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A research study by (Elder et. Al, 2009) explain that American veterans

investigated the mortality risks of five World War II military experiences and their

variation among veterans in the post-war year. Among World War II veterans, the

shadows combat persist across 40 years in symptoms of post-traumatic stress and

cardiovascular disease. Wartime experience may fade in memories, but it can set in

motion behavioral and psychological changes that affect late-life health and longevity.

Stressful experiences in early life may have behavioral consequences that

persist across the life course. Such influences from the past represent one of the more

compelling reasons why wartime experiences deserve investigation in the lives of aging

veterans. Stressful military experience most commonly refers only to exposure to

combat, but war mobilization in World War II drew men into active military duty across a

wide age range, from 18 to the late 30s

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