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As of 2014, there are about 7.5 million American veterans alive. About five million are from the Gulf Wars that are continuing today. About 1.8 million survive from World War II. There are no known World War I veterans.
According to the Veterans Admininistration estimate of 30 September 2007 there are 23,532,000 living veterans.
how many wwii u.s. veterans are still alive
September 2010 approximately 1,981,000 surviving American veterans of WW II
The "American Legion" was created by WWI veterans in about 1919. The "Veterans of Foreign Wars" (VFW) was created by Spanish-American Veterans of 1898, and is our oldest Veterans group. The "American Veterans" (AMVETS) was created by WWII veterans. Originally, these veteran groups were open to only their own veterans, but as time went by they opened to all "qualified" veterans.
VFW-Veterans of Foreign Wars, founded by Spanish-American War of 1898 veterans in 1899. American Legion-founded by WWI veterans in 1919. AMVETS-American Veterans, founded by WWII veterans in 1944. VVA-Vietnam Veterans of America, founded by Vietnam War veterans in 1978.
In November 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that approximately 1,462,809 American veterans from this war were still living 670 die every day so as of Nov 2013 =1,218,259 surviving.