When it comes to the Mayo Clinic Diet, the name behind the diet belongs to one of the most respected medical organizations in the world, so it's no surprise the diet is popular.
Confidence votes 680. As of September 30th, 2011, there are roughly 2,889,000 WWII veterans alive in the USA according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Worldwide, there are about 5,250,000 still around as of late 2011.
AUSTIN - The world's oldest living World War II veteran turned 111 on Thursday. Richard Overton celebrated his birthday with a lunch party at the University of Texas club on Thursday. The 111-year-old served in the Pacific Theater with the 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion from 1942 to 1945. 111, that's pretty old ain't it, Overton said.