U.S. Periods of War

Abstract

Many wars or conflicts in U.S. history have federally designated "periods of war," dates marking their beginning and ending. These dates are important for qualification for certain veterans' pension or disability benefits. Confusion can occur because beginning and ending dates for "periods of war" in many nonofficial sources are often different from those given in treaties and other official sources of information, and armistice dates can be confused with termination dates. This report lists the beginning and ending dates for "periods of war" found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It also lists and differentiates other beginning dates given in declarations of war, as well as termination of hostilities dates and armistice and ending dates given in proclamations, laws, or treaties. This report will be updated when events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 2010
Accession Number
ADA513095

Entities

People

  • Barbara S. Torreon

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • International Law
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.