saw combat. Of those who did, more than 1 million were discharged for combat-related neuroses, according to military statistics.
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Wright has served a role in virtually every major conflict of his lifetime -- Vietnam, Gulf Wars I and II and Kosovo -- and tours in the Pacific theater, Indian Ocean, Kenya and Korea. In fact, he may be the sole remaining active duty Vietnam veteran, according to military officials.
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Richard Overton, 112, America's Oldest World War II Veteran, Dies. Richard Overton, who was the nation's oldest World War II veteran and honored by President Barack Obama, died on Thursday at a rehabilitation facility near his home in Austin, Tex. He was 112.
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['Members who died on active duty and their immediate family.', 'Retirees and their immediate family.', 'Recipients of the Purple Heart, or Silver Star and above.', 'Any honorably discharged POW who died after Nov. 30, 1993.']
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Veteran Stories. Of 140,000 Kiwis who served in World War II, only about 600 remain today, and 12 have shared their stories. These are their memories, their experiences. This is living history.
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More than 5.7 million Americans served during the Korean War, and today there are still approximately over 2.25 million Korean war veterans still alive. This war started in 1950 and ended in 1953, and resulted in a total of 54,246 deaths of ...
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The German Red Cross reported in 2005 that the records of the military search service WAS list total Wehrmacht losses at 4.3 million men (3.1 million dead and 1.2 million missing) in World War II. Their figures include Austria and conscripted ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe.
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This means that anyone who served on active duty from August 2, 1990, to present is considered a Gulf War Veteran. ... Therefore, any Veteran who served on active military service for any period from August 2, 1990, to the present meets the wartime service requirement.
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WWII vets fading from Canada's Remembrance Day services — but memories still vivid for some. Bennett was among the more than 1 million Canadians who served in World War II. As of March 31, just 61,300 of those veterans were still alive, with an average age of 92 years.
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Out of the 20,000+ Spitfires that were built from 1938 to 1948, today, just a handful of these (around 60) are still airworthy. ... Our Spitfire T9s are genuine, original, combat veterans, not new-build aircraft. This means our flights are authentic and a-once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Assuming a statical consistency, 60% of them will have served in the war. Thus, there are about 275 thousand German veterans still alive today.
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Last Vietnam vet on active duty to retire after 42 years of service: report. His story is the story of America in the last four decades. ... Rigby, the last Vietnam draftee still on active duty, stepped down in November, and he told the publication he does believe he's the last Vietnam vet still in uniform.
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Jack Port, a 97-year-old American veteran of D-Day, stands on Utah beach, where he landed 75 years ago. ... Less than 4% of World War II veterans are still alive, and few can muster the strength to travel.
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Approximately 110,000 Americans – from the Marine Corps and Navy – served in the fight. Jarosz said no definitive count exists of how many are still alive. Twenty-seven Americans received the Medal of Honor for their heroics on Iwo Jima, more than for any battle in the country's history.
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Nick is believed to be one of fewer than 100 iconic Bomber Command veterans still alive today in the UK to tell their heartstopping tale.
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They are dying quickly—according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, we are losing 348 veterans per day and only 496,777 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II were alive in 2018.