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Veterans Association Fun Facts

Fun Facts

Did you know that...

  • 21.8 Million Vets Live in the U.S.

  • There Are 1.6 Million Female Vets

  • 71 percent of veterans cast a ballot in the 2008 presidential election. Compare that to the regular national turnout of 61 percent that year.

  • 7.6 million Vietnam-era vets are living in the U.S. right now. Another 4.8 million served during the Gulf War, 2.6 million in Korea, and 2.1 million during World War II. There are no living American veterans of World War I.

  • Not all veterans fought in a war: 5.5 living veterans served in peacetime only.