Source: ACS 2023, 5-year estimate. Note that for individuals who were in service in multiple wars, only the most recent war in which they were active is counted.

Posted by Alarmed_Wish3294

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  1. Sorry for the bad quality, reddit sucks when it comes to that :p

  2. Those two places in the middle of the US with the most Korean War Veterans must be really interesting.

  3. I would have never guessed this map would be so red

  5. Interesting how you can sort of see the Black belt in the south where the most common war is the war on terror

    I’d assume the counties where the most common vet is from the Korean War just has very few vets

  6. Should I assume “War on Terror” includes US forays into Iraq and Afghanistan post 9/11? If so, this shows in stark contrast the impact of drafted versus volunteer armed forces.

    Edit: Based on counties I am familiar with, I would say urban vs. rural and/or socioeconomic factors may also be a driving factor.

  7. main take away for me: there’s a US veteran who lives next door to a polar bear in very *very* northern Alaska

  9. missing wars:

    – war on drugs
    – war on terror
    – war on poor
    – war on education

    all of these would just paint the map entirely

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