CLEVELAND — Despite many short-and long-term conflicts in the interim, the last time the U.S. officially declared war was during WWII in 1942.
Under U.S. law, veterans are classified as ‘wartime veterans’ and ‘peacetime veterans.’ Despite not officially being at war, much of the time since 1942 to the present has been classified as wartime, with peacetime only occurring between 1975 and 1990.
However, this period of peacetime was marred by significant conflict…