United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Veterans Benefits 367
No. 61S. Veterans Benefits— Ex p en d itu r es From Appropriated Fu n d s, by W ar: T otal and
1940 TO 1981
[In millions of dollars. For years ending June 30 except, beginning 1977, ending Sept. 30. Refers to expenditures of VA and
predecessor agencies. See also H is to ric a l S tatistics, C o lo nia l Tim es to 1970, series Y 971-983]
PERIOD on
YEAR
Total, all
wars
Mexican
War
and
Indian
Wars
Civil
War
Span-
ish-
American
War
World
War 1
World
Warll
Korean
conflict1
Service
between
Korea
and
Vietnam
on/y
Vietnam *
Peacetime
Total......... 3 361,896 191 8,574 5,852 67,294 167,953 31,368 10,236 57,164 13,145
To 1939........ 318,914 147 6,358 1,537 8,557 (X) (X) (X) (X) 198
1940-1944.... 3,016 14 102 663 1,840 281 (X) (X) (X) 116
1945-1949.... 27,139 11 49 798 2,783 23,317 M (X) (X)' 181
1950-1954.... 25,564 7 28 621 4,638 18,878 823 (X) (X) 369
1955-1959.... 24,723 5 15 696 6,835 10,956 5,674 (X) (X) 542
1960-1964.... 28,466 2 13 526 9,365 13,421 4,142 (X) (X) 995
1965-1968.... 34,673 (z) 6 334 9,646 16,732 3,656 1,569 1,331 1,399
1970-1974.... 57,154 3 5 229 9,584 23,474 4,707 9,498 13,676 1,980
1975-1979.... 98,085 2 (Z) 192 10,256 40,397 8,013 4,029 30,605 4,391
1970............. 8,905 36 2,063 9,841 2,044 614 5,463 1,238
1981............. 22,863 (Z) (Z) 18 1.727 10,656 2,309 528 5,889 1,736
X Not applicable. Z Less than $500,000. 'June 27, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955. 'Service from Aug. 5, 1964, to May 7,
1975. 'Includes $70 million for the Revolutionary War and $49 million for the War of 1812.