Wwii Veterans Still Alive 2024. Eighty years after allied armies invaded the beaches of normandy, marking a definitive turning point in world war ii, those veterans who are still alive and sound enough are expected to. Less than 1% of the 16.4 million americans who served in the armed forces during world war ii were still alive at the end of last year, and 131 are dying every day, according to estimates.
Have you ever wondered how many of the tens of millions of men and women who fought in world war ii are still alive in 2024? Now 99, the memory is still alive as he recounts time spent hosing down the deck of the blood of those killed.
