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VMA131Marine

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6. Vietnam War vets are obviously missing but also ...

Reply to Buddyzbuddy (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:45 PM

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Civil War
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Spanish-American War

Note the last three were all legally declared by votes in Congress, which cannot be said for any conflict the US has been involved in since WWII. Congress obviously supplied support for a lot of the wars after that but there was never a formal declaration.

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