IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

________________________________________________________________________

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

 

U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Current Conflicts

Barbara Salazar Torreon, Information Research Specialist

December 28, 2012

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS21405.pdf

[Full-text, 11 pages]

 

Summary

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. The

dates for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are included along with the official end date for

Operation New Dawn on December 15, 2011. This report will be updated when events warrant.

For additional information, see CRS Report RL31133, Declarations of War and Authorizations

for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications, by Jennifer K.

Elsea and Richard F. Grimmett, and CRS Report R42738, Instances of Use of United States

Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2012, by Barbara Salazar Torreon.

 

Contents

War Dates ......................................................................................................................................... 1

Indian Wars ...................................................................................................................................... 1

Spanish-American War .................................................................................................................... 1

Mexican Border Period .................................................................................................................... 2

World War I ...................................................................................................................................... 2

World War I Against Germany .................................................................................................. 2

World War I Against Austria-Hungary ...................................................................................... 2

World War II .................................................................................................................................... 2

World War II with Germany ...................................................................................................... 3

World War II with Japan ............................................................................................................ 3

World War II with Italy .............................................................................................................. 4

World War II with Bulgaria ....................................................................................................... 4

World War II with Hungary ....................................................................................................... 4

World War II with Romania ....................................................................................................... 4

Korean Conflict ............................................................................................................................... 4

Vietnam Era ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Tonkin Gulf Resolution ............................................................................................................. 5

Conflicts in Lebanon 1982-1983 and Grenada 1983 ....................................................................... 5

Persian Gulf War .............................................................................................................................. 5

Current Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq ....................................................................................... 6

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) ......................................................................................... 6

Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) ................................................................................................. 7

Operation New Dawn (OND) .................................................................................................... 7

 

Contacts

Author Contact Information............................................................................................................. 8

 

 

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.