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A Snapshot Of The New Veteran

There are more than 23 million veterans in the U.S., many of whom survived wars from World War II to Vietnam. But those coming home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are different from decades ago -- they are younger, and more of them are women. Here, a brief look at the demographics of our overall veteran population.

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